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city like this, partaking as it does of the metropolitan character of our great neighbor over the river

To set down and write to the “Roaring River Republican” a complete exposure of the disgraceful motives

One is the drying up of a clear transparent brooklet; and one the quenching of a river, more extensive

about the same from the principal steamboat landings—Peck Slip and Piers No. 4, and thereabouts, North River

; about three quarters of a mile to the Hudson River Railroad station at Chambers Street, corner College

Its population and its productions, its mountians and its rivers have been shrouded in fable.

Those claiming to know, formerly asserted that many a noble river, unable to reach the great natural

genial tropical clime; he fell in with the Niger, of the Joliba, as the natives called this magnificent river

the great desert, and west of the island Mozambique, which, like our own Minnesota, gives rise to rivers

What has become confessedly needed over the wild and unknown regions that lie between the Missouri river

nobody travels, far below the great lines of travel—and thence run through the dreary deserts of Red River

as this of the Overland Mail, ought to have been Independence, (latitude 40 degrees,) on the Kansas river

proprietors of the Pictorial World, to the best artist picturing 'the baptism of Christ, by immersion in the river

lady trails her drooping drapery along the street which stretches like a line of light toward the River

Every morning and evening the East and North Rivers ought to show not hundreds but thousands and tens

Weimer, in the East River, should teach those who desire to bathe, but cannot swim, the propriety of

shilling, why then, sooner than abstain from bathing, you may run the risk of being drowned in the River—there

Tuthill—to reduce River street to the width of 80 feet. By Mr.

it—commanding a wide view of as noble a panorama as there is in the world—we mean the bay, shores, river

Hudson entered here and discovered the North River, Long Island, and what is now New York island.

hundred European settlers in the colony, including those on Manhattan Island, and on this side of the river

In some respects, this side of the river has more claims to be considered the representative first settlement

of the Dutch in the New World, than the location of our neighbors over westward of the East River.

He was partially responsible for the expansion of Brooklyn into swamplands on the East River.

It was feared that the British fleet might make an attempt to land, and cross the river in the same way

were, the majority of them, so near the Old Ferry, that water was relied upon to be obtained from the river

These fronted toward the South, and had large gardens, sloping northward down to the river, of which

were some of the peculiarities of domestic life in the Dutch settlement here on both sides of the river

was sent over in "a small Norsey-Barque of 25 tons," to begin a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut river

The Hudson River is named for him. in these waters, our time does not now admit.

carrying out and extension of the wharves and piers on both the New York and Brooklyn sides of the river

as unfit for sea purposes—which hulks the invading British army brought round and anchored in our river

desired to attend the ministrations of a regularly ordained clergyman, on the Sabbath, had to cross the river

regular and full, and had many accessions from Flatbush, Gravesend, and from New Amsterdam, across the river

Those stretched away down to the river, from the upper part of Fulton street.

under ground, a passage of Acheron-like solemnity and darkness, In Greek mythology Acheron is the river

from north to south, from east to west,—from Bangor to Galena, from the Penobscot to the Savannah river

counter-celebration here; for literally every one went from both districts of this city to the other side of the river

The hegira across the East River commenced at an early hour yesterday morning, and continued all the

Every car going towards the ferries, every boat plying on the river, and every vehicle in New York plying

from the river to Broadway, was crowded.

The shipping in the river was almost universally in “full dress,” all their colors and signals flying

The Croton Dam, originally built in 1842 on the Croton River, was the first clean water system in New

The situation is high, and overlooks the North River.

far, on farms, or occasionally away in the lumber woods, or perhaps taking a trip down or up the rivers

THE FOUR CROSSING RIVERS.

all come together, and, as it were, fall in and deliver and transfer to each other, like four big rivers

authority certain streets have been closed, so as to cut off access on the part of the public to the river

America not only contains the biggest rivers, the amplest lakes and prairies, the most prolific mines

permeable land drains and sewers should be provided, to discharge into the natural water courses and rivers

That as outfalls are already provided by streams and rivers for the discharge of the natural waters,

provided, to discharge without intermission into the said artificial outfalls, independently of the rivers

As the Eastern District of Brooklyn, especially the Greenpoint portion, and all along our East River

Thus they promenaded, by rapid marches, amid heat, dust, rain or snow, crossing mountains, fording rivers

Over the river, in New York city, among the people, the “Liberty Boys” were not content with the ringing

The Frazer River Ferment The FRAZER RIVER FERMENT.

The arrival of the Moses Taylor, yesterday, put us in possession of the fact that the Frazer River excitement

which has absorbed public attention here during last fortnight may be expressed in two words—“Frazer River

adult white men in this State; 12,000 (some say 22,000) or one in ten, have already gone to Frazer River

lads, who go in the water “not sufficiently versed in swimming, or who venture in bad parts of the river

are not sure but the fear of such arrests often drives boys, and men too, into those places of the river

(always commendable in man, woman, or child,) of laving the whole body with the cool waters of the river

Weehawken, Greenwood Cemetery, the ships sailing down the Narrows to the South, and the boats on the East River

vapor of our sugar-kettles, so much vaunted as a cure, is of no more benefit than the vapor of a North river

We would walk down “Love Lane,” and stand upon “Clover Hill,” and view the bay and river.

vegetation, a clear surplus of 500,000 gallons per annum, which ordinarily would go to the supply of rivers

(Boston) surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230 '' '' 62 feet under surface . . . 2,210 Hudson River

(at Albany) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,320 Mohawk River (at Cohoes) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,880 Patroon's

Creek (used for Albany Water Works) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,720 Thames River (at

London . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,000 New River (supply for London) . . . . . . . . . . 19,200 Hampstead

On a gentle elevation by the banks of the river flowing through the garden, stands the Human Father,

How soothing and sweet the evening souse in the river, or the swimming bath, or along the sea-shore!

file of the people who don't live in brown stone fronts and are glad to get a couple of weeks "up the river

craned forward and tow-colored hair, stare and stumble; perhaps there is a bustle, like an eddy in a river

gradual reduction of duties until the year 1842, when they were to be 20 percent, or under" (Blair and River

The city of the wide Potomac, the queenly river, lined with softest, greenest hills and uplands.

There is no place in the city, or for miles and miles off, or down or up the river, but what you see

Sometimes from the river, coming up through Seventh-street, you see a long, long string of them, slowly

But this city, even in the crude state it is to-day, with its buildings of to-day, with its ample river

the California, Idaho and Colorado regions (two-thirds of our territory lies west of the Mississippi River

STREETS—ARCHITECTURE OF THE LANDING—HOLT'S HOTEL, AND THE BUILDER—THE CLERKS—THE BOAT—VIEW FROM THE RIVER—CROSSING

Fulton Street, stretching from Brooklyn Heights into lower Manhattan separated by the East River, is

Who has crossed the East River and not looked with admiration on the beautiful view afforded from the

She too, has her high banks, and they show admirably from the river.

Soon, now, will come the time for big cakes of ice in the river.

Whitman alludes to the California Gold Rush of 1849, where the discovery of gold in the American River