Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-11-26
Incidents Of Travel
Nrw Yoak. Nov. aInlssa.

fron Albany. the capital Of the siais Of
New York, and diiisn, from The city. ppe
bondred and loriy-6ye miles. u has q
population Of some seventy To eighty
thousand. u ,olsrably we,l.bsili, with fine
streets. well paved wllL cohhlo stone. Il
Is place Of considerable business, being
near the head Of navigation of The Hsd'
SOP River floels Of steamers, schooH-
ors, slcops, tow boats. with numerous
barges, lake and canal boats, laden with
the rich products Of the West. and North,
leave hourly for New York.
The me ns OF conveyance from this 10
New York City, ia fine, Firstclass
steamers leave twice day. commanded
by gentlenanly officers, and welI.fur.
nished, nai ths Harlem aad Hudson Riv.
er Railroads---ihe lauer being our choice.
We hurried aboard. and we're socn whirl.
ing along The Hudson River Bottoms, at
the rate of forty miles per hour. This
company has tried the experiment! Of cheap
fare, being one dollar for l45 miles, and
the road paysa that.
Passing down the. River, affords the
traveller a glance at many places Of inter
est connected with the settlement and his
tory of the Hudson. The residence of
The late ]. Fennimore Cooper, the talent.
ed American Novelist, Kinderhook, Hud,
son, Newburgh and West Point are al
passed. At their bare mention, associa-
tions and incidents of historic remem-
brances at once fills the mind, and carries
US back 10 the struggle Of our ancestors
for Freedom. Gid Fort Putnam, alone,
could ii speak, could furnish volumes OF
thrilling interest, of Washington and his
compariots, while struggling against Brit.
ish Armies, and Treason, in the days OF
Gloom and Peril. But the crumbing
and silent walls only convey to the behold
er an idea Of what it was.
The scenery along the River is very
Gne. The Mountains, Rocks, Hills, Pal,
isades, are in point Of grandeur, nowhere
surpassed. Americans annually spend
fortunes in Germany and Italy 10 crafty
their love of The beautiful, but dare say
few Of Natures wonders excel those
along tho Hudson.
I On nearing New York, we passed ma
ny fine country residences, peeping OH
from behind thick growth Of trees ant
sllruhbery. h~ylurns and villas seeming
Iy cover The bills, as we approach Mania,
an Island. But here is New York, tht
metropolis Of hmorico, in al i,s great
ness. IN hour cr SO in securing baggage
ard we found good quarters in 6 mforia
be hotel, where familiar friends and n
guain.ances enliSened The passing no'rs
As d friend Of OURS once rt!,,a Fixed; "Nes
York is gtcat places" and SO 1t i:
Great in popula!i.n, wealth, poverty
fasIisn, degradation. comnercs an
crime, 4 walk through nrcad%ay fl
Fashion, Or ou Wall TO applecla,5 !
wealth. and influence can only be describe
, fainiiy. It's influence is fel, in all I'll
States--a panic got up by the stock jo1
bsas and graceIess scamps tha! infes! tn
8 street ana its tributaries, sends thrill lk
+ All electric shock through the entire mc
J.. ey end mercantile comnanity, and h;
been FLY called the most gigantic gam
i ling point IN America. 1t is now hal
o past two o'clock, and what multitude
s pcrsons dre elbowing their way, TO ai
@ fro, lodging in and OH, of this and til
=, Office. Book in hand comes nocks
/ yvuhH pale faced boys and hen, to ma
A. ,helt d,s!y depos;tss viii! tliese Hhylocl
81 while the veil-iesl 5ohnhy Gu!st tie cil
~ ~ gerteel Frencht,aHj xild the sharp, bu
10 jew keep up continual sabbsr that |
u. minds counrymsn Of tedlan:.
ir alarm from the Trinity clocks sarounc
i, the ',oa, 5f 3 +. ~, ard as If b. mag
in doors close, and The multitude dis15pea
of and in un honrb Fsa psrso.s are the
'h Ar night the loEeEy :fead Of the watchE.
he is oil ikat bseaks its rhon6tony:
Broadway is the stSect Of business s
he fashion, it beihg of great length ard wild
II and finely built, for miles, in hearty so
net blocks Of six story Erick buildings. W
em brown granite fronts, witt, hers an;. ,h'
10 white masbls. Fine Dry Goti s,o
''N End retailing establishments ure eve
where to be met with, exhibiting
led choicest goods Of do1sest;c and fors
na. manufacture, to teHpt lh5 ladies,
lha a coutse. Step in from foar to six P.
nd, and yod will And ;heh fllea with
and elite of the city, seseiins in heaps Of c,
lis. ~ a.at, <..,x n.~ox ~ ,f;tJo Il