The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1853, Page 3

THE FASHION. SUMMER RETREATS AND SUMMER TRAVEL, ic, dio, See. Our Franconia and White Mountains Corres ~ ' Ppeongence. C@yronp House, Wurrs Mountains . Norton, N.H., June 25, 1853. f More About the Franconia Mountain Scenery— Drive from the Flume House to the Notch—Mount | Lafayette, or the “ Great Haystack"—Mount | *, Jackson and the Profile of the Old Man of the | Mowntain—Punch Bowl and Echo Luke—Fran- conia Scenery finely described by N. P. Rodgers —Exntract, §c. ‘My last letter was written from the Flume House, atthe southern entrance of the Franconia Moun- tains, five miles below their Notch, and thirty-one Southwest of this great point of attraction in the | White Mountains, Having attempted a poor descrip- | tion of the Flume, Pool and Basin, I shall now speak | of some of the other objects of interest in the Fran- | conia region. { A beautifully shaded drive of five miles from the | Flume House, over an undulating but good road, | gradually ascending, briugs you to the highest point | iu the Franovnia Notch., It is not nearly so narrow, | precipitous and ledgy as the White Mountains Notch. | The scenery there is grand and sublime, while here | it is more picturesque. Here are several ponda, one | of which, Ferron’s Pond, situated 1,000 feet directly under the Old Man’s Profile, and now rejoicing In | the honor of being dignified as his Punch Bowl, is ! the source of the middle branch of the Pemige wasset, running south into the Merrimack, through which it finally discharges its waters into the Atlan- tic Ocean at Newburyport, Mass. Passing through the Notch and descending northerly half a mile, we come to Echo Lake, the principal reservoir of one of the large branches of the Lower Awmonoo | suck, which empties into the Connecticut near | Wells’ river, Vt., twenty-five miles distaut, south west, and through thet into Long Island Sound: The mountains adjoitfug the Franconia Notch, throngh which our road passes, are most conspicuous. They are called Mounts Lafayette, or the “Great Hay- stack,” and Jackson. Lafayette is second only to Mount Washington. There is now a good bridle- | path to its summit, over which the ascent is made | horseback, from either the Flume or Profile | fouses. Dr. Jackson calculated its height to be | 6,067 feet; that of Mount Washington, (the loftiest of the White Mountains,) 6,226 feet ubove the | bh water mark in Portsmouth harbor; or, by an- | er observation, 6,228 ieet. The shape of Mount ; Lafayette is conical, and its summit is composed of | ite. It commands a superb view of the White | Fiountsins on the northeast, the Green Mountains in Vermont, the Connecticut aud Ammonoosuck on the ‘west, and the Pemigewasset valleys on the south, be- sides a multitude of minor mountains and hills, lakes, nds, villages, &c., on the north and south. Al- Brough not so elevated as Mount Washington, the view is equally interesting, and by many considered weperior. The bridle path leaves the road a little south of the Profile, through a forest of spruce trees, nd then over ledges and near detached rocks of | ite, the loose blocks of which are angular and | we no appearance of having ever been worn by water, Dr. Thckson thinks that these blocks are the game as those composing the ledges, and cannot be considered as drifted rocks. Near the sammit the vege- tation iesimilar to that of Mount Washington. Blue- berries, mountain cranberries, and harebeils, abound among the rocks, but no forest trees grow near the sum- mit. Ko minerals of any importance are to be found | in the granite rocks composing the mass of Mount Lafayette. From ita highest peak, Mount Washing- ton, (according to Dr. J.’a_observations,) bears N. 80 degs. E.; nconia village, N. 35 deza. W.; Moosehillock (or Mosilauk) mountain,* S. 54 degs. E. The latitude of Mount Lafayette is N. 44 des. 8 min. 69 seo. The ranges of mountains seen ut the east appear to be parallel ranges runnivg north aud south. . The “Profile,” or “Old Man of the Mountain,” what isit? As you approach close by the Notch an Opening through the green trees which skirt the | Seadside on the left, discloses a lovely little lakelet, | ‘with a surface shiring like polished silver. From Its opposite border Mount Jackson rises nearly per- pendicularly to the height of 1.00 fect. ‘There it | moakes an angle of about sixty degrees, then gradu- | ally aloping back until lost to the view. That por- tion of the mountain which forms the angle is a Jedge of rocks, which, when seen from the proper point, gives the profile of an old man’s face looking over into the water below. There is “nothing reen” about it, and he who cannot detect the imi- tia must have something bie than a mote in his eye. The profile is formed by the irregular jutt- ing out of five immense blocks of granite, which project in such a manner as to give, successively, in sharp outline, the cap, nose, mouth, chin and neck. There is a space of some sixty feet between the rocks forming the cap and bppee Bate of the nose, although at the point from which it is viewed, three-fourths of a mile distant, perhaps, the space is scarcely perceptible, appearing more like the con- cavity about the eye. , The profile slightly loses the sharpness of its ont- fine as you pase up the hundred feet of road where it only can lapels and then it disappears iustantly. The view through a telescope does not destroy the illusion, but by proceeding towards the mountain in @ straight line, which can only be done with a boat on the Jakelet, it soon disappears. There is no roof that the profile was kuvwa to white men more an thirty or forty years ago, nor ix there any authentic history that it was ever observed by the Indians, although there are many ey latter-day tales, assuming the torm of tradi Bupersiitious awe with which they viewed it Annexed is a corte description of the scenery in the vicinity of the Franconia Notch, from the flowing pen of one of the finest writers New Hampshire ever roduced, Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, now deceased. r. Rogers was @ real aerate le and an ardent admirer of the works of nature. He had the misior- tune, however, to let his sympathies run away with him on the negro question at one period of his life; but Ihave good reason to think he grew wiser an more discreet about the time of his decease. [a 1840-’41 Mr. Rogers commenced worshipping Gar- rison, Fred Douglass and Wendell Phillips, but for & few years previous to his death he experienced ‘their tyranny aud te-ted their hyena-like malignity. They perrecuted him because he oppo-ed their schemes to od the pockets of their dupes iu New Hampshire, by taking control of the organiza- tion of the New Hampshire Anti Slavery Society, and making it an auxiliary of the Massachusetts society. Never was Southern slavetulder worse blackguarded and abused by Black Douglass than was poor Rogers in my hearing, ata four days’ thering of the N. H. Anti-Slavery Society, in Juie, £43, I think it was. Douglass then shot at Rogers the poison of his venomous tongue,as the rattle- snake darts its fangs at its victim. Garrison partici- pated in and encouraged the viperous ussault. But to return to the extract. It originally appear- d in a paper of onlya few hundred cireulation, pub lished by Mr. Rogers, Oct. 1, 1541, and subsequently in a collection of his writiu, _. * We bargained lust year with onr beloved fell traveller, Garrison, in the Scottish Hiyhlands, either on Loch Katrine, on board the barge rowed by McFarlane and his three Highlanders, or else as we rode the Shetland ponies trom Loch Katrine to Loch Lemond, through * Rob Roy’s country,’ and along his ‘native heath,’ aud when we were gazing up- ward at the mist clad mountains, that if ever we lived to get home again to our dear New 6 agland, we would go and show Lim New Hampshire's steraer and loftier summits—her haystacks and her white hills, and their Alpine passes. God in his tender mercy preserved us homeward o'er the tevribie sea, and has kept us since, amid the vicissitudes of the rolling year. We have pertormed our promise, and been our stipulated jourucy. We had gazed together on the Scottish trosachs aid Caledonia’s mountains, and now have beheld New Hampshire's highlands and her eternal notches and gaps, her lo mountain peaks, and boundless woods. Svotland’s ‘crags are wild aud mujestic’—but they are no match for ours. Theirs ave but island mouu- tains ; ours are continental, The Bex Lomonds and Ben Nevives of old Scotland rice ruptly from the lowland plains, in distinct nuked clevation. Our great Haystacks and our Mount Wasinngtons lay uwiy from the sea and the level country, oushronded by illimitable woods, amid pie up hills. You have to climl almost as high as he Scotti-h summits before you wet to their feel 3 and mu view them at last, not in the vigor of untived Magination, as you come to the Hi: Fatal y all ufire with hem with imagination x ds, and Poetry and song, but you reach jaded and wearied’ out with hills on hills in everlasting succession, more than you can remember or cope; and they stand there, all ‘une sung, to speak for themmelyes, and you have ty take them as they are. But we cannot cotapare them, any More than we can compare the great men of tha old world and new. We canuot bring them tozether that they may show themvelves at once before us, “ We started from Plymouth and took our way up » the wild Pemigewasset. ‘The road follows that stream | 0! some thirty miles ty ite source, in the very notch of | the great Franconia mountains, and ta perhaps the pent * Moorehillock ia a lofty mountain, some 4,608 to 6.000 | i feet bigh, witunted in the township of Banton. At che | Warren depot, on the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad, ity summit is appronched within three miles. | ‘Be trout fishing in the vicinity in cole fhe | spruce that required some steadiness to pass, | rock. tion, about the | as it undoubted! era ot inet end the pena: of = in New Hampshire, it not in New The mountains shut dowa the river so that the settlers bad to stick to the They could not leave it tar without coming upon & surface a littie too perpendicular for even the travelling and. inbab'ting ambition of the uorthern regions of the Gravite State. The road courses along the diminishing river, and up the parrowing intervales, aud between the converging and threatening uplands that soon degenerate into mountains, which, though nameless in a land whose staple commodity is hills, would still rank respecta- | bly among the chief summits of more southern New England. Beautiful strips of intervale continue all the way up through Campton, Thornton, aud Wood- stock, the picturesque and appropriate name of what was once “ Peeling,” and at the head of “ plough navigation.” Woodstock is the last’ of the towns, though Lincoln has ventured up above her, into the very notch, and has some families besides her town officers. * * * The scenery through Thornton strongly resembles the rural districts of Scotland. It is so like it, that many years ago a considerable number of Scottish immigrants, on their way perhaps to Barnet and Ryeyate—settlemeuts of their country- men in Vermont—were induced to stop and settle here. The McLellans. the Robertsons, the McDer- maids and the McNortons, We remember their mu- sical accent and foreign look in our boyish days. They have passed away now, and their places are supplied bv their half Yankee de-cendants. “About a dozen miles of excellent road carried us to the immediate veizhborhood of the great peaks. We stopped at Garneey’s tavern to refresh ourselves, and to go ovt east to see the celebrated Flame, about a mile into the wood. The way was exceedingly ro- mantic. It was a footpath through the very deep- est and heaviest growth of New Hampshire woods We pasved birches us big as most pines. About a quarter of @ mile from the hizh road, the path pitched down two or three hundred feet very pre- cipitoosly. At the bottom roared a mouatain stream among tie rocks, as clear as crystal and as cold as a well. Our way lay across it, on the trank of a dpllen e crossed this stream three or four times more and came to the cascade, The bed of the stream is here a bare, smooth rock, asceuding some ven or fifteen degrees. It is about twice as wide as the stream which glides down over it, barely covering the mossy It continues up, we should think, several ban- dred feet. Atthe foot of it the water dashes iuto a basin. We walked up, dry shod, the whole length of the cascade, to where the rocks began to-wall up on each side, and from the entrance way to the flume. This is a tremendous chasm, cut directly up into the bosom of the mountain, the walls rising on each side, in the highest parts sixty or a hundred feet, as if they had been chiselled in the solid rock. We tovk no dimensions, but should say the great sluice way was fifteen or twenty feet wide, and as many rods long; it muy be longer. The stream was along the bottom of it, among enormous rocks that | have got there, we could not conjecture how. The fiume bends about at the upper end, aud we could not see its termination. ‘There seemed no place from which the rocks could have been rent in the stupendous. walls of the chaym which rose up smooth to the top, and we thousht they must have been tumbled aiong down the great trough by the headlong water in time of flood. We were struck with awe at entering it, as we gazed up the giant trench, to spy a massy rock, weighing, we should think, a hundred tons, hanging in the very jaws of the chasm, suspended in the air. It looks at dnt sight as if about to fall. It mast have dropped into the rift, we imagined, when it was rent asunder by the volcano, or eartnquake, or other mountain throe that opened it; or, mayhap, some Titan wantonly hurled it down there from the peak of the great Haystack. A wild and picturesque- looking bridge stretches over the chasm, a little way from the pendant rock. It is made by the trunk of a mighty tree fallen across there by some hurricane that swept the mountain side. * * Weall sang “Old Hundred” at the foot of the cascade, made our way back to Gurnsey’s, ang rode on for the notch.” *s* * * * * In another letter, I may give you Mr. Roger’s de- scription of the basin, Faget &c., and have some- thing to eay about the White Mountains proper, from, which I date this letter. The summer travel has. fairly began. Fabyan’s Hotel, (the “ Mount Wash- ington.”) four miles west of here, was destroyed by: fire last winter. There being a legal controversy pending in relation to the property, the site will not. be improved with a new hotel wotil next summer. In the men time, there are good accommodations tor 200 here at the Notch, (Crawford House,’”) 100 move at the White Mountains’ House, just beyond the late Fabyan stand, and for about 100 more at the Willey House, two miles, and the “Mount Crawford House” (old Abel Crawford's) six miles down the Notch, towards Conway. The latter place is thirty miles from here, down the Saco Valley, and a most de- Fehtful ride. Mr. Fabyan keeps a splendid hotel there. It was erected w few years since, at an ex- vense Of some $25,000, and bi culled the * Oonway jouse.”” Pennacook. abundance: A! point, dietant about six mile's railing from the Wadewaouck, the surf breaks upon # smooth sandy beach, very gradual in its de- scent, affor the voy best pomncerviont te iy ata) 6 have. indulged uring my stay here ve in freel, in the Suites of sail’ng, bathing, and fis ing, and one morning ly st three o’clock to vo @ fishisg with Mrs, weee* and Mra. H******. in a tip top little sail- boat, manned by an old. salt Eldred, a Jack at all trades, who can always be had for a considera- tion, The morning was unfavorable, and the oaly fish caught was by Mrs. H******, a fine specimen of the blue kind, which made ns alla good breakfast. Captain N. B. Palmer, who was for many years in the China trade, sailing trom New York, having amassed a fortune in the practice of his arduous pro- fession, bas retired, and built him a fine residence fronting the sound, within about a mile of the Wa- dawanuck, from which it can be distinctly seen. Ho finds plenty of amu-ement, I am told, in’ improving bis groun 8 sailing his yacht, fishing with his lends, &c."&o., and is one of the most hospitable of men. J had no difficulty in finding a carefully preserved le of the Aenacy at the Wadawannek, “At baa I had to wait my turn fora porucal of its qwell-stored and ever interesting colomns. ‘There is at present semi daily communication be- tween Stonington, Mystic, the Pequot House, New London and Norwich, by the small steamboats Chicopee and Mystic, wiffch leave the former place at two and three P. M., touching at all these points, and connecting at New Loudon and Norwich with the different railroads south and east. Pursengers from New York for Stonington will take the steainers Commodore or Vanderbilt from ier No. 2, Kast river, and arrive about midnight. These boats are A No.1 in every respect, and are tanned by capable and efficient officers, who delight to shew every attention to their passengers. Their agent in New York is R. 8. Lockwood, Bsq., No. 10 Buttery place, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the Wudawanuck, where he wasspending some time with his family. He is too well Known to the publie to require praise from any source. Let all who wish to inhale pure air, slecp in clean sheets and on good beds, enjoy good dinuers, clam chowders, fresh fish, and a first rate brandy smash, with Postal ‘The following to the atiolon between the Poot Oa oof Q ost Office of the United of wea bathing, with § Siete pen bee and the Po-t Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and [reland for carrying into execution the convention of December loa Bare Some been published by the Post Otfice epartmen' In pursuance of the power granted by article 21 of the convention of December U5, 1543, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of America, to the two Post Ofi- ces, to eettle the matters of detail, which are to be arranged by mutual consent, for insuring the execu- tion of the stiy ulations contained in the said conven- tion, the undersigned, duly authorized for that pur- pose by their respective offices, have agreed upon the following articles :— Article 1—Upon every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight despatched from New York, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, or San Francis co, to Kingston, (Jamuica,) by the United Svites mail packets, and addressed to any of the Danish colonies in the West Indies, the United States Post Office shall account to the British Post Office for the sum of fonrpence, or eight cents, and so on in prover- tion according to the scale of postage now establish- ed in the United Kingdom. Article 2—The amount due to the British Post Office for the letters addressed to the Danish Colonies in the West Indies, forwarded from the United States via Jumaica, under the regulations now a,reed upon, shall be entered on the letter bill for Kingston, ac- comy anying the mail by which such letters are sent, and shall be placed to the credit of the United King- dom in the general account between the Post O fice of the United Kingdom and the Post Office of the United States, prepared quarterly in the Geueral Post Office, London. Article 3—The present articles shall be consid- ered a8 additional to thove agreed upon between the two offices for carrying into execution the Couven- tion of 16th December, 1248, signed at Washington the 4th May, 1849, and shail come into operation on tie first. diy of June, one thousand eight hundred and fitty-three. Dore in duplicate and signed at Wavhington on the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight han- dred and fitty.thzee, and at London on the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. patronixe the Wadawanuck. TRAVELLER. American Traveliersin Montreal—Reciprocity Fashion. [From the Moutreal Pilot, July 6] ‘The cry is, Still they come.” ‘Truly it is a leusunt sight to see big Uncle Sam, with his son Jovathan and Jonathan’s wite, daujoters and sons, crowding our steamboats and hotels, strolling through our streets, und spinning along in our beau- tiful public carriages. Our Uncle Sam and his fami- ly are people of taste, and when they have foand ont a thing worthy of attention, they don’t grudge a few miles of rail and steamboating to go and see it; hence our fair city, with its maynificent environs, is now an object of such attraction that the numerous hotels can scarcely accommodate the comers. Now we do say that Montreal is a city worth seeing—that its architecture, its harbor, its churehes, markets, hotels, shops, &c., vie proudly with Uncle Sam's own, and put out of comparison many of the farfamed cities of the.eld world. Then we lave usually a show of red-coated Britishers, whose martial ‘bearing, military exercises, and musical bands, are worth a sly look from the winsome women belonging to our uncle and oousing. In Quebec, some years ago, a “ bold soldier" sng- vested that, as a measure of national security, a few hostages should be chosen from these fair Americans, and retained in the silken bonds of hymen by the garrixon of that old classic fortress—an idea worthy the gallant son of Mars. At that time the phalaux, was.409s0 strong; now, bless you,a modest young man has occasion for all his courage, tor what with, the fluttering of gauze and the rustling of silks, the. glyesvane rattle of tongues, and the quiet but deadly, artillery of piercing eyes, a young ensign or cornet. has need to be armed with mail It must be a plea- sun tour indeed to our Uncle’s daughters, especially to come round by Montreal to see our great Roman: Catholic Cathedral and our other lions, and—why sheuld we not sey it, it is no puit—to drink oar Hlan- tegenet waters, than which no mineral sp:ings oa the continent are more refreshing and invigorating ; then, afier three or four days, to sail down, ia our arsurpasecble steumers te Quebec, there to. bavea glimpse at nature in her grandest forms. Quevec! Quel tec! who that bas read of the early settlement of Canada, aud of the chivalry of Frauce who first emigrated hither; of the wars be- tween them and the Englisit colonies, now the United States; of the battle of Quebec and, surrender of the fortiess to Great Britain; and of tle man other stirring events in our history, sould not wis! to see the proud exabattlemented citadel, seated as an eagle’s best among the craggy rocka of Cape Dia- mond? 3s should be known, wide aa the Union, that Que ‘bec may be reached from Men by one of the + fieets of steamers in the. woi hours. and from New York by rairoad and steamer Our Wadawanuck Correspondence, Wavawanvck House, Sronixeron, Conn., June 28, 1863. A Week at Stonington and Vicinity—The Wada- wanuck House, and Mr. Coleman, its Proprietor —Fishing, Boating, Surf Bathing, at Watch Hill, §c—Residence of Captain Palmer—The Route from Stonington to Mystic, New Lon den, and Norwich, and the Stonington Line between New York and Boston—The New York Herald at the Watering Places. T arrived at this delight{ul summer retreat the day before yesterday, in the cars trom Providence. When about tive miles from the latter place, the train moving at the rate of about tweuty-tive miles per hear, an accident occurred, which injured no one, but delayed our arrival at Stonington from 6} P.M. to near midnight. The cause was the breaking of the axletree of the car next behind the locomotive, the two heavy wheela of which were thrown with great force some distance from the track, and before the train could be stopped four freight cars were thrown off the track, and al! more or less damaged. We had to await the arrival of the down train from Providence, which came along at half past five, and discharged its pasrengers, to take us to the next station, called Greenwich, where we were set down, the engine returning to render assistance at the scene of disaster. At this place our passengers, numbering some fifty or sixty, were obliged to while away the time as best they could uutil ten o’cl-ck, when the steamboat train came along, and picked vs up, hungry and weary, but thankful to find ourselves once again uuder way. Upon arriving at Stonington [ directed my course towards the Wadawanuck House, and was soon shaking its owner and proprietor, Mr. E. B. Coleman, by the hand, and afterwards sat down to an excellent supper and some prime champagne, which, after my long fast, was anything but disagreeable. The Wadawanuck Hose was, I believe, built about seven years ago, and opeved as a summer re- treat. It changed handy several times up to the fall of 1861, when it was purchased by Mr. Coleman, a brother of Captain Robert, the senior proprietor of the Astor House, and has since that time been in a flourishing condition. The Colemans, as hotel keepers, are, av all the world knows, famous. The name is tynovymous with good living, good attend ance, good rooms, and everything which renders a sojourn at & hotel comfortable aud pleasant, The putrons ot the Astor Houre iu New York, the Bur hett House in Cincinnati, the Troy House ia Troy, the Brainard Houve in Eimira, and the Wada wanuck House in Stonington, can attest to this truth. For some six or seven years previous to his opening this house, Mr, Coleman had beeu chief clerk im the office at the Astor House, where bis gentlemanly de- pertinent tle iniuners, acd Kind atiention to their g won him the respect and esteem of all, so that when he left he was presented with many flattering testinonials of their appreciation of his labors, umong which may be mentioned a splendid gold ch and chain, gold headed cane, aud a ser. vice of silver. ** Honor and fame from no oordition rise, Act well your parr. there all tea hover les”? Before opening the Wadawanuck, Mr. Ooleman caused extensive Improvements to ve made in the house, gronnds, &c., ill now com- both of which wi pare fuvorally with any similar esteblishment ia the country. ‘The house is built of wood, three stories high, with piszzus all the way around the first’ and second stones, and coutains about a huadred rooms— allofthem large and well ventilated. On the top is an observato ccessible from the inside, com- mending a fine view of the surroundiag vountry, Vishers Islnd, the Sound, Watch Hill, and in the distance the broad Atlantic, Tle grounds consist of about two acres, tastily laid ont and planted with lindeus, horse chestnuts, ailan- thus and eln trees, which shade the house and walks most delightfully. The town of Stonington is bailt upon a point of Jand at the ea-tern termination of Long Island Soand, called by the Indians Wadawannck point. The ce in iteclf is insignificant, having little or no with the country back of it, and were it not | its being the terminus of the Souud route of the Stonington line of steambuats between New York and Boston, the site of the Wadawanick Honse, and the residence of several retired Wealthy srevtle- men, who have brilt splendid country seats here, it would be little known outside of its own county limita, is about twenty miles southeast of Wells’ rivor. ‘There ‘s plenty of fine fishing in the bay, and blxe Bch, black Osh, porgies, &c., are caught in great in thisty hours; then might we expect that for one viriter & thousand would come. It is but just to say of Quebec that its scenic beauties are unrivalled ia North America; that the city itself, with the citadel, are perfectly uvique on the continent, and at once give the beholder a true idealof the olden time in the old countries; that the environs of Quebec are of the most striking aud romantic character; that it is surrounded by a belt ot mountains, standing like tall sentinels to watch over its welfare; that within a few wiles there are not less than three different witertalls fron large rivers, each of the most pictar- esque beauty; and that as a military post of the first importance Quebec bas no equal, in fact no compe- titors, in the vew world. Let these things be known, and ere long the stream of travel, already so large, will call for new boats, new hotels, new carriaes, new silks and laces, new shops, ard uew banks. New banks, did we say? Why, to be sure. Do you think that our big Uncle, aud his stalworth sou Jenathan, came here only to snvfi our fresh air? O no! they have always an eye to business ; and we have no doubt that much of the American element now found among us, is due to the pleasant trips which some years ago were made to our cities. Come slong, Brother Jonsthan, and bring your sister with you! Let us become better a:quainted, and you shall see that we shall like each other more the more we know of exch other. Deatus BY Drownino IN Burrato.—Daring the past three days numerous deaths have occurred iu this city by drowning. Ou Saturday afternoon an inquest was held on the bedy of Audiew Tappin, a boy tive and a half years old, whore parents reside on Scott street, and who was drowned under the following distressing ciroum- stances:—In company with two other lads the de- ceased was endeavoring to take from the canal, un- der the Main Street bridge. soine lemons which were floating on the water. One ot the children, ouly six years old, fell into the water, when Andrew Tappin endeavored to assist him. In so doing, the little hero bimself fell in and was drowned. The one who first fell in managed to escape. Tae body was re- covered the same afternoon. On the same evening an inqnest was held on the body of John Rell, a mau nearly forty years of age, who was drowued while bathing in the’ Ohio Basin. ‘The deceased leaves a wife and six children in To- rento—having come to this city about six weeks since in search of work. He was a carpeoter, and a sober, industrious man, Ou Sunday morning the coroner was again called to view the body of a young man, named Michael Larkin, who was drowned in the ship canal. In company with three others, the deceased had started with the iotention of tatbing in the lake, when on their way, whiie walking over some saw logs, one of the party fell in. Larkin immediately wet to his assistance and was drowned. The other escaped. We regret to have to record another melancholy accident of a similar uature which occurred yestar- day. Marshall Tryon, the only child of Mr. M. EL. Tryon, of this city, was drowued in the lake while bathing in the afternoon. He was in the water, in compary with several other lads, and when his com- fen tan left the water he remained in. While dress inv, one of them noticed that young Tryou had alsappenred. ‘They immediately gave un alara, bat too late, their young friend was drowned. He was about fourteen years of ave, and @ lad of much pro- mise, The body has not yet been recovered. —Buf- falo Advertiser, July 6. Desrrvetive Free i Cincrnnatt.—Yoesterday a destrictive fire broke out in Pennington & Elmer's foundry and machiue shop, ou Fifth street, near the W bitewater canal, which spread so rapidly that in the space of one hour the foundry and conteuts were all destroyed. Los8 ubout $7,000; no insurance. with its contents, consumed. Loss about $4,000; no insurance. Also. the coumission warehouse of Gil- more, Jones & Ogborn; loss $7,000; partially tn- eured. The building ocenpied by the two latver tirms was owned by Henry Hathaway, Jr. Loss $3,500; no insurance. In the rear of thee buildings wis a double frame house, recently built, and owed by King & Noble, and occupied by several families, Loss $1,500; no insurance. The families ocenpying these houses lost nearly all their furniture. The fire was undoubtedly the work of an fucendiary. By the falling of a wall,a yong man named Hartiaon was knocked down and pretty badly injured, He residea on Seventh street, and was a member of the old fire organization— Cincinnati Gazette, Ju'y 2. AN Ixcipent or tue Cevesration IN Provt- | Stands al-o the body uf the carria;e that belon; bencx.— No object in the Fo rth of July proceasion fitracted greate attention than the carriave, m mo- rably a8 havine been used by Gen. Washiagton when on his visit t» Provi engg. ‘One solitary relic of the Revoluton rode wi ie A affair in these deys, and a parentl, struction. years, of French coa- It had not been used before for fifty In the cachhoure from which it was ant to Gen. Gage, tue last royal Governor of Massachu- setts.—Providence Journ ia ten short | The tiuixbing shop of Robbins & Turner was also, | bel Shorey, of Seekonk, | aged ninety years, The cariage isa very curious | W. L. Manaaiy. Approved: @annina. Horatio Kina. Approved: James Campnxny, Postmaster General. Fourth ef Juty. SALEM—THK REGATTA. The rogattain Salem hasbor in the afternoon wasa very successful affair, though only five boats entered. At five minutes to three the hiartig signal uns were fired, andthe yachts went off in flue style with 1 fresh breeze from southwest. The course was round Baker's Island to a boat moored: five miles northeast from Half Way Rock, thence to Half-Way Rock, and across through the southern channel, round the haste, and back to the judges’ boat.. The distaace was performed in the following time :— Schooner Mystery, of Salem, Capt. Lloyd, 45 81-95 tons, 2 hours 46 minutes 47 seconds. Sshooner Ariomedes, of Salem, Capt. Perkins, 31 74-95 tons, 2 hours 61 mimutes 49 secouds. Schoorer Moll Pitcher, of Lynn, Capt. James Smith, 27 72-95 tons, 2 hours 53 minutes 1 second. Schoouer Edward: Bady, of Salem, Capt. C. Smith, 16, 32-95 tons, 2 hours.69 minutes 45 seconds. Schooner Neptune, of Marblehead, Capt. Steven- son, 12 tons, did not finish the coorse. ‘The allowance was 30 seconds per ton, giving the ee ($50) to,tike Moll Pitcher, the secoad ($30) two Baay. Ariomedes,,and the third.($20) to the Edward WILMINGTON, DEL. The City Counc’ls of Wilmington having appro- fata thirty dollars for the celebration of the ‘ourth of July, committee ofthe citizens presented the Mayor wit a box, containing six pieces of fire- works, six matches to light them, and a common Segar, with the subjoined amusing document. ‘Ihe six pieces ware : No. 1. A. double-headed Dutchman. No. 2.7 A¢ sshoppem No. 3. A blue light, crossed tranver:2, ly with six. fire crackers. No.4. A pin wheel, with a blue light run through the. centre, aud crackoxs tied upon,either end. No. 5. A piese of punk, gurly coded spunk,) with a single cracker attuched. No. 6. The balance of the pack of crackers uot-re- quired 40 compose the other pieces. INCIDENTS, ETC. Ths enjoyment of the Fourth at Mystic, Gonn., was marred by a sad easuality. A sail boat in_.whish Was w party of tive persons, ladies and gevilewen, was accidentully upset in the river, near Loveer a tic, avd two of the nawber were drowned, namely, Mas. Hill, wife of Mason C. Hill, and a Mx. Lerry, ‘who leaves a wife and two children. . A most atrocious outrage was perpetra‘ed at Bev- erly. N. J..on the Fourth, on tie persca of John Phyle, a youth of fourteen years of age, who was in tie employ of Mr. T. W. Austin. The doy, lu onn- pany with several others, was walkiug peaceat) a along the street, when the coutents of a horse pistol: was fived into his body, by one of a gang of rowdiaa. that had just landed trom a slosp. The boy Ingered in avouy until 10 o'clock on Tuesdeg moraing wren he died. The murder was perpetrated in open dny- light, in the presence of a number, of persons, but he assassin succeeded in escaping. A large audience of ladies and gentlemen, sssem- Died at 10 o'clock on the moreing of the Fourth, in the flourishing distrist of West Philadelphia, to wit ness the ceremony of laving dhe.corner stone of the Literary Lnstitute, now in paucess of erection. The Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D., opened the services with prayer; the corner stove was laid by Alderman Allen, Chairman of the Building Committee. The store of J. M. & B. A, Tibbitts, in Great Falls, N. H., was totally desteoyed fire on the Fourth. Loss $8,000. Thomas D. Blossom, priater at Hingham, Mass., hand one arm blown to pieces by a prematare explo- sion of ® cannon, and it is supposed his injuries ave mort:] He has wife and five children. Arastas Whiton, truckman, will probably lose his sight frou the same cause. On the Fourth, the inmates of the New Jersey State Prison were permitted to have a Loliday, and to enjoy some additions to their ordinary fare. Francis Taylor and Patrick Curtiss, Irishmen, got into an altercation ot words at Chicopee, Mass., on the Fourth, in the course of which Curtiss said some- thing peculiarly provoking, whereupon Taylor stabbed him severely with a pocket-knife. Taylor fled to the weods, but was captured and lodved in jailin Springfield, on a charge of assault with fuent to kill. The wounded man, Curtiss, has since died, and Uaylor will therefore have to be arraigned on a higher charge, A riot took place in Allegheny City, says the Pittsburg Journal of the 6th instant, ou the Monrth, in which a large number of persons were badly cut and bruised. ‘The German Turners bad been ‘vele- brating the Fourth of July, on Voeghtly’s Hill, and were returning, marching in procession, to Pittsburg. , At the corner of Ohio and Sandusky streets, a young: lad, of between thirteen and fourteen years of aze, attempted to break through their ranks. He was pikhed back, but returned three or four times, till at jast he was knocked down, He then picked up a number of stones, and pelted the procession, until some four or five of the Turners went to him and commenced beating him. He certainly deserved a good thrashing; but being small, and seeing such a number of persons attacking him, the sympathies cf the spectators were aroused, and they attempted to rescue him. Osher Tur- hers intertered, and the fight soon became a general one, in which sticks and stones were freely used, and numbers of broken heads and blood, noses given wid received. Several of the most re- spe table vitizens of Allegheny attempted to quell the riot. but s:on found themselves forced to bevome yarticipators in it. Information of the affray waa speedily rent to the Mayor's office, and his Honor, Maye r Park, soon appeared on the cround. Throigh his exertions, in which he was greatly aided by Dr- Harimeyer, peace wasut length restored, after some hall dozen arrests had been made. The rioters had an ¢xamivution before the Mayor, ye-terday marn- ing, but the fit having been u tree one, tuey were discharged. iuasmoch as it was impossible to vet Witherses to testity to any particular offence of which they had been guilty. Ex-Mayor Campbell received, we understand, four cuts on the head, in the course of the méleé. On the evening of the Fourth, at Norfolk, a bloody rencontre took place in Loyall's lane, between Julius G. Churchward and William Searls, ia which the former wos killed instantly, having received se- verol revere stabs in different parts of the body; and the latrer was go se ly wounded that it was theught impossible for him to revover. Chorebware tired three times with a pistol at Searls, euch bell taking effect, and Searls stabbe? bim four ee with a knife, said to have been wrested from im. CoLtrcr ComExcrmENnts.—The season tor ool- lege commencements commenced with the annual exercises of the New York University, Union Theo- Jogical Seminury, und the Princeton College. Others he subjoi) ernity, July 26; Colombia Collage, July 27 Union College July 27; Yale Col'ego, Jaty 27; Hani. ten College, Joly 27 Rovgers Cotlege July 27 D month Coleve July 27; Trivity Colleen July 28 tity Of Verniont Avgurt 8; Woslayan Univwrsity 8) Amherst College Anjeast Ly Midetebar Avgvet 17, Williamsburg College Acgnst 17; Yatson University, August 17; Bowdoin College Septeubsr 7; Brown University, deptember 7; Burlington Coilege, Sep- tember 29, Tue Mayor or Monrrean ann tan Newsra- pens —The Mayor of Montréal has instituted # anit for libel against the publishers of the Morning Chronicle, claiming five thousand pounds damages, ‘The cause of this prosecution is, that the Chronicle hoa charyed the Mayor with a criminal neglect of duty in not taking the needful steps to prevent the Chaimers’ Church riot, on the 6th ult. 0 Gazette is said to be implicated for reprinting the article in its columns. Later frem Sout America. BRUAKING UPY THE-PBACE NEGOTIATIONS, AND BE- MEWAL OF HOSTILITIES, I BUENOS AYRES. ‘We bave received files of the Vorveto Mercanitle, pub- lished in Rio Juniero, up te June 3. OVE B6 JANEIRO CORRESPONDENCE. Rio De Jarno, June 3, 1363. Health of the @thy—Arrival’ of the U.S. Frigat® Congress—Ber Return. Home—List of her Opt cers, &c. The health of the city is becoming every day con- firmed. The urusually coot weather, with the exces sive rains of the*last three weeks, have made a marked improve aemt in the fever wards; and though Cares continue to vccur, the epidemic we regard as over. A large numberof American vessels have come in lately, aud business has revived little. ‘The sick- ness, however, has.driven away the manof-war ver Fels, so that the only one: in the lower harbor is the frigate Congress, which arrived here yesterday from the river Plate, baving loft there om the 22d ult. She } reports no change in political affairs there since the last advices. Buenos Ayres was still held in siege, and ) revisions were extremely scarce and dear. The Hou. Mr. Schenck arrived ‘there in the Britivh packet on the 1sth ult The U. S. sloov-of-war jamestown remained at Buenos Ayres to look out jor American interests. ‘The frigate Congress has eome in for stores and provisions, and, it 1@ said, found orders awaiting her inavediate return home. Sbo will leave in about tea duye. I his fine siti) has been on this station three years, and bas probably excited ax much attention aa any ship-ol-war thatever entered) th's harbor. She now uppeurs to be im superb order, and her crew and off'cers in good health, [have obtained » list of the latier, which I append:— Cimmodore, sauce. MeKeever; Captain, George F. Pear-on; Lieutenants, J. furner, George R. Gray, JP. Parker A. Holcomb, .N. C. Bryant, D. MoN. Fairiux ; Suxgeow, Charles Chase; Purser, A. J. Watson; Chaplain, C. S, Stewart; Master, B. Simp son; Captain of Marines, A.S, Taylor; Lieutensut of Marines, J. Taitnal; Assistant. Surgeons, J, Ward, C. Martin, Commndore’s Secretary, RO. Glovec; Mi shipmen, RT. Bowen, F. Hi; Baker, J. R. Eg zleston; J. EK. Johnson, 8. J. Meana, L. H. Newman, J. H. Rowan, J. Stilwell, W. Tectan, A W. Weaver; Boat-, swain, Smits; Gunner, Ballard; Carpenter, Thomas; Sailmaker, Rodman; Parver’s Clerk, Jones. v. The dates received there from Moutevideo were up to the 20:h of Yay, and from Buenos Ayres up te the 18th. Nothing of importazce bad oecurred in the Oriental Be- public ‘The negatiations for psace in Buenos Ayres were. as we sppovnced yesterday, from our information by wey of Boston, broken off—the-Brazilo Bolivian mediatioa kazing, complet aly. falled. Ow the 13th there had been aa on counter between the farses of the city and the besiegers, the fori er remaining victors, The combat was, accerding to the Comercio del J’lata, w very bloody one. Op the j4th, the Ministwr of Foreign Relations..repliod to Goueral Urquize ackvowldging the recetat: of mis note with serpect,toa the cessation of the negotiagions and the sowmencement of hostilities. The following isa traualstiou of tho.note of the Miuister Torros:— Muvistay or Goversmayt, May 14; 1853 Te his Fxeellepcy Din Juxto Jose de Urquiza, Captain Genergl of Eytre Riox, Thave received, aud brought under tho natias of the Gavarnment of the Proviooe, your Excelloucy’a note of She. ¥ib ive npr, with the other two directad¢).the Melis. tora, to whoxs k immediately remitted them; and I in Torned the yor ormmeat of what your xcellency scatad in xerpeor to rho disexcrion which took pluceia ths eon ferenos: to rae surpension of the rane, and to the rup- tare.of the, we: otiation xpoataneou-ty, effected by your Exeellency, ‘The governwent bas ordurced:me to raxypond fo your Exaplienoy, es I have she honor na» to do. and to. thet ait: ugh it was far froca pelieving that your Ja give to the prepaution for ths «us nferweces made tw your Excellency im the pote of the Sth the charscter of a df: solution, whion the government wy. from,,daniemg, atill tt ao. Cbpts ik ase sity, io which your Ex to place this pron pee—ab.tain ying at greater langta to your As well dDeoaaga this uDDEOMMMATy dia MM have no other sigct than to i which the government is extre fons te extingnish. ae pe catien of ull tne official d Y proviner eed the vhole «0 ay judge ou what side Heu.le de-ire of pexce and af justice, in the war which do. alates this provinces, Gud keog, your Exosllenay, &e. LORENZO TORRES. BRoTAL Murper .0010.—On Tuesday, the 2lst inst, a young mau seamed George Sellars was mur- dered near Brownsville, five miles from Cochraa’a ; Landing, in, Broweawtle. Monroe eronty. Aiie. Lt appears that young Sellars had, with a number of other men, been augaved in harvestiag, and when their work was Suished and they had received their movey for it, thay: at together talking, and finally the crowd separated for their homes, leaving Sellars | and aman nagued. Daniel Salsbury sitting tozether. Sellars was mis-ed the ensuing morning, and Sala. bury, after baying been asked where he had lett tha. young maw, jinmediately decamped. About 4o'clock ov Wedusaday afternoon the body of young Sel'ars was found, where the harvest hands had leftthe go men the evening before, with bis throat cnt to the bones fain ear to ear, aud bis »kull horribly fracgared. Search was immediately wade for Salsbury, a large reward offered for his apprehension, and the-count: scoured in every direction. He was arrestad at Ball Creak, on Friday and when on the way to, the office of a justice, while alt but one of his guards were at Gmner, he mauaged to escape again, Large xewards were again offered, and he wasrecaptured on Saturday. and is now in the jaiat Woodsfiela Young Sellar’s pocket bad been cus off, and his wal- lat, containing his honest wages, amounting to three dollars and thirty-five cents taken therefrom. The. parties had been on apparently friendly terms, and the culy mducement for this bloody deed is supposed, to bave been the paltry sum of money which Sulsbary knew was inthe pockets of bis youthtul coupaaion-— Wheeling Argus, June %. An OLp Necro —The Wilmiugton (N. 0.) Jour- nal, states that there is an old negao in the county o: 8 m.son, belonging to a Mr. Williamson, who will be o:e hundred and fourteen years old on the coming Fourth of July. He hax been racently visit- ed by a corresp-ndent of the Jrurnel, who states that he fonud him cheeeful and in fine health, tand busily engaged iv making himself a pair of pants— without spectagles— he being a tailor by trade His first master, Archibald Bell, died about ninety eight years ago, at which time Delph was thirteen years of ee se ‘THW TAMMANY HALL RIOTERS—THE Pama REMANDED. Jury 8—The Pe r Thomas Wallace.—! Ch case Parte, Eitcom. counsel, the Judge said that the me pursuant beas corpus, and the return thereto and the travare of said return, after hearing John QOochrane, counsel for the rs, on behalf of hisdiachargey and the District Attorney in prposition dreret, it ie ordered that the said writ of habeas corpus be dbs. charged, and that the prisoners be remanded te custody of the sheriff, pursuant to the process ed-to said return. The pris:nera were in on the-delivery of the decision, were removed in custody of the sheriff. “ar Meuhow Court, fore Hon. Judge Fhompson. JuLY 8.— When the acts of a Landlord may bere- arded as an eviction by tle Tenant—Richards Porker.—This was an action upon a lease, dated ruary 21, 1853, for the renting of the premises Water street, in the city of New York, for one trap 3 frem the lxt cf May, 1853, ut the annual rent six hundred and seventy-five doll: payable quam terly, im advance—defendant to pay the Crotoa water es. aud to make all needful and necesea ry repairs. The defenjant, in his answer, alleged an eviction by the plaintiff, and also that he had paid the sum of fifty-six dollars and twea tyfive cents for rent due for the mouth @f May, atithe time of the execution of the said which he claimed to recover back in consequenge auch eviction. The premi-es were rented by lainti’ to the defendant. The execution of the {ease having been proved, the plaintitl then admitted the payment ot the sum of fifty-six dollars aud twemtg- five cents, for the month of May. It then had oi from the evidence of the defeudant that on the dey of May, Richards came upon the premises, aud discovering that the Croton water pipe was leaking, turned off the water, and carried the pipe away to be Tepaired, without the authority or permission of Pat that Parker finding the water thus cut off, ‘teed Richards what he was to do for water, whereupom Richards replied that he must get it in the streets that ou the next day, the 3d of May, Richards agaim came upon the premises, aid said to Parker, that € he dia not pay him tive dollars per month, addition al-for the kitchen part of the premises, he must pull the kitchen down; Parker replying, “My God, de you intend to rob me?” aud at the same time sa toa perron whem he, Parker, had employed ta do some repairs, that he need do nothing further, an@ that Richards might as well take the premise Parker then Jeft the premises. Upon this evidence, the Court held, that the conduct ef the plaintitf, im going upon the premises in question, and interfe with the water pipes, aud his threatening to down @ portion of the premises hired by the defend- ant unless the latter woud pay him an additional. amount of rent, was a gross and unwarranted inter- ference with the rights and privileges of the defead- ant, and amounted to an absolute eviction; and that the plaintiff was not only not entitled to recover any rent, but that be should pay back to defendant the amount of rent paid for the month of May, an@ that the defendant was justified in abandoning the premises. Judgment for defendant for $56 25. Meyers vs. Hobe and Schilsher.—This action wam brought to recover possession of lands held. by tae defendants after the expiration of the term, for which they were rented by the plaintiff. About the middle of February last, Mr. Meyers rented to the defendants the premises No. 34, Rector, street, im. this city, from month to month, defeudants paying. at the time for the fractional purt of the monta February, after which the rent was qyeze in ad vance. On the first of March plaintiff verbally agreed to let the defendants have the enna nae atthe same rent, from the first of tie then ne! May for one year ensuing. Defendants now clas possession by virtue of the last verbal agreement the Court were of the opinion, however, that the last. mentioned eontract not having been reduced te writing and signed by the party to be charged, aad by its terms to be fulfilled im futuro, was vold by the statute of frands, and that defendants held p»> session of the premises by virtue of the letting from month to mozth, Notice to remove was dul, sare ve upon defeneants. Judgment for plaintifthat immediate possession of pretvixes. Before Hon. Judge Phillips. In the matter of Hetharington vs. Flagg, the Comptroiler, before reported, which was an action for wrongfully obtaining two warrants from plaint@® for the amount of $97 38, for, services rendered by the plaintiff, asa clerk in the offive of the Register, ‘Ihe warrants were duy audited, and were signed, by the defendant, as Coimptrolier of tae City, and County, and countersigned by the Mayor and the Clerk of the Common Council, as required by law. The defendant de:urs to the complaint for these reasons: —That. the defendant, being a publie ofcer and Comptroller, of the City of New York, i bet liable in an action at law for the cause stated, ‘the plaintiff has no title to the warrants until they have been actually delivered to him. Judgment far plaintiff on the demurrer, with liberty to the defem. dant to ansyer the complaint. Court of General Sessions. Before Judge Beebe. JULY &~-The Grand Jury, after thee days hard week, end having Gioished all their buriness, were discharged, sith the thanks of tke Court, ‘hia mornivg. The tera will close to morrow, shen the court will edjourm until Avgust Patrick Mathews, one of the Tammany Hell Llotesa, Was Lresent in court but Judge Reeve ‘bomde proyar 0 deter bia senteroe unti: be bad heard the deat sice of Judge Kdwarcs in the case of Wilson aud Walia. CONVICTED. Receiving Stolen Goods —s 1x0 named Jobn Smith war placec wt the bar, charged with -eceiviog a quantity of goede stolen from Mr. Alexan ter Char yentier by tae who sold the prisoner the property, he knowing tbat same was stolen Officer Woods. of the Tuird ward poten, deposed that he visived the residence of the urisover et Msnbsttan ylace, where he found coucealed in am unter cellar a lot of silver articles, consivung of bread baskete, fpoons, ke ives and fork». &. After Deariag the texvme by ou b thrices, the jury, without leaving tuelr sosta, rendered # verdict of guilty. PLEAS OF GUILTY. Forgery in the Third Degree —-G. W Mason pleaded gut ton indie! ment charging him with committing the enewe offence. The pri-oper was remanded for semvonce unt to-morrow Burglary.—tw> boys, rawed Kingsbury Dovis and Jomes Botts pleaded guilty to burglary in the third de eree, having entered the hou-e of Alexander Petrie audi atolon several articles of furaiture and je tg Grand Larceny.—A man nawed Fredertok Fitch, by tae advice of bis counsel, pleaded gui y of «tealog @ goid Watob and chaix, valued at one hundred sod, fifieen dab Jass, from Jose Roque. The prisoner will bo sevteosed to-morrow, ‘Two ill-looking enetomera, pamed Benjamin D Guiding end Frederick Joposon, on beog arraignad, pleaded age He remembers seeing Lord Cornwallis and his army, as well as other persona and t ‘ings of note in those early days. He was taken prisoner near The residenve of William Fryer. He saw the Tories kill Joha Tompson—he ( Tomoson ) lingering some thaee days. The old fellow livef by himael?, aot another soul being near him; he is a sors of doctor, and trav- elxas much as fifty miles tose sick persons, and many per-ons visit him for medical aid. He cooks, washes, milks, and makes his own clothes, ia a very independant manner. He is four feet high and weisch- ing one hundred and five pounds. His present owner, Mr. Williamson, is seventy-four, and therefore an eld man to the rest of the world, but quite a youth in comparison to Delph. here is little reason fordoubt ing the old negro’s age, of which he himselt is confi- dent, besides having been known in Sampson for time immemorial almost. Fire i tar DisMaL Swamp.—A gentleman from Elizabeth City, N. C., informed us, on Monday, tuat a great fire was raging in the Dismal Swamp, wane in ense on} rapid spreading was very inuch aided by the long drouyht that has prevailed. Our informaut statee thet when he lett, nearly the whole region rom the Moccasin trick to: Bbgabeth City was one sheet of flame. Iti to be hoped that the idea as to its extent is somewhat exagwerated. We wore also intuamed that the smoke from the swap had been itted to a great distance, and was exceedingly siva- able. We learn from tue Norfitk ie patd of with it; and we understand, irom otver sources, that it had bees even conveyed to Ha ton and Old Point Com- ort, Were it Was very annoying. The fire was visi- Lie at Norfolix, come tweuty-five miles distant— Richmond Dispatch. Finpixa A Battoox.—We extract the following from the Auburn Advertiser of the 24 jast;— free Monday thet that city was mach ti Guvkva, June 29, 1858, ‘This is to certify that this bstioon wae prepared by Professor Towler, ord eset uy on Wedueoday evening, Save 29 from Geneva College, during the oelenration of the rerun ot Dy Hate frou It ia requesied that the finder ef thie note answer it by ateting vhe thme plkev and distance from Geneva at whiok this ballon fell (HOMas Wo MIZV@R The above was picked up about four o this morming in the garden of Gen. J. Sey on Hal- bert street, in our » The aerial bearer of the note must have travelled twenty-five miles before reach- ing terra firma in Gen, Secoine’s garden. The hour of its arrival is not’ known, nor the incidents en- countered on its flying voyage; whether it touched at the moon, or stopped at any of the fixed stars, or spoke any flying comet, is elso problemationl. Its sol@ arrival aud escape from wreck, however, 18 cer. tain. The balloon was abont twelve feet long and well proportion ed, and we presume is subject to the order of Mr. Mizner, aud no salvage fees required. Obiteary Joun © Merrit, pudticher of the Genesee Avangelist, died in ¥ er ou the bun inst, Cart. Janes Wo Kixoenvry died at St. Loute on the 25 Hult, sued G2 vere Captain Kingsbury «asa native @ Connecvour, He wax a graduare of Weot Point Ace. detny nnd was for many years attached to the Commis: sary Departn ent of thearmy tn St, Louts, Gleewow Rivera. a venereble and respected old aegro, ded ip Mobile op the 29d ult.. aged 105 years. Hon. Arthur Livermore, ant Judge of the Sa Court of New Hw hire, died at Piymouth on inst, at the age of G7, le ty t indictment cbargicg them with committing @ R/ and Inrceny. Michnel Sullivan pleaded guilty by the advice of bie Counsel, to grand Iarcepy—baving a ew days ayo «tolem seventy five doliars trom a men named F, Currin. 2ee pri onér was remanded for senter cw Lere being no more cases ready for trial, the Court ad journed for the dey. Law Intelligence. Covrr or Arrkais July 7—No. 50 Reserved. Maw chants’ Bank, New York, respondents against Spalding, appellant Argued. George Bowman for appellenk Bes jsmiv W. Bouney for respondents, Ne. 53, Set dowe for July 12th No 54 Heretofore struck off No BB Metreggor, appellant, against Brown, reepondeas— Judgment aflirwed by default. Robert Parker fer re eperdent. Do. 6, Heretofore «truck off. No. 67 Goox, verpordest, aga Lichfield, uppsllant. Aegasd Charles Tracy for appellant, N Bull Jun, for respondent Nes, 68,59 snc C0 Called and passed. No. 61 o> fore steuck off No 62 Reserved gensraily Ne 0B. Suydam, Surveyor, &e, respordeat, agalaxt Hoidea, + 4 peilact. Argued Jobn Tl Martindsi for appetlems, till, Jum., for respondent. Individuals Under Sentence of Death, William Kating, for the murder of to children eavesd O'Brien, yho was sentenced to be oxecuted om the 28 ef Ince last, stands respited a) Hackensack, N. J., untll the “Int inst., @ben be will probably be hung. Capie and Emmons, convicted in Philatelphia for the marder of Obristopher Loohan, will pay the ponalty ef their crime on the bth of August Lewin Montague, sho murdered a man named Thonp- sou, in Petersburg, Va., is alse to be hung on the bth ef August Margaret Butler, who ens found guilty at Cull Va of aesioting Jim Philips to murder Mr. Gaines, os exeoutad on Angust 12th 2 Jomen MeGotre, eho murdered Mr. JW Holisod, one wep'erced 6f Syreenne, to be hung oo the 17th aug Jobn Hecdriok+on has beou sentenced, af albany, to nS executed ou the 26th of Aogust, for the murder of Bis ele, t Robertson wil! bo hung at Alexandeia, Ky., ow mber next for the murder of hones Ganrd record io thie em ‘of criminals in «ome. lightened Kesides there there « of the Hastern States bo b offences, but the Iaws require that they prison one year before fixing the day for their exeentam The Montgomery Gua-w of Honer, TO TAR RDITOR OF THR HERALD, In looking over she Heap of the 8th histaat, Tae tice e commupiostion rigned “‘Amert giving an ae counted the depositing 1 the remain’ n, Mo teonemgr jo St Panta church thirty five yenrs ago. sad of the aw + upen that sceasion eotnoesed of Oaptain Blood sendy © 6th) regiment, Col. Pers And in list of the nares of the sury' of that escort, | aotee® fhe name of Mr. Arcat Brown as one of them Me, Rrown jx not only living, but setually doing duty to tee 6th regiment; he hav, for thity one years, never ig on the Ponrth of Jaly, aad attended af jaxt Fourth, makiog 'hirty-nine years that ax been in the regiment. He bas @ son new in Ow a tain Grevory * ae fourth sergeant, Mr. Brown pre pores going on the encampmsnt of the mens oo tt Toth Angast next. BERGRANT Cth Regiresnt. “Mr, Brows is an honordty member of Company H. The factory lnbor law of Rhode Island went into opera tion on the Irt inst. It .rovides that no ohildren under twelve yents @ age shell eamployet under « $20. From twelve to eighteeg they are te weeks, deven heures per day.