From this place the noble Hudson appears in all its glory. The edifice is built of brick in the Eli/abethian style. The exterior presents quite the beau ideal of an old Enghsh country residence. A pretty lodge in the rural gothic order adorned the entrance of the grounds, but has given way to a progress of the age ; which by cutting streets through the old domain, long since separated the place into many streets. Mr. Thomas W. Ludlow is the youngest son of Thomas Ludlow, Esq., who was Marshal of the Court of Admiralty in lySo." The family of Ludlow derives its surname from the ancient town so denominated, in the county of Salop, England. They afterv/ards removed to High Deverell in Wihshire, about the middle of the 14th centur>-; at which time lived "William Ludlow, Esq., of High Deverell, from whom Uneally descended Sir Henry Ludlow, Knt. of Maiden Bradley, in the county of Wilts, IM. P. for that shire, father of Edmund Ludlow, the celebrated Republican General during the civil wars, who died in exile, at Vevay, in Switzerland, in 1693, where a monument is erected to his memory. The half brother of Sir Henry Ludlow, was Edmund Ludlow, Esq. ancestor of the American branch. Of this family, is Henry Ludlow, Usq.

Near the city of Yonkers, is situated the farm and residence of the late Elijah Rich. Directly opposite the house, a commanding eminence of rocks rises very abruptly. Up the side of this steep precipice, General Washington, pursued by the enemy's patrol, was compelled to fly to escape capture. From the high grounds in the rear, are fme views of the river. • Here, in 1777, a memorable engagement took place between the two British frigates, the Rose and the Phanix, which lay off at anchor, and the gun-boats of the patriots which sallied out of the harbor of Yonkers, having in tow a large tender filled with combustibles, intenda Ili.-i sriiiT of office h still preserv.-d at'Yoakers In the Kbiipe of a silver oar, Inscribed "Court o£ Vicu Adiuiralty, New York.."