This is the only public statue in the city of New York, if we except a small sandstone one in the City Hall Park, and a marble one of William Pitt, at the corner of Franklin Street and West Broadway, which stood at the junction of Wall and William Streets, when the old war for independence broke out. The latter is only a torso, the head and arms having been broken off by the British soldiery after Sir William Howe took possession of the city in the autumn of 1776.*' In our little picture we look up the Fourth Avenue, Avhich extends to Harlem, and from which proceed two great railways, namely, the Harlem, leading to Albany, and the New Haven, that connects with all the railways in New England. On the left, by the side of Union Park, is seen a marquee, the head-quarters of

This broken statue has disappeared since the above was written.

THE HUDSON.

a regiment of Zouave volunteers for the United States army. These signs of war might then be seen in all parts of the city.

Let us turn here and ride through broad Fourteenth Street, towards the East River, passing the Opera House on the way. "We are going to visit the oldest living thing in the city of New York, -- an ancient peartree, at the corner of Thirteenth Street and Third Avenue. It was

rXIOX PARI,

brought from Holland by Peter Stuyvcsant, the last and most renowned of the governors of New Netherland (New York) while it belonged to the Dutch. Stuyvesant brought the tree from Holland, and planted it in his garden in the year 1647. I believe it was never known to fail in bearing fruit. Many of the pears have been preserved in liquor as curiosities.