"We remember passing through that region before the hand of man was put forth for its redemption, and seeing the huge bouldei's -- the "wandering rocks" of the geologist -- strewn over the surface of the earth like apples beneath fruitful trees after an autumn storm. The change that had been wrought was marvellous. Another was about to take place. A few weeks after the visit here mentioned, that fine building delineated in the picture was destroyed by fire. The writer was passing by, in the evening, on the railway on the eastern side of the river, with a copy of the London Art

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Journal in which theso sketches were first published, containing this picture, while the building was in flames. Mr, Cozzens soon erected a more spacious one on the high rocky bluff overlooking Buttermilk Falls, a very short distance from the site of the other.

Between Cozzeris's and the mountains is a small cruciform stone church, erected years before the hotel was contemplated, chiefly by the contribution of Professor Robert W. "Weir, of "West Point, the eminent historical painter, and one of the best of men in all the relations of life. It is really a memorial church, built in commemoration of his two sainted children,

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and called " The Church of the Holy Innocents." For this pious purpose he devoted a portion of the money which he received from the United States Government for his picture of ' The Embarkation of the Pilgrims,' now in the Rotunda of the National Capitol. Divine service, according to the modified ritual of the Church of England, is held there regularly, and the seats are free to all who choose to occupy them. We trust our friend, whose modest nature shrinks from notoriety, will pardon us for this revelation of his sacred deed.