Home authors and home artists; or, American scenery, art, and literature . he snow, down the slippery de-clivities, we at last reached the bottom of the gorge and looked up atthe wonderful arch, which spanned it as lightly as a rainbow. Firm-set on its base of eternal granite, it gave not the slightest quiver when«>ur train passed over. Although made of perishable materials, it willlast as long as they hold together, for its mountain abutments cannotbe shaken. Seen from below, the impression it makes upon the eyeis most complete and satisfactory, combining the extreme of lightnessand grace
Home authors and home artists; or, American scenery, art, and literature . he snow, down the slippery de-clivities, we at last reached the bottom of the gorge and looked up atthe wonderful arch, which spanned it as lightly as a rainbow. Firm-set on its base of eternal granite, it gave not the slightest quiver when«>ur train passed over. Although made of perishable materials, it willlast as long as they hold together, for its mountain abutments cannotbe shaken. Seen from below, the impression it makes upon the eyeis most complete and satisfactory, combining the extreme of lightnessand grace with strength and inflexible solidity. A few yards furtherup the mountain, the cloven chasm, over which the gnarled pines hangtheir sombre boughs, widens to a rocky basin, into which falls a cas-cade seventy feet in height, whence the ravine takes its name. Theaccompanying engraving, from the view taken by Mr. Talbot, thoughit may appear exaggerated to one wdio has never beheld the reality,conveys no more than a just idea of the bold and striking characterof this THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, WEST POINT. The Church of the Holy Innocents is situated on the wesl bant ofthe Hudson, in the very heart of the Highlands, and about a milesouth of the Military Academy at West Point. It was built in the years 46 and47, and consecrated in July ofthe latter year by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Delancey. Rumor lias so highly colored the history of its origin, as to enlistin its behalf a degree of interest which may not be materially lessenedby a simple statement of the truth. While two or three persons at West Point were contemplating aplace for the erection of a Church, somewhere near the spot on whichthe one in question now stands, lor the benefit of the neighboringpopulation, and as a centre of missionary operations in the surround-ing country, embracing a, large section of the Highlands, one of theirnumber—Prof. I!. W. Weir moved l>\ an afflictive dispensation ofGods providence,
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