New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-08
FROM BOSTON.
Prom Our Own Correspondent.

Boston, Wednesday, Aug. &, l-56.
For about week We have been luxura Jag IN an
east wind, which probably blew over icebergs fresh
from Greenland or the coast Of Bootha Felix.
The atmosphere has been filled with fog ard 'he
sky almost constantly vailed with clouds Np'htng
could be moIe delightful after the fierce heats of
the previous fortnight durii which the ttermome-
ter sl'erna,ed between So and 1919. From the
records It appears eett,n that since sny authentic
account cf the weather has been kept Boston has
BOT before suffered such scorchiDg.
| reiresbed myself in the hottest of it with
reading voyages and travels in the tOrrd zone.
The most comfortable thing OF this sort that met
with WAS Brucr's account of his residence at
seppaar on his return from Abysslns. That
agree able capital, as you may learn BY inquiry of
Kurz PasLa, is situated Oh the Nllc, some twelve
degrees or thercabOuts from the equa.Or.
After what | have said of the latitude OF
" seDn,ar." remarks the adventurous Scotchman,
" it will scarcely be necessary to repeat that the
- heats are excessive The thermometer rises IN
" the shade to lIy': but as have observed of the
heats of Arabia 80 now do l IN respect to those
"o of Sernaar-the degrees of the thermOmeter do
g not convey any idea Of the effect the sun has
"upnn the sensations of the body or the color OF
" the skin "
He goes on to state that in lat 13' and IA
north the people are black, while ten degrees
sOuthward nearly under the line, live the white
Gsla-a fact of some importance i'll the discus
sion Of tht question of the origin OF the cOlOred
races, or rather of the origin of their color.
With charming precision Bruce continues
"At Sennasr, then, | call ir cold when one, fully
clothed and at rest, feels himself in want OF
fire. | call it cool, when one, fully clothed and
at rest, feels that he could bear more COW
erng all over, or in part, more than he has on
I call il temperate when man so clothed ana AT
rest feels no such want, and can take moderate
exercise such as walking about rOOm without
sweating. | call il ndrm when lnan 30 clOthed
does not sweat when at rest, but upon moderate
motion sw eats and again cOols. call 1t not when
n uan sweats at rest, and excessively on moderate
motion ] call it rery hot wh' maa with tina or
little clothing sweats much, though at rest. cai
il srcessire hot when m-n III his shlrt, at resi-
sweats excessively, when all motion is painful, and
the knees feel feeble as If after lever cail IL
,rireme hot when the strength falls, disposition
to faint comes oD ftraltuess Is found IN the teu
ples as if a small cord were drawn tight around
the head the Voice impaired, the shin dry, ana the
head 81, lns more than ordinarily large aud light
According to this scale, II was uDque.tlonaoly
reyu hot in Boston during the latter hall OF July oi
the present year. A gentleman OF Cambridge
wno has travelled extensively In the wdrnlest re-
eions including Egypt and Nuola, tells NE that he
bar suffered more from heat tins Summer than in
all is foreign wa'd-rlngs.
Politics continue lively in spite OF the weather.
The Film ore meeting AT Faneuil Hal WAS large 10
Numbers. great efforts having been made 10 rally
the party to attend. Ia every other respectlt was
failure No person Of any confederation pOltl'
cally. took part in the proceedings. And from the
freoue MT heefs for Fremont which were gwen, II
was obvious that large portion oi the audience
we're not Fillmore men. Stiil, on inc Pdeemen''
Fillmore will get a considerable vote IN Massschil-
setts. But in the country towns he Is scarceiy
thought Of E.
A GOOD indication of the respective popularity
| Of Fremont and Fillmore is the comparative SAFE
| of th,ir PORTRAITS. Brauerd, whose portralts OF
SIMMER. Wilson. BurliDgauiS, Seward and Ere
| mont are TO be seen in hundred shop wihdo"s
| hiss also issued one of Fillmore. Like the others
il is in good STYLE and sold at the same price
| The sales thus far. as learn from Mr.. Brainerd,
| sre in the ratio of ten of Fremont 10 one oi
| Fillmore. Undoubtedly somewhat oi this pre-
| poIderar ce of Fremont is owing to the eAcelence
of the portrait which is OF lign merit as moaA
| of art and as a noble and picturesque |lsage'
| he contrast of that heroic countenance win tne
| fat face of Fillmore is good stump speech III
| itself r-:-, Loo
Reside those | have mentioned, Brallerd mas
nuhlisbed nortrsits Of Gov. Gardner Lewis Camp
| bell n. y. Banks, Senators Toombs, DousldS
| Pueh. and Foot of Vermont, Bishop Eas'puiu
| the Rev Mr. Conway of Washington, ana huli @
Der of eminent clergymen. None OF these se nave 0.
scId ss we'll as the portrait of Fremont The p'r,
trst next in demand il that of Charles sumner, o.,
whom Mr. Brainerd has lately issued ne" ana
| better likeness. A.. ,.;,hin
manufacturer of flags informs Inc that "i'iiln
a few weeks he has sold $50 hags u lltmo.' "
Clubs. and onlyabOut t~nth OF tha' n'iii'o' "
| Fillmore and Buchanan Clubs. ..;.
The indications are that the Fremont ulees'ne
tomorrow at Fitchburg will be the largest gather.
ing that has been seen in New-EngaIa ,ra 10, n'H'
| years