The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-08

Cuy Auuoeu 70 tncm tuus Particularly 10 point OUT
feature which illustrates the consistency Of the
pursued by the editor Of Ii paper all questions in
which the interests Of the public and he homer repu
| taiion Of individuals concerned.
The press Of this city with but few exceptions, has
always been sbamefuliy sub-ervisnt the Wall
ana banking interests Ia this servils spirit
elaring manifest than in The various proceedings
by which it sought crush and Mr.. Barker.
In his rial The dnelling law for sending challenge
to Of bis opponents The New York papers generally
afraid 10 encounter the hostility Of his persecu
tors that they refused publish records of the
court establishing his defence At this interval Of time
such statement would hardly be credited by those who
are not acquainted with the intimate ;ion which
exists between the fnancerng world and certain class
of journalism. The following letter from the proprieors
Of the New York daily Advertiser (since defuncD will
| be sufficient to enlighten them ON the subject =
SIR We have been called upon this afternoon by o
number Of gentlemen regarding the documents OF which
your advertiser ent is composed Who upon hearing their
contents have given To understand that if published
they WIN involve as In difficulty with many Of pa.
irons and friends Not feeling willing to encounter this
disturbed state Of feeling under the necessity
declining the insertion OF the advertisement We are,
with respect, your ohedient servants,
DWIGHT, TOWNSEND WALKER
JACOB BARKER, Esq.
II is hardly necessary for to sayor II matter u
history-that in the position in which he then
placed editor of the National Adoca Mr.. Bennett
adopted towards Mr. Barker the which he
has since nfexbly pursued in his conduct Of the h.
RAID. unintimidated by threats and uninauenced by
selfish considerations he freely opened the columns Of
that paper 10 whom he believed to be slandered
and persccuted Ever consistent in his hostility to
nopolies and injustice he took up his cause he woui
to-day take the ofany similarly oppressed
and rendered him essential service. The following
knowedgmen to be found in the pages Of this biography
but fair tribute to the honesty and fearessncss Of
his conduct
The public mind was constantly poisoned by the erro
statements Maxwell his infammatory speeches
and newspaper misrepresentation, in refuting which
Bennett ESQ., toen editor Of the Na.ionu
Advocate particularly useful and did to dsa
buse the public mind than all the other newspapers of
the nation to him Mr. Barker feels under lasting obga
lions.
The rest OF the volume relates almost entirely to
political events election of General Taylor
and the nomination Of Pierce and King, in which Mr.
Barker took active part We promised in n
cond volume fur her incidents Of his he wh,h
though confined to n limited and retired sphere
in the history Of such man. often the fruitful
in interest
THE Prison OF WELTEvREDEN, and Glance
ut the East Indian Archipelago. BY Walter NJ.
Gibson.
We have Heightened notice of this interes ing work
in type but compelled, from want Of space hold
it over for few days. In the meanwhile
mend to the attention Of readers, being
the readable and amusing books of that have
lately appeared.
PERIODICALS.
HAMPERS MAGAZINE for November contains excel
lent articles. That Pompeii will read with
rest although Its facts not of the The
in which they grouped together, and Ia which
they illustrated by the engraver impart to them all
heir value Mr.. squer's explorations in Nicaragua
continued in the present number They embrace In
this number description Of the volcano and lava field Of
Masaya, visit to which, in 1922 the old chronicIer
Oviedo has left interesting Of 1t Is worth
Quoting
He says he had visited vesuvus and Etna, and
rates many other volcanoes but It me- no
tnues that OF these volcanoes be compared
that Of Masaya, which A. have said have and
examined for my.tf. | win relate what saw. II
about the middle Of the night Of July IS 1879 tha
We eft the house Of Machuca and by sunrise had
nearly reached the summit. The night very dark
in consequence Of which the flame Of tain ap
Feared exceedingly brilliant. ] have heard persons
worthy Of credit say that when the night Il very
and rainy the light from tho crater Is vivid that
may distance half league but th-
| viii neither affirm deny for at Granada, when
there II on, the whole country Is illuminated BY
flame Of The Volcano and II Is fact that it N be
cen at distance c fifteen or twenty leagues for have
seen Il at that distance self However, cannot c
that which proceeds from the crater fame rather
smoke which Is ~ bright "a . flame.
was accompanied by an Indian caxiqne whose name
was Natatre, Who when we got near the crater sat
frghtful office The summit Of the mountain forms
pan covered with red yellow and black rocks spotted
opnion, musket ball could not traverse H. The depth,
70 the hest q my Judgment l. about hundred and
hi y IA hons and although difficult to the
bottom u the crater for the thick smoke and vapors yet
could discern there place perfectly round aud large
enough 10 contain hundred cavaliers who could play
fencing and have than tn ,usaad spectators
II would hold even than that number " not
bottom II this second crater behoid FIRE which was a.
liquid water and Of the color ~ brass From time
time mis- molten matter roe In the air with prodgous
force hurng gsat to the height of many feet
II APPEARED 10 me- Sometimes these arrested the
sides a the crater and remained there, before becoming
syfgubed time enough to repeat the Creo times.
After they had cooled, they re~embled the scoria Of
Jorge.
Icannot believe that Christian could behold thi.
spectacle unmipdful Of hell and without repeating Of his
sins particularly while pairing ,hi. vein o. sulphur
with the eternal grandeur Of everlasting Are which awaits
those who are ungrae'ul 10 God
Hints for Country House Builders' comprises all
that Is novel and practically useful In cottage and farm
architecture and its value Is enhanced by enxrsg.
ings Of the different styles recommended with sccom-
panyng plans and diagrams " An Earthquake or T~o''
in like all the Interesting scientific lets
connected with these phcnomens. or their occurrence
in this country, have the following chronology -
All the world Is subject more or less 10 earthquakes
In tbis country the oobvunns at New Madrid In 1911
and 1872 which iel, fom the Valley Of the Nj SIS
syp 30 The coast the most examples II
the phenomenon Of which We have any record bat slight
vibrati. are ~ constant occurrence Newburypor
tnct shocks; New Orleans there Ia record
earthquake ever having et Tho Indians tola DR..
Hhuef bht txI$ctea earring every quarter
Of century The cole Dsl records mes ton Eve gecal
eafthqushes w IN l.3s leo, 1o6s, 1927, and 1853
besides fevera minor shocks, Of which there
abtbdaDce between loco and 1909 vastly ~ the
81 the supesstitious New Englandees Nowadays we
record these maj more cully Thus End that
between II January 1867 and I6tn June 1855 no
bsn eighty four shocks II earthquake experienced
IN he tnitcd States exclusive IL forty 20 ATTY
which ielt in California ~ the Atlantic ststei
Virginia and seorgia appear he most frequently favored
by earthquake in the period mentioned eight were felt
~ each. New York and New Hampshire with
apiece IOuieihna North faIolina, south Caro-.
ra AIkaosas Connecticut and inds, said 70 have
been only yitsd once and Alabama, Wisconsin, Iowa
Indiana Michigan, and Nev jersey not q, ALL Bat tie
difference probably due 70 the vigilance " observers ia
the former Sate aud their negligence in the latter "
hardly remind the American reader thai
none % these shocss reFious.
LNtScsToS's Law MAcAsSE lJr Noyentes l. an es
eesdinsly interesting numyr The article the
paaiive Jurisprudence Of England and America dspsys
sound aualy teal Judgment aud thorough ssquant