The New York Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1867, Page 5

Amprevementn Within Five Years Past—In- ereased Value of Real Estate—The Value of Buildings in Course ot Erection—Tevewient Howecs and Precautions Against Fire-Last ear’s Work—Oficial Statement on the “Herald” Buiiding—New Maosions—Ware- uses, Stores, Factories. In order to form a proper estimate of the progress of any country one need but watch the growth and exten- sion of its cities; aud if, following this rale, New York bp taken asacriterion, there can be no doubt whatever entertained of the flourishing condition of the United ‘Btates, and of the rapid strides it has made in the direc- ton of developing its resources, increasing its popula- tion and adding daily to the number and the beauty of its public and private buildings. Younz as is the country, itcan be safely said that there is no other in the world where there are 90 many large and fine hoases, ‘m proportion to the number of inhabitants, as in these Unitea States, and in mo part of the States so largea wpumber as in New York. The stranger, ay, evea the resident, who takes a tour through the city. cannot fail to express surprise at the number of magaiticent @wellings, colossal storehouses, aad splendid churches nd other such buiidings that are being erceied in all @irections, telling him unerringly of the wealth anda enterprise of onr citizens, and promising also that the day is not far distant when, like the tide @ommanded by the Great Being to go so far and no farther, further extension by means of new butldings ‘Will be stopped and the island of Manhattan, from the Batsery to the borders of Westchester county, and from ‘the Hudson fo the Easi river, will be one almost solid collection of private residences, warehouses and public Inatitutions, of a beauty, solidity and finish unsurpassed ‘Dy those of any other city in the world; and where once Stood the oak of the forest, in all its stately grandeur, and where the red man reigned supreme, with all bis barbarous and uncivilized custome, the palaces of the white man now cover this ground—evi- dences of the progress of civilization and monumenis to remind us of the extinc ion of the Indian race. PMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, Within the past five years building has been carried on ‘wih more enterprise and animation than previously, aad each later year shoys an improvement on its prede- ebesor; and tough the repeated strikes of mechanics have bad the effect of dopressing branches of industry to a ceriain degree, it has had mo percepuble effect on the building trade, except in the erection of houses for the middle classes, The workmen are now receiving twice asmuch remuneration as before the war; but this in- Crease does not deter rich capitalists from erecting their mansions and warehouses, while it undoubt- edly affects the man of moderate means, who, unable to ptt up a cheap residence for himseif and family, is forced to resort to the house agent, who, of course, taking advantage of the excess of do- mand over supply, asks a large figure, and hence the high rents, It is the same down to the t*nement house, where the builder, having laid out a larve amount on the building, has to charge high rates for his rooms in order to recover a sufficient profit or interest on the outlay. Yet one would imagine, from the number of all kinds of buildings erected within the last few years, rents would be lower than they are. This is in many respects a mistake; for the population is in- creasing wonderfally each year. In the back etreets down town, warehouses aud stores take the place of un- sightly residences and tenement houses; thus it is thero fore, that, with all the enterprise shown in building, the @emand is yet much greater than the supply. In 1862 639 etructures of al) kinds were built; in 1863, 1,247; in 3864, 773; in 1865, 1,190; in 1868, 1,670, and for this year it is estimated the figares will fall not far short of 2,000, Besides the erection of now buildings a largo business is dove in the enlargement of old ones. In 1862, 175 buildings were enlarged or built upon; in 1863, 003; im 1864, 346 ; in 1865, 651; im 1866, 650; and, up to M0 present date, this year, about 500, THE VALUE OF R&AL ESTATE, It would. be imavined, must be depreciated by the Increase of buildings; but a curious illustration that the contrary is the fact in certain sections of tne city, especially the west side, is found in the neighborhood of Forty-eighth street and Lexington avenue. At a Corp>- ration sale there twenty years ago lots were sold at $200 each. Seven years after the same lots were resold at $700 each, and after holding them two months the pur- chaser realized $1,500 each. To-day they are held at $4,000. Ip 1852 two lots on Fifth nue, corner of Bixty-sixth street, were sold for $600 and $800 respect- twely. In 1855 both lots were sold for $27,500, and th is year a gehtleman paid $55,000 for them. lots on Eighth avenoe, fronting the Park, which were sold at trom $100 to $200 each fifteen years ago, are now beld at from $8,000 to $15,000, and many other lots in that meighborbood have been elevated in like ratio. ‘VALUE OF THE BUILDINGS. At the present moment the amount of money em- ployed in the construction of new buildings is estimated to be very close on twelve millions of dollars, and ai no period in the bistory of New York bas the average valu» ‘of those buildings been so great as now. Hundreds of stores, ranging in cost from thirty thousand dollars to two or three hundred thousand dojiftrs, are going up in different parts of the city. Some @ ghem are froproot thronghout, and all have either marble, iron or brown stone fronta, The Fifth ward is especially noticeable for this class of buildings, there being no less than about Afty of them now tn course of erectionin Church street, White street, Walker street, West Broadway other thoroughfares in that vicinitv. Some of these doadie buildings Churen street, eapecialiy, will, in the course of a short time, b» built up to Canal street witn substantial and beautiful warehouses. brown stone private d than twelve or whieh will housand dollars, while them will entail an outlay of over forty thou- jollars. EFFECTS tit ‘Atteen th i if OF HIGH RENTS ON DOMESTIC HAnITS, ‘by many that the facility with which high ined in the fashionable portions of the city jely wi many tamilies, and has winds all those associations and memories e ‘nome’ go dear, Le eg td whom a few thousand doliars are literally ao willingly break ap bouse and adjourn to a live, when made such offers as are being made eight hundred to twelve hundred dollars for their “furnished residences ;”’ and mauy moa they make a in, would it rard E i ; i SUTEETSEF Ure profitable as peasy whee’, as seis — nem or the grocer a toa; an: de associations sonbeeted with thetr iF » “s i of may 8 z i 3 i in, and a few dollars are deemed obliteration of the me- umes the longer the by the family and their ancestors in the eyes of their desvendants, 0, in many instances, were known to refuse allowing the sightert cl ye to book, “Our Rng! Home,” Te Pope translated a ndred years after it was built, ‘was almost entirely daring that period, in the possession of the members of the one family, Who were so attached it that they would mot. tolerate any — change, or even improvement. Pope, describing i rather anusual appearance, says:—“A stranger would be grievously \ di who = shoald ever think to get ia the right way. It seems to be built botore rules were in fasnion, the whole is so disjointed fud the paris so detached from other, and yot so join ng again we cannot tell how, ‘bat (im a pootidal ft) ou would imagine it bed been « village im Amphion's me, where twenty coifages had taken & dance together, ‘were all out, and stood stiil in smazement ever since.’* Fiank.in said, “Three moves were equal to one fire," aud yet to«day the moving does take piace, and to sich Qn extent that one may eafely say that many & princely millionaire of this city is aa utterly houseiess as the poor wight who gets hs lodging wherever coacce may fend bim from might so night. THE TENEMENT HOUSES of the chy, notwithstanding ail that has been written abont them, are yet—the old ones—very defective, ‘In many is of the Fourth ward tuere are tenement houses con- 7; bo fewer than one hundred inhabitants. and sev- eral of them are unprovided with the necessary mode of caress in case of fire, and there are even eorme that, not- withstanding the natural requirements of the ore, are absointely without water closets, At this warm season the resulta cannot be anything but disastrous. In others the stairways are bad and the mortar failing from the walls and ceilings; and i is not at ali ao enusval brokea and he Mth and slime which will not fallto reach the piilenthropist who Lem | wish to eS ries in th = neighberhands? Coerry, Water. Die Rows Pe ee: Fis RR ke mL Ret “AIDS Mi SRS SEE a DE AP ORR Er as SS eh Es SS ce BE a EE RS OT Roce i satel | like class too numerous for detall. woopme This class is rapidjy disappearing. for time tells heavily on the old “shanties,"’ and the law prohibits the erection of any frame or wooden buildings south of @ fine one hundred treet north of ng from the East to the Nort however, special cases of exem) where per- mits are obtained through rs issued upon petition of the applicants to the Supreme Court. Many are of opinion that this provirion of the ‘aw should be extended over the whole city. A large number of first clans brown stone houses are constantly being erected in Harlem and the upper portions of the city, which are subject to the same rules that govern. buildings located below Eighty-s xth atrest, the present Hmits The property owners in the upper portion of the city complain, therefore, that they do not enjov the “same advantages in the improvement of their property as those soath of the aforesaid line, It is a matter of want occurrence, where first class brick or stone ings have been erecied, for a wooden structure to bo erected alon side. thereby depreciating the property toa great extent; acd the absolute necessity of pro hibiting th tion of ali such structures in every larce hty-sixth street, run- rivers. There are, —— i { | | | city can scareciy be a question of dispute. This would prevent all the evils arising from improt ° r construc’ ion niidings and would obeiate the no ity of seeking edial and retroactive measures, for they fail to ac- mpiish any considerable reform; and to the want of uate laws, in this particular way, mav be attributed the present Occurrence of too numerous fires and loss of life and property in this city. PRECAUTION? AGAINST FIRR. The law provides that in ail buildings of a public char- acter tha! may hereafter be erected she halls, doors and stairways of the same shall be so arranged as to fa- cilitate erress in case of fire or accident Now, it is asked by many, what object can ths provivion eccom- plish? It should, beyond ali doubt, apply to, all bui d- 1m 8 already erected. In that section which says that ali buildings over two stories or above twenty five feet im height, except dwelling bovses, schonlhoases or churches, shail have fireproof shutters or blinds rpon every window or entrance not 0; ing upon a stret, and every #uch shutrer or blin! shal' be closed upon fhe completion of the business of each day, the law dis- tinctly provides that it should app'y to “all buildings al iy erected or hereafter to built,” Then why game rule to buildings of a pubiic character, such a3 theatrog, &c., where, shonid fire occur, the dan-" ger to life wonid be far grea’ Proprietors of “buill pgs already erecied’’ object strongly to any law that Tn! fer with their property. and declare it unconstita- tio They on to the conrte, and, until the de- cision be made known, the section in relation t» shutters of blinds wih have to remain a dead letter A great protection to the shipping interest hus been secured by requiring all steamboat and ferry houses erected daring last year, and which mav be built this year, to be wholly covered on the outside with corru gated iron, NEW BUILDINGS OF LA'T YRAR. The number of buildinzs commenced during the vear | 1866 amounted to sixteen hundred and seventy, and of these eleven hundred and twenty-nine were eomoleted } Of the number commenced four hundred and nine were what are genorally known as first class dwellings, in- | tended for the accommodation of hut on) famity in erch A large namber were built by speculators avd jobbers, who reqnired, it is said, th constant atiention ‘of the inspectors to enforce the simplest requiremen of the law. Owing chiefly to the watchfuiness of the officials these buildings have been constructed in the very best manner as to strength, durability aud orne- | mentation. One hundred and fifteen second class dwellings, in tended for the occupancy of two or more families in each, re commen ed in 1866, shoving that the num- ber of this class of baildings has fallen off every year wince 1862, giving ev'dence of the fat tha’ ere bong persons 0 moderite means «ho cannot afford to dweil in first clase edifices, and who will not submit to be crowded into tenemen! houses, must seek abodes in some of the subirbs adjacent to the city The whole number ef third cl «dwellings and tene- ment houses commenced was three hundred and four- teen, a large increas* over any preced ne voar. O these nearly two hundred are located within the lim ts of three war's as follows:—Fortv-nine ia the Tenth ward. fifty-two in the Seventeenth and ninety four in tne N.neteenth ward, NEGLECT OF PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE, Of stores and storehouses there were commenend one hnndred and forty-eight, sixty-six ef which are located in one ward alone, hove buildings are all costly and deaatiful structures, especially those in the vicinity of Church, White, Leonard and other contiguous streo'a, Yet, although conforming in every particular to tho lawe now in existence, they are not what they should be, when the facts are taken into consideration that tho 8 reets upon which thev are located are very narrow and the buildings of a great height, and each containing goods and merehanlise amounting in value to prebab v tenfold the original cost of the warehonsen ‘Wore al! buildings,” to use the wards of the Saperintend»nt, Mr. McGregor, “constructed afier the mannor of the Hsratp Building and a few others that could be mentione.!, the frequency of conflazrations and the immense destruction of merchand«e by fire and wa‘er in this class of build- ings, which have from timo to time been visited uron onr city, would be materially lessened, if not altogether provenied.”? There were commenced within the paat year one hun- dred and thirty-three buildings to be used as manu tories, distilleries, workshops. &c., being an increase of twen'y-one over the aame class of structures commenced doring the precoding year. Of brick stables one hundred and | commenced. being eight less than in 1! ber thus commenced at least two-thirds were pri establish ments.connected with first class dwellings, and erected in the very best manner; the remainder con- sisting of livery, eale and. other stables, in about equal ion. Prohree hundred and éighty-one fram baildings and wooden structures were commenced, and of the whote number three hundred and seventy-three have been started in the Twelfth, Ninewenth and Twen- ty second wards, and may be olaztified as follows:— Three hundred and twenty-six dwellings, twentv-ture> fac’ories and worl and twenty-four stables, A large number of these buildings are slight structures or mere shantios, intended to remain a few years only. Fifteen charch edifices—neariy double the number o° the previons year—were commenced, as wore also twenty-six buildi for pubiic purposes, euch as thea- tres, banks. schoo! honses, hotels, &¢ Among those coming ondor this head that the superintendent in his official report deems worthy of particular notice, is THE HRVALD BUILDING, of which he says:—The H-RaLy Bailding, now in course of erection and nearly completed, although commenced prior to January, 1866, on account of the enperor quahi- ty of the materials of which it is composed and the me- chanical ski! displayed in its consiruction, together with the very conspicuons location it occapies, is worthy of special notice, This stracture i# situated at the janc- tion of Park row, Broadway and Ann street; its dimensions are twenty-nine feet seven inches in width on Broadway, thirty-nine feet eight inches on Park row, and eighty-three feet on Ann street; its extreme depth is ove hundred and four feet by fifty-four feet five inches in width on the rear. It is divided into five spacious stories and a basement, the fifth story being enclosed wit! a Nansard roof. The ex- ternal walls are of unusual thickness, and are con- structed of the first quality of hard burnt bricks laid in the best manner; the street fronts are faced with white marbie; the floors on exch story rest upon wrought iron beams, with arched brickwo k butlt between the same; the floor beams throughout, in addition to their resting ‘upon and berng -ecarely anchored to the extérnal walls, are supported by two rows of wrought iron girders of great strength, ¢: ding the entire deptn of batid- ing, and resting upon mastve cast iron colamnes having foundation piers of solid masonry ; the various staircases: and entire roof framing are of wrought and cast iron, From this brief statement it will bo seen that neither Cost por pains have been spared to render this edifice not only magnificent in appearance, but also thoroughly araingt the attacks ot fire. lessre. Steinway & Sons beve erected and completed the rear of their estaolishment, at Nos 71 and 75 Fourteenth street, a spacious concert hall, seventy- one hundred feet deep, and sixty-fivs feet vided igte two stories. The materiale of building is composed ere of the frst quality, and the workmanship unex: A magnificent building bas been erected on the pouth - easterly corner of Madigon avenue and Twenty-sixth street, forthe use of the American Jockey Club; its 4! mensions are fifty feet in width, sewenty-five feetin depth and five stories in height ; the wails are twenty and sixtren mehes in thickness, aod the front is of white marble, and of elegant design and finish; it is covered with a Mavsard roof of a substantial and highly ornamental character. ‘The Academy of Music, on the northeast corner of Irving place and Fourteeath street, is now nearly com- ete. 4 The imerest awakened in the public mind by the com- ments of the ana the acuions of city officiaw in pre-e: connection with this baiiding compels me to give a more statement relative thereto thaa I woul done under other a nty-nine were ri circumstances, and the sume will be found in another part of this report AVTERATION OF OLD BUTLDINGR, The amount of work done in a:tering. repairi id adding to old bullaings is very great, aud the res: are equality it as tending to show the imcrense of butldiogs in the city, The namber that were altered during yoar wore six hundred and twenty-five. No build be onl altered or built upon ont a Gopneaiiog ies been thas at the Supertovend- Premises examined and it ent’s office, and perm! ~- H ownars to proceed with the work. granted allowing the namber of sach appli received since May 1, @ bundred or to over two the present react theuband, dud ban number about two jy. and were rei used tho required permission, 19 conne- pad many of ry bave taken the old buildings comy ly, and phage ye a ingsin their stead. it may casily seen pro- hoe requiring jucations to be made as aforesnid 's important at cqnnct ‘be too fally ay lated, as it ‘at the root of the evita sought to be eradicated, CNRAPE BUILDINGS, ‘The namber of unea’e buildings in the city ts con- Verge; 00 fewer than two hundred and eighty- two Teported last Thirty-two of them were taken . atid two aud twenty-five wore secured, repaired and made safe. The whole number of this clase of bee Since May 1. Cy is nine handred ang y: aa will Do seen by the fol- lowing table :— Reported tn 1868 05 Roported in 1888, Reported in 1564 Reported in 1865 Reported in 1866 Reported ib 1867 Total . ees Secured and mad fe Taken down and removed, Secured and made ra’e, 1863 Taken down and removed. | hrs.been abte to consnme $2 500,000 of the taxnavers? | perficial feet of bail 1 walls, and ie anon? the sur Secured and made 1 225 Takes nn foster .. 1867 not yet accounted for. UNFINISHED BITLDINGE—THE NEW COURT HOUSE. A fair number of the structures commenced last year are not yet finished; some. of thom are very extensive, and work is going on as brisk a Among the most remarkable of the unfinished buildings, thoach com- menced further back tban last year, is the New Court House at (ity Hell Park. Attention was called to this relic, if it may be so called, a short time ago, on th: Occas‘on of the Court of Appeals ho'ding term there, when people with surprise and amazement asked each other the mysterious question, “Is it finished at last?” ‘This question was, indeed, mysterious and strange; for the public had long before began to doubt whether or not it ever would be hed. Still it ig not vet finished, and when it will be finished can only be answered by eomehody gified with such foresight as will enable him to peer into future ages and tell us the dates of remarkable events, This building, like the dead carcass tn the wilderness that causes contention among the vultures, has agitated the City Parents to an immense degre, and has been the means of developing sore very pleasant shindies, and of drawing out some of the best specimens of the English language that either polite. society or Lindley Murray cord desire Tt has been the cause of many gentiemanty discussions and of ‘investigations’ searching deeper even than the quarry. from whence will came the finishing stone of a stracture that is facetionsly called new.” although it has become old, vere old, before arriving at maturity. This court honse has a’ most voracious appeti dun to the present, with the he fs +” and sponsors, money, and wilt require another million te ‘finish either itself or the unfortunate taxpavers, It is very | nearly six vears since the corner stone was laid, the work of construction having ban commenced by the Board of Snpervisors on the 16th of September. 1961. After the first two months the work was conducted under the superintendence of a commission of .threa until July. 1863, when It was taken ont of their hands by a devision of the conrt tnd placed in charge of the 8 inervis in Whose ‘gale? keoping it hag remained ever since. de from he enormous and outrageous amoant of money expanded an it, the building w'li be a vert fine of fiee—that ts, ween it is fini Abont a year ago there were nearly five hundred men employed upon it, new {! sealy sexen'%s RP yi oF due Beton, The style of architectore is of the norest Corinthian ordor: every side and the facade presents a perfect front. It is three stories in hervht, tro hundred and fifty feet in Jength, and one bnndred and fifty feet in «idth. The Dasemont story is twenty-two feet in height; second sory, twenty nine feet eleven inches: third story, twenty-six feet, There ie a fonmh story, of about nine fret. whieh will be nsed only for storage purnoses.” On the first floor there are eigtern rooms, the four largest being for'y-nine feet nix os by forty-six feet. Eeht of the anar'ments on this floor are sinall ante rooms, twenty-one feet twa inches by thirteen feet four inches, On th’s floor there are seven thonsand two hundred and twentw-five sunerfictal fet of hallway. On the second ‘6 twenty riams, the fonr largest forty-nino aby forty-six foot, Exght ante-raom? on o amount of hailway. On the sama nombar of rooms as on riinvcind and twenty-six sn- Te boilding is cons-racted ani ren, and ta, consequantly. psron.on every band—even the ir The walls are of unusual Urices and white marble. The ison Chambers street, presents a venty feet long hy eighty entirely of brick, mar farads of one Wy feet high, wi ne vines, eaeh forty feet wide. Tho facate i: ft ntervals with Corin thian mork alin monnted by elegantly carved entablatires, windows of the second ant third stories aro sot between these columns, the latter being shont forty foot 'n height, rising from the base- ment story to the cornice of the buildiny, The entrance Proper ix on the weet front, and ia very beantiful in de. sign, The reiio® bevend the boty of the builtmg ts abont thirteen feat, Ther) «ill py a ficht af some twen- ty-nine cranite stan ascending to the portica. The lat ter will be supported by two columns forty feot in helght. perfectly pronortioned and elegantly carved The wid'h 0° the entronce ig about feriv feet. There nre three domes, shout twenty-three feet in height, snr- maun‘e? by erese nts. beantitully curved, The cornive apowe alluded ta and wich apparently rests on the columns 9 the facade projects fize feat bryend the number of feet in hercht; and above it isa railing of marble, abont seven feet 1 height, whieh adds groatly to the beauty of the baill- ing. The windows of the escond and third stories, a! tornatoly fifteen and twelve feet in height, by six in width, are pretiily ornamented. Thero are eight win dows ‘on tho first story prover, and eleven on the sec nd, Phe facade wil! be overtopped by adome Paine npwarts of Afiv feet above tho apox of the imidd petiment, ant two hundred and ten feet above the grind, Wreonthe doma has not yet been em. meneed, It iz to he fifty fest in diam er and ane han- dred and seven ht, and will be lishted be numerous pane 0 to the ry western, eastern excepting = thy portic the real Corinthian colamn:, whieh farm so fea'nre in the main front. The ends are charactor nnd design to the front, the entrances. of course. being smaller; each end is surmonnted by a pediment and is richly ornamented. As already stated the building is fireproof, and the iron girders which hold the walls together weigh forty thousand pounds each, The first story ‘s expportet by cslamns of iron in the Corin‘hian sty’e, and uphold snlid spandrila of the eame material, Too rafters on which tho floors are laid ato of iron. about two feet six inches apart. The space hateeen them is filled in with bricks, farming an arch Detwoen each rafer. Thus the ceilinzsare a serves of and when finished show the edges of tho rafters, Ga'this briek work tho floorn ar> Iaid. ‘some. of. Tuarbl> ‘and some of wood The stairs and window casings are of iron walls separating each apartment! are of brick, and one font in thickness. The sta’rcase ascends on either side—not within the circle of the dome—and commanication from one staircase to another is effected bv means of the corridors, Some of the ira work is splendid in design, The *tairways and corridors are covered with iron ornaments in the shape of binehes of flowers, fruit, &e Tho roof i: o° eorragated iron; in fact, iron 18 geen on overy hand, thus rendering ‘the edifice porfectiv aacire fom the flery demon. Tt is im possible ty juga of the cotiossal proportions of the building from the owside Tt only from an examina tion of the inferior that an adequate idea of te dimen. sions can be formed Since the tast articte on tris apnanced in the cotumas of the Herano, giving complete dotaile, and the locality, dimensions, &e , of the butidines in e car erection, foundation® for not less than fftven or +) ter hondred have been laid, many of #h new flo ished. le others are ranidly wroers towar ls completion. In the st aprearance sod materia! th~ is no change since jeer, the pri 1 being built of brick and brown stooe, t tions of brick alone, as are also the te many of which are very and of a fine » The leading warehouses ore either entirely c solid stove or of stone fronted with white marhlo, wooden cottages, erected of course beyend the bound line, near Harlem, are very pretty, especialiv th standing alone; bat, as before rem’ a, thore Doilt against the large browo stone houses present an sightly appearance, aa injutions to the one as ta th other. ¥ splendid factories are also going up, aud one of their chief iea'ures ww the © i oad im- n they ace for- proved style of the machinery with whi nisbed. THR PRINCIPAL DWELLINGS, the foundations for which have been laid since the tast amnonncementin the Henann. are very numeroos. They are:— tthe north sdeof Fitty-sixtb treet, one hy dred and ten feet west of Lexington avenns, a brown stono front, the property of Thomas Barrow, three stories, forty-six feet six inches high, twenty feet ‘wide by forry-five fee: deep. ‘On the south side of Furty-sixth street, two hundred feat weet of Fifth avenue, another dwalting of the same deserin- tion, four stories, and of proportionate dimensions, by Mr David Robbins, North side of 1254 sireet, two ha dred and twenty-five feet east of iret avenue, a Nor- chester some front three story dwelling, by Joseph L. sixtv-seven feet Potter. West side of Fourth street, south of Perry street, William H story brown fromt South sideof E one hundred feet west of <econd avenue, two three story brick, the property of Mr. Lalor, North side of Seventy~ first wirect. two hundred and tweary feet weet of Third avena®. five threc story brown stone fronts, owned by Jamo ane. Soath of Perry street, one pundred and twenty feet wee’ ourth, @ three story brown stone front, the property of Wiliam H. Home; and on the saine square a dweliing of same dimensions by Bart- Jett Smith, Sonth side ot iftr-elehvh stree', one hun- dred and forty feet _woat of Second avenue, three three story brown stone fron's, owned by Messrs. Gregory & Lavster, South side @ Seveniy-fonrth street. sixty feet west of Firat enue, Lewis Reid owns two two atory brick dweilings, On the west side of Madiaon avenue, fifty feet north of Forty -tirst street, three very fine four story brown stone front®, the pro- perty of H. P. Townsend, Sonth side of Twent, ird street, one bi four yired feet east of Figbth avenue, story brown stape by David Jones and a like by the property of Isaac Hendrix, on the south Thirty-foarih street, two Wandred and seventy west of Eighth avenue, South ride of 120th street, three hondred and thirty-five foet west of Fifth a brick, the property of Teoac Stevens, and on another similar, med by as of Forty-ninth street, one huadret east of Sixth avene®, four four story brown stone, lip Fitzpatrick, aod o@ Tuirty-fourth street, one hundred font wot of Righth avenne, four of the came 4 ‘scription of building, with only three stories, ate the property of Henry Blesen. A turee story brick on the soutn aide of Forty-nmth street, four bundred and soventy-six feet west of Fifib avenue, is ow: W. Bacon. At the Reservoir, Central Park, on of Eighty-sixth streot, between Sixt) aod Seventh avenues, the property of Thomas Pearson. Two three story, brown stone fronts, on the south side of Seventy elz and eighty foet west of Second ave- Ga. the portheast corner of ourceenth street, three four storv, brown stone front dweliings, owned by John Glass. the Iatter part of November foundations were laid for ten three story, brown stone frout dwelling», on tne | y are orver tures john Gurney, and two others in the immediate vici- nity, by the same owner, and In the neighborhood of the same avenue, on the north side of Sixtieth street, four four story houses, of a similar style, by G. J. Nam- iIton, West side of Fifth avenue, seventy fect tive inches north of Forty-minth street, a brown stone four story residence by Salomon Deutsch, and three others, of the same class, style and size, on the north side of Forty-ninth street, between Sixth aud Seventh avenues, the property of Edward Griffiths. On the north side of Fifty-Sret street, one hundred and fourteen feet east of Sixth avenue, three three story brown stone, owned by Gideon Fountain. On the east side of Lexington ave- nue, fifty feet south of Fifty-second street, one four story house, brown stone front, the property of Mr. Cohen. On the south side of Forty-sixth streei, one hundred and twenty-five feet cast of\Third avenue, two three story brown stone fronts, owned by Messrs. Bredin & Daly, “Six good three story browa stone dwellings were commenced in the latter part of December by 0: Vv. They commence on the north side of ninth street, oue buadred and twenty-five fect cast ot Second aveaue. and on the north side of Fifty-first street, three hundred and thirty-one feet east of Second avenue, five others, of the same class aod style, by pre Fi va Many of these buildings pave gene ust Onis ot 8 thers are very close on completion, more are Starling up, and to detail them individually in this articte would require much space. Suffice it to say that those here mentioned represent only the work of (that is the work commenced in) about two months or less. To give an idea of the dimensions, mode of building and size of these dwellings, take the measure- meat of one as a criterion for all the others. First, a four story house, fifty-five feet high, twenty feet wide and sixty-two feet deep; material, brick and brown stone; depth of foundation walls, ten foet; thickness of foundatton walls, front and rear twenty-four inches and sides twenty inches; thickness of upper walls, twelve inches; tin roofing, iron cornice; one scuttle and ladder for escape in case of fire; one party wall; four stories, with basement and cellar dwellings; hot air pipes, so: in stud partitions. THE PARK BANK—ITS STATUARY. This building. located on Broadway, botween Fulton aod Ann streets. and which will undoubtedly form a fea- ture of the recent marked advancement of acbitecture in ew York, is being pushed vigorously, Tho foundation js are nearly completed, and the supersiructure will shortly be commenced. A full description of this ele- gant edifice as it will appear when completed lias already been pubiizned in the Huranp. A series of pieces of statuary of the most chaste and artistic designs, intended for the ornamentation of the structure, are vow being prepared at the studio of a well known sculptor of ts city. The central flan which will occupy @ position above the main entrance, is emblematic of Justice, and will be ten fee’ in heigot. The figure is in a sitting posture, holding the balance m the left hand and the sword of jee im the right, Owing to its is being executed in two peces, one of whieh ing m the roush about fifeen tons. On either side of the grand cen resiing on the arched pediment, will be p port statues, one of which, representing Abundance, leans with th» left acm. on asheaf of wheat, holding the sickle im hee hand; the right hand supports a cornucopia, or horn of p'enty. Tie companion figure, on tie oppos de of the cen- tacue, , the Genius of Finance in ber lef: band 1s grasped a horn of pl , from the mouth of which am abundance of coin is being scattered, Tue right arm leans on a pedes:al or pyramid of boo's, and the hand holds a stylu Tho corner or tanking figures are two in number, repre- senting reaprctively Commerco and Bank Trade, ant Industry, These pieces will be each ume feet six inches in height, and are now almost completed, Both “ignres wall be sculptured fn full length, standing po i tions, and the pedestals upon whicl they will be mounted will be elaborately and art stically wrought, she entire d splay of statuary will be composed of the Mnest white marb! x SPCOND In the same p as if in the act of record ng. 8 DWELLINGS AND TENE riod as phat referred 8 or the first class dwellings (onudations have ‘een jald for a number f vecond ciass dwellin ’s aad tenements, of which those re mentioved ar: but.a small portion. Those i class are intended for ove or tao tar @ of moderate moans They ai hiefly built of brick, and are of in the upper portion of the gitv houses are strong brick —buildtngs,” toem are faced with bro«n stous are those partioularized, with the nam ers:—On the north side of One Hund stree', two pundred and three fee: east, tw story brick boases by \ 3. Weeks lo the same viemity, One Huo ired ty venth street. two wooden buridiags, taree sores, owned by D. D, Keds, A live story con-ment, with basements and subd-cclars, at No. 35 Allen street, is owned by Lewis Planer, and composed of brick. Five four and three story “brick tenements on the southeast corner of Third avenue and One Hundred and Ninth strest, owned by Mr. Davin. Three kecond class Wood dwellings, three siories, on tho north sid? of Ono Hundred and fwelfth sireo:, west of Third avenue, by Devoe & Farrell. A three story brick tenement at No. 135 West Tweuty-seventh street. Ano- ther of five stories, by H. Eisner, at 184 East iwenty- seventh street; also ooe of four stories, 269 Wes: Thirty- seventh street. On the west side of Tiard avenue, tweuty-four feet north of Fifiy-third strect, Wm. L. Mitchell is owner of three five story brick tenements, end on the ®outh side of One Hundred and Fitth street, west of First avenue, Bernard Eifring is putting up five wooden dwellings, each containing ivur stories, At No, 182 west Thirty-:uird street, Mr Rothschild is owner of @lour story brick tenement commenced thi year. In Forty-xth street, Second, Sixth, Eighth, Third and Tenth avenues, and adjacent streets, from about Volrueth street up, there is a very large number of tevement Louses bein« built. Below Tb rieth street the number is bat very smail These sirvetures are four or five stories generally, with @ basement used as a store. Their dimensions, mode o building and materiais com- posed of are, to take the general average, pretty nearly as follows:— Height, fifty-Uve feet; width, twenty-three teet; depth, sixty eight feet; ‘material, brick, o0- cas:onally brown stone front; depth of toandation walls, eleven feet 28 of foundation walis, stone, twen- ty-twot ; thickness of upper wails, twelve inenes; roottag, tin; cornice, G irom; means of escape ase of fire, bolkhead acd stairs, and some- ities; party wail, one, and iron for first story front, age in course of erec- is very consideradle and the jwmense capital i wart has commenced ope- bation and bent er sire previously been very thriving we, are ail Un wo. and a fallen mass of bricks 18 te Only ren ence of their past existence, Tue eavension 4 ewart's house is to be of nt building, and the iron ye, ik b¢ snd, Will Cow! $386,000, At Nos 139, 141 ire street bus been erected a Gre proof foun- dry, wiih @ lofty aod ornamental (ron front, fhe struc- ture will be exteoded from Centre street through to Kim. It is five staries in height, and is duilt of iron trom wwe foundation to the top et the front Mosars. c Kreres aro building a pew marble warehouse on ‘th west corner of Worth street and West Broad- way. It. witl De 81x stories in peighe, and bave a spacious cellar and subcellar, Mr. & 5. Higgins is commencing 4 marble front three story warehouse on White strect. tt ns at) 6tbe §6corner§6of = ortiaudt §= alley ard wih extend over Nos 80, 62 84 and 86 White stroot, Op the northwest corer Wortn aod Bim streete Mr. John =. Conover js erecting somber splondid buliding On the lote 97 and 99 Sev- euth avenue and Nos, 125, 125 aod 127 West Seventeenth street Albert Weber is just completing his piano manufac. tory. it 1s one of the west of the kind in the chy, hav- ing @ frontage of one bundred and dity feet with a deptn of forty teet, and 1s bart in the shape of an L, #9 as to admit of light from all sides. It is five stories nigh, and is built of brick, trimmed with white marbie, waich is als, used fa the corores. The windows are built in cirewlar form, The basement wails are twonty-four inches thick, fintetiny off to sixteen inches. The whole siructure i very gubstantial, and every precaution t+ taken agatost dre, Tho machinery used 1g of a Gret class order, afd the total cost of the factory will be about $100,000. Since our last - cle the foundations bave been iaid for the fotiowing straccares also:—No. 38 Lis street, and Nos, 219 and 221 Church street, for a splendid ive story warehouse, eighty fest high, tron front and basement, It ie the property of D. ©. Kingsland. On the north. east corner of Wost and Watis streets is anotuor, owned by C H. Brawsiet, of nearly ibe same dimensions, but with a brick front, An extension two story is boing made to J. J Mentjes’ lishment, corner of Fourtt: avenge and Biguty-veventh street. 112 Franklin street Max Weil Las beom puttiog up @ handsome marbi front warehouse, high. The rear wali of this atruciure sits forward eight feet above Grat story, and to rest on an itom lintel, Columas and lintel conrse frst story frout, Jomlan, Marsh & Co., are the proprietors of two stores commenced i tnis year, One of them comprises the lots 184 186 Chureh street, and the other No, 25 White ; each one is six stories, and Doth are bust with the best Ohio sione, Lewis Dubaue is fimish ng nis warehouse at No. 64 Lispenard street It has five stories and basoment storehouse, with a very five ironfront. Other warehoases of equal value and beauty are goiag up at the present moment, and besides those already mentioned, it may be said that the pumber this year wiil far exceed that of last, Those of this year are splendid @pecimens of tecture, costing ao mensity of money—sums, an mentioned, varyiug from suiry to two or three handred thousand dol Those boiit by building speculators bring in an enormous renial, One fintkhod lately in Broadway was leased s tow days ago for 645,000 per year. DANGERS OF THE FERRIES. TO THR EDITOR OF THE HRRALD. New Youu, July 2, 1567. The investigations made short time since into the managomont of the ferries running from New York to the ies seems to have made no difference in the ‘on some of the see roti ; d r : » the ferry! ii i PL 25 #28 Fs 3 i ti NEW EXGLAND CATHOTIC COLLEGES, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERAL. liversary Exercises ot the Collewe of the Holy Cross in Worcester and the Bos College iu Boston—The Distribution of Di- | vlomas, Crosses of nor and Premiums. Bosrox, July 5, 1867. ‘There are only two Catholi: collegiate inst tutions in New England, and both of thes» are in Massachusotts— one, the Boston College. being located on Harrison | Avenue, inthis city, aud the other, the College of the Holy Cross, being located om the beautiful heights of Woreester, some two miles distant from the city proper. The annual anniversary exercises of both theso institu- tutions have just taken place, the Worcester College taking the lead, and the Boston College following the day after. , The Holy Cross College in Worcester, which has about one hundred and twenty pupils, was founded by the Right Rev, Benedict Joseph Fenwick, Bishop of Boston, in the year 1843, and by him given to the Fathers of the Society of Jesus. Its location is remarkably healthy, and its grounds consist of a bundred and twenty-four acres. The faculty and officers of the college are Rev. Robert W. Brady, & J., President, Prefect of Studies; Rey. Charles K. Jenkins, 8. J., Vico President, Treasurer, Pro‘essor of Bookkeeping, Chaplain; Rev. Livy Vigi- lante, §. J., Professor of Logic, Metaphysics and Ethics Rev. James Major, 8, J., Professor of Natura! Philos phy, Chemistry and Mathematics; Rev. Charles F. Kelly, 8. J., Professor of | Rbetoric nd Prefect of Schools; Rey, James McGuigan, 8. J., Professor of Latin and Greek, and Chief Prefect of Discipline; mr. Jonn J. Ryan, S. J., Professor of Poetry and Mathe- matics; Mr. William Scanian, 8. J., Professor of Latin Greek and Algebra, and Pre‘ect of Discipline; Mr. Jobn Marrin, 8, J., Professor of Latin, Greek, French and Arithmetic; Mr. Patrick Forhan, & J., Professor of La‘in, Greek and French, and Prefect of Discipline; Mr. Francis O'Neil, Professor of Latin and Arithmetic, and Prefect of Discipline; Mr. George P. Burt, Professor of Masie; Peter B. Mignault, M. D., Attending Physician, The anniversary exercises were attended by a large number of visitors, including many prominent members of the Catholic clergy trom the New England and other States, and a number of the leading citizens of Worces ter. The following were the subjects of the declama- tions:—"Clouds,”” by Charles E. Burke; “fhe Import- ance of Historical Kaowledge,’’ by Peter A. McKenai rospect of Worcesier,’’ by Charles M. Gnuren; asures of Vacation.” by James Fagan; ‘‘The Poet, fis Mission and Reward,’ by John W. McMahon; “The ory of the Wave,” by John B Smith; “Associatioh of s,"” by Join M, Geough; ‘False Views of Genins,”? by Mich J. Burke; and the “Valedistory,”? by | Jeremiah K. Millerick. The above exercises having been listened to with ine terest the graduation exercises and the distribution of premiums took place, as follows:— The degree of A. M. was conferred on George Sturgis , Wore-ster, Mass; and the degree of A. B. was conferred on Peter A. McKenna, Fraacis W. Hayden, John W McMazon and Jeremiah F. Milierick, Masea- chusetie; Patrick H. Finnegan and Thomas E. | TLvnch, Rhode Island, ne following students having distinguished them- in their Yaspeetive classes were rewarded with {honor or with premiums, or were honorably Pa of Mental Philovophy the cross of honor was awarded 1) Peter A. McKeona, Massachusetts ; the preminm was awarded to Francis W. Hayden, ’ ehusetts; vext in merit, John W. McMahon, Massachusetts In the class of No'ors! Phiiowophy the cross of honor was awariot tw Sraneis W, Hayden, Massachusotis; 6 premiy saaurot to John W, Me dahon, Massa- enusetis; next in me: , Jeremiah EB. Millerick, Massa- e ynsetts, In the class of © yeinistry the cross of honor was awarded to Johu ‘\. \cMabon, Massachusetts; the premium was awarded (0 Francis W. Hayden, Masea- shuxetts; next in merit, Jeremiah B. Milerick, Massa- awarded, to Michael §, J.B prewimm was awarded to chusetts, afd the next in merit was Edward J. Doagh- erty, Massachusetts, An extraordinary c open tor competition to the students of all the classes, for the best Eugiieh composition, was awarded to Jobn W. MeMahon, Massachusetts In the class of Ruetoric the crors of Lonor was awarded to Jon B. sm th, ol Massachusetis; the premivm was awarded to Wiliom H. Rogers, Roode Isiand, aod the next in merit was Thomas H. Wallace, New Hamp- shire. Th preminm for excellence in English Com- position was awarded to Edward P, McCort, Masea- cunsetis. Ia the class of Poetry the cross of honor was awarded New Hampsbire; the premium was awarded to Charies M. Gauren, Massachusevts, and the next in merit was John Keegan, of Rhode Isiand. lu the first class of Humanit 6s tbe cross of honor was awarded to Tbomas F, Clinton, Rhode Island; the pr mium was awarded to William ag ms Vermont, and the next in merit was Thomas D. ven, Massa- chu-setts. The premium for excellence in English com- position was award:d to David F, McGrath, Massa- ehusetts, In the second class of Humanities the cross of bonor was awarded to Thomas Brennan, Connecticut; the premiam was awarded to James M. Su Massa- chusetts, and the next in merit was John J. A. Becket, Maine, who also received the premium for excellence io an ngs composition In the third class of Humanities the cross of honor was awarded to Jobn T. MeMahon, Connecticut; the prem- ium was awarded to Fraucis J Murray, Now Hampshire; t in merit, James McCloskey, Massachusetts, ibe premium for excellence in English composition was awarded to Francis J. Murray, New Hampshire. Thomas J. Marphy, of Counecticat, was to thia class oar, warded to Patrick W. Collery, Massachusetis; the minum was swa'ded to William H. rs, Rhode Island; next in merit, Thomas H. Wallace, New Hamp- shire. In the second class of Mathematics the cross of honor was awarded to Daniel F. Cronin, Massachusetts; the Premium was awarded to Corvelias O'Neil, Ireland; next im merit, Charles M. Gauren, Massachusetts, In the third class of Mathematics the cross of honor was awarded to James N. upple, Mavsachusetis; the Premium was awarded, er equo, to Lawrence Brennan, Connecticut, and Wm. Murphy, Vermout; next in merit, Cornelius J.’ Cronin, Massac>uasetts, In tho class of Algebra the cross of honor was awarded to Robert F. Lee, New Hampabire; next in merit, Jon J. A, Becket, Maine. In the first class of Arithmetic the cross of honor was awarded to Thomas Hays, Pennsyivania ; the premium was awarded to Jeremiah Dempsey, Connectiout; next in merit, Poter A. Taggart, New Jersey. Harry Morton waa promoted to this ciass during the year. Tn the class of Hookkecepiog to cross of honor was awarded to Thomas 3, Pennsylvania; the premium wan awarded to Jobo T. ‘MoManon, Connecticutt; next in mer, H. Massachusetts, 7 to Ores prem- jum Cig | New Hampshire ; next in merit, Edward L. Galligan, Massachusetts. In the third clans of Arithmetic the crass of honor was warded to Joh New Jersey; the premium was Swarded to. Patrick WM Massachusetts; ae ee Morrison, Tn first class of awarded to William H. Rhode Istand ; the prem- jum was awarded to John B. Smith, Massachusetts; next to merit; John FE. O'Sullivan, New Hampshire. he secon ciass of French the cross of honor was ded to Coarles M. Gauren, Massachusetts; tue was awaried to James N. Supple, Massa: noxt in merit, Jobo Keegan, Rhode Island, Jo! James T. Sheehan, Robert F. Lee a to this class during the ; In the third cleee of Froneh (first division) the cross of honor was awarded to Lawrence Brent Connectiout ; the prémium was awarded to John Burke, Maseachu- setts; next 'o merit, Bernard E. Gall! Massachusetts. In tbe third class of French (i mi0D), the pre- wiunt was awa, to Cornotias Cronin, Massachusetts ; next in merit, Patrick Phelan, Massachusetts, In the first clags of Radiments, the cross of honor was awarded to Neem ng Connecticut: the pre- mium was awarded to Thomas Hays, Peansyivacia; next in merit, James Hogan, Vermont; the premiam for exceiience in lish composition was awarded to Harry Morton, Maryland; Maurice Galvin and Dana J, Eastman were promoted to this class during the year. In the second class of Radiments, the first premium was awarded to Edward [ Galligan, \assachusetts: the second prominum was awarded to James F. Craig, Macca chusetts; next in merit, James E Hagney, sassachu- gotta in the of Penmanship, the cross of hovor was awarted to Joseph M. Mullon, New York; the premium jarded to James J. hy, Pennsylvania; next on, Vaaachasetis In the class of Music (senior department) the cross of honor awarded to Augustos B. ‘ner, Peonay!- v Mined premiam was ewarded to Harry Norton, ryiand. In the class of Music junior departmen') the preminm was awarded to James ? MoCarthy, Peonvsivania; next ia merit, Joba Cunningham, New Hampsbire, =~ In the class of Christian Doctrine the cross of wae to Patrick W, Collery, Massa- oh: H Kr was awarded to Dennis Bradley, ipsbire; next io merit, Cornelius J. Cronin, nthe necond class of wan awarded Christian 5 the Panta Roda station for Key West. Despatches, a> the sender's risk, can by this means be forwarded to Hevana, Cuba, by chance boats every few days uatil the cable is laid, July 20. From the telegraph stations of Lake City, Baldwin and Gainesville messazes will be for- \arded to Jacksonvide, Feroandina and other points by mail, un’ the branch lines to these towns are com- ph Messages for any of the above points will be eof the Western Union Telegraph ved at any Company. SUMMER RESORTS. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE WEBALD. Stone Rinez, Ulster County, New York, Joly 1, 1967, “Stone Ridge,” I imagine I hear the reader exclaim, “where is that? Is it a new fashionable watering place? Or, what is there about the place to entitle it tothe honor of being mentioned in the Heraup?’ Wait, gentle reader, and I will explain. I had been told before visiting this village that it was ‘tbe Jumping off place,” asort of ul/lima thule, beyond which there was nothing, and but for a strong motive that impelled me there I might have hesitated betore venturing near such a sup- posed precipice. Weil, Stone Ridge itself is only a small village of a few bundred inhabitants, and part of the town of Marbletown, in Ulster county. It is twelve miles from the Hudson river at Rendout or Kingston, and can be reached by taking at the former piace one of the old-time stage coaches, which goes at the rate of four miles an hour, and which stops many times on the way to take up the maila, as weil as to water the hors: and liquor the passengers, #o ii may be seen that thi pact of the country is in rather a primitive condition regards locomotion. However, it is possible to hire a buggy and make better time, But it isof something else Tam gowwg to write—of the beautiful and productive country, of the interesting localities around, and of the people and their views of things, Extending back from the Hudson, and nearly at right angles with it, are several valgvs, through which flow the Rondout, Marbietown (r @\tho Wallkill and their little tributaries, and which emnzy into the Hudson at the town of Rondout. Thev c@ lanked on the north by the Catskill mozntams and their spurs, the nearest of which are only a few miles off, and which rise up one above the other with a clearly defined outline in the dis- tance, These rounded but irregular shaped massos loom up with remarkable distinctness and beauty through the clear atmosphere. They arrest attention at every step, and the eye never tires of looking at the striking and pictureaque scenery, To the westward are the Snawan- gunk mountains, not so elevated or bold as the Ca‘akill, but forming a beautitut background to the valleys named above. The whole of this region is of limestone formation, more or less compact, though not compact or crystathzed enough for marble, and is generally fea slaty and friable character, There are, however, streaks of conglomerate through the mountains in which nodules of hard quartz @rmagreat part, This is quarried in several places along tho Rondout for millstones, and though these are not equal to the European, durrstones in hardness, they are found very good for grinding. Tbis conglomerate. es in immediate contact with the limestone, The contact occurs quite conveniently in places. For oxample, at High Falis, on the Kondout, there are extensive cement works, where about five thousand barrels a day are manufactured, and here the limestone (rom whieh the cement is made hes side by side with the rock that is used for grinding it. Tne soil of the valleys is good, a3 may be understoed from the nature of the Hmestone formation, and rich fields of grain and other products everywhere @ that rye, wheat and corn are the Cpeayy crops. Rye seems 19 be most cultivated. Hay is also a favorite ci Iie truly delightfal to behold at the it time tbe well cultivated farms which cover the whole of the: valleys with their waving fields of ryeand wheat in full bud and just ripening to a jen color, alternating with rich ‘lover fewis, Th rs look bappy at the prospect of an abundant season. Forty to fifty bushels of wheat and sixty to seventy bushels of rye an acre is the promised yield in many cases. The fruit will not be 80 good this year as in some former years. farms generally are of moderate size—one or two hundred acres—thouzh some are larger and others swal In general, they are owned by the cultivators; tnere is, consequently, clas of well to do farmers, with few very rieb, and appearance of great poverty. The lands were owved in larger tracts formerly, but have become subdivided into small farms. Experienced farmers say it is more proft- able to cultivate small farms, and itis certainly better for the community at large. Looking over this beautiful country, at the moral and social condition of the people and their contentment, at the abundant harvest prom- 1s t the charming scenery, aud at the beauty overy~ where, I am forcibly reminded of Rass:las’ Happy Val- Tey. "ine Delaware and Hodson canal passes through this count joliowiag tue course of the Roudout, and bas no doubt contributed to the geveral improv » os witness a railroad afso is contemplated from Rondout on the Hudson, to tap the Erio railroad and ‘to penetrate into the coal regions of Pennsylvania It seems to me that sch a would pay through the rich valleys I = sepa = and would certainly develop the pro- ction of so fine a region. For those who love nature or who seek a healthy and charming locality in the summer season, there are few places more suitable or interesting. There are fo many delighiful spots in every portion of our country, that we are apt to overlook some of them, aud those that are near or convenient to us, Here, for instance, x few miles from the Hudson, up in the Sbawangunk mount- ains, at a place called Paltz Point, is a most romactic aod beatiful spot—a spot a peed neoree — surrounding country and to the people ‘oughkee ps! and other towns near, who have been in the habit of driving out there, Paltz Point is a mountain promon- tory, jutting out on the plain below with a perpendiculer wail of rork nearly @ thousand feet high. It iv aa im- mense escarpment, up Which the wiod rushes furiously from the valley, aod which makes one giddy aod shadder to look down. There are, too, immense over- heaging or table rocks, tike the table rock at gare, over which the intrepid tourist pror- ates bimgelf §=to «get =o sight «of the fearful aby-s and caverns beneath. It is truly a giddy height, jew of the surrounding country ts exten- sive and maguiGcent, The wonder \6 to all, except tho Feo ist, how @ perpendicular mountain like this has a fortaed or remains as it is 10 those who under- stand the matter, who have studied thi meni Niagara Falis and river, phenomena of nature, and who look at the im: ne fractures of rock, weighing thousands of tons, at Paitz Point, the cause will appear plain, But there is another romarkable teature of nat o honk lake, about a balf nile in teat ond several ban- tosed deop a a by vertteal wall of rock, The water ry deep (fow prunit habitants living near say there is no bottom) and Ic Diack and coid. Onty the midday sun reaches this deepiy To tow.on it tats inthe boas andor’ the. hich shelving To on it, to ait in wing Tock and to walny a Fepast there the deep cool shade Dot summer's day, as I and the party with me did, 19 « pleasare rarely to be enjoyed. High Falla, which is near Stone referred to whero the cemont manu well worth a visit, The Rondout here fatis over a ledge of rock near a hundred feet deep in @ considerable volume of water, and theo forms a siccession of beauti- fal cascades for some distance Bes des, the locks of the Hudson and Detaware Canal, through which boats are passing every five minutes, the saspenston bridge over which the cana! passes, and the large coment 7 torier, are Ce ew of po ordinary interest at this point Nor shou! neglect to see Pompey's cave, a mile or two from High Falis, This cave bas been formed by 9 small stream, which rans into the Kondoat, catting through the rock under growud It ts, in fact, @ vataral tunnol, over a quarter o a mile long, through which @ person can pase ja dry weather, and this leaps along mauner among the rite hare oeatera Tooks through the all times, of currency and the ‘They view, indeed, of these matters ‘Mr. McOulloch and pw yh * <u pehaeot prodece ana specie ments,” tl eay, aveny Voi we geil wil come dows, our crag bey wi zi Bese 388% r 4 3 ! H § z i if Hl iH : 5 = i : 3 i 3 fF i f 3 + ui #7 i i i 33 t ii 2 > ! : ; business transected oouk! be obtained, During the last thirty-six hours the following seitures were made by poh ace eA TNS cee ties ese was a eine erases thre the ground vba Nt not accompanied by an 3 tae of Florida A steam eaile every Spiurday from ' ence,