The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-08


nationality to throw or the yoke OF an alien des3
pD,asm; ous nobody pretendsihe Cubans are
great deal Of noise In New York and they are great
reckess away anS IT home They get mold Of some
manage well % keep out Of the danger themsevss9
foreigners against the Spaniards In Cuba, constf1
ute the so-called revolution. And we are asked I'd
do their fighting when they decline to do it them.
selves. tell them, Il You want independence aght
for II, as we did When we see you In earnest
ready TO
HELP YOURSELVES, I
tnen you may look to us tor recognition. We de-
cline. however. to be made the tools of the noisy
set OF lOafers and adventurers IN New York who
f ne or me Of TINS In
Iectly Well satisfied with the policy We have puri
sued, FOR American honor has not been compro1
rs there any truth. Mr. Secretary, In the oft-ret
Peae 10 tale that you are about resign
~ have given 10 ntimation Of an intention to re.
sign. nor 40 intend to resign for some time yet,
removed by the newspapers from time TO time" D
At this Iime we we're standing In the hospitabld
deliciously cooling soda water beverage made from
patent sypnon, IN which mine host appeared to
take some PRICE tOr M Ut a 90 charm an9
nectar to supply million. There was nothing In I
THE FURNITURE OF THB ROOM I,
to arrest particular attention; but on the Opp0sit0
side OF the hallway, with u window look ng south
over the tops OF the trees, was an apartment fur
nshed In style OF exquisite elegance Powered
pale blue satin damask covered chairs and LOUNGES,
flowers IN prOfusion stood on table and mante, the
picture Se .ne Sape cc ne
color and design. The view rom the south 'front.' or
the house down the Hudson was particularly 1ne.j
bend In the river at this point brings 1t IN drecU
line with the house, which stands prominently for
ward on an eminence OF several hundred feet. Walk
out on the balcony, and looking westward You
have West Point and It's woody surroundings, Old
Gro Nest Mountain gong half way up TO KISS the
clouds, Highland Falls, tumbling like Il
STREAM OF BUTrERMILK y
the backened rocks and If you turn to the pic<
dred acres OF the Fish property makes you will see
glen oil noble trees rolling away from your feet
down to me what YOU may guess Is 6rawling
borne upward on the breeze. You see narrow ave-
nues, kept scrupuousy clean, winding in and out
among old widowed rocks, and one.shaped frs
and saplinE pines ana towering beech trees. YonI
der are the outhouses and ,graperes 1t Is but
pass through row OF
BRILLIANT FLOWER BEDS, =
which have something OF q remarkable effect on g.
rounding hills You can see they are tended with
great care The Secretary gives his personal SUPER
vision TO all the labOr performed on his grounds.
He is up and around while the dews still fresh
and gttering on the grass blades. and by the atten
ton he has devoted In a space OF ten years to the
cultivation OF these grounds he has made them as
beautiful to the eye as section Of the Central Parks
around the place. The art OF keeping a c0nserva-
tory OF eXOtlcs Is not understood by everybody. II
lures and habits OF the various plants. 1t was q
treat pass through these crystal protectores Of
RARE AND DELICATE FLOWERS J
and quantity SNAPPED plants OF alien origin, for here
1t was evident no ordinary gardeners hand mad been
ut work, everything was laid out with so careful an
eye to tile ample development OF their rich floral and
botanical treasures Not far removed from the gar!
dens came the outnouses and stables, oil Of sub
stantial and capaciOus structure.
Gan we consume In the milk fruit and vegetable
way weraise ourselves, observed Mrs. Fish. Fresh
are deOendeDC on The ytagcO
'You have many distinguished visitors here from
time to tme2h inquired.
Harry and LAZY ParKes here one day. and Lady
Parkes would insist on Climbing Sugar Loaf Noun,
tam. she was all for outdoor exercises woman Of
> looked Up just then at Sugar Loaf iifting its
GREAT WALL OF DARK GREEN FOLIAGE
to the sky, ana sighed to think what terrible ore
deal it would prove to many American women to
yield the palm to Englishwomen where muscular
Christianity comes in question:.
own the Old house where Benedict Arnold resided
when he Was in command OF West POint2"
81 do. I purchased the house aud surrounding
property and intend to throw 1t into the GROUNDS
"Driver," said I. as stood on the porch of Glen!
cliff House, after having received from the Secre-
tary, or Governor, as l might have alternately adj
CORDIAL ADIEU,
sight OF tho Beverly House."
lie did as directed. The road dipped down under
the outrageous shelter OF TALL spreading trees, and
after some few minutes driving we entered Wide
avenue TO the left OF the road, shaded by old ems.
The vehicle came to halt. stood on historian
ground. Right before me was the house where
Arnold plotted the treason that has sent his name
Kissing "dOwn the corridors Of time" It stands
to-day precisely rs 1t stood 100 years ago. 1t was
residence wnicn In those Gays man might be proud
OF. 1t had wide veranda, where on the sultry
summer afternoons one might sit and drink In he
beauties Of the landscape-the solemn mountains on
the one hand and the broad, peaceful river ON the
other. Here on this very veranda
ARNOLD AND ANDRE
might have sat and whispered their conspiracy
overheard by nausht else than the silent trees
around. 1t was on the morning OF the 2IIh of Sep
TENDER, 1850, that Alexander Hamilton and General
Lafayette TOOK breakfast with Arnold this house.
from Jamison. ale read It's contents, excused him.
self from the table went TO his ROOM babe his wife
gOodby, kissed his little boy in the cradle, and fee.
ing from the curses OF whole people, took refuge
on board the Vulture.r He walked straight down
from his house to the rivers bank where barge
lay. This conveyed hun to the Nuiture, the English
man. of-war lying i'll the stream, and that was the
last time forever that Arnold looked upon these
pleasant GROUNDS, where he might have ended
ming this letter that the newspapers again insiss
upon 'resgning" secretary Fish might refer to
WHAT He SAYS IN THE CONVERSATION
here embraced. The trip to California with the
President TINS year, he told me, had peen Abandoned
and learned from him also that he medltales re-.
constructing his house at Gencr 10 render II avail
able for winter as well Us for a simmer residence
from neither OF winch l would be disposed to infer
that the Secretarys resignation thing likely soon
he will remain at least TIL the Presidents term ex-
preS.