The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . cover to chevaux-de-frise and other obstructions placed inthe river Jaetween that point and Fort Lee, to prevent the British shipsgoing up the Hudson. The remains of this redoubt, in the form of grassymounds covered with small cedars, are prominent upon the point, as seenin the engraving above. The ruins of Fort Washington, in similar form,were also very conspicuous until within a few years, and a flag staff 380 THE HUDSON. marked tlie place of the citadel. But the ruthless hand of pride, forgetfulof the past, and of all patriotic allegiance to the
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . cover to chevaux-de-frise and other obstructions placed inthe river Jaetween that point and Fort Lee, to prevent the British shipsgoing up the Hudson. The remains of this redoubt, in the form of grassymounds covered with small cedars, are prominent upon the point, as seenin the engraving above. The ruins of Fort Washington, in similar form,were also very conspicuous until within a few years, and a flag staff 380 THE HUDSON. marked tlie place of the citadel. But the ruthless hand of pride, forgetfulof the past, and of all patriotic allegiance to the most cherished traditionsof American citizens, has levelled the mounds, and removed the flag-staff;and that spot, consecrated to the memory of valorous deeds and courageoussuffering, must now be sought for in the kitchen-garden or ornamentalgrounds of some •wealthy citizen, whose choice celery or bed of verbenashas greater charms than the green sward of a hillock beneath whichreposes the dust of a soldier of the old war for independence!. ASYLUM FOR THE DEAF AND DrMB. Soldiers buried here? inquires the startled resident. Yes; yourvilla, your garden, your beautiful lawn, are all spread out over the dustof soldiers, for all over these heights the blood of Americans, English-men, and Germans flowed freely in the autumn of 1776, when the fortwas taken by the British after one of the hardest struggles o4 the than two thousand Americans were captured, and soon filled theloathsome prisons and prison-ships of New York. Near the river-bank, on the south-western slope of Mount Washington,is the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, one of several THE HUDSON. 381 retreats for the unfortunate, situated upon the Hudson shore of ManhattanIsland. It is one of the oldest institutions of the kind in the UnitedStates, the act of the Legislature of New York incori:)orating it being datedon the day (April 15, 1817) when the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumbat Hartford, Connecticut, was
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