The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-20
Le;.rr rom T'nc North River.
Correspondence o. Tie CecH Wig.

Correspondence o. TIE CrcI Wig.
CoHoE> FAILS, n. y, Sept. II. 81.
Tic FtHs- LorNeys Of tie Rircr- Nanufaciorjcs
--Troy ami its Gdrnntogpg Bcot,tirs Of the
Hudson-SnpcrioriiP Of .3m"rjcom NcomeH
and pes7s's- MnSqmi POhiiirM Conventions
Mn. EDIToR:- During tie las, few days
havr been ..runlizing" about The head waters
of the lIuson-lhe tsn,el ard beautiful North
Rive for so ra,rhcd and dry has been the
summer that the Falls of Cobocs are almost at
The bcIi pfhc wotcr, albeit the bed of the river
reaches up few miles further. ledge of
brown rock, 20 feet hich. crosses Tie river here.
which breaks The cnrr-nt when thcr~ is water
into magnificent tails, but now two or three
snowy-i!kc torrents few wards wide. that dash
down near the ccnlrc, are all that rema ms ofthe
Fails Of Cohocs. Reaching the foot of the ledge
by two Or three foamy bounds, they wind Off
through the rocky bed o. the river like little
strcamie'S through meadow Rocks. dark and
dry Eli the place of the balance orlhe Falls. and
Of rmohlc Hudson, al this point. For the rest
the scenery is rather fine tl,an not there being
many tall hills and busy factories in the hollows
between. Between here and Troy there are a
number Of immense manufacturing establish
nents--ialccd the whole OF this part of the
country NhounAs with mills Of all descriptions.
The city Of Troy, four miles below, is the
head Of Steamboat navigation on the Hudson. |,
is thriving and handsome place of 3O,0 900 in
habilants, and must increase rapidly, owing to
lis advantageous situation on the river, the Ca
mails and railroads that lead 70 it and through il,
and the heavy water power within its limits and
IN il, immediate nriahbo,hood.
Coming up the Hudson to this point. as yon
may wrl suppose, your correspondent was not
uns5Hnt viii. the unc1ualci hcar'ies (any de-
scrlplion Of which, so many having been pub
liSlod. would be trc - that crowd il a II the way
The fleets Of white. winged vessels by the
breeze inp"!lcd; the many painting steamers
which "waik the waters like things orlife;" the
tall palisades that wall the western shore; the
splcndid mansions that sit upon tie hil-tops on
the east; the rocks and hills which tower up all
along, an! some places almost ovcrhang you the
mountains. blu" in the distance. like great clouds
swelling up from the horizon; !hc villages and
cities too, that seem to mark the miIcs-all
these things so surieit the vision that the eve is
too tired 10 note tho particular FEATURES of each,
sill, il could not hat give an isolated glance, saw
Mt Stony Point, made roted by one of Putnnm's
teals--at Forests Tower, Clover of Folly,)
where happiness is banishrd when he prcsides-
nj An'hony's nose. (not bit ola nose is therc.)
and the Sugar-loal mountain near int West
Point, with its fort ind flags, and the Mexican
Battles craven by the students on the rocks--at
the Caiskill mountains, with the white mountain
house, sitting away on their side like a swan
nnr on the blue waves--at the Golfer dam,
where foolish scarchers after kidd's sunken
treasure, sunk their own fortunes; and nj MANY
other things ''ioo tedious to MENTION" as the
vendue bills say; which brings us down again
from the sublime, or would have done so, had
we been up there.
Invent up the river on the steamer Ncr World.
the largest and most magnificent steamboat on
the globe. Truly it is a ssheatinr nalace ;,
Speaking of it reminds me of the superioritv oC
all American vessels over those of the Old !
World. Our steamboats, have long been noted
as far the best; as your readers know, the Amer I
lean steamships have made and still make the
quickest trips across the ocean; our clipper sail
ing vessels heat everything on any sea or ocean.
and Com. Stevens has lately beaten with his