New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-11

LAST night, however, be made scothcr and mos.
successful s,,-mpt at the Music Hall, where thero
was air enough tor all oar occasions. His lecture
was very sensible one, IN the Importance OF ODE
dence to the ply steal Laws of nature especially
IS to ventilation and muscular deveJpmenr Hs
believed that DO adequate notion Il yet had ~ %
the degree 10 ~hich bodily strength may De IL
creased He bad bad his attention first attracted ID
the subject when IN college. eight or Dne years
500 being .t that time hot mote than an average
lad Of sixteen or seventeen. by degrees be has 10
creased his muscular powers mp a. their presen.
extraordinary force. lie Is shout hye ieet seven
inches ,sll. ari weighs, when IN good condition,
only Ii3 pounds BY 0ay OF showing US what 10
could do, be- first lifted with BIS hands Only,
without straps or "th"r apparatus, weight
,of 90 pounds. incu'ne the chain which sustained
the weight This be- affirmed Was more than ary
man had ever lifted b, fore IN the same "ay,os whom
there "a spy authentic record \ famous strong
EnglisbmaI m the last century, could liit between
200 and 200 pounds. aud NJ. Blbio, the Beigaa
giant. -o0 pounds Both of these were older men,
he being but % and he ann ced his intention Il
lifting Leo pounds by the time he - 80. After
ward be lifted himself by bis little hneer SO Ne 70
bring his chit higher than the iaborng POM, and
afterward, by grsspne the rope without any Other
purchase Next he manipulated his dumb bells,
weighing a hundred pounds each, and concluded
with taking up barrel If flour IN his hands, aad
putting il on his shoulder and walking about tho
stage with it. He stated, ALPHABETICALLY, that he
was not in AS high condition As usual, aud weighed
seven pounds less than bis average, N consequence
of Bis ndispo.lloo, occssonef by his last Lecture;
but We thought be did pretty WELL and all b. hal
promised. aud we appauded bin rouudly. trust
he will soon give another lecture, describing tho
particular exercises by which he has produced swa
results.
The great bsttle of the Post. Office, which h.
ARRIVED on one side or the other all our eheenvs
forces and good many that were not, is al Ia.
decided in favor If State street. It's event vas
long doubtful Our great Jove himself, on u
Ohmpian nights of Washington, huag ont ks
golden scsles IN air, and pondered the event. Ia
these he put two weights, the sequel each OF giving
it 10 State street or to Summer street.
"The latter quick upflew and Kicked the beam
The only incredible thing that is stated on tbs
subject is that the weight which thus made To
celestial sign preponderate, WAS the inintsly u
material one Of the law OF Congress-, dlrectloes
to be done. cannot think NJ i'll of the PRESIDED.
and his advisers Ia suppose that they Permi.tei
consideration So utterly inconslderable 10
have any weight with them. | have myself
shown how easily il could BE- eysded Bat
for one reason or aDother the P0st-Otce
has gone back to its old quarters. Bat they have
been swept aud garnished since then and enlarged,
so that there is plenty of room aud biear eyed
clerks no longer sort letters by gas light at high
noon. So that Mr.. Capen's maneuyer has had thu
effect of furDsh,ng us with convenient aud proper
office, infinitely better than any you can brag of IN
the poor Old Dutch Church you have desecrated
from the service OF God Ia that ot Mtmmon. And
as he has the years rent OF his premises IN Summer
street safely deposited in specie in tho SubTressu
ry suppose he is not dlscontented with his share
OF the upshot. At any rate those OF us who ara
fortunate enough not to have any real estate