The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1853, Page 7

SHIP BUILDING IN NEW YORK. Namber of Vemels Launched during the past Stx Menths—Account of those now Balld- Ing—Thele Class, Tonnage, Trade engaged in, die , dic. We present our readers to-day the following ac- count of ship building in New York, from the lst of Jannary to the commencement of the present month. Jt shows the number of vessels launched in that time, and those now on the stocks, giving their classifica: tion, size, and other particulars. Although at the present time freights are dull, and the market pretty well stocked with vessels, there is goed amount of business doing in ship building, nearly every builder having something in hand. We commence our list with the work at the yards of MESSRS. WESTERVELT AND (0. Launched, Jan. 10—Clipper ship Golden State, of 1,350 tons, for Mesars. Chambers & Heiser. Jan. 15.—Clipper ship Resolute, of 750 tons, for Mr. Millar. xy April 7.—Steamship Jamestown, of about 1,200 tons, for Messrs. Ludlum & Pleasants’ New York and Riehmond line. Jane 21.—Clipper ship Sweepstakes, of 1,600 tons, for Messrs. Chambers & Heiger. . On the Stocks, Packet ship Calhoun, of 1,600 tons, for Spofford, ‘Tileston & Co.'s Patriotic Line of Liverpool Packets, Bhe is the largest packet ship ever built, being, ac- cording to carpenters’ measurement, 2 000 tons bur- then. She will be launched on Wednesday. Her dimensions are—length, 208 feet; breadth, 43 fect; depth, 294 feet. Clipper ship Kathay, of about 1,500 tons, for Good hue & Co. Bhe is 220 feet long, 41 beam, and about 22 feet deep. Twosteamships forthe Pacific Mail Steamship Co., of 1,800 tons each; 264 feet long on deck, 34 feet beam, and 26 feet deep; to be fitted with double beam engines from the Morgan Works. Two steamships for Mr. Chas. Morgan, one for the New Orleans and Texas trade, and the other for the New Orleans and Vera Cruz trade. The latter, which is named the Vera Cruz, will register 1,200 tons, and Le of the same model as the steamship Jamestown. She will be 240 feet long, 34 wide, and 17 deep. The other will register 1,100 tons, and will be 215 feet Jong, 34 wide, and 16 deep. The tonnage ot all the above vessels, built or build- ing by this firm, where not otherwise mentioned, have been calculated by government measurement. WILLIAM H. WEBB. Launched, Jan. 27.—Schooner Fanny, of 157 tons, built for Schiff & Brothers, and afterwardssold to Mr. J. Win- dle, who fitted her out for Australia, whence she railed on the 2d March last, under command of Capt, Jamieson, and was fallen in with on the 7th April abandoned. Her wreck bas since been several times fallen in with, but the fate of her crew is unknown. April 30.—Clipper ship Young America, of about 2,800 tons burthen, now on her firat voyage to San Francisco, under command of Captain Babcock. Owned by Geo. Daniels. In May.—Clipper ship Flyaway, for Messrs. Schiff, Brothers & Co., of 1,600 tons. / Jane 9—Steamship San Francisco, for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Burthen about 2,500 tons. Now receiving her machinery at the Morgan works. On the Stocks, Steamship Atalanta, of about 1,500 tons burthen, for 8. L. Mitchell, New York and Savannah line, to ron in conjunction with the Alabama, Florida, and Aogusta. The finishing of this vessel has been sua. peaded, awaiting the result of some improvements adopted in the machinery of the Augusta. The en- gine will be supplied from the Novelty works. A small clipper bark of about 600 tons, for Wake- man, Dimon & Co. She is 137 feet long, 30 wide, and 18 deep. Mr. Wm. H. Webb is also building, at the north part of Williamsburg, a very large balance dry dock. The following will be ita dimensions :—Length, 375 feet; breadth, 99 feet; depth, 38 feet. It will be the Jargest ever constructed in the United States, and be capable of raising a line of battle ship, with all ber armament on board, or a steamship of the largest size, with her coal, machinery and stores. It willbe strengthened by a great number of wooden and @ouble iron diagonal braces of immense size. The Bfting power of this immense machine will be about eight thousand tons. WILLIAM H. BROWN. Lawnchad, }s April—The steamship America, of about 1,400 tons burthen, intended to trade between Melbourne, Port Philip and Sydney; owned by the builder and other parties. Now getting her machinery from the Allaire works. ‘My. Brown has nothing now in hand. THOMAS COLLYER. Launched, In February—Steamboat Confacins, of about 500 tons, now on her way to Canton—last heard from at Cape de Verds. She is intended for the China coast- ing trade. In April—Barge Trueman, of 300 tons, for the New York and Troy trade. On the Stocks, Clipper ship Spirit of the Times, of 1,200 tons, for WN. L. & G. Griswold, and to be commanded by Cap. fain Cave. She is 191 feet long, 35 feet beam, and 194 feet deep. A steamer of 500 tons, for Mr. James Cunning- ham, for the Sacramento river; she will have a beam engine from Cunningham & Belknap’s foundry. OBORGE COLLYER. Lawnched, In April—The steamboat George Burbeck, of about 400 tons, for harbor duty. Machinery by Mr. George Burbeck, after whom she is named. Nothing on the stocks. SMITH AND DIMON. On the Stocks, Whis firm has not launched anything this year: | They have now in frame a steamship of about 2,500 tons burthen, for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., of he same size as the John L. Stephens, but much sbarper. She is 290 feet long, 41 wide, and 26 deep | and we understand will be fitted with double oscil- Iating engines. They are also building for Mr. Aspinwall a little experimental steamer, of about 60 tons. She will be | fitted with two small engines, wih direct action, and | instead of a paddle wheel on each side she will have but one placed in the centre. The paddle-box is of iren, and air-tight, into which air’will be forced by the working of the engine, to prevent the water ris- tug above the level of the bottom of the boat. The wheel will project about a foot beneath and be pro- tected bya guard on each side, fixed on the bottom and extending a few inches below the wheel, to save from injury by grounding. Ifthe experiment an- swers it is contemplated to apply the principle to a larger vessel. This little craft is 75 feet long, 16 broad and 6 deep, and handsomely modelled. WILLIAM COLLYER. Launched, | April 22.—The steamboat Alice Price, of 295 tons, | to run between this city and Red Bank. She is fitted witha beamengine from the shop of Mr. J. BE. Cof- | fee. ‘April 23.—A barge of 180 tons, for the Albany | trade. | On the Stocks, | The steamship Nashville, for Messrs. Spofford, Tileston & Co.'s New York and Charleston line of steamers. She tons about 1,300, is 210 feet long, 34 wide, and 22 decp. She will be fitted with a side Tever engine, from the Novelty Works. Captain Ber- ry, now ofthe Marion, will command her, } for Thomas Cornell, of Rondout. JEREMIAH SIMONSON. Launched, March 10.—Commodore Vanderbilt’s steam yacht North Star, of 2,500 tons, at present on a visit to Europe. The steamboat Clifton, of ahout 700 tons, originally intended for the Staten Island ferry, but now des tined to run to Elizabethtown Point in conjunction with the Red Jacket. She has a single beam engine, from the Allare Works. Mr. Simonson has nothing in his yard save the keel of an intended steamboat for the Staten Island ferry, the building of which has been suspend. ed since the transfer of the ferry from Commodore Vanderbilt to ite present owners. ABRAHAM C. BELL, Launched, April 30.—The Clipper ship North Wind, of about 1,100 tons, now receiving freight at pier No. 18 East river, for California. On the Stocks, The clipper ship San Francisco, of about 1,400 tons, for Thomas Wardle, for the California business. She is 198 feet long on deck, 38 wide, and 22 deep. ‘Will be ready to launch in about six.weeks. ROOSEVELT AND JOYCE. Launched In April—the schooner T. A. Ward, of about 800 tons, for Freeman & Houston, in the Wilmington trade, under command of Captain J. D. Hoff. On the Stocks, The clipper ship David Brown, of about 1,750 tons, for A. A. Low & Broa., for the California and China trade, to be commanded by Captain N.B Palmer; she is 213 feet long on the keel, 22 on deck 41 feet beam, and 22 feet 6 inches deep and will be lausched in September. She is named after the late Mr. Brown, of the firm of Brown & Bell, who built the clippers Orien: tal, Howqua, Samuel Russell, and many other celebrated ships. Both these gentlemen died re cently, and each has had a clipper ship named in honor of him. A clipper ship for James Bishop & Co., not yet named, for the same trade, to be commanded by Captain Corning; she is 170 feet long on the keel, 38 beam, 20 deep, and of about 1,050 tons burthen; will be launched about the same time as the David Brown. GEORGE STEERS. Launched, Mr. Steefs has launched since the 1st of January, the propeller Vaquero, of 360 tons, which left here about the middle of May for Havana; also the schooner Pride of the Sea, of 250 tons, for Fox & Brothers. - On the Stocks, A schooner yacht of 105 tons, for Mr. Duncan, of the firm of Duncan, Sherman, & Co., and a sloop yacht of 85 tons for Mr. Ray. Bothof them are modelled after the celebrated yacht Amegica, be- tween which and the schooner there is a striking likeness, particularly in the increased draft aft, a peculiar feature in the America, that attracted much notice both here and in England. WILLIAMSBURG. PERINE, PATTERSON AND STACK. Lauuched, Jan. 10.—A large sloop called the Mary Ann Lake, of about 80 tons, owned by W. Lake & Bro., and em- ployed in the stone trade. Jan. 25.—Ferry boat Eagle, for the Roosevelt and Bridge street ferry. Jan. 31.—Ferry boat Osprey, for the same com- pany. Feb. 12.—Ferry boat Curlew, for the’same. They rate about 400 tons each. Messrs. Pease & Murphy furnished the machinery for the whole. April 2.—Clipper bark Flying Cloud, of about 350 tons, for Harbeck & Co. Now in the Angostura trade. May 10.—Schooner Fidelia, of about 75 tons, for B. Blanco. Employed in the South American river trade. June 22.—Bark Heloice, of about 375 tons, for Cap- tain McKeige; now being rigged at the yard. July 2.—Clipper ship Wide Awake, of about 900 tons, for Siffkin & Ironsides, for the California busi- ness. She is 167 feet long, 31 wide and 18 deep. On the Stocks, A brig for M. M. Freeman & Co.,105 feet long, 25} beam, and 11} deep, and of about 325 tons burthen. A bark of 300 tons, for D. Curtis & Co., 100 feet long, 25 beam, and 11 deep, for the Carthagena and Savanilla trade; to be commanded by Captain Morrill. Steamehip Yankee Blade, of 2,000 tons, 265 feet long, 374 beam, and 22 deep. She is building for Mr. E. Mills, and will ran from this city to Aspin wall, to connect on the Pacific with the Uncle Sam" now on her way there. She will be a very sharp vessel, and will be fitted with a beam engine from the Allaire Works. It is expected she will be ready for launching in November. GREENPOINT. BECKFORD WEBB. Launched, Feb. 1—Steam ferry boat Ellen, of about 200 tons for the Catharine and Bridge street Ferry Company; 130 feet between perpendiculars, 28 feet 8 inches wide, and 11 feet deep. March 10—Steam ferry boat Louise, of the same dimensions, and for the same parties. The machinery of both boats was from the Novelty Works. May 24—A steamboat for the Hudson River Rail. road of 330 tons; 135 feet between perpendiculars, 29 feet 6 inches wide, and 8 feet 9 inches deep. June 29—Steam tug Leviathan, of 600 tons; 179 feet on deck, 29 feet 6 inches wide, and 11 feet 8 inches deep, owned by Measrs. Spofford, Tileston & Company. This boat will be fit- ted from the Allaire Works, with a very powerful engine for her size, with a cylinder of 60 inches in diameter, and 10 feet stroke. The tonnage of the above is government measure og Mr. Webb has no eontracts on hand at pre- een’ i SAMUEL SNEDEN. Launched, Jan. 3.—Steamboat Daniel Webster, of 800 tons | built for the Maine Steam Navigation Company’ | and now ruvning between Portland and Bangor. | Machinery built by J. E. Coffee. March 31—Propeller Westchester, of 330 tons, running between New York and East Haddam Machinery by Hogg & Delamater. Mr. Sneden has nothing new on hand at present. The keel of a large steamship, 250 feet long and of about 2,600 tons, for a new company, is about being Pees in his yard, but for what trade is not JABEZ WILLIAMS. Launched, In May—A schooner of 340 tons, for Mr. Hunter, now in the Petersburg trade. On the Stocks. A schooner for Captain Hull, for the Charleston trade, of about 350 tons burthen has just been com- and 12 deep. &, WILLIAMS. Launched, Jn the early part of the year, the pilot boat Elwood Walter, of about 90 tons, for the pilots of the pilot boat Yankee, which was lost last winter in the bay. Mr. W. has nothing new in hand. HOBOKEN. ISAAC C. BMITH AND 80N, Launched, March 17.—Steamer Cornelia, 240 tons, for Wilsen Small, now lying at the foot of Beech street, receiy- ing her machinery from Mr. Small’s foundry. She is intended for the river trade. March 23.—Tow boat Walter B. Crane, of 100 tons, Engine by G@ & A sehooner, of about 220 tons, for the coal and stone trade between Portland, New York, Philadel- phia,and Baltimore; she is 102 feet Jong on deck, 28 feet wide, and 84 deep. J. Burbeck, April 16.—Steamer Anglo Celt, of 405 tons, for parties in New Orleans, for towing. Machinery by Cunningham & Belknap. Nearly ready. menced. She is 112 feet long on deck, 2 feet wide, | | May 6—Barge James Cogswell, of 200 tons, for J. P. & Thomas Cumming. May 28.—Three-masted clipper schooner Gardiner Pike, of 330 tons, for 8. C. Nelson and others; inthe coasting trade. On the Stocks, A clipper ship of 900 tons, for foreign account, in- tended to wade from Malaga. She is 170 feet long, 82 feet wide, and 18 feet deep. The keel of a schooner, of 290 tons has iust been laid for 8. C. Nelson, Captain Aumack and the builders. She will be 100 feet long on the keel, 80 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. CAPES AND ALLISON. Lawnched, Steamboat Austin, for Captain Austin a nd others of Albany, of 560 tons. Sloop Abraham Cosgrove, for M. 8. Allison, of 85 tons. Steamboat On'y Son, for Captain P. C. Shultz, of 140 tons, for harbor towing. Engine by G. & J. Burbeck. On the Stocks. A three-masted schooner, of 400 tons for J. D. Harris, Capt. Wainwright and others. Length, 126 feet on the keel; beam, 30 feet; depth, 10 feet. A propeller, for Shaw & Whiteridge, of New Bed- ford, of 300 tons. Length, 130 feet; beam, 26 feet; hold, 8} fect. The following tables show at a glance the number and tonnage of the vessels launched by each builder during the past six months, and those now on the the stocks in each yard :— VESSELS LAUNCHED IN NEW YORK FROM JAN. 1 TO JULY 2, 1853, INCLUSIVE. Steamers. es Ves. Tons. 4 1 900 1 3 6557 1 0 1,400 1 1 800 1 0 400 1 1 481 2 0 3,200 0 1 1,100 0 1 300 5 1 1 600 Perine, Patterson & Stac! 3 5 2,980 E. Webb... 4 0 1,330 8. Sueden.. 2 0 1,130 0 1 340 0 1 90 3 2 1,275 2 1 ‘785 Dota vis a vss csleciecs’s ovtaig sete 23 21 27,648 VESSELS NOW BUILDING IN NEW YORK. Steamers. S'lng Ves. Tons. 4 2 9,000 1 1 2,100 1 1 1,700 2 0 3,100 Wm. Collyer. 1 1 1,520 J. Simonson 1 0 700 A.C. Bell.... 0 1 1,400 Roosevelt & Joyce 0 2 2,800 Geo. Bteers........ -- 0 2 140 Perine, Patterson & Stack, 1 2 2,625 Jabez, Williams, oO 1 350 Teaac C. Smith & Son. 0 3 1,190 Capes & Allison.......... 1 1 700 Total.......... Ridqicied 12 16 27,825 RSCAPITULATION. Steamers. S’lng Ves. Toms. No. launched in 6 months. 23 21 27,648 Number building..... wrk 16 27,325 Grogs total............36 57 54,973 Showing that 27,645 tons have been launched in this city since the first of the year; of which twenty- three were steamers and twenty-one eailing vessele, and leaving on the stocks twelve steamers and six- teen sailing vessels, of the aggregate burthen of 64,973 tons. Asusual, steamers forma large proportion of the néw vessele—there being twenty-three of that class | of the forty-four vessels launched this year ; and of | the twenty-eight vessels now on the stocks twelve of them are-steamers. Of the sailing vessels, clippers comprise a large number, eleven of that peculiar building having already been launched th's year, and of the un- finished vessels nine are of the same character. This does not include the steamers, which are in reality steam clippers. Three-masted schooners appear to be coming popu lar among ship owners, several of that class having been recently constructed. Their advantages over square-rigged vessels consist in the small number of hands required to work them, and their superiority in speed on particular winds, In addition to the above enumerated ves:els, we heard of some unmatured contracts for several large steamers and sailing vessels, the keels of which will probably be laid down in a few days. Interesting Launch at New London. [From the New London Chronicle, July 2 A fine clipper schooner, built by Mr. Wm. Miller for Mesers. Henry P. Haven and Thos. Fitch 2d, will be launched this afternoun at about 6 o'clock, at Mr. M.'s ship yard, near fort Trumbull. This vessel is ronounced of very superior model, and is of about 0 tons burthen, built for a fast sailor, coppered and copper fastened. Her length on deck is 103 feet; breadth of beam, 27 feet 7 inches; depth of hold, 9 feet 3 inches. She has a high quarter deck and round stern, and her cabin is finely furnished with state rooms and excellent accommodations for engers. She will be loaded immediately and espatched for Honolulu, 8. I., and will probably be employed in the trade of the Pacific between that port and San Francisco. Her name, the Restless, will revive recollections ofthe very earliest navigation of our waters, her owners having given her that christening in memory of the first veseel that ever entered Long Island | Sound—at any rate ae Hell Gate, whatever the Northmen may have done some centuries ber fore, between Montaug Point and Watch Hill, In | 1614, Adrien Block built a little yacht onthe Hud- son, of about Beyanenta dength, and passing through the then frightful whirlpool which he called Hell Gate, explored the coast of New England as far as Cape Cod, visiting nearly all its rivers, harbors, and headlands on his way. This was more than twenty | ears before Winthrop and his companions settle ‘ew London, and six years before the pilgrims | landed at Plymouth. Mynheer called his diminutive | craft the Restless, and Mesers. Haven and Fitch could not have selected a better name for their new clip- per, for it is the opinion of those who are judges of | such matters that, it will be difficult to keep her at rest long in a place—at any rate to keep her very | Jovug between any two points on the globe after she is once let loose. Our Boston Correspondence. Boeron, July 2, 1853. The Constitutional Convention—Unwise Action— Hot Personal Debates—Temperance Prosecutions —Temperance Statistics—My Lord of Essex— The Boston Post Ofice—Cowntry Offices—Pep- perel—New Bedford—Fall River—Old Liners in the Shire—The Worcester Post Ofice—A Demo- cratic State Convention proposed, to act against General Cushing, &c. ‘The Convention is getting to be as ill-bred as that of France, in 1798. That everlasting, still-begin- ning, and never ending subject—the basis of repre- sentation—has been under discussion all this week, and some gentlemen have been talking about one another, in course of their discussions, and to their faces, just as they do in private. Some of the Bristol “ anti-whig” delegates, headed by Marcus Morton, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Hathaway, a spirited hunker from Freetown, have combimed to aid the whigs, as it is said. They came to the Convention determined upon ruling it, or ruin- ing its work. They were regularly used up in a fortnight after the Convention met, and are now do- ing a great deal of mischief to their friends—the mother of mischief, as the proverb says, being no bigger than a midge’s wing. Myr. Butler and Mr- Hathaway had a set-to on Wednesday, and cut each other up in fine style. A civil war of two hours took place, the whigs leaning back in their seats as far as they could (the backs do not slope, though some of their occupants occasionally do) and enjoy- ing the tragic comedy with great good humor—men being so very amiable when their enemies are de- stroying themselves. The Convention has acted very unwisely in voting that its members shall be paid ¢3 per day for their services, when it was understood that $2 per day was to be the compensation. The contest between the conservatives and the radicals, about calling the Con vention, extended over a period of two years. The whigs objected to it, among other things, that i would cost a great deal of money. The reformers re- plied that it would not cost the half that the whigs said, and pledged themselves, through their papers, in conversation, and in course of a debate in the Stat: Benate, that the pay of delegates should be $2 per day, the same that was paid to senators and repre- sentatives. The whole matter was apparently well understood among men of all parties; but the chair- man of the committee to whom the subject of pay was referred, and who is a whig, reported an addi- tional dollar per day, and the Convention, by an The difference in the cost of the Convention will be from thirty to forty thousand dollars ; the latter sum,should the Convention sit until August, as it is now thought it will. Of more than two hundred and fifty coali- swindle that has been BO ees ‘The people will not be much concerned about the additional expen- diture, but the meanness of the act cannot fail to cause much disgust. A State tax, for the first time in many years, has just been imposed, and the whigs will be sure to make a t nse of this grab at bor- rowed money by the friends of “ retrenchment and reform.” The majority of the Convention does not feem to be gitted with a great deal more wisdom than it pleased Heaven to bestow upon the majority of the last Legislature, and perhaps the odium in- curred by the one will come to be balanced by that incurred by the other. ‘The discussions in the Convention are of the most wearisome character. All had been said that could be said, with interest, on the representative question, more than a week ago, and the latter speeches and debates have been of the character of the discussions in a noisy, ill-govorned debating society, full of ig- norance, impudence, and want of courtesy. Brawk ing pettifoggers are in the places of statesmen and sober minded people. Perhaps the “ blow out” that accompanies the Fourth will have the effect of clearing away the haziness of the moral atmosphere. The bict oakcped people are showing their teeth in different places, aud are bent upon establishing the utter inefficieacy of our Maine law beyond all doubt, several towns. being suspected” of having violated the law. In Concord, where the criminal term of the Common Rleas court is now in session, bills have been found against Seog ong The accused will escape, as heretofore, the law being mere sieve. I[t is well victions under it, except when they have had the luck to pounce upon some poor Irishwoman who may have disposed of a few cents’ worth of whiskey, and abont whose trial no one feels any interest; but they do expect to demonstrate that there must be more legislation against the liquor business, and so stir up all the fanaticism in the State to their aid. have the pleasure ot being conciliated. Scme curious statistics haveflately come to light on the quantity of liquor that it requires to heal wounds in the families of temperance men. It has been ascertained that if a chil of a temperance man happens to cut its thumb, it takes three gallons of the very best brandy to completely restore said thumb to a condition in which it might be said of it that it is “‘discharged—cured;” and what is still more singular is the fact that the accidents in tem- erance families from the use ot knives, axes, and so forth, are astonishingly large. in Salem very nicely. It has been considered proper to continue Mr. Miller in the place of Collector of that port, because he is the son of his father, the gallant General of that name; but he only holds the place, as it were, in trust, and for the benefit ofdem- ocrats. The real power of the office is in the hands of acommittee, who remove and appoint whom they please, the collector being the executor of their de- crees, and the executioner of his old political com- rades. The story goes that when a man desires a lace in the Salem Oustom House-he draws up a pe- ‘ition, not to Mr. Miller, but to Mr. Lord, to whom it has been given to bind and to loose throughout Essex county, and at whose suggestion and by whose advice Mr. Merrill, the Garrisonian abolitionist, was appointed Postmaster of Gloucester. Mr. Lord is lord paramount over the men of Excex, and I gia pore that the coalitionists down there are ready to exclaim, with the Englishman in Charles I’s time, when an; with that bigoted churchman, Dr. Laud,—‘Great Laud, unto the Lord, and little Lord to the devil!” We have had any nuraber of stories about the Post Office here for the week just ending. One day Mr. Bailey had the commission in his (oes whereup- on Mr. Bailey’s virtues came out in fall blow, and men declared that it was just what they had always expected, and that they knew Mr. Bailey was a son sure to go ahead, he had so much tact; but when the 30th of June, that magica! quarter day, had been added to the list of by one things, and left no com- mission in Mr. Bailey's hands—none that the public knew anything about, at all events—the same men were ready to declare that it was absurd to have sup- pored that that gentleman had any chance; how What a contrast between this beautiful vessel and her clumsy and uncouth old namesake of the | seventeenth century! How would the sturdy old | Dutch navigator of that time feel if he could come | here with his ten pair of breeches and look around | him now? Coming to anchor, as he likely enough did, under the rocky promontory of old Mamacock— | there were an upper and lower Mamacock then—he little thought that in somewhere about two hundred and forty years that woody highland would present one of the finest military works in the world, and | that another on the Nec say side of the river would be the scene of a bloody battle and become an an- | tiquity. Little did he imagine that the rocky hill | and tangled swamps north of hia anchorage would | be transformed intoa city, with its dense population | and its beautiful church spires; and less than all did he imagine that this clean built craft, with her | beautiful appointments, her slmrp bow, and her taper masts, was about to be launched from the | ay the, where he went ashore from his ugly punk to barter his tobacco with the tawny savages for beaver skins. | Tne Cuouena at WILLIAMSPORT, Mp.—It seems tobe admitted that they have had,and still have, the | cholera, or some other similar disease, at Williams- | port, Md. The Boonsboro’ Odd Fellow,of the 29th ult., | says :—Alter a Laat § and foolish effort was made to | deny the existence of the cholera in Williamsport, | the paper published there, and the citizens, acknow- ledged the fact. Since our last there has been no- merous new cases and many deaths. On the 26th there were five deaths, on the 26th five, and yester- day three, up to which time there has been upward of 160 caves and fifty-five deaths. Many of the citi- zens are leaving. We hope that the disease has done its worst and will subside. A letter has been received here stating that there were forty-five new cares yesterday, the 28th, but does not mention the number of deaths. Among the victims is the Post- master. The same paper states that a colored boat- man from Williamsport died of cholera at Sharps- burg_ on Sunday. gerstown is healthy, but the diarrhoea prevails there to a slight extent. A eg that the cholera had ap; at the College of St. James is positively contradicted by the Hagers- town papers. The students are in good health gen- pot some few having had a slight attack of Thea. Near Boman? Alabama, Mr. Alpheus Jones ruthed ores . Miller, in the act of adultery with his wife, Mrs, Jones, when the doctor drew a bowie knife, killed his asanilant, and escaped. could the idea have been, for a moment, entertained they asked. hoes were sure that Mr. Gordon would hold over—bad always thought so—or else why had that gentleman, after the death of Mr. Webster had released him from his party obligati voted for | General Pierce? The whole thing was clear as light, | but still we can’t see into it. The probability is that | tlie place has been affected by the recent change of opinion on the subject of Massachusetts offices that | has happened at W ashington, and that the commis- sion for it is of the nature of a “roving” one, and so | is “all at fea.” There are many country offices which have not yet been touched, and the patriots who scek them are | growling like bears. It is thought that seme im- | pression may be made upon them in the course | of about two years, and the whole can be | completed in about four, so that the applicants will probably enjoy them during General Pierce's second term. hem! The troubles in the town of Feppeselt afforded a picture of what is oc- | curring in a hundred places. It is said that a whig, | Dr. Parker, ‘one of the President's innumerable rela- tives, (I wonder if he admite relations it the way of | Adam, for I know a number of people who intend to | put in their “claims” in that case,) has been ap- pointed postmaster, with the intention of letting au Old line democrat hold the place, and Net the grounds. Dr. Parker has always been a whig, except one year, when he voted the free soil national ticket. The intended democratic + ecg abe | after a place in the Boston Custom Honse, and would be well provided for if he would hold both offices, a , sort of political pluralism that it would hardly an- | swer to introduce into general practice. There are | other claimants for offices in Pepperell who do not exactlylike being “sold” by awhig with a democratic bo his back, or by a democrat under a whig cloak. ‘A list of the appointments has been published as | made in the New Bedford Custom House. I do not know a man in the whole lot, but I dare say they are all good democrata. Dr. Leland, who has received the office of Collec- | tor of Fall River, is an old line democrat, and a very | ee and able man. The sun is shining now on the unker side of the house. A prominent member of overnment told a gentleman who was at eae | m, @ few days since, that the policy of the admi: tration, with regard to Massachusetts appointmenta, | had been entirely changed, which accounts for some things that appeared to be unaccountable. The coa- | litionists, however, have secured so many good things | that they cannot eee ae wae tote “The whirligig of time,” too, may soon bring about tion members, only fifty-four has voted against the | Complaints have been made the present week, in | ainst persons who are “guilty of | knowa that its friends do not expect to obtain con- | Every failure to convict will bring some vstes to their | cause, and 60 they will become a power, and will | They are said to maoage offize-appointing business | | Prairie Bird coming in about a len, another , and in forth so much comment, were that they were reconsidered Burke's stration it is said, do with this change, which has com: the fortunes one letely ‘altered fellow. The large places are to go to the preservers of the Union, and not to gentlemen who of more Post offices in several ‘were so unfortunate as to take bay parts in the treasonable work of overthrowing long estab- lished whig government of Massachusetts. The cakes and ale are to posing patriots, who, rr '—— be it understood, Lett thes party for their party’s good,” and whose quiet labors tive than the louder ones of Mr. Burke. Mr. Knowl- ton was understood by his friends to be sure of the Worcester Post office, though he himself never pre- tended to have had any assurances on the subject; but, knowing as I do, what a member of the i- net said about the matter a month since, and how favorably the President listened to suggestions in support of that geatleman’s appointment, some people have not the least doubt that he was killed off, or temporarily shelved through the exertions of Colonel Greene, who dislikes bim parcels and whose hatred is emphatically ret for Mr. Knowlton is ‘a good hater,” a sort of goodness in which most of us excel. this surmise be not correct, it is certainly very unfortunate that the change which came over Mr. Knowlton’s prospects occurred precisely at the time of Colonel Greene’s last visit to the national capital. Possibly this was only a “curious coincidence.” With a few excep- tione, there has not been an editor appointed office in New England who is not either a hunker or an uncommonly slippery coalitionist, endowed with the faculty of standing with one foot on the Buffalo platform and the other on the concern that was erected at Baltimore; and in that not over graceful “position’”’—for it is the literal embodiment of the figure known as ‘‘the straddle”—they contemplate that noble view known to politiciafis ‘as ‘the pros- ct before us;" the prospect behind being not visi- Je, like the Spanish fleet, because it is not in sight. There are said to be four applicants for the Worces- ter Post office beside Mr. Knowlton, who was pro- posed not by bimeelf, but by his friends. I could tell you which of these four gentlemen will get the place, were it in my power to state which has the greatest want of qualifications; unless, indeed, one of the others should prove to have been a Garrisonian abolitionist in 1846, declaring that if Texas came into the Union, Massachusetts would go out of it; or voted for Mr. Van Buren in 1548; or got drunk and sang songs in 1840, without regard to the liquor, or time, or tune; these being the principal ‘‘claims” for office, provided they are accompanied by the essence of ratting, somewhere about a year ago. Things are Sees too much in extremes, moderate men think. The “ Barstow hunkers,” of Exsex county—so called from the name of their most energetic leader— it I overwhelming majority, greedily swallowed the bait. | are understood to have it in view to call a demo- cratic State Convention, for the purpose of embody- ing all the disaffection in the State against General Cushing, with whom they are very angry. In Essex | county, they say whigs are kept in office through the | General's exertions, while democrats can get nothing, or next to it. Mr. Lord is very obnoxious to these gentlemen; and they say that he is Collector of Sa- lem, Gloucester, and Marblehead. They adhere to the President, and speak well of him on all occasions; but say that he is deceived, he having too much to | do to be able to attend to all yea ay The Burke movement in New Hampshire they declare | was never intended to express hostility to the Presi- dent, but was directed against General Cushing. | They do not hesitate to say that the Attorney Gen- eral has fallen back fpon his whig antecedents. I say nothing, except that there isa it deal of dis- content among all classes of the x democracy, | but I cannot tell how much justice there is at the bottom of it. In some other counties the old liners | are all the other way. Mr. Francis C. Grey, of this city, has given to the Atheneum Library a copy of Lord Kingsborough’s | great work on Mexico previous to the Spanish con- quest. The work is rare, and very oostly, the author expending on it $150,000. It is splendidly done, and extends to nine large folio volumes. Mr. Grey, | the donor, is a son of the late William Grey, who came here from Salem in the last generation, and was one of the first of Boston merchants. He has been a conspicuous aay man, serving in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Ex- ecutive Council. As a scholar no man stands better. He has delivered many orations, having a high re- putation for oratoricaf power. He has written much and well on the early history of Massachusetts, in | connection with the publications of our State His. Prison Discipline Society, was President of the Bos- ton Athenwum, and was distinguished in other ways. He isa man of liberal ideas, aud, unlike some men of the kind, he is not less liberal in action. Mr. Hawthorne will leave here for Liverpool on Wednesday next, with his family, in the Niagara. All his arrangements have been completed, and he will be prepared to enter at once on the discharge of his arduous duties, in the city of Roscoe. It iato be hoyed that he will find time to write, or the reading world will never forgive the President for making him a Consul. The Fourth will be very extensively celebrated throughout Massachusetts, more so than for many years past. There aret» be military parades, civic essions, orations, any amount of eating, (but no drinking, except by temperance men with weak stomachs), and no end of fire works, in many towns. It is pleasant to see this, as it proves that the interest in the day does not grow less with the progres of time. Our city celebration will be good, but it never amounts to any thing beyond the oration and the dinner, and the display of pyrotechnics in the evening. We Yankees make such a business of enjoying our- selves, that we are regularly done up by the occur- rence of a holiday. ALGOMA. The Tarf. MICHIGAN. Detroit, July 1—The entries for the first race ees were :— ‘ig Indian, b. Prairie Bird, Phebe Doda, s. 68 3 3 Big Indian, the winner, was a fine lool dark bay stud, tall and full of fire; he came ont fresh after the first heat. Prairie Bird was a handsome dark chestnut; when stripped we thought her rather too full in flash to last; though she made good time on the first heat it appeared to use her up. Phebe Dodd, was a little sorrel; she made a stamble on going the first mile; she was in good order, and though pushed hard on the third heat to win she ap- eared little the worse for it, but she had not the ‘oot for either of ihe othe: two. First heat—Phebe, though on the outside, made a bold push for the track and won it, but in going past the quarter pole stumbled, and Prairie Bird made a flight past her, closely followed by the Red Skin, who lapped the mare's quarters twice or three times, and in eoming round turn for the straight ran to the score it was impossible to say which was first; the rush was tremendous up to the score, ahead in 1:51. Seccnd heat—The Indian took the lead, going up the first quarter, with the Prairie Bird fluttering after him, right on her quarter, The Red Skin opened a small space between herself and the chest- nut on the third quarter, which she closed on com- ing to the turn, but in coming to the straight stretch to the score she lost, the Big Indian rattling past two lengths ahead. ‘hird heat—Big Indian took the lead, ani the Prairie Bird showed that the two previous rans had done her up, and only hobbled up the first two quar- ters. Meanwhile the little sorrel pushed hs the Red Skin to do his duty, keeping just about a length be- hind all round. oan horse ran this heat in 1:57. i —1:65)—1:57. Racr.—This was the great race of the day, and was really one of the finest rans we have ever seen. The match was for a purse of $200, a single run of two miles, between Grey Eagle, « favorite grey horse, and Madeline, a very beautifa chestnut mare that showed marks of good breeding Grey oy previous to the start, from his known capabilities, was the favorite, and bets were easil; obtained of 10 to6 that he would win. Both ani- mals when stripped were in beautifal condition, the mare, if anytiing, showing a little full ia flesh. At the tap of the drum both started very even, Grey Engle re pole; but before reachi the first quarter stake Madeline had the track, wi the gallant Fe Be her flank, both holdi hard, and not expending their strength in the first half miie. Coming down the stretch the le made a dash to win the place of honor, but the |: would not allow it, coming round the turn at a rattling gait, and up to the pole ahead about a length, both stretching in beautiful style, with their bel tow, and every Wap at the topmost speed. Round the first quarter went this gallant and well matched pair, and now the friends of Grey Eagle held their breaths, for it was evident that Madeline had as much grit in her fora long pull as the grey, while her stride was fully equal to his, and she gathered herseif ther better - every ane On Ron! be oe “ third quarter ie grey closed upon ', but could not 3; time he came she let out a link or two, md did “not mend it a bit; down the back stretch and up the straight run to the seore, Madeline flew with uma- bated vigor, while the rider of the grey plied both whip and spur; but it was all no use, the lady was bound to do the honors, and sie had her way, and came in to the score a length ahead in 3:43 ; first ithe In considered extrnordina is cont ex! of the PB al blood bein pd me! when ing two mile course in 3:414, and 3:42, ber of the boy of the Times mentions as a remark- og — te Beri se Pag a three years old, ing six. April last, in 3:40, 50h] and 3:39, on the Metarie ‘date, : time, some d doing well eats on the Kentucky and 3:46. The Iast num- torical Society. He used to write for the North | American Review, was a leading member of the | THE SUMMER RETREATS. aw WHERE SHALL WE GO TO Our Bellows Falls Correspendente. BELLows Fauus, Vr., July 2, 1888. The Beautiful Prospects in Vermont— Fisi.- ing—Inducements to Migrate, &. Se. O, ye poor, miserable Gothamites, how I pity you! While you are sweltering under a hot sun, and roast- ing your heels on the hot pavement, here I am a+ cool, shady and comfortable as a cucumber. I have travelled all over the United States, and thie ie the pleasantest place to spend the summer season that | have found yet. The Island House is @ méw hetel, possessing all the modern improvements, and is as well conducted as any house in city or country. The drives and walks about the place are delight- ful, and the scenery is not surpassed in any part of the world. Water is brought into the towa 4 la Cro. ton, and many of the private residences are aderned with fountains. Not much attention has yet been paid to bathing facilities by the townspeople, but it will not be long before every house will have a bath~ ing room andevery yurd a fountain. About two miles from here are the beginning-to-be-somewhat- celebrated Abenaqui Springs, and there are several invalids here from a distance for the purpose of being cured of their numerous ills by drinking and bathing in the water. Attached to the Springs is a very good bathing house, and close by ix a bowling alley. The water is composed of sulphur and iron, and it is aaid to be very eflicacioys in ail s:rofulous and skin dis- eases, The Springs ure owned by a gentleman from New York, and it is to him alone that the public ic indebted for the bathing house and bowling alley. Close by this village ie » very high mountain. from the top of which a very fine and extended view is obtained. The mountain is very rocky and rag. ged, and it looks to Le almust pe ntl, but 2 winding road has been made so that carriages are enabled to go nearly to the top. At the base rune the Connecticut river, a stream not equal perhaps to the Hudson, but one that is considered “ some” for this part of the country. There are no shad in this river so far nerth az this, but occasionally pike are caught of a very fine ality, and weighing from five to twenty-five pounds. here are quite a number of gentlemen in the place who are excellent fishermen, and every season are several pixcatery excursions made to the lakes and trout streams in the northern part of the State. Thave but just returued from an excursion to Wil- loughby Lake and the White Mountains, and the number of brook trout I caught while I was fe would seem to you incredible. At Willoughby ie there is a fine hotel, and the scenery around is grand and romantic in the extreme. The fish caught in this lake are a species of trout called muscalung, and somewhat siuilar to chose caught in Lake George and other large lakes. They weigh often twenty-five to thirty pounds and although they are an excellent fish they are not equal,in my opinion, to the small speckled “brook trout caught in the smal} streams. You can leave New York at 8 o'clock A. M., by the New Haven Railroad. and arrive at ®t. Johrt bury, the turminus of the Vermont Railroad, at o'clock in the evening. A good night's rest at thy St. Jobnsbury Hotel probably would not set a mat back any, and the next morning a ride of twenty five miles to the White Mountains, twenty-thre miles to Lake Willoughby, or twenty-one miles t Greensborough Lake, over :o0d roads, and drawn by- food Vermoys horses, would have the effect to set jim ahead considerably. nnd tend to give him some- thing of an idea of whut Nature could do in the way - of hills, rocks and mountuins, if she were only to try. A party of six gentlemen went to Greensborough, (in which town is Greensborough Lake,) a few days since, on a fishing excur-ion, and although they fished only two days, they cought between eight and pine hundred trout. They fished altogether in amall streams, it being rather woo late in the season to fish in the lake, and the trout were all quite small, but I am assured the sport was capital. q in- tend to fp over the same ground in @ day or two, and I will then give you an account of : suecess. UDENB. Our Monticeilo Correspondence. MonricE.1o, Sullivan County, June 37,1853. The Interior of New York—Increase of Summer Re treats—Who Wants Fresh Air?—More Trout. Travellersfor pleasure or for health—those who wish to leave the dust and heat of cities for the re | freshing verdure and pure air of the country—we, as | one acquainted with this region, advise such to seck, | in their tour of travel, Monticello, Sullivan county, | New York. In this beautiful village, bracing meun tain air is inhaled in its most exhilerating sense, at the elevated point of 1,500 feet above the level of the sea. The lovely appearance of the tasteful dwel- lings, embowered in shade, and ornamented with flowers, refreshes the eye with raral beauty, and the extended undulating surface of the country, where laurel-covered hills, gay with blossoms, awell on the vision like waves of the sea, delight the lover of the picturesque. Little fairy lakes, filled with fish, lie embosomed among the hills,and near at hand that attraction to the fisherman, brook trout are abup- dant among the streams of the mountains. There are few spots in the country that semper with this region forthe promotion of health. Here fogs never prevail. The air is clear and pure as the dclicious and healthful water that es in spark- ling beauty from the mountains. Here the consum| tive recelve rapid improvement, and the bil- ious invalid a and strength. Children soon become — in this bn and fully re- psy, in their or aud bloom, the pains taken to bring them here from the city. To those who tuke our advice to come to Monti- cello, this land of verdure, mountain air, berries, and trout streams, we would say come while the season is hottest, for here the nights are al Take the Erie Railroad to Middletown, county, three hours ride from New York, and from thence by stage over a plank road tv Monticello. This will afford, for ove dollar only, a drive of twenty miles through a wild, beautiful country. When once here inquire for Wiggins’ Hotel, a house kept | by a most agreeable landlord, who will accommo- date you on reasonable terms, aud in the most gen- tlemanly manner. His house is very commodiens, and wnrurpassed in neatness anywhere,and possesses, to ladies especially, the recommendation of quiet- ness and retirement which a stage house cannot have. TRAVELLBR. Our White Sulphur Springs Correspoadence. Wairs Surraur Srrsnos, Va., June 239 1853, The Virginia Spring Circle—Northern Visiters— ‘Arrivals from the South, &., &¢» The Heratp is so generally the paper of ever, section, and of all circles, as to make it the prop@ vehicle for things both gay and grave, in the work around us. The mineral springs of Virginia have attracted fa. too little attention in our Northern States, both from the seekers of health and the votaries of pleasare. True, New Yorkers and Bostonians, as well aa Phila delphians and Baltimorians, visit them annually by hundreds, bat it ought to be by thousands. No ether portion of our Union offers a retreat from the heat and bustle of city life, aud city business, at onee so healthful and delightful asthe great spring region of Western Virginia. In no other part of the world, are #0 many, so various,and so valuable mincral fountains as here. The ten or fifteen distinct varie- ties of medicinal waters found in a circle of leas than twenty miles from the base of the Allegany, offer a remedy, pretty much for every chronic ill to which flesh is heir, And then the cool, salubrious, elastic atmosphere. and fresh mountain breezes, so uniform- ly found here during the summer, so renovate and repovenate Nog apres, a be nigh to convert declin- e in ‘outh. a pe ease ant pet with which this famous spring region is now reached from New York 1s so as to offer little embarrasament even to the effeminate valitudinerian. In four days, and all by rail with the bead bet of Leela 101 es ae es, and over well graded » from your city finds himself in the midst of this de lightfal region, ‘ ¢ White Sulphur, the moat celebrated, as it ie the most beautiful and highly medicinal o. edi) ginia springs, is about'the centre of this great spring circle. Lord Morpeth, when in America, spent seve- weeks here, eo it the most delightful and highly picturesque in the world. Indved, nature has been ith the beauties of hill, mountain, and dale, with which she has surrounded this highly favored place. The weil gravelled walks and —the extensive and well lawas—seductively inviting the leunger and the lover to , show that art and taste have done much to ten sublimer beauties of nature. T have been spending eeveral weeks at this charm ing ogy re aa it is yet early in the season, I find int representa’ our States and cities, and a , the vane Peasy parties from New York and Boston. Visi- Ts are now rapidly crowding in from all qnarters, Wwe the company "il db ew be ger wi te than bas ever before been known at a Virginia va