New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-03
CITY ITEMS.

| hlbiCsb WITHOUT llHklbgg 10 duu sl'hu "'VA /"
| Lake Wa-ca.buc."
| "Lake Wa-ca.buc 7" said the man in surprise
"Where on earth is that ~" Wy friend" we replied
"you born, / think, in Restcheeter County
Yol have lived there and in this City some fifty odd
years you read the papers daily bat yon have not
read history. Lake Waoa-buc 10 Historical place in
your native county" "Isiti Well, now, never
beard OF IT, Is It nice place to 60 to N warm wea-
ther Good place to stayl Sail on the lake, fsh,
battle, run about in the woods, and all that, eb How
far Is Il How DO you get there What ia there his-
toicl about it like to look up historical places"
And" we added, to ask 10 separate and distinct
que tons in one breath, Which, if you world like to
have answered in the same Shorthand way, viii Gay
yes 10 the rt questions and TO the next about 80
miles, that Is, AZ by rail, from the City Hal, and
four by stage. And to how to get there" nothing
can be easier. After city breakfast at the usual
time, you can reach TwentysiXth street and Fourth
avenue time enough 10 take the Croton Falls train at
Sis. Then two hours and ten minutes the plea
santest railosd.roue ont of NewYcfk you reach Col
dens Bridge, an unpretendng station The Harlem
road, and tie fifteenth at which that train sope.
There yon viii find the Lake Wa-ca- buc stage, and
near tia shore a large Louse, whose owner knows Why
people of the city comes to the country.
The lake ia little gem among the mountainous hills
that rear their ragged heads along the Connecticut
State ne The historical points about il its
fstnesees, snd hiding places for men who held their
lives in their hands in the Revolution Here, too, in
this vicinity is TO be seen Major Andres first prison.
house and the spot from which lie wrote tie letter TO
Gen. Washington that revealed bis true character and
situation. It is in way any more Of an interesting
object than any other farmhouse, only in connection
with his prominent point Of tie history Of the Reyolu
ton. The whole country around is Interesting for it
il N the township Of North Salem, the bes. agricultural
enc ia Weschester County.
Around the lake the roads ore rugged but good FOR
corriage horseback riding; but long drives be
had on more level ground amid the loyelest farming
scenery. II is cieruingregon, Astounding in wooded
bills and rich valleys, aud pleasant abodes Of happy
families Lake Wa.oa-buc, ard other adjoining ponds,
appear to be fed by springs Of pure water and it has
been surveyed by the Croton Board, with view Of
raising its surface, by dun ten feet high, several
hundred acrcs foF reservor Of Croton supply,
the outlet forms one Of the numerous Of the
Croon River.
On tho north shore Of Lake Waca-buc IL another
known MS the hernits cave" from
ayng been for many years the abode of Sarah Bishop
who retired there in disgust with the world in
quenco of the conduct Of British officer who was
stationed this city at the time il wGs occupied by
tie British army.
AZ late as tic year 1901, Sarah was described by
victor to her cave, anything but tho prepossessng
object tia, won tho attention Cf the gallant. The
beauty that lad been hers all fadod. The dark
hair lad become n grizzly, tangled met. Tie galy-
coorcd uca-fi.ng gown, was displaced by q misor-
allie patchwork that almost obscured the human form.
The once beauiiialSr Dishop was not then an obec;
70 sttrac or win any human being. She had become
hermit destitute Of al object aim Of life, except TO
wait for death, which she did without any OF the
comforts of life ia her dTeary cave, and
finally terminated her useless existence by purposey
throwing henelf into pit or accidentally falling into
Il in her ramb!es among the dresry hills, at that time
almost uiinhaJited ia Summer il il known that her
principal food was berries and in Autumn nuts and
roots bat how che lived through the long dreary Win
ter is n myttery, unless Ike the squirrels she laid mp
store Of foxes. products and endured sort OF by
bernr;ion in her OF leaves and grass without The
comfort of fire.
Tie houte, noted once as tho Major Andre House, is
raYidiy pafgug away. Tie lion. John Jay once
agreed for ia purchase be owned and preserved by
Il New-York Historical Society q monument in the
history of the times but the Society failed to complete
the purchase.
There ia nost interesting object for the s.uden, of
geology TO be seen by the aide Of the road IN driving up
tie Valley Of TIE Tens, through the village Of North
Salem. II Il an immense bowlder, estimated to weigh
60tns sGdihs poieed upon the points Of rocks about
three feet high, comparative in size like barrel posed
endwHe upon the points OF three eggs and thcso sup
ports unlike the rock they Eest upon, limestone,
while the bowller lie granite. The wonder is, what
was the motor that placed these rocks in their present
position high above the present bed Of the mill
stream that flows along at the bottom Of tie hill where
this rock rested long, lopg ego.
There, now, we think we have proved that there is
such place Lake Wa-cs-buo within threehours of
your city home aud that 1. is worth visit by those
who would get out Of otir hot streets for day
week of this dusty weather And We could prove that
there many other interesting places along the same
line OF travel through fCIr OF the nest counties OF the
Stste-the pastoral counties from which we get
large portion Of city supply OF pure milk, and all
our pure water-which should have q particular Ill
tertst TO those who daily dependent npon these
neeessaTies Of lie.
THE NEw CoURr-HovsE.--A new Court-houso has
long been demandedby courts and jures and parties
who have been cooped up in the confined and ladap;-
cd TO which they ct present restricted. For
want of rooms in which hold courts the business Of
the Supreme and Superior Courts is sadly in nrreas,
there being from four to five thousand the cal
endar of each. In fact it is Of little 10 have courts
ii We do not have rooms in which they do their
work. The Supervisors have been authorized by the
Legislature % build new Courthouse; money for
tia, purpose was raised last year and win be raised
this year. The ground whiehtisto be built is area'