Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-07-13
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From our "PencillingS," on q recent flying
visit tO Bunker Hill and West Point.

| Having visited Bunker Hill on the
ever-memorable i1th. in one Of the great
est crowds that ever congregated iD the
vicinity of the "I.itcrary Emporium; -
listened awhile to the thrilling cloquence
of the "God-like" Daniel-and taken a
| fair view of the GRAND MONUMENT, which
! stands l20 feet above the surface Of the
renowned battle feld-wc made a short
stop at the Navy Yard, went on board
! the Cumberland and Potomac lrigatcs,
&c, and then made rapid progress
through the crooked city of Motions
to the Rail Road Depot, TO secure a seat
| in the cars for Providence and Stoning-
ton. AT the Depot was Il scene of con-
fusion, bcggaring all description. All
the cars ofthc company were brought in-
to rcquisltion, and more than double as
many passengers were waiting on and
about the platform, rs could be piled in
to them. To secure Il seat and hold on
to it was a sad undertaking to one unac-
customcd To such crowds. BY dint of
patience and perseverance, however, we
obtained a snug place, but were oblig-
ed to "holo on to it, at least for half an
hour before the time of starting. Some
of the passengers in the same train, we
noticed, were only able to obtain seats
by paying premiums to those more fortu-
nate, who had cot seated before them,
thereby inducing them to give up their
seats and wait for the next train. We
always had an insupcrablc aversion for
crowds, but on this occasion our aversion
was strengthened almost into positive
determination never to be voluntarily
caught participating i'll any sort of mass
meeting again by way of rail roads or
steamboats,, especially at season when
Fahrenheit ranged above 20, unless BY
the by, it be to render "some service" to
the uprising cause Of "Iiarry Of the
West" The rush for the Stonington
cars after our arrival at Providence, was
not so great as was expected before leav-
ing Boston. Most people had an idea
that the boat for Newly ork on Saturday |
night would be excessively crowded, and
very probably from this cause (thc fears
of many being somewhat cXcited,) there
was not as large a number of passengers
in the boat as might have been convent
emily accommodated, or in fact as there
was on the two following days-so that
we had, after all, very comfortable pas
sage to the big City in the good steamer
Rhodc-lsland On board the steamer
We found several gents of the New-York
Penny press, preparing sketches or "re-
ports" ofthe Bunker Hill speech for pub
ication the next morning-forestalling
he market, per order,-as was evident
rom some Of the imperfect "rcports'
which we saw in print, hawking about the
;ity Oh Sunday, to the no small annoy
nee, if to no other, of the go-to-mecting ,
orton of the community.
A visit to the "London Of America" II &
as got to be so common an affair now fl
days, that no body thinks of making q
ny particular mention of it, unless, per-
hance, IT be some poor, unfortunate 81
JpO, not altogether unlike our humble
Elves, who has broken loose from his
most "prlson- n-house," for the first or
,cond time perhaps in his life, and come -
nth in more direct contact with the
Dubbed, busy world New-York is :,
ace about which much can, and has
Ientlmes been written, and still there
i'll ever be much that will remain up- 60
'ld. What most attracts the attention
one who has not very recently visited J.,
C big city, on his entrance, are the ..
'autliui, evcr-ilowing columns of Cro-
II water, which rise in such refreshing
and splondor from the tasteful 80
untaIn at Bowling Green, and from the g,
ntrc of that ornamental public cnclos- 8,
g, the Park--thc sight of which, alcnc. 49,;
almost worth a pilgrimage to Mecca" IL,
Ie importance of tins pure stream of 49,
ter to the health, convenience, and
mlort of that dense population, (Which r..
j undoubtedly ere long find its way in
every habitablc part of the City,) has :
cady been frequently illustrated, but T..
doubt whether its real value can be ,
oily appreciated 1t must indeed be -,
alculablc. !,
We will here introduce brief de- tur
ptlon of the Bowling Green Fountain clio
n ornament very Justly considered in ~