Rand . river. There are two parks, and capital roads for driving in alldirections. Water is pure and abundant, and the drainage isnatural and thorough; the city is lighted by gas and electricity,has street cars in all directions, a capable police and fire brigade,and a watchful Board of Health. Its seven public schools are ofa high order. One among them, the Glebe School, in ClintonStreet, is the regular successor of a series of schools, which beganin 1752, and was sustained by a part of the revenues of the Glebelands, appropriated by the Government for the support of divineservice and teachin
Rand . river. There are two parks, and capital roads for driving in alldirections. Water is pure and abundant, and the drainage isnatural and thorough; the city is lighted by gas and electricity,has street cars in all directions, a capable police and fire brigade,and a watchful Board of Health. Its seven public schools are ofa high order. One among them, the Glebe School, in ClintonStreet, is the regular successor of a series of schools, which beganin 1752, and was sustained by a part of the revenues of the Glebelands, appropriated by the Government for the support of divineservice and teaching in the infant colony. Another is the New-burgh Academy, which also grew out of the Glebe funds, about1790, and was the first institution of higher learning in all thisregion. It is now the citys high school, and occupies a new andcommodious building on Montgomery Street. To these must beadded three schools under the care of the Roman Catholicchurches, and eight private schools, notable among which are. WEST POINT TO NEWBUIIGH. 117 Mount St. Marys Academy and Miss Mackies for girls, andSiglars preparatory sdiool for boys. Besides tliis, tlie city wellsupports a Free Library and Reading-room, with over 17,000volumes—one of the most admirable public libraries in the easternUnited States; it is at No. 100 Grand Street. Music also receivesa large amount of attention, and there is a pretty theater. Newburgh is the home of many wealthy and refined families,and the amenities of life are cultivated. Among her citizens of wide reputation are Joel T. Headley, the]author of many works of history, biography, and travel—writtenI in a popular manner—and one of the earliest exponents of the(beauty of the Upper Hudson and the Adirondacks. Mr, Head-I ley has lived here over thirty years,and is now ninety years of Other citizens of note have been Henry Kirke Brown, thesculptor; Charles and Andrew Downing, pomologists and land-I scape gardeners; Judge J. Monell, the jurist, and many
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