The New York Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1859, Page 2

2 THE WATERING PLACES. Our North) american Pnaiemstery Corzew po uiemve, Tuk PuaLaNermar, No J, Aguas 22,1859 Me Phalimtery as a Summer Boarding Hinee—The Grand Geley ona Furvrde Hamhug a) ab Woe ond as it Now ls— Descent from the Subemely Tapas CI he Smnbly Pracical—Shudows of Oe Pasi — Brune He Vagarvs and Oddicsm Inc Lust of the J’ vuvwe terians, bo The Norte Amerinaa Phalsox, as 18 wel Koos, defunot inetitutioe—one of the manitoid expiced bugs of Gresicyinm, The buildings wisn -ae ot Pas Unnsicriaus erectod atill, however, remea wi val Droad cuitivated acres Exioudo: vorauiaus, Wide 6A r Cases, roomy apa twoats, bugs Worm: Moih kitchen botlers aod steam beating appyarsius, ALL to be Been But the deluded devisors sud a8s09 Owners of them wre now soatwrod w the tour winds O Heaven, abd tue acres uave sepsale wad seustale owe ry aaa Ors. Ove of these bas couverted Cao largess Biruced a | {nto a summer boscving NOLSe ‘and abortive speculoos Gave given way Wo the comuen tense rule—“ You pays your mousy wud you takes your choice.” Cousiered Duh reworpeouvely aud im és Present aspects, « [6800 1510 De Teed here of paisadic gign Deance and pracvoal teaching palpable, because tus dresmy spocuiasions of the wcsuvoeseful visionaries who ‘opoe flourished bere vom up coasponuusly oa every side; and of practical wacting, orcause of tue iwatracure Warping it (Ouvey® W wil 1O-avold sailar viciimization @ the hands of peoudo pBi/osopne's wad proteuded puiian Ubropiats, whose wep duous sisiviig wo add to ine pagpl oes Of toe bumen race ts ouly @ scrugy.e wal to tocir OWD perrons) Comtor To the babiual reaiers of iho Hsealp the Norco American Pbaisux, 66 1b used to be 1u 18 days of paimy Prceperity, 6 too weil known to require exteeded descrip. toh The lend purchase, comprising nearly sovea hundred SOres, Was Made iD ib43. The oun ser of asooialenarerng €6 something over 4 hundred pereour, aud agoa log While Ipgermg ike one i # slow covbumyton, it managed to hive througa tweive years, Ib (heories, crete, manners ONG KeDerki Appearsnce he pludeeis and sudsequeut co Operators w tbe mLvemens were LOL UOliKe the rolurwers Ol tbe present cay Th ipsave sad Ce icious beitet—lua dsaeotsi iv the social theories of #1 Craze reformers Was enter at (bs Ose of Wksome aradgery was ut an evo, and u © proud Sprik Meru BO Mure Oe pain fuvy curbed, the iY Seeried, and the dauds | dew, y cubed amt crustaccous, Food, raimeay Ruy KbENer Deng TY BAT DECeBAINIE®, IRs Pevigorlul Baia CiOBLOG Pieva eu ite. LLese Gecerml es were Lo de sap pied through tbe wid OF vulgar cavibal, tae usual effor'e for their odwemeas berg leasiogly ignored, #10 corres. POUdIEg CORIRUC Veiiveracce [rum Lost Compaixive worry ipg 10 uicd the every Gay working poopie of tue worid are subjected present asvect of the valley b (De Pha laust risus siol LOC Ss) Fos «aus: 49, I GOW ao) sbiDg ke what it was toeD, L Certainly ‘had ap eye wo ihe be Arcadiab Epot jor (be Bceue Of their etfurs At dasirial reiorm, iter & rioge ride Of Oye m lexirom Reddaus, oa the Shrewsbury river, you arrive at (be eavancegelo of the Foaisns usin. Thence wiadiog along toe edge of a deeply elated ravine. sud weer @ soniauous aroa of chesioul, bic.ory eid | b treee, you emer ayoa & road, green awe, Ua tors Blogs, (FoGLiog v0 the souca SIabdS (Oe principal Owe.ting which was Oscapied by thy ABsOCIeLeS, =A ODg Verabian, Covered with grape aod Booeysuckic vier, Krew the frogs 4) Wwe toot of tae Slope, about dve rovs 700 (he house if @ mimic ake, formed by the Camwing of the brook thar leads turouga the ravine. Thix lke '@ deep avd comparatively car, @bd BurrouDded wih Daguivedt Diack Wa uu! trees, 4 few of which are evasteres over ie grass pol fro houte, TO toe Goku, east aod wees siretco deautiful woo jormers lapored ju the cautral portion y "ivUl, aad seeceed ao (be Dorsawes: Ws & cons bi called “S summit of whicn toe eye Ost sweep ior m direcuon, commauaing @ view O! Dear y O41 Of Moumouin county. At tae pre Seu time ioe Visa glances Over cheskered Aquares ot Whesl, Darley, rye wad waving corn; over vast or charog spe *oecland, and on wil tt rexcure tha ees, ao | fancy alma! traces 1D ne dim diktance “wie mokder Ciy thick with lowers.” From the top of sai Ui!l che visiona’y Giscipise of Fuurier aud Greeley often lookea upoa tae murrounding country, sad ai the same time looked for wara to the perio’ Ween their domain would be exveoded fa Deyoud tbe visa! nor z9D, aod gradusily keep exeadiog tacit till the uttermost eods of the eatin” Became Kuo rue—be grazd opening period of ad iberty. [kwasa picasiag prospec, sincvory result, Throwgh ail the groves aud ragines embraced within the compass of the Poalanx domain are wuting waks where the reformers ramled. Frequent arbors aaa rus tic seats, Dow beariy gone wo ruin,are visible, waicn wails ferving a8 deligniful tryating pacos tor the young men nd maidens, alo ded secure re.reats to the older in wnico to discuss affipiti-s aud the goden future, Go iato tue principal buildiog, ava every room speaks of the charac ter of ‘ie former ‘events. The remosni of the lib-ary w the most forcible souvenir of ali, both tn tne character of the books ave the names of the eating doners, which are carefully written Ou the fly leaves. soat ‘pro among the vook dove Horace Greeiey, who heard from in the barem of Brigoam Young. Siephe. Pearl andrews, the getter up of the Browiway free lor association, which Sgures in the polive reports a few yeareago; and Coarles A. Dana, who formeriy figured as ‘Waiter in ‘the Brook Farm phalanx, Massucharstis, aaa Dow acts as editor of the New Yurk Lnbune and Ameri can Encyciopedva In & jong exieneion, rupning at right angles with the mai structure, ia the great diging ball, where tae asa0 clstes cined, Jectured, made music aud'danced At tne farther end ‘of this bali stil! baugs a broad ideal picture of the modei Philacsteré of Fourier, designed oy Mr Albert Brisoane, who ciaitas 0 be the only American pupil who ever enjoyed the ecstatic privilege 0° eititag at the feet of the revered Fronca phiosopner Iu the cla. Dorste building snd woodland yicturiog the erties has given that 1 ole pisy w bis Csucy, prominent in the imagipavive diagrams of voted lot apecaiators Insanely shaped rooma, grotesque statuary, auintelligibie charts, dusty maps and dim pictures aro visible at every turn, and mournfully procaim the prior existence and decay of the Phslanx dyuasiy. ‘the privcipal Poaiacx puiiding, ws mentioned above, it DoW used As B sUMIDEr DOsrding house Originally © st ing $16,000, it was snid under the bummer for about one third of toat amount. Toere are abuadant accommois oma for two hunared people, wad the goure is ak tae pra gent time @ little over beif full, Nothing specialiy aills Fept from ordinary Poardipg bouses 18 nouceabie, AS au iniand place of summer resort it Kuyerior to many and vastly inferior to otuers the landlord does nis best w make bis boarders comfortad.e and gasisted, but, 11 ‘Other iandiords, does it with the tborougaly seldsh’ pur. of making himself richer and ais patrooage larger A billiard saloon docs not comprise one of the feaiur and a bowling ¢aloon is an uckuown institution. bar: room if & coneDtity, but 4 sly wiuk or sigoilcan: tip of the finger bas a sngularly coujuring effect, producing = brandy peach, mint juiep, sberry coduler or egg agg witb the game ‘celerity and certainty with waich Aladdin, by rubbing his iamp, produced nis gent vefore nim: There are no tigers aud no biackiegs, po hops, no con Certa, ro asicneuing Wwroouts, oF nstoaishing Duis ‘0 set Ue in conseqieoce. "The excitement-loving worid flads tn Place dull. Moet of the boarders appear to ve of thar feasible kind who, caged most of the year im the city, desire during their Summer vacation to sauke clean off the shackles of city conventionalsm, to se nothing of town imperiinences, and if possidie, to get into recesses where even memory cannot follow tbem. To sucn the groves furvish deligotful strolis, rowing on the iake healthful exercise, and wu after dinner segar on the shaded Portico the extent of required artificial excitement Hardiy can a hundred persons be couvened anywhere, Dut there will be found some queer ones among them, ‘whote presence aod vagarica give zest and vitality to we fife picture. Several queer oddities are uow flourishing at the Phalanx boarcing pouse, Some of the old retormera, Biranded nabuués of the piace, are left bebind; unusual length of hair, witskereni profureness, broad collars turn. ed over, and buis a la Tribune, are still their weaknesses, Aside from their od4 dreee, tay atili entertain tae same Odd views upon ‘ons appertaining to moral ethics and fold iabor. A dashing, foarless aud fore. mos oddity i¢ © young Indy, #0 called because in on he yr, or of her, the prefix Mies bas still to be used, ego extends over three decudes at least, and hor head when erect extends nearly six feet from the go. Of masculine structure, she bas masculine tastes. Grivés out every day, previously grooming ber horses with ber own hands, in the latter regard Out-spankering Lady Guy Spanker, Holding the lines —tt would be foo to cali them ribnous, vecause they are not—ip ber bands, she drives away at an enthusiastic speed which the most inveterate Lady Gay would hardiy have the bardibood t imitate. She is an invetorate smoker, Lola Montez, with her cifeminate cigareitas, ‘would subside into unnotewortby proportions beside ber. She bas a seger jn ber mouth from morning to night, and Feigus ‘without a competitor, literary doctor who bas published eix works—the blication being effected at bis own expense, ead ihe Pocns being diepowed of gratis to bis frieudg—bax made himself famous by bis ecceniricities of conduct aud pecu- lisrities of tame. No one can say that bis ideas are not novel Who ever heard of a grovud bato? And yet the doctor baa for years during tho summer movths indviged daily in & gronad bath. Select. tpg a recluded place, he digs a hole some five feet in the ground, juat iarge enough to let himsel! down in, aud there he will remsio sn hour, takiog what he de. Dowinates a bath in the bosom of hia mother earth.” if dean proportions be indications of the effects of his bath, the superficial observer might conclude that the eartt to tim wax not @ cherishing mother. A idea of his, equally novel with the above, and which he carrica into practical operauon, is perforating holes in his pants to Jot if the noxious vapors, He claims that by pursuing this courte & mau’s iiie may be lengthened ten years ; his body becomes twice ag heaithfal, and his brain treoly ac five and strepgthened. Ho eats no meat and drinks only ‘Water, or ag bo caiis it, derives his sustenance from the pd the earth, the frais of the eoa and the fruits of Some of the present Phalanx boarders are notable and characters. Mr. A. G., wha waalod 8 manga ficent fortune in trying to eatablizh’s pbalauatery in France, {o's permanent boarder a te pie. Now nearly sixty, He §e still a fine, stalwart, noble locking man. A Sonbroan by birth, hp hes a nman’s characteristics, earneet and determiuation. Bacoming a convert to istic social idea, and thinking France the fitting place to urate ao experiment at to ite preciicaoiiity, be purchased an ofd monnst y and nearly a thousand acres in the wicini'y of Lyous, nua dwellings and machine shops erected and ali the ap. iances furnished for extensive agricultural operatioas. exporiment proved a failure. He managed to nayo from the rulbe enough to furnish him an soouity, which, Dy observing the strictest economy, is made to support He ia # man of iarge culture, unprotending in his Dream rule is ab aa oud, | | The Ballat the Mansion House—Prcuniary Roults of the | ana oll we walters discharged NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1859. ne eesand gentleness, Al © hte epecal deligat xirame polity tod, chorea Not go manner teourb anve He we tocttorn om Hire G " ner Sko we sty loo! thiak- fog anc suing, Dots F ouiferaut style of porsou— | hy y bw Teas the aughorrae of “no's | bo (ols bab been @raying as the Posiaax all dere Mull, She Wrols toa “+ ANw © wiave,” «blow wake nedt to “Uace 1 ‘ < a ferssion Sisvery esory Her Delia \ CS AAAIDSL Biavery She mauifewied py | bo ore > ber father belug & weartny her actation ami Begrocé, Soe is bee hre soother work ao slavery. Exteemed eVideutly 18 Among the Digger worsntp- | pewied oglis (oom toe leaders question woetior har good yitiomisin toduce the spseial | fh good card Hh ho isnot to fame and now at ihe’ Pralsox, busily cogaged | of poems for the vrewe, Hie poems J¥ pacbabod give proof Of eminent povtts talent, obo Oe Career efusus wil doudidess add brilidency be repobation, Ao ex editor of @ Londow comic paper has also sought Ou) the Powianx x8 & Bummer FestiNg PiROE, Our Long Bri » N. J., Correspondence, National Gouss, Long BRanca, N J, ‘Auguss 24, 1559. Si asun to the Hotel Proprictors— Amateur Concerts, &2. ‘Toe Beso may now de said to be drawing to @ close, the covi weather of lat week baving caused a temporary siamypede, although the Natiooal aud Mansion ho\wis slill ba-e & full complement of boarders, in spite of the asser ton of the Now York correspoutent of one of the Philadel pdia papers that Long Branch was completely deserted arthe Monsion House on Monday night the grand ball of the eesson took place, and was a splendid aifair, reflect: ing much credit upon the genilemen having the arrange- m-pts in charge and upon the worthy proprietor, The music was from New York, and gave universal satisfac tion Of course there was a crowd, every house on the beach being tuliy represented Dancug was kept ap pt tbe “wee sma’ bours of morning,” when all de- parted, apparently well pleased with tae evening's eater- tawment ine Natioval, United States and Metropolitan Hotels Wil follow suit witain the pext ten days, aod prepara. Uions are beg mace to bave toem all pass off wisn éolat The seasou O48 MeEN 4 gor OF iO" the Aotel proprie- tors, abd they wi! Seem conteat wiin the result, Loug Brauch ta every season becoming more popular, a6 is deeubed ere many years to compare favorady with Newport or Cape May, porseraing ag it does attractions vuequalies by any place of enmmer regort va the sea shore Like ai other waering places, we here have our 04 comp'ainis —occsrionuily a litte soandal, So, Gt & luck of quietude from tne 0 people come Gere for resi enjoyment, and Dot tha! fancied velaxation 1a /niged 1a elsewhere, waereia dissivativa and isle Dours conruitute the precomipatiag features. have Several foe amsteur singers here, and nightly at each bo el are they surroupcea by a# throng of admirers, Applauding Lue Tr weil merited efforts to please Atbong the New Yorkers bere of late, we bave had Al- Sermen 4ool6 and Bradley, Governor Malonvy, James Lyocb, Eeq., Capt. Dowling, J. M. Sweeny, sq , Edward Vimp20u, Enq., and many others, [From she New York Observer, August 25.} Tp the Ofserver of tno 4to instant we gave aa acsount of tbe race of the New York Yacht Olub op the Sunday pre rioue, WLb FoIGe remarks Yvon this pubdiic vioitiva of the aoly Sabbath by a targe party of geatiemen occupying & bid portion tu Society, Whose exunpie on this ces. siow could Dot fail to exert a demoralizing influence apoo the community 12 whieb cbey wre looked up to by many as teaders. We auosequenily learned the the whole af. tur was wrravget vud cogducted more in defance of public feutiment i regsrd to the Sabbath, apd with more cisturbence ‘0 the quie! of al least one community, than we at the time supposed. Toe daily papers paoiished minute accounts of the race, of the respective poxiious of wae several yachts during the day, of the etrepuons efforts made on board one and auo\ber gain We vietory, and of the excited feeliag with “hich ihe woole race was watched by the parties engaged i Sunday sport; showing that it was us wormly con- \ee'ed apd a8 literal'y ® yacbt race a3 the regatta iteelf. © give tome idea of he manner in wick the whois day, trom sunrise tosuneet, Was spent, we make an extract from one accovat:— o At 1034 Smithtown Harbor was passed. The Irene again abead, te yachis immedistely fullowiug being the serecca Fertiens, Jute, marie, Gipeey and ‘avorita When opposite (so Field Foivt at (1:30, the Juila bruebed up. and was nas ing the mebeccs to leewars, when the latter crowded her off tue course. Tereupos the Julls esme around under the other's stern apd gallantly wicded her, thus tating the lead of the first olwex vachia ‘The large eel wi ner, aie ‘and you may be eure that althougo ade @ rousing breakfast, full jus- ice isdone to the mid-dey meal Soon ater dinner the wind irenbened and some 0; the iagging craft crept to the front, ‘astern. ‘brie those with jess canvass dropped ‘The Julia led. the firet baudsomely the greater part of the day. Ati:2) P M., be Maria, Hebecca apd Julia were to the front. the latter tu Advance . the Boud fo lowed, about abreast of the Marta. Foy several boure the position of the hescmost yachts was not sitered, we breeze freabeving all the whi'e and seaaing them slong right merry. at 4:80 the Jue sull led, the rebecca nexi, with the Marla avd Ecud abreast of each other, close be. bind 415%; P.M the Beud slipped past the Zinga, the Aesl- esa and Mnnuering following third and fourth le the end. avotber account sayé:— Every stitcd of canvass was set -squaresails, topaalls, water- sails aud all eo tbat the fairy Lke bubs seemed ‘almost’ buried under @ load of canvass, fo crown it all, their arrivalat New London was greeted Wii the yoar of cannon on board the yachts aud on abore, wbch was repeaied a3 one and avother appeared, until he whole fleet bad arrived. The bombardment of New York could scarcely be & more compieve breach upon the quiet of the city than was this method of anaouncing the arrival of this compary of Sabbath breakers at the Pequot House. A correspondent of ove of the daily papers, who as On board one of the vessels, describes the scene as follows :— At tbe yacbta came in the promontory on which the Pequo: Bouse starde wie covered with tpectatora. From this point exch sacbt received ® courteous ssiute from one of those * mortal engines whore rudeMhrouts,Jove's ciamcrs ounterfelt,”” xno wa tary weve atu for gun the echoes of the bile gave bask the Joyous a7unds, informing the ladies fair that the yachtamen wad come. ‘Bus thie was not the end of the Sabbath desecration on thig cruise. Another sscred day was spent ina similar mapper After the regatta at Newport ihe fleet proceeded to New Bedford, where on Saiurday afternoon tae com- manders of the several yachts were cailed together on bourd Commodore Svevens’ vessel, to make arrangements jling the next day to Holmes’ Hole; cock on Sunday moroipg, amid the booming of cannon sod the music of the band, the fleet, by the orders of tue Commodore, set sail upon avother Sunday excursion. We are very bappy 2 be abie to state that neuher in this nor in the race on the previous Sunday did all the vacntt jon. Several of the fivet made their way to New Londou' «nd Newport without eugeging in the Sunday race, avd wben ibe commanders were called together at New Bedford, Captaio Loper of the Macgie, which had taken the firat prize ip the regatta, and which had led the fleet ia sailing eastward—ns we learn from @ passenger on board this yacht—irankiy stated that he never Sailed his vessel nor allowed it co wail on the Sabbath, and that if it was the determipadion of the reet to do ao they must sail wil out bim. In this purpone be was joined by Capt. Ruther- iord, of the Ray; and while these two yachts lay quietly at abcbor in the harbor ou Sunday morning, the reat of ihe fleet took their departure, as above stated, amid the tiring of cannon aud ober demonstrations equally incon- sistent wich the #acrodness of the day. We hve not given undue importance to this instance of Sabbath dececration. It is not at alla private affair. The movements of the New York Yact Club are as much @ matter of public notoriety ag those of a national ‘leet. Their appval exeursion and regatta are chronicled snd heraided throughout the country, and the accounts read every where, und with them the account of the man- ner in which they spend the Sabbath days during the crulse. The gentiemen composing this club are men of Wealth, occupying social positions which give greater power for good or for evil to thelr example. If they thus publicly cast contempt upon the law of God, and trample upon that day of wnich He has said, “Remember that Abou keep it holy,” how many throughout the community Witl be emboldened to go and do likewise? Are there none belonging to the New York Yacht Club whose Influence is sufficient to prevent a recurrence of this outrage upon the moral gontiment of a Christian community, goa this breaca upon the Sabbath quiet of New Engiand towpa? Even if these gentlemen have no more regard for the holy Sabbatn than to spend ‘tin the manner described sbove, they ought to have more respect for the moral and religious convictions of others than to engage in Sunday races which attract so much of public aitention; and still more, than to break up the Sabbath quiet of a large community—of more than one—by aunouuciug their departure and arrival on that day by the roar of cannon and oiher equally offensive demonatraticns. They wre not accustomed to act thus in defiunce of the ussges of polite eociety, and we cannot re- gard itany more aga roark of vheir good breeding that toey ehould ret at naught the feelings of the Christian pub- lic. Tt ie in the hope that some measures may be taken by the members of this club to preveot » repetition of these Sabbath ecenee, that we have expressed what we know is ihe zentiment of a large portion of the community in midat of which these gentlemen reside, Mesting of the Health Commissioners, A fnli Board wag present at the moeting of the Commis- sioner on Monday. The captain of the bark Lone Star, from Havana, applied for permission to bring bis vessel up to Hunter’s Point which wae allowed, The ship B. R. Meinon, from Havana, and in Quarantina since the 3d of August, was aleo applied for in order that ehe might come up. It was reported that she is clean and whitewashed throughout, and Dr, Gunn rized, if he considered jt proper, to permit aris wae up to plier No, 12 North river where ehe may discharge her cargo. An application from the captain of the Chrysolite, from Havana, to discharge cargo was received. Dr Guon reported the cases on board of her to be not those of yollow fever, and that they have recovered since their arrival. It was ordered that her cargo must be weighed on board the lighters by which she will be per- mitted! to discharge it. The Mayor said there is a complaint against Fanshaw and McCheaney, lighter contractors, for having discharged part of a cargo in the city, which should have been taken to Filis’s Island, and that they ‘ards removed it to another part of the city thereby violating their contract. Dr. Gunn said be would iu the case aud ascertain the truth of the complaint. ‘The City Inepector was directed to abate the nuisance at 44” Cherry etreet, consisting of a piggery of the most Occan Steamers for Lake Michigan, OUR EXPEDITIONARY CORRBSPONDSNUE, sreaaen Darnoit, Lake Erie, Avgast 28, 1859. Two Nw Steamers fur the Detroit and Milwaukee Line Americun Sapbuilding on ths Lakes—Description of We Yi sielim Excursion Trip from Buffalo to Mitwaukee, ce A most important step in the progress of the great Northece'eru States Use Just berm tak o in the building of two new Oven stesmers—iho Dotroit aad the Milwaukee — toron on Lake Michigaa detween Grand Gaveo und Mi kee, and is commection with tho great North wertera route, extencing from Niagara Fa'is via the Great Western Railroad and the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, the feveriio northern route 10 Michigam, Wisconsia, Upper Ubsois, Minnesota, lowa aod Nebraska, and coanexing with a)) points West aud Southwest. The etcamers wiil be placed immediately om the Detroit and Milwaukeo rovte, and run under the charter of the Lake Mivhigaa Traneit Company. The corporators, under the act of the Legislature of Wisconsin, passed in 1853, charieriag the Lake Michigan Trangit Company, met on the 4th inetan}, apd having ascertained that $300,000 had been subszribed to the stock of the company, proceeded to elect the fol- lowing duectors: ‘bees J Buydgee, Alexander Mitch nolds, H. © Bucher, 8. K. Muir, Nels» Y. Siewart. Oa the 28th instant the directors met in Detroit, and made choice of the following officers:— Presidente C, J. Be ydges. Pice PrendentaSbomas Reynolds, Srerelary ond Treasurera=9, C, Lrowbridge, of Detroit, Superinendentms. K, Murr. ; The necersisy for two such steamers as these has loi been feit on this route, both to secure the confid:nce of tbe public ia the passage of the lake and to redeve the vom peny from expensive Charter expenres. Mr. Julius Movius, the general egent of the Detroit and milwaukee wud Great Weatern roads, having secured th» builoing of the avamers at Buffaio and superintended toe.r design und construction, expresses, justiy , great coaiideace in their strength, durabiiity end convenience. They bave been built ag nearly like Ocean steamers as possibic, Sno are, perbaps, even Bwuocber san the light draught Doate that run to Richmoad along the coast acd up the James river with go much regularity and safety They were built with special refereuce to strengta, syed and hight dravght, and reflect great Credit va the marine arent. tecture of the city of Bu! DESCRIPTION OF THE STEAMERS. The Detroit anu Milwaukee are twiut, 20 that they may be described tcgether. They were commenced just pre to the panic of 1857, and afforded, during thas tr ter, welcome employment 0 a large number oF arbeans of Bullalo, The experdiiure of $300,0v0 ia their cobeirvetion acded vieibly to the buriness arance o| ‘hat prosperous city. Tcey were buiit at the abipyard of Wazop & Bidwell, uader tne imaiediate superintendence of Mr. Movius, Who took especial pains to secure rtrengch, even at the ritk of sacrificing a ilttis convenience io gettiog on beard. The following are the dimensions of the ship:—Longth broadih of beaw, 34 fest; depio ‘be keols are of wii'e oak, L2a\4 }, 14xl4 wod 14x12. The sice 6 inches, are mouided'15 inches at the heels aad 6 inches at ibe top beight, aud are placed 2 feet from the cepires. They are cisgonaliy braced with iron siracs 53g incbes wise and 34 incbes thick. Toey ara placed the sume disiences from centres ae the frames. The space under the engines and boilers is filled in between tn» frames, forming a solid mass of timber 90 feet long, and bolted with i:0a bolts 1 inch in diameter. The evgine Keeigons are 2 feet 9 inches wide and 4 feet 6 iwches bieh, securely boited 10 the floor umbers wita 13 inch ecrow bolts, There are six sive keelgons )2x12 1ucaes equare, running the eutire length of the vessels, and equare bolted ith 1 ipch won bolts, Above these are six bilge strakes, 6x12 inches, and also equare fastened with % iach bolts. The clamps are 6 incbes thick snd $2 wehes wide; toe celllog between the clamps ad bilge strakes ia 3 inches thick, well fastened with 8 inch spikes Besides tbis, on Ube inside of the celiing, are ex etrakes of arches 6 inches thick and 8% inches wice, runuing from the keelsons at each end of the vestels up under the beams aaudehips ‘Theee are secured by % icca bolts, drivea from the ous sides and riveted ja the iusides of the arcnes. Tae bolts are as cicse together as the frames will admit. The deck beams arc 9x9 inches square, and Placed 3 feet from centres. The wheel beams are sided 18 inches and woulded 16 inches in the centre and 12 inches at the ends. The guard beams will wary from 10 to 12 inches square. The entire deck frame 18 secured to the hull with 160 jodge kaves and 122 o® wal knees, sived from 5 to7 inches, besides a large number of bapging knees, aided from 9 vo 12 inches. These are all fastened with iron bolts from Wy to 1 insb in diameter. Under the main deck iss tier of #.ancheous, rubning from the centre keelsons to a stringer fitied to th lower Fide cf the beams. Thess are securely fasten) with 3 inch bolts. Tue lower decks are also secured to the bull with knees well fastened. The guarag are braced with heavy white oak timbers, secured to the bull with iron streps, and, besides tue usual ‘hog braces,” they are well kneed on the outside. The garboard strakes are 9 inches thick and 16 tuches wide, and are bolted through the keel with 1 inch boiis. Beiween each frame the piank on the bottom is 3 inches thick; those on the sides from 3 to 6 inches thick, all of the quality of white oak, square fastened, with large spikes, but bolted with 1 bolts, driven through the plank timbers and ceiling and riveted inside. From the deck to the rail the frames are the same as below, and the buiwarks, on the inside and outsice, are 2 inches thick. Under the rail botn inside snd out, and running the entire length of the steamers, are two oak stringers 3 inches thick and 12 inches wide These ate bolted together through the timbers; and the rail, which ia 4 mches thick and 24 inches wide, ts secure jy boited to the end of the timbers and algo to those stringers, thus forming a complete arch, and adding 4 feet to the depth of the hull. This t an entire new feature in steamboat building. They will be the same rig as the ccean stesmships, and will spread about 1,600 yards of canvass. The sianding rigging is manufactured from the best Ruesia hemp, and the running rigging from the best Manila. The rigging and cordage were made especialiy for the ships, and in piace of the old windlass, Brown’s patent cap stan js supplied. The genilemen’s eating and diving rooms, on the lower deck, are spacious. Three tiers of Lertbs at the sides will sccommodate a hundred passen gers, This cabin is elegantly fitted up, and is exceodingiy well ventilated. The ladies’ saloon, on the main deck, contains fourteen commodious state rooms, each furnished with double bed and berths. The pannellings and doors are of grained white oak. There are also ten state rooms on the after deck. The beds, beiding, towels and upaoiatery ure ali of the most finished as weil as costly style, and un- less our New York shipbuilders progress very fast, they will find that Buifalo nearly equals them in her first at- \empt at ocean architecture. All the nice details fer the comfort of pasvengers have been attended to with the ex actnees of practised caterers, and the culinary, the ablu- tory, and recreatory departments could hardly be im- proved, The gentlemen’s saloon and smoking room de serve especial praise, and when the boats se in running order two hundred passengers can croas in them without inconvenience. The profuse number of life boats and life pregervers is deserving of special mention, ENGINES AND BOILERS. The engines were built at the Suepard Iron Works, in Buffaio. The diameter of each cylinder is 60 inches, and 12 feet stroke; diameter of wheels 24 feet; diameter of sbafis 16 inches, wrought fron; beam strap 434 by 614 inches; diameter of side pipes 22 inches; diameter of air pump 66 inches; length of connecting rod 23 feet, and 9 inches in diameter. Stevens’ cut off will be uged on both engines. They are upwards of 1,000 horse power, and will make from 15 to 19 revolutions per minute with 30 pounds of steam. The engine framesare made of the beat Georgia pine, procured in New York for that purpose. The boilers were also made atthe Shepard Iron Works, and ure the return flue tubular boilers. Extreme lengih 2334 feet; diameter of shell 10 feet; bed of fire box 11 feet 3 inches. Each boiler has two flues 28 inches in dia- meter, two flues 20 inches, two flues 15 inches, and 164 flues 4 inches, which wili give a fire surface exclusive of & steam chimney of 3,206 square feet. Each boat has two boilers. They are ao constructed as to burn wood or éoal, and 80 arranged that in case of accident te one boiler, the steam cap be shut off aad the engine worked with the other, With the exception of the heavy forging, all the work has been done in Mr. Shepard’s shop. ‘The working of the engines of both boats, on the trial trip, and Guring the run to Cleveland, was satisfactory. In spite of the heavy sea they labored but little, and worked with exemplary emootbneas. The oilicera of the Detroit are Oapt.D. A. McBride; firet officer, James Mitchell; chief engineer, John Stark. The cflicers of the Milwaukee are Captain W. 8. Cross; first officer, Captain Wm. Kynasten, and chief engineer Thomes Fitzpatrick. Mr. Wm. Fowler, the steward, is decidedly up to bis business, and on this oovasion did his beat to make all the visiters comfortable, Of the joimer work, the furniture and mattresses, giass, chive and silver ware, and the other triumphs of Buffalo mechanics, I cannot speak in detail, Suflice it to say that they render these steamers models vessels of their class. They are well caicuiated to keep travellers comfortable the [dep round, and will no doubt attract much travel to the route. It was determined to signalize the first trip of the steamers from Buffalo to take their places on the line by inviting @ number of ladies and gevtlemen to participate in the excursion; and several hundred gueats, comprising many prominent gentlemen tu this part of the country, were invited. A representation of about a dozen came from New York, under the especial care of Mr. EB. P. Bech, the obiiging general agent of the roads in Now York; and starting from New York on Sunday evening last, breakissted on Monday at Aibany, dined at Syracuse, supped at Buflalo, and breakfasted this morning, en route for Cleveiand, on board the Detroit. The people of Cleye- jand, Deiroit, Mackinaw and Milwaukee are making Vig rou preparations to welcome the boats en route. Throwing Offal in the Bay. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Avovsr 22, 1869, Several indignant communications have lately appeared in your puper regarding the deposit of offal, carcases of dead horses, cattle, &c., in the waters of the bay and along shores other than the proper ones for the deposit o” such objectionable articles, On the afternoon of August 21 the men on board the pereaugus schooner Mercbant, of New York, tarew her ergo of buicher’s offal overboard In the bay, between the beacon on Romer and Staten Island. A continued fine of carrion marked their course. This has, probably by this time, been distributed pretty tho- roughly along the Long Isiand and Jersey shores, and very poesibly a goodly portion of it has found ita wiiy back to ite starting point—New York city, _ Seven wiiveases t this can give evidence to these facts. None of ug being immediately interested as frequent auf- ferers from this puisantt, nor being advised as to the proper plan of procedure in the case, we address this Communication to you, no that those more immediately dapgerone mature. M>_ O'Neil made some explanation as to the condition of his gat boiling establishment for the use of sausage mik- ers ip Fortietb street. Ho was ordered to voll the gute In (he aight imeteaa of the day time. ‘They then adjourned, joterented, whether authorities (if euch tere be) who are responsible for the proper performance of this duty, or officere of the law, or private individuals, may know such evidence is at band und will be cheerfally given to Coed hte & earn every individual member of ¢ community of New York and the adjacent eountry is more or leew iuvereated. bis cil Our Virginia Correspondence. Swasr Srxincs, Monroe County, Aagust 20, 1859 Marlin Von Buren, the ichmumd Enquirer and Governor Wise, do, ‘The roaders of the Hxkatp remember that Mr. Van Buren was im times past oftes deaounced as au intriguer and magictem by hie politicai oppooents, After serving Bevera: years in the seuste of the United States, he was elected Govervor of New York. Ho then probadly aepired to the Presidency. His son Jobn is a maa of taicnt, and he might, as editor of sume New York paper, have rendered bis father some service by pufflug bim through the press, Did Mr Van Berea aliow ois son Jobp, or extber of his brothers, to obtain the editorial oon- trol of apy poiltical psper with the view of promoting Mr. Van Buren’s prospecis for the Prosideacy ? No, Mr. Van Buren bad too much moral delicacy, too much golf. reepect, too much respect for public sentiment to permit such an act to oe done. Mr. Von Buren was indepanden} enough and self-roliaut enough to decline dong wnat Governor Wise bas prompted, or as least permitted his son, 0. J Wise, to do for the beaefit of bis Excellency. Truly path Lord Bacon eaid, that ‘’ the rising unto place is laborious,” aad wnat to “ j¢ is @ strange desire to seck power over others aud lose power over @ man’s 6e'f’? Solomon said “ there ‘Do now thing upon the earth,’ but he lived befure tl age of newspapers, and if 3olomoa was alive ne wou'd coutecs that it was a * new thing” in our poittizal for epy aspirant for the Presidency « permit his edit @ prom'nept paper and exw the fatoer almont daily as tbe most suitabie wan for the arg The Ricbmond £aguiser was founded by Mr. Thomas Ritebie, who was iis editor for a log period. Watie veder bis control it exerted grest influence, aad was truly the organ of the Virginia democcacy. Such con- tioved to be the character of the Richmond Zaquérer uotil the retirement ot Mr Rogor Pryor from the editorial oe partment. Within the last two years tbe Kicamood En- quirer bas lost ite prestige, and iw influence has been greatiy curtatied. It @ no’ longer the organ of tae V'r- gipia ‘democracy, but it is empbaticaily tne organ of Governor Wise. For bis advancsment the Enquirer lives und moves and breathes, Tue opinions and tho washes of the Virgmia democracy are srcoudary and subordinate. ‘With tbe Ricbmond Enquirer (apd its editor, 0. J Wise) Governor Wise 18 AipDs and Omega, and unless ne ruled rule moet be the result. The Governor aud his soa oave greatly mistaken the character of the democratic party of Virgioia. ‘The cemocrate of Vieginia are independent and Will not Ooey orvers. They may pemaienalig be tse Pa cowxed, but they cannot be driven, Of this O. J. treme to be profoundly ignorant. Shortly 7 Mr. Boechapan’s inauguration 4s Prewdeat the Richownd Knguirer ccwmeuced an insidious aud unsarvavtabe warfare aga\uet Sepa'or Rumer, who wat presented by tbe Enquirer af unfrieacly to tae Pre mcept. No evidence whawver was adduced to prove tha charge, but for several moutus Bir, Hater wa: anvatlod jo the most Hiberal mauzer, His popularity was proof against all the ertlliery of the Enjuirer, aod when tne election of Sevator wok piace, the foilowieg winter, Mr Hunter was reelected to the Seuate by # vote almost ubepimovs and without any regular oppositio. This fact proves conclusively that the Enquirer ‘se poy now “the organ of the Virgina democracy,’ a8 0. J. Wiss presoode aud wesres the pubic to believe. The democra's of Virginia bigh y appreciate the elevated moral charac er ad poiltical services of Seaator Bunter, whoie tnieliec: aud learning aud masterly speeches bave won for bim # natioual repute tuop. All the Wises in Virginia could not induce toe people of the Siate to ¢ject from the Senate ove ‘Of itp greatent statesmen. Again, the Enquirer tried for months to prevent the nomisation of afr. Letcher as a candidate for Governor. Bat the democrats of Virginia refased to obey O. J. Wiee and his Excelloscy Governor Wise. Mr. Letcher was nomivated and elected by a hand some majority. The Haquirer aiso tried very ba d to pre- veut the re election of ex Governor Smith to Jangreas; nut yet bs was elected by sn immense majority, 09 taese ‘Vhipgs prove that the Richmond Huquiver ia now (what it unqveetivoebiy Was uDUl the last thiee years) tae orgau of the Virginia democracy? Oo the contrary, do they not prove most Rn agetn & the reverse? Time will how whether the Kicbmond Enquirer is or is not the organ of Governor Wire, Mark what [eay, who Tteil you thes the dem of Virgicia thiuk for tnem- kelves aud have the courage to uct for theaseives, Tacy 0 Dos intend to be ruled by Governor Wive or the po ‘This paper greatly exaggerates the populariy of Governor Wise as ® candidate for tbe Prosidency, He wes formerly im favor Of @ nativdal bank as weil as dis tribution He was elected to Congress aa a atroog Jack 80m man, and very soon became one of bis most vioient opponents, He was for mavy years a bitter whig, and now O J. Wise wisnes the peopie of Virgiais to look upon bia father as the author of the Sao Creasury bill. Few politicians have evinced more insiabiiity than Governor Wise. He has talodts and boldness, bu’ he ia impulsive and unstable, rash and reckless,” After professiag great friendship, personally and politically, for Mer Buchanan, Governor Wise now charges him with being ® candidate for reelection, in despite of Mr. Buchanan’ positive and repeated deciara. ‘tions to the contrary. Whatright has Governor Wise Yo question the veracity of Mr. Buchanan? Has not Mr, Buchanan ag high a reputation for truth as Governor Wize? Tbe ambition of the latter has nearly desiroyed him. The people of the United States will not need his services a8 President. As Lord Bacon recommends, toc people bad better “choose such mivisters as are more sensible of duty than of rising, and suob as love business rather upon conacience than upon bravery.’’ ‘No two gentlemen in the Union would probably be more acceptable to nine tenths of the democratic party in 1880 than Hunter, of Virginia, as President, and Dickingon, of New York, a8 Vice President. Such @ ticket would ipspire confidence and command respect througbout the confederacy. Hunter and Dickicgon are exyerienced and patriotic, conservative and national. Taney are above corruption and intrigue. They will not stoop to elec. tioneer for themselves; they Will not seck those high offices; and such are the men whom the people of the United States ought to honor. With Bunt r and Dickinsoa the democratic purty of the Union would be invincibie. We invoke public attention to these distinguished men as eminently quaiifled to win the race ip 18¢0. The farmers of Virginia are bieesod with good crops, and the proprietors of the several Spricgs have bvea greatly encouraged and patronteed. No State surpausca Virginia in the number and medicinal virtues of tnese heaith restoring fountains, Our Richmond Correspondence. Ricumoyp, August 23, 1859, John Minor Botts Nominated for the Presidency in Rich- mond, fc. There was a large and enthusiastic opposition meeting at the African church last night to bring out Joha Minor Botts for the Presidency. Tae immenso building was filled with the bone and sinew of the opposition party in the capital of the old commonwealth, and such a united and entnusisstic crowd has not been gathered for a like purpose for many years, A committee of fifteen was ap- pointed (A.J. Crane chairman), which made a report upon the present condition of the country, the qualities needed in the adwainistration of pubiic affairs, and recommending Jobn Minor Botts as the man forthe times. The report was adopted with one yoice, except Mr. Jas. K. Lee, who offered a reeolution declaring it inexpeatent to express any preference as to a candidate for the Presideacy, Which resolution was immediately annihilated by a prompt and universal negative, Im reeponge to the enthusiastic calls of the meeting, Marmaduke Johnson, Esq, made a spirit atirriag Specch. He had, he said, beon cailed to the stand) but there was no question before the meeting to be discuseed—there was no difference of opinion to be ar- gued. When nearly all of this community waa in favor of Jobn Minor Botts for President, what was there for him to say? (Great applause.) He (Mr. J.) was no poli ‘cian; but there was uo lover of his country but ought to feel a deep solicitude for the public weal when cuntem- | emer the present conditioa of affairs; and if he were in Jongress, aod atthe head of the Commitice on Ways and Means, he would gay, as ne now said, that ihe beat way aud the best means to recone the government from ite pregent entanglement wouid be to elect John Mioor Botta to the Presidency. (Cheers) Mr. Johnson proceeded to consider the state of public affairs brought about by the administrative power, and, in continuation, depracated Sectional parties as the greatest of calamities which could befall this country. The agitation of the North and the agitation of the South must be put down. The people are beginning to see that in the struggie for the spoils the constitution will be trampled upon, aad they are determined to staud by the constitution, lot the spoils go to whom they may. (Applause.) The suvject of ery must be left where it is Placed by the constitution, and if this is mot dono, the people will say to the agitators, ‘Get thee benind me, Satan.”” He wished to bring the minds of the meeting to the map of the times—to & man who had always stood firm to the principies advocated by Henry Ciay—prin. ciples which, in our belief, are essential to the aa! vation of the country—to a man who would administer the aifairs of the bation upon conservative principles—and that man is John Minor Botts. (tho speaker continued to culegise Mr. Botts, in the course of which there were fro. quent demonstrations of applause), ‘It was resolved by the meeting to recommend a con- vention of the opposition party tn the State in the fail. Botta is the universal choice of Virginia for the Presi- dency. The opposition oa of North and South cannot do better than raily to the support of tue most thorough goirg Union man in the country, the mort powerful iniel- Ject in the ranks of the Southern opposition, the man on whom the mantle of Henry Ciay has fallen. Military Affairs. FIBLD Day. The Second regiment, Col. Gregory, of the Hudson Bri- gade, New Jersey, intend vieiting Greenville on the 24 df September, fora day’s drill in fold movements. Tuey will be reviewed by Brigadier General James T. Hatfield, and revers) other leading officers of the New Jersey mili- tia, Col. Gregory, having devoted a large portion of bis time to his command, promises to make quite ® display on the above occasion. Succers to their undertaking. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 3, Fourtn Buicgape Fiast Division N.Y. 3. May New York} August 20, 1859, ‘The officers and non-commissioned officers of this Petal are desired to assemble for military improvement on frag Square, on Tuesday, the 30th day of August inet., and Friday, the 4d proximo, at half-past two o'clock P.M. on each day. ‘The genoral staff and field officers with side arms; company and regimental staff officers and non-commissioned officers with muskew, bayoaets and belia-—all in fatigue or citizen’ drees, By order-of John Ewen, Brixadicr Genoral Commend- R. TAYLOR, Brigade Inspector. Tue Last Bat1oox Voraas.—Professor Wise did ‘not succeed in his ascension from Lafayette, Ind., a day or two ago, He intended to come ocean’ , but he de- sconded at or near Crawfordsvilie, in the same State, Steam Communteation Between Australia and Eurup: vie Pansine—amertoan Trade de the Pactic TO 128 RDIVOR OF THE HERALD. ‘The persevering Cetermination of she Aastralian colo- nies, and New South Wales in particular, t> open nye foam route trom Ausiralia to Europe vie Penaiwa, nad been at length crowned with succes, aud tne Ragiisn | OVI rUMeDt bas reso! ved (0 open the route withous furthor deisy. Teuders buve been calcd for aud eout in by too peveral grost eam Companies of Kugisad, iaciuding tho West [odin Mail compsn.oa and tho Cuoard, 48 well as several private tenders. The route is to be open by the commencement of next year. Tous will be reaiized that ilas of communication whicd the American mind tong recoguited as tno best, Gurest and leart expensive tou route betweea the filth Continent and the Old Country ‘The pioveer of this route, and the only commercial steam. ship thet ever crossed the Pacis octween Australie and Pa. Dams, Was the maguificent Awerican steamer Gulden Age, Row runsivg on the San franvieco line, Tais ship crossod the Pacific in 1854, coaling at Tahiti, clearly demoontrat- ing by her passage the feasibility of the route; yet it bas Temained unopened unit! the prorent time, and pow is only brought about by the New Suutu Vales gvverament ‘Voting @ epevial sum of $260,000 per aonum as their coa- tribution towards the purpose, By this rouse cae com- mercial relations of America #ith Avs.ralia will be much improved, and po:h postal and padseuger commuaicstion reduced tn time and expeose between ihe countries. But it is not alone to the increase aud further devetoge. ment of our Ausiraiian wade toat we must coutive urselves from tne opening of this rouve. Tne g.0 jous islands of the Svuth Paciflo (scattered in bundreds over that vast expaose of traaguti ocvau), be simost fabulous fertiity aud climato of whica wo have beard 60 much, from the days of Commod0-e Por. ter’s occupation of one of the Marquesas to the pres nt time, wili be opened up to occupation and clvilization by their faciiity of accees, ‘The advantages and importance of the various groups of the South Pacific Islands bave never been properiy ua cerstwod by vs, alttougt they are perhaps more visited by our whalers than by «hs eDive of aay O'hor asuon Many of these istanas oiler Capital depos tor cue wal ipg Wade—fruit, Vexemdi-e aod pigs abounding, as well 8 bale Bd Capacious Darbure. . The expeoitou of Commodore Wilkes, aud bis pub hewiens, have furp'sked mucv wiormsiioa win istapda, but considera rie Since that por Pani avd the Drigbboring isiande, and more laeiy of (bo large isiand uf New Caledonia snd the aojaceat group iu the neiznbor hood of the Coast of N riwoa. "Moreover, missions ries, both American, Freoch ant Ergieo, pave of iste Years largely spresa Lormecives tu thess regious, exvoud jog tomi civilization where mougut bur Caamoxism aod barberiam betore existed. Engiand, strapgoy vexlectiu! of ber interesis, to permit the occupation by Frause of New Caledonia, the largest aud Best of the Sovik “aoific islands, ie now turning har attention towards the Fejees, 80 as to outfaus the Frevch and also pieveat any Awerican acqaiat tious in thet quarter. [t appears toas considerable cn missionaries «sod oiner Amerinan sve lately been perpetravcd —amoagse the Fejee group, and demand on the part of toe American authorities Doing wade for the daymeut of com Pensation to the amount of 660,090, some Kugitsa traders and miseiouurice have mcucel oo of the Perjes kingy Ww rend an agent ty Kupiaud, offering (o cede the sovereignty of (ede itlands sod 200,000 acres of unoccupied Ixads oa coua'tion of British prot-cuon and jurisdiction beiag ex- tevdea over them Sinve the eriiva! of that agent in England the matver bas bern promipeatiy bought wader {be Doltee of the Foreign Migister by deputations of lead- tog London merchan's and Maoshester manufacturers, Woo strongly urge the Britied Mictater to bake poaaeeaiou of the group, ope of the Coie! arguimeuts used Deeg that these isiards are acmirsbly suited, as regards Boil, chmate and coiored Isbor, for the cultivation of & superior qnaiity of cotion, According so tho last sccousts, the Suglisn governmant bad not us yet ariived at any delerminatiun, but there is litte doubt an attempt will be mate to extead British jurisdiction in toat quarter, especially as a chock to France, who, by ber occupstion of New Ssledonia, com mands tre essterh coast of New Holand, aut tha rouse by orres 3iroii#, of outside of Now Guiaes, so India or Cana from Austraita. . ‘The peopie of both Sydney and Melbourne have of late dieplayed great anxiety with respect to toe movements of France in the Pacitic. sxicg eeveral magoiticeat gar bors, New Caledopia might be winds the rendezvous of Pquadron capab'e of placing oder contribution the great commercial cities of Meibourne and Sydney, and de- oat wre always to be Proceedings of Francs apprenengion on this pont, as it be determined at once to remove its chief ion from Tabiti to New Cat dopia, preserving merely a protectorate over the former, and reetoring autaority to Queen Pomare Tbe prowinent reason for tbig alteration appears to be the fact that we entire of Tabiti und the neigudor ing group 16 go limited in Size that there is po extent of land unoccupied at all suited for a population of white planters or setters; whiist New Caledonia is an island 230 mises in jevgh, with a width varying from thiriy to neveoty miles, and but thinly peopicd by scatiered tribes of a woolly headed egro race, differing aliogether in appearance from tne aboriginal ‘population of the neighboring coust of New folland. The trade of the South Paoific Islands is as yet al most undeveloped, end what there is carried on, {6 in the bance of a few Sydney merchants, who em ploy ® number of smail veesels in collecting wanda: wood, beohe:le mer or trepang, tortoise shell, mother of p-arl sheil, cosomnut oil, &. The value of these islands docs Not at all Beem to be appreciated, either for trade or occu. and amongst them exisi rome copper deposits | | { these respect to macy of stroying the vast feet of blip found ip both these harbors. to aliey 7 are not likely pation equal iz the richness of the ore to those of Lake Superior. ‘The production of cocoanut oil might be aimosi witaoa: & limit there, anc ail the coral ree‘ arouud these wiands abound wit beche-le mer, which mects witn a ready market alway in China, at prices varying trom $250 to Becbe le mer, a8 tbe Dame impites, is a ig, found emongst the coral reef, ant much used in Chins for soups and in the food of the higher classes, The size of the siug varies from eight to fifteen or sixteen inches long, and when taken requires to be cut open, cleaned, dried, and then smoked In close reed houses to prepare it for market, when it ts packet in Dales. For sges past large fleete o’ Chinese ann Malay janks have resorted to the portnern cossis of New Holiapd in scerch of beche-le mer, coming down wiih one monR00.: ‘abd returning wih the other, bui the quantity found there is very limited in comparigon to the wiundaace to he met wih about the eborex of New Caledonia, ihe Fejae group, the Loyaities or the New Hebrides, The nigh commersini value of thig article should stimulate its extensive co lection, and it might be made an article of great profit Notto beche-le mer, sandal wood, cocoanut oli, or tor toise shell need the trade of these isiands be con ned. Coat bas been discovered in some of tam, a8 weil as copper, and specimens of goid in quartz have also found ‘their way to Sydaey. * Bicaed with an ungurpsssed climate and rich Boil sugar, cotton und coffee could be rained tn abundacce, Lo fact, at present the sugar cave {# indigenous there, and much used by the natives ax an article of food, from wich they likewise manufacture a fermented drink. The consumption of sugar, aanually increasing ip greater retio tan the supply, cuils for new sources of on vation, and these isiands are admirably situated for the purpose. Colored labor be obtained im abua dance from the islands more porth, and from Baili, Limor, Lomback and several of the Malay group. At Bali large ‘numbers of jaborers are to be had as low as one doilar « month. They would be giad to evgage for terms of revou Or ten years, and Owing to the viciaisy the coat of passage would be but smal/. Thus cheap !abor, combined with soil, climate and other advantages, rendor these islaads most favorable spota for sugar planting The neighboring Australian colonies offer a ready and extensive market for ail produced, the estimated consump. tion of sugar tn these colonies exceeding sixty tuou- sad tons per annum, tho greater portion of which is imported from the Mauritius sud Manila, [ne importance ot an island suited for the cultivation of sugar, aad in the vicinity of cheap cojored iabor, is demonstrated clearly by the position of the Mauritius or Isle of France in the indian Ocean, That island, on'y thirty sever miles lon, by a width of twenty six miles, exported last year obe hundred and twenty thousand tons of sugar, of a value exceeding fourteen millions of dollars. In fact, 80 im; tant bag the email island of the Mauritius become to Eng: land that ita production of sugar sequal to or rather more than half that of ail the British West Iadia pssseraroi put together, We nee, therefore, no reason why some tbe South Pacific islands should ‘not become as valuable sugar isisnds uitimately as the Mauritius is at present, Tt needs but enterprise and capital to be dirscted there to bring about this result. The immediate opening vp of these islands by steam may induce me to return again to this subject. MERCATOR. More Impure Water—Toe Onto Rrver Tarnt- ep.—There was much excitement in Cincinnati last weet in consequence of the disagreeable tasie of the hydrant water. A large number of citizens are axid to have been rendered {il from its effecta, and hundreds have been com- Petled to stop using it. Mr. Phillips, the Superinteadent of Water: Works, with @ chemist and others, carefully ex amined the works and the Onio river for a distance of two miles, on Thureday Imat. In his report he saya:—We found the seme offensive odor and taste on all the specimens Of water examined—taken at the engine house, at many Pointe along the shore, out in the current near she midd! Of the river, and riong the Keatucky shore, The whole river at tbie point is tainted just as the water in the by- drepts, toovgh Tam bappy to say ia much lees degree to-day than yesterday, and it is the opinion of all the ger Yemen above named that the whole difficuity will dis pear Ina few days. As to the causes which bave pro- duced this condition of the water in the Onio river, it is the opinion of ail who examined the matter that tho numerous small ponds of water throughout the valley and low grounds, drained into the Ohio, had become Stagnant, owing 10 the extreme hot weather previoos to the recent rains, and that in addition large maxses of vege- table matter in & state of rapid decomporition existed, and that the heavy ee both the stagnant water and vegetable maiter int river, at the time quite low, tue whole being at a erento oa ), the atmosphere algo be- ing very warm, aided by the sun’s rays, produced a rapid decomposition of the vegetable matter contained in the ‘water, evolving the ordinarliy accompanying such decomporition. The atmosphere in the immediate vicinity of the river is so highly charged with these gaacs as to bo very oftensive. I have information from New Richmond ‘and other points, some rixty miles above, from whion it seems the water ie tainted in the fame manner at those points, Although the water is very offensive, it is con- sidered barmless though used in ite present condition and if boiled there neod be no foars of producing ill uh, A despatch from Wheeling states that the wnter there was very unpalatable last week, but on Satu; . : 1. raay was be | broken by 46 occasional expr: | (oll Weigot” expreseion. At tho bar was a | tm their hove! as Our Prentow Correspondence, TRENTON, Augent 26, 1869. The Appearance of Me I1i'ly— Worle Prmds Slnbante Ante Leormptiwits Not to by Feund—Seong Lugs uf the Democracy ~Tirm mdous UnervingLong Paces of Ryar gon's Prien as Uneary, bo, dio Having ojosed my report of tbe Lingrat aad polangt Cow Veution ever atavmbiod ab this place aod axoorsataing (hat che yelln, eoroomy apd Babe) cyaiusiva bat aus de Btroyed my’ Keves of bearing, afvor Drown ug & litle fram Bir, I sailed forth inst evening to mee wad nad due Killed Dy the sounder morc tosi had vielied tue demos aoy of the Stite of Camsen aud Amooy, ip hopes of rescning tha OY ing soldiers in Uwe wo furvisd wv Your readare their taae Fequesi®, The botele were Comparatively quiot. laa Treatoo Bouse, wh'ce the wight before was 4o0 Boone Of political wrangling, wus vow oOsriy dessried, the aiuiness on of “all Weignt’* Too United States barroom, instead of oc ing crowded, nat Chairs enough to avcomumorare Dewrly all presoat, tao oo cops Mog 10.@ belt tipsy, baif sleepy state, with so Americar string of pleadere who swallowed their pals aie, oi and porter with consis for Wright; but tnese were ail man Who hed Been blo# 0g and doiug the dirty work for Wright gouersily, Being anxious t> fla! some of tho Skeiioa oF anu Lecomptouiies, to nee If they were * ail Weight,” £ ooptinued my porsmbulation torough the oily, bat ‘Was unadlo to tlad tao faction that bad neon Wye cause of the #torm im thoVoaveniion, Chey bad sitner ail lef; ton, or clee, like the fox *ben pursued, durrowed acmealeoe quietly Cousidering how Lavy nad been iat Out; ope thing Was Orrtain, there were aoue of them to be | found, The Convention sdjourued & fow minuies past seven, and the train Inaving for the North wt 7:40, and tur the South et ulus, thors was arush for tbe cars. as if ayy were wnxious 10 be relieved of (he deafening nolve that bad grected them during the session of the Von vention The democracy of New Jersey, have certainly a power” ful cet of iungs, A person would think, by the Woo lke Tosre that wroge in thay ball every time & new feature was developed in connection with tae Suseex county dolege- Uso, that there was no danger of cousumption amongst them, Ia spite of thoit wrangles, vituperation aad Slmost & frev Ogu over that digiracting quesiion, at tae adoption of he resolutions the whole mass united ia « Koream as if tryipg to vutyell each other. Tae exoke Went raged to'euch aN extow\ thvougoout che day thet tha delogwex Were UPOL their feet Qearly a! tho tims some flan ding, OD the KeLts, OTK La Kae Windows, ail ready we ‘ich in Bod tear tinge Kenerally the at Frequent 4 get upon the table, it war win aifflaty tnat ei20¥ room could be got to wWriie Not tbatanding at! this wrangling 8D? the osiling Of bard vs new over tae Sussex coun y srow ble, (be MoM DE Ihab be Duce of booteetion was Whndrewe tbe entire body uDiied ip au esrpert Ceerminst on jw ruan dbo busines throng. tee fe aod grit Cuimiumied at she anon of Wright, whea ths same powerfai luave be cbea forth im deafening Caeere Woetoer the anti Le com pion democra’e uated iu these cheere L am unadie ta BAY. Tor, (he dolecater standing upou tho Neate ia frome, Tcoula bot nee taat cies OF polluicises. Que thing Ie obtiaia, thoy Gid nol make any demoastration in opposivon. Not ove presidieg oficer out of five buadred could uave gut ied such wo un weuey bad spunky et Of moa as com. pored thin Cor non aw oid Hon Wan 6. Alexaater, woo, ib bis prompt éevisions nou c00i 1uéepeadence disarmed toe tu buleot 4 Tig worping [found geome of the Ryerson or aust Le CoOMptoM delegates {row Sunes — Phey fs0i jadiiant over. the idea that ib+y forced ihe Fowler mon t oack dowa, kad deoiwre that Lory would Ove Hucg Gut uosil doome day rather than haves yieleed, Tae proposition to wita drew irom the Convention came trom the aimiatiteation Oeiegaies from Soswex, whicd the ober cide ciaua ase triveph [found tuom deviaedly now committal upou the Goverver question. ‘Toe an'y reply that T could got as te welder the domipalion of W. was acosptade to tos ati Lecomponites 1 deo’, ° UAUCOS RA 1OUg ks tbe mora! ley, heaved ani drawo out io puri.euic fires, evive'ng # perfect horror of strangers, espectally if th had avy suspicions of thom belvoging tu che reporting fr ternity It reems to be the geoeral impression here that the anti Lecompton iesders wii Cpyuse Wright, and at tae ame time 1618 believed inst their siroegsa ‘will bo coo fined w the leaders, the rack aad fils qesortiag them, 4a 6 Abr case in Peooryivauia, woere poor Forney is ieuieg orders to & few coloae: 4 generals, Gea, Wright, m his epeech of noceptauce, careiutiy avoided aliuaing te Olstractivg questious, but Kept 2s nom commiitsl chancel ail througb, #bich y De put dowa as thecue w hie course in the campaiga ‘The oppoaition boi their Convention here on the 7th ef September, aud tbe unessiuess of the Americans, who de. clare that they have got to receive more notice thea m the ast, or they will set Sail 10 & peparate oraft, indicates & tively time at that Covvention; but tnatead of louklog for & racy or spunky time, their work stil be quiet, ma- hoavring ad arrsuvivg matters in Bowe private room. A bumber of the tifluential Americans deciare :bat if the republicans don’t give them the Governor this time they ‘wil carry on the war by tnemseives Our Galveston Correspondence. Gatveston, August 17, 1859, Dreadful Tragedy at Galvestom—Murder amd Suicide, dc, A tragedy was eoacted ia our city on Sunday last, the 14th, similar to the Macdonald trageay in your city, The facia of the case are as foilows:— Thomas Chamberiain, & stevedore, residing im New Orleans, came to this city on Sunday in pursuit of nis wife, who hud deserted him two weeks previously, takiug with her $175 belonging to the hugoand. He ascertained, ‘upon bis arrival, that she was residing in « house of il- fame on Broudway. He ai once procesded to tae house, and bad an interview wita her, H» seked ber to reture to New Orieans with bim. Tuis sbe refused to do, alleging ag tbe cause that she dia not enjoy herself in his com- pany, aud posiively refused 10 accompany him. At the ‘time they were sitting on @ bed in a room of the house, from which a window opened into the piszza, facing the street. Heat once drew a Oaggor and siadbed her im she bresat aud neck. Sue sprang from the bed and jumped from we window, and ran towards the front door, pursued by ber Dusband, who, Deving aropyed the dogger, drew @ pistol. ‘The’ door was opened or her by ons of the girls belouging to une and coved upon fer pursusr, whe yore! open the door, and vbresiened any one who inier- fered with bim wiik instant deain There were uo moa n the bouse a! the we. The women fied into the street crying Marder, Chainderiam pursued his wife uw « end seizing ber by the hand, abot her througn tne ‘ast, then pisctog ihe pixioi to bie own head dred, apf fe!l lifeless by ber side, tae pal! piercing tne brain. When the room was entered, ton miaatos afterwards, they were both found dead and’ lying ina pool of olood, with their left bauds clasped together. From tne evi- deuce tuken defore the Corover’s jury from the inmates of the Bouse, it seems that the girl was, eeveral yours 4g0, previous to ber marrisge with Champeriaia, aa im- male of @ similar hou’e in Mercor atreer, Now York, bere Chamberlain became acquainted with her, aod wbero he married her Sbe ieft bim « yeur ago, and came and lived wt the house where toa tragedy occurred; he followed her curing the winter, and re\urned wita her to New Orleant Mr. Chumberlain is represented to have been a sober, quiet and inofensive man, aod the owaer of considerale property He ix New Yorker by birth, aud bas, nou! witbia a few years, carrled on stevedoring in that city. There was found on bis person $175 im xold, also a valuabie goid watch, which are aow in the ands of the Corover, The Coroner, Dr. Friederman, sum- moved a jury which rendored the following verdlct:— We, the jury. find from the evidence that the deceased, M. onasiveribin in Yoare of age, wife of Thomas chamberlsia, came to her death from & tab received from the haade of tha sald Thomas Chamberisin, ‘The fatal wound was an incision to the left cheek, prnsirating the neck, cuttiog the carot d ar- very, nod cauripg almost lugtant death” We also find ihat the sald'7 horas Obam er ain. alen deceaved, aged the . 87, came to big death from # wauud received from ® ptstol abot, fired by his oir the ‘ball lodging is own band, which entered toe right n the base of the brata, causing instant dexih, FRIRVEMAN, Coroner, United States Commissioners’ Office. ALLEGED ASSAULT ON THE HIGH SEas. Before Mr. Commissioner White, Avoust 28.—The United States ws. William De Coursey.—The defendant, first mate of the ship Oceam Monarch, was charged by Jobn Brown, ® seaman, with brutally sseauiting him on the high seas during 4 ree cent passage from Liverpool to this port. Brown, om being examined, deposed that he left Liverpool in the Ocean Monarch on July 6, and that on the 27in day of the same month, while standing st the wieolhousd, he was struck twice and kicked by the defendant, without cause. The witness on his crore examination contradicted his for- mer statements, and sbowed evidences of prevarication. The complaint was dismiesed, The United States vs. William De Coursey and George P. Page —This wes aiso a charge preferred by another of the orew against De Coureey for similar offence. The com- Plainant not apposring, and the defendants denying the whois charge, the Commirsioner discharged the accused on parole, to appear if hereafter called upon by the Dis- trict Atiorney. Young Amenica on tHe TicuT Rorr.—A couple of Brockport boys—Cornes and Parker—have, for some time past, been praaising on the tight rope for the amusement of thé people of the village. They have arope drawn across the canal from the American to the tavern on the towing path, and there show their dexterity. We are told that they start at the same time, one from each end of the rope, and meeting in the centre, over the water, some twenty feet above it, they pass—one Lene himself and the other stepping over him. It is sai that these young men have made an engagement to go to Watertown, Jefferson county, and wailk over Black River, where it runs through a frightfuk chasm. This is Young America all over. No Frenchman can introduce anything here as the study of a lifetime, but some Yankee boy can com= pete with him successfully in sixty days—Roches= Union, August 19. Rarroad For Sare.—The Covington and Lex- ington Railroad has been ordered to be sold, under a decree of the Fayette county (Ky.) Circuit Court, on the 5th day of October next. The nee ings of the road for last month exceed by ee the receipts during the corresponding month year,