Excerpt from The National Magazine, Vol. 8: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion; January to June, 1856 One of the finest views of Newburgh and its vicinage is from Beacon Hill, a lofty peak on the opposite side of the river, and not far from the village of Matteawan. A party started, early one morning in July, to make this exhilarating though toilsome ascent. Five romantic young men, we had an idea that a sunrise view from Beacon Hill would be a very pleas ant afl'air. However, we saw a sunrise on the Hudson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.