Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-04-29
; DOttings by the Way.
Correspondence Of the Keooee Courier.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

t CHlCAGO, lLLlNOIS,
April 18th, 1870.
DEAR COURIER: We left New York on
the 18th inst, at 10 o'clock a. M, via Hud
son River, Albany and Suspension Bridge, or
Niagara Falls Railroad, and reached this city
at a, M, this morning--distance, 967 miles.
The scenery, along the Hudson River, is sur.
passing, grand, sublime and picturesque, the
railway passing the whole distance from New
York City just along the banks of the beauti.
+ full Hudson. Tho first place out from New
York is little, hard town, called Yonkers,
and from that to Aibany--distance IA
miles-you are scarcely out of town-passing
the great State Prison-Sing. Sing, and the
West Point Military Academy, situated not
far from Peekskill, and right amongst the
Peekskill Mountains, whore down into the
river, ever and anon, dashes bold mountain
stream, and just before it is allowed to main.
tain its wildness, as amongst the hills, you
find a manufactory of some kind, that has
utilitized its waters for the great benefit of
mankind. The most noted towns are New.
burg, Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Rhine
Cliff, Germantown, New Hamburg, Tiyoli,
Rock Quarry, &C., and many of them the
summer resorts Of the Now York nabobs.--
Far to the west, you view the celebrated
Catskill Mountains, now covered with snow.
Hudson, not far below Albany, is at the juno.
ton Of Boston railroad, and from this point
boats on the Hudson River discharge an i'm.
msnse amount Of eight--lumber, coal and
oil. The river il about one half mile wide here.
We stopped at Albany one hour--- Legislature
in session, And here, you will recolleot, one
of our "so.called" State Senators was schooled
10 politics, e., the eirreprcssible') Albany
is great place of trade ); has her manufacto.
ries Of various kinds; her immense lumber.
yards and stockyards; her population, per.
herhaps 100000 Leaving this place, at
O'clock p. M, tho next place Of note was
Schenectady, one Of tho oldest towns ia the
State; and just back of her, lin the iawild
woods" the great John Brown tract Of noun.
famous and uninhabited lands, where the
bear, the DEER tho wild cat, &o., roam, almost
undisturbed. 'Tis q cold and rugged and
very mountainous section, ranging 10 the
head of the Hudson and lakes Of Canada
The snow arounds US nowi is pretty deep, but
il melting fast; and as we pass up the Mo.
hawk Valley, tho Mohawk River Is running
over its banks from the heavy rains a day.or
two ago and tha snow melting. The next
place Of naueh interest is Utica, with q popu.
Iation Of 40, 900 persons. Then Syracuse The
prettiest town ia the world, with her 1000
inhabitants. Here, we, telievc, is tho State
Lunatio Asylunl fperhaps, back OF Utoa,)
and Her great sails works. 4 Thea ERoohestef,
with her, 80, 900 iinhabitants--and from this
region d. W6O. Tillotson came to West Tn.
iop, s. g., lob vshe instance OF Jos, Gr.shapa,
and taught school two years, sas many Of. bib
pupils viii recolleot. Then the next place o1
note is Leckpost, takes its name, ,wS sappoac
| from ths nnmtst ~ tooks she has (fiinne, wt
/ think; on the Laks Eve Canal, II. pass