The New York Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1855, Page 2

2 THE WATERING PLACES. Hetters from Saratoga Springs, Cape May, Ne- vasink Highlands, the Upper Lakes, and Old Point Comfort. WEGRO RIOT AT SARATOGA SPRINGS, @orrespondence of the New York Berald, &., &., do. SARATOGA SPRINGS, ness Hall, SaRaToea Srrines, a, July 27, 1855. | Wegro Rioi—Shooting Threatened—Effects of Sew- ardism—Incendiarism—Progress of the Season, de, He. Theve concluded to write you concerning a little einir that came off this morning at this place. It eppears that yesterday several Irish, at Congresa spring, were insulted by a negro man; they all at- tacked him and gave the negro a severe drubbing: ‘Thia morning early, a mob of about thirty negroes, sald to be trom the United States Hotel, marched @ewn to the spring, when one of them snetched a gineo from a lady and began drinking. The agent of White & Co. was soon present, and under great excitement, threatened to shoot the first negro that fowched another glaes. Things looked fora few mements quite serious, but sesing the deter. mination of the agent, they concluded to best a re- ‘tweat, and if they had won no honor im such a con- feat, they could consolé themselves that none were Billed or wounded. Bat, seriously, Mr. Editor, where%are we drifting to at the North? When wiil the worship of nigger dom cease among ue? Well may wa exgect such Shings, when many among us are always ready to make a hero of the first ranaway negro they ses’ and to consider him « little better than a white person. Itisonlysfew days since the owners of Spee Grcns tod & small out house burnt dowa ca premises; had the wind been blowing high, aad from the south at the time, Congress Halt woaid The cause of this is plain. ‘The owners of Congress Spring do ‘aot allow Hacks to drink the same glaeses as the whites; there bleta at the G kad the uss of the free and equal doc- ntlemen and children, which would soon drive visit from the place. y sy season; several thousand vi- all seem to enjoy themselves. it. Your Heraxp ia ViaTon. Baratoaa, Jaly 27, 1855. Another Accownt of the Negro Riot—More Trou- de Anticipated—-Look Out for the Springs, &c. Fer some time past there has been quite a time meng the fashionab‘es, in regard to liberties taken hy the negroes of this place. The rules of the Bprings prohibit the blacks from using glasses used ‘Dey the white folks. The negroes, as [ am informsd, ‘evenings ago one of the “gsmmen” was handed out ef the grounds. The same afternoon « large build- tng, belonging to Clarke & White, was burned, for ‘which the owners offer a reward of $200 for any in- formation of the person who committed the deed. @n yesterday there was quite a rough aud tumble fight while Clarke & White’s men were ejecting fie negroes, and the greatest confusion prevailed. ‘Zhie morning, about 7 o'clock, the niggers from the @iferent hotels mustered, and came down to the Congress Spring and mixed in with the Bhaagi rahe ee leone York, alled Rs y , & lawyer of New qi oata whooter and swore he would shoot the Rest nigger that dare attempt to drink out of the glasses. In a few minutes Mr. » & justice of the peace, eer eae prance sevtied the affair for the yey 2 son here it ares $ Southern gentlemen at E nnarent TE! Deaiesueet ae Wes ieee ng tw yall" the s. Tho resalt was that CAPE MAY. Care May, July 27, 1855. The Season Getting On- Hotels Said to be Full— Gaiety at the Mount Vernon—Steamboat Mise- ries, Music, Gambling, &c., &c. . We have noW some eight thousand strangers at ‘thie place, and the probabilities arethat by Monday ‘the number will be increased to ten, if not twelve MBoumnd. In this vast crowd there are but few geally distinguished people; on the contrary, for @aeh an immense throng, and coming from all parts of the country, I am astonished that we have not @eme individuals who have mades mark in the werld. Ex-Governor Bigler is one of the notables, #> are Governor Poilock, Colonel Cutiss, and from the tact of there being in such company, to say the Yeast, a squad of Pennsylvania politicians. We bave béen waitipg ia vain for the return of Geae- yal Pierce. He has not as yet displayed his mag- nifcent insignificance, and I expect there are few that care whether he does a0 or not. I took the steamer Sandford on my last trip here. Bhe is # good bost, bat rather too small for the work she is called on to do. Those who an procure state rooms in these outside boats way get along very comfortably; but if’ the weather be warm, be who caanot provide himeelf with such a blessing is likely to be miserable enough. I know your humble corres- pendent war. The cabin below was a perfect * Jower depth,” and the few moments of sleep I got on a sofa in tne upper ea ery §0: , arriving at Copes at ae in the morning. She is safe manned. Ihe seg was not rose and fell with that easy awing: Dike yy which sends a cold chill through the rodu:es 3 with many sensitive real rough and i z a qe will know when it was three and galiys bat now they sesm to call D, and such other ex- for the fremely Popular papers as it would seem must have. (; our agent, is doing well: ett that he deserves to 400, all" who aoa’ iis. great energy and enterprise freely acknowledge. ‘The Mount Vernon Hotel is full to ovarflowing. that the number of verge hard upon Ao slid is the ex rumor’ 5 one thousand to twelve fue iful house, and they are mavner yee by your first = Irving, the St. en ry 4 nad the saraed “bow? Sadnn eons of ‘Erase, ands mid ALAS finest of te oe gee will ar er whso i$ OxXpec; there will rire five thousand persons ee lumbia Congress Hall, and indeed all tho houses, are full. Hasler’s Orchestra are to the Mansion Houne, and give a soiree there this evening, which I doubt mot will Be well ahead. Tale, band contains among ite members some artiate, among thom bein, Mr, Haas, the % 4 Beech’s band, ‘ount Vernon also play bsaatifally, aud are very aks E é i i i g agse ge bloods for eerenading. popees t young oe ing. They are In the crowd here, I Id add, area Jorge number of York and Phi'ggelphis gam. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1855. Dlere anc sharpers. They Gnd victime to trick, and Thear they are enga, ia the work vezy indus triously. je sume of money bave changed see tata tek nite Sees Ss es e Dave a] v er, but no lese criminal style, woich claracteriae? these gentlemen who vy, in Sing Sing. I #bs!} write to yon frequently while I ae 4 GULL. LAKE SIMCOE. Lake Bracot, Canada Wess, July 20, 1855. i Lake Simcoe and its Beawties—The Ontario and Huron Raitroad—A Tripon the Lakes~An Indian Missionary and @ Jeswit—The Chippewas and Ocher Tribes Fuding Away—High Price of Lands— Evening Scenes. An agreeable episode to my journey to Superior and the upper lakes, I now find myself at the plea- sant little village of Orilla, charmingly situated on the west shore of Lake Couchiching (which you may prapounce “Cut-your-chin,’’and not be much out of the way), the northern extremity of Simsoe, and 8 few miles above where its watersenter the Severa river, on their way toGeorgian bay. I have visited few spots in the world worthy to be compared with Lake Simcoe for beauty. Lake George only sar- passes it, to which it bears about the same relation that Trenton Falls bear to Niagara. Here it lies in the midat of these almost unbroken solitudes—ax emerald mirror in its megnificent framework of evergreen forest—over whose smooth waters the canoe of the Indian still glides, and on whose shores his wigwam still stands, Multitudes of thickly ‘wooded islands dot ita surface, whileits innumerable bays stretch themselves on every side into the dark foreata, as if to woo those sombre evergreens to their bright embrace. All the elements that goto make upa landszape of pictareeque beauty are here; but if you wish the sublime, as well as the besutiful, you must seek them along the mouatain shores of Lake George. While gazing on its soft and quiet beauty, the Merienrinyer ame comes we nd, 8 soft, % ir stealing fee ity bathed in whose Saltoy tetiuenoen it tren, La to go forth again to the battle. ‘he recent opening of the Ontario, Simooe and Horon . Railzcad, hss brought this beautiful spot within lesa than twooty four hours of Wall strest; and could those who burrow in the dens of that Pious locatity, bet come up here for a few weeks’ recreation every summer, I am sure its moral sapsct would be ay improved for at least threa months afterwards. The most urual route here, at present, is by the Erie Railroad to B:oghamton, theace to Syracuse and Oswego; bv steamboat to Toront», touching at various towns on the Canada ehoce of Lake Ontario, and by railroad from Toronto, about forty miles, to Simcoe. A small steamer (soon to be replaced by a ne@ and more commodious one) mekea the tour oe aes daly, stooping briefly at all its most int ge poin:s. its officers are models of poltt:nesa civility, and its appoint- ments for the comfort of both the outer aad ibe in- ner man, leave the most fasticious nothing to desire. ng) rt filled /aictg sry waich eam ‘solicit the ok : muaos from two or. three to twenty-five 83 ty the foresta abound with deer—so that the most indefati- gable will find his hande fall. ‘Yesterday, in com; with a valued friead, I made the tour of the enchanting lake. Leaviog Toronto ea:ly in the morning, we cane up by cars to the landing; took cur places on the steamer, which in a few minutes awang away from her mooringe, and was soon rapidly glidiag ac:oas ite emerald waters towards tha opposite shore of the lake. The com; was large, bu: not crowded. Many of the citizona of Toronto had come up to escape for a tae heat and dust of the city, aud enjoy the c! scene. ry of the lake. young Jeauit,and a Wesleyan einer Aah Md among us, with the latter of whom we well acquainted; bu: the former, m througs. ths “ay, quite indent ¢9 (ui 1 the fairy scenes through waion we were ming ie ae ager Coats ‘Wesleyan era to memory. triend bad resided all his life the woods. He wes a fall blooded indian of the Chiopewa tribe, aud has been located at Hudeon’s Bay and the udson’s Bay Com- been to Engiand, and had an audience of the Queen. A journal of one of his trips to Haudson’s de printed, and we bought a ccpy. He took leave of us at a point near the foot of the lake, the seat of a village of his tribe, whom he is at present ig. He hook bands cordial, with us at parting, and left us deeply icaprensed. with his aimple, unpretending, sincere pice ‘The tast dwindling remnants of the Chippeways, tomies, still linger here; in the midst of thess sol 5 the white man is fatal to the Iadiap. Repelling the advantages which civiliza. tion offers, they adopt only its vices, and theeo en, Upon their native indolence and impro- lence, are annually dec’ their numbers, acd very soon the last amoke from the last hut of the red man will have curled above these forests to minge with the clouds of heaven. lands about Lake Simooe are everywhere level, and do not SpP-ar Sebe uy Sea The forests consist chiefly of pine cedar, thon; there is The passage of Reciprocity treaty, by Licee SY, new os grain and jumber has added enormously to the value of tne lands; 20 that acres which a few years ago could have been — for four or five dollars, cannot nov bo hid lor twenty. The long twilights of this latitude constitate one of the most interesting phenomena to those unac- customed to th On our return yesterday, we had an opportanity of witnessing one of these in all ite glory. At sunset the sky was covered with bine wavy cloads, which, as his retiring beams shot upwards from behind the forest, g: ‘ally assumed the moat gorgeous hues~ red, yellow, purple, deep snd pale blue and green—till one half the sky was ina Opes glow of splendor, and the calm Jake, as if emulous of the heavenly glories, reflacted back the gorgeous scere with increased basuty, In the midst of all this, some ef she Jadies aud gen- tlemen of the party strack up the “Canadian Boat er ae 8 favorite of bi en hoard in the such & Acenc, wae perfe: enrap‘aring. The singing continued the Teuaindst of ths evun- ing, or until the boat had retarned to her starciag piace, when, aithough it was nine o'clock, twilight could hardly be said to be past. PENNER. MACKINAW. . MAcxINaw, July 24, 1955. The Island of Mackinaw—Its Sitwation—Indian Housis--Hotels, the Weather, and Natural Cu-~ riosities—Health and Peace of Bfind of the Peo. ple -No Lawyers, or Doctors, or Druggists. The island of Mackinaw, or Mackina:, as they spell it here, or Michilimackinack, as I was taught to spell it when a schoolboy, is, geographically speaking, vine miles in circumference and three in diameter, and contains about eight hundred inhab'- tants. Its general aurface is a large plain, elevated about a bundred feet above the lake, from which it rises as abruptly az Brooklyn Heights or the Pallisadee. From the centre of the large plain another tabu’ar elevation rises to an equal or g-ea‘- erbeight, and ssabruptly- These two elevatioss give to the island, especially when seen from a dis- tance, the appearance of a great Mexican pyramid. On its sourbern side, between the steep escarp- ment which forms the plain and the shore of the lake, lies a little ievel crescent shaped plateau, upon which the village is built. On the brow of the cliffabove stands the fort, its whitewashed walls and stockade® constitating » prominent object a3 fen from the lake. The village is irregularly built im the form of semicirsle along the shore, and consists of about a hundred houses. Those are neat, aod have mostly been painted white, thoagh many cf them are beginning to preeent quite a weatherbeaten appearance. Many of the houses are covered with osdar birk instéad of clapboards and shingle. Ios) of them hay tached surrounded by fences, of stockades; that is, ef poves six o1 set close topether in the ground, an thoupperend. In the gardens I observed apple, plam and cherry trees, and @ few vegetables, such & poatces, beans, onions and lettucs. The vege- tables look well, butare backward; and the cher- ties, which aro the cniy fruit I saw growing, are Mow the size and color of marrowfat peas, Biraw- way to Dotroit to a ries are jost begins A body of indies,cn toate eae ae, fre encamped here aow, and their wig rans an Lesh the shore on both sides of the laudiag — lost of these are conical in shapa, bein, formed of poles stuck in the ground in @ rele, an brought logetber at the top. Upon this @ covering mate or blankets is pla ed, forming a habitation AC. story to an fadian’s wante, avd malah ‘oa aps, sheltors as contemed hearts as any , enue Mansions, G: “oa tive Americans” nee clustered in and “Svowt thei buts, emohipg, cooking, or lying listlesly s'ong th? ground, spparentiy equa'ly tnaiterent to the condi- tion cf the stock market and the ata’e of trate, n9to the fate of Sebastopol or the death of Lord Rigizv. Notaing can be more delightful than the climate bere at this seasor. Tre immense bodies of water by which we are everywhere surrounded, maintains the temperature of the air at abou’ sixty ny og a gentle breeze b'ows constantly, and the vig! are deliciovsiy cool, so that we can sleep uvder & blevket ané not find it uncomfortable Sadden changes are unkuown, end I am informed that the Jowest range of the thermometer last winter was twenty-two dogo below zero. I can conesive of Dothing more beneficial to invalids than this pure, clear, bracing air, Mackinaw will undoubtedty be- come ove of cur most watering when its advanteges come to be better known. The village abounde in hotels, most of which a } ETT bene ye i> e very profital proprie year, there is little travel. The curiodtiies of the island are the “s Tock, some two or 1) at the base, which Hass Siecpey S80 nearly perpsn- diculsrly, from thé pie © eight of eighty or abundred feet. Itiaan — ie the mass which constitutes the upper platesu island, and con- sete roan limestone rock, of which indeed the whole id is composed. indications ot a nia pencoeaes in other parte the fort, where a meas quite similar in juts out in the manner of » circular tower from the natural eacar, tof the hill. Onthe north side H af a & t! on the shore, action of the waves has removed the of the rock, which has werds ard upwards forming a dee} ing to the plain above. That constituting the by ed stratum of the cl front edge, bein; der than the and the Fock bebind it, Temains and spaus which may be crossed upon it other. rock has crumbled away, 20 feen from below against the fectly proportioned Gothic arch and looks like t! rere entrance to Loar ae old cathedral. ere is 3 Custom House }» bat the offi:e of Collector seems to be a sinecure, and the Postmas- ter is also Surrogate, Justice a the Peace and Coro Hie Hay S' 252) 3 = ze 5. cit : i 58 d the latest news is at least 8 week cld. Al though this is the county seat, there is not a lawyer on the island, and auch @ thing asa coc‘or or a drug shop is unknown. A friend of mine being 8 little out of sorts was ob'iged to spply to the offi- cers of the garrison for som medicine. Every- body lcoka healthy and happy, and the streets literally swarm with children, a natural coraeya3nce of idlenees and fish diet. FannkR. NEVASINK HIGHLANDS THOMPSON’S ATLANTIC PAVILION, { HIGHLANDS OF Navasinx, Joly 29, 1855. The Nevasink Highlands Bird's Eye Prospec! View—Thompson’s—Our Recreations—Lhe River-—The ‘Steamboats, dc. Locking southwestwerd by south from Coney Island, you will observe the blue range of Jersey hills sweeping round in a vast circuit, and abruptly terminating in what appears to ba “the jamping off place” below Sandy Hook. Upon closer inapec— tion, you will perceive that on the summit of these -heighta, at their terminus, there are two of those marire edifices of Uncle Sam’s, among the fineat of bis white monuments to commerce, known as light houses; and that from their lofty locality they are fairly entitled to John Quincy Adam’s appellation of “light houses in the skies.” Oa a lower terrace of the ssme little mountain, and looking down upcn a quiet riverlike inlet from the aca, and in full view, across a little dividing isthmus of sand of the illimitable ocean itself, are two cheerful look- ing hotels for summer visiters. Well, these heights are the Nevasink Highlands; this inlet is the Shrewsbury river, and these two-houses are the Bea View and Thompson’s Atlantic Pavilion--both nice, breezy, hee! 2 hee when a “heated term” is broving you in Gotham. We are at Thompaon’s, a party of half a dozen or £0, and with other little fami'y parties, bachelors, &c., we make up a dinner list of several hundred, mep, women and children; and what with sailing, fchibg, bathing, reading, firing, hope, whist, &c., Wwe ge! see ery pleasuntiy. We have good sir from the land and sea, # table which does credit to Jersey, an abundance for all comers and over, reasonable charges, and no fashionable exac- tions to follow, for we are all at home at Thom) son’s, We have, in fall sight from thie piszza, swarming ships, ard endid squadrons of ocean steamers, ingving and ou! from “the den gate” of our Empire City; and they fill at imes semi circle of the Atlantic hori- zon. And we can }, too, grateful, after baer algerie ty pe is the first fall view of these heights and fights and summer houses among there green fields and woods, to the —— mariner, returning to his country and his ome. ‘Two steamers, the Ocean Wave and the James Christopher Hy daily b between New York, this land- ipg, and the jate landings to Long Branc . On account of the shallows inthe river, the “Wave” has a little subsidiary steamer ug! pamege even at cbb tide, which is desideratam ng needed, but never heretofore supplied. Pas- sepgers this season down these waters, . are compere eafe from detention on the flat, which is some! ¥.% men having their business in town, and their families scattered a! these Jersey shores. It wouid still be better for all cn cerned if the boats, or at least one of them, couli leave New York regularly in the evening and return in the morning. LA OLD POINT COMFORE. Wit.agn’s Horen, July 27, 1855. Visit to Old Point—The Steamer Louisiana De- lightful Trip Down the Bay—Sunrise on Uw Weter—Great Crowd of Fushionables—A Hint to Pleasure Seekers— Weekly Consumption by the Guesis— Our First Impressions, §c. Having borne with exsmplary patience the in sufferable beat end dus: of the federa! metropolis, we determined, in a fit of desperation, to seek somo cool retreat, some “ boundless contiguity of shade, ” where man could breath with com‘eit, and avoid the double torture of boing choked with dast, and perched with heat. But where should we fly to avoid the one or find the other? As 0.4 Point Com fort afforded all the luxuries of sea bathing which could be found either at Cape May or Newport, and at the same time furnished all the home comforts and elegancies peculiar to the Virginia Springs, of courte to Old Point we determired to go. At Baitimore we went on board the splendid steamer Louisiava, a regular packet plying between Balt more avd Norfolk, and Soushing ery day at Oid Point Comfort. At 6 o'clock P. M. precisely ‘we heard the cry of ‘All aboard,” snd tne noble steamer left her wharf freighted with human life for a moonlight trip down the Chesapeake bay. There’s beauty in the deep; The wave is bluer than the sky; And though the moonshine bright on bigh, That sparkie a the depts baie LO rl iow There's usie im the deep. ~spd never was it more enjoyed than by the gay and merry throng 0! passengers which crowded the decks of the Isrge aud beautiful steamer Louisiana, a — har A: ee near ashinl Although the storm cloud loomed up in the dis- tance suspended, #8 is reemed, in a net work of forked Bepeing. eo vivid and rapid were tho thonsend flashes which played around i:, yet gentie Cyrthis moved on in her quiet path undisturved by the rambling thunder, and shedding a sitvery light over the smooth bosom of the Chi ake. Ail were absorbed in the enjoyment of the evening, ond mery yng men aod maidens lingered about the decks of the Louisiana until the wee small hours cf the morning. Poesengers i ee be jd Point on this line have the opportunity of wi every morning one of t grandes sgumes “it “anture Just es Aurora tinges the east with her golden hues, the steamer reaches the Capes of Virginia, and looking out upon the broad Atlantic, the God of day is seen slowly rising from the boson of the deep as from a bod of quid gold. To witness this acene alone is worth in and pbogt their | the trip, and to realize or appreciate it, it must be wits erred. A crowd of fashionab’es now throng this delight ful watering place. I notlos the venerable states man azd the beardless boy—the gray headed com- modore and the aspiring middy—tne hero who has comm: armies apd won victories, and tie cadet h from West Point—all, a!l mingling hap- ily her, and presenting a scone troly , ing and pleasset in thes: degenerate days. ‘The pleasure sceking, conttprt loving portion of ! God’s creation, should mot fail to do ae we have done: visit Old Point, if real pleasure, real comfort, desire. This is the ae fortupate enough to be guzata andto see the company woud suppose the command occupation” had been transferred to Mr. Wilard. pe Pog lhersdabrate Tr apd ong fae & perusal lowing statistics, wa! afbered from “‘bead quarters,” showing the week- § consumption of provisions at Willard’s Hotel :— Beef, Ibs. eons Cam bel of United Bates [) prense a Court; the Post and some two bi d others, The Fauquier ‘White bas ‘White Suipbur abeut, three haadred; ine ay and the Berkeley, Jordan’s White poi poy ed it, Red Sulj and Sweet, areYall to be well attended, with fresh arrivale daily. Taxation of Incorporated Companies. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. An article appeared in your paper, a few days since, refersing to an application by one of our city bevks to the Board of Supervisors, for a remission of its taxes on the groung of having made no money during the current year. I was surprised, on ir quiry, to learn that there is @ Jaw for remission and commutation under the pre- visions of title 4, chap. 13, part 1 of the Revised Statutes, as amended July 21, 1853, jastifymg such & procedure. The act of July, 1853, provides ‘that monied or stock corporations, authorized to make dividends on their capital, and not in the receipt, during the preceding year, of net profite, or clear income equal to five per cent on such capital, after deducting the asseesed value of their real estate, shall be al- lowed to commute by paying dividends directly to the treaaurer of the county a sunrequal to five per cent on their actual net prcfita or clear income.” To entitle corporations, however, to this privilege of commutation, the’ necessary proof must be sub- ited, to the satistaction of the Board of Saper- visor. It appears, farther, that the Committee on An- pual Taxes, Jobn Kelly and Henry Hoffmire made ‘8 report to the Board of Supervisors, gay 3 1856, horses ot applications under the law for re- f, which report was ished in some of the papers, in which they state as foilows:— Bince the operation of thie law would virtually ex- empt a large amount of corporation ca; hitherto subject to taxation, your committee conslu: con- Rah wilh B. J; Dillon, Cocponaien Counsel, dad bap alt the affidavits for his examination and %. ‘The affi- davits attacbed have been returned by the Corporation Counsel as justifying the remission the tax, or the commutation thereof. In all cases in which any net profit or clear income bas been received, that amount is made subject to commutation; but where no profits or income have been received, the assesment must be stricken from the assessment rolls. Under this decision of the Corporation Counsel, said committee submitted two resolutions; the firat, Eola the following named erations to commute by paying five per cent on tl net an- nual profite orciear ircome daring the ear, vig.: The Sup Mutual Insurance , OD 000; the Atlantic Bank, on $16,564; New York India Rubber Company, on $1,000, and the New York Balance Dock, on $5,000. The other re- solution, that the following in be struck Pampa egingee kort le, one ctipt dur: preceding year profits, or cker income Whetever, viz.: The York, Commercial, Josarance Bowery and South fuuter Company; fc lator ; om any; Knickerbocker Company; East River Bonk, and St. Nicholas rance Com any Wi ee merits pee eee gitimate Proper, until Te pealed, for any incorporation ich has been d> prived of an income, by misfortanes in business, or ence Of its eervants, to avail itself of its jeione. F is it is understood that a large number of manufac- turing incorporations, in the intorior of the State, from the disasters of the past year, to obtein relief under the law. For myeelf, I was ignorant, as are thousands of others, that such s law was on the atatutes, ard I beg to draw the attention of the public to it, that its merits may be discussed. R. 8. B. Magic in a Mad House. {From the Boston Transcript, July 28 ) Yesterd: the magician and ventriloquist, Signor Blitz, made his annual visit to the inmates of the Lunatic Hospital in South Boston. Hi pert pleasantries and a Vi fe 1 performances almost Broadcast, for the time being, through the different phases of mental darkness, and it is noped ‘some rays of the healthfut light may be retained and enjoyed by the unfortanate subjects uatil “a bape day shall dawn ” for them. immediate effects produced by the exhibi- tion upon the different olasses of lunatics were an interesting medley of contrasts and oddities. The males general eened the performances at first with much sedatenets of manner, waich gradualiy relaxed iteelf int> good humor, whie the evs middle-aged woman was #0 that she | most heattily, and flnaily aut tase or atabe “had rather bear him ‘expound’ than ber min inter.” A pretty young Irieh girl wished she could be put in the magic box and spirited avay to anotner ephere. Ose elderly women publi ly expressed her private opinion that the nor was “the very d—1.” In visiting the wards ef the ics'itution woman hailed the portly figured reporier of the Povt as Gen. Washington, a compiiment waich “ Mrs. Partington” should duly appreciate and construe towsrda increasing Ike’s veneration and res} A ship carpenter was intent'y engaged in mal & “ joint” for “bis clipper,” and a negro informed bed that he was born iu the year of the ood. An old Indy who fancied hers:lf a queen, was dreseed in some similitude to regal costume, an proudly spoke of her bound! wealth; but though constantly vente and carriage, they never came. A lady played eome airs ona piano with le tkill. “Little Jimmy,” the only boy in the estab Mabment, sung some songs very well, ail the while picking at his breast ‘to let the music out,” as ne paid. A middle eged map oamed Biair, formerly a priat- Sditor of the Lighining, Telegraph und ‘Blair's editor Lightnin, ‘aph am ir's ey tea cl op, wing grap! a the ent ment, characteristic slly requiriag due credit from all who used it:— Signor Blitz visited the residence of Dr C. A. Walker, and officiated in the chapel, to a full congregation, who ‘was very much per] omen! Wy Pigeraen 8 ers. wan ani ‘Deatd pT ) Mr. Pierce and William F. Underhill. We an amount of laughter . Walker’s house before. Succeas to the hing if the Signor wishes to make use of this notice, t his service, A number of gentlemen and Indies were from tha city, besides the Doctor's usval household, which is tolerably large. The visitiny Party, numbering about 30, includ- ing the Board of Visiters of the institation, mem- beis cf the CM hk pepe and of the press, &c., examined the various departments of the Hospital, ard found ¢verytbirg in the best possible condition. ‘There are now 250 patients, more then half of whom a’e femaler. The inmates are geserally pau- re, and there are but few cases of more n or inary interest. A fixe, inteliec‘ual looking man, ef some 60 , was pointed oat as hopelessly jreare. He Lad received a collegiste ion, but for some his mind hes been a melancholy wreck, The ly insane, numberiog only fiv-, sre ell women; and out of the whole number pro- bably not more than adozen can be permanently cured. Two femalesare so far restored that they will very shortly leave. It wse pleasant to notivse the cordial end Mindly greetings that passed o¢ ween Dr. Walker and the unfortunstes under his ctarpe. Previoos to their depatture the guesta were treated to a sumptuous collation, prepared by Dr. Walker's id. Ex Alderman Oiio-ne pre- sided with bis usual greve, and the eccasion passed cf with great satisfaction to all present, ing her ser - Our Albany Correspondence. - Aupary, July 24, 1855. The Whig Dynarty ot the Aster House The Abo lissonists alias “ licans” Remaining with the Whigs—No Manile Fallen from Clay or Webster—Seward Standing wpon their Graves, ge, Fe. The late gathering of the Seward whig managers at the Astor House, in the city of New York, had for ite object the developement of the plan of oper- ations for the ensuing campaign. The formidable ‘erray which the American party exhibited at the Isat election, im voting for their candidate for Go- vernor, and in electing to the lower branch of the Legislature so large @ portion of that body, threw consternation into the camp of the Seward whigs Even then, without organizetion, without political unity, without a single newspaper prossto advocate and suatain the American principle upo2 which the new party stood, they succeeded in electing a suffi- clent number of members to defeat tre return of the abolition agitator to the United States Se- nate bad ‘mot open bribery corrupted a sufficient umber to retain him another term. But the pro- phocy was them made by the Albany correspondent of the New Yorx Henan, that the ‘‘ re election ot William H. Seward would be the inevitable destruc- tion and absolute annihilation of the waig party of the North.” This prediction has alresdy become verified; and what was in February last a matter of prophecy, has now in July, in only five moaths time, become actual history. Previous to the ad- journment of the last Legislature, the whig jante at Albapy solicited the barnburners to join ina fasion ; secret circulars were sent t> Buffalo, Syra- cuse, Rochester, St. Lawrence, Herkimer and other localities of free soil predilection. Tne Preston Kings and Abjijah Manns readily accepted; but the project having early reached Washington, orders ‘were immediately issued to every free soil preas to suppress every inkling of that nature, ucder pain ef deospitating every free soil office holder at home or abroad, O'Sullivan, the filinuster, amongst the number. This even silenced the R»chester Union, the Boffalo Republic and Si. Lawrence Republican, This de‘eated the whig project of ssduc'ng free soil barnburner papers into the Seward net. Tho effort was abandoned, as no reliable response was given them. ‘They stood ready to abandon the Bame of whig and adopt that bornburner, free soil, abolition or anything else, provided the pro ject of hoodwinking anybocy could have been ac- compiisbed. Now, the Astor Hi louse cal: for two conventions ia called a fasion. It is no: of the Kind, Of what is tne admixture composea? Waat the cipal ingredients—| tl q ora ie pevacinal Snares ‘how are they com: ye gigs Look at the names, over the list of those whe parposs te they all whige? Ani ” call for a State convention—are they mot also men who have uniform|y been whigs, and voted the ticket without a why or wherefoze? When did Joe Blont ever vote any’ but a qhig ticket? Some! there is beryyter ind ies, cA Wash- mn; Baily, of Oneida; 00° iagara; Baecee ‘Madison, and the lessor inminaries, on this self constituted committee— where have they is moment whig oflce boloers,eclostegecom. ‘tLis moment whig office om. mevced and confirmed as such. Six months since apparent at the eame time and place, has not a feature fasion about it, being whig throughoat, and no— thirg ele. Though the newspaper press could not be brought into the arrangement openly, the whig cabinet of this city are throwing out ‘the bait to the barzbuinere. The Cana) Board has recent; appointed several bernburner ergineers upon the |, at heavy salaries, ia oppcaition to the claims 7 of men of capacity who have always been But the “hallowed name of whig” is to be sent to tombe of the Capulets, without # respectful faneral or a line of mourners. Henry Olay is dead ! Danie! Webster is no more! Memory of the Great Pacificator, the sdored conciliator end comp! er, ia extiguiebed! The mighty defender of the supporter of American constitution, the able this federal Union, the both —aboli ntly the black fis; ely exclsim:—“I have stroyed the whig patty. snd a vepebtinds pit , Whit the Presidential chair?” Honziste Ratnnoap Acotpent—One Person Kiigp anp Tainresn Wounvep.—A most 6203k- ing railroad accident took on the new Por tage (Pa.) Railroad on the 23d inst., the particu- Ista of which the Hollidaysburg Standard reports 8s follows:—The locomotive Hercules left the foot of plane No. 8, taking on board before starting a large huckleberry party on their way home, and, Proceeding at a 1apid rate, came uyon & land-slide, which had occurred during the afteraoon, at the east end of the deep cut, near the foot of plane No.9. The locomotive im ita rapid course passed cver the slide, the concussion joning those on huni iabwage is nda? as a Sis loccmotive following. ai cars attached were p from the locomotive sud remained upon tie track. All were more or injured, William ,&80n of Jacob Berry, ot Geysport, szed bout 14 yesrs, was most horri- by mangled ard instantly kified. The following is a let e ipjared:—Ann DeArmit, daugiter of John DeArm:t, fatally scolded; Jemima Long, a oung lady residing at Mr. J. DeArmit’s, ong nyoreds; jer DeArmit,ason of John DeArmit, foot emaebed; Mary Brisbane, ner injared in- 3 Mrs. L er, wife of Jona Longa- uecker, Gaysport, iy bruised and cut; James Jones, Gaysport, severely bruised; Eli Yoder, en- ‘ineer, severely broiced and arm scalded; Richard Bcheithern, son of Ed. Schellhorn, legs and shoulder bruised and cheek cut; two German girls named Lonemeyer, one a leg broker, and other se: verely Brakeds Lucy Lowe, daughter of Joka Lowe, of Sereport, band Pi gee - Jer, leg burt; » Crawford, fireman, head c7t; Geo. Augbinbangh, slightly bruiset. A number of persons who were on the c:al cars attached, mads their escape by jumping off. Toe melancholy event bas cast a deep gloom over our community, anda heartfelt sympathy is manifested for the unforta- nate sufferers and their agonized friends. INTERNATIONAL ExTaaDITION OF Foairivgs Faow Josrice.—The United Statos bave treaies stipaiat ing the mutual extradition of fugitives from justice ‘h-— te Goat Britain, for bape jv wey: areo3, rob , forgery, utterance of forged paper. Ci Hewsian Islands, for same criaies above enu- meraw d. 3. France, for murder, attempt to commit murder, rape, forgery, arson, embczziement by public offi- cers, robbery, burglary. 4. Prossia, Bavaria, Paoret Saxony, Wurtem- burg, Eectoral Hesse, Ducal Heese, Sixe-Weimar- Fisenach, 86xe-Sciingra, Saxe-Attenburgh, Saxe Coberg Goths, Brunswick, Anholt Dewan, An- holt Berpburg. Naesan, Schwarzburg-Radolstadt, fchwarzburg Soudéershausen, Waldeck, the two Revea, Li Vet gf Lippe, Hesse Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg Strelitz, and Mecklenburg Schwerin. The course of proceed nip to obtain extradition in the United States is for Foreign Mintster to ex- hibit to the President, through tse Sscretary of State, proper evidences of the iastitution of process in the case by the judicial authorities of the foreign country; upon which the President gives permission to the foreign government to bring the case before some preper magistrate ot the United States; upon a prover heasing end exemination a whom, and bie certificate of the criminaiity of tSe accused, extradition ie ordered by the President, throngh the Becretary of State. ite ruins extab- shall carry me into The Census of New York. oayuaa county. , The Auburn Advertwer gives the complete re- turre of the cepeus of Cayuga County, and 8 com- parison of the ‘ion with that of 1850. The folowing we the figurea :— Towns. 1850. 1855. Auburn, 1st Ward, : 2, 24 do $4 do 4th do Aurelius, 458 53,702 whole coun- mre total decrease, horciore, in t e therefore, in ty, is 1,756 : oe ae The Hamilton Refiector contains the fall retarns or Madison ee follows :— ‘owns. MADISON COUNTY. ea DASE IER EO UERCOED + M3, Total increase since 1850, 589. COBTLAND COUNTY. We heve in the Cortlxad Democrat the complete 43,661 return of the census of that county, which sre aub- het together with the returns of 1850 and ei 1850. 1,206 1 288 ui 1,312 10 ant 2,410 "23 5 25,262 25,099 Tocrease tn the last five years 163. ‘The popalation by the present, fs 25,395. ion census e Tn 1066 Wns D5 ALL. i easens ta Neeipeiie 46, Villsge of Bevece Falls, 3,802 ; in five yam, 767. Village of Waterioo, 3,647 ; increase five years, 257. HERKIMER COUNTY. The population of tois county is 87,650, being a decrease of 594 since 1850. The of r contains 1,874 inhabitants ; Frankfort 1,178; New- port, 671° MT. MORRIS, hi se shed irate fol lowing reta: a8 B ease : Election district Bs contains. “ “ 3 The population of the towa ia’ 1880, waa’ rn was aownee decrease, in five years, of 594. RBCAPITULATION. . We bave complete returns from the following ountics:— 1850. 20,460 012 4,539, poms had all the bills have yet beem pre- to him. states in his ‘that there is pothing 0! in the bills bet thet Tiscis Dp oon, "agate gta at without authority, and in wention-of the previ- sions of the Kansas Ni J , Furthermere, he en Ae See tome that if tufe must set Independently of each other, The Legian: jure mu. ly of eac! ¥ - ture took the vetoed bills under ) and passed them over again both branches by large ities. Great excitemen' im consequence of this act of the Governor—the vure is determined to — yy its course, and the Governor is equally atubl his refusal to recognise the laws may ee. What the result will be is at present bey: con. jecture, ‘We bave before seen intimations that this would be the course of the Governor, and presume, there— fore, that it was deliberately dome. Until we ase the regsons for his action, we are not so well satis- fied of ite correctness, The law creating the bh te the seat of government Mmm aid at Leavenworth,” and (orks “such portions of the public buildings as msy not be actually used and meeded for mili Fy Purposes may be ocoupied and used, Tenn Fe, = of the Governor ani —_— ve aseembly, for au as re- quired under the provisions ¢ of this act.” was & temporary location of tre seat of government, sud the only authority tn the act from ‘whion we have quoted, as to the Governor, to convene the as— etmbly at Pawnee, is in a clause which the first assembly “shall mest at subh such day as the Governor shall apociut.” Pawnse isa Te distence trom , and pobody would ever think of going there, except om press- ing business. Pe Seon be meet, and a AA oar- et things dore was tho passage of a jaw to re- move the seat of government, and to E E H F : 3 cf government. A \reper observance of the lay, it sseme to us, wou'd have dictated t) the Governor ta3 of svffering the eest of government Fort Leavenworth. Bat be did not Agsembly wee called ct Pawnee, and tay pee e law changi:g the seat of to : Method'st Mission. Ha» vetoed 1: it was pressed in ¢eapive of bis veto, acd hence abe onan of Congress an 8 6 ol fiildtrge at the cont of foversuest, : ee ahould be locxted permanently by the Amwem by. ‘That location, hoe not yet been made, and i ts the matter was left a4 a kind 0° be Pg bers of the I. had M wuch right to consult their asthe Governo had to consult his interest. The error, obviously was committed when the seat of government wa removed from Fort Len Accommodations —m Se a og ng it was con- templs' y Congress, of government thonla remain until it was permanently located. Gov. Reeder msy continne to voto all the laws posted by the Arsomb!y; bat if ti shall after- wards be passed in compliascea wi @ requisi- ticns cf the organic law, trey will be binding. The Jaw organi: the Territory of Kaneas provides for the a» proval 7, Governor ef ail laws passed the Ansemb!y; bat H he should veto them, a t vo- third vote is all thatis necessary t> pass then. This the Areembly will, mo doubt, proceed to da. end then the courts will decide the question, The LY'nota State Regieler of the 21st inst., sage—The chelera ba beep waking pad havoc at Snelbyviile. There hty deaths during the past ten days. +wong others, General Thornton, one of the most pro- minent citizenaa of the State, has been taken of Tho town is paid enid to be nearly deserted,