Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-05
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Marriages ExtraOrdinary-TheM Morals
OfNew YOrk-The British Capitalists.
From an Occasional Correspondent
New YORK, October I'd 1865.
NATRIMoNY IN THE AIR.

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NATRIMoNY IN THE AIR.
The latest sensation Ito come) is that O
being married in the air-which is to say
in Professor Lewis balloon that goes VI
every afternoon from Central Park. Thi,
evenings Herald comes out with the an.
nouncement that the Professor is fitting
up bridal car for an anxious couple
minister engaged-elegant lace curtains
bridal chamber-no cards-aud all THAT
lovers are very airy and walk in the
clouds, and all sort of thing, but this going
heavenward to wed the object of his affec-
| tions Tor words to that effect) is certainly
a delicate compliment to the angelic quail
tiles Of the object of ones affections Tor
words to that effect which ought to be
appreciated by the object &c, tor words,
&c. .)-particularly as the cost must be
heavy, and after all that is the true test of
love. As one goes up the Hudson 'as is
his custom of an afternoon" he sees the
aforesaid balloon floating in the air, and
feels interested in knowing that the
waving flags are waved by human asses
and how much more interesting will be
the sight when one recollects that thev
are waved by those that are united by "the
willing tie that together binds two willing
hearts and corresponding minds" which
is to say, the aforesaid minister. Speak
ing of ,ballon asensions, it may be re-
marked that on Saturday last, the notori-
ous-not celebrated-Harry Leslie, of
Il Ill
ropes suspended thousand feet from
earth by balloon. For my part should
consider it wicked to look at such an exhi-
bition. Such sights are degrading to the
human mind, and a well contested dog
fight is elevating in comparison to such a
scene.
MORALS OF NEW YORK.
The Tribune, of Saturday last, came out
with a very parti-colored supplement, on
one page an account of the revival of 1851 I,
which commenced in the Middle Dutch
Church in Fulton street, and on another
page full and elaborate narration of Il
visit to all the low places, cock-fghts,
concert-saloons and dance halls of the
metropolis. And this is the 4" Family
Newspaper that boasts of circulation of
one hundred thousand among the farmers
and the mechanics and the best people of
our happy land. 1 was once amused by
the narration of an old Cleyelanders visit
to the home of the bold Greeley, how he
found that the "gray mare was the better
horse" and that he knew of no better gov
erned man than this well-known advocate
of all isms. One would imagine that the
IFibI0les employees also had their own
way in editing the paper, or else that the
festive H. G. had deserted his color and
was changing his sentiments on affairs of
this world. Speaking of newspapers re-
minds ME to state that there exists a very
petty quarrel between Bennett, of the
Herald, and the theatrical managers of
New York. Bennett has been making
himself obnoxious in refusing the adver-
tisements of Barnum's Museum because he
has a disagreement ~with Barnum about
the old site of his Museum, where the
Herald Office is to be located, and so the
various managers refuse to advertise in
the Herald As the matter stands Bennett
has the whip hand of them. He refuses
bushels of advertisements daily. The
Herald is the most extensively read news
paper in New York, and if they don't
choose to patronize him it looks like their
own loss
THE BRITISH CAPITALISTS
Have at last returned here, and it is said
with a very confused idea of their western
trip. 1t is mistake about their intention
of building any double tracks, for the vari-
GUS railway companies were so hospitable
and such lashings of refreshments were
provided that report says the Bold Britons
saw double tracks laid everywhere even on
the Pittsburgh and Cleveland road. But
such is life. A singular instance is also re-
lated about Sir Morton Peto-that they de-
sired to call the celebrated Pithole oil dis
trict after him, but were deceived some
what by the ignorant pronunciation of his
name; and that they are now undecided
whether it is right to call it Peto district
and creek, or to insist that the name has
gained such celebrity that he, the gay
Knight, must be hereafter known as Sir
Morton Pithole. FOxO.