The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1849, Page 1

on TELE: RAPHIC. NEWS F.iOM EUROPE. ow ONE WEEK LATER. ARRIVAL oF THE STEAMSHIP CALEDONIA AT BOSTON, THE FRENCH IN ROME, ADVICES FROM HUNGARY. TERRIBLE MARINE DISASTER. AMBRICAN STOCKS. reer STATE OF THE MARKETS, de, die. He, The steamship Caledon, Captain Leitch, with dates from Paris to the Sih, London of the 6th, and Liverpool of the 7th iwestont, arrived at Halifax, about 7 o’clock on Thursday evening, and at Bos- ton yesterday forenoon. The Caledonia hus torty-five passengers for Bos ton, exclusive of eighiern of the forty-two survi- vors of the ill-fated bath Charles Bartlett, of Ply- mouth, Mass., Wm. Bartlett, master, which, on the 27th of June, at 84 o'clock, P. M., about 700 miles to the westward of Cape Clear, was run down by the steumship Europa, and sunk in three muauteg, with one hundred aud thirty-four of the passengers and crew. ‘The catastrophe occurred during an immense fog ; andalthough the boats of the Europa were instantly lowered, andevery possinle assistance rendered, only forty-three out of the one hundred and seven- ty-seven souls were saved. The captain, second mate, and ten of the crew are among the sur- vivors. The Europa is acquitted of all blame, not only by the survivers, but by the unani- «mous voice of the British press and the public.— A subscription of £252 was prompily raised by the passengers of the Europa, to which the proprietors have added £20; they likewise offer to carry the whole of the survivors trom Boston to New York, free of all expense. The Charles Bartlett was bound trom London to New York with emigrants, aod had on board 450 tons of merchandise, consisting chiefly of lead and chalk. R. B. Forbes, Esq , « passenger per Europa, behaved with surprising gallantry upon this occa- sion, and has been presented with the gold medal of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society. The Europa sustained no material damage by the collision. Capt. Bartlett gives the following particulars of the collision with the Europa :— At 230 P. M., being on the weather side of the poop Geck, heard @ rumbitng to windward. like distant thunder. Turned my car to windward and my eye to the horizon. The man at the whewi, voticing that I 4 cried out “Sail was listening, looked to windward tho!” Lat once saw what | supposed was a ship, about one point forward of our beam it 400 ynods dis- fT a the beim up. thinking she did not us — that sbeuld bere clear her before cor come io contact. All hands samie time to alarm the ship, and called to th re were nearly one time. All was of the time we saw the rat of twelve knots an ? hou i t : errible keeue which ensued, | am not describe. I wa: knocked to leeward with eel. | recovered myself in a moment, very person t@ cling to the steamer, as ly hope. “I caught bold of a broken chain on bow, and hauled myself up, shouting at the 4 i al same time to the crew sud parsengers to follow. 1 baiely time to get on the steamer’s bow; while getting up | noticed that her bow was the sbip, within » foot of the after hatch. that abe wasstove clear feet of her fide »: ve been ry in Lott, bis officers aud beard the steamer. The OF THE CHAKLES BARTLETT. pusseugers. bound to New oo &e , Were saved from the aries Barth ot dertiom te 1) deetioatios u desiiuation, ‘Thos, Fitrgeraid «fl: nove des iostion Philadelphia, John Hever, of Kent; ueetinaiom sew York, David Macy. of Norfix, destioation Vermont, Joba Haffrene, of Loudeu, destination, New York. Jobin Ticken of Gerwany; de siiae tov ww York. Horace Hotiaud, of Sursex, deriiua tou, New York. Samuel Green «f Lowden, destination, New York, Thomas Bryren, of Loud», ation, Oaio Stephen Kotte, f Le destination, “Michigan. N Jj destination, New 0 James Berry, of Newark tivation, New York. he 1 Fresborg, destination, Boston. Horack. of Pre-burg, destination, Bosten. Blucher. of Utrrent; destination. BDostos, J Petrus P, Roti. of Germany, destination; Boston. Stodel rrossian, destioation, Boston Hire bridget Conry. of London, destination, Boston eT OF THE CREW OF TH CHAS. BARTLETT. ‘William Bartlett, captain, Wm. Prince, vd officer, ”N Isaac Hameen, Wim. Perry, James Freaer, John Jordon, John Bell, Jobn Jackson, Joshua Carey, Harrison D. White. Levi Hunt, ed but little damage, and crew were injured. mone of the passenge:= B 5 The quarterly staieuent of the revenue was publiehed on Friday, vnc, compared with last year’s, it exhibited a consierable falling off. Io the customs of the quarter there is a decrease of £319,055. On the exer, there is a decrease of £403,201. The aggregate decrease 18 £772,256; the increase, £278,406 ; und the wet falling off upoa the quarter, £493,850. . The city of London election took place on Wed- nesday, and resulted in the re-election of Baron Rothechild, by an overwhelming majority. The event is régarded w+ wu unimistakeable sign of the determination of the citizens to secure what termed full religious liberty The opposing can- didate was Lord Joh Manners, who was beaten by a majority of over 3,000 In the course of « detvate in Parliament, Lord Palmerston expresred «4 confident hope that the President of the United states will, in his annua! Mesenge to Congress, propose a change in the Aterican navigation laws, corresponding with that which will come into operation in Great Bri- ‘tain on the first of Jannary next. "The matringe bili, afivr an ineffectual attempt te the atter main shrouds, The | | Would be lodged and maimtuined b: | the relations with SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1849. exempt Scotland from its operation, has passed throvgh the committee in the House of Commons. On Tuesday, O'Connor brought forward his mo- tion in favor ef the people’s charter. His speech was full of 1vective, especially in his allusion to the Irish member, whom he styled “lick spittles” of the treasury side of the House. He was sup- ported by Mr. Hume and twelve others, in a house of 235. Lord Brougham gave notice on the Sth, that on the following Monday week, he would submit a motion to the House, relative to the intervention of the French at Rome. A subscription in behalf of the Hungarians has been started in London, which is being liberally responded to. English papers state that Jenny Lind will visit the United States professionally, before she retires from the stage. Ireland. Public attention in Ireland 13 absorbed in the promised visit of the Queen, which is annouaced to take place on the first or second week in Au- gust. The anticipaced visit seems to have brought about an entire oblivion of all party teeling. In Dublin, preparations are being made to receive her Majesty with every demonstration of loyalty and aflection. France and Rome, The Legislative Assemb!y has been the scene of much turbulence and recrimwwatien during the past week. The despotic spirit which marks the procvedings of the government is having the eflect to unite various sections of the Assembly, not heretofore friendly, into a compact opposition to the Barrot Ministry, and in defence of republi- canism. Towards the close of the sitting on Wed- nesday evening, some astonishment was created among the members by M. Grandin declaring that another movement was in preparation. The state- ment, however, was so vaguely given by the ho- norable member, and appearing to have no foun- dation in fact, it soon ceased to produce any im- prefs.on. On the 30th ult. the Constituent Assembly of Rome, finding that farther resistance to the French arms would be in vain, ceased hostilities aud vir- tually surrendered the Eternal City to the besiegers. On the 15th instant an official notification was made to the French Legislative Assemby, that in consequence of the arrangement entered into between General Oudinot and the Roman trium- virate, the gates of Paolo Porteci and St. Pan- | crazio had been thrown open to the French troops, who were adopting measares for the immediate occupation of R perfect quietness: order. produced a deep sensation in the Chamber. A correspondent writing from Paris says that it was stated positively just asthe Bourse was clos- ing, that the government had received a tele- graphic despatch announcing the eatry of the | ind that French army iato Rome on the 24 im they were received with acclamations by the people. The division of Garibaldi had been con- | ducted to Civita Veechia, where they would lay down their arms. Two divisions of the army the Romaa government. The funds rose on this news 1 per cent. Just previous to the reception of the decisive news from Rome, General Bedeau lett Paris te take command of the army im ltaly, and General Oudinot wus erdered home in disgrace. Arrange- ments also were promptly made to increase the amy of italy to 50,000 men. cette ge pe reception of the news of the surrender of te Gen, a telegraphic deepatch was sent to Marscilies, deviring Geueral eau to wuit there for tresh instructions before proceeding to Reme. According to the diplomatic circles of Paris, on Thursday the General 13 to take the e of M. de Harcourt, Ambussudor, and is also charged with a mission to Marehal Kadetzky, to negotiate all mili- tury matters reepecuing the occupation of Italy. It appears certain that Gen Lamoriciere goes to St. Petersburg as Ambassador, and that he is to pro- test ogainet the Lmperor tuking any part in the af- fairs of ny. A note from the French goverament has been sent to Prussia ou the subject of Neufchatel, but it is not of an unfriendly nature. On the contrary, Prossia are on a satisfactory — . The Army of the Alps has beea dis- solved. M. Garnier Pages has poblicly announced his i recolu ‘© retire from pablic lite. Atthe month- ly orgat izaticn of the bureauin the Freach Assem- bly, on the 29th, all the Presidents chosen were of the pew including Gen Cavaignac and » order, Gen. beceau. ‘The bureaa authorised the law officers to take up criannul proceedings against tea runonul representatives, for implication in the af- | fuir ot the 1th. | Lediu Rollin is supposed to be secreted in Paris. On the 20th ult. the Konan Constituent Assem- bly made a decree couehed in these terma:— “The Assembly ceases » defence winch: kas bes come imposible.” It charges the Triumvirate with the execution of the present decree. At the same time the Generalio-Chief of the Roman amy demanded, ut seven o'clock, a suspension of hostlities, end'snnounced the departure for the French bead-quarters, of a deputation from the Roman Mumet Hity. There is no further news, beyond the report that the French had ulready entered the erty Acupture had been mude, ou the Tiber, of a vessel, equipped by a Lombard Countess, which, to all appearance, was ooly laden with whetstoues, but preved to contain « —_ supply ef ealtpetre and 5,000 sacks of lend * had been taken to the head-quarters of General Mollieres, and seat dey to Civita Vecchia, under the surveillance ot the police. lice. Ven Accounts of the 24th from Mestre, state th Venitian deputies sent to negotiate fyr the » der ot Venice, with the Austrian Minister at Vero- | na, have been dismissed, and have returned to Ve- nice. The bombardment and the besieging works would again be prosecuted with greater vigor thaa ever. ‘The sortie last made by the Venituns was very successful. Among the prisoners carried into Venice, bewide several officers of the stafl, there were two generals, Hangary and Austria. An official bulletin has been issued by the Aus- ouncing the compulsory retirement of rom Reab, who are said to have reured towards Acs previous to the capture of the city. Some of their forces had been defeated near Cronok and Szenere. The loss of the Magyars in killed apd wounded at Raab i» not stated 1 900 privoners bud been sent to Vienna. 30 carts, con- taining wounded, bad also reached that city. The Hungenans, it was su; |, would retire to the ‘Theiss, and large bedies of their troops were marching in that direc’ Some acceunta, how- ever, state that the Russians, under Paskewitsch, might be able to cut off their retreat. rom the south the intelligence is unfavorable to the Hungarians. Jellacie said to have oe cupied the Kesienstadt, defeating the Mauyars near Szegedin, and dnven them bey Theiss, Konejanin is also stated to have obtamed advan- tages over them near Zinta, and to have eaptared eight of their vessels, with 18 guns, on the Danube. It should not be forgotten that this news 1s given on Austrian authority only, and, as an offvet, et 19 stated in letters trom Par, om Thursday, thet a Tumor was current in the Assembly that the Han- arinns bad obtained advantage over & Russians, who wer ing beyond Raab, and thet the latter lont 10,000 mea. ‘There have been reports of Ausiria- Russian euc- creres, but proceeding from dubious sources, Numerically, the Hunganan army is aa powerful as thet of the Kussmoes, and supenor to discipline and cournge. ‘The Aurtria-Kussien army bas en- tered Keab, There was no batile, only cannon ading by the rear of the retrentig Hungariaa army. Tne Emperor, who rode at the head ot the first’ army » entered into Kaab, wich ts now the rters of the omyertal army t wineh i nearly Opporite & im it nite evident thet the same system hae pied, both by Venbia and Grorpey, of dd omg a deci One obvious result of this plan ia, that the ad- vere ng armue: from the worth and west w li be somewhat redve d@ im strength by the gerrisous they will bave to leave im their rear, and by the frequent pocis they will have tw establish to keep Gonyey hes now be ne, which would take place with ! ‘This communication , up communication through a hostile country with their base cf operations. : Coorgeys by declining a battle at Raab, and con- tinning bis retreat towards Gran, will impose upon the Austrio-Russian army the necessity of leaving gome 20,000 men before Comorn Nevertheless, Georgey woit!4 never have abandoned Raab excent with the intennon of detaching a portion ef his force agsinst Paskewitseh. A second edition of the Herald says, that a tu- mor prevailed in Para, in the Assembly, that the Hongerians had obtained an immense advantage over the Russians. In the vicinity of Raab the Russians are said to have lost ten thousand men. _At Finle a conspiracy against Austria had been discovered. Prussia and Baden. A desperate battle was fought on the 29th, be- tween the Prussians and the insurgents, in the neighborhood of the villages of Calasche and Mug- lennsteme, between Carlsruhe and Radstadt. ‘The insurgents were defeated generally. Peneker has taken possession of Baden. The heedquarters of the Prince of Prussia were at Oos. The Hanoverian Ptenipotentiaries had publirhed & note, setting forth various ohjec- trons to the constitution promulgated by the Prince of Prussia. The principal of these are, that the | constitution cannot be established, nor the Diet convoked, without the consent of Austria. Sardinia. It is announced that the negotiations for peace between the Austrian and the Ptedmontese go- vernments have been interrupted in consequen of the increased demands of the Austrian negoti: tors for & pecuniary indemnity, and also in conse- | quence of # refusal to engage, on the part of the Austrian government, to grant a comple amnesty. . The ilners of ex-King Charles Albert, at Oporto, is without abatemeot, and little or no hope is en- tertained of his recovery. We before had a report that he was dead. Denmark andthe Duachies, The araustice 1 again dormaut, and hostuities | have been slightly renewed, so far as on-lookers can judge. ‘There is no likelihood of peace which did not exist with equal force several weeks since. The Crops. Concurrent statemeuts tou all parts of Ireland and Englond confirm previous reports of the cheer- | | Ing prospects of the approaching harvest. The papers contain some fiying reports of the recur- reuce of the potato diseuse, espectally in the South of Ireland, but they are not of a character to merit much attention. Messrs, Baring’s Circular. Lonvon, Friday, 6th Jaly, 1849. The quantity of produce brought forward thi week has been limited, and litte demand has pr vailed privately Prices of most articles, however, | have been firmly supported, and consumption pro- | j cords ou @ Very satisfactory scale. e havea | ' continuance of extremely tine weather, and pros- | | peets for the coming harvest are everywhere re- | presented 10 be most favorable, In the m. actuiing districts business continues active. | Meney temuins very abundant, without change ‘im the rates of discount The amount_of baliion in the bank, by last week's retura, was fifteen mil- | lion ove hundred und eighty-eight thousand oae hundred end twenty-three pounds ; showing again | a large increase | Aatknican Stocks have been in limited demand this week, uch variation in prices, which | are firmly maintained. U_ 8S. Six per Cent Bonds to bearer of $1,000 exch with coupons, have been | done at 109 a9}; Massachusetts at 101); Peno- | sylvania at 62 per cent, with div from February. In other quotations no change. Commereh hoc pemagg Livexvoon, July 7, 1819. |The results of this week's business are key satisfactory. In almost every branch | of trade, if perhaps we oxnent colonial pro- duce, there are many signs ef firmness, activity | and confidence A slight improvement will be no- ticed in the value of wheat, lour and cotton, while | the statements fromthe manufacturing districte fur- | nieh strong aseurance ef an earnest extension of | | Operations. ae “ | | . The national securities have more than sustained | | their finmess throughout the weck ; for notwith- | standing the continued turbulent state ef the Coati- nent, they have continued steadily to advance. | Yesterday's advices from the continental market proving satisfuctery, consols closed firm at 92 t0 {for special transter, and 92h to 4 for settling | | day; bunk stock 144 to 195}; exchange bills 44s, to 47s. premium. Money is abundant, and good bills are resaily discounted at 24 to 24 per cent. In all securities prices are generally firm, with an advencing tendency both in London and on the Continent. ] | . AMERICAN STOCKS. United States 6's are quoted at 109); New York 5's nt 96 » 97; Pennsylvania 5's, 82 a 83; Massa- | chusetts 5's, 104}. i P MARKETS. ° A corsidersble amount of business has been done this week in breadetufls, at an advance in | every article excerpt indian core, which has de- | clined Is. to Ie 6d. per quarter, although Ireland | alene took 7,612 quarters. Wheat has advanced 1s. to 2d. per 70 pounds, and flour 6d_ per barrel. ‘The cloeimy prices of the market are—for Western Canal, 6d. a 258.; Philadelphia, 239. 6d a 24a. 6d_; Balnmore, 23s. 6d. a 25s.; Ohio, 25s. a 25s. 6d. wheat, U.S red to white and mixed, 6s. 4d. a 7 5d.; Indian corn, per quarter, yellow and 338 #34 .; corn meal, per barrel, 158. a 16s, “ den and provincial markets, in the ab- | | seence ot home enpplie have been oqealty active. | Corron.— The operat f the week have not been eo extensive oe those of the last week; but the | wtketis firm, with a leaning upward, and with | ap uctual advance of 4d. per pound on the lower qualities of Amencan = The week's transactions have reached 58,866 bales, «f which 16,500 were | taken on speculation, and 5,000 for export. The , American descriptions sold consist of 14,000 urlond at 4d.» Bid; naddling 4jd ; fair afd. ; 22.000 Orleans, Bjd. a G6ft.; middling, agd.; tar Sid; 14,000 Alatwma and Mobile, 4 1-160. a 5d; | re 4jd.; fair, 4jd., and 500 Sea Island, at Ad Bid. Moe Hermann’s advices stimulated the Havre | merket, and tie sales of cotton on the Sth reached | 3,000 beles, at en advance upon former rates. | Beef is only in demand for retail, Pork | —Western prane mens ly, at 35s. a 40s. | is enqnied for. B-con—Some Inrge parcels of Western have by ght 27s, 6d a Ws. Hamaof fine quality wre stendy, at full prices Shoulders | dis. Cherse is in short supply, and | limited. Lard—60 tierces sold at pre viows rater, with » medernte demand. Rice—100 tierces Carolina sold at Ma. 94. for ii wr, and 18%. for good Ainerican dressed —100 carks No American at 378. Turpen- gcod spirits weld at 30s. Oil—60 tune i] 'e brought £37. wsengers in the Caledonia. Sohutte, Mr. Kehmstanm, bed cob mat © London. Schepeiar, Breket, | | “ Yayler, The Latent Kuro; June te Sid Harp, Deeb die try New York, ampion, Morea, New York. ow ee, do. Ureane, New valanche, Now Yi Of Opristine, fm 'N York, ived Freya, Now York. serived Northumberland, Grie- +) B ston; New Ham Stoddern, doom meh hohe Ranaey” Stipleyt rege Lis 4 ro, fe LN York. re SI Dorhdo, NYork; Laurel, | stream 1s several | Englander. | public ati yxouru, Jw reMouTH, dy Sid July 6, W url, NYork. ihostou. NY¥erk. altimore, for Bro~ NYork. ork. . N¥ork; $0th, Lin- ‘eTENSAURG, June %—Sld Byron, NYork. from press Rochen, was coming up the har- Our New England Correspondence, Wurrs Mountains, Norcn Houss, July 10, 1349. A Run Among the White Mowntains—The Defile | of Willey’s Pass—The Remains of the Avalanche of 1826—The Silver Cascade—The Notch—Ex- tracts frém the Log Book at Mount Crawford. From Old Tommy Crawford’s, down in the val- ley, to young Tom's, at the head of the Saco, just | beyond the Notch, the distance is eight miles, and | the last two are through the Notch. The origin of this name, for what is called a gap in Virginia, and a pass in the Rocky Mountains, is truly Yan- kee. Whitting is a known peculiarity of the | Yankee nation, aud one of the features of whit- thng is to cut notches in a stick, and the wedge- | like shape of this pass, on first sight, so nearly re- sembled a notch in a stick, that it was called “the Notch.” The same holds good of a_pass higher up, known as the Franconia Notch. The general name, therefore, ior these mountain passes of New Hampshire is local and peculiar, and is de- rived from whittling To carry out the idea, the storms and convulsions of centuries must have been employed in whittling out these notches. The * notch” leading up to the base of Mount Washington, through Willey’s Pass, is that thiough which we came up this aftern ltisa pleasant ride, towards sun-down, in an open wagon, tiem the lower valley of the Saco. At the Willey House the defile is wbout three huadred yards wide, the mountuins rising on esther side, almost perpendicularly, 1,500 feet. In August, 1826, after & severe tempest of rain, wind, thunder, and lightning, the mountain, to the left, gave way at its sumoit, and an avalanche of earth, rocks, and water was precipitated into the valley, just behin the house where Captain Willey’s fainily, of nine perons, resided. {t was in the mght, and hearing the alarm, the tumily fled from the house, dowa the valley, for their lives, But the slide, striking a large granite rock in the rear of the house, di- vided into two streams, leaving the house un- seethed, while the mass of the slide, passing down to the lett, overwhelmed the family in their fight. The neat day, seven of the bodies were dug out of the mas» of earth and rocks: the two others were never found. Such is, briefly, the tragedy of Wiliey’s Pa: The dritt of the slide is disnactly marked, by the two currents of sand and rocks, to this day. “Passing on, the ravine becomes se nar- row us barely to admit the passage of the road, be- tween the cliffs, by the side of the brook. The undred feet below, to the mght, fiom the cliff. A small rivulet trickles 800 feet down the rocks, which Dr. Wright calle the “Sil- ver Carcade,” probably from having seen it dur- ing the spring freshets, Now it is nearly dry. Far- ther on, the cliffs overhang the narrow road, when ruddeuly they recede, and you are admitted up into a green valley, half a mile wide, with the Acton House, under the shadow of the mountain, to the nght, and the densely wooded Mount Tem over the way. , Ateach of the public heuses on the approaches tothe White Mountaips, a pi owen book ee be found, in whieh are recorded the passing refleettons of visiters for several years. Old Mr. Crawford’s, (at Mt. Crawtord in the lower valley,) is a public house known to almost every New The old man is. there yet, hale and hearty, at FB years of age, although the house is transferred to his son-in-law, Mr. Davis. The Notch house is kept by his son Tom, knowa a6 honest Tom, so that the family at both ends hold ‘ssion of the Notch or Willey’s pass, for the enefit of the traveller. Aud though their accom- modations do not comprise all the luxuries of a city hotel, they meke the stranger feel at home— the fare is good, substantial and wholesome, and the bill of expenses is small. But, trom the book at the elder Mr. Crawford’s, we made the following extracts :— Mr Levit assendid Mount Crawford and lost his mule on tho way down he had so fine a prospict that the animal was tired of wating for the rider aud loft the monating with the rapplddity of lightming aud he had to come down on his long leggs that was hard for hina poor feller how I pitt im. this was written by rimebody that uew the ‘To the bottom of which 1s appended :— “That Mr Somebody ought to eat a dictionary.”’ But here we have something blending the pa- triotic and the sentimental :— “ Liberty dwella among the mountalas, And slavery in the valley; And my love beside the fountal And her name is pretty Saily 2 A benevolent gentleman thus expresses his thanks to an old mare, which he rode up the mountains :— “ Farewell, old Kate, to thee my thanks For this day's werk are tendered, Thy foothold's sure. strong are thy ob ‘To wud nor rocks bast theu surrendered; Up each ascent thou bast bravely wended, nd freely from the dexceaded.”” ah her the book interesuag collection ies in literature; the romantic, especially with the ladies, bemg the predominant style. De- tachments of visiters, of from five to te. in 4 com pany, chiefly from Massachusetts, continue to armive and depart daily by regular or extra steges, One of the best mountain views in thie region, 1s from Mouat Tom, or Mt. Willard, opposite the Notch House. You ascend it by a giaded way in 4 carriage, and pass nlong on the evummit thet overlooks the Willey House, whieh sits awoy down 1,500 feet in the ravine below. ple who wre fond of peeping over precipices, will be delighted with this experiment. We have no particular fancy that way, over and above the mation. | ‘The syetem of tribute, exacted of visiters at most other places of resort, has not yet been wtro- ouced into there hills as a system. The only ex- tortion made is by the mosquitoes, and they are ag exorbitant as Shylock the Jew. Thi re, and the rank vegetation of these mountain valleys, feet to produce these insects spout we came up, this afternoon, several rouse were started from the road, by the wagon, from which we tiny suppose thet ganse te eull abusdentin these mountains, thoagh diffiealt to caplore, from the steepness of the ascents and the t the woods. morrow we ascend Mount Washington; not from a choice between that and trout fishing, but to sce how the land lie w. Waite Mountains, Noten House, ; July ‘1, 149. A Trip up to the Top of Mount Washington, and the Incidents thereof. You with, while going wp It, ‘That you were at ite crown, And shen you get upon the top, You'll wish that you were down —Anow, The thermometer, in the vicimty of the Notch Honse, was at 94, to-day, in the shade, at an ele- vation which cannot be less than 1,600 feet above the level of the sea—and on the very pinnacle of Mount Washington, after resting an hour, the heat ‘wae as that of a summer's day of 70 degrees. ‘There are three hotels, from which parties as- cend, by «# many different routes, to the top of Mount Washington. From Crawford's, eight miles down thy liey—from the Notch House, at tre bead of it, and from Faby. four miles beyond. From the lower hotel it is nine miles; from Notch Louse, at the base of the ndge, seven from Fabyan’s, ni ales to the summi Cnr party, consisted of three ladi and seven men, including the two guides, all on hoteebock, excerpt the faithful guides, who ac- companied en foot, to take care of the women. Your deponent brought up the rear on a Canadian povey, with o pair of large eaddle-bags, aupphed with the necessary stores from the commissariat ofthe expedinen. The road is a mule tr bridle path = The first two miles ® prude vel ascent, covered with jo or loge of wood laid side by side over the mv visces, which must have cost a great amonat Libor for come ¢f these bridges are nearly half a mile for, laid firmly together, 80 as to resist the shock of the norsesteetin the descent—the asceat being comparatively easy. At the end of three niles, yeu are at on elevation where the trees cease to grow, ond a thick growth of stunted pine bushes spreading over the ground, and cevered with e mace of matted moss, sneeeeds along the ‘ep of Mount Clinton joey Cee along the ridge, to the summit of Mownt Pleasant, you find | mostly covered with grass, which gives it a pleasent appearances; and a stil breeze vecerde to the dead calm below. Pass ing along over the top of Mount Frank | tm, vou find it a flat surface, extending over seve. | ral acres, covered thinly with grass. You next pass areund the ing peak ef Mount Mon- roe, the narrow pathway looking down a rapid dechvity of three thousand feet. Next you enter upon an irregular = along the summit of the ridge, with a small lake in a deep basin to the left, and a patch of snow, under the shelter of Mount Washington, to the right. Beyond this is ano- ther patch of snow, both the remains of a drift melting rapidly to-day in the summer heat, even atthe altitude of 5.500 feet. Some of the party dismounted, and while the horses were drinking at a small morass, indulged in the winter sport of snow-balling. From the plain we beheld tae peak of Mount Warhington, which consists of @ mass of loose, coarse granite, and gneiss rocks, covered with a scaly moss, which gives them a misty brown color, and yet the mica or scales of asbestos are so thickly mingled with the rocks as to make them sparkle as with silver spangtes hence the original name of the crystal hilly. We ascead within two hundred feet of the summit on ho back, over the loose rocks, and a Mexican 1 would readily climb up to the top. 1 is horrid work, however, tor horseflesh; and it was pitiful to see the sweat rolling from the poor animals in streams as they labored up the rugged rocks for the iole amusement of curiosity seekers. Our horse fell with us twice in the aecent, by missing his foothold, and yet the faithful beast, even in falling, was careful to lie still till his rider was out ot the way. There were several places, however, in which, had he missed his footing, there was a rospect of some ground and lofty tumbling for forse and rider two or three thousand feet tato the valley below. Butin such places he telt his way with the sagacity of an elephant. the summit we met with a party from Fab- yan’s, and another from the Mount Crawford hoise, or the hotel below the Noteh, all together forming a party of twenty persons. After dining on the summit the parties separated, and as caution and kindness to your trust are both good qualities in their place, we walked the greater part of the de- scent, leading or leaving the pony to follow in the trail. One of the ladies twice fell from her horse in descending, but with n¢ other damage than two severe drubbings of the horse by one of the guides for stumbling. i The view froin the summit was limited to the surrounding mountains and vallies, from the hazy atmosphere, On aclear day, the Atlantic ocean may be seen 70 miles to the westward, and Port- Jond, and even the ships off the harbor, and Lake Winnehisiagu, 60 miles to the south, and the inter- vening plains, lakes, vallies and mountains, with the Connecticut river far away to the west. ‘The following ure the heights, above the level of the sea, of some of the principal peaks of the White Mountains:— Mount Washington, 6,243 feet ; Mount Adams, 5,767 feet; Mount Jeflerson, 5,665 feet; Mount Madison, 5,381 fect ; Mount Monroe, 5,298 feet; Mount Pleasant, 5,360 feet ; Myant Franklin, 4,84 feet ; Mount La Fayette, 4,713 feet. Excepting La Fayette, which hes off with a clus- ter ot other peaks tewards Franconia, all of this list, and Clinton and other mountains, are peaks of the seme unbroken ridge, along the comb of which you may climb trom one to the other. Ap A: The trip occupied from sevea in the morning till six im the evening, and horses and riders were about equally broken down ; all hands as well sun- burnt as from a month’s hard service in the gold mines, from the reflection from the rocks, _ To the excessively romantic, the trip is exces- sively delightful ; but our private opinion was, be- fore ascending, that it would not pay, and the ex- | periment satisfies us that it is an exceedingly ridt- culous adventure. There would be something of sport in sealing Fremont’s peak of the Rocky 1 ,» or Mount St. Helen’s in Oregon, or aste at the head of the Sacramento, or Orizaba, Iztaccihuatl, or the volcanoes of Pops catepetl, in Mexico, which range from 14 to 18,000 | feet above the sea ; but the idea to spend a day to | climb to a summit below the snow line, for the sake of thapsodizing about it, is perfectly absurd, Yet the whole region of these mountains is full of wild scenes, and well worthy the patronage of the uninitiated in mountain scenery. Tux Docron. Tax on Banx Srock.—The Solow as osion of the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania has been given in reply te certain queries recently submitted to him :— ‘The Auditor General of the Commonwealth, through ‘Thomas Biddle & Co., desires the opinion of the Attor- , wey General ip the following care: — “1st. A holder of State stock, recently deceased, ij by his will, bequeathed his property as follo Ai interest in the whole of it to his after her death, legacies to some friends (not ret é admitted the survivor has | come the sole owner. without being subject to the pay- ment of the tax On any part”? | ‘The questions submitted arise from the Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. approved 10th April. 1849, which extends the lawsin relation to taxon collateral | 8 to persons having their domicile in ano- te, territory, orcountry The last clause of the 13th section, Act 10th April, 1849, provides, « If Any person or persons, having their dumictis in another ALory, OF co i within this commor perronal, of perso subject to the pay: tax, in the same maover h auch person or per- it the time of their Then what extates of or residents of Penntylvania were rubjeet to the tax previous to the Act of loch April, 1849? The Act of 7th April, 1426, whick created the eotiateral inheritance tas, is com- | prebonsive in ite terms:— | “AL estates. real. personal. and mixed. of every kind whateoover, passing from any person who may die teized oF porreseed of such extate being within this wonwealth either by will or under the intestate Y on the granter or bar- y MOF persons oF to bodies politic or trust or otherwise. that tether mother. husband. wife. de cendants, born in Ineful wedlock b- Jeotto the tax.&e. The 11th reotion Act 10th the exes 1B oases from the operation ol the ceilateral inbet tax, “ to the estate. rest oF perronel passing by will to. or in trast. for the wife or #idow of & son of avy person dying seized wr pos sewed thereof! | I think that the werds of the Act Tth April, 1826, an- wer the secnd question, (to wit : as to the steck im be aubjrot extent of the to the collateral mbert interest of the one pend on th of the will, ‘The will rays nothing about the stock,aud if there te other estate sufficient to pay the legac thesteck would | think, by exempt from the tax * of wite ix made in regard 4 wife aod oo thet ae~ liberal construction During ye of the wife the stock is net sanject ty the and ifthe exeoutors can show that the legacies to id out of the other part of the rent count should receive the Lift tax fi under aot of last xeeton (ver Toth eeetion of otherwise the LAL be inbie to pay enon t the sretion pute in the bank of corporation. permit: the transfer of the stuck OF lusms, the obligation tax ie ped ‘The reosipt of the Register i the best evidence that it Is paid. Whether the Ftock oF leas are subject te tun collateral inberi- tance (nx depends as it did before the passing of the Act 10th spoil 184%, on the fact whether the heirs or or ae Hiaeal se octiaverel Beit The mn up the Regist a8 to the linbie to the stook #0 ttnasferred be pay tent of th Pryment the Jound to be subject ‘tbat thé BR ie clearly not re ing ty the pm when A attaches to stock or loans stavding ins name of a decedent t# om additional obligation pat om the ving Penk by the Aetofiuth April. IM¥ (he papers authority to exeoutors ke to traunfor, must be a cortifed. ond exbibited ae before aeeurding te the pro- vinona cf ibe 220 wetion act Lgth ‘\pell, teas 1 can. net cee anything tm the Act 13th April 1843. @hreh thows (hai the State ed the right of taxation on foreign boldore cf State loans for collateral inheritanes. Notes from the Watering Places. Saratooa Srainas, July 18, 1849. Am Ancient View of thu Vicinity—Arnvale of Visiters— Names of Instinguished Se. Summer resort to this great valley of springs was far more ancient than European conquest and civi- liza.ion about these regions. The romantic diseo- verer of the lake which bears his name, and whe also discovered the lake, which, from the purty of its waters, and its mysterious exiateuce—having ae apparent inlets—he named Lac St. Sacrament(now Luke George), was teld by the Algonquins that farther on, about nine leagues, they would find great numbers of their enemies in the valley of the “Spirit Waters,” as they thet there to retresh um the hot days; that, to go there, they must cross the river which tlows from the hills of the Norumbe- . gos; that it would take them but little more tham one day to terrify und kill Cd of their enemiva, as they would see the etiect of their blunderbusses and hear the noise of powder for the first ume. But Champlain, the knight errant, who brought bis religion with his then novel mode of death to the country of the *Hierequois,” was satisfied with his battle near the joining waters of Lake Champlaim. and Lake George, on the 29th of July, 1609, and retumed, with his prisoners, to his ctuve kingdom of New France, leaving the discovery of this sixteen-mile valley of springs, with the most heuithtully impregnated air, by any European, for one hundred and forty-six years. How pure, how interesting, would be the simple history of the love affairs of the uncontaminated foresters, in their summer gatherings here, in the days of their primi- uve glory, freedom, and might! ‘The rural rides, groves and walks all about, even now remind us of primitive days—their quiet and stillness. Following « little meandering brook nearly four miles, you may see the matchless litle lake, hemmed in by the beautiful green hills, with vegetauon, groves of the sweet maple, and other luxunous grown trees, of the richest foliage, ex- tending near to the summit of the jp seg memes Amphitheatre like, the cool litde Lake House, among the trees, surrounded on three sides, situated above, commands the most pleasiag view of the luke and surrounding country for miles. Ite fish ponds, fed by the purest pebbly springs, are in different places down the declivuy tward the Jake, and aflord the greatest abuodance of bass aad brook trout. To the naturalist, the mere visit 1# inferesting—to the epicure, more tastefal Laterest still. The antiquarian possessor of this rural place, Mr. Loomis—to his everlasting credit be it said— has cultivated, by kind treatment, the faithfulness: and confiding hepes of two or three of the last of Stockbridge ube; and here they, too, ina lide whitewashed cottage, have their babitation, Tne great grandfather of George was the early fread of the Euglish colonies, and, faithful all through the French >: ven years war, he fought bravely oy the side of Rogeis, Putuam, and Stark, in the mountain passes, the torest, and on the border wa- ters of the two nations, George looks well, ai his amiable squaw looks well; she may be call handsome. But, alas ter their trive! alas for the poor Indian! their blood courses sparingly now in the veins of their tellows, and too soon itall will be chilled. st cite ‘The arrival of visiters at the principal hotels, for the last twenty-four hours, has been snexpeceediy great, and the village is now fast filling up. ft seems that hundreds who had defined their posi- tions in the quiet, perhaps too quiet, and incoa- venient country, are coming to their first love, luxuriate im the *parkliug glass of Congress. Oue in the immense drawiog- States, unconsciously drew about ber an audience, respectable in numbers for a July oration, to hear a dissertation on the mateh- less Virtue of the waters of Saratoga. Numbers luerrupted during the essay—all, however, with enthusiastic applause—till the fair oue closed by saying, ‘“ 1 could not survive one summer without them, c. Among the distinguished arrivals yesterday were Humphiey J. Mildmay, grandson of Lord Ashe burton, and party; Doctor Mucer, daughter, aad party, of Natches; H. M*Calmat, land; W. Le sutting and Miss Cutting, New York ; Colonel Winthrop and lady, New Orleans; J. H. Gross beck ri jamily, Cincinnati; Doctor Bedford aad funily, New York; L. J. Pendleton, J Orlenns; George Cuthbert, South Carolina; Doe tor Gibbs, tamily and party, Charleston, Soath Carolina; Rufus L. Lavd, and family, New York; with a host of hard-spellun Spain, &c. The whole num! day. at the largest hotel, was tame day of last year; aud thi vers numerous, . The great dancing saloon was lighted, and, for the t ume, throwa open to the gay guests of States last evening showed un array of beauty, tor the same ber in attendance, which [ have never seea before in Saratoga or, in fuct, any other plice. It was am event of the place, not confined to the guests of the house, but to the visiters ef tae other hotels, and a few of the beautifal yirls of the village, whe were kindly invited. In beauty, the Spanish look rather predomimated, whether they were from san- ny France, Span, England, or our own sunay South, New England, or our own State—there were beautiful women from each place aamed. An unusual glow ot health, the first requisite of beauty, was almost invariably prominent in the blend and brunette as well. The grand hall itself, bos an identity peeuliarly its owa, « description of which has been e» frequently given, that it is an to suy further than to to the the eflect of lights and female grace ud it last evening. the aunual return of the innumerable yellow birds, which seem to claim the undisputed right to occupy the immense grousds and groves of the United States. For twenty years and more, ever smnee theee grovads have been opened for summer visiters, these litle winged messengers of love, have mude their appearance, “aad their right there is nene to dispute,” and have actaslig been seen to pick seeds and crombs from fury hands, of a higher order of ere: How soon names of France, rot arrivals yester- reater than on the morning they are are you, whe put forth your ediet aguinst the human being bavieg mischief in hie beart, against the winged viewers which grace the trees and grounds of the United States Untet ! Goturors. Tre Late Hane a — The Hon. Herme nus Bl-reker expl Inst. at hie residenoe in Albany. witht © reds of the place where he was born. 1770, just threescore and ten yeare aco Hie death bad been anticipated for som> time past by those who were advised of the coudi:i#m of bis health, which bas beeo quiie infra since he returned from Europe, Mr. Bleecker was a descendant of Jeha Jane pen biceoher. aud was the com of lacch Birestar, © merchant of Albany one of its mort eatenmned citixeme, In early life be wae a marabal’s clerk After receiving & classical edu Mr. Bleecker entered toe law office of Job) Enq and was admitted to the in the tad year of hisage He y red into s professional copartoership heodore Seagewiok. Eeq.. whieh connection en- roger in ai fm in 1810. fe ho acted old federal party and was one of those who op; the Inet war with England He was offered the post ‘aj Governor Cliaton. to waom be was opprsed for y years. Ho declined the ofice, bur appreciated the bn me ge | h dictated the ropes! On the secession of Wr Van Guren to the reeidoney. Mr B. was sent tothe Hague, a+ Americam Minister During bis residence at the Hague, he mar ried lady of the country, whow beauty and ao- complishments have made her « coa-pievous oras Inent of the circles in which she moves, aad with whom he bas once visited Holland since the close of bie mivion. He «poke and wrote the Dark usge with perfect purity aod cinganes. #hick, d to Disengaging meoners wad irrasiatible dignity, 4 for bim. op bis retirement from that mi«ion, tastes ip the cocupation of bis time during the Iatter yrers of his life @ privilege of which he availed himeslf wisely on year will felt far below perhaps mot much yh ne o@ tat year ® x ‘sil had an in producing Maple of Obie The oven rs and there will be @ many potatos dug. crs pa mel dieu that th jm portant will thie pear small sine At Boffais. on the 18th instant, the thermometer ree Nes by ) Fatediégencer of the Oth Inst sage: Mite! ~ Harvest has fairly commenret We nn Soe of apy, material injury by the cust it ie by some. that the yield will he greater this year than has Sean prodesed fa the past six rare.