The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1849, Page 1

\ SS THE NEW YORK HERALD... NO. 6527. Netes from the Watering Places. Suereii.’s Laxx Hovss, } Laxe Groner, July 20, 1849. ‘Tvip to Lake George, via Fort Edward—Incidents by Rawroad and Stage—Interesting Places, §. Ihave found another resting plaee ut this de- lightful spot, and dot down these notes in one of the most comfortable of houses. I started fron Saratoga Springs lust evening, in company with Gen. J. T. Blanchard, the proprietor of the popalar line of stages which runs from Fort Edward to this place, via Sandy Hill and Glenn’s Falls. Itis a most delightful route, and should by all means be travelled by those who like to look upon the pre- cise localities where many of revolutionary and other incidents marked in the history of our coun- try transpired. At Fort Edward we took leave of the railroad cars, and the polite conductor, Mr E. Matthews, and proceeded by private conveyance to the North, the stages following us with their Joads of pleasure seekers, all of whom were bound for this lake. The coaches stopped for the night at Glenn’s, and leaving the passengers to their re- pose, I will just make w note of what | was dou while they * lost their senses in a flood of dreams. Isaid we started from Vort Edward in a private conveyance. We did this that my obliging con- | ductor might with: the greater tacility point out to me the places which are especially alluded to in the interesting history which marks the period of the revolution in conaection with this part of the country. A nde to Fort Edward will not be lost, if itbe only perfoimed to look upon the exceed- ingly neat htle Gothic church and parish school- house lately erected there. They teach an excel- lent lesson, viz., that a smull outlay of money, well expended, will furneh a congregation with a | charming lide ecitive; that there is no necessity | for the construction of those barn like and shapeless meeting houses, which mar, not beautify, many of our villeges. Leaving the pretty little church behind us, we cressed the feeder, and, ascending a hill, came upon a plain, where, surrounded by young and vigorous saplings, stands an old pie tree of large dimencions, now blighted and going to decay, theugh having at its roots a spring of sparkling water. This tree marks the spot where | Miss Mecrea, or, as the people hereabouts call her, “Jenny MeCrea,” was murdered by the Indians during the revolutionary war. The tra- wsieal story is familiar 10 every reader of American Ristory, and needs not to be repeated here. 1 will simply sey that the story, as it is told here, is shorn of ‘some of its oruste appendages, which appears in books. The * British officer,” alluded to in said books, was one of the sons of the Widow Jcnes, an old lady whe lived in the neighborhood, and had three beys, who, at the breaking out of the wer, turned tories, wud went to Canada, for favors in conriderstion of their loyalty. One of | them got a commission, wud returned to the vie | cinity of bis old heme, but took gook good care to | keep within the British lines hunself, while he sent an escort of savages to bring his fair frend to him. It matters but tittle, it 98 true, bat the story sounds difierently when you substitute the Widow l, of Jake, or Pete, in place of the r,” witheur explanation, A little tarther on standsa house, celebratedas the residence of the Beker femily, one of who: members, an old old lady, lived m the tiavs that**tried men’s souls.” She is cought out, vow, by many, who delight to hear fiom the lips of a living witess a recital of the transactions of those days. A beautiful field, near at hand, has been selected as the ground for the encampment of the brigede of N.Y.S.M., which | General Blanchard commands. Here the brigade will be encamped tor a Week in the early autuina, engaged in learning the theory and practice of these military lessons which itis highly desirable for the citizen selairry ty know. The next place which claimed. our special attention, was Sandy Hill, containing, besides a handsome little park, the house where stated preaching was held, some time since, for the edification of a certain ex-Uni- ted Siates District Aue » for an account of which, oveshaul the Boder letters, aad when found, pay particular aivention to the bank that was formerly located here, aud, uf you like, take a note of it. The house 1s now occupied by General Clark, who has refitted it, and, asfar as the exte- | noris concerned, has entirely transformed it, It | now preeents the appearance of a beauufal edifice, builtin a handsome style—approaching the Gothic order of architecture. Leaving the scene of the | stated preaching behind us, we drove on over an excellent road to Gleaw’s Falls, where the parties whieh had been following as stopped for the night, in order to rest themselves, that they might partake of one of Carpenter's ex- cellent breekfusty im the morning before pursning their way onward. We left them to en- joy their repore—*' to lose their senses in a flood of dreams,” while we, cowfortably seated in a hight wagon, with a good horse atrched, and a goed plank roud under us, made our way onward, reternng the pleasant coolness of the night to the soho of the day, for travelling. We gonhead fine- ly, gently meing until we come to the summit level, agd cross the celebrated Middle Brook, part of shoes waters find their way to the Atlantic, by | passing eouthward trough tne Hudson, and part seek the sume great destination by running nerth through Lake Chemplain end the St. Lawrence. Having passed Midale Brook and French Moun- tain, We come toa spot where my gentlemanly travelling companion stopped to point, out Blood Pond. ‘This is « large b containing a plenti- fl eupply of ulmoet rtaynant water, whose surface | is now covered with the wid vegetable produc. tions peculiar to such localities. Bloody Pond , is remarkeble, on wegount of having been osed in Glden times as the great depot into which was waccremoniously thrown the maa- gied remains of bhuadreds of human beings, who fell, the vienms of horrid war. The slaughter upon the botde field, which is new, was so great thet the survivers hud not tome to bury their dead; ond vo they were hovled—patriots and oppreesors, mercenary soldiers and all—~indiserim inately into the pond, to mingle their blood in one common pool. Tradition hath it, that the water of the pond was of u bloody color for months after the battle. I tall that were thrown ito U d carringes, the instruny " niu. ie, and numerous oth were gathered together and thrown upon the bodies, asan a oxy for the form of burial; «nd there they all lay, and | passed to natural ¢ wether. ‘The bottom of | the pond contains i There are some other spots in the viernity se history is writtea in blood, but which I have not room to mention at present. " Further on, we come mpon the site of Fort Wil- liam Heary, and old Fert and pass overa field cecupied a8 a parnc od by the British ond American troops iw the old French and in the Revolotionery were; and frem this spot we h. a view of the boriel growed in which lie th maine of the Anencan heroes who feil here. iH repose in a guict and bewntifal place, which will long be pointed out to the traveller as the spot where “rest the brave.” But now we have ar- fived at Shernll’s Lake . where we soon gain admittance, and retire for a few hours. Usitep Staves Hore, Sanatooa Svrivos, July 20, 1949. Reeulis of the New Englund Circuit of Observation —Fine Descripiion of the Congress Water by an Old Chevalier—The Old Congress Hall—The Union-- The United States— The Latest Arrivale. In a late rapid reconnoisance of New England, we have enjoyed the shadows of the famous elms of New Llaven, we have inspected Colt’s pistol works, the Charter Oak, and the old cottage of Mrs. Sigourney, at Hartford; the United States Arsenal and machine shops of Springfield; the pub- lie works of Boston, the peninsula of Nahant, the shoe manufacturing town of Lynn, and the cotton factories of Lowell; we have traversed the river of looms and spindles, the Merrimack, to its sourees; We have penetrated the valley of the Saco to the Notch Ilousé; we have ascended Mount ‘Washington, and have been witpess to a snow balling near the summit, wath the thermometer st minety-ceven degr: ia the valley below; we have seen the school houses in full blast, n the heart New Hemypshire, the men pathog the “keows” at sunrise aiong the valley of the Amonoosuck, and the farmers in the wheat fields, slong the plains of the Connectiout We have admired the romantre beauty of Montpelier, and the green bills of Vermont. We have been gratified at the apectacie of legions of hoaest Irish- men, escaped from the boudage of Lord Joha Raseell, end cleaving the brits of solid rock for a railroad down the Winooski. We have paused to contemplate the increasing commerce of Lake Champlain, and sed to contemplate the tins of Ticondergwo with the ancient ea Rice. We have caught salt water perch off the rocky cape of tue Sea Serpent—cet-fish in Lake Winnipiseiogee —prook trout ia the streams of the | | | fixed wir into it.” | at Congress Hall, with his beautiful daughters, | years ego, picking up a lterary magazine, with an | to ether the well-kept Union or the good old Coa- | Fearing and daughters, White Mountains, and bass and swagies in the wild dashing outlet of Lake George. We were con- tantly reminded of the excellence of the Yankee railroads, the superior methods, and activity, skill and enterprise of that in the basiness pursuits of life, and have frequent reasons for commendati: the smooihvess of their moun- tain highways und the accommodations of their hotels. We have remarked the politeness and in- tellgence of all the attachés of the railroads, the common roads, and the public houses, and the uniform courtesy and kindness of the people. In all this detour we have met with but a single beg- gar—a poor lrishwoman, with three chudren, wan- dering in the streets of Burlington. The soil of New England is rocky and rigid, the clunate sub- ject to the intensities of Jamsiea and Labrador; It appears to be populated to its capacity, and yet every man is busy, and every village is projecting improvements. In the cars one would think that all the population are travelling; in the settiements one would conclude that they were all engaged in the factories; and on the farms, that the mass of the people were employed in the fields. The result of this circuit of examination is, that the Yankees ure a great people, and that their glory is as durable as that of their fathers. they are a people of pith, and stamima, and substance, and practical results. Diverging from their busy empire, blistered and blackened to the complexion of a Camaache, pause we here, » day in Grier! relaxation, among the gay frivolities of fashionable life, and in the anti-scorbuti¢ imbibation of copious draughts of the exhilarating Congress water, fresh from the spring. Sur, the follies of teshion are conceded; but whatever opinion a plulosopher, (and when a man becomes a philosopher, he ceases to be | social) may have of fashionable life at Sarato- go, there is no humbug about the Congress water. As an old gentleman expressed himself to-day: ‘Itis heating and cooling. It refreshes, | it relaxes, it stimulates. it has fixed air into | it, and it breaks up from your diaphragm, like | the explosion of soda, sweetened with syrup of | strawberries. It is good in the morning, and good to sleep on, and I drink three bottles betore break- fast. lalways drink at. At home, it comes to me in boxes, but here we get it out of the spring fresh, | sparkling, and with the fixed air, all into it, that ear- bonic acid gos, or whatever you it, Others have analyzed it, but I have realized it. Boy, give me a glass of Congress water! There, sir! Look at the fixed air, All those globules are fixed air. Whata fortune Dr. Clarke has in this spring. ‘There is not such nother spring in the worl: Ta. the deserts of Arabia it would be the spring of Mahomet—the sacred fountain—the pool of Be- thesda—the healing water. Boy give me a glass of Congiess water—dip down deep, and get the We concur. Our old friend was right; and we have no doubt that Mr. B., of Brooklyn, who is will approve of every word we say. Speaking of Congress water, we recollect, many engraving of Congress Lall, giving its huge piazza with its lofty columns, and the vines wreathed around them, with several ladies promenading at. in tremeadoucly big bonnets, full of ribbons an beauknots, and wearing the old style of mutton- | leg sleeves, ‘The scene is chang The piazza is there, but the colonnade bas been replaced, the | vines removed, and the big bonnets and the matton- leg tleeves have given way to bure heads, taste- | tully dreesed, and bare arms, some of which the | olen of the Greek Slave would give the sluve | 1 0 see, " Lut, although Mr. Brown has given a deservedly new character of popularity to the old Congress, | the United States is the head quarters of Saratoga, | so indisputably, that to say so 1s po disparagemeat rees, each of which has their devoted friends ut the United States is the house of the e:tizen and the cosmopolite, the planter, the merchant, the editor, the lawyer, the Yeukee, the Yorker, the Hoosier, and the Southron—of the young, of the old—of the staid and practical, who come for the water—aud ot the gay and beautifal, who come for the sports of the season, Ang the commiayling of all these elements gives a sparkling vivacity to the combination. 3 ji ‘There were 73 arrivals at this house yesterday, and, among the visiters of the last twenty-fear hours, are:—Mrs. Dr. Rush, Philadelphia; Mrs. New York; bk. Van Ren- r, Albany; Walter R. Wood, New York; te Belmonte, do.; Doctor Graham, British Army, and others. Ww. svel Unrrep Srates Horet, Saratoea Srainas, July 20, 1819. The Springs—The Fushions— Politics and Poetry of | Sarutega—New Muswal Lions, §. &. The foshious are daily increasing the fashiona- | bles at these springs. The far West and the far South are not yet fully represented, on account of the embargo of the cholera, and the blockade | which they would have to run to get here. The | | Down-easters have not yetcome down; for they, perchence, still suspect that the cholera is here, when the place 1s as exempt from the pestileace as the summits of the White Mountains. There is but litde doing here in the line of poli- tics. The presence of > h Van Buren, a brother of John, bas given rise to the discussion of the fine prospecis of the Prince, if he only chooses to aid In the re-construction of the demecratic party —the re-union and the return to power in the empire, #0 ruthjewsly tom away from ihe regeney. i A great desire is also manifested to see the mani- festo of Mr Calhoun. The letter of General Cass leaves him precisely where he et beture, not- withetaping Brigadier Gen. Webb, ex-Minister to Spain and Lerlin, recommended his old tnend of Detreit as particularly entitled to respect, in believ- ing in whig doctrines while pledged to democratic measures, If the philological editor should happen to dine with Old Bullion, in the West, we may ex- peet to sce him acvoeated as a deserving states man, o» the plea that he is in favor of extending cone into Californie, though a champioa of free soil. ‘The Saratoga Republican has a poet of its own, called Alpha, who 1s A No. 1 of the mackerel; an this poet laureate, of the locality of Mechanicsville, poo comppaeese the eagle—the “rale American one Hall! ye noble bird of the mountaia, Deseend from your lonely retreat, Cast a look at the smiling fountal Of Liberty's Star spangled seat We would advise the noble bird to stay where he is, if he feels comfortable, If he were invited down te partake of a fine salmon, of a quarter of lomb, there weuld be some sense in the call. Bat the poet goes on:— “Ip the olden time you ascended. ‘The standard of Liberty's crew; Your seat then, no doubt was intended, To rally and them towubdue ' Hlav'nt the slightest doubt of it. Every man knows that the seat of the eagle was intended to tally and subdue, and for various other useful pur- pores. the poet “ This ofiee Was accom You reudered hearts so unsbaki j ‘They've never departed from you. As the emblem of Freedom you're courted | By the princes as weil as by kin Your nate has oft beea reported, As far ne the voter ever ring ‘ow althongh the «eagle is an cffiee-holder, and still holds his place, be h provocation to ery | out proseript og te Napoleon; and though princes as Well as kiage court the eagle as the emblem of freedom, the port ouglit to know that that’s all hambng, all stufi, wo way nothing of the poetry. We think if Alpha would mux a little | brandy and gunpowder in his Congress water, and eat come raw beef for breakfast, aud begin with the crew, he might maken more effective call. Saratoga poetry is too light to briag down the ea- gle. Congress water is anti-scorvutic, and anti- poetical. Derbaps, however, we had better help | Alpha out of the scrape. Perhaps in his call to the | eegle, he intended to say: Hail! noble bird of the mountain, Desceud trem thy And drink of the old (on gress fountal) For its waters are eparkiing and aweet, In the good vid thine thou wert chosen ‘The standard of Weerty Rote; And near Saratoga, the British ‘Were accordingly basted a tow As the emblem of freedom. oh, eagle | ‘Thow art courted by princes and kings; But the le too oft are bamboorled With biems instead of the things. And vo it ie, that by the infusion of a little truth end commen sense into it, the warm water of the most stupid doggerel becomes less insufferable. Strangers coniinue to arrive and depart; bat at wll the are gaming, and the United States bas t of upwards of three handred dix tributed throughout its extensive range of buildings. There v8 « co y of young Ethivpian Sere- naders in the village—the real Africans, ranging from ten to tourteen years old, who are curiosities in their line, They are atthe Union to-night. Oae litde fellow, named Cleveland, eleven years old, | sluggishly rolliug to aad tro, and all hands fretting ) becuuse we do not move sn, inch t , but did not dare to draw hit in, the line being | Bracket was in his berth, asleep, at the tin | grumbling, and ecowlog counte | there was trouble brewing—one of th | No sooner wast black as a coal, playa the most difficult pieces on the piane, with a rapidity end precision ot touch, with the boldness and delicacy of style which nene but a musical genius could accomplish. _ The com- pany assembled were unanimor their astonish- ment and admiration, as the little darkies rattled off overtures, walizes, or sentimental songs, at their request. F There is a ballin the splendid new ball room of the United States, this evening. We have beea down. A fine company are assembled, and we left them surrounding a dozen of experts, in the Mazourka. The evening has been rainy, which has diminished the attendance; und yet a com- pany of 200 persons, of belles and beaus, accom- plished in the mysteries of sesquinpedalian evolu- tions, have the means for a lively Terpsichoreaa celebration. Ww. Our Marit! Corresyondence. Suir “ Memon,” May 5, 1819. At Sea, Lat. 108., Lon. 33 W. Voyage of the Ship Memnon— Mutiny on Board—- Arrival at Montevideo. Ihave this moment come from aloft, where I went, to see if there was any chance of our speak- ing the vessel that has made her appearance on our starboard bow; she seeins to be coming down to- wards us. As the other passengers have written | and are closing up their letters, I will also write, | to have a letier ready, should the occ ision serve. | After we waived to you, at New York, our last | adieu, we were soon towed off the Hook by the | steamboat, which parted from us about 3 P. M., and hearty cheers were given and returned. The | exhilarating voices, then, of 21 able bodied seamen busily at work in making all sail, for the golden | region and land of promise, engaged the attention of the pascengers, and enlivened all on board; top- sails and topgallant sails, royels, jib, fying jib and foresail were in quick succession displayed; and the * Memnon” stood out io sea with a stron northwesterly breeze. Our ship fairly foame through the water, going often at the Yate of 13 i and 14 kuots the hour. Fortune favored us with the same breeze for four days, and pleaty of it. We have not done so well since we left the line, which we made in the unusually short time ol nineteen days, i. e., trom New Y to the Equa- tor. In this ship, it seems as if no wind was ahead; she cats into the wind like a pilot boat; it is ovly a calm that baffles her. Other vessels, with the sume winds that we have had since the northwester left us, would have dropped far to le ward, and had to beatup to cross the line—imakin # long, instead of a short run of it the line in longitude 28 50, ‘Tues M b < = since thea the wind has dying away until today. Our | ails ure now flapping against the masts, the vessel t ' and swear it there be anything positively in: ortable at sea, itis acelm. But patience, my friends; this is the only Simon Pure calm we have had since we have been out; and, atier all, there is nothing uke a change, even it it be for the worse, to give inte- rest to our life. Hark! the captain says he will lower his boat, and give us a chance to Venture on the broad ocean, and mde the migity swells in 80 freilu boet. It is hke the infant playing with the hon in hispassive moments. I junsped with therest into the boat, and pulled away unr we got a view of oor splendid ship; and as we marked ber graceful lines, as she floated on the heaving sea, | we no longer wondered ut her speed, when the winds # chance to make an effort. But { could not remain long in the trepical san, with its verti- cal rays pouring down upon my head, so we laid the boat wlongside, and I clambered up the chains, over the side, upon deck, with my face more like the fiery orb itself than anything else I can just now ihinkof We have since been axiusiag our- | selves fishing for two sharks, that are prowling wround the vessel, showing their fins from tune to time, “seeking whom they might devour.” We baited with pork, and it was horribly amusing to sce them in an inetantdartto the surface ef the waiter, and ravenously swallow down the baited hook, displaying%at the sume time their grinning | jaws. T. 'T. hooked one of them, and played hun | in fishermanlike style for upwards of ten miautes, much oo light to held his weight. The breeee | springing up again, spoiled this «port, when the | vescel I huve mentioned soon hove in sight; | thovgh I am sorry io say there is ne chance of our closivg with her even to speak ; so L will bid you adieu, until another eceasion. Wenxespay, May 23, 1849—- Latitude 94 57, lon- gitude 52 57, off the River Plaue, about 100 miles tiem Lobos, and 50 from land.—You will be sur- priced to learn that we are now running for Mon- tevideo, on account of a serious mutiay of the suilors on Lourd, which terminated in sending eight mea between deck, with pistols at their heads, aad left there hand-cutied. "They lay upon our cubin, and we are awoke at night by the clank- | ing of their chains; I cannot help thinking that | owrs is something similar to the fate of the mno- | cent man in the convict’s cell—but there was no | other place to put them, securelv, and we rest sa- | tisfied in having them subdued and fastened. The | disturbance commenced on Monday night; we , were at the time seated around the tible in | | the cubin, playing whist, when R----, who was on deck, came down quickly and called Mr. Bracket, the chiet mate, saying to him, “burry up, there is a fight on deck.” Mr, | ing bie Watch below, but he was up in #u instont, | on deck, in his drawers and under shirt, id | | | complete Tom Hyer tim. We left our game and ruehed up efter. “It appears they look the and ot him aft—end the first I saw was one of the argest men ov board, seated on a water cask, just at the cabin door, and the captain and mate » the irons vpen him, ‘There appears to have been a disposition asrong | the swlors 10. muke trouble, almost from the day | we left pert, for we had net been but a day or so out When the men came attin « body, asking for | wetchand wetea! The win refused, and it was then evident that we had shipped a hard set of fi lows. ‘The captain at first was inclined to be for= | bearing, but it no use, the epurit of mutiny was | evidently in their hearts, aud their cool, systematic ances, shewed nen had even, lifted a hammer at the second mate, and gave | him insolence ; aud they now complaiaed of Uretr food, and threw it overboard, almost io the cap- tain’s face. A sailor then compiained that his le was sore, (from «# littie serateh,) and that he coul not do duty. This was the cause of the outbreak. $s Man putin irons, than the whole H crew rose in mutiny. The second mute struck «a Portaguese sailor for insolenve, when, in a flash, he drew his knife, brandwshed it with the fury ef a demon, and made athim. At this moment, Mr. Bracket, the first | mate, sprung to his back, pinioned hisarms, seized | hie knife, #) d broke 1 to atoms. This fellow was ironed, end another one, who had been noted for his mutinous sprit. Then their spokesman wus calied up to yet his bracelets—a general scuttle here cneurd between the officers and men; the blows thet were given fairly echoed: knives and belaying pine come isto play, and the deck was | spotted with blood. The fight ceased for the mo- ment, ent Tom Dennis, the spokesman, (selt-styled the Stateeman,) Was taken; but while the captain eho second Mate Were about putiiog the irons on bim, a 6 ~ ping, sullen, down-headed fellow, by tre neme of Loring, left the wheel, sprung in the the dark, meking a tremendous assassin-like blow at the second mate, fortunately missed his aim,and | fell bimeeli to the deck, by the force and miss of his intended blow; he then skulked away again to the wheel, Wusting he was not observed. "ie soon a this tiger of a fellow made his appearance and at- | tempt ot reseve, the fight was renewed, by the mu- tipeers: moking a rorh upon the captain and mat Mr. Bracket, the Ist mute, got a cut +n the crowa of his head, that felied him to the deck senseless, he captain aleo got a blew on the head. The of- : fieers then rushed ito the cabin for arms. The paseengers then, being all ready, retreated to the cabin, seeing the vevessity to arm, for general pro- | tection—all our warlike accoutrements were spre: pon the cabin table, in the twinkling of an eye. | ‘This was our first inkling of a Californian scene pietols, bowie knives, powder and ball, bedecked the table in great profusion. In the excitement, ove of the patent revolvers went off, in the hands ofthe steward. Myself and others were standing in front of it, and were saved only by the bali lodg- ingin a bull's-eye lantern, that stood between us. The glass part of the lump was shivered to atoms, and the thiek part of it, where the ball remained, was oll bent np. Itwasa lucky escape, and we bleseed our stars, Wounds dressed, and pistols loaded, another saliy wae made to the deck, by the officers, &e. Then im pertect coolness, end bleeding as all the officers were, the Ist and 2d mates went forward with their pistols, with orders to fire aad kill any man who refused te come aft. We marehed for- ward ready to attack. The men having heard the | allto be seized up for punishment. | band is Hight | sible have a en MORNING EDITION----WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1849. pistol go effin the cabin, knew we were all wellarm- ed und determined. The big fellow, Loring, th made the clip in the dark, was now seize: complimented with a pistol at each ear—he w a “fix,” and was ironed without resistance—the others then gave up, and eight men were manacled, and sent below into our cabin. py The game being now up, and all quiet, we re- tired to our berths, after a consultation first held by the captain, and it was decided that we should beur up for Montevideo, and_not trust our lives and property to go round the Cape in stormy wea- ther, with a crew so mutinous. So we are making us good a couree as the wind will allow us, for the mouth of the river Platte. f _ Tuurspay, May 24.—Wind lght this mora- ing, from the westward—almost dead ahead—so thut we are not much nearer land than we were yesterday. We sounded last evening, about 5! o'clock, and found 22) fathoms water—stood off | after tea, under short sail, wind heading us off badly, but not much of it; went to bed at one o'clock, and rose this morning at eigat. Prisoners clenking their chains, not more than three yards from my berth. ‘Tom Dennis, self styled the Statesman, looked me full in the face as I got out of my berth, and said, in the drollest manner possible, * Rise, Jupi- ter, and scoff the moon.” I could not help to laugh, and say, you are a pretty looking Jupiter. No land yet im sight; weather very clear; air buenos; bracing and delightful atmosphere; cape pigeons: sea gulls, of every variety, albatrosses, seals, and an occasional land bird, all hovering around, or floating on the water, near onr ship; mdeed, a lovely sea scene! But, hark! the ery of “land!” and “sail, ho!” I must go on deck. May 25.—We have just made land, 10} o’clock, and were about two days running*up to Monte- video, a distance only of sixty or seventy miles. Saturpay, May 26.—Came to anchor in the Man-of-War Roads, about 34 o’clock in the after- nocn, and abouta mile or so from the town. We soon got clear of our mutineers. The American sloop-of-war St, Louis sent an officer and boat for them. Soon after, we went ashore, with the rest of the passengers, and I am now writing atthe Hotel de Commerce, Montevideo. Went to mass this Police Inteiligence, THE ALLEGED CHARGE @F ABDUCTION AGAINST Cart. MCCERREN—FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THUR PART OF THE DEFENCR. Before Justice Timpson. Jury 24--The further investigation on the part of the defence in the above case, was continued to-day, at 11 o'clock, the appointed hour to meet; and quit crowd of persons were collected. apparently very aoxious to hear the evidenee as given by the witnesses. Tho firet witners ‘orn testified as follows: — Wiiiias Sawyer, being sworn, says:—I am clerk and book-keeper at the Battery Hotel, corner of Greenwich street and Battery place; the proprietor is Mrs. Mary Petit; | was prevent on Tuesday, the 26th of June last, about 8 o’clock in the evening, when Ann and Eliza Dickson were together at the Battery Hotel, ta » private sleeping room; Mr. Premit. the superintendent of the hotel, Dr, Wileon, Mrs, MeCerren. and the two Dickson ‘rls, were the only parties present; | saw $160 paid by Sire Mo erren, to Aun Dickson, the elder one— the onw with short hair. Q — Go on, and state the conduct and deportment of the two Dicksons on that oces-ien, both being preseat’ A —After ] remained in the room Jor 5 minutes. | had been called up to witness the payment of $150, the question arose between the two girls which should re- ceive the largest share; one wanted $100, or they want- | ed $100 ench; they counted the money lying on the ta- | Dlow out their braim morning, and we find things just in the same state | us when 1 was here three years ago, excepting that there is lees business and more distress. There are two, other Americaa vessels in port, for California, viz.: the bark New Rochelle, Capt. Stickney, who well remembers, and says he has made a voyage with yeu—you being a passenger and he second met» then; also, the schooner J. B. Guuger, put back from the Straits, with loss of anchors. to this port was 45 days. or Was down, our deck was crowded with passengers from other vessels. We were brotner Califormans, and shook hands, one and all, with hearty good will. They coveted our superior eecommodations. We did not blame them, from the doleiul accounts given of their tune aad passages. Mr. Bracket, our first mate, has been badly evt in the head; he is a first-rate sailor, a noble hearted fellow, and aman of great courage. All sis right now, Our passage has been most agree- able; in fact, nothing more delighiful. ‘annot be better then we are on board of this ship, and hepe we will soon give you news of us trom San Francisco. i Foret pe Comsmrcr, May 27.—This morning, T. went on bourd Memnon, and has just re- turned, saying, that the rest o: crew, this morning, refused todo duty; that the Captain from the sloop-sf-war came on board, and ordered thein i This is the last news. Most likely, we shall have to remain here a few days longer than we first expected. is R. & S. Our Baltimore Correspondence. Bavriwore, July 24, 1849. Honors to the Memory of Ex-President Polk—Cho- lera at the Alms Howse—Health of the Cuty—Free Masons—Camp Meetings, §c. The arrangements for funeral honors t@ the memory of ex-President Polk, to take place to- merrow, are of the most extensive character. It is to take place at six o'clock in the evening, in front of the City Hall, and the oration will be de- livered by Judge Legrand, after dark. There will be no general procession; but the military and dif ferent associations will meet and march to the ground, with their banners, regu’ ‘The cholera, at the Alms House, continues about the same, neither getting better nor worse. During the 24 hours ending at six o'clock last evening, there were nine new cases and six deaths. Thus makes the whole number of cases 113, and the deaths (6. Captain Jackson, the warden, and several of the students, have had slight attacks, but are now considered out of danger. The health of the city sull contin good as usual, at this season of the year. Daring the past week, the number of interments was 142, bemg 25 more than the number during the corres- pending period of last year: but the increase is neatly altogether with children, oaly 69 of the whole number bemg over tive years of age. We are still exempt trom cholera; and, as it appears to be cecicesing in eli directions, we are in hopes that it mey pass us by altogether. Dung the past year, the Free Masons in this city have been holding their weekly meetings, and extending their membership to an unprecedented nearly as extent. They are ved to outnumber all other secret associations in the eity; but as they move quietly and mort unostentatiously, the fact is not yet generally known, The camp meeting season in this vicinity is eoin- mencing, and hundreds are preparing to ta up their tentsand walk. Horse flesh is preparing to eufier; good housewives ure dreading the eloperment of eervents. It isa noted fact in thiscity, that fora month before and a mouth after the can season, servants are good for noth) ot winch time 'y return to you destitute y, their clot y of worn out, and very often in 0 day, froeh gro is generally contended for t $6 124 z ij ts of all kind « mewhat firmer, small eal white, $100 & $1 are light of red wheat A Whoterace Swinpie® a ienow forw of the U. 8, Navy. avd calling hi ip Downes, Lieut. Hunter &o., has been swindling eondry reona about this city for reveral days past, Some o i¢ rpeeulations, we woderstand, have amounted t pretty sum of fifteen hundred doliars. His practic © visit w store, state his pretended rank fn the nay; and order certain articles to be went to a reepect hotel. where they are disposed of | dies him to poeket tho proceeds an: keeper minus. On Friday last he went to Mi stable, and representing himeeif to be Cx of th at he had heard ¥i As be desired to purcha uested that the animal shoul be ¢ might drive around and test ite merite, exciting the enspich Se gentlemen slipped quietly to tained that pe there, Ing the feiiow, which induced him to retw bim arrested a4 a swindler time, however, a borer jocke poerent wher tor wae talking pos rr, 8 Nght aa well endeavor to diepose of @ nag a of his own to grient looking officer, He told him he had @ rplendid heart just the thing he wanted, ki 4 devile ae * lawb- and bad no objection, drive bim out. He contented, and after being wt the city and country, expressed himerif tatisned with the beast, and. we believe, agreed to pur- chase How this affair ended. we have noel raed, bat probably a check onthe Bunker Hili bank, am institu. jon in which be preteaded te have money, served bim on thir a8 on other ocearions. On Saturday afternoon Jast, the samo Individual, in com drove np to Nile's Norfolk House, Roxbury, with « of biack horres, Before leaving the vehicle. he exbibit- £4 8 large and eplendid bowie knife, which attracted Mr. N jon, and that of his assistant, Mr, vert, and made them wonder why an American naval Cficer should inake such a warlike dieplay ina quiet re. ion of the country like this. They had hardly left t otel, before officers Spurr and fhilbrick came in, the elreumstance of the bowie knife being mentioned, they at once said they were in pursuit of the fellow for cbtaining that ideptical knife and other artiol fale pees The offivers immediately start the sot devant Capt. Downes; but whether the: ented him or not, aa yet, we have not learned. He ald, July 2, Wri of ine Late Mes, Mavison Mrs, Madison made « will, giving baif ofthe sum of twenty thoussod collars, sppropreated by Congress for the Inet purchase | efthe Madison papers, to her neice, Miss Pay no, the other to her son. Mr Payne Todd. Act of Cong: reepeeting this purchase. gives Mire Madison the power to dispose of the fumd by will, though during hee life, | she could draw only the interest of it, y with another, — Boston bie, and Ann, the eldest Dickson, said it was $10 short. It was then counted by Mr. 'remit, and proved to be $150; the elder one, during this time. still wanted $100; they both wanted $100; the you: of the two was lying om the bed when I went into the room; neith- er of them exhibited any feelings or emotion on that casion; | heard Mr. Fremit say that it was a great pity to extort so much money from Capt. MeCerren, bi only two days in thy country. (meaning the girls: said he would like to make money as easy; I di hear Mr. Premit use any expression threatening to er him make any ainst the girls; a used ton, while | was present, | must have heard eit vision thr by any p them; the money remained on the bureau; why the girls were discussing the matter ubout the of the money. Cross-examined,—L did not see Capt. MeCerren; Mra, MeCerren, I w formed after, was prosent; |’ knew none of the parties at the time; they were all in the room when I raw them; they couldu’t have been inthe more than an hour; Mr Premit called up to sthose two girle receive $150; [| believe there table in the rvem. but | am not positi whea | first entered the room, Mr, Premit said “1 want you to witness those girls receiving $150;"? the el of the two girls said, “I will take $100; there was a dispute between them which should have the $100; 1 then left the room; previous to my leaving the roe » paper was signed by me; the paper signed by me— (The con- tents of this paper were objected to be given by counsel for the defence) Question ruled out by the Justice. ‘The paper was signed by several besides myseif; | saw Mr. Fremit’s and Dr, Wilson's name to it, as near as | could recolleet; the paper was in the room when I left; 1 did not ree the younger one of the girla have any of the money in ber hand; | cannot say if the youngee one raid anything in the room or not; if she did, it wae in reference to the claiming the $100; the elder one wanted $100; the younger one said, © (i take the hundred deliars;”* [did not we her tonch the money. Jony Ho Wisstox being sworn, says—Reside at the Battery Hotel, was a surgeon on board the ship Co. Tumbus, and have been three voyages; | am a native of Ireland} my place of residence is Glatgow, Scotland; I arrived here on the ¢hip’s last pastage on the 23d of June last, apd went the same day to board with Mrs, OPNiel, at No, 67 Madison street; | boarded there until end incleding the Monday following: I also dined there on Tuesday; on leaving the ship on Satarday af- ternoon, the 2 of June, 1 had a box to deliver for Capt. Moverven, at 275 Pearl street; the two Misses Dickson were with me, on our way down to the ship I | delivered another box for the captain on Monday fore- | taken back by the Sheriff to that coun noon, at No, 63 Wall street; on Monday afterason Captain MeCerren called upon me respecting those commissions; | saw the captain at the hall door, | was looking out ef the front window, waiting on Ann Dick- ken to take a walk; came down stairs, aud mot the captain at the door. ‘The conversation between this witness and the cap- tain was ruied out by the magistrate Mr. Guanam offered to chew that the visit of Cap- | tain MeCerren to Dr, Wilson, was in its origin purely ‘on business, respecting the delivery of the boxes as be fore mentioned. and that from certain statements to tho captain by the witness, touching the cha and charactor of the 5 take the rtep he did. Mr. Wuivitxe, for the prosecation. objected to the giving of avy conversation which took place between the captain and the witness at this interview. ‘The magistrate sustained the objection, Q. When the captain met you at the door, had you any conversation with the captain about the execution of the commissions entrusted to you? Objected to; objection sustained. jon made by the com pl y offer torend a note to her by you, until after you had first made ® remark to him ‘res pecting the chastity of the girls? Objected to; objection su-tal Q. Did you see Captain MeCe spcken of by Eliza Dickson in her testimony ¢ A. Leaw ‘him write ona piece of paper, but did not observe what it contained, Q. What kind of a piece of paper was it, and where did he get it? A’ He tock @ piece of paper ont of dis pocket; I think it was a piece of newspaper of a (rinnguler shape; it was not enclosed ia an envelope; it was folded up carclessly, and | handed it to Eliza Diekson; the note was written in peneil,on the corner of Madison and James eta; this note [delivered to tliza immediately in her bedroom; i left the house befor did, hor stator was waiting on the stairs for me to accompany her out for awalk, lappointedtogoout with her at the dinner tabie; 1 was to go down to the Battery Hotel, to see a patient, and she was going toinquire after a friend in Washing: ton street; we lett the house about seven o'clock that evening; we returned about nine o'clock; after turred home, Captain Me: erren cal # carriage; room with the proprietor of the house nin come into the hou he wished to ity n with the note myself; 6h her but could net find her. b everal rooms and on coming d. house said Abn appeared to any conversation, when in Philadelph both of th f Ann's ka ted to by proseoution.) Objection overruled } A, She struck th rill with her Lat hap on the We years, my wife give ber support for herself Wife just beto: iverpool; I have been ® withers for’ noe before; we were on very goed terms until Saturday last had a quarrel cn Uiat day; | bave conversed with tbe captain on this matter; on that evening Ann proposed to walk with me; | didnot propose to walk with ber; [ disremember whether | went to see the patient or not; on the morn. ing of our arrival Eliza weot with me to View O'NK to noe It the place would eudt; | referred them to this house. knowing iC to be respectable; I introduced them to Mrs, O'Siel and told her 1 believed them to be rea pecteble, as they came from where | did; I rede in the carrioge on the wight of the occurrence, with ( apta‘a MeCerren, to the corner of Crosby and Spring streets; when | got to the house ip Crosby street Eliza was oo the top of the dormerg window, | did not negotiate @ rettloment with the girls; | witnessed @ setth iment be. twery them and Mrs’ MeCerre ' ot separated; | d my children, | «aw my h with them ? i the especial request of the same conveyance Mra. MeCerren; they w: with me, they gave me the eh | ai | wee in : I wrote my 0 to give their ~ book as Jobo Hewett, my na before that whele peme; | gave the girls an order on ren for $12 60, ae they stated that Mrs. MoCerr to pay their expenses; the vider sivter told it in writing with # peneil that fexpeeted sire xo Cerron would pay ber the $12, and she ia retara gave me @ writte that provided — (ths tents of th tea to) This paper | thi on my return from Philadelphia, | gave to Mrs Cerren, or to Mr. MeCerten, Feannot as: Lthink Mrs, MeCerren; when io Philadelphia [ teteo- duced the girls to Mrs, Arnold, who keeps @ respectable boarding house there, a om iriday of Jast week, and tell her (hat «oe (mencing yourself aod the captain) had smashed this case all up, oF words to that effeet? A—| am certain | made use of no such expression, At the conciusion of this witaess. ie being thea four o'eleck, the motion was to adjourn, and 9s the counsel for the defence was quite unwell. and the magistrate bimeelf was laboring under a oligot indiaposition further investigation In the case was post Tuesday of next week, at baif-py 0 forenoon, when it Is possible anuther witness of two will be examined. and there i¢a chance that counsel on both sides will bring It to ® close Doing Quite a Business. On Saturday last, Captain Leonard, of the 2d ward police, arrested a boy ot about 18 years of oge. by the name of Jose prentice te Calkine & Dai corner of niane and in the babit of selli y. A gold potsersion, which led to the ar- her boys, by the names of Wm Tarbox, « ohn W. A boy of I4y rame age | Tar ly & Shrevo, wat hit boy, it seems. would store and sell them out to Megser few dollars ench. Capt opard has at present ob- tained six gold lever watches and one of silver ral Will be yet obtained Justice m ail to prison for a farther hearing. Charge of Prize Fighting —A wan by the name of od Anderson for a Jobe aban wns arrest: in this ett, day, b; the &| i «ft Queens county, Long idee. eno obarge of being eneaged in @ prite Aight at storia. Ho was for trial, 8, Of the lower ot Dishevest Seitor,—Olltcer Hopk he was induced to | fain to the | Ann Dickson was itting in the dining | * patioe. whieh will interes: Did you go to Mra. O'Niel. in Viadivon street, | ——s TWO CENTS. the brig tae barge of jen, arrested. yesterday, homes Dibble, former! gusta, lying at Iing ten eadd Property mn & previous }, Captain Stone, master of the bri; for vighteen caddies of tea, whic! Yanuuh; tem more were, however, omitted to be deli . the second trip of the brig, the bill: lading wer sented to the captain, and no tea could board the ship, Surpicion soon fall uy and ¢ apt Jones, ou making rocured # search warrant, a ept by John Stepenhage: oyage to Savani ad bills of Indi: vi bi necessary Duteh grocer’s at: and located at No 1 James street, Les searched, and the ten caddies of tea were found tea Stopenhagen said he purchased of Thomas Dibble, the former mate of the brig Ow this information Dibble was arrested on the charge, vd brought before Justice Lathrop, whem be ieform- ed the magistrate that he took the tea under the enlor of right, as there was no bill of lading for the goods offercd while he was on board, ‘The Justice commit ted him to prison for trinl 4 Charge of Lureeny —Oficer Van Nostrand, lower polive arrested. yesterday, # man by the name of Edward Deonis, on a charge of commiting @ grand laroeny under the following state of facts: I¢ seems thaton the lin of May last # Mr. Moses B Osborne dropped from his pocket, in a new building in 42d st, near dd avenue, a pocket book contaiuing $95. This book was picked up by the accused, and the money kept, knowingly. by the aceuved. Dennis, after botm Aetected, paid back some $00 of the money and waa! to keep the balance as areward for finding it Jus Lothrop thought otherwise, aod committed Deauis to prison for trial. The Weather and the Cropa, The Athens (Ga) Bonner of the t7th inst, aaya:— ing just returmed from Millodgeviile, we think it a matter of interest to state the con n the counties through which we passe In Morgan, Purnam, asd Gaidwin, they are unusually good —we will not say prowisi road being highly 1 drought, being in fi ‘The cotton ab ble that pea ny for moatof the corn erop on dhe ured, ix already secure aeninst L roastiog nd the earth: wot, looks finely. ane why » below Clark are not rare din man wundant, We raw also many orchards fal oreba of api ‘There was q heavy frost at Franconia, N.H., em the 16th instext. The mereury stood at 4, ‘There was a frost at Pittsfield, Mass, on the morning of the 22d instant. ‘The mercury stood at 62. The Auburn, N. Y.,.2dvertiser. of the 21st inst sayer We have never known so severa 4 droaght as pre at the present tine All kinds of late crops are air b vag | ying up, if the: days, there will not be bal corn” ‘There has been no rain in this region since tl fitth of July. and the weatuer has been intolerably bob during the whole month, he Albany (Ga) Patriot, of the 13th inst., saya: — ‘The weather has been remarkably warm and dry for vome time previous to last Tuerday—sinoo that time wehave had seasonable rains and fine growiag weather ‘The erops have improved and we now think from our inquiries thal two. thirds of the planters in (hia section of Georgia will make nearly, if not quite. fall average crops of cotton end corn The late plantings look well, but they cannot produce a fall crop of fruit The Hamilton (Ca) Express. of tho 17th inst., syst —The fall wheat in this neighborhood will be cut im about ten days It is most luxuriant and healthy The spring crops bave suifered from want of rein, but have | been m improved by the late showers’ Potatoes will be xbundant. No sign of the rot. Huy i x tra yield. ‘The Poi te Coupee (La.) Tribune, of the 7th inet, fays:~ The crops on the river plantations look fine, but in the interior, on False river. they suffer much from the drought; some planters have not bad eny rain for one month. We leara the crops on the Bayow Grosse Tete look very promising The Columbus (O.) Journal. of the 16th inst. ra In» parte of the Reserve, the corm ix @ tota lure ‘This is the ease ¢ y soil. Upon the sandy vil however the corn, and all other crops, look ex- dingly well, considering the backwardness of the on The Cincinnati Commercial, of the 19th instant, ways: A letter from General William Pickeriug, Ed- wards county Lilinois, to a friend of ours, of @ late date, states Uval the army worm if making sad havoe with the wheat apd grass crops thers, and that whab the worm leaves will not be worth harvest vhe mrs will rely on their corn and potato crops for a live ing this winter, ‘rhe Sumter (8. © ) Banner, of tho 18th lastant, says : ‘The country ip this neighborhood hag been aunust de luged with the rain that bas fallen during toe pase week Large quantities of corm aad cotton were com- pletely inundated and come portions of the crops are lost, and others mueh injui ueRs Ibis next Coan iinpossibility to mention in. «peotd terme the names wad locations of thevarious m dams that have d—suttice it to way that there is senrotly a mill in the district or bas not“ blown-up,”’ technically speaking Oo Sane day morning lat, the thermometer tell nearly twomuy | degrees, from the temperatur Ing the next da; going to press, materially benefit t ‘The New Orleans exeructating ben midsumaer to Monday aud up to the tour of our After the food, this evid weather will reayune, of the 10th inst, saya :— The crops we (hootaw Nation are very ungro. mising The country is inundated by the continued rains, and but little hopes are entertained of a goud harvest. Below, the cotton crops, although backward, look Weautiful; aud. if planters be only able to cous quer the grass, goed expectations may be confidently entertained. The Vorkviile (8. C ) Miscellany, of the 12th instant, fays:—From information received from curtain por- tions of cur district. we can say that the prospect for cotton is generally favorable, The sane of the corn crop. the fallen peculiarly partial | have lind alan The Allentown (Va) Register. of the 19th instant, faysi~ The farmers of our county, by the olowe of the 7 week, whl have very mear got through thoi | hay and grain erops. ‘The hay erop ts ® very abuadaad | and, the weather beiag favorable bax bevu welh curd, Lhe grain orp is ais very abundant, Corm aid potatoes look highly promising ‘The New Oricans Bullewm, of the 11th instaat, hase letter from Ouachita farieh, Lu, which says:—As to crops, whieh. | presume, most tut any ibing but | heavy rains cultivar: anaking ao avera; The ( heraw (8 eile, of the 17th inst . saya:— During the past week, we havo had excessive rains and the greatest freshets, in bern witneseed Ia many years © Understand that several mill dame have been washed away | weather must operate con iderably against the plant, which was very bac We iware that the corn rep is generally very good, and that 7 average harvest way be anticipated ot-onen Son saan Aorenican Iwraxrtorty Sorera- 1s SaiisG Vessens— Me James U. Lo furnished us with the faocs of the folio wong Layee Treader: — At deapuico, ou bis retura fror ( aliforaia, Mr, Loriag mot Colon Scbrieckt. of New York, who went onc to command & Party of forty hve ea@igracts toCalifernia, At Veaame, Owing to the difficulty of procuring traasport u party purcbared & small sehvouee of 40 toms, aad eceded om their way to San Fraveto When they i railed northwards about tive bh red milea—thetr pro~ vietone aud water be the y objeet of touchi of food and water. The cathe, Col Subrierki then turned to We have to choose between two to land and take the town, and supply pur to #8 aud perhh' The moa, of aly decided im fewor of the former They accordingly disembacked ta threw Heaus fed eves ‘fore the brats landed ‘The Americans went astore, without firing agua. tm- ly hotsting the star spaugled banger, bought paid for the provisious they derired and helped the meelves with water from the padiic wella ia the Mrautine dn expross was sent od. tweaty miles, for 600 cavalry which were said to by approaching whee the Americans. having obiained supplies, wore ready to roembark, They railed off amawlested. aeriving @6 Acapuleo In safety, why they advieed the steamer California, of which Mr Loring #as ® passen, ip ao extra coppiy of water, for the reitef of fel, which was dene Six hours ont from Acapalea, the California met a Chilian veasel, crowded wita pas sengers, im distress for water, to which was sent ® ply, together with fruit out ff y-two days, forty da: PARKONgETS Were On ALOWANCH of Abel were making fer the Cincinnati Chronicle, Juty 20 Rev 1. B. Bascom sor Dean. We are gratified > be nble tostate that the anouneciation of che desth of Dr Bascom ts wd te beileved to be surely 0 ton Observer, July 18 ed prisoner #bail peed in confinement and then his puatshment e oumoil, ed wotil ® year by bare commuted by the Governor aad &