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stone, L. 1; Stratford, Conn.; Falrfield, Mauch Chunk, Cape May, Niagara Falls, Newpert, &e., &e., &e. OLD POINT COMFORT. Ou Pow Comvors, Va., July 14, 1860. menis—Army—School of Practico—Hygeia as a Water- ing Place, dc., de. , fc. ‘The Hygeia—so styled because the goddess of bealth fholds here unceasing roign—opens the preseut season wnder auspices the most promising. Many improvements greet the visiters 0! Bent season. Among them may be noted aclosure of all the grounds around the hotel, including hose recently granted by the government to the proprie- tors. But the chief improvement is the erection of anew Wing some 100 fost in length, which will largely increase the accommodations. During the past season hundreds Wore turned off for waut of accommodation. Few watering places in the land can boast of so many Advantages and attractions ag Old Point Comfort, which as been called the Biarritz of the United States. The lo- Cality is one of the most beautiful on the seaboard. Nearly all around it you have the broad waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads, with the constant passing and repasing in full view of every class of sail craft, fromthe tiny skiff to the largest sized merchant: man and man-of-war. For bealth it is unsurpassed, Formed a peninsula by the meeting of two narrow necks Of land at the poiut where the waters of the Chosa- peake and Hampton Roads commingle, the breezes that Bweep over it are free of the malaria of the adjacent main, as has been certified by all the surgeons of the mi- Utary post. The bath at Old Point Comfort is peculiarly curative, fand, for rheumatic affections, almost a specific. During the last season there were several refharkable examples the pre- a neat Of ite efficacy in this latter respect. To correct aa error that exists that in all tide waters of Virginia bilioas fe- Ver and ague prevail «very autumn and fall, it is right to Bay that, with regurd to Old Point Comfort, in the recol- Jection of the “oldest inkabitant’” here, these complaints Are unknown. The simple truth is that for health it is not surpassed by any watering place on the coatinent. No mountain Fetreat—not even the fumed White Salphur of Virginia— 4s healthier than Old Point Comfort. A great mistake made by those who come here is that Lbey leave it Just at the time when it is most pleasurable fo bshere. From the 16th of Aagust to the vember (during which period the company is compa tively thin) is much the most desirable time to be at ( Point Comfort, In September and October the clim inexpressibly delicious. You strike all the while the happy medium so favorable to health aud enjoyment; the Aish are in the height of perfection and abund the fishing is splendid; the b. ightful thaa ever, while there is no more da ase Lian there would De on the top of the All ghan The mouths of Septem- Der and October, indeed, are the two mouths for a sqjourn At Old Point. * . For good living no locality has superior opportunities. Beaides tho surrounding country, it is accessible ine few hours to the Richmond, Norfolk and Balti- Tore markets, while for the great luxury of the Balt water, good fish, it is without a rival. Here, Zoo, i8 Fort Monroe. ‘This importaut public work was Commenced in the year 1819, and is now completed, save ‘Ate adjunct, the Rip Raps, or Fort Cadhoun, which rises from the bosom of the water about one mile south of the fort, and is annually progressing to completion. A spa Cious Ore proof brick building for ordnance operations has Just been completed, and is under the superintendence of hat excellent man and officer, Capt. Dyer, of the Ord mance Corps. The fort is in Col. D Of the Second artillery. The engineer depart der the command of Col. De Russy, who, besi Local engineer of the fort, is also acting engia of the army, ” There is now a school of artillery practice hero—the Ovly one in our military service—established by the pre. Bout Secretary companies. { War; and the post is garrisoned by eight Of course there is a large number of ofticers Stationed at the post, who, with their families, constitute B most agreeable society. One of the appurtenances of the school of practice is a fine band of music, which dis Pehses gratuitous melody in tri weekly concerts during ‘the summer season, while, of course, there are, daily, all the exhibitions of a large military establishment. A plan was once assented to by Gen. Bankhead, and ap- Proved by Mr. Conrad, then Secretary of War, which ‘would bave put the La ap almost beyond t] rivalry. It was annul! however, by his » And « thousand pities tt is that such was its fate. Had it been carried out, as designed, the thousands of Southern ladies and geutiemea who every seanun leave t ering places, and who domestics, would bh plest accom modat.ons, hes safety they can find nowhere for the w ab on the seaboard, Hyori Hote, Ou Port, Va., July 16, 1860 The Season in Full Glow— Amusement of the Vivilers—Sail 1 ing, Shooting, Angling, de.— The Big Gun at Fort Monroe, de de It 6 the beighth of the season hero. The fashionables Beverally arrive at the Point between the Ist and the 20th of this month, and rarely longer than the 10th of August. They then migrate to the White Sulphur Springs apd other watering places in the moun remain «rctt party will rum an electoral ticket which r E : cop macd four thousand will Out, and, sure enough, there sat a boy with a pile of them in the State Out of the miMe- efor him, which were going at five cents each almost not send ber to Hampton Roads before she returns to me f 'y bousand thatwill be cast, while the democracy will Thousands, tens of thousands, of Southern peo- le would visit hor, . ‘Sh & short distance Se Mertoin, and lyteery Fe who caguot unite cole ticket, composed of sound men, | fust a8, a few hours before, they flew from the press. go to New York visit the great ship were she @ | who “a be ged for either Breckinridge or Dow- sprang from the car, and im @ moment | was enjoying Come to Hamp! elas. if elected, will wote for that demo- the novel, and, to me, by mo means trifling, pleasure of Oratic candidate who shail have proved himself the most Popular man before the people in those States in which eading the HgRaLD one hundred and tifty miles from wo democratic tickets are run. The democracy united home at the same moment the carrier was dropping it at with Bell and Everett ticket in the feld, tnerebe imy door in New York. w publi ; leone ele fore pode antes sparpsicmarsaee At Rochester, where I stopped a few hours, I had the good fortune to meet 4 party of friends, who been there, and fewer stil! ever thought of it asa place FAIRFIELD. were also bound to Niagara, and I joined them. of summer resort. Still, it has many attractions, some Fainrmip Hooss, July 10,1860. A few miles this side of Rochester, one had a fine view of few of which I will bere enumerate, Of late it haa be- vr Old Village of Fuirfeld—But Two and a Half Hours | the eclipse of the sun, Ae Bly we were indebted to the uite easy of access by means of the Northern ‘rom New York—Its Antiquity—Quid—Prety Walks | foresight and politeness of our conductor, who furnished Baloo of New Jersoy. You can alsogetthere by the | and Drives and Attractions Generally of a New England ts with a amoked glass, none of our party having taken POBRMO MN Fauowt, July 10, 1800, How to Reach Piermont—Cedar Hill, do Although most of your readers are familiar with the name and location of Piermont, still, perhaps, few have steamboat Isaac P. Smith, Perhaps the better way is to | Settlement, dc. ‘The most noteworthy occurrence since our arrival is take the cars from Jersey City, which, since they run on It is strange how few New Yorkers appesr to be aware | the fourth performance of Blondin on his rope, which took the “Erie gauge,” are unusually comfortable. Arriving at | of the charming litte villnges that dot the shores of Long | Place yesterday afcrnece. | Wate waa stopping In Boy Lower Piermont depot, we have the choice of a short | Ieland Sound between New York and New Haven. After | saw no signs of it y—on the con’ , T have ael- why pi ana (dh Foner pong “A oe tocar ab oe preteen ppc pos ne en eee carriage to Cedar Hill ‘Mansion House, by far tho best | ford, Port Chester, Norwalk, Westport, Southport, Fair. | ive Te ould comumenos, ab four o'clock; but Hotel in the place. It is kept by Mrs. O, M. Pitts, The | ficld, Stratford and Milford. Bridgeport is ® noisy, dirty | ghortly after ncon a dr: rain set in, and it was ver; house is beautifully situated on @ plateau near the sum. | town, and does not enter the list, the pretticst of which | apparent that unless he i perform fn rain shar , there mitof abill, commanding a most extensive prospect of | !# Fairfield, whose fame extends back to Revolutionary | Yor. en, eee this our beautiful Hudson. From the front piazza of this | days, when the British burned it, with the exception of | than on any At four o'clock the rain ‘previous oscasion. % bad not ceased, but it looked a little bri . About house we have a view of from seven to eight miles of the | one solitary house, thas time Blondin madé his appearance tn the office ofthe | would be a very great di more people river. From the higher rooms there is a still more ex- The principal street is studded with pretty villas, the tel, and as soon as thecrowd tensive or We have ae whenever hg: Mint oads are wide and level, the trees old and thriving, the around any 4 neighborhood qu 4 potty ‘walk,’ . oa le. But a hort. distauce up the read = = — [Awan dara babe pel eral je they VF ve tae tet Pry. alg is the summer residence of Me. Roosevelt, the:cate- ae brated Wall stroct banker; a littlefurther on we dud} SB¢ Invigorating, |The Fairfleld House ig a protty Little that of Mr. Tord, late President of the Erie Railroad; on the neighboring heights are many country seats, and there will shortly be many more, several gentlemen from New York having purchased land there, among others Mr. Gould. Our nearest neighbor on the right is Me. Louis Gaylord Clark, 80 well known through the pages of the Kmukertocker Magazine. Directly opposite, could we only see so far, we would recognise the gables of Sunnyside. If you are inclined to water sports, the Hud son is before you; a row ora sail across will well repay the trouble. If you profer riding, you will flad many charm- ing ones in the ity. One, not the least picasant, is to Tappan, once 80 famous in connection with Major An- dre, The House where he was confined is stil! preserved, under the title of the *Stoue House of °76.” Here you will be shown the room where this gallaut soidier was confined before his execution; and @ walk of a few minutes will bring you (> the fatal spot, or his formor grave. A house is also shown bere where Washington had his headquarters. We thiuk we have said enough to convinee you that Piermont is a pleasant place to pass a country inn, situated upon the main avenue, near the aud Presbyterian churches, and within a quar. ter of a mile of the d. It is neat'and quiet; supplied ‘with all the luxuries of New England gardens aud mar- kets. The domestic arrangements of the house bear the ‘of @ thorough and competent housekeeper, whose ‘Appreciation of the requisites of polite life is not lost upon ber guests; and ath the refinement of eating to mu- sic, aud transferring the lights aud shades of the twenty- carriages ‘ying four hours by dissipation and hase ge not yet oe ior weet The place eae ean! ny crossed the threshold of this charmi ttle , those | selected, ant stretched i y) he performs his wonderful feats, is immediately below Suspension Bridge, directly over the boiling and foaming torrent, which looks as if it were angry that nature should inflict 80 much torment upon a river whose course is 80 brief, and as if it were anxious to hurry away to re- pose on the placid bosom of the lake below. At five o'clock thousands of people lined cach shore, and oan a one end of the bri Dustle—louded omnibuses and who love good beds, airy rooms, clean appointments and an excellent table, wilt not err by lounging @ few weeks away at Fairfield. We havea ho thie and allopathic yeician, and are but two and a half hours from thecity. ¢ house is the resort of several New York and Philadel phia families, among whom are a few young fair ones ‘whose attractions would render any place @ heaven, even were ita hotel at i be Riding, driving, fishing, bowling and walking up groen swards and gravelled walks are the occupations that while ‘away the hours here, and as we baye room for a few more pd and sober people, we will, aa 800n a8 Our houge is | more common evolutions, such as balancing on his head few weeks. “Even if we thought we left the mattor in doubt we would close, for certain savory odors tell us that dinaer is being served. WHITESTONE. Wunrrestone, L. 1., July 15, 1360. Pleasam Watering Place~its Recommendations, Scene wy, dc., de. When the grave question came up for solution in our little family cirsle, “Where shall we go this eummer for 4 retreat?’ and when the subject was discussed pro and con. , our good stars gui ied us toJa conclusion, and we de- termined on this place, which we find to be exactly to our wishes and wants. Of all places within fifty miles of New York city, commend me to Whitestoue, Our im aginations had fancied something propitious in the very mame, for we thought of the “‘white stone” that St. Joho ‘saw the angel once give to “the churches in Pergamos.”’ But “Whitestone,” I suppose, has nothing todo with that, the place taking its name from the white rocks which conspicuously mark the shore as you pass through the Sound. This location is in every way fine, and the prospect equally grand. On the opposite shore of the main, north from this, juts out Throgg's Neck, (‘Frog's Neck,’’ of gho old people,) at whose point stands Fort Schuyler in its massive graudcur; whilst farther up the Souad, in the distant View east, is seen City Island, of surpassing pong © how celebrated for its cultivation of those deli- cious bivalves which rejoice the appetites of epicures, full to the roof, tel are about, MAUCH CHUNK. . Maucu Cuvyx, Pa., June 25, 1860, What can le Seen Around Mauch Chunk—Delightfut Scenery, dc. Perhaps it would not weary, aad be out of piaéé t6 the numerous readers of your valuable journal to hear a voice from the Lehigh Valley. Leaving New York atsix o'clock by the Central Railroad of New Jersey, I arrived ‘at Euston at ten, passing through the finest part of the State of New Jersey, with its beautiful scenery and farms in a fine state of cultivation. At Faston we come into the finest country of (he eastern section of the State, andas | parently with ease; and just perhape (bis piace is already familiar with most of your | Bite side be Tt is a regu- situated on commanding | ance by walking backwards to the American side. Upon readers, | will only give it a passing notice. larly built place, and hills, ware ficent views attract the cys, The winding river and mounta.as of various forme present a scene sublime and magnificent. Next we come to Bethlesem, an old Moravian settlemen!, Which is among the many beautiful places fu the interior ot /’pansylvania. It is well built, and contains a female seminary Oxcried on that wor- thy sect, and it has certainly that air of aicety and neat- nogs that is seldom met with. Now we come into tho heart of that grand scenery that the Iehigh Valley is juatly celebrated for, aud ai every turn the tourist sees and bring large revenues to the enterprising island pos- | some new point which is not easily forgotten. The Le: sessors. I should weary here by attempting t> describe one- half of the interesting objects. which . to make Op the attractions of this place. But I must not fail to notice | diamond are coustantly on the road, Next are the pros- | to need any praise from m; that we are only at a very short distance from Willetts Point, which is over agaiast Fort Schuyler, aud which has become so famous in partisan politics, especially connection with a certain “investigation” and a certain Bon. Somebody, who figured therein, and who algo more recently dgured as an important witness of social life in abi ae $ lost Napoleon Hover, at whose hotel we are go nicel; quartered, has three Napoleonic ideas of matters things in general, and all his appointments are unex ep.’ tionable. Everything is ina style truly recherché ite table groans, as the phrage is, under the weight of choice substantials, and more delicate luxaries. Possessing the gift of second sight, he anticipates all the wishes of his company, nor meds any outside hints or intimations. ‘That fTand and essential ttom of enjoymout and pra. moter of health, the salt water bath, is no: wanting. The benefits of this are now assured to the guests, and they depend not, as they did the previous year, ou the caprices of the equinoctial or any such thing. Our fellow guests, let me say ia conclusion, are traly of the first order of nature's nobility, and hail from the me tropolis—the financial and the commercial ranks being mainly represented by the gents. Never a company more select and distingue. Tho ladies have the entire control and administration of the sociable features of the house, and they do the amiable most admirably. Their usual drawingroom entertainments are oue of our great sources of gratification. We bave this sole drawback to mar our present eajoy ment—the fact that days and weeks speed swiftiy away, aod that with the close of the genial season there ensue fains. It may be that a course of salt water bathin necessary to prepare the system for the reception of min Oral waters, or, perhaps, the bathing is requisite to give Lhe votaries of pleasure strength to uudergo the round of | issipation they must pass through in the mountains Whatever may be the cause, the offect is that hundreds ©ome to the “Hygeia" daring the month of Je ‘Tain for a week or two preparatory to the wer tour and re regular sum “bore arg now about six hundred visiters, and from Sifty to one hundred arrivals every day. The hotel is | Tull, yet the new conuers Shere ig alware od nome pi deere _- ehongh to cat for twice the number now | We have bere al! the amasements to be foand in a city At this season of the year, The salt baths are celightfa d besides going to the bath hoases. one can alt ua. on or betere gunrtee, take a surf bath ia the roads on ' the enat side of the Fort, Hampton roads and Hampton '4 Mill creeks abound in hog fish, spote, trout, shoeps Pead and other varieties of fish, aud many of the guests | pond every morning ‘ishing, going out after breakfast in Abe large sailboate, and returning to a late dinner. loaded With the spoils of the deep, The garrison of Fortress | Monroe parades every morning and afternoon, and every | Other evening the band piays on the parade ground. Be Bides these we have billiard tables (which, by the by, are exccrable), tenpin alleys, « pistol and rite gallery, and, Tor those who indulge, ‘on excellent bar and—a tiger, Moreover, there are fast horses to be had for the evening drive. It is worth a trip to Old Point to ete the fort and the Rip Raps. Thiet last i# an island, fermed by throwing Btones into the water, where it was twenty-six foot deep, | until they appeared above the surface. Walls of rough e then bollt, and thus it woained for many ally sinking. When it was found | suberd ¢ had ceased, the firet ru le walls were faken down, and are now being replaced by substantial Wrought gra That “big guy,” the Je Point last weet, and on Sa y ‘ pondent is not by any means a small man, | get his head and shoulders in the muzze with and if there Was & necessity it would be easy for bim to oraw! to the togeh hole, provided there was some: ody to pull him out, The muzzle i# Geen inches ia dia- meter, and the gap at the muzzle five inches thick. The Fegular charge of powder is for Itwill probably | de used for throwing shells, for it would be a waste of fron to throw uch solid shotas would be req iired to fit pe bore eM eeoretary Floyd is expected at the Point in afew days, fand quarters bave been fitted up for him outside the fort, fn the house where Major Chapman comimitted suicide Jast fall. Governor Letcher is now at the Hygeis weather during the day i¢ warm, but the nights are de Lightfully cool Hiyoria Flores, } Oup Porst, Va. , Jat; 1860. "jf Large Numbers of Visitere—The “Big Gun —Twwn of Hampoomn—Newports news Point-—Great Eastern, de ‘This fashionable watering place is now crowded with Pisiters from all parts of the country. The larger num- ber are from the South, the Galf States being well repre. Bented by the wealthy, gay and fashionable from that Bection of the country. If the accommodations were Bufliciontly large there is no there would be at this Gime twelve of fifteen bundr x or seven Bundred visiters The “big gun,” the largest in the country grou have heard so much, has been safely landed at this 0. L visited the large weasel and got a good look at St before it was landed. I will not now attempt to give our readers @ description of its magnitude, bat may do Po after it has beon mounted and tried by the board o Oficers appointed for this purpose. Near this lace is the pleasant town of Ham re od to by thore in search of bealth plea nstead of of which Bure. There are two well kept hotels in th tone Of which we have noticed y » of your City friends. Hampton has in { in popalatioa aad Grade very much since the last census was taken. Then be population tle 30) —now Gaciuding the © 2.000 Baring grined about The © it is not @Ai for the fertility of the 1 fine 80 Giely Not far from this p new Dorai | as the point at which the early r# of th Bony "er abandoning Jamestown aad starting to retura fo} ;iand, mot Capt. Newport, with goot news for t Gols Ete, Ke back; and thie print hw al we - cone by the name of Newport's news Point, It is pe be one of the finest harbors oa or near the mov Of tie James. Here the Great Fastern conld be safe’ gov ed, thoagh she drew thirty foot of water. There G24 be a0 reason Why those having her ia charge shayld | drive | Great Meadows, on which over seven thousand acres of the inevitable cease of the social converse, the cheoring music, the kind reciprocatious of frieadly contact, the | unwelcome separation, and loug winter's pause, STRATFORD. Stxatrorp, Coun , July 16, 1860. Description of the Scenery Politics, dc. Having written the first letter that ever appeared ia Your columns from this picturesque village, three years ago, and having every year since sent you my annual Seroll, I now consider myself your ‘regular correspond ext” from this place, The geographical expression of Stratford, like the sweet, smiling, facial expression of her lovely daughters, challenge one's admiration. Commenc- ing at Lake Wheeler, near the banks of the torteous Hou- satonic, you have a delightful sail for six miles before you reach the lighthouse at the mouth of the river, which rises like a gigantic sugar loaf from a high bluff, aod com- mands the finest marine view that can be witnessed from the Sound coast of Connecticut. The opposite shore of Long Island, stretching along for miles; Charles’ Isiand, three miles east oa the left, embracing forty acres eighty fect from the level of the highest trdal mark; the white shelled beach of the Milford, two miles east, with Bridge- port harbor, Black Rock lighthouse and Point-no-Point on the west, together with ianumerable craft ploughing the Sound, compose this grand view. From the light house westerly, for three miles, the watery beneath a tugh embankment, perforated by lows, which of iteclf is a splendid aviary. On this embankment, two miles from the lighthouse, is a large farm’ called the Lordship, fomerly owned » in Samuel Nicholls, @ privateersman in the war Of 1812, but which is now the y of Horatio N. Wild, ex Councitman of your city who i# known as the ‘eandy man.” From the Lordship you have a splendid two miles villageward, before you come to the black grass (salt hay) are cut annually. These meadows, when mowed in August, are covered with snipe and yol low logs, plovers, &e. A’ mile farther villageward (north) is Fresh Pond, a beautiful sheet of water, forty fathoms deep im the centre, a mile anda half in ‘circumference, and as round or ciroular as acircus ring. Though this pond is called Fresh Pond, the water is very salt, its | saline properties equalling those of the Sound or Ocean. One mile from this pond is the village, whose broad ful elms, palatial residences, aromatic gar- sheltered walks are unrivalled. On the com mon the academy of Professor Sedgwick, the piscopal church and the district schooltouse.’ The church isa splendid Gothic structare of wood, and the brick (district) schoolhouse, standing as it were ia jax taposition, reminds one of’ the quotation in Professor Olney 's Geography , the author of which lives within a few streets, dens and wtands | rods of both, in a five brick mansion — Our country dreads not the skeptie’s pany hvnds, While near ber schoo! the church spire stands, Nor fears the blinded bigot's rule, While near ber church spire stands the school Two hundred rods above these edidces stands the new Gothic Congregational chureb, beneath whose tapering spire three more ‘schools of pedarogal care” stand, while within a few rods of these are the M ist church, Post en eee mareet several eueres, aad the depot belo to the New Haven Rai ompaa, A irhie wentetty rom these stractures is Hard’s Hill, which nearly taket the tions of a mountain. From this hill, pearly five miles from the liguthouse abore mentioned, you get the same marine view as from | that polot, together with a spleadi 1 prospective, in which | the village, Great Meadows, Fresh Pond and a cieckered | land are pleasing features in the scene. Standing on | ibis OW Can see the city of Bridgeport, three miles west of you, while in a northerly direction a shain of high Dill, mottled with isolated trees and cattle, with fields of grain at their bases, grat the lover of | nature. Such is « faint yoy — Lar 4 tormed the ‘‘pretuest village in New Eagland,”’ in alia ing (in his diary) to Stratford, when on Bid fur to Tos | ton, which took place during his {noumbency of the exe. | cutive chair. enterprise which has ever character ized the people of Connecticut stil! continaes to drain the | | State, as it were, of her young men. In this village of three thousand souls there are not over twenty young gen tlemen living here, while there are at least two hundred young ladies Woking out for husbands. Your corres pondent calls the attention of either Brigham Young or the New York gallants to this sad and deplorable fact and, en pageant, begs leave to state that two hundred nore poltsned, edncated, handsome young Lassies cannot | be found in out gloriou’ U'aign. Therbfore, when the sum mer begira is folly upon ‘Young New ae we trast a goodly pomber will come hither and carry back cach wife.” They muet not act like the Phtladeipt Romans, who roshed 86 savagely pos the Sab: omen in days’ agone; but, putting a copy of Mrid's Ary in the'r ealiee@, act Upon its s. The potiticn! horizon here is leas cloudlaas then \t wat a moath ago, to the eye of a qoaseryatiye, The Bell aad high Valley Raliroad is one of the great highways that bring the mineral wealth from the mining sections of this” State, and immense trains of the Diack perous towns of Allentown and Catasauqua, with its iron works, sore of the most extensive in the Stat¢ On we in | come, and the Lehigh Water Gap comes in view, and here | International is conducted on its the scene is such that it cannot be excelled—the Blue Mountains op both sides, and for some distance, the view Log elt eee I epusencs anciey 58 approach nearer you see a slight grad Senor will 70s et through, aud then you 4 other side recede close as before. All the up Fa pl ae eden egg we ‘at thi season ‘ear unusually bewut Maneh ‘the | cal tal Carbon count; 1, ns of the mining interest of the tains about 4,000 inhabitants and in among the mountains; and in many pisces cut ‘of the widen of the iis, lik: ¥ dences, among ‘which ts that sae! Pity Superintendent of the Lehigh Nav , an also St. Mark's church, Episcopal. our read- ers, if they have visited it, have 4 of novel endeavor to gravity or Switch back railroad: if not, I w: give ‘some idea of it. About a quarter of » mile above town is Mt rag, opposite East Mauch Chunk, a separate borough of acres, Here, at the foot of a plane, which is 662 feet in elevation (2,502 feet), a pleastre car, and as the conductor gives’ the sigual the stationary eng! we are drawa up, while a safety car gocs down. We are at the top, ané ‘while the couductor loosens the brake let us rest and ex amine the — view before us. We are 800 fect above the Lehigh, and at the base is the w: river, the little town and the Blue Mountaing, and Lehigh in the distance. This must be seen to be appreciated, and any attempt at description would be totally unjust, and stilt be looked upou as . Weill, we are ready, and go withoat any motive power at the rate of twenty miles an hour up Mt. Jefferson, s plane of 400 feet, where we are bauied up like the first, and bebe Ye grad Creek Valley, to Summit Hill, where we examine the burning mizo—which hag continued 90 for the last year—and go over the different planes and inspect the extensive works of the Lehigh Navigation Company, and returning by the back track road, going the whole route of eighteen miles entirely by gravitation CAPE MAY. Carn Istann, N. J, 18, 1860. Pancity of Viviters at Cape May—The Ca Hotel Busi nest Overdone— Politics, dc. “Tue glory of Cape May hath departed,” is the ex. clamstion that greets you onevery bend; not that the waves have ceased their song, or that Neptane has beon withdrawing bis trident and left only a domain of sand subject to the foreign laws of Now Jersey, but that the numerous Venuses seen rising from the sea, amid the- surf and breakers at the anti-prandial hour of eleven, clad in all the hues of the irw, or, rather, of which flan- nel is susceptible of being dyed, aro positively scarce, ‘and although a Vuleaa or two may be seen before sun- rise. apparently in search of same cuddep apparition of the beaut#ul sea nymph of his fancy amid the brine, his speculation ends in what a country lawyer would call— under the peculiar circumstances ia which the said Mr. Vulesn was himself placed—a »wdum pactum. But this state of things, at the confessedly most agreca- ble and rational watering place in this coun, try, ie really more suggestive of grave refloc- wa than try, and certainly there is no place one can ise more undistarbediy, if not profoundly, than some lone, “‘sea.girt shore,’ oF on the boards of a ‘banquet hall de serted.”’ Why is it, then, that where from year to year thousands congregated at this time, and many hundreds of the moet respectable people of our country among them, you now see only one of two half filled hotels to a dozen empty ones, and in place of the “song ant tho-harp and the dance,"’ jong visaged, prayer meeting looking de. nizens of a public tavern, upon the most icwous Co. lumn of which is stuck a notice of “Daily Prayer Moet ings Held at this House."” ‘one suggests, in the hope of meeting the objeo- tion, that Auantic Oty has drawn off the crowd, but an- other, and a lady of nice perceptions, from Patiatelphi, too, remarks that it ouly carries off the excursionists aad other nuisances 10 the resident population of a sam mer resort. So that excuse fails and falls, and still nobody comparatively — arrives here. Still, the ‘principal hotels’’ anticipate, from day to day, great accessions to the participation of the general enjoy ableness they so sumptuonsly provide, without realaa tion blending with the color of hope. ‘The truth is, there are many and various operating causes, one of the chief of whic! overdone, and there is a consequent reaction those who have the means of real enjoyment now seek the retiracy of cottage life, even at watering places: But aij this really renders a sojourn here now the more to those who are here, a ate, better fod, leas jostied and some of us can have rooms on the sea aide of the house, where the eye compensates us for all the interior discomforts and drawbacks suffered by the other senses There are now about 1,000 persons on the island, with Accommodations for five times that number. Politics are dull, and there is no interest felt in the rac. cosa of the Presidential candidates, in consequence of thoir respective prospects being cut up imto so sinall lots as to leave little hope of there being a concentration of votes upon any party NIAGARA PALLS. Niagara, Juty 20, 1949. The Weathr—New Tork Papers at Five Cents Bach—The Belipee—Riondin's Fourth Performance— rhe Crowds and Enthusiasm—Description of the Performince—New and Surprising Fea's—The ‘International’ Body Found Below the Falls, After a delightfol sai! up the Hudson aod a pleasant | fight over the New York Central, fam now safely quar | tered amid the roar of that “world of tumbling waters," Niagara. For the past few days the weather has been delicwously cool, and showers of rain bare beoa fre yient, rendering ra\\road travelling unusually aitractive—its two fotglerable puisances, heat and dust, having been abated. Ab Albany, after Thad sented myself in the 7.90 train for tha Wost, my ears were suddenly greeted with the welcome sound, “Tork papers! Tork papers!’ | looked at the junction of the Ichigh and Dela- In coming up the Lehigh Valley magni- je that the business has Thea | cable there was @ lack Top? br swing, the ends of which were about Ay fot apart, extending down twenty fi: or thirty fect. " When he reached this be let bimself down into it as fearlessly as if it had been susp nded from the ceiling of a gymnasium; but when he hung by his feet and whirled imself rapidly like a wheel, heels over head, scores of eyes turned away unwilling, to took upon @ scene go fearful. After reaching the American side, where ho Was received with great a: , he immediately walked back w the other side with his feet in willow baskets, similar in size 224 shape to ordinary peach baskets. | In bottom ‘these Were fustened sli, — ~ . this feat must erally worn ab fume, Altho fave boca very dificult, from the bikes: interfering with the free movement of his limbs, as wel! a8 their not shaping to the Tope like the fot, yet it was quickiy dong, 24 80- before he reached the oppo- placed one basket upon the other, and balanced himself for a moment in that position. After removing the baskets from his feet he closed the perform- his arrival some of the more enthusiastic spectators at- pted to bear him away upon their shoulders, but be declined their assistance and esc ped out of their hands. At one time, when he was near the middle of toe 5 some one outside of the enclosure fired a pistol, ‘causing him to turn his head suddenly in that direction. Can it be that any one is so depraved as to wish to see a tragic close to a public performance, already too fearful, and to resort to such means as that to accomplish it? Forta nately no evil resulted from it; and the facetiously ex- ay te wish of @ young lady that we should have no fall ub that which nature furnist close of the performance we returned to the International which, by the way, may very properly be styled a model Mr. Coleman, the proprietor, is too well known to New Yorkers and to the public generally, and his Astor House reputation is too fresh in pen. Suffice it to say, that, however true it may be t at other watering places travellers are swindled and discommoded, as long as the can go away dissatisfied, or feeling that he has not got Witte found today oating: Yelow’ ihe alls ear the Gxonda n near tl side. Whether he went over the falls, or fell into the we understand, as heering intieations, the season, all round, ® every day mving been obtained from besd- ‘opened once a week, (Thurs- the season. From the great town the drives to the Fort season. Helmsmutter’s on. tire Germania ‘will furnish the musie from 6 to TE, M., at the Parade Ground. ay 5 seen * some ser- vice te his He will do all be can to accemmodate the public on the above oceasions. tions, inaugurated Inet geeson, every Saturday ovening, from’9to 11 P. M. At the Atlantic receptions will take place om: Sriday rs. ited for the re- lar hope at the Gecan Howse, and day evecings at fie Atlantic House. Helmsmulier's Germania Orchestaa performs bse f morning at 10 A.M. in front of the Ocean, and at <P. and oF, M. every day in the house. Germania Band, under Carl 5 cure Adtatle every Gay dari tse’ elason. ¢ are informed from a souroe that the Hoe. Stephen this city eboet A. Douglas, is- to visit the rat Atay tad parnet have been re- i il # i if il Al F blessing and life fon evermore.” For are we not all brethren? Hath God “made of ono- blood all nations for ay face of the But u i TH fai 272 rs 55 ge Ours | ] | | | | youthful, member of oir Nether ‘h, but as one’ bea to an feng of her pale, as an e'ab- he ts pleased to come among us, in cour! ance | soith and most friendly’ invitation ta'do so. We | | mark of the Bishop of Oxford in | | ui ican Church,” that ‘few sab of interest to members of the of than tho history of the shurch in Ame | rica. Indeed,” he continnes, “the church in every | nation has large claims on the affections of the State; and cther circumstances here combine to | st strait bands of Christian love. Our long | negiect of our bounden duty, followed as it has been b | God's merciful acceptance of our latest servioe, may w call out our affection for this child of oar old age Full of interest is it also to watch the upgrowth of | such a body amongst institutions so unlike our own to note its various nourishment and well ioned in | crease in the western wilderness, into which it has beea | wings to fly.” Such are the sentimonta of one of j (i 'noe etinsast of the living prelates of the Church of £ 8 i ze s z & i 2 i c 3 : fi takes a wars i has never omitter! rut ae fetce hee end ect: iret eeeak Ef i f i £ has jast been re how deep is the towards us here i if ee & i gis liji EEEEES es ug ete g gz aBEE Fe | : i 3 il ii F ‘ Hi 5 fell ee i & FE i E i z ' - i rt age a Hl un a 3% : ere Res § a £8 38 i HI i i h i a5 iF pa pill 5 Eape et I = ERbEEEgty ieeteniatd United States of America,” and setting forth as, Albert a of intention of visi Holy Catholic. and Apostolic Ghurel in the sake of our common and all. vestry of Trinity church, in an ‘manner, show Wag Neon to the young Prince. It is not only Set etatty may be conailersdse one a 3 brut it has been 50. much i i will Sa tanty will, therefyre, be foremost jn an arrangs. ment tha* may be made for showing our Christina regatd for the illustrious visiter. ‘of eminent rank, our esteem aud goodwill. | He is not onty the heir to the throne in our mother en he tsa our o i and while we all should have a jection for the ome, Trinity, we repeat, must bear a m0 of oratitude for the other. pT, a8 @ poot of our own chi has sung ¢f the pow sacred soit where Trinity rears its holy head— . Until the good Queen Anne reign’d, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Before Hon, Judge Leonard, In the matter of Kings County Court.—An application was made to Justice Leopardyor a writ of prohibition, te restrain ihe County Court of Kings county from the fur ther prosecution of an action for the foreclosure of a mort. gage. By the papers on which the application is founded, it appears that, by the Laws of this State (R. S., part 1, chapter 2 Title 1), the boundaries of the respective cou. York is made te thores of Westchester and Long Island; and Nie ‘original Title 5) of the same part and chapter of the R. 8, Gating the boundaries of the respective wards of the city, river wards are also le to extend to the same 3 ff low water mark on the opposite shore. By the of Procedure, sec. 20, subdivision 3, the county were gives jurisdiction to foreclose mortgages uated Ve ye their respective counties. iF Oe HY the opposite persous in postession’ of this land beiog obliged to 8 0 ssion lan wo m on it wo Brouklyn, they will have to settle on this side, HOUSES, ROOMS, &C., TO Lh DESIRABLE FLOOR, FIVE ROOMS, ALL CONVE- niences, to let, at 791 Sixth house above Forty-Afth street; if palai, toe Pups ase ba, posokanel fw a ure CAD 4 also, enld House and Lot for sale Price $12,800. CHANCE —TO LET, UNFURNISHED, BELOW FOR- r dumb waiter. Ae. reat 830 per, mo thand ‘ceuleman and wife, who will oceupy aud furnish one third ‘roomy; Bo objection to boarders. Address Home, station F, PARTMENTS TO LET—CONSISTING OF ‘ROO! iro Be one Row, ous Setrvon ons the new houses, just finished, wich of Houswu aod Thompeea FL FPORNISUED, HOUSE TO LET- IN TWENTY SECOND qoomst'in' perlect onder, “Appiy to ke G. BEAD, bo Hast ‘Twenty-second street, from eet & “ tell Main erect, torre +. 'TEADY STEAM POWER TO LET.—LARGE AND rooms Mghted. 499 Water street. BY 9, VEST ‘Tt was a heathen sward; But then they made its virgia turf : f H i 3 eit re BL it cot the On the folowing morning Me. J. C. ington, andseut to Goveruor Leteber JOMN LETCH. ere touwagnte easerdinaty. soah erdera 0, General Hen- ton, who directed Colonel Brawner to hold a troop of horse in readiness to give sagb protection as was ne- Whis the diagetiti as. fescived on Tuesday —~ te beanies hn egepandemeemeings On as rege ‘wth the pemanns head » mer’ casign ing the names: “Lincoln an Samlin. Do he morning most of the women lefs the village and the place seemed quite de serted, but po ions were made for defence, and a memorial to the asking protection was prepared and numergusly signed. At half-past three o'clock the Prince Wiliam Cavalry. Captain Thornton commanding, entered the village and ranged themselves in the ne’ followed by a > ards. Whilst this a was the pole, Mr. Jo. seph T. Janney tod, 10 thn G ~ ah TY horse and§ claimed protec yy, upoa which the pole stood, At the word of command, Jas. W. Jackson, of Fairfax, A stalwart yormam, serene, forward and gave the @rat blow, others followed, ‘‘redoubling stroke on stroke.” During this time there was no interruption, eave the re. publicans and others who stood at corners pear by, would ery out, “Aint your axe dull,” “Hope you're havioga good ti kc. In a fow minutes, however, there waa a sland from under,” and the pole Came to. the . the crowd garo three cana” responded by ‘went by mingled = and Appiaune. rencontre piace betereen Col. Brawner tad joseph T. Janney, in which the Jatter was considerably red. "ine crowd cleared away during the eveniug, and at sundown ali was quiet. ‘Vhe licaaa”’ tay they will put up aa ther 00 the came Bile, : . 3 3 3 3 3 - "is LETHE THIRD FLOOR OF HOUSE I Ts Ee Se canekmiewe mas ii ues eseh, between Lextagtne cd Third aveater, oon. , " and gas op door. For further par.ivulare inquire on tho pre- ROOKAWAY.—TRE STEAMBOAT OBRES WILL make daily. tr oday tearing Capitiee Martat ripe 2)'A. Mi, Spring guess settee . s eth river at 9.90. Rockaway's' 4PM, atoppitog at the Seuside Howse P Fare 0 cents rach way