communicate, as from yourself
or any one else, a sentiment of like nature." Here also he made
his reply to the so-called Newburgh addresses written by John
Armstrong and calling for action on the part of the army to
redress its grievances.

Newburgh was still his headquarters when Washington by the force of his
influence secured the quiet disbandment of the Continental Army at the
close of the war. Upon the occasion of the centennial celebration (1883)
of this event, a monument called the Tower of Victory, 53 ft. high with
a statue of Washington, was erected.

Newburgh is the center of a rich agricultural region, but it is a
manufacturing center as well; its output comprises machine shop
products, plaster, cotton, woolen and silk goods, felt hats, furniture,
flour, lumber and cigars. Above Newburgh can be seen the lighthouse (on
the west bank) called the Devil's Danskammer, or Devil's Dance Hall,
recalling the time when Henry Hudson and his crew landed here to witness
an Indian pow-wow. The Dutch, who were considerably startled by the
affair, thought that it could be nothing less than a diabolical dance;
hence the name.

[Illustration: Robert Fulton's First Steamboat

(_From Fulton's own Sketch_)

On Sept. 1, 1807, the Albany "Gazette" announced that the "North
River Steamboat [i.e., the "Clermont"] will leave Paulus's Hook
[Jersey City] on Friday, the 4th of September, at 6 in the morning
and arrive at Albany on Saturday at 6 in the afternoon." The New
York Central train now takes only a few minutes more than three
hours to make the trip. The same paper on Oct. 5, 1807, announced
that "Mr. Fulton's new steamboat left New York against a strong
tide, very rough water, and a violent gale from the north. She
made headway against the most sanguine expectations, and without
being rocked by the waves."]

73 M. POUGHKEEPSIE, Pop. 35,000. (Train 51 passes 10:14a; No. 3,
10:38a; No. 41, 2:48p; No. 25, 4:27p; No. 19, 7:24p. Eastbound: No. 6
passes 7:32a; No. 26, 7:51a; No. 16, 2:02p; No. 22, 3:29p.)

Poughkeepsie was the Apokeepsing of the Indians--"the pleasant and safe
harbour" made by the rocky bluffs projecting into the river, where
canoes were sheltered from wind and wave. The city is built partly on
terraces rising 200 ft. above the river, and partly on the level plateau
above. Poughkeepsie was settled by the Dutch in 1698. The most momentous
event