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WASHINGTON. Judge Dent’s Prospects in Mississippi. General Canby Anxious to {nstall Governor Walker. THE PROPOSITION TO PURCHASE CUBA, Shirking of the Question by the Serrano Government. Return of a Mew Worker trom the Prison in Havana. WASHINGTON, August 30, 1869, The Proposition fer tho Purchase of Cuba— Probable Non-Action of the Serrano Govern- ment. There is no foundation whatever for the report telegraphed hence last Saturday, to an afternoon paper in New York, that the proposition submitted by Minister Sickles to the Spanish government for the settlement of the Cuban question had been for- Mally rejected. Secretary Fish, who was telegraphed to by the Cubans, to ascertain the truth or falsity of the report, replies that he has no information on the subject which would lead to the conclusion that any definite action had been taken by Spain, It is vhe impression here in well informed circies that no action will be taken on the proposition by the Serrano government. This is the opinion enter- tained by Mr. Lemus, the Cuban Envoy. The Span- ‘sh Cortes meets on the 15th proximo to choose u king, and it is thought Serrano and his Cabinet are anxious to avoid the responsibility of accepting or rejecting the proposition, and will throw it upon the new king, whoever he may be, and his ministry. The proposition 1s known to be unpopular in Spain, and it 1s thought that it could only be accepted with safety after a strong government shall have been established, This information is gathered from let- ters received from trustworthy sources in Spain and from parties friendly to Cuban independence. Arrival of a Late Cuban Prisoner—His Dl Treatment at Havana, Dr. Simons, a native of New York, and for many years a resident of Cuba, arrived here yesterday @irect irom Havana. He was seized by the Spanish authorities at Havana on suspicion of being engaged in the insurrection, and thrown into prison, After being detained tor fevéh months he was released through the ‘tervention of Consul General Plumb. ‘While Dr. Simonds was in prison his property was seized and destroyed by the Spaniards, his money in bank attached and he is now left poor. His treat- Ment was of the most barbarous character, and he marrowly escaped being shot by the squad of volun- teers by whom he was constantly guarded. Dr. Simons 1s here to make an appeal to the Secretary of State for the intervention of the government in his behalf. He proposes to call on Secretary Fish to- morrow and state his case. Judge Dent’s Prospects in Mississipp!. Judge Lewis Dent, prospective conservative nomi- nee for Governor of Mississippi, will leave here to- morrow morning for that State, where he will re- main until after the adjournment of the Convention. The stories so industriously set afloat to the effect that the conservative party had resolved to throw the worthy Judge aside after finding his nomination ‘Would not secure for thein the endorsement of the administration, appears to bea naked fabrication. ‘The Judge has assurances from the leading men ot the State that bis nomination will be made by ac- Clamation, and his friends believe that he will be certainly elected by an overwhelming majority. As matters now stand, his opponent on the radical side ‘will be Judge Alicom, formerly a large slaveowner, ‘but now one of the most ultra of the ul- traists or bitter enders. Judge Dent will bring into the contest many elements of popular strength. As Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in the State immediately after the discovery of improper conduct on the part of others in administering the Mice, he managed his part so well as to give satis- faction to both whites and blacks. In dealing out relief he made no distinction between the suffering families of rebels and those of loyal people, whether white or black. His only rule in giving rellef was that of common humanity. The widows and orphans of many rebels had been actually driven off their plantations by unfeeling radical politicians without the interference of his predecessors as commission- ers, solely in order to give an opportu- nity to have their lands declared abandoned property. In all such cases as came to his knowleage Judge Dent wrote to the exiled families to return, and restored them to all their rights, By such acts of justice and humanity he made himself popular with the rebel element, while his kindness towards the negroes endeared him equally with tho freedmen. Allcom, on the otherjhand, has to meet the powerful argument that he was once a large slave owner—an argument which goes a long way among the emancipated element. Judge Dent will return here after the nomination is made and re- main here until October, when he will take the atump in Mississippi. ‘The Stokes’ Attack on the OMiccholders in Tennessee. Colonel Stokes, of Tennessee, mado his first sortie to-day upon Commissioner Delano for the removal of ‘the federal oMicers in Tennessee, who it is alleged favored the election of Senter as Governor. Stokes made astormy statement of his case and charged the Internal Revenue officers with wilful hostility to the administration. He did not think that the republican party could afford to overlook the offence of these men and continue them in office, Mr. Delano heard what Stokes had to say with com- mMendable patience and then informed him that the President and the Secretary of the Treasury would have to be consulted before anything could be done, General Canby Anxious to Install Governor Walker. It is stated here to-day, on good authority, that General Canby has written to General Sherman, asking for instructions to install Gilbert C. Walker ‘a8Governor. The Commanding General in Virginia expressed himself in another conversation with Dr. Gilmer in favor of the inauguration of tho Gov- ernor elect as an act of simple justice to people ‘Whose interests were at stake. There are several important appointments as railroad proxies soon to be made, which doubtless influences this action of General Canby. Ben Butler and General Raw! it Odds. Ben Butler has had a sort of a snari with Secro- tary Rawlins about Colonel Janes, United States Quartermaster in Richmond, Va. It seems that Janes in the discharge of his duties caused the de- struction of certain buildings connected with Co- lumbia College, outside Richmond, which were used for hospital purposes during the war. Ben Butler happened to be interested in the destroyed prop- erty, and on learning of Janes’ action wrote a saucy Jetter to Secretary Rawlins, demanding the instant dismissal of the Quartermaster, whose character and Motives he severely criticised, Secretary Rawlins Caused an investigation ofthe case, and finding that Janes had only done what his duty required, wrote Butler @ pungent letter, declining to dismiss the oMcer. “On a Bender.” A party of gay and festivé youths, sons of the Sristooracy here, get into the clutches of tho law this afternoon on account of over indulgence in strong beverages, The party made themselves ter- Fibly noisy at the crack restaurant of Washington, snd were in consequence chucked out by the con- Siderate proprietor. Not liking their summary ejection they returned to force their way into the restaurant, when the police were called tn. The ‘whole party was thereupon taken to the lockup to cool off, Tho Chinese Question. Mr. E, Heppie hail, the weli known Asiatic travetier, Arrives here to-night 9X the special invitation of NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. Secretary Fish, with whom he is to have an inter- view to-morrow on the Chinese question, more par- ‘ticularly with regard to coolie emigration. Charges Against Mayor Bowen. J. A. Orane, @ Commissioner of the Fourth ward of this city, has presented charges to whe City Councils against Mayor Bowen, the specification being that sald Bowen has unlawfully advanced money to con- tractors who have failed to perform the terms of their contract. The entire amount is over eleven thousand dollars. Crane charges that Bowen and the contractors meditate a fraud upon the city treasury in this transaction, and Crane, as Commis- sioner, feels it his duty to make the facts known to the Councils. All the parties are republicans. The Report cf the Bureau of Statintics. The monthly report, No. 28, of the Bureau of ‘Statiatics contains an unusual amount of interesting information. In addition to the statement of our foreign trade for the fiscal year, an abstract of which has already been pubiisned, it contains statistica of the population of France and the Netherlands, com- mercial statistics of the North German Union, Switzerland and other countries. The products of American fisheries received in the United States during the quarter ended June 30 last were from the whale, $2,668,749, and the products of other American fisheries $361,856, For the same quarter the domestic commodities from New York to San Francisco, via the Isthmus of Panama, amounted to $10,000,000, and from San Francisco to New York $3,068,000. The Internal Revenue, Recelpts to-day were $937,000, Health of Secretary Rawlins. Secretary Rawlins is much better, He was at the department to-day. Resignation of a Collector. Joun Hesmeeth, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Seventh district of Maseachusetts, has resigned. CITY POLITICS. Meeting of a Tweed Club—Belmoat nounced—Tweed Glorificd. The Tweed Democratic Association held a meeting tast evening at No. 68 East Broadway, The room was well filled. Mr. Richard Walters presided and Morris F. Dowling performed the duties of secretary. Astrong smell of cheap whiskey and execrabie tobacco pervaded the room, and the constituency present seemed evidently capable of shouting and voting for any man who could farnish in the largest measure either of the stimulating articles men- tioned. The CHAIRMAN, 1n opening the proceedings, sald the object of holding the meeting was to give an ex- pression from the irish people as to their selection of @ chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee. : ‘The SECRETARY then read the following extraor- dinary series of resolutions:— Resolved, That the democratic party is the party which has conferred upon America its greatness. Resolved, That the Irish citizens have always constituted the princival part of the democratic power. jesolved, That in the selection of Mr, (wa Belmont fo the national chatrof the party Bo reapett Wal pelt te Tere | judgment, and that if consideration had been paid to that it Belmont woulg net have judgment the fneilictent Mr. That Jaevous Safuty has already fallen on the vant o Dee yeen mace national chairman, TAHEs on acco the just dissatisfaction of gh citizens with Mr. August Belmont as national leader, and that additional disasters are certain to occur from the same dissatiafaction if Mr, Belmont should not be re- moved without delay, Resolved, That tife reasons for the recusancy of the Irish citizens with Mr. August Belmont are that he b toa foreign province which nocessurlly is represented only in a confine ee in the United States; that it is a lawful doubt that he is even a citizen of the republic; that he has never Promoted democratic Interests elther in & municlpallty, or in county or ip a State—to say nothing of the United States; that personally, mentally and morally he bas proved bimse to be totally out of degree with the measure of the responsi- bilities high place he occupies, and that, in fact, he has been the cause of the lous of two Presidential campaigns, Resolved, That a just consideration for the political judg- ment and feelings of the Irish citizens in their connection witb the safety and honor of the democratic party impera- tively require that the mistake of having Mr. August Belmont where he {s ghould be at once undone, Resolved, That the Irish citizens are justly convinced that William M- Tweed should have been made national chair- man eight years ago, when that trust was injudiciously given ‘uat Belmont, and that the success of the Holman campaign in 1878 and of the approaching State elections ab- solutely demauds that the Grand Sachem of Tammany be put at onco in the national chair of the democratic party. Resolved, That this just expression of the judgment and of ‘the Irish citizens of the United States be pre- for fmmediate attention to the democratic committees feelin; nentes of all ‘The resolutions were unanimously adopted. Mr. J. P. SOLOMON then introduced ana read another set of resolutions to ‘the Irish People.” They were adopted also; in fact, anything would have been adopted by the ovliging crowd of genule- men present. ‘The CHAIRMAN, in a very unctuous tone and with &@ good deui of jor, introduced “Brick”? Pomeroy, who at he audience, were friends of the bondnol not friends of his. He went on to state me considerable length his views of labor and capttal, serene the latter = Demme the crushing wel at oppresses the for- mer, reference to Mr. bimont, he said he had no_ objection to him _ personaliy if he (Belmont) refused to shake bands with the workingman in fear of soiling nis kid gloves; if he had gn objection to going to the polis with the work- ingmen of the democratic party it was his busines: but he was not the style or manner of man the work- ingmen of the democratic party wanted at the head of their affairs. A few years ago he (Brick) had enunciated the idea of repudiation, and still stuck to it ikea “brick.” He finds now that there are men in the democratic party javoring the policy of the bondholders, aud favoring aiso many tenets of the radicals; but he, at least, was honest and brave enough to denounce all such innovations, and would continue to do so 80 long a8 God gave him breath to live. Belmont lacks energy, I confidence, and lacks everything that is wanted in a leader of the dem- ocratic party. There was no man better adapted for their national chairman than the great, good, honest sincere friend of the workingman, Wm. M. Tweed. If the democracy do not place a man in the place of Belmont, who sympathizes with the workingman, there won’t be @ corporal’s guard left of the democratic party in New York city. When Brick finished he cailed for three cheers for Bill Tweed. Then the chairman told the audience that twenty-five kegs of lager beer were ordered, at which announcement the audience grew vociferous and delighted beyond description. Mr. JOHN REED, of Long Island, was the next speaker, His address was & denunciation of “the August” Belmont, and a high eulogium of Tweed, and a deciaration that William Waters was a fit and proper man for Assembly, (Cheers.) Colonel WINTERS was the next speaker and fol- lowed in the wake of the prece ding one, after which the audience retired to dispose of the beer and go home in the beatof humor w ith Tweed, Brick and the balance of fammany Hall, “Old Democratic 40.” A meeting of the political organization known as the “Old Democratic 40,” and which represents the German democrats of the Seventeenth ward, was held last evening at No, 66 avenue A, As the meet- ing was simply a reunion of the Executive Commit- tee, sixty in number, to hear the report of astanding committee appointed to confer with the magnates of Tammany Hall, no great imsight into the fall pro- ceedings of this branch of the democratic party could be gained from it, ‘The meeting was called to order at eight P. M. by Mr. Uhl, the President, Messrs, Rechter and Flecke being secretaries. The Conference Committee's re pest being in order, it reported that an interview had been had with Mr. Cornell, Chairman of the Seventeenth Ward Tammany General Committee, and that gentleman had stated that Tammany Hall would do full justice to the Germans of the Seven- teenth Assembly district, and gave them without hesitation an entree to the forthcoming convention ba nag uomination of the local oficers of that dis- niet On motion of Mr. Flecke it was unanimously re- solved “that this organization support the straight Tammany ticket 1n the forthcoming election.” ‘The next business in order was that of organizing the district, some cursory debate of an unimportant nature ensuing. The ordinary campaign committees were appointed and the meeting adjourned until the second Tuesday in September. It 1s reported thata thorough examination will take place of the rival organizations and those de- ate on the Executive Committee of the 40" fore the elections, and that those unworthy of the latier’s notice will be left outin the cold. ‘The meet- ing this evening was well attended and the assem- bly orderly in the extreme, ARRIVAL OF MONITORS IN NEW ORLEANS, Surmises as to What They are Intended For, {From the New Orleans Picayune, Augus' For soine time past the Cabany. i’ this ait Pave been quite clated by the belief that bel jigerent rights would soon be accorded to the revolutionists in Cuba by both the United States and Peru, and the arrival of three of the five monitors, whose depart- ure from Mound City (on the Mississippi river in Milinois) has been chronicled, seemed to give some color to their statements. @ three Monitors that have arrived are lying just below the city and are in a very dilapidated condition, certainly not ready for any active sea service, and the two others which are at resent aground this side of Memphis, are hought to be in @ similar condition, There has been considerable mystery about the movements of these monitors and those connected with them—a ‘Wise snake of the head and non-committal shrug of the shoulder being about all that can be elicited from any of the officers, who tn all probability know but little more than those who question them. One thing 1s certain, however—the Cubans here the appearance of these monitors as signifi of the intention of the government of the Unitea States to accord belligerent rights to their countrymen and are jubjlant over the tact. It is certain, also, that it these monitors are meant for service, they will have to be completely overhauled at consldera- ble expense. One of these vessels 1s named Hecate and avotler Furye warlike names, certainly, THE CROTON LAKE. ‘The Fountain Head—The New Dam at Boyd’s Corners—The Fields from Which the Croton is Drawn—The Grandness of the Croton Worke—The Supply Inexhaustible—Whkat the Croton Has Done for New York—A Visit to the Fountain Head~The Scenery Around the LakeWhy New Yorkers Should Rejoice. Remembering the water famine which for many weeks has visited the people of Philadelphia—@ famine the grievance whereof is more to be depre- cated than that of food—the citizens of Manhattan should offer pans in praise of their all but inex- haustible Croton, in that for upwards of a quarter of @ century it has poured unceasing volumes of pure deight at tieir very doors. Indeed, 80 accustomed have the residents of Man- hattan become to their water supply, and so extrava- gant in its use, that few of them ever pause to In- quire “whence it cometh or whither it goeth.”” Vast as are our resources, New Yorkers need not be so recklessly wasteful of them, for the Croton is not inexhaustible to the degree which the adjective ordinarily implies, There counties can be made to contribute their springs to the feeding of the Croton lake and reservoir; aNd were say $50,000,000 further expended on the lines of the Croton works it is possible that. New York, with 10,000,000 souls—if so many by in- genious packing in tenement houses could be domi- ciled within its corporate limits—might as readily be supplied as 1,000,000, A HYDROGRAPHIC MAP OF WESTCHESTER, PUTNAM, AND DUTCHESS shows that artificial lakes can at comparatively small sums be constructed in an almost continuous line for upward of forty miles north of the Croton / Tyke—itself an artificial reservoir—eacn capable of containing many billions of gallons of water. Give the engineers money enough, and there is no ques- tion as to the unlimited supply of the aqueous fluid which they can command. For example, the Croton Aqueduct Department some two years ago determined that it was absolutely necessary to add to the resources of the present reservoirs other: bodies of water, and in quantities suficient to place the future beyond possibility as to supply. Accord- ingly Putnam and Westchester counties were care- fully surveyed and a HYPROGRAPHIC MAP prepared, on which it was clearly demonstrated that more water, from springs and other sources, could be obtained than, with the present aqueduct, ca- Pacious as it is, could be conveyed to High Bridge and thence to the great water collections in the Park and the distributing reservoir at Fiftieth strect. Consequent on such discoveries, it was re- solved by the Board to purchase the grounds at Boyd's Corners, in Putnam county, as those best adapted for a yast STORAGE RESERVOIR. 'The area of this reservoir, into which the water of Putnam county will fin all probability be admittea not later than June of next year, is 303 acres, and its capacity, according to estimates prepared with much care, will be 3,869,206,857 gallous, or, in plain words, upwards of three and a quarter billions, suMcient in itself to supply the people of New York generously for six months. The plain area of this new lake is 2.037 square miles, Its extreme length is 7,500 feet, or nearly one mile and one-third, and ite elevation @bove mean tide 1s 600 feet. The dam which con- fines the southern end of this pond is a magnificent specimen of masonry, is 700 feet in breadth ana six- ty-tour in depth, From this great storage place for the waters of Putnam there isa direct channel to Croton Jake of upward of twenty-three miles. Of course CROTON LAKE, which, ten years ago, was considered ail-snmcient for @ generation or two, is a much larger body of water. We cannot give the holding capacity of this beautiful reservoir, which, like a gem of price sur- rounded by emeralds, lies nestled In the verdure-clad hills of Westchester, We can only say of it that its average depth is fifteen feet or thereabouts, its width an eighth of a mile’ and its length four miles, The inhabitants of the country “round about,” we must notice, however, insist that the surveyors of the Croton Department are mistaken in their calcuia- tions, and tha’ itis fully eight miles from the dam to the head, or to what is called Katonah. An uninquiring visitor, standing on the shores or sailing over the bosom of this, when in repose, gigantic mirror, which fatchfully reflects the wild Scenery that encompasses it, would never imagine Croton lake was an artificial of water, that within the memory of many of the farmers resident in the country between the Hudson river and the Bronx (which latter, but a few feet in width and no- where twelve inches in depth, once greatly troubied a Briush army to cross), a stream, noisy in its course, flowed in a deep valley that now is the water storehouse for the metropolis of America, DEPTH OF CROTON LAKE. In the centre of the lake—that is in the channel— there are spots the plummet cannot sound under aixty fect; and, again, there are other places, even at reasonable distance from the shore, where it is dangerous to navigate a ship of @ ton in measure- ment. ‘This lake is surrounded by a MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY, very hilly, 1t is true, having narrow causeways and steep inclinations which only a sure-footed quadru- d can ascend or descend with safety, but it is as ealthy as it is hilly. It isa country in which pure cold springs abound, which springs rapidly agere: gate their waters into noisy creeks in which speckled trout rejoice and grow fat; and it is a curious fact, which fishermen—we mean amateur followers o: the rod, for there are no professional gatherers-in of the finny tribes near the lake—will verify, that while in the streams og are Roraible of the largest size none are ever fi the Croton. Pickerei, eels, sun and catfish are there in abundance, but trout fight shyly of it. Perhaps they care littie for the long passage they of necessity must undertake southward, should they be drawn into the whirl- poo that takes the waters through forty miies of rickwork to the confines of New York island. But let us discourse further upoo our ‘i WATER SUPPLY. We have remarked that, adding to the means of conveyance, there need be no limit to the water that can be poured into our city, We have shown that there is in the three counties that He immediately north of New York water suficient, which, if col- lected, to sufice for a population of 10,000,000 of people; but to get this water across the Harlem river High Bridge would have to be greatly en- larged, so that ten pipes of the capacity of those now in the long chamber which rests on its many arches might be added and another aqueduct of forty odd rniles, capable of carrying sufficient water to feed ee built parallel to the present one. ‘These, with the pondy that could be constructed, almost as numerous as the letters of the alphabet, would be suflicient to make New York city enurely indifferent to protracted droughts, WATER FAMINES. It is right and proper that our citizens should use the Croton as a blessing rather thao as adrug. It is @ precious element. Without it what would New York be? Certainly not the magnificent city it now is. It is its Croton quite as much as tts admirable situation near the sea that hag made this the third city in Le ee ieey in Christendom, and in the course of years the first city in all the world. Strike out of existence the water supplies which the Croton and the Ridgewood works, with unstinted measure, pour into New York and Brooklyn, and these proud towns would rapidly depopulate, and a hail century afier- wards ruins would cumber grass-grown ave- nues that once were lined with magnificent super- structures, dedicated to business, to social, to reli- gious and to educational purposes. Until the Croton water, pure and sweet, found its way Into the ISLAND OF NEW YORK the city rather languished. It grew very slowly. Public pumps and private wells, even yeara before the people voted the introduction of the Croton, wero found adequate to the demand, and in twenty-seven years what has not this blessing— “like the dews of heaven falling silently upon the just ana the unjust’’—wrought out, not only for the metropolis, but for the Continent, for Christendom— ay, for even the world! Familiar as ail of our citizens are with the Croton, how comparatively few have even taken the trouble to examine the works of the Croton Aqueduct De- partment. They are really Womens aa gigantic. et us cursorily glance over the maps and plans of the department out of which so much has developed, First, the RESERVOIRS within the boundaries of the city. There ta the dis- tributing, between Fifth and Sixth avenues and For- tieth and Forty-second streets. From this reservoir all the water used below Fortieth street is distrib- uted in great mains that branch out and finally run arallel to each other in the avenues, This reservoir a fed from the old one in the Park, which also has pipes that radiate and run parallel to each other in Bil the avenues from above Seventieth to Fortieth street, and im three or four of the great thorough- fares that run lengthwise of the taland some consid- erable distance south. In the Park is also the new lake, thirty-six feet in depth and with an area of 1084 acres, This reservoir is capable of ok and ordinarily does hold about one Dillion (1,000,000,000) ailons of water. The old reservoir already men- toned has an area of thirty-five acres and its hold- a capacity is 21,000,000 gallons, ft ig not necessary here to dilate on this part of our subject. In the Eg of September 4, 1868, ‘we entered pay in the merits of this part of our subject and rein thoroughly exhausted this branch of it. those who would read in @ popular form the story of the Croton aqueduct we respectfully invite them to its perusal. 6 sub- ject is interesting. It covers ground that can never 1 to command the attention of the public, It is the exposition of @ gigantic thought—a thought thoroughly and tangibly expressed in brick and mortar—an enterprise which, in modern times, has in all the world, And when the sunken grounds which in a jew years gra readily be traus- formed into lakes, each capable of holding billions Of gallons of water, in ancient as in modern eras, no work of use to mankind can be brought into comparison with it. THE CARMANSVILLE RESERVOIR, near the High Bridge, on the New York side of the Harlem, is new but quite small when compared with others further south. It will in a few weeks or months be prepared for the reception of water. ‘this will contain about six millions of gallons. Near this reservoir a tower, now in course of erection, will supply the residents on Washiogton Heights. Into this tower water will be yompee up many feet above the level of the basin at ite feet. Ihe vane of the tower, octagonal in form, will be nearly four hundred [cet above nigh water mark. GOING NORTH. At certain seasons tne aqueduct, for two or three days, 18 voided of me water which it receives at the gatehouse adjoining the dam _near the southern end ot Croton lake, and a thorough inspection 18 made, and wherever a leakage is found or any im- mediately repairable dam: detected men are set oe the mighty cl el presently ‘made almost as good as new.” Now, if we were to follow at the time appointed those who traverse this gigantic pipe we should be necessitated to walk upward of forty miles in acon- tinuous chamber, and this chamber or pipe connect- ing the Westchester side of High Bridge with Croton lake 1s formed of brick and cement, ofien raised to great elevations and sometimes found passing through mighty ledges of rock of almost granite hardness. But we will take our reader by PLEABANTER ROADS. By the Harlem he can accompany us to the station known as Mount Kisco, It is forty miles from New York, and, no accident happening, may be trayersed in a jew minutes exceeding two hours. The Harlem road 18 laid in an exceedingly beautiful country, through which the Bronx, terrible, as we have hinted, to the British goldiery tn the days of the Revolution, meanders, playing ‘‘hide and seek” with the road, now ce its sinuous courses across its bed, now parallel to it, and anon shooting far away from the ral! and losing itself entirely in the trees that line its banks, or else diving into dark, unknown piaces where finny inhabitants, if the Bronx have any of magnituae above a minnow, hold high holiday. The Bronx 18 a bold, shy, laugh- ing, crying, reserved, coquettigh—in flue a para- doxical stream (that is what it is) i he it final, dwindies into mere nothingness, and it isn’t much more at any time, owing to the abrupt hilis near Mount Kisco. rom this station to CROTON LAKE ig declared by the natives to be ‘about three miles,” it isa terrible roaad, however, The passage of the Alps or the Rocky Mountains, or even Mont Blanc, hardly surpasses it in roughness of character an danger to life or limb, and yet for these tree mules and odd the Jeuu has the inpudence to rob you, on the highway as it were, of adollar. Only a dollar for the privilege of breaking your legs, your arms or our neck, in attempting the passage of the Kisco, which lies between the station and the lake, Should You select the HUDSON RAILROAD ROUTE you are carried from New York to Sing Sing, from which highly moral place you can by a liberal exhi- bition of ‘the rocks” induce a mountaineer with his pony and wagon to attempt the lerrible passage of seven miles from the Hudson to the lake. “Take either horn of the dilemma” and you are quite cer- tain to regret you hadn’t gone ‘by the route you didn’t take. Once you are safely landed on fis shores, if you have made your peace with some caterer, near at hand, for a ‘square meal,’ you can lease a boat for a quarter or 80 an hour, and, whoily forgetful of “the world and the rest of mankind,” dip your ime, the hooks attached thereto well baited, and “goa Oshin’.” Or, if y refer sailing and exploration to hooking gudgeons or catfish, you can irom Pine’s bridge go up or down the lake. Up, and the zephyrs favoring, you are gently watted to Katonah, from which place you can “‘pedestrinate” to the wa- ter course; and then, if made of stuff that never tires, follow it up for twenty-three miles and some few hundred feet to the MAGNIFICENT DAM that ie to retain the waters within the bosom of the new basin that, when necessity calis, may be poured by the billion gallons into Croton lake, And now for A PLEASANT SECRET. Itis this:—There is at this moment sufficient water in Croton lake, although it has nOt rained to the depth of half an inch in the hills of Westchester for six weeks, to supply New York city for six months to come. In 1864 the water in the lake was seven inches lower than it is now, and not- withstanding the immense drain on it it 18 not lowered to exceed two inches a day, and this sum includes the evaporation that necessarily goes on over its surface. The sun, every one 1s aware, isan exceedingly dry ruler, and it takes vast volumes of water to appease his thirst, indeed, the Croton Aqueduct Department has been quietly and even persistently praying for the present continued drought for some years, that they might have an op- portunity of aye the flooring at the foot of the greatdam. The work has just been successfully completed, and they are ready for a visit, quite as much £0, but by no means 80 Cette as are the Philade}phians for a visit from Jupiter Pluvius, In comlusion we advise Sunday excursionists to visit Croton lake and the country in its immediate vicinity. This now almost unknown region will in ume be filled with beautiful villas. We are more than surprised that itis not so now. Possibly the great di culty experienced in reaching it from the city 18 the lead reason, for the absence of those artifigal adornments so necessary even in the naturally most beautital country for those who pretend to the refinements which civilization de- mands. For the SUNDAY EXCURSIONIST, however, this wildness of the landscape is the ohlef attraction. The scenery contrasts so widely and violently from that to which he is accustomed that he will be delighted with it. He will feel himself for the time in that wild pature which “unadorned is adorned the most,” and in the silence ot the hills Which, sometimes bare aud rugged and at others clothed to their summits with evergreens—with the pine, the hemiock aad the cedar—he can, asin an imitable cathedral, whose roof is the heavens and whose pillars are the rock-ribbed hills, lift his voice in gladness and thankfulness to the Almighty Dis- penser who has added to His gifts that most indis- pensable of all His bleasings—the life-imparting, soul-strengthening element—pure, sweet, thirst- ass ing water, without which the world would be void of all that 1s beautiful, a mighty globe tremblin; like an accursed creation in the endiess rounds of time, objectiess as the flelds of space. MILITARY NOTES. Company G, Seventy-first regiment, left the city last evening en route for Newport and Providence, where they are to have a good time generally. The company, with full ranks in fall dress uniform, with knapsacks and overcoats rolled thereon, left the armory @ little after five o'clock, The regimental band preceded the command. The company pre- sented @ very fine appearance, and all along the route of march through Broadway to the foot of Murray street, where the men embarked on board the Old Colony, hunareds of the admirers of the Seventy-first were congregated on the sidewalks to witness the departure. As the steamer left the wharf the crowd on the pier gave the company three rous- ing cheers, which were responded to in lively style by the “boys in blue.” Battery B, First regiment artillery, National Guard, had an excursion yesterday, which was to all who participated in it as enjoyable as a peers trip as it was instructive in a military point of view. The battery, with the invited guests, principally officers of the regiment to which it is attached, and a few general and staff officers, left the city about eight o'clock A, M. on board a steamboat that had been chartered for the occasion. The boat steamed down the bay and anchored oif Fort Wadsworth, where the men landed. The officers on duty took the members of the battery through the fort and explained to them the various uses and powers of the guns in posi- tion. Fort Hamilton was next visited, where every courtesy was extended the visitors. Old Fort La- fayette was also inspected at a respectful distance. The steamer thence proceeded up the East river, when Fort Schuyler and the batteries at Throg’s Neck were made the objects of the visitors’ study, Tne battery returned to the city ata late hour in the even. ing very well satisfied with the excursion. itis stated on the very Lge ne geen hs that there isno disposition whatever on thepart of the Forty-seventn regiment to dispense with the services of their present Colonel. The rumor that General Meserole was to be recalled to the command was started, it 18 contended, by certain malcontents in the regi- ment, Who are not over pleased that the very best of discipline should prevail in the command. Colonel Austin is well fitted for his position, and has the good wishes of the entire Togimens, with the ex. ception of a few growlers. There 1s not a regiment in the division tt has not its growlers, so the Forty-seventh need not be troubled over the fact that it is no exception to the general rule. A good movement has been set on foot amon, certain regiments that wear white belts when in fa uniform. It ts to abolish the present kind of belts and adopt that kind worn by the West Point cadets. ‘The skin or leather belts, with their white pants, have proved themselves a nuisance. A march in the rain crumples them out of shape, and it requires eternal vigilance on the part of the wearer to keep them clean. The cadet belts are made of strong woven linen cord, and are washed the same as any ordinary article of linen, They sit well on the body and look much neater than the nasty leather now worn by several commands in the militia, Is the Seventh to be left behind in this uniform? ‘The Forty-seventh wiil leave on their target prac- tice excursion at seven A. M. September 9. A spect train for the accommodation of friends and famil of members wiil leave the Flushing Ratiroad depot at Hunter's Point on the day of the departure. eo new regimental band which has been organized by er will accompany the command on the occa- sion, THe LOUISIANA O IN AND SuGAR CRoPs.—The cotton crop will be 000 bales in excess of last ‘ear, and that it is worth more to the South than hat of 1800-61, One reason of this is that the South is now raising food for consumption, which was not in previous bid Cotton was then sold to purchase supplies. ing now what they want, cotton becomes @ surplus, and brings its whole value in cash. Louisiana has made near, 000 hogsheads of sugar. The war, loss of iabor and the domoralization of the negro reduced this product almost to nothing. It is on the increase, and it will not be long before they will of 600,000 hoga. heads again. Cuban troubles, too, will keep ‘ap the rice. Sugar jands have advanced in value in uisiana and are largely sought for,—Vew Orieans Picayune ‘august office which hold as well as to show their deey feaurdfor'you % The President replied as follows;— GENTLEMEN OF THE ComMITrER—I am very happy to meet you. Iwill pass aslong a time with youssican. I Know the people df Rutland of old. oe The following ladies here joined the party:—Mre, Governor rage, Miss Julia’ Pease, niece to the Gov- neral Baxter, sister and niece, Mra, Major Kingsley, pari tat jee of the fe rine ie Rui and Burl Mrs. Rowell, Mrs. Dr. Goldsmith ‘and danghter, and Mrs. Bryant. The reception at Rutland was a flue affair. The people turned out enmasse. Two bands and two fire companies participated in the dis- lay. From Ludiow station to East Wal- ingford the President rode on the oge with master machinist N. Davis, in order to @ better view of the pass through thé reen Mountains. From Rutland the President pro- ceeded by the Rensselaer and Rutland Raliway, the ae ene in charge of J. V. Baker, superint ty e road, The Presidential Trip Through the White Mountains and to Saratega Springs—En- thusinsm of the People on the Way—Arrival at the Springs. SanaT0Ga SPRINGS, N. Y., August 29, 1869, ‘The fying visit of the President and family to the lake and mountain region of New Hampshire, the Switzerland of America, must have been very grati- fying, both in respect to the favorable weather which prevailed during his presence as well as in the enthusiasm manifested by all classes of visitors passing afew days or weeks in that interesting locality. On the morning of August 27 the President and Mrs, Grant, having taken a short ride from the Crawford House, in an open carriage, to the “Notch,” and rapidly viewed some of the Jue neue Of Cie Sodtoar wae seeeter by the same beauties of that wild and romantic vicini- | ¢Mthusiasm on the part of the people. iu at the ty, returned, overtaking the coaches which Peiie een es e Presidente ow 9 renee conveyed the rest of the party and had eee Leon gg oO Cee eee Proceedea on the road to the foot of the | $n, M. J. donuings, &. font) peters, HH. Hatho Mount Washington Railroad, a distance of twelve toe e ree & 5 Baker? Hy Mpookea? miles, The President passed the coaches and drove ahead at @ rapid pace, reaching the depot about thirty minutes in advance of the coaches. There were here about Mfty or sixty ladies and gentlemen awaiting an opportunity to make the ascent. Among the number was Rey. Asa D. Smith, D. D., President of Dartmouth College, wife and daughter, and several professors of the same in- stitution, The Presiaent and lady were introduced to these learned gentlemen and passed some minutes 10 conversation. Dr. Smith happily re- marked, ‘Well, Mr. President, we have already heard of your visit to the wilderness of Virginia in the sum- mer of 1864; we hope you will be pleased with your trip through the wilderness of New Hampshire.” ‘The President replied that he was enjoying his visit very much and found the wilderness of New Hamp- shire very interesting. While waiting for the coaches the President, in company with the inventor of the Mount Washing- ton road, Sylvester Marsh, and Nathaniel White, one of the directors, examined the locomotives and cars in use. Upon the level track the locomotive hada peculiar look, having an inclination towards the front of nearly forty degrees. The engines combined the double qualities of steam and air, the former motive power being used in the ascent and the lat- ter, by the compression 0! alr 1n the cylinder, acting under the management of the engineer asa safe and steady reverse movement in the descent. The cy- Unders are constructed so as to be pertectly air tight, and, by the use of an extra set of valves, act with wonderful pygges8 when used with air instead W. B. French, W. C. Barrett, A. A. Patterson, W. J. Hendrick, C, 8. Lester, J. M, Marvin, J. P. Butler and W. M. Searing. It was also intended to fire a salute of twenty-one guns, but this was prevented by the rain. ‘The Presidential party were immediately conveyed in carriages to the Union Hotel. Upon arriving there Mr. Charles S. Lester formally greeted the iene on behalf of the citizens in the following speech:— Mn, PRresipENT—The citizens of this village, mindful of your illustrious services in the field and your distinguished position as Chief Magistrate of our nation, desire to express ugh me the pleasure and gratifieation they feel in wele coming you to Saratoga. ‘The numbers that throng here thia evening attost how gratefully we appreciate your services and your character, and entertaining as we do i Just pride im ‘the historic fame of Saratoga we feel that in you we receive @ gest wugrthy of our honor. Trusting that you may find yes freaument in our salubrious air and heading waters and enabled with new strength to fulfil those responsible duth which the nation has imposed upon you, I , in bebalf of this committee of citizens, bid you welcome, ; The President replied as follows:— GENTLEMEN OF THE ComMITTER OF REOEPTION—I thane the people of ‘or their cordial welcome, I came hei for the purpoi ing the advantages of your watera. intend to rei for a fortnight, at the end of which time Thope to be able to testify as to thelr beneiit. Later in the evening the President appeared in tha parlors of the hotel and was introuuced to a number of the guests of the Union. He also passed a few minutes in the ballroom, where @ juvenile masquere ade was going on. ‘The President occupies one of the comfortable cote tages attached to the Union. He is here apart from the crowd, and can in a great measure enjoy that privacy which he so much covets. Arrival of the President in This City=Dee parture for Washington Lust Evening—Tho Cabinet Meeting To-Day—J. Ross Browne and the Chinese Mission. ‘The President, accompanied by General Porter, hig of steam. The cars were open, resembling some- private secretary, arrived in this city yesterday af- what those used on the street railways. | ternoon at four o'clock, by special train, from Sara. Both locomotives and cars were supplied | toga springs. During Sunday the President pro+ with three means of checking the descent } posea leaving the Springs by the regular train of of the train in case of accident—the ordinary break, a series of ratchets and the air break, The pecullarity of the railway is that 1t makes an ascent of 4,500 feet in a distance of three miles. The grade 4s m gome places thirteen and a half inches in three feet. The track is laid the entire distance on a strong trestlework of heavy timber, braced to meet the angle of acclivity, and securely bolted. The trestlework rests upon the firm granite bed which forms the sides of the mountain, and varies from yesterday morning, at ten minutes past eight o'clock. On Sunday evening, however, William H. Vanderbilt called ana tendered the use of the director’s car of the Hudson River Railroad from the Springs to New, York, to be run on special schedule. The courtesy of Mr. Vanderbilt was accepted, and at ten o’clock yesterday morning the President left for this citys A large crowd of ladies and gentiemen were at the depot to witness the departure of the President. At a few minutes before ten o’clock he arnved one to seventeen feet in height, meeting the irregu- Jariues of the mountain side, Upon the stringers of | 2 the carriage of John A, Griswold, of the trestlework, set at the ordinary gauge of the | New York. The party, when leaving thé roads generally in use in the country, were strongly bolted strips of heavy band iron, answering the pur- pose of iron rails. Midway between these stringers was a third rail of wrought tron, bolted firmly to the trestlework, and composed of cogs also of wrought iron, and strengthened by bolts, the cogs being four inches apart. In order to adapt tue power which is pore applied to the cog rail, the engines have @ corresponding set of cogs which form the driving wheel. When the engine is in motion making the ascent the cogs in the driver take hold of the cogs in the middie rall, the whole train moving off with a steady progress and at the average rate of a mile in twenty minutes, or the entire distance from the bottom to the top in springs, consisted of the President, General Porter, John A. Griswold, General J. F. Quimby, an ex- oMcer of the glorious old army of the Tennessee; Mr. Corbin and wife, the brother-in-law and sister of the President. The car was commodious in its ar- rangements and palatial in its finish, At the sta- tions on the way there were the usual crowds of people shouting and waving handkerchiefs. Tne President, whenever the train stopped, appeared ony the rear platform and was greeted with rounds ol vociterous cheers. At Troy the depot was jammed. At this point. an hour. To additionally secure the safety of the | John A. Griswold ieft the party, At Pougnkeepsie ascent an iron clasp has been attached, bolding the | the President and party left the car and engine firmly to the track. ‘The cars seat from forty | entered a private room in the depot, where’ to fifty persons, which number can be readily taken | an elegant lunch was_ spread, outlen = =oup at a single trip to the summit. in the usual munificent style of Mr. Vanderbilt ‘When the coaches arrived the President and party, numbering about thirty-seven persons, seated them- selves in the car and began the ascent. ‘Ihe view, as the altitude became greater, expanded in scope, until for miles in the dim distance itervening mountains and valleys, rivers and lakes were Wo be Here Mr. Tousey, general superintendent of the Hudson River Railroad, and Mr. Vanderbilt, grand- son of the Commodore, came on the car. Alter & delay of twenty minutes the train proceeded on the Journey, stopping at Garrisons. The President had telegraphed in advance to Secretary Fish to join him seen aa far as the eye could reach. The highest point | here. It was found, however, that the Secretary in the trestiework when reached was announced | nad already left- ior New York. At Garrisons Mr, as Jacob’s Ladder, There were seyeral jokes | Kembie, of Cold Spring, came upon the car. ated «oat the unexpect event of At four o’clock the train reached the Thirtieth ascent to Jacob’s ladder by steam. | street depot. The President, General Porter and an Early Christians found it quite @ diiferent task. Tne feat can accomplished by means of modern machinery as good, and probably the only chance for many of the wayward specimens of hu- manity. In an hour and five minutes the train reached the terminus of the road. A cannon belched forth a Presidential salute, but the demonstrations were almost smothered in the tempestuous ethereal element which beat over the granite top of the moun- tain, A large number of ladies and gentlemen were grouped about the rocks, having come up from the Glen House to see the President. During the exclvement and diversion occasioned by the arrival of the President, and the cheers and General Quimby took a carriage and rode to the Fifth Avenue Hotef, Mr. Corbin and wife proceeded to their home on Twenty-seventh street. Mrs, Grant and family will remain at the springs until the retura of the President on Thursday next. At nine o'clock last evening the President, Secre- tary Fish and General Porter left for Washington on @ special car attached to the regular train. The Cabinet meet to-morrow, it is erga will be attended by ali members except tary Bout- well and Attorney General Hoar. During his stay at Newport the President telegraphed to these gen- tlemen to meet him. This meeting was the occasion of a lengthy interview, in which the President com- waving of handkerchiefs, a number of hats and | munic: ‘some instructions to his ministers on veils, taking advantage of this cessation of vigilance | finances and in the department of justice. The on the part of their possessors, pocred upon | President having thus mentioned his wishes and the agitated atmosphere, darted up the air and | stating there wou'd be no necessity of their presence, sailed off far over the mountain sides. Tue ladies, | neither Mr. Boutwell uor Mr. Hoar will be present too, Were in disorder. ‘I'he pennants of Grecian bends | atthe Cabinet meeting. nh will The Claes wi eome up for discussion to-day will relate principally to the routine business of the various departments The government ts considerably incensed at the unaccountable position taken by J. Ross Browne. on the Chinese question, as indicated in the reply to the letter of condolence from the British merchants. Mr. Browne not only took great liber- ties upon himself in combating the interests and policy of the country which he was supposed to rep- resent, but also committed an act of grave irregu- larity in abondoning his post without tie permission of his government and without awaiting the arrival of his successor. It is probable, other matters not interfering, that the Chinese misston will be a sub- ject of consideration to-morrow at the Cabinet meet. Ing. The President was undoubtedly anxious that Mr. Howard, of Michigan, should go to China, as Mi . Howard is not only a feotienen of large expe- thc in the interests of the government, but 1s also one in Whom there might not be anticipated so gross @ misrepresentation as the United States has had since the presence of Mr. Browne ge the Celestial Court of the Middie Fiowery Kingdom. “* * > A number of names of persons are going thé fluttered violently, while the capricious winds, with- out regard to sex, required an extraordinary agility to aad any sort of regularity in the disposition of their wardrobe. From the car the President and party proceeded at once to the Tip Top House, and found the tuterior, in which there were fires burning, quite comiort- able. The thermometer indicated forty-four degrees Fahrenheit, and in places the air was suflicientiy cold to formice. Overcoats were quite convenient, and high hatg were conducive to anytaing but serenity of temper. & After visiting the points of interest and affording the finest view from the crest of the mountain, the Presidential party sat down to & lunch, consisting largely of pork and beans, a very appropriate Yankee entertainment for thesummit of Mount Washington, the greatest altitude in Yankee land. Bere re- turned to the foot of the mountain, the Pres; deus and Mrs. Grant, io,the same goprerance in Which they drove to the niountain, sét éut ou the journey back 1o Bethiehem, followed by the coaches. Tue Betnlenemites during the absence of the President had made great preparations to give him a reception on bis return, For some time prior to | rounds as candidates for the Chinese wission. The his arrival at the village the peopie were | succession has already received some attention by ready and waiting in front of their | the President, and in the selection he will be less houses. Every conveyance which appeared over | induenced by the personal interests and egotism of the summut of the bili, Dear the viilage, was takeu in the distance as that containing the President. Ac- cordingly there were several faise alarms before the President really did make his appearance. At the hotel he was received by Samuel C. Cobb, an ex- Alderman of Boston, and Judge Gilbert, of Brooklyn. The houses of the village were tastefully decorated with flags and flowers. In front of the hotel was the motto, “Welcome to Our President.”” ‘The coaches arrived about twenty minutes later, during which time the President and Mrs. Grant were engaged in conversation with tle guests of the hotel. A large open conveyance, somewhat resem- biing a well Onished band wagon, and drawn by eight fine horses, drove up, ‘The President aud Jessie Grant took the front seat, affording the best view. Mrs. Grant and Miss Nellie, Governor Stearns, wife, daughter and piece; Gene- ral Porter and @ sufficient number to make up an entire party of fourteen, took the remainder of the seats, ‘The rest stowed themselves away in two four-horse open spring wagons, Everything being ready Ed. Coy, the owner of the horses ‘and the driver of the President's vehicle, set his animals in motion by a Nively snapping of whip- cord. Away sped the chariot, the horses galloping ata rapid pace. In fifty-seven minutes eleven miles were accomplighed, an unparalleled journey, con- sidering the size of the team. About tive miles different persons than by his own views of the wel- fare and credit of his administration, The Chinese question is one which has received considerabie attention by the President aud Secretary Fish. ‘They feel fully convinced of tts great importance and the high destiny open in that direction for the United States. The new Minister, therefore, will be selected with a view to the new era of our interna- tional relations with that ancient empire, and the appointment, it is hignly probable, will be mado only upon the absoiute merit of the gentleman se- lected, YACHTING IN NEW ORLEANS. Revival of the Crescent City Yacht Club Programme of the Annual Cruise. NEW ORLEANS, August 24, 1869, The Crescent City Yacht Club, suspended during the war, has begun to recover lost ground. A fleet of light winged vessels frets the lakes and more are building. One misses from among them the fleet Gypsy and the well known Doubloon of Commodore Robinson. Tne Coryphius of Mr. 8. Storey is want- ing, but the Sylph of old times ts still afloat and hag from the Profile House a pay, of ladies and ee, oes ts oe Pond passed into the possession of John Clements. The ton, Arthur ock Wi an 88 ertha | Sylph will be the flagboat of the squadron. Among 4 Chari iH a yore yg iy Rat having the yachts owned by present members of the club ridden out to escort the Presidential party to the hotel After excl og courtesies the chariot and escort moved on, the horses running almost at are the Protos, formerly Mattie, of New York, and Xiphias, belonging to Mr. ©. 1, Howard; the the top of their speed. Limnas, property of tue club secretary, Mr. ‘The artival of the President in so briefa space | E. P. Raresnide; the Corinne, Mr. A. M, Foster; the after leaving Bethlehem rather disconcerted the | Sarah, Mr. R. 5. Charles; the Hi Mr. 8. Mc- lan of atrangements for a befitting reception, | Neill; the Alme, Mr. E. P. O'Brien, the Undine, for he Was at the hotel in much less time than was | Mr. S. Turner, Small boats each and all, but many Anticipated, and the guests, ag a consequence, had | of them well built and plucklly handled. The mnag was bullt in New Orleans speotally to beat the Protos, which feat she accomplished at Bay St. Louis the other day. The Xiphias 1s sald to be the fastest boat of her inches afloat, sald inches, how- ever, not being very Hany. ‘The annual crutse of the squadron commences on Saturday, August 28. The fleet will start from Ocean Springs, touching at Biloxi, August 30 and 31; Mis- sissippi City, September 2; Pass Christian, Septem- ver 4; Bay St, Louls, September 6; Mandeville, Sep- tember 9; the whole forming @ twenty-one days’ cruiae among the iy te Tp Of the lake, wind- ing up with the race for gold challenge cup on September 13, he energy that {9 being infused into the manage. ment of the club and the pi growing wealth and enterprise of Louisiana afford grounds to hope that im a year or two the tonnage of the Crescent City yachts will be reckoned by three figures, of one or two, and ocean races across tne Gulf of Mex. not a chance to have their demonstration come off. After meeting the guests in the parlors for a short time the President retired, evidentiy much fatigued after i day's travelling aud “doing Mount Wash- is morning, before leaving the Profile House, the President and Mra, Grant took a view of the Old Man of the Mountains, The party then left for the depot at Littleton, a distance of twelve miles. The drive was equivalent to s triumphal ‘ch, Every- where the people turned out, cheering and showing other evidences of enthusiasm. The party left Little- fiver “Governor loners B. Hi Ripley, oF the eral H. H. Ripley, o! Staff, Captain 8. ham, private secretary, Judge ey ig uy from Vermont, and Supreme Court of hile stopping at ex-United States Attor- Windsor, Vt., W, M. Evarte, Géneral, and ith the Rae Oe Ico and back will supersede. placid padding t White River Junction the party was met by a | the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. One good m committee of citizens from Rutiand, Dr. Goldsmith, the spokesman of the party, said:— Mn. Parsipent—We aro delegated by the citizens of R d to meet you and tender you the pospicaiis thelr town, and to request of you that you will give them Opportunity 10 manilest thelr tradiicuul reapecs for th the New York mode of measurement, instead of old system of measurement by inches along water line, hitherto pursued, Another crop such ag this year’s and New Orleans will be rich enough t do far greater things in the yacuting ling has been made in the shape of a proposition to the .