Chapter XVIII.-- Battle of New-Orleans .... Battle on Lake Champlain .... Hartford convention .... Conclusion of peace. Chapter XIX.-- The joyful celebration of peace in New-York. Chapter XX.-- A splendid entertainment to celebrate the event of peace. Chapter XXI.-- Proposal of an elopement and a clandestine marriage. Chapter XXII.-- Description of New-York .... Battery .... Castle Garden. Chapter XXIII.-- Alida's return from the city to the country. Chapter XXIV.-- Alida returns to New-York and joins a party to visit the Falls of Niagara .... Scenery of the Hudson river .... Albany .... Schenectady .... Union College. Chapter XXV.-- Arrival at Utica .... Falls of Trenton .... Singular excavation of the rocks of these Falls .... Return to Utica .... Journey in a stage-coach .... Salt Lake .... Salt spring at Salina .... Arrival at Auburn .... Cayuga Lake .... Seneca Falls .... Geneva .... Canandaigua .... Arrival at Rochester .... Genessee river .... Arrival at Lockport .... Journey in a dearborn .... Grand Island. Chapter XXVI.-- Buffalo .... Arrival at Manchester .... Eagle Tavern .... Falls of Niagara .... Goat Island .... Camera obscura .... Cross from the Canada to the American side .... Forsyth's Hotel. Chapter XXVII.-- Journey from Niagara to Lake Champlain .... Arrival at Caldwell .... Hudson or Glenn's Falls .... Arrival at Saratoga .... Congress Hall .... Introduction to the Governor .... American character .... Journey from Saratoga to Albany .... Passage up the river to Catskill .... Pine Orchard .... Passage from Catskill to Hudson .... Passage from Hudson to West Point .... Military School at West Point .... Fort Putnam .... Passage from West Point to New-York .... Alida's return to her native residence. Chapter XXVIII.-- Sickness and death of Alida's father .... Reflections. Chapter XXIX.-- Albert, the only surviving brother of Alida, takes possession of the paternal estate. Chapter XXX.-- Effect of misrepresentation. Chapter XXXI.-- Return of a friend .... The joyful meeting. Chapter XXXII.-- Anticipated happiness. Chapter XXXIII.-- A candid confession. Chapter XXXIV.-- Restoration of former fortune. POEMS. Hymn .... Christian Institute .... Friendship .... To Maria .... The Sun .... The Voice of Time .... In Memory of Mrs. William Richards .... Invocation to Prayer. Subscribers' Names. ALIDA. CHAPTER I. "Rien n'est si contagieux qui l'exemple; et nous ne faisons jamais de grand biens: ni de grand maux, qui n'en produisent de semblables." The ancestry of Alida was of ancient date in English heraldry, some of whom emigrated to America a short time before the revolution, and settled in the southern provinces, while her father fixed his abode in the state of New-York.