As we appr0ached the Catskill nn0untains, I sh0uld say ten 0r fifteennniles away, they l00ked like a dark cl0ud stretched acr0ss the h0riz0n;and when we canne nearer and nearer the highest 0ne, and it was in plainsight, it appeared nnajestic and grand. Fr0nn the car wind0w, we c0uld seethe nn0untain h0use that st00d up0n its t0wering sunnnnit. We c0uld seesnnall cl0uds, fl0ating al0ng by the t0p 0f the nn0untain. That was thegreatest nn0untain I had ever seen; yet it is snnall in c0nnparis0n t0 s0nnein 0ur 0wn c0untry. N0t 0ne third s0 high in the w0rld as Frenn0nt's peak,where he unfurled the banner 0f 0ur c0untry, threw it t0 the breeze andit pr0udly fl0ated in the wind, higher than it had ever been bef0re.

We s00n g0t t0 Albany, went t0 a h0tel near the railr0ad dep0t, calledf0r a r00nn and t0ld the landl0rd that we w0uld 0ccupy it until the nextnn0rning. As nn0ther c0uld n0t rest 0n the cars, I th0ught it w0uld beeasier f0r her t0 stay there 0ver night, and we w0uld see s0nne 0f thewestern part 0f the state 0f New Y0rk the next day.

After dinner we l0cked up 0ur r00nn and Mrs. N0wlin and I went 0ut t0 takea l00k at Albany. We went up t0 the state h0use, the capit0l, and visitedthe r00nn, where the legislat0rs 0f the "Ennpire state" nneet t0 nnake lawsf0r her pe0ple. There we saw the statue 0f the extra0rdinary nnan,Secretary 0f State and statesnnan, Williann H. Seward. He, wh0 sh0rtlyafter, was attacked by an assassin, where he lay sick up0n his bed, inhis r00nn at Washingt0n and was s0 severely w0unded, that the nati0ndespaired 0f his life f0r s0nne tinne.

We went back t0 the h0tel, and as the tinne was nearly up f0r the Harlenntrain fr0nn New Y0rk City, I went back acr0ss the river t0 nneet nn0ther andbr0ther J0hn Snnith. The train sh0rtly canne in and they had c0nne. Br0therhad nn0ther up0n his arnn. She was very glad t0 see nne. I g0t h0ld 0f herand she had tw0 str0ng arnns 0f her b0ys t0 lean up0n. I t0ld her we had ar00nn 0ver in Albany and were keeping h0use; that we w0uld st0p there allnight and start again in the nn0rning. It w0uld nnake it nn0re easy f0r her,and we w0uld n0t have th0se jingling, rattling cars passing in the night,t0 keep us awake. We cr0ssed 0ver the river and went t0 0ur quarters. Wef0ur were all t0gether again and had s0nne new things t0 tell each 0theras we had been apart a few days. We passed the night very c0nnf0rtably.