New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-22

What was beyond a sculptured bust, seen by It's
photograph, with the grand face more majestic than
ever and as il were, consolidated in sorrOw-a
lonely grave where, by his own sad command, he Is
to sleep forever far from us-a waiting congrega-
ton, All empty pupit-the silence, the void lett by
q great soul-and this was and is Theodore Parker.
NEWPORT, Aug. II, 1860.
DEAR TRIBUNE: hope you will not consider
my tidings of the Scientific Association stale.
Upon my word, have only been waiting for the
cream of my impressions to accumulate. In ltera-
ture, nowadays, it is more the custom to send
milk than cream TO market, and the well-worked
butter of the old Eogsh essayists is too rich for
the constitution of the present public. Thusa note
gets matured oftener than an idea, and perpetual
cfudity sets our teeth on edge. The scientlhcs
were tremendous universal, superhuman. Ihey
hung like a black cloud over the town, and almost
put out the eye of fashion. They went about in on-
nibuses, partook of out door and indoer hOsptall-
tes and seemed to think as much of themselves as
though they could show four horses en- the beach,
or lead the German. They drew wondrous things
on the blackboard; their talk was enough to drive
one mad. ] took my first look at them in company
with an artist friend. The features of the assembly,
rather than its sense, were his object, and as we
entered his prehense eye caught at two pretty PFC
lures of the comet in white chalk the black back
ground and rested there. He saw at glance that
there was nothing there for him but these and took
his leave when he had seen enough of them. But i,
more patient Of SOUL and well broken IN to all ia
CONS / took my seat among the audience, and
waited for the light which never came. "There may
or NAV not have been jet of luminous
90 matter at the point C.. A." said the lecturer
and, trying to follow him, our sanity gave
| way; we know no longer what we thought or
did or where we were. Query, are not all sciences
part of an attempt to reconstruct the original chaos,
| oat of which all things were made Again went,
| and q round. headed professor was talking OF the
magnet, and the armat1re trine aod its difference
from the other sort. HOrrid equations were on the
embellishments that make ones brain snap with
the Intellectual attempt to be pulled cut and enlarged
Gentlemen it VIII not do to neglect A plus b,
multiplied by the square of minus one" Here
we gave way again, and were carried cut. Went
down stairs, and bought moss agates OF q man who
had specimens to sell; the air refreshed us, and we
were head up agsin, but being unable to endure
| any more of MINI. one, were induced to try
| Section B-the smaller Lecture Room--where
was going or free and promscuous
fight the subject being the lighting Of coal-mines
Light with COZ gas and dismiss the od-fashioned
| "safety lamp What's the matter with the old
clamp 1t wac in great repute when We studied
Chemistry" %" The miners will keep taking cut
"the bottom of the lamp TO light their pipes, come
|
| $50" Some one goes on to say that the cause oil
explosions is aporal One-the gross carelessness oil
| the miners Why, the cause OF everything Is moral
if Won 90 far enough. The little boy who was asked
| why water ran down hill and not up, replied:
because it was the will of God;' and was thought
| by come 10 have made very inclusive statement.
/ Somebody now suggests that to bring cOal-gas into
mines is to introduce a new apd formidable ex-
ploslye agent where too many such already exist.
Other side had not thought of this, but would not
give up as beat. "Try powerful reiiectors down
q shaft " says One-idea not relished. Electric
light now suggested, butter 6rkps and patlns wire
some one else had thought OF this long ago-ah
| The other party were very glad to hear OF 1T
should be happy to see the proofs, etc, etc. We
! adjourned think, in favor of the Electric hight,
| though there appeared in the audience profane
Willingness that mines and miners should go to the
devil their own way, provided Goals were cheaper,
| and all expenses paid.
| The last and browning day OF the Association
was chiefly devoted to news of the last Eclipse,
| whereof Won have doubtless had cOpious reports,
Here the salt of joke was occasionally introduced,
| and much reished by the audience. DR.. Barnard
said that at the critical moment OF the Eclipse, the
Chief cried out: Bsiley's Beads" the Chief rose,
ndinsisted that Barnard had said, "Baileys beads"
and that be had cried out, " Hold your tongue, you
| blockhead," or something to that effect. Great
laughter by the audience, but when it came to this,
| that Prof Alexander had seen the Great Bear OH
earth as well as in heaven, then merriment became
| conylsive, and applause universal We should 40
| wise the venerable Chief to see all that he can on
e,rth: it is much the safest way. The person last
| named was now to make a vaedietory address to
| the Association whose President be has recently,
/ and perhaps remotely beehive know not. lhe
| scope of his remarks was wide he started con-
| siderably this side of Genesis, and landed
| good deal beyond the Apocalypse. Givlng 700
| large a portion of his remarks to the en-
L hot ,rea
l gave us nevertheless good cursOry view OF
Science with the outline of a sound old-fashloned
conservative faith in The divine origin of all things
which was honest and satisfactory. The reporters
| had before this junctuTe grown pale aud wild IN
| their countenanees Theirs had been work Indeed.
They stuck right through, and never boted at any
| thing. When a little common English came to re-
fresh them they frightened up, but then 1t came SO
seldom. When we left the hall, Prof Bache was
| bammering away at weights and measures, and we
looked toward that table full of wearied men with
| deep commiseraton. But it is all over long ago,
and they have all slept the sleep that knits up the
rayeled sleeve, and smOOths cut the KINKS ana
| crotches OF even the scientific brain.
The fasbionables scarcely appeared at the scien-
| tifc meetings The young ladies were too busy
having their heads dressed, the mammas too IN uch
engrossed with looking after them, the young men
were engaged in the pursuit of the noble horse the
old ones probably doing whatever mischief thelr
hands found 10 do, their time being short Inc
quiet tOWnspeOple were there, l000kngWlt rounu'
astonished eyes the wives of the Association lew
of the strangers, and your very devoted humble
servant.
Du Reste. things begin to march in this watering
nlace life. and il is time they did as the Sum-
mer ia rauidly yerging toward its decline. Stump
tuous edipages on the beach and on the avenue
Much good eating at Downing's, with my pecu-
liar crisp" Dangling and cheapenng OF goods,