The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-15
Our Travelling Correspondence.
ON THE IIUDSUN, JUIIt, 10
Sights on the Hudson, &c.

Sfghfs on the Hudson, &c.
Near Hyde Park is anchored a beautiful yacht,
the property of Hamilton Wilkes, who married the
daughter of the lady of the late DR.. Hossack, for
merly widow Of Mr.. Costaf.
At dock at Newburgh, is moored the beautiful
yacht of Captain Robinson, formerly master in
line of Hsvre packet ships, now retired, and hav
ng plain and neat country place, this side of the
town.
Near Newburgh Is cavern, excavated during the
revolution, by persons in quest Of silver. The ex-
cavation is quite large and the entrance near the
river.
At Cold Spring, opposite West Point, are two
email government steamers, of the mosquito fleet,
which did much execution at Vera Cruz re-
ceiying machinery from the foundry bearing the
name Of West Point THIS latter place, externally,
is In the neatest order. Two targets usually
seen on the river, north Of the dock, at different
distances, for practice with artillery. Below the
dock are ranged several cannon, mortars, &C.,
which are used by the cadets
koskjusko's monument is very conspicuous on
high emnence, and Is an object OF great interest.
HIS garden, and the ravlne leading TO il are some
distance from the marble pillar to his memory.
In this garden he used 10 SIT, solitary, musng, and
overlooking the river Latterly road is made to
the garden, which is seldom visited without feel
ipgs OF veneIation.
"Fr,edom shrieked when Koskiusko fell"
Many the tears shed Tor warriors dead, and
happy will be the time when wars shall cease.
.'LoId Burleigh, minister to Queen Elizabeth,
said, "Warre IL the curse, and peace the blessnge
OF counirie, and realme gaineth more by one
years peace, than 10y tenne years ware" With
such minister, IL is not surprising that Queen
Elizabeth was the greatest princess that ever
lived"
IL is pity that James X Folks Jremiers, or
advisers had not been OF the same quality as thus
great man, who called 'great" He was
good as he was great, and "only great as he was
good.
The Cadets, on a rock jutting ont into the river,
have engraved IN letters, some of them more than
ayard long, the words "vera Cruz" "Monterey,"
and "Buena Vista, thus doing honor L. the graz
dusies of the famed school, whose valor has
achieved so much among the Indians OF their own
country and the contendIng armies OF Mexico.
They may now raise mound and monument to
Worth, who ended the Florida war, and who has
fallen victim to disease In the land where he SO
lately tnumphed.
Opposite the monument to Koskiusko. is house
sand 10 have been the headquarters OF Arnold and
Andre.
On the shore at West Point, a large number Of
men were bundng faggots for the railroad. OPP
pos,e the Point, large quantities Of stone have
been thrown on the hue OF the road, but they sink
and make no percepuble difference in filling up
The soft mud is probably more than a hundred
feet deep. II is the intention sink these faggots
for foundation, md To fill up over them.
Opposite Peeksklll are the Golfer dam, steam
engine and other expensive apparatus, used by per-
sons duped TO believe that Kidd sunk his ill-got-
ten treasure there. The Golfer dam ~ not suiii-
cient 10 keep out The water and II is full the work
abandoned, and the expensive machinery gong to
Destruction.
Besides the splendid passenger steamers which
uavtTse this noble river, there Is large number
Of fine steamers employed IN towing barges, some
Of which wall carry from five 20 six thousand bar
rcls 81 Hour; as also IN towing lake and canal
bOeis, which bring down immense quantities of
produce, and return with valuable MERCHANDISE.
A steamer recently towed down thlry-four boats
and bhrges, and another thirty-two at trip.
Such The competition, that canal boats towed
either up or down the riyer for five dollars, while
remunerating Price would not be less than hi-
teen. Notwithstanding the many steamers, sail
inc vessels are incredibly numerous. Last week,
e. le time, forty sail were counted at one view.
~ TsIrytovn, where long may he tarry, Wash
Kniskerbocker" may be excused for adopting
the steep Dutch rosfs for his cottage, steep AS
the old building which was pulled down few
years since at the corner OF Pearl street and
Cornties Slip, the bricks Of which were brought
frcm Holland, and made into house in A. ID.
ICES
Variety is charming, and novelty pleasing, even
though novelty IL but the renewal OF fashion long
forgotten, as there. is nothing new under the
sun" and. therefore. better that the greatest diff
fercnces in style Of building should be presented.
II would be dull and tiresome to see all houses and
places similar IN style, therefore let them be as
different 81 possible.
one sturgeon made an exhibition Of itself by
spunginp ont u the river and falling back with
fplas u, making circles, which widened to a large
diameter. one moehonker was carried by the
spray Co the deck Of deeply loaded canal boat,
az she was bowsing along. The captured fish was
put into a bucket a water, 20 preserve its life.
Great quantities. Of these fish may, at times, be
taken. by making an Inclined plane, placing
board between two boats into the water. The
fsh side up the plane aud fall off on the decks.
Immense numbers OF these FISH are now in the
lower part of the Hudson. CLio.