Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-07-13

Institution Tor rather to Government
are situated. The parade ground, a
beautiful green lawn, is spacious-thc
walks around which are wide, and taste
fully ornamented with trees and flower
ing bs,-imparting bamy fragrance
to the atmOsphere.-We thought it al
most a paradise, and above all others,
the very place to train and cultivate the
intellectual faculties. Through the po-
lltcness of 1t. H., Principal Assistant Pro-
iessor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, and
1t. g., Assistant Professor of Natural and
Experimental Philosophy, accompanied
by our esteemed young Cadet friends,
who were permitted to be at our especial
service, we had fine opportunity ofvisit-
ing every department of the Institution,
and examining the various specimens of
Nature and Art there collected, and the
models used to illustrate the course of
studies at the Acadcmy-somc of which
(models,) are most superbly wrought,
Especially those in the department of
which Prof b is at the head, (that of
Natural g. Experimental Philosophy J
and of which station he is so cmincntly
worthy. Some fine specimens of Weir's
paintings, among many others, are pre-
served, one ofwhich occupies a conspicu-
GUS place in the elegant Chapel of the
Academy.
After our rather hasty visit (necessari-
ly so from the shortncss ofthe time a!lot-
ted u.s. through the several departments
belonging to the Academic staff, our next
was to the General Examination of the
Cadets, then going on. The examina-
tion was held in a fine building, recently
erected for the Library. On entering the
spacious hall, you perceive long table
extended its whole length at one end of
which are seated the .MiHtary Bomd off
Visitors, in full uniform, with Major
General Scott at their head, Ga better and
more noble looking officer never graccd
the service, )-at the other end of the
table, are seated the 1cademic Bomd.-I
Directly in front of the whole, the young
Cadets stand up, each in their turn, and
go through their critical cxamination.-I
The Military or Visiting Board have but
very little, if any thing, to do with the
except as silent lookcrs-on
the MaIor-General respectfully nodding
acquicsccnce merely, ,ai the close of each
when the question is asked him if he is
satisfied. The young Cadets generally
becoming firmncss in going
through the severe test to which they are
exposed, though some of them are very
enlightened" little, when
,laced before SO imposing an array of
ligniiied critics.
Without stopping to particularize our
'isit to the quarters of the Cadets, where
We had an opportunity or asccrtaiping
omething of their rugged fare," we will
ass on to a dying visit to the ruins of old
Drt Putnam, a spot full of interesting
cminiscence to those who lived when H
arnold and Andre figured conspicuously'
4 those regions. Though there is moth
lg particularly worthy Of note in the
lutilatcd remains of this old fortress, cx- II
ept the lamentabc fact of its dilapidatcd
always consider it a mat
r to be lamented that the venerated
orks Of by-gone days should be per-
lifted to 90 to utter destruction and de-
,y,) yet there is much Of grandeur and |
'blimty which meets the eye on every
de, from the elevated and commanding
'sition it occupies, overlooking the '
udson But there was one thing worthy
note with which we met on our way :,
} the shaggy steep from the Parade
ound to the Fort, which we must not
nit to mention, especially as correc, Il
ia is always desirable in chronicling ii
'pOrtant events or occurrences. 1t was y
C II year locusts, which it will be re- p,
llected was predicted would make their p
pearance the present year in various W
rts of the country. They were quite a. a.
merous, though perhaps not as much so
those we read ~ in Sacred or ProfaneI ca
story, and their noise rcsembcd more or
: machinery i'll cotton mill than any is
ng else we can compare it with. The Of
given of this curious insect ma
DR.. Smith Of Md. recently published 10.
us, is very accurate. The holes in the
'und described by DIR. S. and the shells, M,
the precise shape of the insect, out of lat