The New York herald., 1879-11-16


EXTRAORDINARY CoMposURE.'
To his Charles he writes-
The people in New York exceedingly kind and
considerate, and desire to be most hospitable be-
out. except at Boston. should not be tit for the
labor. Dolby holds out we'll to the last 1t will be-
triumph. for he has to see everybody. drink with
everybody sell all the tickets take all the blame and
go beforehand to all the places on the list
shall not him after tonight for ten days or
during the interval. When he leaves me. Osgood, a
partner in Tcknor Il Fields publishing irm
mounts guard over me- and has to 20 into the hall
public seating themselves. 1t is odd to
how hard he finds it to look couple of thousand
people in the face, on which head, by the bye,
tice the papers to take Mr. Dickens extraordinary
composure' (their great phrase) rather ill. and
the whole to imply thut it would be taken a suit
able compliment il would stsgger on the platform
and instantly drop overpowered by the spectacle be-
fore me.
Dinner is announced (by Scott. with q stiff neck
and sore throat, and must break off with love to
Bessie and the ncipient Wenerableses. You will be
glad to hear of distinguished parent that Phil
adepha has discovered that 'he is not like the de-
scrptions have read of him at the little red desk
He is not at all foppish in appearance He wears
heavy mustschc and vandyke beard. and looks like
well-to-do Philadelphia gentleman.
MR.. @. W. caILDs.
From Philadelphia he writes:-
The great man Of this place is one Mr. Childs
newspaper proprietor and lie Is so exactly like Mr..
Esse in all conceivable respects except being inch
or SO taller, that was quite confounded when !
depot here) with his carriage.
SLIGHT MISTAKE
Writing from Baltimore lie says:-
This is Of the places where Butler carried it
with high hand in the and where the ladies
used to spit when they passed Northern soldier. It
still wears. fancy. look OF surlen remembrance.
(rhe ladies remarkably handsome. with an
Eastern look upon them, dress with strong
sense Of color and make u brilliant audience.)
The ghost of slavery haunts the houses, and
the old untidy. incapable, lounging. shambling
lack aprva yDf n n free mi Free of he
ought to be; but the stupendous absurdity of max
ing him voter glares out OF every roll OF his eye.
stretch Of his mouth and bump of his head. have
u strong impression that tho race must fade out Of
the States very fast. 1t never hold its own
against striving. restless. shifty people.
AHEAD OF WESTON.
Referring to o certain famous walking match he
says:
Dolby and Osgood. who do tho most ridiculous
things to keep in spirits II often very heavy
and rarely sleep much) have decided to have walk
ing match at Boston on Saturday, February %. Be-
ginning this design in joke. thoy have become tre
mendolsly in earnest. and Dolby actually
for pair OF seamless socks to walk in.
Onr men are hugely excited the SUBJ
ject, and continually mako bets ''the
men," Fields and are to walk out six miles. and
"the men, are to turn aud walk round us. Neither
OF them has the least idea what twelve miles at
pace is. Being requested by both to give them "a
breather'' yesterday. gave them stiff of Ave
miles bad road in the snow. half the distance
uphill. Itook them at pace of four miles and
half hour. aud you never beheld such objects Us
they were when We got back, both smoking like
factories and both Obliged to change everything be-
tore they could come to dinner. they have the ab-
surdist IDEAS OF what are tests Of walking power and
continually get up Gin the maddest manner and
how high they can kick the wall! The wainscot
here in place Is scored all with their pencil
marks. To him doing this-Dolby. big man.
and Osgood, very little one, Is ridiculous beyond
description.
The following written from New York to his
daughter. December H.
PAPER MONEY.
Will You report the success here to Mr.. Forster.
with my love- and tell him he shall hear from me
by next mail? Dolby sends his kindest regards. He
just come in from ticket salcs and has put
immense, untidy heap of paper money on the table
that looks like a FAMILY wash. He hardly ever
Dimes and Is always tearing about Mt unreasonable
i,t hours He works ,, very hard; The exctement Of
readings sold as soon they ready. and the
public pay treble prices to the SPECTATORS who buy
them mp. They are wonderfully fine audiences.
even better than Edinburgh, and almost IL not
quite. as good rs Paris.
BAGGAGE sMAsuEns.
To Miss Hogarth from Boston. December %. he
writes So
BY the bye, when we left New York for this place
Dolby called my amazed attention to the circuu-
stances that Scott leaning his head against the
side Of the carriage aud weeping bitterly. 1 asked
him what the matter and he replied 1.-THE
owdacious treatment OF the luggage. which
more outrageous than man could bear" told him
not to make q fool of himself; but they do knock
it about cruelty. 1 think every trunk We have is
already broken.
Az OTHERS HIM.
To his friend. the late Charles Fechter he writes:
have an American cold (the worst in the worl,)
since Christmas Day. read four times week with
the most tremendous energy bring to bear
upon 1t. travel about pretty heavily. 1 am very
resolute about calling people. receiving people
or dining out. and TO save myself a great deal l
read In all sorts DOT paces--churches. theatres,
concert rooms. lecture halls. Every night l
read 1 am described mostly by people who
have not the faintest notion OF observing)
from the sole OF my boot to where the
topmost hair OF my head ought to be- out is not.
am described being ''evidently
nervous;" sometimes 1t s rather taken i'll that "Ar
Dickens Is so extraordinarily composed" MY eyes
hnlc Violet ana rainbow srSen DrIwn
to-do American gentenian" and the Emperor of tho
French. with Nh occasional touch the Emperor of
famous townsman. Rufus w. B. ID. Dodge GruInsher
Isay all things that never said 70
to all sorts OF places that never saw heard Of and
of existence suppose-that have quite escaped
my memory. You ask your friend to describe what
he is about. This IL what he 10 ABOUT every day and
hour of his American life. On "Wednesday came |
back here for my four church readings in brooklyn.
Each evening an enormous fcrryboat will convey mo
and my state carrage, not to mention half dozen
wagons and any number of people and few score Of
horses, across the river, and will bring mo back |
again. Tho sale of tickets thcre was an amazing |
scene.
THE srRcULAToas pRooKIyN.
Tho noble army of spectators now furnished |
this liz literally true, and am quite scrious) each
with straw Mattress little bag of bread aud
meat two blankets and u bottle of whiskey. With |
this outfit they lie down limo on the pavement |
the whole night before the tickets sold generally
taking up their position Mt about ten. IL being
severely cold at Brooklyn. they mado an i'm.
mense bonfire in the strset--a narrow street
OF wooden houses--which the police turn out to
cxtinguish. general hight then took place, out Of
which the people furthes of in the line rushed bleed
Ing when they saws chance OF dsplacing others
and thon held by tho iron rails. AT eight In tho