The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-27
Notes from the Fashionable Retreats.

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Notes from the Fashionable Retreats.
WEST PoIsr, June Is, lS49.
The House in JVhieh the Traitor Arnad ,cas ,ohex
he received the NeUs If A~dre's Captws-His
Dining Rom, and the Chan,bcr in ,chich he COM
msmced and completed the Sketches and Dra,oiags
sfthe Fmtifcations and Works at West Point-
Fsvt Putnam Kosriusko's Garden, and Monw-
MeAt-7hs Hudson Riper Railroad.
~Nequs lex est uster ua guam neeis articles, srts
perire sua " $50
"There is ordinance In aaeordanee With
stret justice than that which o6livss bad msn to fur
ni.b in their PERSONS IN illustration OF their
Mfamy"
do not suppose TOR moment that I can throw any
new light upon this ETERNAL bat ever to be regarded
subject. The sculptor, the poet, the painter, the
crstor, the writer, the philosopher, and the patno,
have, each in his own department, done honor to
it, but one that will retain perennial fresh
ness long as the Auantic shall roll It's mighty
bllows upon the shores OF this continent. | con-
slder THAT this day l trod holy grouud-I stood
where Washington, Knox, Green, Putnam, Sleu-
ben, P.nson, McDougall, Lafayette, and Kos
ciusko, spent many AN ANXIOUS hour In the tunes
that tfled mems souls."
"Hope for Q season babe the world farewell,
Aud freedom shrieKed ~ Kosciusko fell
Twas in the traitors dining room, where he and
his wife, aud two aids OF General Washington,
were at breakfast, when the messenger with The
news Of Andres Capture rushed IN; and also in the
back room, where he commenced and flushed
the sketches and drawings OF the forttcat,ons at
West Point; and eaW The liable al which he WIS
break tasting when the moment OF his lgaominlous
hight had arrived. He told his wife to burn his
papers, aud that he must leave her for ever. Oh,
what IA moment OF mental agony Tue IN insion,
Tor such II was considered III those days, was the
property OF Colonel Beverley Robinson, who fought
on The side Of the British, under General Wolfe.
The interior Is the saine, precisely the sdu', as
when Arnold was there. IL IS situated snort DIS
tnut W.~i IN, ~ II. he
hudson, On u slip of table land, lying between the
Yiver and pant Ut the lofty range of the eastern
highlands Upon wainscot over The m intel IA
bed room which WAS occupied by Arno d and his
lady, may be seen the names OF revolutionary 9TH
cers WHO were afterwards quarteced there. Here
is o.,e OF the names:-"tieoge Wallis, Leu,en-
snt, w. Mass. Keg't" the house IL now In the
possession OF Lieut.. Thomas A. den, graduate of
West Point Its location. the surrounding SCENERY,
and the associations which are connected with II,
render II AN object of attraction to all who have
not fosotler the dark and gloomy, but eventually
brilliant Period of which 1t Is the venerable monu-
mpnl. Washington anu the noble men 10y whom
he was seconded, blessed II with their presence,
but Arnold cursed 1t. Hear what the poet has said
OF him;-
Born for q curse TO virtue and ma kind,
Earth's broedest realms car sso~ 30 black mind
ki,hL'p sable vcil your crimes II caunot hide
tash il great IL guts the historic page.
Detained ypur memory shall forever live
In ali the glare that iuiany csn give;
Curses OF all ages shall attend your name--
TIA. tors alone shall glory Ia ysur Shame
Almighty vengeance sterpy waits TO roll
Rivers of brius,ouc upon your treschcrous soai
Nature locke back. Win coiscsous hvsrow sad
On rueh furnished blot ~ he has made.
Let he'll receive you, Tivrttci with rhasns,
Dom u " the hottest locus vi It's naucs ~
The wleched man against whom these bitter
lines were written has loog since passed INTO do-
houored grave, but The lniany winch shr"uds his
nanle will never die; like the Ilver described by
HOIace-
"yttfAe f5tipnt 9. labstur N ro45iais arum.n
at exists aud viii exist forever"
With feelings of profound respect for the me-
no,y ot the heroic men who held 1t, and who, if
their country henor has required II, would have
made IL their graves, In cvn.auy with Mr. Coz
zens, and one OF the merchants ot your city, rode
over 10 Fort Putnam, which, though III ruins,
Teens with Thousand thrilling revolutionary re-
immense thickness, toleraby perfect The
foll IS between live aud six hundred feet above
the level Of the Hudson, the view from which Is
strlkIngly grand and maynihcent and It Is lust at
ths time, more Glvefsled, rs the tents OF the CD
de,s In The distance, AID the sentinels m .rcniny
Oh their poets give the whole scene somewhat OF
tine aspect oil u held of battle | walked through
the ienis and was much grat'flcd by what saw
therein Of military lite, under the broad canopy OF
heaven. | then VISITED kosclusko's garden and
monument, ana s,ood gaziug at the la'er and Was
reminded Of the language OF The poet
Ibe paths Of glory lad but To the grave
MY visit 10 The cadets burial place Was sugges-
live Of grave reflections as necropAs, 1t Is all
that It should b.--lhe monuments are OF polished
NbhtDle, ana Oh euCu IS luSciDeu, III UiiVI uut
tuuclimg Terms, the mourntul tale OF hun VINO hes
. beneath Here also lie the remains OF TWO otti-
GERS who persisted IN the Atlantic which was lost
IN The Sound. The monuments erected 10 their
memory viIl also serve us records vi the mcidfi-
choly events OF that terrible night
Among the many trophies which have seen
wilhin the PRECINCTS OF the Academy, there are
several pieces at cannon, which were taken from
Burroyne at Saratoga. They are sarnoIn,ed
with The crown and the royal Initials . U. r.;
there ,hcy are, proud and enduring testimonials OF
Johpahau's daring and ardent love OF liberty,
which gold could not purchase, or siiierinss The
most rNliniul weaken. The monument erected by
their companions III arms 10 the memory Of u sde
and hi- brave suidters wtO were cat 10 pieces by
a the Seminole Indians, III the Florida war, Is
chaeIe and beautiful desigi. The comm md cvln
prised but few, all of whom were shot down, and
linen, as Was Informed, scapsd. Tne inscription
q. il eone what Of the character OF that written by
the poet Simondes on the romo OF Leonidas
40 x,iuc Apgilon lake drinoui yis bv.t de to
Krirl-iha tots Keipcpe r,th"iueuoi nomm MS"
"Go. stranger and tell 40 Sparta that here we fell
in the Errvicc VI our country "
Tn, iludson River Hailrcad IS progressing salts
facic,ily have been Told IN tt by the Folrh of
Juk II viii! be opened as far as Perksk. For the
tIuh of this uf course, | cannot y0ucb TOE
bias ting is very heavy; between fifty and sixty
kcus Of g,inluwd-r are consumed every day: AMI
In sou,c bass. IRON FIVE TO ten, kegs are required
II IL a,,o salo that, at stating, INC whole 70 I'D Was
90 coz, SIX millieas Of dollars, and that tive millions
have all eady been expended.
The weather IS now most delightful.
Among he Distinguish he'd VI Hers at CozSens', -
the French Minister, wilh has ia'iy.
ALFrHE HANGS.
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