New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-28
FROM BOSTON.
Correspondence Of The n. Y. Tribune

Bosros, March %, 1861.
| DEAR TRIBUNE: There lie no reason why you and
should be vice beyond generation, and before our
time Let us leave awhile those lofty moral console
ratons which give to the forehead wrinkles outside and
aches within Let u.s. as it is technically called un.
bend Loosen the snap and relieve the whalebones, or
if the puff of jolly should blow our mournful umbrel-
Ia inside out let be 80. 1t has served long enough
as parachute and we are weary enough of riding the
air with it. So leaving the inflated of the HUI
Inanitarian Balloon TO carry the mails between this
place and the Infinite, let of the Parachute come
down. and have little trihing talk about amusemens
Long enough have We wearied ourselves with: II
shall bet should bet must be-" and il is not yet.
Long enough have been the anxious seats Of our
moral and political integrity. Hang it, TRIBUNE,
even Conscience wants a Sunday now and then.
Let us slip, to-day, the Of that sad and sublime
companion. nap in the asychar will do her good,
and there il knowing what wear and tear she may
have before her have got TO swear after the party
right through and justify the preeen, attitude Of things
Calais was written upon the heart of Mary Of England
there lie another name written upon ours Hist we
can almost bear the nufTed oars of the boats that
should bring the wshed-fOr relief We see in the
dark the flashing eyes and firm hearts Of resoute men,
It's but little further; they have eluded the guard;
they have passed the Battery they are in honor is
saved; however the fight may end. Bah there If no
such thing. What are you dreaming Knowing the
old gallant saying, they tell us: eve have lost ALL
and honor may as well go, pardessus h Harcht" But
this il not what meant to write. Pardon the last
grow Of Conscience in her easy-chs and let us talk,
as we said we would Of other things.
And first Mons. Blondin claims our attention. He
has been here-the sublime ape, the inspired monkey,
the scientific mounebank. These eyes have seen him
these hands applauded-this heart has beat devils
tattoo against its prison bars eapng with pain and fear
AZ the danger Of feow-cresture. Not that he does
not inspire confidence in lis own power but ropes are
fallble fixtures are uncertain, and the boson OF the
mother Earth is friendly only to those who approach
according to the principles Of gravtation Could we
describe the breathess state Of all of while he-the
man in slk and yer-trod the upper air with only the
gossamer Of the rope between him and much damna
ton az the pit of theater can confer Move cannot
describe but we can give hint The first and second
plays then are over. The rope and its curious sup
ports have all been duly adustedit runs az near the
ceiling Ms may be. Mr.. Blondin-wbom we have seen
only in the disguise of Jccko the Ape-now appears in
his own lineaments and in bis professional attire
which may be characterized kilt with precautions.
He is fair and fairhared man sort Of slyery blonde,
well called Blondin and probably named after that
circumstance He hss an honest sensible face. mag.
nifcent thorax, and such legs should aston
iah the spindles Of our industrial commun-
itv. Well he makes his little bow, as
one who should say: Ladies and Gentlemen, ths IL
not NIAGARA but such us il is will make the best Of
il" He ascends curious scafoldiDg, shaped like al
immense A. leans negBgently against is apex surveys
his residence and tries the rope with his dainty foot
4 confidential friend accompanies bin, 10 whom he
speaks in an undertone con6ding TO him probably his
last wishes with regard to the disposition Of his property
and Mad Blondin. Now comes little coup de theatre.
Music begins willie from O trapdoOr in the upper re-
eions deseends huge balancing pole, long sndsheavy
The hero grasps and poises it, and the extraordinary
march begins How firm, how erect he IL, how nicely
he sets his feet those only know who have seen him
vet il is hard u sit still and watch him. Item, the
iudcious public has removed from the center of the
nit and filIp the side boxes and Hobbies. One has
hardly become reconciled TO his walking before he
begins to lie down, 10 tumble, 20 stand bis head.
When YOU shiveIingly assent TO this he appears blind
folded with sack tied over hs head and shoulders.
To highten the effect, he pretends to blunder
with his feet about the rope, while every nerve
and sinew In your body aches and papi-
taies You have not recovered from this, when be
begins third trip, bearing man on his shoulders.
This is more than you bear. The very calculation
Of the double chances Of risk is eXasperating,
10 the toughneas Of a mathematical BRAIN. You put
You head down. aud 20 mad after your own fi'shicn.
" II in over they tell you, and you look up and see
the twain returned from what seems TO have been a
very comfortable journey. This is alltle balancing
pole goes up, and his serene Hgbness comes down.
l,ttle xUlic | IA BlUuQIu.
but am not proud" and betakes himself to private
life and It's modest resources. On other occasions he
takes with him the Flbbertigbbets, bis children, for
an airing above the chandelier, which, metbinks, is
cruel and at one the browning benefit, be seized the
wife of his bosom and fled from domestic acrossthat
slender bridge Of hemp returning, nevertheless, TO tho
same by the same. Oh Mrs. Blondin--we hope you
are pattern of an the conjugal virtues. We bose
you are up TO the pudding and the st button, patient
of tobacco and beer and not given 70 jes ousy. Flee
were il 10 easy for that man 10 make hs quetus and
YOUR by mere gambol little innocent frobcsng in
his lofty tunlbling He might take you for rose, and
gracefully fling you to the partrTt where you belong
He would tear his hair aftervard naturally but that
would do you no good, while every husband in the
house would take his part and cay: "Go doubt there
were reasons, if we only knew ALL"
But this detailed account Of what every
in its time for half dollar for quarter If he
ID particular about his money than his company
would profit little could we not draw from it some
scientific suggestions practical fanss-
TIC would have you know that did not attend the
learned Congress at Newport las Summer for nothing
Given fact and possibility can pitch an hypotL.
s as well as another SO then, my suggestions are Of
two.fold nature. The is that gravity like other
phenomenal must be reversible, and that even az the
Testudino ride Agassiz carry their veltebre outside
tbe;r bodies the shell Icing only the agglomerlte OF