Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-17


from the American riAsns.-thsy were al aaksd-
for the German women whs followed the British
camp had stripped them 70 the bsf He was dsssris-
ing another scene 1t was in tent, the locality Of
which he pointed cut. "Oae Of the efosrs received
note fren the commander. He tssk Il vp-tore it
open-read it. After reading it, said General Lewis,
to his attentive auditory, she unused for moment,
and then uttered, shaping his hip at the same time
Sand II don't my name Is not Dan, by heaven ~
With this he left We had curiosity to read the note,
and found II was an order from General Arnold d.
reeting the Colonel to post himself in certain place,
and to defend himself at all hazards, advising him,
also, that he would be supported. and II don't,
my name is not Dan, demmer"
We had now stood for three quarters Of an hosr,
listening to the interesting remarks and a0iUe anec'
dotes Of the good old General. Mr. Clay addressed
him" General Lewis, the sun is warm-you VIII
feel fatigued." C Oh no-not at al, replied the
gallant old hero, Z" ] have the day, Mr.. Clay,
when was more fatigued on this ground" The
whole group of ladies and gentlemen burst into fit
OF anmtgated laughter at this sally Of the old Gene
raj, Mr.. Clay joining AS heartily a. any OF them.
" Go ahead, old brave boy" said young one; ''ycs
csn stand muck at IS many can ct half that age
But this was not all Looking down the height, the
old General espied portion Of the field that he had
net noticed before. "There," said he, " believe
that is tho very knoll where we took the two can
non and there is the ravins that crossed after the
Britsh-lets go and see it," With this, of he pssted
accompanied BY portion of the company, leaving
Mr.. Clay and two tlree other loafers behind, who
had plsck enough to up to the scratch, and
fight the brilliant day of Saratoga. under the
command of General Morgan Lewis, one Of its vie
tors, sixty years ago.
By this time the sun getting hot, but / felt
glow within as Followed the old hero, that be-
gan to feel, loafsr whispered to me, id sight
warmer than the hot sun. "Come," said to the
beautiful lady my arm, let's fight out the battle
again. We wont abandon General Lewis, as Mr.
Clay and the loafers do" "No," said she, bright.
ening up, 'onward-march-quick step" And off
we posted after the General down the hill-past the
trees-over the bridge, and close upon the two klss
where the British lost their two cannon We had to
march in quick step, to keep up with the veteran.
General Lewis was ahead. On side was Mr..
Roy. Of Brooklyn, holding umbrella over his
head-on another the Rev. Mr.. Tackaberry, and all
around the young and heroic spirits Of our par
ty. brought up the with the lady on my arm,
who all for fight and the victory of Sarato-
ga. "Let's capture Burgoyne again." said my fair
companion. Certainly" said l." onward! marchr'
the bridge. We all halted. "This is the place.
said he; there's the two kaolls-heres the ravine
there such one fell-kere the shot poured in hot
and heavy" BY this time Mr. Clay and the loafers
approached the main body. "The dinner will be
getting cold, )" said Mr.. Senator Talmadge.' "Who
cares for hot dinner such day as thisP said
the old hero; and with that he went faster than
evsr-fought his glorious battle DER again. and made
US all crazy for fighting But l must stop-my pa
per is outthe mail is cosing-asd the rest of this
delicious days excursion expect tomorrow.
Modern and Ancient Aqucduct..
V.
C-oso~ -dgucduct.
We must now give a brief summary Of the course
Of the Aqueduct, and some points and details net
heretsfore touched upon.
On leaving the Crotch Valley, several ravnes and
ridges encountered, which will require embank-
ments OF considerable heighth and deep cuts of more
or less depth The line passes the villages Of Sing
Sing, Sparta, and Tarrytown, occasionally meeting
with ridges Of high land to be excavated tunneed,
andvalleys and ravines. to be crossed by embank-
nents until arrives at Dobb's Ferry. No difficulty is
met with from this point, until encounterng the d
vdng ridge between the Hudson and Saw Mill Ri
vers. This is the most formidable obstacle the
whole line. The greatest elevation sixty feet, and
for than half a mile, Of thirty feet the whole
length Of this deep cut is three fourths Of mile
In the estimate 500 feet is computed TO be tunnelsd
Saw Mill Valley next occurs. Its breadth is 700
feet and the surface Of the river "a feet above the
line Of aqueduct. This must be passed by an en-
bankment, and large culvert Of l6 feet span. The
line having gained the western slope Of the high land
east Of Saw Mill River, continues over favsra-
Bile ground until il arrives foar miles distant, and
nearly opposite Yonkers, where a depression in the
ridge occurs at Tibbett's Brock, through which the
line passes following the road into the valley Of the
brook which it is proposed to by dam, form
ing at this place capaceus storing reservoir ifde-
sirable. From this the line is conducted towards
Harlem River, favorable and unfavorable
ground, until reaches the proposed place for
ing the rivera short distance north OF Dcvoe house.
and about three fourths Of mile north of Macsmb's
dam. The crossing place is 80 feet wide; the sur
face Of the river 600 feet, skrted by strip of bot
tom land the north 260 feet wide, and % feet
above high tide. Having glined New York Island,
the line proceeds along steep, broken, rocky side
hill, for short distance. Leaving this, il attains a
fair surface, until il reaches the ridge north
Of Manhattanvife.
The quantity Of deep cutting on the whole line is
estimated at 0,O90 feet about 5000 Of which il is
proposed to tunnel and the residue to be cut as an
osen canal 10 receive a channel way Of masonry ex-
cept where there is rock, which il is intended shall
constitute the channel The average breadth &c the
proposed TO cross by embankments Termed Of rsck
and earth. employing for that purpose, the rough
excavated rock for the Interior far il will 60
and good quality stone TO be used for the outside
slope wall the embankment The liae thence 10
the reservoirs have before fully described, and
being close to the city, may be examined easily by