the proprietor of the " North Star:" Until the age of sixteen, Mr. Vanderbilt was brought up on a small farm on Staten Island, owned and cultivated by his father. Arrived at this age, however ...

Lying in the screw dock on the East River at the foot of Market-street is the mastless steam yacht Meteor, with a V-shaped hull and a dome deck. Her designer and builder, Mr. A. Perry Bliven ...