Excursion To Whitmore Lake

resented in t!ic visit to Whltmore L&ke of the Methodist Uhurch people and their fricuds on the 22d inst., 1 senil yon n brlei account of the excursión. The day was cooler than tiie mórniiig pronibed, tliere was il delicbtfal breeze, and the time was teM in salhng, rowlng, liUiiii?, playlng croquet, sittlng in the simde watchlng the rippling waters oi the beuatlfal lake and tathig diiiiuT. 'i'iu: I itter paêtlme was pructiced verjr methoiiciUy, not to say Metliodlstically. At)oat eventy, yoang aud old, sat down to tho bountiful tables (if tlic Cliftou House, wtth appeUten gharpened by a ten-mile ride :md foottng and otlitr exercise alter gettinji tliere. The dtnner was excellent, but here your reporter must speuk from experience rat.her tlmn from observation, as he was so occupied in followinj; the ex:nnples of diligence set him by the " Olllcial Board " that he saw but little of what took placfe arounU him. It was evident, however, from an occasional glance, that skllled labor liad the advoiitajíe in the " irrepressiblu conflict," and that kuivex and forks Would win il the appetites held out. Gosaip was suspended. Silently the work of demolition went on, but the commissary of the Clifton withBtood the attack muil the most huugry cried enouijh and raised the siege. The fishers exhibited strlngs of Üah, but ■ho cauuht them your reporter knoweth not. It wns known that they boughl bait, but to say that the larger flsh were caught the game way would doubtiess be a vite lander - the aiiglers wilt teil you bo them selvcs. If all who vlsit Whitmore Lake enjoy themselve as well as our company it Is Hot strange that so many í' there Lo spend their leisure days and weekH- though how auythlngcau be made from feeding people W they all have such appetites Is a qnestiou that can only be auswered bv those who know how to keep a hotel. Our Meada voted Whttmofe Lake a deservedls popular place of resort. Mr. Smitii, tlie proprietor, and hls wife were watchlal for the comfort and pL asure of their vlsltorR. We believe that both the Lake House and C;ifton hare been full of business tuis year. SPECIAL. Secrutary Fish communicated to the President on Wednesday the lutost intelligence from reeeived thromth Bancroft Davis, trom which a hopeful prospect is drawn that t)ie tribunal of arbitrators will probably conelude their lubors by the middle of September in a wanner satiafaotory to this govoiüiüent, tima coufirming provious reporta that a i uai in groas will bc awarded in tho sot tiemeut of the so-cullod Alabaiua olnimsXho exact sum has íiot been dutormined.