Daily Republican., 1882-08-21
TRENTON FALLS
,.uTFUL TR7P-ROMAN.
DEL aISTORECAL SCENERY
20 az TIE HUDSON.

" s ot tSip fsom the metropolis q psiA-
re 70 @ salS Wilmington as you are
Rwe leI' ~ the 18th inst. and arrived
ar0 % 0,sSSterday, SI and although We
pIe :yWsS yUSS by slow stages; stopping as
Hnrney'TIiI ,ss az at many places on the
'pu wiz consider it one Of the most
Apte, T., TV VrIns Ihave ever experienced.
\ GSS,s, go"te from your city 70 New York s :
SS.mslisr r 70 almost every ooay ana S..t !
ism, iniT say that we went through
\ onty yobanse an Of cars, and arrived at
thouSc citT Gn" about half past three in the
FSey "" We took the boat at Des.
erpUOI,i SO street ferry, and were soon
Csse1 W. IN New York City. Here every
pceo larosd ~ ns to be noise and confusion,
|ng sOSt S teams rushing here and there.
q anu anu s and bustle, and ! felt relieved
nuiiy ,ye I wsre safely seated on the
o. n,acspt S steamer Sc. John for a trip
sSa Grand and historical Hudson
Ino kbs 81, John deserves more
ei easing notice as she Is one OF
y sI.d. Ri rivsr steamers in the world.
" nnIS hoat can indeed be called a float
mSls ". and everything on board Is
Style Of grandeur that entities ner
I"s SSb hat name. The line has been
@ UOSration nearly forty years, and
pPoh Paii ho called q national institu-
,ohles on this boat will equal
~ ~ the best hotels in the country,
T. ssamed to me that no matter
. vs called for. 1t was forthcoming
.tata.rooms and saloons are splen-
Snd Il must indeed be a chronic
,"hler who could find anything to
plain Of in either. .un.
Started, was spent on ths upper
snioying a view of New York
and harbOr. wish that pos
Al the descriptive powers OF a
gSeus to draw you o pen picture OF
many interesting sights and scenes
.stAntly transpiriDg on the river In
h Of the great metropolis. When
atarted panorama of beauty open
before us, that was as grand as IT
unexpected.
he Hudson river is one ofthe grand
N the world and the varied scenery
moi be excelled if equaled by any.
he travellers have pronounce 1t
ndsr than the Rhine, and George
lliam Curtis in speaking OF 1t says:
4 European river is so lordly In its
ling, none flows in such state to the
we passed along the front of the city
viewed its long lines Of crowded
Ks, and the forest of masts, we felt
New York is great and commerce
|tS profit.
Fs pazed with wonder upon the rocky
Sades which lowered upon our left
east 800 feet high. Ten miles above
city we passed Forts Lee and WASH
bon, and my mind reverted to the
ring SCIENCES which where enacted
heir vicinity over q hundred years
Seven miles further up we epassed
beautiful city Of Youkers and near
Il are the buildings Of the Academy
Mount St. Vincent, one Of which Is
nted out as the place where Edwin
rest, the great American tragedian,
b lived. Several small towns were
sed, when our attention was direc-
TO Sunnyside, once the homo Of
Ellington Irwin.
Diher objects Of interest seemed to
le by, and Sing Sirg, the noted pris.
with Its gloomy walls, is left. in the
b We next passed through what
nOwn as the Highlands, a grand
1ntain group through which the
olson seems to force its way in
npt but graceful curves. On the
towering toward the clouds, 10 the
y front Of Dunderberg Mountain,
on the right Anthony's Nose.
ne OF these precipices rise from the
ler'S edge to a height Of 1900 feet,
are grand beycnu description. On
left bank Of the river, in the very
ny Of the Highlands, Is West Point
pits celebrated military academy,
. short distance further up is New
igh. Here is an old stone building
ply discernable In the failing light
lCh was once occupied by General
Pshington as his headquarters during
war fer independence. Further up,
ABOUT ten miles west of the river
are the Catskill Mountains, which
ne darkness is settling upon them
LGe long range of clouds, and
at least one of the peaks is 1000
high.
the sable curtain of night were
Nn around the earth it shut out
scenes OF beauty upon which we
Oeen teasting, and the chilly night
warned us to seek our state rooms,
ie we were soon locked in the arms
pOrpheus. When we awoke the
morning the noble steamer was at
Woarf in Albany, and after q
ptuous breakfast on board, we took
CSlS OF the Delaware & Hudson
Vompany's Railroad and a de.
LGlrlde OF some forty miles through
Suty cultivated country brought us
UaVe House, which we reached
s@n o'clock, and after a short
up MIL came to the hotel. This
eegsns stone structure, we'll
~ with broad cool piazza which
oUks a fertile valley In front and q
u me Catskills IN the distance.
nOlel Is elegantly furnished and
Tsnce rnSice to the cave is direct from
G'ag. We had no sooner enter
Su ! telt momentary chill, which
easily accounted for when ] learp-
" y !he atmosphere In the cave is
w. uegrees. The sensation upon
Nv Ss = ABOUT the same AZ plunsing
y cavern is krown as Howe's cave
Sr Sa Ueagty, variety and extent is
nau rgSsled by the Mammoth Cave of
iiOAy' The interior, as far az the
70 os Sow lghted with gas, andIthe
ru, vi the brilliant light upon the
y. ilses is grand beyond exception.
bs s' s1used Entered the Reception Room
biS1agot iSSslgot that greeted our eJ gu was
Son1. a,o The walls, ceiling and
ma sse covered with crystal which
lmnlin Vu IN the light like diamonds,
4 Ust nUs made one believe that he
N r0 ~ 81 u the fictious caverns de.
Eoria "a me Arabian Nights.
u mu mat l could describe it all,
ettos ~ hasten to conclusion as
lSb,YuSi y already too long. We had
cS0,ou i ride oD the lake in the
under OF the cave, hundreds of
that that tne ground, and the two
seenaS SS spent in this wonderful
'Ueed almost like n dream,