,3^S we passed the foot of Cro' Nest, wo caught pleasant glimpses of West Point, where the government of the United States has a military school, and in a few moments the whole outline of the promontory and the grand ranges of hills around and beyond it, was in full view. We landed in a sheltered cove a little above Camp Town, the station of United States troops and other residents at the Point, and climbed a very steep hill to the Cemetery upon its broad and level summit, more than a hundred feet above the river. It is a shaded, quiet, beautiful retreat, consecrated to the repose of the dead, and having thoughtful visitors at all hours on pleasant days.

' There, side by side, the dark green cedars cluster, Like sentries watching by that camp of deatli ; There, like an army's tents, -with snow-white lustre, The grave-stones gleam beneath.

'Few are the graves, for here no populous city Feeds, with its mjTiad lives, the hungry Fate ; While hourly funerals, led by grief or pity. Crowd through the open gate.

'Here sleep brave men, who, in the deadly quarrel, Fought for their country, and their life-blood poui-ed ;

Above whose dust she carves the deathless laurel, Wreathing the victor's sword.

"And here the young cadet, in manly beauty,

Bonie from the tents which skirt those rocky banks, Called from life's daily drill and perilous duty To these unbroken ranks "

The most conspicuous object in the Cemetery is the Cadet's Monument, situated at the eastern angle. It is a short column, of castle form, composed of light brown hewn stone, surmounted by military emblems