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LETTER FROM ALBANY.

LETTER FROM ALBANY.
co7resDondence of the Gazette.
........... ALBANY, July 19, 1865. 81
Those Of our citizens who visit New York
N business, or otherwise, will find their con:
venience greatly promoted and their expenses
,ensibly dimished, (no small consideration IN
these times by patronizing the hotels kept
N the European plan, of which there are now
mite number in that city. They can get
what they please for their meals and eat them
when and where they please, and be, in every
resnect. much more independent than they
would be in an old fashioned hotel. AS to
cost, speak from experience; was as well
accommodated at the Brandreth House in
that city, as I am here for more than twice
the cost.
The trip up the Hudson has been so often
described that it may seem superiuous to
allude to it, but, as all your readers, may not
have made it, [ ventures al the 1isk OF being
tedious, to attempt an account OF It. You
leave N ev York at / to s, in a fine large
steamer, usually crowded with passengers, and
frequently with musicians on board, and soon
after leaving the city, you come to the sites OF
the old forts, Washington and Lee, so famous
Revolutionary history, beyond which, COM
mence the Palisades, most curious and roman.
tic looking rocks, rising perpendicularly from
The river to from twice to FIVE times the height
of our market house steeple, and resembling
! huge stone stockade, more than anything
else I can think Of. Half way up these, extend
0iIesot debris OF loose stones, covered tor the
most part with thick growth Of low bushes
and trees and washed at the base by the waters
of the river, there being scarcely ever any
beach to be seen. Beyond the Palisades,
which extend perhaps thirty miles on the east
side Of the river, it widehs for some distance,
but soon contracts, exhibiting tall cliffs and
mountains, one of which, the Dunderberg,
rises to the height / think, of nearly a thou
sand feet The scenery about West Point is
Of the most magnificent description; Cozzen's
Hotel, and the Military Academy itself, stand
upon rocks which rise, precipiatously 200 feet
from the river, which in many places, seems
to be 8 lake from which there is no egfess, so
grandly does it wind among the lofty and wood
crowned hills. In some places, the width is q
mile and half, in others not more than a
hundred yards, and upon its banks are hun
dreds spots, consecrated by the heroism Of the
Revolution, or made immortal by the genius
Of Irving. Stony Point, the scene of the
great exploit Of MAD Anthony Forts
Clinton and Montgomery, Tarrytown and
Esopus, remind us Of the days that tried
mems SOULS" while the Catskill Mountains
and Sleepy Hollow, with Sunnyside itself
which sits calmly upon the beautiful shore,
recall the memory Of the latter. The towns
too; Yonkers, (the prettiest village ever
ever saw; Haverstraw, Peekskill Pough-
keepsie; Rhinebeck Rounderit, Coxsaekle,
New Baltimore, Catskil, Hudson and q host
ofothers, are, for the most part, beautifully
situated and seem to be doing tiourlshlng
business. Upon the river, are met dozens OF
steamers, towing barges; multltudes OF river
craft and many RATS from Lake Champlaln;
and these with the many islands jn the stream,
bep to make the trip most interesting one.
You arrive at Albany, usually by i've o'clock.
FIDELIs.
Hon. Emerson Etheridge, now held under,
arrest by the military authorities for making
some Objectionable speeches, has written
long and rambling letter to the President. 1t