The whole has now been tumbled into ruins, and from the site is to rise speedily a large hotel. -- N. Y. Journal of Commerce^ Dec. 23, 1850.

The Rev. Dr. Kunze, mentioned in the above article, died on 24th July, 1807, aged 63 ; he sustained the pastoral office in New-York for tw^enty-three years. -- Greenleafs History of the jyew-YorIc Churches.

RING FOUND ON BURGOYNE'S CAMP GROUND. We have seen a very handsome gold and enamel mourning ring that was found in June last, in Greenwich, Washington

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county, on the banks of the Hudson. This relic was found about two miles north of the place w^here General Burgoyne surrendered to General Gates, October 7, 1777, and where the former General had liis encampment. The ring was found by a boy, while he was planting a field, and is in a perfect state, the enamel bearing, in distinct gold letters, " Robert Johnson, Ob. 16, Nov. 1775. M. 71." The probability is that the ring belonged to some officer of the British army. -- JV'. F. Herald^ Dec. 25, 1850.

INTERESTING ITEMS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF NEW- YORK.

We are indebted for the following facts to the polite attention of the obliging correspondents whose names are attached to the respective paragraphs :

First Vessel on Lake Erie. -- The first vessel on our western akes was the " GnffmP The keel was laid by La Salle on 26th of January, 1679, at the mouth of the Cayuga Creek, on the American side of the Niagara, about six miles above the great Falls. The place selected by La Salle was long after used as a ship yard by the Americans, and is now familiarly known as the " Old ship yard." The precise date when the ship w^as launched is uncertain -- it must have been in May or early in June, 1679, for Fatlier Hennepin visited Fort Frontenac after it was launched, and reached the dock on his return on the 4th of August.