The New York Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1851, Page 2

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ee a ‘THB GRAND COSTUME BALL AT CAPE MAY. OPENING OF THE SEASON. ‘The first grand fashionable féte of the season a: the watering places—the grand fancy costume ball at Cape May—came off on Friday night last, at the Mansion House, Cape Island. It wasthe second affair of the kind that has ever transpired on the island, and hence possessed, in a great degree, the virtue of novelty. The room seleeted for the occa- sion was the saloon known as the “ Kursaal,” which was fitted up on this occasion in a style rarely sur- passed in this country. But it may be as well to give a description of the room and its decorations. ‘The “ Kursaal” is a spacious saloon, having an ex- cellent entrance door, which connects with the Man- sion House itself; in fact, the ‘‘Kursaal” is a part of the Mansion House, and is used as a dining room for that hotel. On the present occasion, the en- trance to the saloon was through a temporary porch yormed ofa frame work, decorated with American flags and other appropriate drapery. The visiter, after traversing the long halls of the hotel, paseed this porch or entry door, when suddenly he was in- troduced to an apartment, which it is no exaggera- tion to call a fairy scene, to deseribe which it will be necessary first to give a brief description of the hall itself. The Kursaal is a spacious saloon, hav- ing on each side a line of pilasters attached to the wall. About four feet from the wall, on each side of the room, is a row of graceful columns, with well wrought capitals, bearing devices of Mahomedan signification, euch as crescents, arrows, ete. which, to the uninitiated vision, means nothing but a very pretty device. These columns were, on the present occasion, made doubly useful; not only were they ornamental in themselves, but they were made the starting p ints of some of the prettiest de- @orative inventions that have been used in the country. Inthe first place, an artist, Mr. Peter Grain, Jr., was employed to furnish a drop scene which, being placed at the lower end of the room, formed a complete optical illusion, making the | pink skirt, trimmed with black, and a claret colored aS G. Baker, English court suit, time of George M , wore a boddice aoe and skirt of blue satin, Mr. Hlulber@as a North American Indian, per- formed his admainably. His costume was well “a W. (olen “dressed asa rich Greek mer- chant. His costume was well chosen and well worn. J. J. Taylor, as a French boatman, silk shict and er Didier of Baltimore, rsonated Paul Pry. The dress was ® good pepehy om character attract- ed considerable attention in the room. G. Remak dressed as a monk, French peasant. ofthe Rogiment. Miss E. Wallace asa Spanish peasant. Mr. W. Swift was dressed in the garb of a uaker. bi Martin was attired as a Swiss girl. Mus. Snavely wore a Spanish dress. Mr. Nell appeared as an Italian nobleman. Miss Jack a3 the Maid of Athens. Signor Blits, the celebrated conjuror, was present, attiredas a magician. He wore a robe of black, | ith cards and hiereog! figures. He carried in front a board, which answered for a platform, on which to perform feats of magic. He was accompanied by # youngster, whom he termed hia imp, and who carried the implements by which the Signor was enabled to afford a vast deal of amusement. The bunches of flowers that the magician called into instantaneous existence, and presented to young ladies might be counted Lf hundreds, and yet there was no eye in room sharp enough to see the source of all this floral wealth. Wherever the copjurer went he had a crowd at his heels, and many side invitations were extended to him to amuse little knots of ladies, who were too modest to crowd around him while in the centre of the room. This was decidedly one of the features of the eve- piNfss. Frink appeared as the Goddess of Night, in a beautiful black dress, trimmed with silver span- gles. . Mr. C. E. Magens was costumed as a Neapo- litan. Mr. T. B. Peterson wore a Spanish court dress, which became him exceeding well. Mr. P. is a fiae locking maa, and ia his assumed costume he looked like a prince of a don. Miss Odenheimer costomed as the Goddess of saloon to appear as if it extended on, on, on, till | jt lost itself in a beautiful’garden scene. Mr. W. J. | Kerr, of Philadelphia, contributed for the occasion two hundred and twenty-eight Chinese lanthorns> which were mingled with festoons of evergreens, and Taborty. Mr. Odenheimer was dressed as Henry IV. Mrs. Joseph MeMakin represented a French marchioness. Master MceMakin wore the costurae of a Spanish shoes. Mr. Allen, as a jockey, wore a claret jacket, sal- mon-colored breeches, and blue cap. Mr. Joseph McMakin, as a pe afterwards changed to ee ee dress. Brintzinghoffer appeared . Earl wore a Greek dress. . Lien modern English court suit. . mo! re Mr. Dyett appeared as Robert, the Devil. Mr. Armstrong, as an American Sailor. Mr. Ci , in black domino. Mr. “Chile, asa Mr. For i FES Turkish pirate. . Fortesque, in domino. Mr. Emley, as American Mr. W. B. sailor. ‘Harper, of Md., aga postilion; a capi- tal character. E. Parkinson wore a Greek costame as “‘Stel- ar aioe skirt, white satin trowsers, red gaiters, hair i ringlets. On her head she wore a small cap, old tassel ; altogether, a jmost be- with a long ct Whe iuined ex a oe juarters room. at Hig Ingles ‘Matthias, the Master of Ceremonies Col. J. Ii for the pes, ap d first in the undress uni- belonging to his rank, a3 Aid-de-camp to the i 7 of Peanaylvania 3 Duriog the e » he pracor ns costume of Charles ie 2 rich dress; and afterwards, to the garb of a boatman. ‘The ball was conducted in perfest order, from the beggemieg to the close of the programme. yt it is due to the gentlemen who got up the fete, and earried it cranes against a kind of under-gur- rent opposition which was raised to it. The werk was thrown upon the managers ; and as but few of them were active inthe matter, it was no small task for those few to carry out all the designs which had been made. - To Col. Matthias is awarded the credit of ‘getting up the ball,” and he received an expression of s for the manner in which he erformed the duties of Master of Ceremonies during he time of dancing. Mr. John Thornleyand Dr. W, P, Cunnington superintended the decorating of the room, and performed a good part of the labor them- selves. Signor Blitz, and other gentlemen, being present, also volunteered to assist in tkis work; their labors were productive of the best results; for it is difficult to conseive of a more tastefully decora- ted apartment than was the Kureaal on this occa- sion. The costumes were furnished by J, G. Taylor, of 58 Prince street, and among them were some of the richest dresses to be found. re were about two e. Pofiies Matthias appeared as a Greek girl. She suspened from column to column throughout the | enacted the part exceedingly well, and. was one of saloon; and to correspond with these, the drop gcene before mentioned was supplied with transpa- rent illuminations, so that the visiter, on entering the saloon, was unconsciously led to imagine that he was in an oriental garden of immense size. Indeed, the eflect was charming, and the partici- pants in the festivities of the occasion could hardly make up their minds that they were in an ordiaary ballroom. The orchestra, which was enlarged for the occasion, was so hidden by the artistically ar- ranged decorations, that it was not easy to perceive whence emanated the sounds that were produced. The music, which was good, was produced by a band of black players from Philadelphia. was not only festooned, but there was a plentiful supply of wreaths and garlands of flowers displayed with very great taste, from all available points. | For these garlands, and for these beautiful wreaths, the committee on decorations were indebted to the yadies resident at the Mansion House; for, no soon- er was it known that the committee wanted assist- ance, than the ladies congregated in a side parlor, and expressed their willingness to go to work at once; and they did go to work with a will as the sai- | Jorssay. The result of their handiwork was the best decorated room that has ever been seen on an occa- sion of this kind in this country, and we doubt if it has been excelled anywhere. remark here that the friends of the ball had a sort of under-current opposition te work againat. ‘There were thore who were of the opinion that the ball could not succeed, and these were not back- ward to express their opinions to that effect. circumstance by no means deterred the managers from going on with their work. They only work- ed the more ardently, and it may be that the ladies were induced by the same means to undertake the part which they performed 80 admirably. One of the most interesting coneomitants to the ball was the ecene which presented itself in the room where hese fair busy-bodies were engaged making up the floral ornaments which were to render the room in the evening a perfect paradise of a place. Ata late hour in the day the room was completed as to its decorations, and at about 9 o'clock in the eve- ning the dancers, having all or nearly all costumed themselves, began to make their appearance by scores, in all the variety of dress which can be ima- gined. The halls of the house were thronged for a short time, and then the band struck up the grand introductory overture; this was succeeded by the promenade, which brought all the characters on the floor, and a magnificent and interesting sight was presented—a tableau, in fact, which sel- dom to be met with. Nodding plumes, gay colored dresses, powdered heads, caps and bells; the eagle’s feathers of the Indian head-dress, and tke cowl of the monk; the velvets and tinsel of assumed royalty, and the flountiog but admirable ribbons of peasant girls, counterfeit greatness, and counterfeit modesty, were all there in a heterogenous mass, and one disposed to study the pictare might have found a good lesson in it for it was not unlike the seete which isto be m with in real life every day. Pretension wi merit is no new thing to lock at. Well, in came, and as their numbers wore increased, the beautiful lamps, so gracefully disposed among the evergreens, seemed to shed upon the motley inul- There titude a cheering and beautifying light was, in fact, a harmony, @ consonance betwe mul:i-colored lamps and the oostumes up floor, which prodaced an effect perfectly cl a ‘The ball onee opened, of coarse the foor was soon oceupid by gay dancers, who were eager for the en- joyment of the evening's entertainment. We the names and costumes of most of the cha: Ts which appeared in the ball room. The ladies, as well az the gentlemen, were for the most part from Philadelphia, hence we have not, except in a few instances, designated the residences of the dan eert:— Mies E. V eappearedin the costume of a Highland , in fall dress aster P was dressed in a beautiful cos tume, representing © French boatman ia his holi- Powe Il, costumed asa knight, in partial armor of buff, black, and ste Miss Prola ired in an excellent costume of the Lady of the Lake Mr. Edwards represented a Scottish Highlander Lewis Williams personated a Spanish Cavalier R. J. Turner was costumed as an Italian noble Mr. Magens took the character of Laertcr, in the play of Hamlet. i i i. J. Garcia wore a fall Turkish dress g Mr. Tobias appeared a: a Spanish private, wearing a coetume on which was embroidered figures ew- blematical of his calling. ii i D. C. Brady wore an English hunting suit of searlet and white—a capital costame fora ball of this description. R yn was, for the occasion, Macbeth, in armor: and wore the regular stage costume for that eter Mies Chrisholm tox ofthe Regiment With tcarlet skirt, Mr. Harper was the character of the Child tame was a white jacket, ke y suit, consistin of a gold-colored velvet jacket, Lreeehes un scar ot We Mise Wright wore the costas ) ae py oy vet boddice, wd and feet appropriately traw 8 theed yee = lored skirt, Miss Tilge appeared as @ Greak giri Mr. Baker as Don Joso—o Spanish dross of rich material. Colors—green, velvet, and gold. Mrs. White wore Bloomer dress of lilac eatin— a ve tty costume. Bir. Tames Gihon’s costume was the subject of Numerous commendatory remarks. It was the Spanish lady, and consisted of a stra: black boddiee, and black hat with l appropriately trimmed and gracefully drore of a colored feat bers, worn. Mr. Luckerman wore a [omeo suit GP. Cummings, Greek dress—a black jacket, trousers, and buff v Gibbons was drcoped as & Spanish Jedy— The room | It may be as well to | This | the objects of be oc attraction in the room. every one admired the grace with which she car- | ried off the character. | Miss Parkinson, as Zaidee, was also much ad- mired; she wore a dress of white satin, trimmed | with silver. | Miss Bartlett dressed as a French poasant girl. | Mr. C. Shaw, in the character of a monk, tra- | versed the room with his black frock, cowl, rosary, and cross suspended from a rope, which was tied around his waist. It was a complete disguise, and | many of Mr. S.’s intimate friends passed him in the | bail room, not knowing who he was. | Mr. A. Fitler wore the costume of Charles II. | Another Mr. Fitler was costumed as a Spanish | page. | Mr. Levistein wore a beautiful Tyrolean dress, and in the course of the evening sung several Tyro- lean airs. Mr. L. hasan excellent voice, and his | vocalization would do credit toa professional singer. | The double notes, as they are ied in the music peculiar to the Tyrolese, were given by him with great effect, and produced quite a sensation ia the zon dressed as Charles I. vely wore a court dress of the time of Thornley dressed first as the Earl of Lei+ cester, but changed this costume during the eve- ning, and assumed that ofthe India Rubber King, | @ most comical affair, capable of being increased or | diminished in size, at the pleasure of the wearer. This last was really © good dress for the occasi Mr. Thorpley was one of the active managers, s chairman of the committee on decorations, de- serves great credit for the parthe took in making the room so appropriately tiful as it was. | J. W. Eayer, of Mount Holly, N. J., appeared costumed as a courtier of the time of Louis XV He wore cc ype velvet coat trimmed with gold, rich small clothes, silk hoze, shoes wish silver buckles, white wig and three comered hat. It was a fine costume, and worn with a great deal of grave by Mr. E. It wasindeed, one of the principal cha- racters in the saloon. J. Wenthall wore the costume of the Larl of Ro- chester. Dr. 5. M. Zulick went as Doa Cesar de Bazan. Mr. G. Gerry appeared as Julian St. Pierre, an excellent costume. Col. Wallace, ofthe Philadelphia press, appeared as the Count of Mente Cristo. The Colonel's tall figure set out by so magnificent a dress, looked more stately than ever, and his agreeable conversa- tion made him an entertaining guest in whatever quarter of the room he made his appearance. Mrs. Wallace appeared in the beautiful costume of Haidee. T. B. Peterson was dressed in a Greek coz Mr. Campbell was costumed as a French boat- man. Miss a dressed as a Bohemian girl. Capt. KR. IL. Leese, of the steamer Roger Wil- liams, dressed as Hamiect, and appoared to great advantage. It was, in fact, one of the best,dressed and best supported characters in the hall. Mrs. Leese was dressed asan Albanian lady. Robert J. Morrell assumed the character of a live Yankee, and went whittling about the room to the gratification of numerous admirers. Wm. G. Taylor appeared as Wm. Penn. The character of Quaker was admirably well sus- e was a very fine nd was grace that it attracted the who saw it. t wore the leathern bead trimmed Indian chief. Jobn G. Deitz dressed as an American sailor, and played his part so well, that it was difficult to con- ceive that the character was counterfeited. The trim built, well rigged tar, seemed to be a great favorite with the ladies Miss A. T. Gourgas a) the evening in a pink di | changed for a hands Mrs. Stratton w. Mr. G. W. Peterson apreared as | tunic, white satin trunks, silk hose, s | Mise Keibl was present in a white ba’ i handsomely dressed with rib: magnificent necklace W. Ward as a huntsman, in R The dress, black and gold, wae becomin; and well worn. tained. The cosy worn with such Mrs Ward wore beautifal white dress, trimmed with flower, very prett, G. Park Cummings was attired as reek. W. Farr was present in citizen's dress W. Benders also attended the ball, but costume, made for the oce the jacket and smal! ele kinson was one of the managers of the ball, contribute 2 to asement of the ev ning. His costume wi ong the best in the nd it could not have been better worm than #8 Teylor, of Baltimore, appeared as a flower "George W. Hacker wore the costame of Paul Clifford—an ¢ nt dress Joshua L. Price, a member of the Society of Friends by birth, and belonging to one of the tirst families of Philadelphia, was attired as a jockey. ile wore a red cont, and blue cap ard breeehes, and top beots. He was all life and animation, and made a merry patty wherever he appeared. Mr. E. M. Kerr, of Virginia, personated Pat n the play of “ The Omnious.” Charac- necained. Nathan Taylor wore an exceedingly hand- some suit, in the style o e uniform of a Polish hugzar. Mra. Nathan yloc wae drewsed av a peasant girl Mrs. ‘lownsend, of New York, was present, but being in mourning, did not enter actively into the festivities of the evening Miss Me Makin was attired as a lady of the court of Louis XVI Miss Josephine MeMakin aiso wore a French court drees. Miss Virginia MeMakin, as a German girl Mies Mery McMakin appeared as * Night Mise Bliss, of Philadelphia, wes present in a plain | ball dross. Mr. Chas. R. Smith was dressed asa Freneh fop Mr. John Kiehl wore a French court dress Miss C. Hughes, of Cape Island, dressed in pink Very pretty, and created considerable sensation His Hag ina beautiful white ball dress. Mies Gates, of Charleston, very succezsfully per- tee Rabi ~- iI ‘ costume s Robi in . Mra. Oden bein or iso appeared in bali costume Mr. Jackson dressed as Henry VIIi,; searlet tu- nic, trimmed with silver and élashed with amber Colored satin; blue velvet robe. Mr as an Italian nobleman, wore a elvet, slashed with buff, and trim- russe’ boot. was attired as the White Warrior. Gromed foto Spanish graadey: iment | med with silver; Mr. J. White | J. ) Me. Briggs hundred tickets sold in all—one ticket admitting a gentleman and two ladies. | The following is the list of managers :— Master oy Cerewontes—J. Ingles Matthias. FLOOR MANAGERS Hon. ‘ A. Bayard, Samuel Branson, eo. Dufour, eo. Darsie, Joshua Charles Rogers, Capt. J. L. Waugh, Saml. K. Clements, William al Gohan ys. White, " Joseph Tho Col. T. W. Duthield, Geo. Stratton, Wm. B. Gihon, Robert B. Morre! Cay H. Leese, John Thornley, | Edward Haviland, TB. Peterson,” Lilburne ood, Jr. GENERAL MANAGERS, Lieut. J. Bestom, Col. Jacob Long, N. Frazier Dr.J.M. Znlick, Capt. 8, Bland, Kodinan Morgan, Malcolm bell, *P.King, Blair Moore, Jacob Se F. Moore, J. 8. Carroll, Edward . rs 4 1, James Parkinson, Augustus Remak, Geo. W. Pe:erson, Wm. F. White, Craig Miller, 5 Alfred Fisk William Goward, Jove) By ws leredith, A. Aldri Gent. \ rd, R. 8. Jr., J. Boyl . Ward, Major T. Beatty, Chas. Dr. W. P. Cunning- Robert ton, me? L, Peterson, Rich'd.T. Shepherd, D. J. H. Brolaskey, . R. Dickinson, Sami, A. Harrison, Jac —- y ye Snaveley, jarretson, J. A. Freeman, H. Carpenter, Jr.W. P. Hulbert, T. Cockran, Joshua S, Owen. «Les * FIRST COURSE . Overture—* Norma”’.. OF REFRESHMENTS. sRconp - La Polonsise—Marc: 13, Walta— ¥ 14. The Surf Qi occasion. ran 5. Finale—Grand Cape Island posed for the Costume Ball, by. Anderson. Denn was kept up until about half past two o'clock, when the vot 4 y retired from theealoca, ‘The ladies sought their rooms, and so did spme of the gentlemen, but not a!l. usual managers supper was given in one of the small halls of the hotel, and rs. and Hooper, the on ot eS of the Mansion House, sent numerous s of Champagne to help the thing along. Of course there was a m: time. A meeting was or- nized, and thanks were voted to the Master of the Ceremonies. Speeches were made at intervals, and, finally, the meeting adjourned. While the managers’ rt was under discussion, the bar room of the hotel presented a scene that defies description. The modey crew of costumed dancers were hob-nob! in the most fraternal style —_ ble. Greeks Indians, Turks and friars, kings and clowns, in admirable mixture, were pa ing their devotions to Cham » she: cobblers, brandy smashes, and pacers, mmo Edibles were on the teas, and Richard III. was at one time ob- served in the act of deal out an oyster stew to Hamlet. Romeo slaps Robin Llood on the back, and says, ‘Cot old boy, what'll ye take |” Charles II. insists that Saw Slick shall “go a smash.” A Yankee sailor and an Austrian hussar are about tipping glasses. A most delightful scene of confusion worse confouuded prevailsed. Just asthe east began to look luminous, a party o! doven or so started for the beach, where the formed pymnsatio feats for half an hour, an retu! to the Mansion House. one, this last band retired, and qui its sway at about7 o'clock. After a sleep of afew hours, attendants awoke, and whe peared in the parlors and dining room, remarkably well. Complaints of hea to be sure, rather prevalent, but that was a of no surprise. A sack race, at Cold Spring, occa pied the attention of a good many on Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday morning, but not till then, could the bail be said to have fairly con- cluded. A large number of visiters left the island, on board the Roger Williams, on Sunday. They were well taken care of by Captain Leese, who, b: the way, en} i opularity wit! the travelling publie tlemanl and an excellent commander. Pail delphians would not know bow to spare him from their favorite line P Ore then Finaily, one by Our Fashionable Correspondence. Avon, N. Y., July 30, 1851. A Driveto Genesee—The Waters of Pleasant Val- ley—The Indian Cyuncil Tree, § In a letter to you, some weeks ago, from “ Com- stock House,” | mentioned, among the other attrac- tions of Avon, a drive to the handsome town of Geneseo, ten miles distant. Perhaps it may not be uninteresting to some of your readers, to have a more particular account of «0 charming a part of the country It was on one of the loveliest afternoons of the year, that | made my first excursion to Geneseo, as baimy as the breath of young spring. Tho fleecy clouds that floated lazily along, “shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind,” were inexpressibly beautiful, and threw that sweet variety of light and shade o'er the landscape, which is far profera- ble to the full glow of sunlight. We drove by meadows rich in luxuriance, and dotted with fine trees, which is one very beautiful feature of this country, and gives it a park-like appearance. in many of these meadows were handsome cat- tle, cropping the verdure, or reclining with satisfied air, beneath the trees around. The fields were bending beneath their rich burden of grain, and the farm houses looked each as smiling and bright as if human sorrow had nevor sheltered beneath thoir roofs; all spoke of peace and happiness, while gladness smiled her sweotost simile, and beamed trom all. Mr. Wadsworth’s elegant mansion is near Geneseo, and seems to | combine all that taste and luxury can give. The | town is situated on an eminence overlooking what are called the * Genesee Fla nd moet beautiful they are, reaching off in the ce to the blue hi and presenting villag: , meadow, and , in wide succession, to the eye. Geneseocon- tains several pretty churches, and many handsome houses, some of a villa-like app ornamented With tasteful verandahs. On of the drive 1 was to the celebrated *( il Tree,” a sin- gulurly large and venerable oak, just below the town. | It rec ai me from a tradition, whish says the Indians of old held their meetings under ite magnificent branches, smoked the calumet, and made treaties; it was here they bartered their noble hunti (ge and beautiful strea: fem paltry thy other boublee of the ~ fora | Before the “ le face” ‘ve fled, e’en to the spirit land, ge had ling’ ring * the sun—all a degenerate Here where they shouted, in their savage glee, Wide glittering, in ‘The house of prayer—the lowly oot! ‘The garden bower—and the lordly By God's decree the “ pale face” doth enjoy This rich end glorious land, without alloy ! SHANNONDALE SPRINGS, Jerrerson Co., Va., July 31, 1851. The Scene and the Company at Shannontale—the En- tertainments— Preparations for the Reception of the President, §c, And on the moonlit waters, When the boatman winds his horn, And the music swells adown the dells, ‘As far away ‘tis borne, How charming seems each dying sound, Among the solemn mountains round ! We are here in the regions of romance. Pick up a thousand sketches of your landscape painters—of scenes real and scenes fanciful, of fields, and woods, and hills, and dales, and valleys, and mountains, and the smooth, shining waters—group them as they like, color them as they please, and not one of the thousand will probably be adequate to the syl- van glories of Shannondale—the sweet, quiet, se- rene and delightful beauty of this jewel among the mountains—this little peninsula of the mountain. crowned river. “here is not in this wide world a valley so sweet As the vale in whose bosom these bright waters meet.”’ lt would take too long to describe all the beauties that surround us here. Suffice it to say, that the scenery is strikingly bold and picturesque, with the bright river winding around us at our feet, (for here the curve of the river, for a mile or more, is a per- fect horseshoe, with both banks shaded by splendid native trees, overhanging the stream,) and flanked by the Blue Ridge mountains, piled up around us and behind us in the most splendid variety. We feel complenaly = Pr shut eee rather ~~ 4 from tl vi wor! wre have left behind.”‘Under the influences of the invigorating water of these the health-giv- ing breezes of the Cengage of the genial faces around us, we feel like taking the world ro: and so abandon ourselves to the enjoyments of spene. ss « But one thing wants these banks of Rhine— ‘Thy gentle hani to clasp in mine.” Here, too, there is an entire absencé of that cod- fish aristocracy, and those sets of would-be exclu- sives, of whom we hear se much in connestion with Northern 3 none.of your Simkinses, or Timkinses, or such people, whose pedigree runs full tilt into a grocery or soap factory; but we have Gnassuming paple-¥-F.V_6,if youp a — rs who, wit plstery rer back to the ancient cav: Lord Fairfax and the Washingtoa over the Ridge before the Kevolution. re Our tne at present numbers about 150, and first crossed the es (from the Baltimore Railroad, only five miles rs) come over crowded every day. We have visiters from all parts of the country, and quite a large delegation from Washington. bony | them, J notice Dr. Bailey, editor of the National Erz, and family; , the banker, and family; Mrs. Southworth, who has lately become quite distin- guished as a novelist;—but the lioness and the belle of the company is the celebrated Huvgarian hero- ine, Appol Jagello. We have a band of colored musicians, and their favorite air is— “ Carry me beck to Ole Virginny ”” a which they play almost every day at dinner time; and sometimes in the evening, when the sun is sink- ing behind the western mountains, they give us a variety of Virginia melodies, wih the variations, favorite of which, among the ladies, appears to “Why don’t you stop dat knocking at de door !"” Fer pastimes and exercise we climb the moun- tains, oy huckleberries, or angle for chubs and other fish in the river, or ride out on horseback, or roll ten pins; and so we merrily pass the day. | Great pre tions are making for the recep:ion of the Presiden , who is to be here on Tuesday Dext. Secre' Stuart, or Sandy Stuart, as ho is called in this neighborhood, where he is well known, and very popular ecretary Conra native of this valley; Postm: General Hall, and others of the executive government, it is reported. will accompany the President. All the world, and his wife, aud the children, are expected to be here, for twenty miles around, on the eventful day of the President's arrival; for a live President, in this | secluded corner, | dare say, has not been seen since the great dinner festival here to Thomas Jef- ferson, in an old log house, fifty years ago. Oa leaving this place, the President will go to Win- chester, thenee to Capon Springs, then back to the valley, then up the picturesque Great Valley, one hundred miles, to Stanton, thence wes:ward, | over the mountains, to the White Sulphur—the real White Sulphur Springs They take the Herald here at the hotel, and al- most every place else where vravellers congregate, it is in constant demand. Your wateriag place correspondence is read with particular avidity; and | ambitious to be im the fashion, | have resolved | that Shannondale shall also have a hearing, with your permission. Your readers, of course, will be apprised officially of the President's arrival. Aw revoir. B.V. W Interesting from the Western Plains. INDIAN DEPREDATIONS UPON BMIGRANTS—THE MORMON EMIGRATION—ADDITIONAL PARTICU- LARS OF THE LATE STORM—FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. {From the St. Louis (Mo) Republican, July 25.) _ From the officers of the steamer Duroc, which boat arrived at eur port yesterday noon from the Missouri, we bav: of news from the Pl — On the 23d inst,, a party of sixteen teams of Oregon immigrants arrived at Kanesville, having, from ee of starting aaa indies — = val, lost by the lations of tI ans, fifty-five head of cattle. This heavy theft was comuittod at Beaver Creek, one hundred miles from the Mis- souri river. Two or three days previous to this loss, which oceurred in the early Indians, at a short distance from whom, between five and six hundred others were seen. They do- each wagon, for the right of way through their country, threatening vielently that if they did not comply with their demand, they would murder the whole party. The Indians, it is said, were of the Pawnee and Omaha tribes. The immigrants, in order to save themselves, resorted to persuasion, and finally succeeded, by letting them have two cows and Two sacks of flour. On the 17th June, their cattle took a stampede, which was supposed to have been caused by the Indiane. t on the morning Slowing, from a visit they receiv- ed by several hundred indians, who offered their | that they were liberally paid. The immigrants agreed to this offer, and in a day or two a lew of the poorest were returned. These suflieod morely to enable them to reach the river. Their children | and themselves were much ill-used by the Indians. “Lhe majority of the party, it is said, had been formerly from Starke couaty, illinois. The Indians informed them that it was their intention to head the Mormon train, and extort pay for passing b their country. “They added, that a refusal ly with this request, would be followed with t rigorous example on themselves and their | vanced company of the Mormon train has not been heard from. It is supposed, however, that they will reach the Sioux country before they can be overtaken by these Indians. Mormon immigrants were of bong from a6 Loupe Fork, where they were | services to bring in the missing cattle, on condition | river some fifty to seventy-five miles. width over whi not been ascertained. The course of the hurricane the following interesting items | | solicit.custem for their owa 1; of June, | | they were visited by a body of some two hundréd | 4 | We cant They were confirmed in this supposition | are es ithe mumagienle Wwe heed Of valde Hee | b’neSoney ts hence bb tele ie ae aeigoae tie seasons ito that of Salt tre J. ey ye encamped f w days. Of thé Dares hove, given us further relation to the destructive effacts of Missouri river. The hurricans ville or its vicinity, on the down the The precise the devastation was spread has | menced night of Wednesday 16th, and followed = is marked now by the serious ruin which it caused; trees were shivered, fences levelled, the roofs of houses carried off, grain crops destroyed, and no- indeed, it would appear, could stand secure against its fury. The cane, wherever it passed, lasted about twenty minutes. As yet but one person is known to have beea killed while it raged. The victim wasa man named Wilkerson Hewett, who Bounened so be crossing the river ina foes wee os poly has nor and up3e: it. WI 5 since been recov at Trading Point. pest The officers of the Duroc bring us other nows of still more sad character. When at Iowa Pi they learned that a fire had instant, at Oregon, Mo., which involved a conside- rable destruction of Property» and the loss of three, e or probably more, lives. hotel of F. N. Pol- lock was struck by lightning, and the fire commu- nicating to some spirits stored in a certain part of the building, the 6s soon spread about in every direction. Unfortunately, some seven or eight por- sons at the time the ac: t occurred, happened to be in the room where the fire originated. The doors became impassable by the flames, a few mo- ments after, and those who failed to avail them- selves of the perilous chances offered by the open windows, were consumed. A Mr. Jabe was burned to death; James D. Fortune succeeded in gettin, out of the window, but died a few hours r; N. Pollock, -as also a serene named Hades, fares the melancholy fate of Mr. Fortune. James orp, who was violently bruised and much harm- . ed, is not expected to survive. A Mr. Sypes, anda stranger, name not known, who were 0 in the room, are the only ones that are expected to re- cover. Meeting of the Licensed Forwarders, Run- ners, and Emigrant Boarding Housekeep- era of New York. : On Saturday evening last, a preliminary meeting was convened at the Broad street House, by the forwarders, runners, and emigrant boarding house- keepers of New York, for the purpose of considering the necessary a to be taken to counteract the proceedings of the Commissioners of Emigration, and to form themselves into an association for the Pp se of self defence. Mr. Frepsric Sarru having been called to the chair, briefly stated the objects of the meeting. He was pleased to see so many of his fellow workers meet to denounce persecution; and pained that, in the nineteenth century, in this country, it should be necessary to do so. No country more loudly vaunted of its individual liberties than this, and yet we have often reason to be ashamed of the galling persecutions it witnesses. Here are we, in numbers upward of five hundred men, paying a licence each of $20, and giving heavy bonds for good moral conduct—that is, we pay annually to the city coffers $10,000, and give very hew onds for good moral conduct, to the amount of 000—and yet, because the Commissioners of Kmigration are in- terested in the stock of the Erie Railroad, they must endeavor to trample upon us, to the dotri- ment, also, of all other lines of travel, undor pre- tence of ‘ protecting the emigrant.” Protection, indeed! Such protection as vultures give to lambs, ge and devouring them. ost of these tie Railroad stockholders are also parties to charging the poor emigrant at least one hundred per cent higher than legitimate profit for his tran- sit from Europe to America; and in their greed, now desire to monopolize the exclusive right of his conveyance in this country, by misrepresenting us, and all the other modes of travel. He, the ehair- man, for one, was determined to resist such intor- ference; and he called upon the meeting to take steps to obtain the best legal and other advice, to eollect a fund for rendering assistance to the perse- cuted, and to assist in forming a more enlightened and just public opinion, as well as to record all ar- bitrary dings against them by crafty capi- talists and bullying monopolists. ‘The following resolutions were carried:— lat. That this anaeting ceive itself into an as- sociation, to be called “ Tho Licensed orwardors, Runners, and Boarding Housekeepers’ Mutual Pro- tection and Benevolent Sosiety.”” 2d. That this society do now clect a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. 3d. That in consideration of the public and press being sadly misinformed in relation to the true posi- tion of the “ runner” to the emigrant, we present for their consideration these facts. Instead of the “runners” overcharging the emigrants, as menda- ciously asserted by the interested stockholders of the Erie Railroad, the “runners” are ryeoges by their numbers, and the law of competition, obliged to reduce their prices down to the lowest point of subsistence; whereas, the present aim of official interference has for its object the destruction of competition, and the transferment of the emigrant into the hands of a monopoly of capitalists, with whom he will have neither choice in the selection of routes, nor redress from insult and injury, as expe- rience has rendered it a proverb, that monopolies are much more the masters than she sorvants of the people, and for these, and similar reasons, we re- quest the press to correct the misrepresentation of ignorance, and to unmask the jesuitry of an over- bearing monopoly. 4th. ‘That this meeting, being desirous of setting the public and authorities of this city right as to the real views and actions of the licensed forward- ers, runners, and emigrant boardiag-house keepors, have convened this meeting to express publicly their determination to uphold the laws of the United States faithfully and particularly, by a due obser- vance of its statutes, as connected with the forwari- ing of emigrants, and also to express their regret that the Commissioners of Emigration shoa'd have issued a circular so repleve with errors, and calculated to defeat the object it professes to uphold, namely, * protection to the emigrant.” oth. That as in tho professions of forwardors, runners, and emigrant boarding-house keepers. there is a vast number of persons employed, an many families supported, but by the recent uncalled for, and unprecedented)y unfair, interference of the Commissioners of Ewigration, all these individuals will be totally unable to follow their business, and thus occasion much collective and individual dis- tress, and we call upon the public and press for that sympathy and aid which the perrecuted never fail to receive from an American public, against official tyranny. 6th. ‘That this society deems it palpably absurd, and unserupulously unfair, fist to exact $20 fora license to a legal calling, long since acknowledged to be a great public recessi:y, and afterwards to take feo to render that license non-effective, and that calling bet mares by subjecting it to uncon- stitutional and vexatious interferences, under the pretence of “ protection to the emigrant,” but too | evidenuy to entrap these emigrants into the hands of the Lrie it ad “pets” for party purposes. 7th. That while the Commissioners of Emigra- tion are prating about the protectien of emigrants, they are nullifying the law, and deceiving both the emigrant and the public, by causing police officers to be taken from their paid-for duties to inveig emigrants to travel by the Erie lailiroad, and w cept ite accommodations, as they hold its stock, and thus the public is robbed of the services for which policemen are legitimately employe i—the emigrant is bamboozled and worse treated—five hundred men who pay au annual city tax of €10,000 are cheated and ineulted, and the republiesnisin of the country scorned and laughed at. The said interested Com- missioners are perpetrating this high-handod ont- rage in defiance of the eighth clause of the Kevised Sustates, which ray that:—" No person hold fice under the government of the United State: that of this State, if directly or indirectly interest- ed, in any way, shall solicit custom for any trans- Pee a line, under a penalty of not lees than one mdred dollars’’—yet these commissioners act je! and we, therefore, invite the co-operation of all in putting a stop to such interested illegatity, and also to aseist usin compelling wealthy wonopolists to redaee the fare of the emigrant from lurope to America, which is necessary, is therefore in reality the most crush- ing impositien which the foreign omigrant under- goes, and for which he most claims protection. Sth. That the members of this society pledge each other not to use their influence for any politi- cal candidate who will not assist us in resisting an official imposition, which flches $10,000 from fire hundred men for lisences, and then with unprovoked miscreancy would turn the current of our business into the laps of a few railroad capitalists. That t support with our influence any candidate who will not endeavor to arrest that illiborality and illegality which would eruch our, or any other licensed, legal and moral occupation, for if the com mistieners can bi es, With impunity, our busi- nees, 0 may they al terfere with all others, and thus the sanetuary of individual freedom be polluted by the assumption of public good, and the uncapi- tulized community become a pasture to feed the interests of offic ho hold stocks in certain speculations. h. That t ng do adjourn to Tuesday nd that we invite the press od, and ascertain our griev- ~ lings and faithfally report hoo numerously attended, unani usly, anda a ife-ted to up! ypoeriay, and resist tyranny and on- ‘atholic Church at Ottawa, Ll., was destroyed by last. They are said to be | The Brick Church and Rev. Dr. Spring= fe i ee Pf as installation of Rev. Dr. Spring, as pastor of the congregation assemblingin the brick church, tha: venerable divine preached sermon appropriate to the occasion. He took his text from Psalms 119%. verse 89—* For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled: in heaven.” He said his subject was the immuta- bility of God’s truth. There had been past revo tutions, and these were but faint mirrors of future revolutions ; but God’s truth never changed, ang instead of accommodating itself to the world, the world was coming slowly to it. It had Herough all kinds of trials, and been assailed with. every kind of weapon; at one time by infidelity and rationalism, then by science, and now by inter- retation; fanaticism had and the bloody Pred had been unsheathed to extinguish the trath its existence had been perilled by wran; in the schools, and it was almost lost in mysti- cism ; but amidst all the variety of jargon an® nonsense that prevailed, the truth remaino® unchanged, for it was settled in heaven. Error is natural to man, and has appeared under different forms in every age. Man loves darkaoi# rather than light, because his deeds are evil. Man’s belief in truth does not make it true, unbelief make it false. It was true before any mam believed it. Truth is not charmed with one hing to-day, and another thing to-morrow. It is not the tranquil and then like the turbulent ocean, ever agitated and in a state of unrest, upon whose troubled billows men are tossed to fro, ever learning, but never coming to certainty. This is the character of error. It is not so with truth. Time does not alter its nature, nor successive genes rations witness any change in its facts or principles. But how is it. that truth doeg not ol a it is the daguerreotype likeness of the reali God’s own mind. .it is not more or less rich .or vivid at one time than another. Facts and realities would cease to be if truth were changed. If truth were altered it would cease to be truth at all. No matter, therefore, with what acumen it may be as~ sailed, it has principles and facts which never alters charms and beauties that never fade. ‘Truth is not immutable because it emanates from God, for ha has made changeable things. ‘Thus, earth will burnt up, and the firmament will be rolled up like m scroll, but God is the same, and his truth doos not change. lt cannot change unless himself changes—bis wisdom, his goodness, his love, his excellence, his justice, and his power, must alk change before truth can change. hat God onco loves he always loves; and what he once hates ha always hates. God has nothing new to learn, no~ thing to regret, nothing to modify that he hag taught. Men are liable to change every hour; but. His truth lies deeper than the discoveries of human reason. It is the high perception of the infinite, an@ God himself is its author. As high as the heaven: are above the earth, so high is God’s truth abo the thoughts of men. It may be seen from diffe- reut points of view, but like the rays of the sum viewed through different media, re! and re= flected, but still converging to the same point, it centres in God, the fountain of light, and changes not. Though we are feeble creatures, born to sick- ness and death, there is a thought within us of im- mortality, and it is sometimes Sought with agony, and sometimes with joy unspeakable and full of glory. ‘The comprebensive system of the gospel is adapted to all—to the presumptuous and those im despair, the ig and the dying—those in every age andclime. it must be, therefore, unchange- able. ‘othe Jew and the Gentile, to confessors and martyrs, to the learned and the ignorant, it is same truth, enduring the severities of every zone, and surviving the desolation of empires. It is necessary that the truth should be immuta- ble in order to secure the confidence of those to whom it is addressed. Manis tossed about, and can find no rest for his wi head, till he repo 1s it on the bosomofGod. ‘Truth is like the retresh- ing breeze {rom the ocean over the parched desert, like the breath ef morn over the fiery contentions of some battle field. Has the God of love denied this truth to man, or has he not given it to himas @ light to his feet and a lamp to his path! ‘Such is the immutability of God’s truth; pv pl tant in itself, but not leas important for the luce tions to be drawn from it. One of these is the per- manence of the Christian church, which, amidst all the phases of error, is still in substantial conformity to the truth. From Paulto Augustine, and from Augustine to Luther, and from Luther to Edward, the truth bas been preserved by the church, and it has preserved her. On this rock Jesus Christ built, his church, and the gates of hell shall never prevail: against it. (od’s truth invests her with a consere vative character; and if there is nothing eo stabla om the institutions of men as the Christian poms d it is because nothing is so stable as tha Christian faith. Kesponsive to the divine oracle; it: is upheld against the combined assaults of earth and. hell. The primitive church was surrounded by mem f learning and ability, who labored to seduce the outhful spouse of Christ from her fidelity; but they failed, and thefshurch is s1i:l trae toher Head. There are not a few who think, or pre- end they have made new discoveries in the mines f knowledge, and have opened a now field of in- quiry, by which new truths and new principles ma; be arrived at. But religious truth is not a scientisic discovery, buta divine revelation. It isnot acvessible o human science; it is far aboveit. The immuta- bility, moreover, of God’s truth leaves nothing new: for man’s vernactin § All that can be discovered, is the illustration application of the truth already. revealed. ‘The inference from this is not fair tha we restrict the me gy ed truth, but only that wo restrict itssources. The —— we dive into it, the richer {the pearls we shall ;, but it mast never be forgotten, that the last line is already written. God hes prescribed the bounds of our investigation and our hope. What are said to be new disco- veries are only revelations. Tho past history of the church shows that every innovation uy the faith once delivered to the saints, is a fruitful source of evil, aud has contributed to keep up a perpetual agitation. A new religion is a new absurdity. The truth was never better understood, and never wilf be in this world, than it was by the apostles; and the further wo are from them, the further we are from the truth as it isin Jesus. But though trath ie one and the , itis not without variety. Itis a string that vibrates to ten thousand rich harmo= nies. Tbe more variety with the gospel, and the lees variety withoutit, thebetter. The true gospel is @ rich gowpel. _ Lastly, the Scriptures represent tho state of man in the future ag unalterable. The character of the righteous consists in their conformity to God's truth. Once they were hostile to it, but now they prize it as the jewel of their souls, and are ready to endure persecutions and make sacrifices for its ake: | If the foundations of truth could be jostled out of their place,god men, ofall others,are most to be com= miserated. What sustains the tian amidst all the changes of this world is, that though ke shall see the grow pale, and the sun turned into darkness, there is a regioa beyond where the Sun of Righteousness shall revolve for ever andever. On the other hand. those who earry with them into the fatur: te hostility to God's truth, will have the vaiue te contend with for ever; with this difference, that i% vibrations will be more keen and its splen- dor overwhelming. ‘Their hostility will be per- petual, amd their tama commensurate. This arises not merely from God's justice, but from the irreconcilable hostility between them and the truth. It is the immutability of trath and its quonchless a prmene Mod torment. It i nal soul coming in contact with the naked truth, in all its poner and terrible ener In conclusion, we may well see how groat is responsibility of the Christian. ‘This day closes the dist year of my ministry, and in grateful commemo- ration to my adorable master, [ have this to add to the record, that while death has done his work all round, I ain still spared. Yet we must lay out our account for the last conflict, and it is to little purpose that we enjoy those Christian privileges, if We cannot anticipate our dissolution without ‘d- | may. ‘The gospel of Christ is nota mutable one. Ag 4 it was it isnow, and it ever shall be, till the redee: ed of the Lord are all brought to heaven. Thoro ne point to which I desire to advert :—Ministors ‘ht not to be blamed as long as they frithfully lare the truth, without respect of persena, or re= gard to the pleasure or disapprobation of those Who hear them. For the truth cannot Ifthere be any change, it is to be foun toe eels pit, and not in the gospel, which doesn shift itselg with the popular breeze. What God approves to- day, he approves to-morrow and for “Lhave seen an end of all perfection,” says the Pealmisty “but thy commandment is exceeding broad. These anniversaries are solemngto your. tmiuister, when he reffects that the hour is not far distane that will close the knell of all these earthly seones. My dear brethren, if there be bat two thought@ that you carry away with you to-day, let them be 2 a wnalverable truth, and God's uualterable eternity. The foregoing is but an outline of Dr. Spring's eloquent discourt ‘ich ozeupied an hour and & quarter in the deli After begging an interest. in their prayers, he announced that he would be absent for two Sunday’s at Newport; but that the church would be opt open durin by other ministers; and that, meanwh y tho congregation should feel that they were approach ing their end, and desired his ministrations in pros ference to other, he would, on receiving a tele+ graphie dispatch, p ptly obey it. The bi crowded to exeoss, and evett with num 8 in tho aisles, many had «& tand up during th view. : " % Th ive on the Bank of Sulitvan, N. Y., in ciroulation ance of the bill is exe e inal. and the signatures are not exact imitations, it will require very close ex~ Sire ow the 2th wit, Love $10,009, imation to distinguish the counterfeit from thp