The first glimpse of Cold Spring village from the road is from the northern slope of an eminence thickly sprinkled with boulders, which commands a perfect view of the whole amphitheatre of hills, and the river winding among them. "We turned into a rude gate on the left, and followed a newly-beaten track to the brow of this eminence, on the southern verge of which Eossiter, the eminent painter (a copy of whose picture of ' Washington at Mount Vernon ' was presented to the Prince of Wales at the National Capitol in 1860), is erecting an elegant villa. The house was nearly completed, but the grounds around were in a state of transition from the ruggedness of the wilderness to the mingled aspects of Art and Nature, formed by the direction of good taste. It is a delightful place for an artist to reside, commanding one of the most extensive and picturesque views to be found in all that Highland region. The river is seen broken into lakes, in appearance ; and on all sides rise in majesty the everlasting hills. Only at one point -- a magnificent vista between Mount Taurus and the Storm King -- can the world without be seen. Through it a glimpse may be had of the beautiful country around Newburgh.

Below us we could hear the deep breathing of furnaces, and the sullen, monotonous pulsations of trip-hammers, busily at work at the "West Point Foundry, the most extensive and complete of the iron- works of the United States. Following a steep, stony ravine that forms the bed of a watercourse during rain-storms, we descended to these works, which lie at the head of a marshy cove, and at the mouth of a deep gorge, through which flows a clear mountain stream called Foundry Creek.