The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-22

1000 men. The grand review BY His ExceDsncy
Governor Clifford, win take place ON the Goth.
General sat,ern will retire at the end Of his present
year u service IL is 10 be hnrla that the weather
viii prove more favorable 10 the peutsmen oil Essex
ana Mddlesex Ehan IL did ~ those Who assembled
| a. Abingdon, who certainly had to stand water,
which Is quite as bad a. standing fire. and who have
| learned from experience what nas been endured by
| she gallant military of England 1t the Ohobham en-
| campment, concerning ahlch Mr.. Punch has madg
! himself 50 pleasantly malicious
! The lightning has been very busy and destruc.
| tive this year, that evspthmR that relates 10
| "rods" ID important. 1t Ia mentioned that u
| young and intelligent mech mic Of SALEM has
prepared some rods OF rev kind which are ead To-
be excellent His theory is. that the hest form 70.
She lightning rod Il SQUIRE. NAV be proved by tho
following experiment with the electrical machincs:.
When the prime condaetnr | charged, and p.h balls
are suspended. ii VIII he perceived that while little
effect is produced by ,be approach OF the round red,
on The approach " the sqIarr one the bah will in'
mediatey fall The rnnd ball will also produce an
explosion and spark from tie b,ii Of the prime con-
ductCr, willie TIE squire oie Wi conduct tho fluid
| silently away. The mos. approved rods are made
rs .olows:-Of sgnsre iron twisted, TO multiply the
Unequal lines Or points tr collecting the nnd1 and
should run over the house npon al the sharp corners.
such as dormer windows, ridge pole, caves, TO-, pre-
senting many sharp points in their ooarse. This
tops should be gded plated sith silver. They
should have ample room ~ tara spouis and gut.
tiers, and should never deviate from downward
course, Upon the principal sorners OF tho house
/
the roof. They should be elevated above Cbimneys,
three feet or more; should never he painted or var
pisbed, as that destroys the couducting power, as
The fluid runs on the surface; ard should penetrate
the ealtn lar enough TO ensure constant dampness"
His Insulating chairs are ri glass, S, small and
neat os not to disfgure te most exposed part Of
the incest house, The subject is certainly deserving
OF attention. for not even rail tay trains have this
season been more fatal t., human life than lightning.
The city government will decide upon tho railway
| projects next week, or commence the hearing q
parties for aud against the orrning up comnmica-
lions with Roxbury ahd C4mh,idge those retired
rnIa spots, which feel the Necessity Of being brought
nearer to the seat Of eieilzn hon Jus now the feel
ing is strong against all railways and il proposed
net only to keep all new ones out of our streets.
but 10 drive out such as are here The Maine extern
zion road is as complete nuisance as II ID possible
10 imagine. ~ CROSSES several OF our important
streets, and liz trains cnme dali NJ in at all hours Il
TIE day and the night as it does great business in
the way OF travel and transp'r alton. What makee
1t all the worse Is the fscr thst the engine houses.
&C., outside fthe ciiy-souie of them, at least
and the trains, when pre- airing for q start, are
backing and filing at great rate thus doubling
the nuisance, and stopping travel for large dis
lance. Other roads are pref arlng TO come into
town, the Legislature in the penltnde OF It's gne-
race. having made ccr.an grants of power ihot win
ultimately cause wild work with travellers Of an
kinds
Mr.. Tuckerman's Memorial Of HoraEo Green
Ough' is stupid affair excepting snch portions 81 ].
as are made up of hIr. Gree neugh's writings Mr..
| Tuckerman is u literary b re who never yet wrote
anything that vas worth reading. aud Who never
viii produce anything good in tbe literary way il ne
should live to the age of the PATRIARCH and write
the whole time-rhlch the gods forbid a city Pc.
per calls the Memorial the trihute OF tnS poJ %
the artist, and it is about gra. enl ono as we mag
suppose an Atherian owl q, have been capable q
paying to the Minerva Of Phidas
II. s. Mussey Co. have in press, and Ns'i publish
early in tho autumn rcly utrated volume, emit
tied Life Scenes, Sketches in Light and Shadow fon
the World Around Us" by Francis A. DaIigage Hiss
nn1Inn hT hncfn tt.1r
romantic tales aud 9nrrcncs Mr. Durivage Is on.
Ol the clevtrest Of onr writer's end there are thing
Of his which are equal t. the best OF Dickens
Like Thackeray, what biz mind concclvea, and hi .
pen writes, his pencil ia ahnndanty capable Of foY .
chilly il ustretjng. for ne il artist, and exeeIen
one, too. He is the only American who has writer
good political poetry for more than forty years; AM
his poetry of other kinds Is superior to most Of tina
npon which We are accustomed to rely for proof tins
States. ~ 80 '''''A' >''' o''''
i is said that Donald Mckay, the great shIr
builder,-and who returned from England in iii
America on Thnrsday-nas been offered $3.50 90 !
charter for his new ship, Of 900 tons, nov nearl
completed, to go from livrrpool TO Australia az
the Chincha Islands, AMI return to Liverpool II
oiisr must be considered as very liberal one, an,
II really made shows that the building of great shiY
Is likely to prove profitable business Boston bea
the world in this kind Of work.
There have been few changes made in the CT
tom house this week. Mr.. Gay, who had been
the payal officers department Tor many years-ti
real naval officer ia al things save the 1icportai
one of drawing and speeding its neOne--has bee
compelled to give up his place. frou, the serious ar
rapid decline Of his health. Mr. lincoln, forea
entrance clerk, was appointed his successor, and
Clary took Mr.. Lineons old place, vacatng |
own, that Of foreign clearance clerk, which
given to Mr.. Dnrivaae, who resigns the private SC
retsrysbip to the Cole ctor, which will be taken I
near relative Of Gen Peaslee, in compliance wi
arrangements made last spring, Mr.. Durivage h0l
ing the appointment but temporarily. Mr. lie
shaw, who has been appointed to place, is . re
tive OF the late David Henshaw.
Boston has been borrowing money OF tbe Barring
abont $60O, GOO, at four and a half per cent per
mum, to aid in paying OF certain debts which fall
in 1854 and '55. You see that we have hardly
to the jews though Byron thought the ROtiSchil
quite rs good Christians OF the Barings-and perha
they are.
Maine ia likely to govern over our lands that
within her borders. Governor Crosby. win call I
Legislature Of Maine to2e her on the 10th ofSepte
her, to act on the subject and also to elect Mr. +
sender to the United States Senate. Il IL
doubted that the Leg stature will ratfy the barg:
made by the commissioners to whom the subj
The Boston Cl,oaicle, hitherto the organ OF I
anti-Maine law men, most OF whom are demccra
has passed into the hands Of the wings. Mr. Warla
has assumed the editorial charge Of Il. He ia one
the stanchest wings in the country, and has b
so these twenty years. For long time he edf
the Claremont On. Eagle, Ube democrats tb
used TO call it the Crow, y and fought the graz
state, democracy very hard, handling them "
gloyeless hands, and being paid back with BIZ
from their naked mawlies. Of late years he
edited the Lowell Duly Courier, O. vigorous "
paper, which he left to take charge of the Chro,i
When paper was started in Boston, come ele
years since, to be especially devoted TO the annih
ton Of Mr. Webster, in Tyler times, Mr.. War;
was made it, editor lie has tal4nts of supe
order, and have read poetry from his pen tbs
would be hard to equal among the writings
American poets His present business is to conv
democratic that they ought not to support the CO
ton, nomnally because that political organizai
with considerable mid from the whigs) passed
Maine law. He has taken the " National deynoc
under his core and protection, and tells them
o fine set Of fellows they are. His real obec
o aid the wings to naiptain their hold Of
tate, which they cannot do If their oppon
honld be even only tolorabiy united He, th
orc, urges upon the nr tiOna!s" that they put
The field such a candidate for Governor az shah p