The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1854, Page 2

TEE SUMMER RETREATS. Watters aud Things at the Watering Places. Letters from Saratoga Springs, Lake Mahopac, Newport, Lake George, Patchogue, &e., &., ko, Correspondence of the Now York Herald. NEWPORT, Newport, R. 1, Auoust 9, 1854. Height of the Season—Expenses at the Hotels ~—WNewport Society—Scarcity of Young Men— Robbery of Strangers, &c., &e. The season of gaiety and folly at this much talked of “ watering place’’ is now at itsheight, and everything js run fast, to make the most of the brief period allowed for the Newport people to make strangrs bleed, and mancuvring mammas.to work off surplus daughters, that, like old stocks of goods, are ket from last sea- son, with faint hopes of a customer, and because they can’t helpthemselves, The hotels are full at last, and visitors are supposed to be enjoying themselves. At any rate, they are going to great expense, under the belief that they must get something for their money. Some do, and maay do not. From close observation for some years, I am satisfied that the visitors at New port comprise principally the old fogies. Each year shows a falling off in young and iuarringe- able men. Think of that, oh, ye fond mothers with fonder hopes for better luck next timo, Every one wonders why it is so, especially the anxious mothers whose davghters are ont, It is easily accounted for. One reason is that no man of sense wanting a wife would come here to look for one, and his time is much more agreeably spent in catching tautog and bass than being fished for himse'f, with a faded belle for a bait. The hook shows, and he must bite. Secondly, the expense of making a respectable appearance in Newport is about equal toa tour in Europe. The time was when the price of living did not exceed that item in New | York, but now every man, woman, and | child from any other piace is considered fair { plunder, and, in Rhode Island lingo, they “put | it tew ‘em.’ There is not an old maid with an extra 7x9 room ina ricketty old house, with ceiling 30 low as to fill one’s head with white- wash, that don’t expect to let it toa family at the moderate charge of $2 per day each per- son. They insist tuata double bed makes a double room, the single not admitting the per- goa to get into bed in the usual manner; the | Hee Hi accomplished by vaulting over the foot- : rd. The people are crazy. and blind to their own interest. Such a mistaken policy must even- tually drive away all sensible people of mode- rate means, who cannot afford to spend in a two months’ sojourn at Newport the reaper of a year’s business, The hotels are full, and nearly all the pe houses have “taken in’ strangers until they are running over—to a neighbor's fora night’s lodging—and the ball is fairly opened. The Germania band, as editors tay, “discourses sweet sounds” at the | Ocean, Atlantic, and Bellevue, while a less os- | tentatious hand, composed of some of Jullien’s | solo players, do likewise at the Touro and | Agridneck; by the way, is there a musician row !’’ Others there are that put on a white with a of melaa- now and then, that he bait is thrown shall flatter him- self that he has power to charm the cloud from such deep gorrow. Indeed, weeds spoil a wo- man. Sheislike an unchained dog. and she displays an accumulation of frivolities that, as a maiden or wife, she could not indulge. The next specimen has taken a prize of yore, and now, resting on her laurels of by-gone days, she is still well preserved, and has some notoriety for a name, begged, borrowed, or bought, to a “title page.” has its price, and men of fortune never buy de- crepitude—for when the senses are dulled, the eye becomes a sober judge ; and there are many of such judges here ; so it is as well to be sold as to buy. I cannot omit to mention the chief judge in this great fair. He is a descendant of a Presi- dent. No woman ever talked louder. The wave of his august hand is a decision. His nod is a blessing to those who have not passed the holy stairs of fashion. voi LAKE GEORGE. Lake Groreg, 8th month, 8th day, 1854, Affairs at Lake George—Rush for the He- rald—No Cholera—Fishing, &¢., §c. The first sensation after escaping from the glowing pavements and heated city is filled with pleasure; the next is sympathy for those we leave behind, who, in spite of the heat and dust, are obliged to toil on for their support, in spite of weather, unable to snuff the couutry air or enjoy a breathing spell. By cars and stage we came to this fair spot, celebrated for its beauty and associations with the past, its islands and battle grounds, where holy blood was spilt for liberty. Ihave been to fashionable watering places where there was vaught but dress; but to sit down iaa for its purity, is a luxury that few enjoy. Here there is no slavery to fashion, but a com- fortable enjoyment—one which can be found at few places. A comfortable hotel, pleasant boarders, cool weather and good fishing, are the characteris- tics of this place. It is very easy of access by the steamer Jobn Jay, Capt. Farr. It has no equal, in my opinion, as I have experienced pleasures here to which Saratoga, Newport, &c., are “no circumstance.” There is a great rush for the Heravp on the arrival of the steamer, and by night it is well worn. But we ee, see the Times or Tribune, but rarely, as the Heratp seems to be the “stand by.”” We read of the ravages of the cholera in New York and the principal cities; but as yet it has not dared to invade this vale. The fishing here is the best in the lake. Bass, are generally caught; the firet especially, which is the best game fish I ever hooked, Trout brooks are plenty around here, as well as trout hooks. Bathing is fine; asandy beach, where after dinner and segars, there is a great splashing. Then in the evening twilight the ladies take a row, some of whom can handle the oar like“ one to the manor born.” On Pic Nic island there is a party camped out for two weeks—fine musicions, who have given us arich treat in music once or twice. But pa- ticnce and paper don’t last always. so adieu. Izaak Watton. LAKE MAHOPAC. Lake Manorac, Aug. 10, 1854. running around loose in the whole country that was oot one of Jullien’s “solo players?” ~Add- | ed to these attractions, an enterprising follow- | er of Barnum has established the “Happy Fa- | mily” under a booth opposite the Atlantic, | which, on account of being almost the only one in Newport, certainly ought to be a ca- | riosity ; and last, not least, the organ | grinders make night hideous ith their | perpetual lament for that extinguished gentie- | maa “Uncle Ned,’ who has gone to a place | to which one mentally consigns the inven tor of that well-defined instrament for mit- | night torture. And as the ‘valley of pe aad quietness” has risen to a quarter of a dol and organs are very plentiful, rust not h affected the crop, ithas got to be a very pensive affair. Newport at the present time is ene grand fe- menine Tattersalls, and daily may be seen all the best points of the before-mentioned mar riageable daughters, as they are trotted up and down the halls of the hotels, well groomed and appointed, the old ladi eeping a sharp eye on them to see they don’t “break” or show signs of “ founder” from long service | on the course. Beaus are lamentably scarce, andthe demand | very great, anything that looks like aman (aud some things that don’t) are eagerly appropri | ated, A clumsy fellow can tread on his part- | ner’s toes, or tear ber dress now with impunity. | She dare not quarrel for it’s him or nobody. The Atlantic house is even worse off than the | others, the company being mostly on the quiet | order—by some voted “ slow’’—the consequence | being “a very dull prospect’’ for a score of la- | dies who don’t want to get married, and coulda’t be prevailed on to do such a thing on any oc- } eount—of course net. To-morrow the grand yacht race comes off, | of which I will tell you; and every yacht is | being put in order, having their bottoms scraped, rigging eet up, sails bent, dc. L. SARATOGA SPRINGS. Saratoca, August 10, 1854. The “ Fair’ —Classification and Criticism of the Ladies, &c. Fairs have been the rage for some years, and | I have seen many, but the one most astounding, the most novel to me, is this one—at the United | States, Saratoga. To classify the articles ac- cording to science, they come under the head of genus man. It is true, malice might put them down to the manufacturing interest, but for that just go and blame Dame Nature. Man | has decreed, after bis august self, that woman | 5s the superlative of all the races. Now,Ishall ; Degin to describe them according as they stand a the list for prizes :— No. 1 occupies a nook, on the bazk piazza a little above the usual height, gracefal as a | giraffe; face with faults, bat with so maoy beautics that the defects are thrown into the shade; form, too, anatomically developed; a head perhaps a litle inclined to desire admi- ration. In spite of these defects she is pat down by the judges for the first prize. Men adore, women admire the dress, of which they are better judges than of female perfections. ‘The vote has been unanimous, from the bowing head of silver sixty to the beardless boy in his firet score of years. This superb being is in Ahe possession of a serious man, whom many ity and all envy. No more of him; he is not | if ze. Hore sisada near the aforenamed article. | She comes from a nw Hone has dark eyes | that burn like young volcanoes, and her proud carriage tells ite race and breeding, as an Arab | horse, without mistake. No. 3 is @ Western fair, all smiles and ambi- tions of courting, as well as of being courted. | Nature has been bountiful in shoulders and arms, and art has done the rest. I have not ih yet if she is voted a Many others there are that deserve to honorably men- tioned for their fine eyes—the only thing that one'is cure is not falee. Next I come to an artificial race, not yet put down by men of science as a distinct class, i.¢., widows. There are several, but they t 80 muoh, that I must describe them apart. The first 1 would give the prize to, if I was judge, is her whose is ugly, form graceful—de- eidediy the deaw ideal of a widow. No sigh- ing over spilt milk, nor affecting decorum tn deep cenpe, but boldly sets aside the weeds, avd bangs cut a sign of violet colors, Ste | k © cat weeping don't become her, and 1 daly se, "The grave has ehroudyd my sor- ex- | | ments almost every evening, in the bs i | is very bard.to accomplish any thing. | tions for visitors, with no lack of win’s—Amusements at Mahopac, &c. Thave observed many letters from the vari- ous watering places, in your valuable paper, and but few mentions of this delightful lake. Twonld, therefore, beg to call its attention to | yourself and many patrons. After leaving New York by the Harlem Railroad. you stop at Croton Falls, where you find a sufficient num- | ber of conveyances to carry youtothe Lake. A distance of six miles is soon accomplished by the stage, and you are brought up in front of luwin’s Hote], where you meet with many pretty faces to give you a happy greeting. Baldwin's this season is not so gay as former- ly. though there are many attractioas for the young gents, in the way of pretty ladies. Miss ie B . of New York, though not a is at the same time very fascin- the very interesting Mrs. K-——a is the disposition are appreciated by her many admir- ers. Directly opposite to Baldwin’s is Gregory's Hotel, There you meet with more life and | gaicty than at any house at the Lake. The accommodating proprietor endeavors to do his utmost to please his guests, and, I think, suc- ceeds remarkably well. The beautiful Miss A——, of Bridgeport: the sweet little Miss Julia B——, of New York, and the very in- | teresting Miss J——, of Fifth avenue, add much to the attractions at Gregory's. We have but one other house at this place—Thompson’s. It is considered, and decidedly is, the most aristo- cratic house at the Lake. They have amuse- leaux, Kc. The very elegant and stylish Miss M——, and the pretty Miss P——, of New York, are very much admired. The amusements for the ladies, and they deserve much credit for their endeavors, particularly in their attempts at riding partice, for with such stupid men to deal with as our livery brig a PATCHOGUE. Patcnocve, Suffolk County, L. 1, August 5, 1854, j Situation ef Patchogue—The Inducements for Visitors—Scenery, Politics, &c. After an abortive attempt to rusticate at Long Branch, from the fact of an extraordinary press of visitors, your correspondent betook | himself to this hitherto secluded spot, to enjoy an uninterrupted term of peace and enjoy- ment, and commune alone with that fair goddess whois in such gaudy attire arrayed to welcome a careworn denizen of the metropolis, for nature | here spreads out one of her richest and most voluptuous feasts to those who can appreciate that divine creative faculty. Here there is a continued succession of lake and woodland scenery, and every species of recreation to be fountl elsewhere, for those benighted souls who are eternally toiling under a sense of city re- | striction. Patchogue is situated about sixty miles from New York by the Long Island railroad, and of | late yearshas become qnite a thriving village. Mr. Roe, the gentlemanly proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, has provided ample accommoda- Amusement, and is very careful of administering to their bodily comfort. All are uuaciaous fe accord- bn de the highest meed of praise for kind attention, and there is every prospect during the coming season for a goodly influx of visit- ors to this delightful retreat., Once celebrated, it will in due time be liberally patronized. For miles around, the scenery ig enchanting. Here is the picturesque little bay of Brookha- ven, over which we cross to the beach. On landing. the firet thing arresting the stranger's attention is the sullen, monotonous roar of the ocean—even in its calmest moments grand and sublime. The waves roll up the beach eter in terrible majesty, and the shore as far as the eye can reach is covered with foam Sea bathing here far exceeds Cape May, in my estimation. and it is to be regretted that a place offeriag «0 many inducements should have been up to this time almost unknown. The water is not ex- eclled by our own Croton, and the fare equally | excellent. There is aa abundance of water- power from these beautiful little lakes, that stud the country in this section; and dishing and shooting are liberally practiced. Then comes a fair daughter of Eve with a | disputed legacy. But need she care? Beauty | quiet, cool spot on the banks of a lake noted | trout, pickerel and perch are the fish which | Conveyance to the Lake—The Ladies at Bald- | ght of the house+her gaicty and amiable | of tab- | gentlemen are constantly getting up | numerous, and I am somewhat surprised at often dispisyed in dis cursing the current topics of the day. The present imbecile and corrupt administration is universally condemned, and Franklin Pierce heralded forth as the great — of the iy Politicians time—without principle or nt. This is doubtless severe. but these sons of the soil are remarkably plain and pungent. The Hixrap is read with avidity, and is looked up to as the only true exponent of public opinions. Let all who have a wish for a week's recrea- tion come here, I believe I have given it a suf- ficient recommendation, to which others are duly qualified to testify. W.C. TAUGHANIC FALLS. Cataract Hovsg, Taughanic Falls, | Tompkins County, N.Y., Aug. 7, 1854. 5 | Route to the Falls—Description of them— Hotel Accommodations, &c., &¢c. Spending a short time in the country, away ' from the noise and bustle of city life, and having found one of the most beautiful retreats in the | State, { cannot refrain from giving you, and | through your Heraxp, the “rest of mankind,” | a short account of it. Leaving New York city | in the morning, at 5 o’clock, by the New York and Erie Railroad, we passed over the road as | far as Owego, where I arrived about 5 o'clock | P.M. From Owego I immediately took the | train of cars in waiting on the Cayuga and | Susquebtnnah Railroad (by the way, one of | the best managed railroads in this country, | there never having been an accident on the road by which life was lost, as I am informed) | or Itbaca, which place we reached about 7 | o'clock the same evening. bd | Ithaca is situated at the head of Cayuga Lake, inan amphitheatre formed by surround- | ing hills. Theapproach to the village (soon to be a city) by the Cayuga and Susquehannah | Raiiroad, is fine beyond description. You first see the place from the summit of South hill, immediately below you, nearly three hundred | feet. covered by a forest of shade trees—from which fact is derived the name by which it is often called “Forest City.” Ithaca is the county seat of Tompkins county, | and is a large and very thriving place. and has | a population of nearly seven thousand. Remain- | ing over night at the Clinton House, a well or- , dered and appointed hotel, the next moraing I left, by steamer Forest City, on the silvery wa- ters of Cayuga Lake, for this the finest water | fall in the State. Set down the lake ten miles to Port Deposit, I left the steamer, and | took carriage for Trumansburg, a beau- | tiful village, in a most fruitful and | charming country, it being the garden of the | Genesee country, producing the Genesee wheat, | of great celebrity—and from Trumansburg to this romantic and quiet retreat. Taughanic Falls are situated about ten miles | from Ithaca, one mile from the Western shore of Cayuga Lake, and about two miles from Tru- { mansburg, upon Halsey’s river—at some sea- | sons of the yeara large and raging stream, | taking its rise in the highlands, between Cayu- ga and Seneca Lakes, running through the gently undulating and fertile lands, having up- on,its borders a large number of mills. Abcut one mile above the Falls, it seems as if | nature had tried to form an impassable barrier rising abruptly some one hundred feet. rock, has, by degrees, worn an immense chan- nel. For this relia to the further progress of the river, the a { at | the water, first entering some fissure of the | the stream passes through a , house, and probably, the game number at no other place. have the same i or more sensible and asics pleasures, Entire sociability reigns throughout. No senseless at- tempts to outdo each other in dress; none of those eupremely ridiculous airs of attempted exclu- siveness, which causes so much mirth to the really worthy, is seem here; but amiability is the ruling grace, each seeming to strive to make the short sojourn of ths other pleasant and agreeable. On withdrawing from this ‘ summer home,” the acquaintances formed here are at an end or not, justas each may choose. We have the usual quantity of bowling and billiards, an unusual quantity of rides, and rambles through the hills,a little flirting and a vast deal of dancing. The Southern belle is as Lrilliaut here as elsewhere, while the Northern beauty gains additional charms in this soft, in- vigorating, health-inspiring mountain air. The house itself is under the management of our old hosts of the Waverley, Blake & Reade. Mrs. Reade, who is Minister of the Interior, neglects nothing to make her guests comfortable and contented. In short, this is a place once visi- ted, will be sure to be selected again for a sum- mer retreat. Sr. Antooyy, Jr. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. Hvupson, Covmpra Counrr, Aug. 8, 1854, Scenery of the Catskill Mountains— View from Mount Merino—An Interesting Re- miniscence. Weare in the country! Away off from the noise, and hurry, and bustle of city life, but not free from the intense heat of summer. The thermometer should be more depressed, for a dark cloud has hung over it for the last hour, with a dampening aspect, but, notwithstanding, the mercury will not fall below the nineties. But the cloud, at least, protects us from the sun’s scorching rays, and from beneath its shadow we can the better trace the outline of the Catekill range. Here, on the top of Mount Merino, (why so named I cannot conceive,) is the spot of all others to gain a view of these grand moun- tains. Resting your gaze fora few moments upon the “swift flowing stream,” watching, it may be, the sportive frolic of the lazy stur- geon, or the quicker motion of the striped bass, as they dart from beneath the surface after their prey, casting innumerable miniature rainbows around them, as they sink again to renew the chase; pausing with wonder at the mistake made by the good old Dutchmen in getting on the wrong side of the river, and not making Athens the city instead of Hudson— the former having every natural advantage— and then letting your vision bound, as it were, up the gentle slopes, until with one spring it rests upon the summit of the highest peak, with the clear blue sky for a background. Oh! who could not gaze on such a scene for ever? Are we enthusiasts? Well, we may be. Our city pictures are placed in smaller frames than this; and if our admiration here is boundless, eo is the splendor of the mighty view before us. With the aid of our glass (not of spirits— we are “high” enough already without) we can discern the objects, human or otherwise, with perfect minuteness. Yet much is left to conjecture. Where does that road lead to? | Is there any trout in that stream? Do pedes- trians ever reach that point? | | gorge walled up with stone from one hundred and seventy-five to two hundred feet high, the | sides being perpendicular. At the Falls, the | | immense walls of stone wing off to the right and | left, the water falling perpendicular two hun- | dred and ten feet into a ravine from three hundred and seventy to four hundred feet deep. At this season, it being very dry, there is not a the width of the water making the fall being about fifty feet, The water, in its descent, soon after leaving the top of the fall, separates | iteelfinto a dense white spray, and looks like an | immense gauze veil. From the foot of the fall, ihe immense ravine continues about one mile, the stream meandering through it untilit unites | tself with the fair waters of Cayuga Lake. It is strange that these fa’ re not more known, It known as they should, there would be no greater place of resort in the State. The lake views here equal anything to be found on the Hudson river. most charming place of resort. great depth of water running over the falls— | It is,f can assure you, a! There are two | What house is that half hid in that clump of trees? ‘ Hold! Of that house or shed I can tell you something. Five years ago, four young men, students B your busy city, during the usual | summer vacation, projected a pedestrian tour | through, or over these mountains. With knap- | sacks on their shoulders, and with sufficient “dimes,” they started. Their peregrinations | extended over the whole range; they were well, and enjoyed the scenery, and endured the fa- | tigue, as only the lover of nature's grandeur | can enjoy and endure; but here, about taking the last look of the surrounding grandeur pre- paratory to the descent, one of their number was seized with fainting fits, and was of course unable to proceed. To shelter him from the | sun, bis companions, with affection’s ready | handicraft, collected some broken trunks and branches of trees, and hastily crected that | shed, which since then has ree: ived some addi- tions. But poor B, grew worse; and, after a sleepless night, they managed to carry him to New York capitalists, are a for the com- of the house. It bore Soi attraction, ich very few can eplendid grove forming part of ite , which, when put into proper condition, as it soon will be, will bave no equal in the: gone. & park ors square, wi fe terms in their ; but a moble grove, abound in tat et ae ed always by Apher eens The spot will be worth a fortune to the proprietors, and to the visitera in July and August it will have » vo eget juable site of this hotel was given to the by the families of the late Peter B. and Judge Porter—who were the proprietors of the tract—for the ed of the hotel, as indace- ment to build it, Phe jouse is in the immediate vi- cinity of the ferry across the river,and the suspen sion bridge, and, in our view, bas @ position, differ- ing, somewhat,indeed, but fuily equal to the Clifton, on the Canad shore. The inhabitanta of the village of Niagara Falls bave done good to themselves and their Dispesiataip, by the widening and cleansing of the streets, and the removal of a number of old, ruinous and unsightly buildings, which spoiled the looks of the place made the way to the river unpleasant. More could with advantage be remov- ed; but, as the work has commenced, it will Toonmne a delight 1 sn raha beta! 8a ‘al twas by the Creator. The hotelis to be finished and put into working condition as soon as ible, and when in order there will be ag the Falls what has long been wanted—room enon, for visiters. The Cataract and the Internati are excellent in their way, but another house is required, so that all comers msy beaccommodated with rooms for the whole season for themselves and families. There is no reason why persons should keep themselves cooped up at all summer when so many at- tractions invite them to Niagara Falls, where bu- man beings may spend the season in a rational manner, with benefit to themselves as physical and moral beings. Our Stenben County Correspondence. Barn, (Steuben county,) Aug 18, 1854. The County of Schuyler Nullified— Decision ofa Judge Pronouncing the Law Unconsti- tutional—The Fruits of Lobbying Des- troyed. The hundred thousand daily readers of the Heratp will recollect that during the sessions of the New York Legislature for the last do- zen years, much time has been spent, and terri- ble excitement existed upon, the subject of di- viding the county of Steuben. Every year, as certain as the Legislature convened, the con- troversy was renewed, and the parties for and against a division were so equally balanced in | both legitimate branches and in the lobby, that no conclusion could be satisfactorily arrived at. The contestants were the lawyers, some residing at Bath, the county seat, others in the different villageson the Erie road and elsewhere. A law was finally adopted in 1853, by which Steu- ben kept her jurisdiction and her territory, but for the accommodation of the scattered petti- foggers, the county was divided into two jury or judicial districts, authorizing the Governor to appoint disinterested commissioners to locate a seat of justice for the new half shire. The vil- lage of Addison, being nearest the centre, was conceded on all sides to be the ‘oper place where the new eotity EMESIS aA a ld be located; but instead of which, the commissioners, for reasons not yet satisfactorily Meat and likely never to be, selected the village of Corning, lying in the extreme south-east corner of the county. This produced the greatest disappointment and mortification to the friends who obtained the passage of the law, and also to nineteen-twen- tieths of the people residing in that — of the county who were to have been benefitted by the half shire. Finding that there was no possible method by which the decision of the commissioners could be upset, an attempt was made to repeal the law, but the influence at Corning and this city was too potent to per- mit it. Then a powerful lobby appeared, and urged the necessity of a new county from parts of Steuben on the west, and a tier of towas from Allegany on_the west, comprising eight or | ten towns. The lobby succeeded in one branch of the Legislature. The oppo- nents then saw that the only chance of defeating the new county was to make it a po- | litical question. Wm. M. Hawley and other | Gemecrats were the leaaing applicants, who wanted the county seat at Hornellsville, where py owned the requisite sites for the county buildings. The whiygs thought they saw a cat in the meal bag, in the shape of a strang demo- cratic county, should the law pass. Imm>- | hotels here in the woods, the best being the | the pearest road in the valley, where they | diately a counter application was made, Chas. Cataract House, kept by J.S. Halsey, a very | were fortunate to secure Soak venk to the | Cook, of Chemung, repaired to the lobby. Be- commodious house, and supplied with an abun- | dance of good things to satisfy the appetite. In his reading room, among other papers, you al- ways find the weil known face of the Herat. If any from your corps editorial see fit to visit this place, I will warrant them a warm re- | ception and good fare. They will also thank me a thousand times for penning you this hasty letter. nnd Viator. NEWBURG. Powenton Ho Newn ugust 9, Adeay 4. § tels, &e., &e. It has appeared a little singular to many of the sojourners at this delightful summer retreat, that, while posting your army of correspon- dents at various points throughout our land, you should have neglected this. A want of knowl- edge of this particular locality, and the many natural beauties which surround the place on every side, to say nothing of those within the walls of the “ Powelton,” must be your excuse ; for [can assure you that there are few places at home or abroad that can at all compare with it, and none which is graced with a more select and intelligent class of summer wanderers. Sit- uated back and north of the village of New- burg, about one and a half miles, and about eight hundred feet above, and overlooking | the noble Hudson, with a back grouad as picturesque as the “hills of Dutch- ees,” are grand and beautifal, with oa view up the river for miles, every one of which contains a subject worthy the pencil of a Cole. Then to the right looking towards New York, you see the mighty embattloments of nature rearing their stupendous heights high towards | the heavens, and whose brows seem to frown upon the dark waters at their feet, for daring to force its way into their very bowels, and _tear- ing asunder their natural and fraternal embrace, Well may old St. Anthony bow his towering head, or even blow his Dutch nose in sorrow that he ie thus separated forever from his bro- thers “ over the way.” Indeed, it is altogether a splendid view—a study, a poem—and Pleasing it is to know that =v, petiiene o — ie taste v8 8e- | lected sites in this glorio picturesque neigh- borhood for their summer ‘abales = The grounds of many of these “ gentlemen farmers” are broad indeed, and well laid outia | gravelled walks and carria~« 2ys, planted with | the choicest forest and fruit trees, and all made most inviting. Here the Powells, Hulls, the Algers, the Delanoes, Betts, Eltiotts and Balls, and above ali the mach lamented | Downing, have each strove, and not in | vain, to pe for be mAh B borat unsurpassed forrtaste and elegance. Here, is the old and much venerated stone house, built in 1751, and occupied by Washiagton as | his headquarters during the revolutionary war. | Idlewild is but fone morning trot from the | Powelton, and a dozen other wilds just as idle. | Orangelake, and other “sweet spots,” aud de- | lightfui roads leading to all these various points, | are a few of the pleasing surroundings of the | good Powelton House. Fromits balconies, the | Sojourner can take in witha single sweep of the | eye. all this and mach more; but there are al- | terations within, not to he overlooked or stight- | ed. But what can [ aay of the inmates of this | summer retreat To say the ladies are beau- tiful, brilliant, charmiag, seems to be following too closely the stereoty; adulation of the fair and purer sex. I shall be guilty of nosuch ; idle goseip. ( There is about one hundred gnests ia tae nearest steamboat landing. Homeward they journeyed, sad and dispirited—lately, so gay | and buoyant. B. never recovered: a few weeks | | of intense suffering past, and he reposed in | Greenwood One of his companions, H., | sleeps near him, and a few weeks ago, the only survivor of that merry party, preached a fune- | ral sermon over the remains of the third de- | ceased—Greenwood received him too. That | shed, to the careless or unconscious gazer, can to us, it stands as it were the road to heayen—to How | have no interest; but | a finger-post, high up point where they are tarrying now. + Beauties of Newburg—Society at the Ho- | memory will steal o'er our‘hearts, and with her | | love-revealings show those faces that we knew ; £0 well! \ | By a strange coincidence, the boat which | bore the “young, brave hearts” back to their | native city, five summers since, is passing now; | and as the smoke ascends from ont her pipe, and soars and fades away, it seems an incense to the “happy three” that are no more of earth, A Day’s Sosourser. THE ALLEGHANY AND THE YELLOW SPRINGS. fhe shoving an editorial of the Patriot. tribute to these Springs and their gentlemanly TB: > these watering places we commend the Yellow the Pethelr p are treams, springs and spring honses, shaded by the em and sugar maple, rich milk, golden butter, fat mutton and fresh bread. Then t! is the entire freedom care, w! vote him- self to ten pins or shovel board with all the ambition of a soldier or a statesman, to labor in getting up a e of tians-Atlantic steamers, to come tri- umphant in the capture of a string of fish which would not command five cents in any market, and in pursuit of which he bad hung his hook, barked his shins, and repeatedly lost his handkerchief and temper. And then after ‘hment aud ablution, to plunge into the mazy dance, forgetful of awk- wardness, infirmity or the mirth of others, as if it fo company, moderate charger and ao nection with’the busy world jan to hear of I lera and failures, by the daily mail. That there should be a toil-wearied man, a feeble woman, or a child, confined to the close of the , when there are such healthful and happy within reach, isa defect in the local economy; and when the oe have suc- ceeded person country 8 farm, weal nt Set ey shal secure to the ladies and children a free ticket and = month’s board at some of the minor watering places of the e ver’ ug. 4. The new hotel whiah a tobe commenced daring | ing the most influential man in that region, he at | once drew up a programme whereby a new coun- | ty could be erected out of parts of Chemung, (in- | toakig the village of Steuben and Tompkins counties; and instead of erecting a new county, as desired by Hawley, and for which there existed some show of ne- | cessity, why, the whig tremens undertook to | make the new county of wecks Sag desired | by Mr. Cook—the county buildings, of course, at Havana. So it will be perceived that poli- | ties alone controlled the matter, and no refer- ence was had as to necessity or convenience. But a veto has reared its in pe head. A ‘ man named Eveland, residing ina portion of | the territory included in this alleged new coun- | ty of Schuyler, has been prosecuted by the | overseers of the poor to recover penalties for | violations of the excise law. It appears that his town was divided in the formation of the } vi in the f f th | new county, and he came within its jurisdiction. Eveland resisted oe on the ground that | the law erecting the county was unconstitution- | al,and that he resided still inthe town of Wayne, instead of being set off into the town of Tyrone. The case was carried to the Steu- ben county court, and was recently nk ite distinguished counsel. Judge Larrowe has just publi hisopinion declaring the law uncon- stitutional, principally on the ground that the new county, according to the last census, does not possess the requisitenumber of inhabitants to entitle it toa member ofthe Assembly in the Legislature ; and also on the ground that by cutting up Chemung county as the law does, that county isleft without a sufficient number for a member. In the first case, the deficiency will be 2,801; in the latter 608, according to the last census, which is the only basis upon which a representation can be form- ed until the year 1856, when the census of 1855 shall have been taken. So it will be ived the county of Schuyler is effectually vetoed. The points, facts and arguments used by the aforezaid Judge appear —e and undeniable, and ehoald the case be carried to the highest ic-nic as it ie were securing the capital stock of a | judicial tribunals, it seems that he must be sus- tained. The fact that the territory incladed in the new county did not coatain the requisite number of inhabitants, was shown over and over again to the Legislature and the execu- tive. So much for political es ery sg and a fear to veto a bill at the heal of the session. The decision of Judge Larrowe is likely to were a social cuty to be discharged at every secri- | stand as the judgment of the courts, and fur- ad ts, ng cheer: ther action suspended until another census is ~ cho. taken. Origin and Cause of Desertion in the United States. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Manrtye Barracas, Brooxtyn. } August 4, 1854. j Through the medium of your very valu- able journal, I beg leave to call the atten- moun: | tion of those interested, and to state the fact, that one of the principal causes of descr- tion in this corps, is owing and attributable in & great measure to a want of discretion on the ae ae at Rep gece Ge part of those in charge, or in other words, to bavy, will be, in ct to site and arrangement, | make myself perfectly understood, to a proper ther seen oes _ Bn States. a vaca re those Sow Pipe Me it, and 7 4 pian ig those whose condu deportment tpuch as to the details bat that fem uiclent (0 Ja merit it, every privilege which the service American tained of unsurpassed by any cther view in its arrangemenis are on the the es of the subscribers to tl ( Which it is to be built, or three | gtants them, and in not restricting some for the A fine | acts of more, acres penalty who should ‘alone suffer the of their own deeds. AsI trust every reasonable mind, Mr. Edi- tor, will justify me in, for the reverse course, as we must all admit, has only a tendency to cause those whose deportment has always been, and would ever continue correct, to plunge themselves away, contrary to their will comprising many of the | and wishes, in either deserting the ranks, or ia avana,) and parts of | ly tevches us, that ened age, men cannot be reclaimed by the or resort of tyrannical measures. It mi so in a heathen and uncivilised i certainly canaot in this in which we now live. under the \ very breathing Leary and canopy of Heaven, Asa soldier’s life is perhaps the least thought of by those who should care for them, it will not, bygial fd be amiss for me to here re- mark, for the information and knowlege of those at “Washington,” that our quarters here are the mest uncomfortable that can be found among all the various stations, and it is a sub- ject which demands immediate attention and action, As I don’t think there could be a sol- dier found, to house it in these quarters the coming winter, and as Congress has at last taken one bold and determined step in the increase of their pay. will they not now butsecure them comfortable quarters, whilejthey do sojourn on land, and in making them as comfortable as Lat Eee be made, which is now their only wish. en, when we do depart to meet the Cubans, we will make it tell, as did Capt. Hollins, at San Juan del Norte. I have now trespassed om your columns, at greater len; than I intend- ed when I commenced, Mr. Editor; and as it is but an act of justice, which the soldier claima at your hands, by giving the foregoing an inser- tion, through the medium of your paper, will confer a great favor on yours, truly, So.pvmr. The West Inaics, OUR HAMILTON CORRESPONDENCE. Hasaxtoy, Beruvpa, August 31, 1854. Military Movements—The Privateer of the West India Waters—War Steamers of England—The Weather. There is nothing special to communicate. The headquarters of the 56th Regiment proceeded to St George’s about a week ago, and there are now only about seventy-five mea (one company,) doing duty in Hamilton. The depot companies of the 26th Regiment are ex- pected here direct from England, in the Resist- ance, and it is understood that she will pro- ceed from hence to Barbadoes, and take the 36th Regiment thence to Jamaica, from which place she will convey aregiment to Montreal, from whence she will bring the 26th Regi- ment here to replace the 56th, which are under orders for England. But owing to the dreadful mortality at Barbadoes from cholera, I think the government will find it necessary to make other arrangements, «s it will be impossible to remove the 36th from Jamaica while the chole- ta is prevailing there. We bave had « very pleasant summer so far —pleasant, breezes and seasonable showers. enclose a paragraph from the St. Thomas Tidende relative to a privateer that has been seen in the West India seas. Captain Webb. who arrived here on the 23d inst. from Porto Rico, reports that he saw the captain of the Sea Flower there, who gave him the same statement as that contained in the Ti- dende, with the exception that they left his vessel on finding in his chest some Masonic emblems. H. M. steamer Devastation, Capt. D’Horsey, arrived at Porto Rico on the morning of the 14th July, and left immediately in search of the pirate :— PRIVATEER IN THE WEST INDIA WATERS, [From the St. Thomas Times, Jaly 16.] Captain Thomas Francis, of the English schooner Sea Flower, reporte:— Left Porto Piata on the 24th June; on the 28th at tee 7 A.M., descried in the Mona Passage a suspicious looking schooner; when off the fe of Mayaguez, twenty-five miles N. N. E., she hoisted a blue fisg with a red centre, and despatched a boat, manned with twelve men, alongside; the command- er of the boat came on deck, followed by six mon; the captain was then called for, and ordered to pro- duce his trank, which, on the order being complied with, was placed in the boat, and the captaia told to enter the same, which he felt obliged to do; six men were then left in the sloop, and the other six, along with Captain Francis and his trunk, proceed- ed to the schooner. On reaching her deck the trank was eearched, but the contents not seuming of say valve, remained undisturbed. Captain Francis de- scribes the schooner, her captain, and creq, ia the following manner:—A long, sharp, green painted schooner, of about 125 tons burthen, very ra! masts, fore-and aft rig: as means of defence she a long brass 18-pounder, working on a swivel, and two 12-pounder cannon at each siie. The captain spoke English with the American ac- cent, and the crew consisted of sbout Leobr 4 or seventy-five men, all whites—a very m' crew, composed apparently of all nations; they were, however, exceedingly well armed. i ean was See on board the teeny an early hour following morning, nothi consequence ote ie in the interion 2 sirioe which time, however, the sloop was kept sailing cloze alongside, the only article taken from the being two half coils of cordage. Captain Fi supposes his release to be owing to two aquare- rigged vessels—one a sbip and the other a a) far as hig naked eye could discern—having seen standing to the ward, when the beens of the schooner at once resolved to pursue Captain Francis and his trunk were then sent back to the sloop, and the six men in charge of her taken ii to the schooner, which immediately a north erly course. We further learn that Cay Francis has stated that pret viously to his de; from Turks Islands for the Porta Plata, an American - was corsently reported fn the ‘United States that was nm three Russian privateers were positively fitting ont in one of the American en road We are also informed that the Cay Porto Rico has caused watch stituted al the seacoast of that island, and that Irned Yo report ong. vsels apesriaga ts flag jo} re} a of @ suspicious ‘ap a ie Captain-Ge had farthermore ordered the steamer Congreso to make a cruize around the island. Our Mozambique Correspondence. -Mozamarqve, Jan. 25, 1854. Madagascar Rems—Health of the Queen— Change of Policy—Dearth of News~The United States Consulate—Difficulty re- garding the American Flag—Its Hoisting and Lowering—The Slave Traffic~Other Trade. By late advices from Madagascar we learm that the report of the Queen’s death, which has been current for the last six months, is incorrect. By last advices from Tananarivo she was in perfect health, and the two Princes likewise. The Queen has made a change in her policy, having allowed a party of English missionaries to visit the capital, some French merchants to establish themselves at Tamatave, to export bullocks only, and American vessels having on board her officers, to trade in all parts of the island. In the province every thing is as dull as usual at this season of the year. We are ex- pecting daily the arrival of the new Governor and a number of officers, superseding those in wer at —— on the 13th ult. G. Ryan Duyer, Esq., United States Consul for this ; but by reason of the non-erri of his e aatur, acts a8 pone ong wg A he rumored that come exist regard to of roth instant (being 8 “as i On ing Sun + hoisted, but the Govener Smmodist. sat orders to lower it, notwithstanding which it continned flying until sun-down. But on the scarcely pays at present. At this season of tho year business is at a je everything bids fair for a fine busi- ness in March. I quote ivory at $45, cottons at $2—Dbut the prjoes are nominal. Macyam, American age ,