The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1854, Page 6

“THE SUMMER RETREATS. Our Connectisut Correspon sence. Sranuey Hovss. Brioesron, } j Sune 19,1804, fs | Mimertainment at Bridgepe.—The. Grlests ot the Stanley House—Vew York Ladies— | Daily Amusements-— Value of Reat Estate— Rise of the City. Eeing a daily reader of your paper, and of mores of letters addressed to you from all sec- fens of the country, by eprightly, piquant cor- mespondents. Lhave. been occasioned no little surprise. slightly tinged with in('gnation. (for my sojdurn of two weeks has so pleased me that | Tam already somewhat jealous of its claima,) Mat uotone of them has thought proper to en- Myhten you as tothe claima of this most de- Bghtfal littic city; particularly of the unusual attractions extended to the caveworn denizens @f your metropolis, in the Stanley House, not y through the rare management of the Mre, 8. but likewise by the agreeable of its inmates. During all my migra- ‘ona for the past ten years. through the sam- Mer Months, in search of fine air, comfortable ®@ecomodations, and pleasant society, I have mever before been so uearly satisfied. ' Among those from your vity who are st pre- gent boarding here, and the objects of expesial esteem. are Mrs. Q——s, whose exquisite taste im dress. elegance of figure, and Yarge monopo! ef attention irom those of the other sex, would, I fear, create envy among her compexrs, were Bovot that unmistakerble goodiess of heart, maivette of manner, aod complaisanee to all, render ber irresistibly a universal fay P—y also, and ‘her sister, fiends of the tormer lady, contribute ear entertainment, The elder Mrs, P- weman of much intelligence and dig @baracter while her sister besines possessing all modern accomplishments @f 9 1188 of eigh- ) teen, is known throughont the country aa the “wonder’ul equestrienne.’ Boating. riding, aud pic-nicing are exten- sively foilowed. The latter sp ment, Tam given to anderstend, are gotten up Bere in an unusvally delightfal manner; hat { eannot speak from experience. not as yet having hnad the honor of an invitation to attend one. ‘The place generally selected is called Parlor Rock, situated about twelve miles up the Houstanic Railroad, a most romantic spot, var- wied by woods, rocks, aud wat Ns, command. ing at one point a magnificent view of Long Eefand Sound and the adjacent country. ‘the manner of return trom these exeursions @traly original; no locomotive is need, the gers running on a descending grade quite into down. ‘The carriage reads about the place are most Sreellent, and the drives are enjoyable at every paint of the compass, The ishing ia becomin: Wery good also; and I am told that at cer weasons of the yeor, bine fishing is not exeelled by Fire IsJand or Eton’s Neck. ‘The city, in point of growth, is as rapid as ny other in the State, and real estate is risin s rapidly. To suw up, I am pleased with the and wy visit ; and, in concluding, allow me % advise you to improve your first leisure fm passing a duy or two at the . Srexvry Hovar. @ur Monércal Correspondence. Hore, Donmeans, 7 Montreal, July 20, 1854. 4 Visiters from the United Stotes—Hotet Ac- sommodations—1 Tour Around the City— Objects of Interest to the Traveller. Tee by the Henaxp, you are full of panics ® New York—great panics, small panics and moderate panics. The only panies we have here are caused by ‘Be boats from the !"al!s and Saratoga, freighted with many of the I’, Fas they style thei in old Wirginie—from the States, and it is worth atrip here to see with what grace they are reevived hy our accomplished landlord. I used to think Jennings could beat the world at the old City Hotel in New York, in making strangers feel wt home, but I think the mantle has fallen on Dailey, of the Donegana. Since I last wrote to you; I have been quite busy examining the many objects of interest in this city, Yoster- @ay, Thad a sight of Kennels just out of the pack of fifty or apwords, f ‘an old hunts man, who has had them in training for the last twenty years, and looks like a chip ef the old bicck of English stock. The pack, anil also a keane] of red foxes, which they keep wn hand, so as to be enre and 4 the game meady, is supported hy a club of this city, con- sisting of many of the first people, who take great delight in steeple chases, fox-hunting, red os, top boots and other accompaniments of ‘the chase. ‘ My next visit was to the studio of a genins, as A ruppoce all artists are geniuses. The public appear to appreciate his talents, particularly in the way of the king of beasta, and the strik- tial atl the.city. They are also finishing a new Court House built of a fine limestone. embling much to pearancea our grevi bat working. ao The bnilding fs very tine, and will @ great ornament to tie cliy, and a terror toe doc, I suppose. 9 ion, which Jocks rather an ius, ae one of tho turokeys informed w one hindred and fifty prisoners. On m , be replic * No, only for horse + Speaking of hors beriacks stables the horve, to seo t an'mal in that se he ree The and T should Branch of the eleanit g borses, rt ty pertormed at the horse has its ne head, and ot good ker ping. had pl sand of on a wig ty of ¢ 1 above it & well a Youkin. The Herald, its R Hotels Se Amuserenis and Opera. I wrote you last week ‘rom thi you pebiished my letter or say, for J have not seen t the Hanan since it hot! # By the way, the Hanivy isreceived very ire wolarly bere. How this! We all want to read ii every day; and when it misses, as I repeat it qnently does, we are in avery Dad way. Cann your agent, is a good fellow; but le wants stirrin ‘p, pow and then, like other folk applies the soft sideot the poker to hia here. Z'rihenes and Tims are fiyirg about on the ivand now aud then. Like the File bugs that haunt this re Might, however, people w mveid them. There are ra end not, ¥ not, I mot num ders of ed you. T ha Dyke the highway man | warion Ly ite cousag Tiwes eveaks ard skuike Yes coing the weetient tha enoneh old women, fan id, however, to The ore bs, eys Yad erally thone ebarming to} Verse with. The hotels here are may ed tre ad of the United &' oa Greve Hall on Tuesday, end the Co! The two fe rwere yury bea ‘The orchestra of Uw Wuited State some relics of Gungle'a, the Ge ¥ Ravde, with Heims Maller as a wepedly. The band of Congress Hal Wetter. At the Columbia they have He jed by Burgieldt, a moet accomplishe: artet. Thesdetails in other espects are good. wpderstand Asecond grand hop in (> take place at BID x | Vernen House oo fowat evening, aod | Visit of the Gomumen Osuncil Oomumittes a Ha: wood, of the tusmbae, oa New Bngband. seme evening. There will rooney be a <a Hovae, large stiendsnoé: Ha¥wooe ts a % Nosraye ; avery impulsive one. “Imade Wis acqusintancs-s Roxpory, Vermont, July 19, 2854 f perfect stranger, and T have received from him | qyip frum New York to Vermont—The Many Kindnesses, which T here cordially akuow: |“ 14, Institutions The Metoly-discovered ledge. "To retarnto the Mount Vernon. It is bouud to pro per, and the house is spacious, new, well fur ad, well situated, ad wil! , wher completed, all tua appliances of a first class honse. Toere are now some feur hundred and fifty people stayin within ite lofty walls; yet one can bardly find them. Woen the complement of the house—fifteea hundred —is at tained, possibly they may he seen. What f say of the Mount Vernon {fs upon the strength of a very brief and slight acquainta: ce with the proprietor, ua we)! o8 a visit or two paid to the premises in course of my walka, Tbe bathing 18 tine. Yesterday the whole beach, for at ieast three quarters of a mile, was black with people. Many pretty girls dasbed inw she aurf jie porpoises, now and then exposing a white ankle, and asmall piece of the covtieuations upwards, to the kernet distress of batchelors like myself, Ab me! Tarn there were nervous’ and phithi old genie men and fat old Jadies, with betew a of avery age, masonline and feminine, all up to- gether, with their rainbow-hued costames. Somnehody tried to give a coucert bere the other night, and failed, ) suppoce, as Ihave not seen a person who atteoded. Show people mak. a great mistake in visiting watering places, uolews they are “tremendous fine.” No ore wants to stew in a hot had! for an hour to witness an indiMerenr aight, or bear an indifferent singer, Helms Moller has or- ranged @ series of promenade concerts, an editor who is eejourning here telis ine, the Jinst of which will be given next Wednesday eveving. The music wil] be instrumental, and, of course, WAR AD, Baa Gull. TO THE BOITOR OF THE HERALD. New York, July 22, 1854, isav avery ankind letter from your correspon dent at Cape May, published a short time slave in yonr realy valuabic paper, It spoke in very unfair terms of the Jocation and prospects of the Rew Mount Vernon Hotel, giving those who rover have been at the Caje an errousoas improssion invegard to it, ils proprietors and its fature management. The writer of this has been there, and s&e absert an a faet v. e of the t lovated pense: oa the Cope size fa alvoady known, ito foture man, agement is to be revealed, A letter received by me to-Jay from one of the guests, (and there are atrenly 5600 sew in the house), asserts that it is one of best ventilated house traveller 5 that so f of the table, nor been taken by sti ver Was. at, an , he has no ¢ the attendane by the number of for abow pina, being only ear; that they will b more apply, aud that already & bave exgazed suits of rooms Ths well corroborate letter assertion ia the thas there ts sot t pity agnanimity displayed towards a nov und Ang cilect of “ Carpenter’s lions” Is the talk of and the othe; not seri magvificeut undestaking like the Mount Vernon Hotel at are May. Derennon Sp rreapontlence of the Lor > Comsier Drennon Shiv July 1 5 Grond Bell—Pachionable Intelli jonce-— Charming We had at this pleasant watering p light(ul bellon Tomieday eveving lost. Everything wontoff in tine style, There was not, 'ts true, the lare sw and jam that renders most gatherings of the 1so unpleasant, but an a ahie company of 50 or 100 per-ons, ‘The dancers eojoyed it to the fullest extent, Cunningham's music ealivenng the rowpany. The supper was gotten np by our old fiiend Shields in the tinest style. Wine tl wed freely and the davciog was resumed after supper and con- tinved until the email hours of the mo: Amongst the Jadies whose presence graced the ball room were Mies } Miss Harriet B—r, Mics Gerevieve F— 8 Leonora K—r, and the of Louisville ; the charm- B—h, of Jeffersonville ; the Ya M wntfort ; Miss nelonati ; the charming listle bostesaes, and Ellen Sutelds, and many other who did not join iv the dance. certainly one of the most delightfal es in the weet. The qnality of its wed, being every varlety of sulpanr Lac 1 most de- ing Mies Henrie beautiful Mies © Drewnon watering pt 5 Iyheate. There ia pleasant Sind ere, and all sre enjoying its cool shady walks and re- fieshing breezes. Of course, we often wonder why the city peas will cvop themselves up tis hor weather in their close rooms, and almost suffocate, whea they can go to such » pleasant plaee as Dron- nen in five hours’ travel. the pleasantest ronte is by railrord to Eminence, where hacks, up to the ar- lival of the way train, are roJy to biiug visiters threugh without any detention whetever, over a pleasant and shady road to the Springs. A Joury Tar Sartre cxper Fanse Covons.—!i is nothing new to the readers oF pel Ww covered It erature to tncet with @ terrifically surilling bale, of which tie hero isa macine Bloomer, who, for the purpose of revenging sume diabolicalerime perpe- trated by a monster in black whiskers and piratical gear, or for the more romantic purpose of following, incognito, the Oubions fortunes of a bico jacket and dnek trou-ers, reeolves to couceal her cex by taking in all oe nale canvass and donning the habili- “jolly tar.’ These naw ther fiction, for instances « “s garb ona lived in the forecastle, nd the disgudse h; of this king, th: PP, ,* were pro: attention of tone of og rathe: from the rou | too murical and sweet | and brave body of an { m to bis brother any sailor to the stat ject. ppected ate sod uny len eto be periormed. cufess nothing, md ev a e p oblicers air upted to ap- fol, but the onl L6 OF Y eliewe or m, or who bis k e had aby or wot. Lt i Jersey. waem of Lol. Rentye Dewoe, 28, aol 1 gifted we ‘ior! eden Wek } naly ii pieces, Lanis | complimentary toasts on each side, conducted 1 Th ip to | Leal of | on | Leight from te: 2 badly bat | broken to | * . st. | Green Mountain ranges, and ther prodane ¢ } he placed npon the ears hy dermple standing dmerican Marble Quarries at Roxbury. On Saterday last the members of the Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen of New-York, who were specially nominated as a committee on building the new City Hall, left New York by the steamer Empire State, en route for Bos ton, for the purpose of visiting the American Verd Antique marble quarries at Roxbary, Vermont, with a view to ascertain the quality and applicability of the material (discovered there in such vast quantities), for use in the erection of the proposed building for the law courts in the ‘Park, in New York. In consequence of a thick fog on the river the teamer was obliged to measure her paces, and keep blowing most dis- cordant music all vigbt, in order to prevent a collision with other vescels. We ware, there- fore, some hours late in Boston, arriving,at. the Revere House between nine and ten o’elock on Sunday morning. The commitiees, who were accompanied by Mr. Charles Alden, the agent of the quarries, consisted of Aldermen Voorhis and C. H. Tucker, and Councilmen Kimbark, Frye, Schenck, Sammis and Beldon, and were ,oined in Boston by Mr. Sampson, the President, and Mr.Kendall, a large stockholder of the Com~ pany. The other officials, Mr. Whitman ,the Treas- urer, and the Mes1s. M’Caines, met the party at Rexbury. In Boston it was apparent that some of tHe puritanical rules hereto‘ore in force were somewhatrelaxed, Smoking in the streets and on the Common, thet magnificent promenade, even on Sunday, reewed to be a general custom, in whieh colored ns well as white people in- dulged most feely. The afternoon was dall, gloomy, with a thick cold mist from the river, which rendered it dangerous out doors withont an overcoat, while the thermometer with you in New York stood at 88 or 90, On Monday morning the New York committees were waited on by the Mayor of Boston, and a dele- gation from the Commou Council, consisting of Aldermen Odiron, Dunbam, Williams, Dingley and Drake; and Councilmen Plummer, Tiltoo, Goodwin, Rogers, Drew, Clark and Jones, who, after refreshments, at which there were some the visiters from the ‘ Empire City,’ to view the court house, jail, house of correction, and poiice telegraph office, whose wires are rami- fied throughout the whole city. Its workings were clearly erpiinna by the operator. tt appears that ifa fire occurs in any part of the city the fact can be fastnatly commuaicated to the City Hall from metal boxes which are placed at ewery conspicuous corner, the keys action of the elements, the Verd from its favorabie composition, resists bith; the strongest acids producing but slight effervescence. There is a density of quality in it beyond most other marbie: works under the chisel and saw with it facility, and is susceptible of tekiegee ing a bigh polieb, which the weather not dim. There is a saw mill erected at the quarries, where the marble is prepared for the market, aud which, thongh capable of greater power, is now oply partially in operation with three gs of saws, thirty-six saws in each The character. of uarries is such blocks of any size are cbivelled ont with facility, and men of experience haye confidently stated that pillars, four or five feet in diameter, and more than twenty feet in length, can be pro- duced from them. We saw two blocks, each weighing twenty-two tonu, twelve feet by six sae half, chiseled out and ready for the saw mills. ‘The marble is composed of green serpentine Magnetian carbonate of lime and cot t as- Ddestus, miieb a a peculiarly dense quality, and as it is admiri japted for building parposes, its iecampisante ingredients being less than other marbles, there 1s no doubt it will become Pa an article of general use in the United States, and New York, from which the whole country takes its tone, will not fail to lead the example for the encour: 7 of native growth and manufacture, For fronts of stores, for tables, for chimney pieces, for cemetery purpores, for a pedestal or base of a statue, the Verd Antiqne American marble is peculiarly adapted, and I am confi- dent that tor the new City Hal) in the Park it could be used to advan , hot only as to per- manency, but to the equally desirable view of ornamental design. Ido not think, however, fhatan entirely green building would do for the law courts. I should like to see the new City Wall erected on a green base (of the American Verd Antique marble) with green pilastere of the same material, and a white warble body, all capped with bronze. When alternated with white or light colored marble, for the flooring of public or private buildings, the Verd Antique will address itself to the taste of every one as the most complete and orna- menia!, Every American will feel a degree of satisfaction and pride at the knowledge that these quarries, so favorably situated with re- ference to transportation to all markets in the States, are tikely to render the importation of Italian marble altogether impossible from its price and useless from itainteriority. F The American Verd Antique Marble Comper ny was chartered by the Legislature of Ver- mont in 1853. The capital stock of the compa- ny is $400,000, divided into shares of $100 each. The other property of the company, consisting of blocks of marble, mill, ery, tools, &e., amounts to over $10,000, The names of its officers are, William §.. Si ,_ President, Boston; N. F Emmerson, G. W. Pinkerton, Da- of which are left at ihe nearest hotel or public siore, and also with the policeman and watchman of the district. Thus, if a fire is observed by a passer by, he sces printed over the telegraph bex where the key is kept. and (the policeman or watchman not b: nie] McCaine, David McCaine, Arnold Kendall, directors; Joseph H. Whitman, Treasurer; gE P. Walton, Jr., clerk, and Charles Alden, agent, at New York, The quarries were discovered under rather lar circnmstances, by the forthcoming) he can procure the key, and com- municating with the head office by simply tura- ing o crank, the alarm is spread over the whole of Boston in the space of a few minutes. The Boston jailis a perfect ‘model prison ;” it consists of acentre octagon building, with four wings radiating from the North, South, East and West. covering a great surface of ground, divided into cight stories, and each pry containing eight cells ; the galleries are of iron, und extend the entire length of the block. ‘the centre octagonal building, which contrasts tcreibly with the low, dull, damp and gloomy Tombs of New York, measures seveaty-nine feet eightinches square, and eighty-three fect eight inches in height above the surface of the ground. sin beight, the lower one of which chen, scullery, bakery and aundry, and is ou an uniform level with the lower story ceils. The upper story is as one great central guard and in ting room, reaching irom the ceiling of the first story up to the roos cf the building; this room measures seventy-sty feet four inches square. and contains the gaile- ries and staircases connecting with the ga'ie- ries around the outside of the cells in the taree ings. The Aoor of the centre octagonal build: teetal, and all the galeries avd pillars ¢ sume material. The whole edifies is tire proof, built on an airy site, wita the most thorough ventilation and a spirit of cleanliness, hreicets the highest credit on the sheriff di his assistants, reigns througout. The en- e cost of the strocture was somewhat n¢ 600; and to its admirable details, the city ovcroment of New York, te whose lot it may y jail, would do well to adhere p possible to the architectural design ud intemal arrangements of the Bovton 1 House of Correction was next visited, and ited a wholesome state of industry, whore tos were employed at various trodes, then returned to Boston and partook spitelities of the city government, hes and senti- wternity were ponded to. Councilman exhi the Th to the Revere Honee, the nows of Justice Merritt, and N. B. a yloom over the tion. party set out for facturing town of Merrimac, which, it s than a the world. Sivee il nd there eccopt he re may seou with ihe current, The scenery is de- esque and becutiful, On the same city of Manchester, New Hamp- » celebrated of de and ye xt the sea New Yerk rty next ete sud Gelonel y of General 2 rimeut ul show on the rota this the ¢ te views of nes aud rustic litle rity ho travel- house acocomT jis event ter the incopven In the pornin: Roxbury, to vie rs proceeded fean Verd Ane » situate in the wea of about quarries cousist of eight onterops, ra nto one incnored and s ven feet hove the level of the r © of them lie at the foot «f the easterly elo of one of 1 he om | brothers McCaine, (two of the directors of the company.) In appears that Daniel McCaine, a native of Massachusetts, had business in the neighborhood of Roxbury, in May, 1851, and accidentally heard, in the course of conversa- tion with a fyend, at whose house he stopped, that there was a quarry in the vicinage; he visited it, and after some due deliberation, offered the old farmer a certain price for twelve acres, which was accepted, and sub- sequently the young adventurer negotiated until be became possessed of about 150 acres of this rocky mouutain; — were then submitted by McCaine to Or, Jackson, of Boston, Assayer of the Srate of Ms husette, who in an elaborate report, tates that “the marble ia of the kind kvown under the mame of American Verd Antique warble. It is one of the rare varieties of mar- bie, aud is remarkable fur withstanding the action of acidsand other chemical agents which attack common marble.” Mr. Sampzoa and Mr. Whiman purchased a portion of the property from the McCaines, and the company, consisting of the ofiicers above named, was formed. Dan- iel R sua Msvsing cinta brothers, and to ke. not only in personal appearance but in dress, that it is impossible fora stranger to distinguish one from the other. Several curious mistakes are consequently occurring. One of ibem (I sboll not venture to say whether it was Daniel or David ) told ns that their tather, who sometimes does not see them for » month or two, cannot ici! one from the other; though. said he, ‘ our wives never make any mistake.” | The resemblance beiween them is so extraer- divary, that one of our party facetiously re- iaerked, that Daniel wore two plain gold rings | 2 his finger that he might know himself from avid. On the return of the party to Boston, they were again met by their municipal frieats of that city, who took them on a fishing excursion cown the bay. Altogether, the trip was a most delightiul one: the mewbers of the marble compsny and the Busten Common Council viemg with each other in their kindness and hospitalities to the visitors from New York. J. K. Patriots Leaving Spain. More Cul TO THE EMITOR OF THE NERALD, } Cao, Ime 4, 1854, | dit brig Poseano Constantino is advertised to coil hence for New York, on the 7th in | stant, having on board twenty-flve Cabans, who have heen pardoned by the gomeral amneuiy. Among them there are those who accompanied the unfortunate General I and the no less brated Don M 1 Foe Aguero and Don bua Kdnarde del © whore punisiment of death. 1 the gallows was commuted to ten years’ imprison- ment. Ail ore going out with enthusiasm, and hopeful for the: futuro, | » dai culties which now Governmen made by the forme doy has arvived w Ye. eZ, a of nations. ves happy if om dey heon bosun ; and it is 4@ Vanguard of the pow- ‘they have come to our kuowledge, are as f Between 7 and 8 o'clock P. W., the fwo night watchmen of the Oustom House were on duty, as usual, when a light lise: yered in the Surveyor’s Astovished at the sight, one of the copartinrnt. watchmen immedi: sew @ lance Jare. The fire wis 101 ished befare ens damage was done an old speeie ited nnder the desk { TVs or's department, | box Diled with paper of the Ganger’s offic The box was only cor Had the ing, together wth tl would have been in enme tor prea damage bave reached the spot. med. pated ata later honr, the boild- je docnments tiercin, nevt danger of bei ; before the tivemen New 07 { ) wordavile, (1k) | Enguiser, of tho 13th, tells the /ollowing—as aad a | ude Intely beard:—We have just beard | of ¢ ¢errowt acident—the effeets of trigut. A | cok n, teed Bruner, who, with ber how | bond, lived eome sly" miles from this place, wns sup- | pered to Know where some stolen property was eon: | Ccaled, She cenied ah knowledge of the propesty, wherenpon hero e the truth they won.d take her frem the house and harg her. She aiill stout,” denied knowing any- thlig of the prope: and an neared munch Lighten: ed. On their repeatmg the th eat to bang her she | fainted eway, aud died in 9 sho," time alterward. ; She was cneicnie at thotime. Sine? then her has bend, throngh grief from her lows, 0a8 become a moniac. Sach an ocenrrencs shonld py Ove & warn- | ing in fature aa w far cneraion ja Garrigd to words defrne lane w nen, story ab We | are heaped up with all sorts ot merchandise; so ! Mr. Higginson adoeres to his ' he might tuke into ra tolé her that unlowehe told | | | reach ber every week, and perhaps her Hi Qur Besten Carrespendence. Boston, July 22, 1854. The Convention. at Worcester— Its tion—Affairs at Cambridge— Yacht Races— New Buildings—The Nasty Quarter of the Town—The Rioters’ Triole—The Herald on Massachusetts and Tennessec— Statis- tics on Lunacy and Pauperism--Great Numbers of Foreign Paupers and Lunatics in Massachusetts—Death of Mr. Dustin. ‘The Anti-slavery Convention at Worcester on the 20th inst, was numerously attended. and the epéaking was much of it decidedly able. Bat few prominent men of either the whig or democratic parties was present. They are wait- ing their time, I suppose, to see which side the hangman is to be on, and intend to go with him. ‘The speakers were largely of the ministerial or- der. Among them were two Rev. Beechers— Edward and William H.; Rev. Mr. Pierpont, | Rev. Mr. Foster, Rev. Mr. Brewster, and Rev. Mr. Bingham. Most of the laymen who spoke ; tim were well known free soil leaders, such as | Henry Wilson, E. L. Keys, J. L. Swift, L. | Webb, Jr., and others. The exceptions were | by tio ofo remarkable character. Judge Morris, of Springfield, is a respectable whig, but nothing more. Mr. Hinsdale, of Pitts field, ~ do, Most of the gentle- | men figured in the business of | of the meeting were free soilers. All this isthe result of the action of the Whig State Commit- tee, which forbade the whigs having anything to do with the Worcester convention, and the whigs very handsomely obeyed it. But for that edict, the whigs would have been largely represented by their prominent men at Worcester, and the democrats, too——the latter, in this business, being as faithful to the action of the former as the shadow to the substance. The man that tells them how to vote has been round, and put mat- ters all square with them. Some of the lesser officers of the meeting were from the old par- ties, very good men, but not of the class A 1 in | political matters. The truth is that you cannot improvise a party quite so easily as some good | people suppose. These movements, however, will lead to something, but not exactly to what has been calculated upon by the more sanguine portion of the anti-Nebraska men. Their good point js, that they tend to breaking up of the good-for-nothing, worn-out, beggarly, effete, sel- fish, base, contemptible, and sordid old factions, that have had no rules for years, and whose na- tural results are to be seen in the elevation of | knavery and mediocrity to the places of Wirt | and Jackson. In view of this fact, we ought to | rejoice in ail such movements, whether they be | made by anti-slavery men or by pro-slavery men, or any other set of men. Commencement day, at Cambridge. passed off i very well. The exercises of the day were high- | y creditable to the qonne gentlemen who bore e principal parts in them. One of the three young gentlemen who were not admitted to the competition for the sort of honors current on the jon, was Mr. Winthrop’s son—a youth of xa aga Sey who has ote of that eccentricity w! 8 supposed to accompan: genius. the 99 persons who applied for Mission to the college, 88 were successful, The | celebration of the Alumni, on the 20th, was ve- | ry successful. Mr. Felton’s oration was scho- | larlike and elegant. Among those present was | Mr. Quincy, Sen., who graduated at Har- vard sixty - oe eee ago. There was quite a | collection of jiant men present, and not even the heat of the weather could mar the pleasure of the occasion, though it did not cer! add much to it. The next collegiate year will com- mence August 31. The ~ Triennial Catalogue” of Harvard col- lege, publivhed on commencement day, contains 166 pages beside the index, which extends to 60 pages. Ithas the names of all the graduates of the institution from 1642 to 1854, the y¥ naming of which years. as the beginning a the ending of a certain period, is most sugges- tive to those who are familiar with the history of Massachusetts. It appears from this cata- logue that there have been graduated at Har- vard 6,312 persons. Of these, 4,339 are dead. The number of clergymen among those is 1,797, of whom only 351 are now living. The col- lege has cor-ferred honorary degrees on £98 per- sons. Of the surviving alumni the oldest is Thad- deus Fiskl, of West Cambridge, who is ninety- Nok dayne! age. He was of the class of 1786, and survived his graduation day 68 years. He is a native of Weston, There are four othera who are above ninety years, and thirty-two are between eighty and ninety years, The Montgomery Guards made a very favor- ae impression. They area fine company of | military. There are to be two yacht races in our har- bor next Saturday, July 29th. The first is to | be open to all boats of ten tons aud upwards, | and the prizes to be competed for are a gold | watch, aspygluss, snd a compres. The second | will be open to all boats ander ten tons, and the prizes are to be a silver watch and a spyglass. | The old bnildings on Pearl street. between | Purchase and Broad strects, are to be taken | down, and 8 great granite block to take their | place. Mr. Elijah Li Bi who owns the estate, | pt | will erect the block. One ran hardly believe | that he is on Pearl street when walking up or down it in these days. The buildings are now ; pretty much all great stores. and its sidewalks that there is no cxaggeration to vay that they bave ceased to be vi much use to the class of | pedestrians, Yet it is hut a few years since that | street was one of the moot quiet in town, and | eminently the headquarters of literatmre and art. The Atheneum had its and it was a favorite querter for cx pictures, ard co forth. The change tha ing on must soon take in the nacly quar the town, including Purely Brood, end afl that nest of streets that pout them, which are more intensely dirty t Boston. I bad the curt netrate into thr, than Cole: he counted, 1 think, thr. cient Roman city. £ tirtnk of Irivh children there; Tam rot sure that there was’n t to be mederste in t ese general estima’ Veeh wasdlirtier than the other, ye i eu were perfect beaut i futance Wish ronp a vem fit mo s @ls for pr The vrowi v dirtier | Jeatial, Ppeopiey f then the children. Th end Teo: cluded bo jm y rese.rebes ia | hatqnarer aotil som aiter the eom- meneement of antunn. Leaw with pleasure the | rising «f the immesee granite editices on the | ekints of this fl hy On, and besyeen which ii must soon be * eri ont’ of existence, | Cloacina giving wey to Mammon. Morally, the change wilt © touch tor the better, but physicaily, the improvement will be a great ove There will be no trial of the Burns riot cases until next September. 1 do sot hear whether intention to plead ed a mor- anything presnme, na indict. guilty or not. He is vo un tal that Tshoild not be sry tis lead to ¢ however, that he never yet bi ment read. Jude Loar will be ib pleased at having got rid of what world ba on to bim an unpleasant lark, the trial of sow of his old friends, Remo of our was unjust to in an article j people he Hirao days sinee, | ison between | } | io, fa Mee mat- Massachusetis cally, as to have more | than her s of paupers, of every kind, that bave no claim upon her good offices exeopt that | which proceed from their misery. Place Ten- neseve at & point where emigrant ships can ists of paupcrs would be greatly ineressed. Place Moseaehusetta in snch 4 position as Tenneseee, 0 the pomber of her paupers would | —was 385; of | represents ti more, but it's best | + Bo matter whether rhe elpp whee d free State, It was once tune—to bold for's shor an ‘post tien that gave me very ateertainiog tbe facta with relailee teers ie charitatle institutions, and T aa‘ cqeuy Dosing ibe ending November ear 1862, there “were Tramitted ato the State Hospital, at Worcester. 128 foreigners—that is, persons who bad no residence in Mama. chusetts, and though -five patients of the same class were, during came Ratiod, dis- een t yada ‘very rapid na Bt » a v crease of this clase ot in iaxe for whom Innucy her institutions are no more responsible than they are for the existence of the cholera. There were but -foar upers at the Worcester i in large numbers, Toward the close of the year 1851, the whole number of Irish peuper lona- tics in fever hospitals—namely, at orcester, at South Boston, at Norwich, and at Cambridge iF n, 27; of Scotchmen, 8; of Frenchmen, 5; of and I 2 each; of British provincials, oe of natives slaveholding States of this Union, 5; of the whole num! of ‘in 1851, were su) the State, wholly or in part, more than four-fifths were either or born of terse parents, When such facta are patent to all, resting upon the most rigidly correct of documents, it is hardly fair, I > to assume a superiority for Tennessee at our expense. The Tennessee planter who has a negro old in his service must support him, and does not regard him asa pauper. In Massachusetts there ure no permanent ties be- tween employer and employed, and wherever a. man is so unfortunate as to a ~ pe there he must be a . If he ave no legal eetilement, then must the State support him. In consequence of this in- flux of foreign puupers, our laws, daring the last two years, have been so changed asta. meet the evil, to some extent, and the paupers. are compelled to work, where their strength ia sufficient to allow of it. The change has beew productive of good results. Mr. Dustin’s death has excited very lively regrets among his numerous acquaintances here. He was an excellent man, very high- minded, and destined, we all believed, to afigure in our national political history. His. appointment to a reeponsible place in a terri-- tory that is rapidly growing to importagos was looked upon by his friends as the tiret step in a career that they were confident would be brilliant and ueeful. Mr. Rantoul, whe was 3, ood judge of men’s abilities and ought very highly of Mr. Dustin in both re- spects, It is an inferior matter, but I think he was the handsomest man that I ever saw. ALGOMA. ii Our Florida Corre: ° JACKSONVILLE, Florida, July 17,1854. due Democratic State Convention—Con- gressional Nominations—Grand Whig Meeting—Revival of the Party, The democrats of this State assembled ia convention at Madison on Monday last, and nominated Hon. A. E. Maxwell for re-eleciiom to Congress by a unanimous vote, Hon. E. C. Cabell, having declined a nomina- tion by the whigs, for Congress, has been placed on the legislative ticket of that party in Leon county. Being decidedly the strongest man of that party in the State, great regret is {mani-- fested at his declension as a Congressional can- didate. Several other leading whigsin various. sections of the State have also declined to en- ter the contest for Congress. One of the largest and most enthusiostic whig meetings ever held in Duval county came off at the court house in this place on the 15t!: inst. Gen. Benjamin Hopkins presided, and George Stone, -» (county Clerk) acted -a« Secretary. A tion was possed calling: for s State Convention of the whig party at Al- ligator, on the eccond Monday of August next, and recommending the nomiaation for Con- greesman of ex-Governor Thomas Brown. Spiri- ted and effective remarka were made by Messrs. J. W. Bryant, F.C. Barrett, C. Drew. Geor, W. Call, which seemed to revive the old w! irit and make it appear that the is no} lead, but possessed of more “Pally than ever. Ex-Governor Brown has also been recommen~ ded by the whigs of Leon and Gadsden coun- ties, as their choice for the Congressional nomi- nation. He will. without douht, be the nomi- nee of the party; and, being hard to beat on the stump, will undoubtedly give Mr. Maxwell a. much closer run than he or his friends imagine. I would not be surprised if he chould be tri-- umphantly elected. Sr. Jonxs. Useful Hints to Ranke FH. New York, July 18, 1x54. YO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. The many suggestions which have been made for the prevention of benk note counterfeits, | appear to be of no avail. J, therefore, present the following, believing it to be the only sare means of preventing an issue of fraudalent k notes. Let the Presidents of all the banks in this city, or even all in the Union, have a meeting hy appointment ot some centrat | point, and resolve upon ihis method. First, appoint one manulooturer of bank note paper, to manufacinro for each bao that may have a \t the meeting, paper of a red- dich er Lineish ¢ cach bill having apon it the name ot the maker, President, and Cashier f the by ended, in what is ame as the . Let it he se- font, and the restrictions imposed 1¢ Maker, a8 stringent as those whiely govon the maunfactuer of goveroment en- rable The k would be of no aceonut check upoa ries of their reperted. Some the foregolag, and uidity—Dat let hiw i will be satisfied. is pre bono publiew = aN Onn Reaper. new —The newspaper called the State ished at Portland, says that ono of” i cver witoessed at the White found-at Tackermau’s Re s from the Gin Henge, It jow, spduniag the the rocks from toe sum- untaine. The ravine is the recepte- ow that blows from the top of Mount: ngton, end there ean he no doubt that dort " ter it accumulates to the depth of ports hendied feet. Astle brook begins to ran im the spring it wears ite woy through under the anow, which gradually melte’ awey at the roach at sumer, making tie cavity jarger and larger. On tho Joth of daly this ravine was visited by several gentlemen, one ef thom being un engineer, by whom the arch was meosured. it was found tobe 190 fect long, Si wide, and 40 feet high on the inside,. and 266 feet long and 40 feet wide on the ontside. The snow bbe J the aron 's 20 feet thick. The gentlemen walked through the arch in the bed of” the brook, and ate their dinner at the foot of the cataract, Which fails @ thousand feet down the aida. of the mountains, The arci ison the southeast aide of the mountain, and f* exposed to the tays of the s0n during most of the day. Lest yoor is remained until Angmé 1éth, when a warm rain of several days cgatinnasce melted it away,