Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-07-24
Correspondence OF the Times.
TRENTON FALLS, July 9th. 1855.

This A. NJ. we partook of an early and excel
lent breakfast at the Aston House, New York
CITY, which being dispatched we made our way
to the Hudson River II. r. and were soon travel
ing at the rate of 40 miles the hour up the east
bank of the oft admired stream of the same
name. How rapidly We skim by those elegant
villas on the one side and the far famed pals
AIDES in view on the other. Now we are flying
through the Prison yard at Sing Sing; how many
of those poor devils wish they were on our train
which would take them far away and rapidly from
iron gratinrs and heavy creakins doors. Well,
they need not have been there had they but mod
crately lived and carried out the old adagc, "hon-
csty is the best policy Now we pass West
Point around which cluster many grateful emo
tions of the days of yorc within the true Ameri-
cans breast. Look Wonder on the west bank OF
the river, and you will Washington's Head
quarters Just below the city Of NewburGh. We
would fain stop and visit the oldpiace now taken
so much care of by The Empire State, bat The
steam is ahead of us and can't stop until we reach
Poughkeepsie where We take small lunch at one
of the best eating houses on the Central Line, ana
while the sowest passengers are eating, let us
city with its hundred wealthy retired merchants,
opulent Brewers and manufacturers. How cozily
they take matters here, bat then what : the use,
they don't more than half live, and how many,
think YOU. wish themselves ut their Old counting
rooms in Pearl ANA Water streets. y. \. The
signal Tor starting is made and we ale off again,
ard ere we know it we aic jerked up 1T Hudson
to give the iron horse little breath and pour IN
to his hot mouth little cool water ami rcpenish
his stock of ediblcs. Verify Hudson is staid
North River Dutch town, and the people for
ought know are very wealthy. Now we pass
Casteton where the majestic Hudson looks decl
deI!y Mssssippi-ish. They have bars near there
they do but thea nothing TO compare iih oar bars,
for the tide tax IS them OF IN less timc-l2 hours.
Well here we are sure enough at Albany, $50
miles from New YORK in four hours, very decent
time time however, which Will be aughe 1T in less
than quarter Of a century by cur llustrious sue
cessors. Albany is noted for its age, wealth beau
tiful women, and for being the headquarters of
all the political vllainy Of this great States strang-
ers abhor it too and dread it they would the
SMALL ox, for the rapacity Of its car and boat
runners. Here We change ears ard commend me,
We gods, to the \. Y. Central Il. Il. Co., with
their elegant depots, especially the at
Albany. Why poor as we are in Minnesota, we
would not insult horse by driving him under it,
o risk his l:fc or own in the experiment., but
must take things as we find them, so rs the
cars are off and VIC with them pushing up the
steep grade. prior to crossing those barren sand
hills, we will wait until We arrive at ''Do~p,"
otherwise known Schenectady, where we
change eng mes. ANON.
ExmIpIrIoN OF THE PULoGNoMIAN SocI-
rrY.-On Friday evening we were present at
the closing exhibition Of this Society, connected
with the Baldwin School, and TO express our
candid opinion in very few words, the whole
thing passed of very crcditatly indeed. 1t
commenced with music on the liano, by flor.
Ingalls, accompanied with tie violin ~ Nir.
Wagner and singing by two young ladies.
The piece was Il good one ani we'll executed.
Net followed the lst recitation, Ilagar in the
Wilderness, by Miss II. G. Barnes I'd recita-
tioa, The Female Convict, ~ Miss Anne
Brewster. Thea followed the reading Of the
Laurel Wreath, by Miss Nichols; next dia-
Country Cousins-spokcn by Miss
Cunningham, Miss Forward, Miss Taylor,
Miss Cashier and Miss Creek, all OF whom de-
serve much credit for tie efficient manner they
performed their parts. The hale cousin did cx-
fcmcy well; lut rs we cannot stop to particu-
,rizc at present, we will rcler 10 it again in a
future number, and may probably either publish