The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-15

| TO be out Of humor On the contrary, the tramp,
sathough rather struggling conducted with as much
'decorum any hasty retrograde movement ever wit
messed by either of late armies, North South It
was strange sight to the representatives OF
f5OO, 900 or FL 900 600 sterling tramp tramp rampng
| through the mud and gulches and passing comments
upon what than characterized as the nelli-
| gent peasantry Of America"
| HON R. J WALKER STUMP.
| Night was coming and no carriages or other con-
yeyances had as yet made their appearance: The Hon
Bobbie Walker had given out and seated stump
by the roadside, holding his luggage under his arm and
meditatng the corelatve influences Of progressive ed
ing currency This was the first time Governor walker
had taken the stump for some time. The Hon. Jimmy
Brooks had keeed himself upon shed constructed OF
loose boards with his base upon the turf and his petro
leum castor level with the top spar Of ten foot Vr
Ta a. rne e OF No we
| either ''God Save the Queen" "Yankee DOODLE" no
one sang .we be gay and happy nor "Away down , IN
proclaimed that the "Orn of the unter card hon
| the 'ill,' nor that 'Awound the wugged wocks the
| BRITISH GOLD, SPANISH FLoRISs, YANKEE GREENBAcKa
Presently voice from the hills de heard-"A Bris
| tol BRISTOL hol Bristol to the rescuep The Hon.
Sir Morton Peto the member OF Parliament from the
city of Bristol, England Mr.. Cosham from the same
city several others of the party On reach
ing the spot upon the hill where the alarm given,
ascerained that OF the company had fallen upon
elderly lady in a farm house who was originally from
| Bristol. She had oceans of sweet milk, all nice and
| creamy, in shining tin pans The old lady, you
may be o,% sure was over & glad to See. see so many my
|
| house and the dairy was promptly extended to all
Cup after cup of the delicious actsal swallowed
sick at his stomach. Sir Morton imbibed wisely and
carefully, and all the young nobs followed his example
task Of indemnihcation. Hi see the British gold.
Golden soveregns, by the Lord! Spanish 6orins and
nowhere .see here, Bobby, cried tho good old lady
to her son. brawny lad OF some twenty seven summers
sne % 5 ns @ riches v got
| day II 1t will bring such good customers.
AS the municen party left ventured to advance and
crave cup of milk. "My good woman, said "those
| gentlemen are mionaires-I am nothing but poor
Yankee. Pray give me little milk, and here is thy.
reward" She gave the milk. handed her a half
dollar greenback. The next moment Towser at my
heels kicked at the cursed cur and slid half down
| the embankment Somebody laughed. 1t was not,
am sure Sir Morton.
These cheerful words, uttered with such CHEEKY voice
friend Wann possesses gave notice that wagons
were approaching All aboard, indeed. After funny
ride in company with Rxon, of England Thomson with
out the ''p who straddes from Buffalo to the Canada
Shore like the Atlantic and Great Western, the Ma
honing branch, without effort; Director Church, Of
realm and two genemanly private secretaries and
few snobs, we reached some house or other in James
town. whore, after an indigestibe supper, am now
writing this, without knowing when or how 1t will reach
you. Railway communications are looking rather queer
about these atitudes. But there energy and cash
| enough among the crowd to meet any emergency.
| THE CAUSE OF THE TORRENT.
After examining the created in the hllsides
and the level by the orrent Sir Morton PetO
| came to the conclusion that the sudden and immense
volume of water breaking with such great violence in
so narrow circumference could only be attributed to
the bursting of huge water spout upon the htops.
This theory is sustained by the fact that similar phe-
the same locality but upon smaller scale than the
present The water seems to rise like vast pillar In
Lake Erie and coursins toward the ridge of hills that
lies above Kennedy and reaching spot called Aerton,
bursts with tremendous fury Upon this ridge the water
breaks one portion taking its course toward the Ale
ghany river and thence the Gulf of Mexico the other
returning to the lake Zen minutes earlier and the train
would have been at the spot where the greatest volume
nf nufar dhnNyn nd v,tnhth hayn
been swept away in its furious course. 1t is well the
| affair turned out no
! MEANWHILE, Pa, Sept 0, 1855
ARRIVAL AT MEApvnLE.
or the arrival Of distinguished party here yor have
| already been advised by telegraph 1t strange,
nay melancholy sight TO many goodlooking men,
weared nigh unto DEATH become at two O'Clock in the
morning, after suffering many accidents by food and
fcldparticulary the 1ood-the recipients Of the kid
goved attentions of the fair ladies' of Meadville. But
they stood like heroes and noble Britons they
The dancing kept up until the dawn stood ptoe
| on the misty mountain top" Mr. r. n Taylor of
the McHenry House deserves credit for the handsome
decorations and general arrangements gotten 10 cele
brate the arrival Of the honored guests.
To bed at five o'clock A. NJ, with instructions to pre-
| pare for visit to the oil regions at nine diem.
| THE OIL REGioM.
FIVE O'clock p NM. McHenry having very kindly
had special train prepared for visit TO Oil City, about
twenty OF the party avaed themselves of the opportu-
nifty to see the wonders Of that curious region The
carried them up to Oil City that was enough. The mud
in shallow places about foot and half doepand
there wasn't any sidewalk What could fashionable
CATERS and thin shoes do in such an emergency Abso'
lutey nothing Not than half dozen Of the party
could be prevailed upon to even as far as the GraK
| q Hassan arm, belonging to the United Petroleum
| Farm Association, and view single pumping well.
Not being expected, Of course Petroa had nothing pre-
pared for the visitors and It was altogether nothing
but hot, dirty, disasreeable excursion. The gen
tlemanly agent of the above named association
| did all in his power to make the stay Of the
party pleasant and arranged for horses and vehicles for
a subsequent excursion. when the party IL expected To
visit the celebrated locality known as PthOle Creek
TES p M-The banquet in honor Of Sir Morton Peto,
Mr. McHenry, &c, Is now in full blast and is really
| grand affair.
As II will be necessary telegraph full report in
der to be In time for Wednesdays English steamer from
Boston, will forbear any further mention of 1t at this
| time.
| MEADvLLE, Pa, Sept 10, 1855.
rETIMoSAL KESSARD.
Previous 70 tho dinner last evening Mr. Kenuard was
| presented with elegant device, which shall pre-
sently describe by j. H. Rose Esq, chief of his staff
Of engineers who accompanied the gift with the follow
| ing remarks:-
| REMARKS
| Mr. KEsSARp-0n the part Of ourselves and large
number of others who have been connected with you
the works of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway
have the pleasure OF presenting you with this little token
i of our regard and esteem. We have with much
qualification tho account Of the manner In which your
Lbors have been appreciated In England and wish 10
show these gentlemen that you equally valued and
liked here We have only to add the sincere expression
Of wishes that be long spared 70 enjoy the
honors and well earned reputation you have acquired
both at home and abroad
| KKSSARD's REpLy.
Mr. Kennard in reply expressed his very great pleasure
In receiving the testimonial He regarded II with especial
consideration because u from those with whom he
had boon officially associated He knew that II
n tD on