NFw'YoRK Cry. July. l846. .
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NEw YoRK CRY, July, 1916.
| The National Hotel, at which we are
now staying, is kept in building re-
Gently erected. 1t is on Courtand street,
few doors from Broadway, and is one OF
the loftiest houses in the city, being nine
stories high. From the top we had view
to-day Of the whole Island, the rivers and
surrounding places-a sight worth the trip
from Washington. | am more fully con-
vinced every day, that one who has never
seen such a city as this, can form no ade-
quate conception of its vastness and variety
from mere reading, or even from conyersa-
tions with those who have witnessed it;
and If slight acquaintance with New York
leads me thus to write, what, suppose you,
would be my words could pen you let
ter from London or Paris


have spent the most of to- day in stroll
ling aboutthe streets, and along the wharves.
Months might be passed thus with profit,
but our time here is getting short; two days
more and we shall leave for Albany, Troy,
and Saratoga. We have some idea of sus-
pending our visit to Boston, and returning
to your city rather sooner than we al first
contemplated; for, having seen this city, and
become perfectly satisfied that 'sthe eye is
never satisfied with SEEING" we fear to ven-
ture into the New England States where
every little town would be worthy of Wis
it. We think Of reserving this part of the
country for trip at some future day, when
we can go directly there and spend a few
weeks in the Yankee land alone. In our
present visit we had proposed to do more
than can be accomplished in the time we
allowed ourselves. True, we shall return
rather sooner than we expected, but should
we continue our journey, we should be de-
tanned so much longer than we contempla-
ted, that it would interfere with our ar
engagements al nome I1au we SIX weeks
to spare we might 90 OF, but having limit
ed ourselves to three, we shall be com.
PEELED to return after a few days up North
river. ..


Yesterday we took a steamboat ride to
Brooklyn, considerable town opposite this
city on the East river. We had fair view
of the great Tunnel through which the Long
Island Rrilroad passes under Atlantic street.
It is $3.50 feet long, and cost 500 900. -
There are many other objects OF interest in
Brooklyn, but the few minutes we were
here did not allow us to see them. The
'ame was the case in reference to Camden.
opposite Philadelphia, ON the Delaware,
which we visited last week, but had SO shor,
time to remain, that we could form bu,
title knowledge oft 10 this age Of steam
md electricity, we seem 10 be 100 much in
hurry, and hence we often pass over