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Show Items from our Corrcsiondent. Wo hnvo saftly orrited in New York, saw n few of Its sights and by 11 o'clock to-day will be ready to bid adieu to Atncricnforn'rtliort tlmo. Tho ride.ncross.New York stnto from Uuifnlo .was .the inost.dellghtfiil of our Journey ns on it wc saw lomo of the prettiest scenery .whlch.fs.found among the mountains of this region. For miles and tulles we followed the windings wind-ings oftlierltcr which is lined with tluiberaiid Ji:s on Us banks many thrling,towns which lu summer nre Inhabited by many of the city people who go Into the mountains for Mtcatlon, Thcso mountains are Aery dltlerent Irom what wo scent homo ns they are not ro high not rugged but more rolling. The ledges w hat few.thertt are, lay In parallel, horizontal elns, "iiotdlplng lu all directions as we see them ut ho.ne. Just before reaching Fort Jarvis we struck the canal on which trafllc seems to bo brisk as canal boats were seen very often slowly towed along the stream by tho horses. It must bo n wenrlsonib life for the canal-boat.. men .and the tow bo)s. At Patterson, llro. Ross leaves us and goes.to.Newnrk to visit relatives. On nrrhal nt New Yoik we are pounced iiiioii by n score Or moro hotel runlicw but flnding!.tho one for this hotel, tho Cosmopolitan, wo soon make our way hero thus faring better than tho rest of the company; some were lid off to w rong places mid tliero charged ex. orbltnnt prlcos by expressmen. My advice to nil who tlslt hero would bo to get a hotel farther uptown, this house is tho worst I eter encountered nud would not recommend it. Since our arrhal wo hnto visited ns many points of Interest as possnblo some being, the Drooklyu bridge, drconwood rceraetnry, the Stock exchange, Central docks, Uroadway nnd tho theater. All thcso places hno been described to often it la not nccessiry for me to go o er tho ground ngain. All our company nro lu good spirits nnd preparing to go on bonrd the ship which sails to-day. Next tlmo )ou will hear 'routine in tho old (oiintry, W. Now York, April 23. |