The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-21

Ladies In Distress-Gallantry ~ Gentle
men-rhs Tower In Danger-LaEge Con-
course-rhs Heart Of Manhattan Islsnd
Throbs with Beauty-Arrest Of Flower
Pilfersrs, &c., &c.
The heart Of Manhattan Island has seldom throbbed
sensiby under the exciting tendencies OF tho pre-
sence Of lovelns and manne grace, beauty, muscle,
romance, love and drollery than did yesterday asr-
noon Central Park b a. yet huge rough diamond; but
the hard hands Of doughty apides-ys shovsers Of 70
earth and ye drillers into ye solid gness-have already
carved out OF chaos whole enaueed lawns and
rustic nooks and lovely rambes, and mirror like sheets
Of water, % that the D,a exsssUe, even u
TIN early period, one Of grandeur and
yet Of scft and winning beauty. The drives are Ike
wide and winding ribbons Of pcbbleess macsdam, The
bride paths just suited for the feet Of the equine and
the pleasure Of the equestrian upon the footpashs the
feet q The youth and the maiden-the lover with HIS
swseheart-she age mentor and sager matronthe dear
nss chidrss, with their nammas and their papas can
tread with 60, comfort and security. Central Park
The place for vivid romance and contemplated;
and here Ill the softer emotions which swell The human
heart and make think hat this b not . world Of
misery but OF pleasure and enjoyment Of beauty and
tenderness can hnd sctive and truly plsaaurabs play
WHOM HAVE WE uEREi
NOW ket u 0ok - t0e CuAfeo9or " bOno ol mo maui
tsds Of visitsrs, - can judge Of from .
casual and eursory glance There are, ay from 10000
70 900 present That four hhs Of the whole number
present speak foreign id,on evident the dullest
auyscular. or thh number II least three fourhs
Germans, Ill well 10 do who their own vcrnaculAr,
~s~~os
nsnsh which, from The lips Of pretty German woman,
come with such quantnsss and saiud. Agaio We hsar
the French tongue; anon, the Italian The Spanish, and
last but NOT least the delicious brogue Of sweet Emerald
This largo proportion Of Foreigners those Of foreign
extraction VII, enjoy the pleasures Of this rural realm
erected ct the OF many millions Of the public
treasure strikes stranger with surprise. And when We
look 81 the sturdy and frames Of these forsgsers
especially the Germans, can plainly sscer
tain our reason for the apparent physical strength
Of these people. They take outdoor exercise whom
ever they can get H. They take their wives and their
children with them They LET them rsmble and scram-
ble for what are few snght bruises scratches CON-
pared with healthy and vigorous phyqtSS Our Amer
can women, bless them and their chershed children,
are ccrnered Up N some s and eury %sns9n OF soms
heaven and the heahfu exercises upon such places o.
Central Park, In measure dsrcgrded, not denied
them For ourselves, should like 10 see every day,
or o. least once veek-Sunday leisure cannot be OBJ
tanned any other least hundred thousand OF
mr,s Of : rsnbIe upon their own grand domain, tins
magnificent Central Park. Let out the American wo
men and children Let them rambe, and scramble,
and scamper and--bchave themselves whom necessary.
II will save many . dollar on the Doctors bill,
ana snord q world Of pleasure 70 man and vomanknd
10 say nothing Of adocscent oorduroys and deni semi
cyipoipe The parents Of children, and the parents
themselves, however much they may dislike pubic pa.
rides and demon.tr.no5s, or any sss,cse s IN pnD
and n at all times, maintained on Central Park. No
rowdysm, drunkenness, no obscenity, no profsne-
"a within shs precsc Of ire park The poboe rcsu
tons are, 20 mr. ~ can possibly be, faun'ess
BLOW on VISTA ROCK.
as experienced vea Rock, upon which The bell tower
locased the highest point Of land or rock within the
a0d Ss. nns ' The rU .PS climbing
up Its sides II the time, and the way tho
crnorc few and the hats few, and The bonnets ew
epsodss Of an amusing character which may not be
amps 10 note Amid crow Of ladies' and gentlemen, an
sr-ss lovely ~ 4 hour, psrhsps little stouter-abou,
the posiuon Of the new reservoir. Suddenly violent
gust Of wind came, andt was mmcdniey iound necesss
Nv for the beautiful Franen 10 take soluble reef In her
hoops The pqua redoublcd In vioence ard fraulein,
after struggling vain for ZONE minutes sgains' the TEN
nest was Oh eed LET all aud scud under bare poss
/ nom yIyss Pcck 70 swan Sonia snug harbor in the
confines OF "The Rsmbe-xhere she repaired damages,
| and soon put ont 10 sec-tbe sehts-sgAn
young gentleman, evidently rot up with great expense
wearing a well pomatumei moua,ache and new AM
shining % sudds My found himsc minus the latter ms
wind caught and whrled h,her and thher, while The
hspsss and hsilsss cent ran 70 and fro the immenss
dsmsse of hs Maccaboy kids endeavornr 70 recover hs
recusant beaver II was making straight beadwny ioi
the old reservoir when young lady with great raanry
ana big Jump, spread her skirts and caught the ynf
ule In her-what do you oair-lsp, gucss-"big thing
on skirts
pretty little girl had her bonnet blown OF, and her
combs blown out of her head gust more and would
have taken the hair or like the sea captains on Csps
Hatioras Bunct recovered combs lost and gtver
Up 70 the underwriters hair supposed 70 have been gueo
on by erauldng In person.
70 violent was the wind time, that The persons
occupying the two upper stories OF the tower were or
dered BY the police 10 down they wshod 70 pre-
serve their necks They did instanter, and by tha
doubt many valuable necks are preserved 70
tho community.
ARREsT or FLOWER rrrrrRgRs.
About DOZEN persons arrested BY the police or
offering flowers and shrubbery. Among the number
were young gentleman and lady, who we're stroiins
around the oitskirs or The Rambe, and The gentleman
thought he DID no harm 70 pluck modest garland Tor nm
"laots love" He, with the others were iaken 70 the
sub station house In the Park. the young lady Following
and sharing hs Incarceration until his liberation some
hours subsequently,, By oapt Renwick, commander o.
the police forcs on the station.
Coronsrs' Inqussts.
FuAI VEHICLE oksrAru.--A lady named l. Mitchell
residing AZ the corner Of Fourssnth stree, sns Irving
place, vas knocked down and run over by light Wagon
m rfth avenue, on saturday Night and severely In
jured ihat she died IN sw minutes after beng ucks<
Ihe police were unable 70 arrest The driver ~ tn