Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-07-25
Correspondence Of the Herald.
QUAKER HILL, Duchess Co, !
Julv IL 1910

addressed you last from power flains, famous
for its Gothic or more properly Druidlcai Cave,
which, a natural curiosity, has attracted the at
tention OF our party We visited il after dinner, in
high gee, after potations OF champagne and sump-
tuOus entcrtainmt mt, prepared for receptionof
every thing was g Colour de rose" We found
entrance to this romantic spot through door in
the form of old Gothic arch to our primeval
churches. To this incident, suppose it derives its
nan. Of the Stone Church. On our entrance, there
is "a fine capacious room; this passes ascending to a
second Of less dimensions, through which stream
Calls. tter"g its crystal drops with reflected
lHg.. IS in the rock above, that renders it
ana, .sity, worthy of being visited by the
travo aud man of leisure date my letter from the
far-famed Quaker Hill, situated on a most beautiful
eminence of table land that looks off into Connect
cut and the Housatonic Valley on the cast and on
the west to that expensive barrier 10 surmoan the
high ridge of hills that rises 800 feet between the
Vallies Of the Croton, and Oblong Valles and the
Hudson river. These streams, ~ peculiar forma
ton of the earth, into each other for forty miles,
and with other streams running north and south
for one hundred miles, present the most singular
formation Of the earth the whole continent OF the
United States, to pass the Allegheny Ridge This
pass inland for railroad is remarkable as that VI
the Highlands for and must always give to
the profes OF this peculiar formation OF the carths
surface, with the several passes and elevations from
Boston, Bridgeport, and New York, TO reach Albany
and the Upper Lakes, were exhibited by Edwin +.
johnson, Esq, chief engineer Of the New York and
Albany Railroad. This gentleman joined us, after
we left Housatonie friends, and by his cool and
plain statement of facts, convinced the most scep
teal of the great superiority OF the direct route
First, shorter distance, Of 40 miles, even by the
surveys Of the Housatonic line. by the by, these
gentlemen were very careful Of their reports, and
exhibited to maps and profles Of their route
Second, great superiority and capacity OF the New
York road from less grading, more direct and less
curved line l0l miles being straight lines, 10 only
80 miles curved on he whole ronte Third, the New
York road is opened under charter from this is
land at Harlem, to the bridge over the Mohawk at
Troy. This is a consideration Of the first import
] cannot omit to mention 10 You the great hospi-
tality evinced in this town, which believe istruiy
frank livers, and have their champagne and other
wines to oaer to their friends, although such thing
as regular tavern or grog shop is not to be found in
the whole town
Here we have the Tabers, the Atkins, the Mer-
rtts, the Stoceens, the Havilands, and number Of
worthless who really could not do too much for our
party. They considered visiters into entirely
unknown country to New Workers. To the intel
ligent traveller in search of beautiful country, and
population with primitive manners, say GO the
Z" Society Of Friends on Quaker Hill. They are
descendants Of that prosecuted class who obli
ged to leave Connecticut during the blue laws
Here pnoPcr,y and real estate, during the mutations
and panics, remained withoutlchange. The price Of
land is about the il before the last war,
generally from $50 to 800 per acre, and II produces
them from to ID per cent. i his town, with Dovor
and Armenia, is truly the cream Of Duchess
county. This county, IL we recoect, boasts OF pro-
ducing agriculture and animals, one-tenth of the
whole ffty-six counties of the State Of New York
The laenes Of the hour admsnishes in this land
Of truly steady habits, to close my letter, and to
promise you another, II my time will permit, after
my return, reviewing the whole route and excursion
Sac AVID Fox INDIANS AND THE WISSEBAGoEs.
The ST. Loui. Bulletin Of the 18th instant, learns,
by late arrival from Prairie du Chen that sixteen
chiefs Of the Sac and Fox tribe Of Indiana, amepg
whom was old Keokuck, were waiting at the last
named place, for the coming in Of the chiefs OF
the Winnebagoes, for the purpose 81 entering into
amicsb treaty. About twenty chiefs Of the latter
tribe had arrived, but they declined acting until the
arrival Of two Of the principal chiefs, whose
families and relations had suffered most in the
n ct which took place last winter. The Sacs offer
to pay the Winnebagoes $1,000, by way Of rcmune-
ration, or rather propitati for the carnage which
occurred; but the Winnebagoes, II is said, demand
$1,000. A report reached Fort Crawford that the
winnebagoes were crossing the Mississippi 1T Lake
Pepn, and reu rnipg TO their old stamping grounds
Two companies ofinfantry were des patched on uoard
the steamer Chippewa, to that place, to prevent
them, but they found the report unfoundcd
THE TERRrTeRIEs.-The Intelligcncer says: "No
bill whatever has passed at this session for the bene
az behoof of the Territories of the United States
This batch of bills had been reached yesterday in
the House Of Rcpresentatives for time there was
hope that at least such " them were not objected
to, might pass IN time to become laws. But the
House had determined, bv a vote on the preceding
evening, that the Speaker should adjourn the House
AZ two O'Clock; and the session expired in the midst
of calling Of the yeas and navs upon question aris-
ing out OF one ofthose bills"
WIN. Gilmore simms, the popular writer Of 8. Carolina
has compiled valuable historical compend Of that State
for schools.
There nol,ss than 1900 visitors a, Saratoga Springs
at Cape May, 800 At the sulphur, (va) hut few the
wet weather seems TO have made cold in the mountains
THt y v. DouspARY-The Kcnnebcc Journal says -
The TACT that Mr. Van Buren, proposes 20 do what
Congress authorised him TO 10 than three years
and what Gov Kent began il s9s, and would have fin
ished had he continued in Office calculated 10 BRING up
some interesting omnscences OF the post eight years