Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-08
Correspondence Of the Daily Patriot.

steamers on this or any other river, are the
h'ght boats; bat rather than miss view of
the romantic Hudson, should have taken
batteau, skiff, wherry, a smack, sloop,
IN snort any water-crsft, however disagreeA-
Die under ordinary circumstances. The truth
Is whoever goes travelling, ought to lie over
at night, and travel during the day. Lo-
connection is now so rapid and convenient, and
the railroad schedules of this region so syste-
matlzed, and the connections between various
roads and points are so perfect, that delays are
never to be taken into account in any pro-
gramme of travel. Bot we obtained very
comfortable boat in the Armenia, and in its
numerous and gay company, many of whom
were Southerners, returning from Niagara,
Saratoga, ETC., I could not have sought
more agreeable trip. 1t happened, also, that
the Albany hremen were going down for So
cIal reunion with their brethren in this city,
and had engaged the services of the Justly
celebrated Dodworth's Brass Band. led by the
presence of Dodworth himself. As our head
line was dropped, a strain went up from the
decks, which inspirited and enlivened all on
board. For some miles down the river the
scenery is rich and exuberant, but rather sub
dued. The undulating shores, the softly out
lined bills, dotted with farms and cottages,
give it pleasant effect. At the city of Hud-
son, about thirty miles below Albany. the
more imposing beauties of the great North
River show themselves the main part of the
city standing on a bold, and what was once a
wild and rugged promontory some sixty feet
above the river below. On the west side, the
banks tower grandly up, willie further beyond.
the Catskill mountains loom out against the
sky from dim, hazy, blush underground
Just below and opposite the Dutch town of
Kaatsklll nestles along the banks of small
stream of the same name, which winds along
raVines, and tumbles over the rugged lodges,
as 1t passes from its fountains, high rp the
mountains. The sun was unusually brilliant,
and as we skinned down the placid river, we
caught an imperfect view Of the famous
Oatskill Mountain House, which stands out on
the mountain side 200 feet above the surface
of the river, twelve miles distant THIS is
said to be a scarcely less romantic spot than
the Falls of st. Anthony, Lake Pepin, or any
other of our far Western Alpine views. From
this point down to the city, every succeeding
scene, each majestic winding, and sunny reach
grew more and more interesting. When we
reached Newburg, the band played Lilly Dale,
which was rapturously eHcOred. Other airs
succeeded, and the soul Of the entire compa-
ny, numbering many hundreds, seemed stirred
by the unusual scenes and circumstances sur
rounding them. The tones of Yankee Doodle.
executed as no other band in the world. per-
haPs, can execute it, chimed well with the bis
toric recOllections which cluster around New
burg. 1t was here that the Revolutionary ar
my was quartered for some time in 1882, and
the old stone mansion, where Washington had
his headquarters, was informed, is still stand
ing little distance to the southwark. 1t was
here, you will doubtless remember, that Wash
ington received the overture from party of
officers, headed, believe, by Nicola, to establish
a monarchy, and for him to become the King,
which, he viewed with such patriotic abhor-
renee and rePrehended with so much severity.
Just below Newburg is Cold Spring, near
which, nestles, in dense foliage, upon plateau
elevated some distance above the river. the
residence of the American songster, Morris.
Opposite to Cold Spring rises in gloomy gran
deur, almost perpendicularly from the water,
the old Gro Nest. 1t were worth to me all
the trouble aud turmoil of the whole journey, |
to look up from the river below at the frown-
ng crest of old Gro Nest, The genius of
Drake has consecra' ed and ballowed it, and it !
IS now almost sacred. 1t was here that tie |
'cintillations of his mind, brighter than the !
glowing sunlight of the hills, shed their lnstre
upon the Court of the Culprit Fay"
Then we approached and passed West Point,
including which, the Crow Nest, Butler Hill, |
Beacon Hill, and Breakneck Hill, the finest |
scenery, the most rich and impressive on ali
.he Hudson. Dodworth did not fail in testi-
yIng his respect for the great national seat of /
Military Education, and Hail Columbia, the |
and other airs, mingled with the |
music OF the waters, as they rippled in an eel
Ike, spiral line below" 1t is but a few miles
i'll we reach Peekskill, the birthplace and rest.
ng-place OF John Paulding, the leader of the
no who captured Major Andre. Then the
liver is studded with towns, and villages. and
'lllas, all the way to the city. cannot now take
lime to enter into details 1t is all along classic.
historical, beautiful. Here is the little sea of
laverstraw, now a narrower pass, and next o.
'ens out the smooth, silvery Tappan Sea-then
zones Iarrytown, where, all the sohool-child-
EN- remember, that Andre was arrested-and
little way up the creek which here falls in:o
he Hudson, is the famous spot where Brom
3ones and Ichabod Crane had their midnight
ace. did not see the bridge over the stream,
where the pumpkin fell, and rolled to the un-
tterable horror of Ichabod, but I saw the
tream which it spauned, and up and down
'hich the denizens Of Sleepy Hollow, lead
heir children, rehearsing the story of the
GalloPing HessiaD." Nesr by is "Sunny
ide." Who is there that loves his country
: his country's literature, whose heart would
ot leap at behoiding the antique gables and
odest spire, which mark the home of Irvingf
One is absolutely Overpow cred by the scenes I
i'd associations which now greet him on all :
inds. The entire Eastern bank of the Hud ( !
N is covered with villages and the superb 1
sldences of the New Workers. As You pass a
u may note Dobb's Ferry, Hastings. Yon-
RS, Spuyten Duyvel, Tubby Hook, Manhat- i
nville, HOboken, and Jersey CITY; but il c
ems one continuous line of human life. CITY e
g. We landed at the foot Of Chambers
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