New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-21

sre preparing for n-belpg snauo~, eeuirA 49,
green " It'll ssegss ano rush. Such spaces, - :,
l.rae reputation are too valuable 10 be long lef "a
ducks The dot,d lines Of the surveyor are air. -
uron them, and even on parts OF ihs outer Ia.
Itself over which cleo bold curve OF iaiifoad ha'
s-s NJ Much tbs, j. scw water vH IN 8 ie| years b.
the Sites of streets. AL the city wharves and seyera
large tracks of ground long built upon have been thus
csirCd. Such power Of expansion Is even more
wanted a. New-Ioik which may also be consdereo As
three cites, though Jersey, on the maitland r. IN
another STATE But the ains If the sea that divide the
metropolis from jersey ana from BrSblyn, on Log
Island csnso, be bridget ard any closer tncton than
can be mace BY steam ferrybaats u forbidden, wnien
s crieycus disadvantage. 1he entrance 10 the bay
or hsrbor Of Boston is studded with islands and sle:s
soue 20 in number, which are good natural de-
huse They are said TO be gradually wastirg ON the
north ard east where they exp, sed TO the heavy
surge Of the Atlantic, which continually washes away
tie coil reducing the at last to naked rocks. Nhols
erszDg grounds a former GAYS have thus disappeared
With her western sraries America can afford the loss
In tie center ana heart of the city IS the Commca-
toohunbly named, ser il is really pssk-Tih walk,
and avenues Of elns, ornamt nal water, and tOuat.
ain; all well kept and cared for /. has always been
pablo property, and encroachment Gu il has been
jealousy resisted. Il has also ESCAPED the merciless
levehng which swteps the surface of msst American
cities 80 uLspGinsly. Ii is actually undulating
piece Of the native forest, little trimmed framed
In with GIVE liDgs Of the weather. kind which II NJ
doubt helps to retain there. 1t i, but 10 acres in
tent; but, where il is, well worth 20 900 in Kansas II
contains sso of the original aud historical mcnu.
ments OF the city, ole of the true antiquities of Amsr
lea, which aher TO be found in nature than art.
1t is the ed elm; y its precise age is not
known, but il was a large tr,e before the COL
opy wac settled. 1t has begun to show signs of
decay, but by plugging the hollow of its trunk and
brasiIg its limbs up with iron supporters, total ruin
hes been avered. Some of these branches large
ordinary trees, and as il is still green and flourish
ing il spreads goodly expanse of shade. handsome
iron railing il from wanton injury; and in-
scription tells how nothing is known about it more
than you can seo-that it is very old. There was ar
other elm in the precincts of the town. called the Lib
ery Tree which obnoxious persons, tax gatherers,
British Ministers and, notably, Lord Butts, were wont
be hanged in efgy. When the conflict grew hot al
last the tree disappeared cut down by one of the par
ties net necessary here TO say which Tie boughs of
OF the tree sl exian the Common are the home of
a colony of squirrels, protected by the corporation
aud Supported by voluntary contributions They con
fde in public opinion and the absence of boys who
are all at SCHOOL,, and appear TO have tscit no
derstanding. with the dogs; children and nursery
maids they defy. There is branch colony OF lese
squirrels in an old battle-ground near the Common,
now full of trees aud almost abandoned to them. TIE
public feed them through the ratings, and they perch
on tie gray estones and shell their nuts with excessive
yacity and impotence. Ii is another very pretty biz
of forest life brought into the city. The residences
skirfng the Common are OF the super Or order less
ford and paatial than those of the Fifth avenue of
New-York but having quiet air of wealth aud is
copseduent respectabiiy Some of the fronts have
decoration rarely TO be seen-a complete draPery OF the
Virgirian creelu, which trails over al hangs down
from the balcony of each fo0r like thick curtains.
They have tie deep purple tint of autumn, and ace
very beautiful The creeping plants of the country are
cultivated ornaments III the cities with great success
TIE country round Boston, which was the trst
teopea BY tie early settlers could not have attracted
Them by the rioh1tss Of the so-it is by no means
snd of FITNESS ard far from inviting the plOw Is most
unpropiious TO it. 1t il well watered, Astounding 10
email lakes ard streams, and well wooded but cruelty
story. The subso is granite, which crops out in
LARGE masses and strews the fields thicky rs powders,
as ia the tracts bordering on the moors OF Devon.
Tie gatherings from the Enclosures more than furnish
the feuccs the have to be dug and torn out be-
fore the soil becomes arabic The work is not finished
vet and the agriculture, 10 an eye fresh from tue
rich pastures aud ongtiled corn bearing districts
of England, would look rough and unfinished The
whole region has been stubborn conquest, and only
stubborn race could have made IT,. They did the
work, too having to fight the Indians at the same
time. No wonder the men became something stern,
hard, ard "all grit" phrase that must have been
suggested by the col. Yet the ruggedness OF tho
region is softly clothed, vailed by a profusion of
foliage though rocky, it is not bare All, to the dlst-
snt Inc of bills that form the horizon, is 'erdue IL
the fist word that occurs though at the present season
not correct The landscape now rich with the thou
sand tipts of the Western autumn, at once blending
snd contrasting with each othercrmson by the side Of
pale yellow deepening into gold changing again into
red or passing suddenly to purple, as II there wee sun
set beI cath the leaves. Only the pines refuse to yield
SINGLE slace of their hue, and stand strong and dark
amid their more tender brethren; rude natures that
catpot sympatbiZe with such soft 1t cite languor The
be,uty Of the American autumnal woods is one OF the
q tb;ncs that have not been over-descrbed and done
TO les,h by poets and painters but 1t defes the pen ,
like the ocean or the rainbow; 1t awaits, perhaps,
Timer Of the forest. The view from the Round
Tower of the Auburn Cemetery is nov, and will be till
the fist fross and hlgh WINGS tlh uie ioBe, ohe vi
{ exceeding loneliness. -
To tim to something having very different associa
Hil without some mention of which
no notice of Boston and no election speech would De
n, n DC nj Of CharegtORu
the midst of that suburb, stands the monument OF the
action a remarkable, but lot beautiful object. 1t 10
toll shaft or obelsk of granite of the severe simplicity
Of the milestone type, as destitute q ornament anu
name nor inscription I.s within the space nclosed
by the celebrated redoubt it, four faces parallel to the
lines Of the intIenchmeIt, all traces OF which have
been swept away The hui ltset mas been reduced IA
aLd houses that close 1t in bank OF green tori Is
LearIy all that remains Of the hil, with few stone
mo mont But the general rise of the ground
from the water-.de can still be perceived, and
by supprefs;ng mentally the houses and trim gardens
which have cTept up the lover si9pe and Tes,'Tn
tie occupied their site the character Of the ground can
be pretty clearly recalled. The wharves at which the
English troops landed for the attack arc now the navy
ward n which the crest Ct what is left Of the hight
ioots down. II Primrose Hill, somewhat hstened,
were placed little behind the building sheds of Dept
ford aockysrd it would look much as the present
Brnker's Hill appears from tho harbor Across
The river cherrel the trees Of the email burying
ground. in old Boston, whore tho ,Engish had
plseed battery cen Just be perceived over the tops
Of the houses. The slight esrthycrk, thrown up IN
four homs, resisted the guns of this battery and oil
1--we shjps of war for whole day, all early instance
of the value of the spade in war, viii IA has recently
been more extensively demonstrated. The history of
the action is too well known TO be epeated. Two
aitscks by the troops were repused by the American,
Will tenipe loss the third made where the first should
have beep on the ea,t complete side Of the redoubt,
and the cooniss relocated along the neck Of
the repinsDla the mainland leaving TO the English
l. hat. los t,eas