(FOUND AMONG tE DIEDRIICKERBOCKER.)

        Of dreams t    eye,

        And of gay castles in t pays,

        Castle of Indolen t tern s t broad expansion of ted by t Dutcors tappan Zee, aion of St. Nic-to oold, in former days by t try from terate propensity of to linger about tavern on market days. Be t as it may, I do not vouc, but merely advert to it for tiot far from t ttle valley, or ratest places in t,    murmur enougo lull oo repose, and tle of a quail or tapping of a    t ever breaks in upon tranquillity.

        I recollect t    exploit in squirrel-sing all    trees t so it at noontime, , and artled by t broke tillness around and ed by treat eal from ts distras and dream quietly a of a troubled     life, I knotle valley.

        From tless repose of ter of its inants, ctlers, tered glen s rustic lads are called t all try. A droo o pervade tmosp tcor during ttlement; ot an old Indian c or er ain it is, till tinues uc o inual reverie. to all kinds of marvellous beliefs, are subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sigales, ed spots, and tions; stars s aelare oftener across t of try, and tmare, o make it te se of her gambols.

        t spirit,    s ted region, and seems to be ander-in- of a ?gure on    a    is said by some to be t of a rooper ionary ar, and s are not ed to t extend at times to t roads, and especially to ty of a o great distance. Indeed, certain of t autic orians of ts, ing ting facts ing tre, allege t trooper,    rides forto ttle in nig of    times passes along t blast, is oo ed and in a o get back to the churchyard before daybreak.

        Suc of tition, ory in t region of sre is kno all try ?resides by the headless horseman of Sleepy hollow.

        It is remarkable t ty I ioned is not ed to tive inants of t is unsciously imbibed by every one wime.

        ered t sleepy region, ttle time to inco groive--to dream dreams and see apparitions.

        I mention t    is in suctle retired Dutc State of Ne population, manners, and s remain ?xed, orrent of migration and improvement, less try, stle nooks of still er ly at ancurbed by t. trod t I question ill ?nd trees and tating in its sered bosom.

        In ture te period of Ameri ory--t is to say, some ty years since--a    of t, "tarried," in Sleepy rug ty. ive of ecticut, a State s legions of frontier ry scers. t inapplicable to all, but exceedingly lank,    dangled a mile out of    t mig loosely oget at top,    it looked like a o tell tering about    aken h or some scarecrow eloped from a ?eld.

        ructed of logs, tly glazed and partly patgeniously secured at vat ed in takes set against tters, so t, t get in    ease,    iing out---an idea most probably borroect, Yost Van en, from tery of an eel-pot. tood in a rat pleasant situation, just at t of a    one end of it. From    be errupted noative voice of ter in tone of     menace or and, or, peradventure, by tardy loiterer along truto say, ious man, and ever bore in mind t;Spare t; Ily    spoiled.

        I     imagined,    entates of t of ts; on trary, ered justice ion raty, taking t . Your mere puny stripling, t    t ?ouris tice is?ed by in?ig a double portion on some little touged Dutc;doing y by ts;" and ed a cisement    follo by tory to ting urc " and t t day o live."

        e of ternoons o ty sisters ood ed for ts of t beo keep on good terms    to furnising po to    enance o try    in ts, boarded and lodged at tructed.

        it a time, ts tied up in a cotton handkerchief.

        t all t not be too onerous on tic patrons, o sider ts of scers as mere drones, ed ter labors of to make ook to er, drove ture, and cut er ?re. oo, all t dignity and absolute s in tle empire, tle and ingratiating. ting ticularly t; and like t    for her.

        In addition to ions, er of t srug t ter of no little vanity to o take ation in front of tely carried ahe parson.

        Certain it is,    of tion, and till to be    ce to te side of till Sunday m, imately desded from ttle makess in t ingenious ;by ; t on tolerably enoug, by all o .

        ter is generally a man of some importan tleman-like personage of vastly superior taste and apliss to try so t to occasion some little stir at tea-table of a farmion of a supernumerary dismeats, or, peradveea-pot.

        Our man of letters, try damsels.    overrun trees; reg for t all tapombstones; or sauntering,    mill-pond, wry bumpkins hung sheepishly back, envying his superior elegand address.

        From i life, also, ravelling gazette, carrying t of local gossip from o    ed isfa. eemed by t erudition, for e t master of atory of Ne ently believed.

        , an odd mixture of small sy. ite for ting it raordinary, and botale oo gross or monstrous for    en , after ernoon, to stretctle brook t il ted page a mere mist before ream and ao to be quartered, every sound of Nature at t ctered ed imagination--tree-toad, t orm; ting of tling in t of birds frig. too,    places, noartled ness ream across le came     o give up t,    ruck . o dro or drive as, o sing psalm tunes; and t by ten ?lled    ;in linked sness long dra," ?oating from tant he dusky road.

        * t nig receives its name from its note, o resemble those words.

        Anoto pass long er evenings c spinning by ting and spluttering aloo tales of gs and goblins, and ed ?elds, and ed brooks, and ed bridges, and ed icularly of times called    tes of d of tentous sigimes of ecticut, and s and sing stars, and    t tely turn round and t time topsy-turvy.

        But if t re dared to ss face, it ly glare of a snoful look did be eye every trembling ray of ligreaming across te ?elds from some distant re, beset en did    teps on ty crust be, and dread to look over    ramping close been e dismay by some rus rees, in t it ly scs!

        All terrors of t, poms of t res in ime, and been more t by Satan in divers sions, yet daylig ao all t life of it, ie of t been crossed by a being t causes more perplexity to mortal man ts, goblins, and tc toget was--a woman.

        Among to receive rus in psalmody rina Van tassel, ter and only tial Dut, plump as a partridge, ripe aing and rosy-c merely for y, but    expectations. Stle of a coquette, as migure of a and modern fas suited to set off s of pure yello-grandmot over from Saardam, tempting stomacime, and    petticoat to display ttiest foot and ankle in try round.

        Id foolis to is not to be    t so tempting a morsel soon found favor in er ed ernal mansion. Old Baltus Van tassel    picture of a tented, liberal-ed farmer.     is true, ses beyond t ioned. is?ed    not proud of it, and piqued y abundance, ratyle, in ed on tered, fertile nooks iree spread its broad branc, at t of    a er in a little ole sparkling ao a neig bubbled along among alders and d miging fortreasures of t from m to nigins skimmed ttering about turned up, as if g in troops of sug pigs as if to snuff tately squadron of snos of turkeys ting about it, like ill-tempered ented cry. Before trutted t cock, t pattern of a leman, clapping --sometimes tearing up t, and to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered.

        tered as uous promise of luxurious er fare. Io ing-pig running about    to bed in a fortable pie and tucked in    of crust; t petency of onion sauce. In t ture sleek side of ba and juicy relis a turkey but ily trussed up, s gizzard us ure, a necklace of savory sausages; and even brigicleer ed cla quarter o ask while living.

        As tured Ic green eyes over t meado, of rye, of buck,    of Van tassel,    yearned after to in tion expanded    be readily turned into cased in immeracts of o rina, ed on top of a rumpery, s ales dangliriding a pag mare,    at ting out for Kentucky, tennessee, or the Lord knows where.

        ered t of    e.

        It    lo in tyle    Dutctlers, ting eaves f a piazza along t capable of being closed up in bad ensils of s for ?s along t spinning-o    porc be devoted. From tered tre of t pewter, ranged on a long dresser, dazzled his eyes.

        In one er stood a o be spun; in anotity of linsey- frs of dried apples and peas along t ajar gave o t parlor, ened from t of asparagus tops; mock-es and ced telpiece; strings of various-colored birds eggs ; a great ostrisre of t open, displayed immereasures of old silver and well-mended a.

        From t Ic t an end, and udy ions of ter of Van tassel. In terprise, ies to t of a knig of yore, s, encers, ?ery dragons, and suco tend o make es of iron and brass and    to tle keep, re of a Cmas pie, and tter of course. Icrary, o    of a try coquette beset ing neies and impediments, and o enter a    of fearful adversaries of real ?esic admirers al to , keeping a c ready to ?y out in t aor.

        Among t formidable ering blade of to t, Brom--Van Brunt, try round, rengted,    curly blaot unpleasant tenance,    poar.    at all races and cock?grengtic life, es, setting    on one side and giving one admitting of no gainsay or     appeal.    or a frolic, but ion; and rong das bottom.    try, attending every se of feud or merriment for miles around. In cold inguised ing foxs tail; and ry gat at a distance, imes    t midnigroop of Don Cossacks, and tartled out of ten for a moment till ttered by, and t;Ay, t; ture of aion, and good-y al ttom of it.

        tipole ime singled out trina for t of ries, and, toyings le caresses and endearments of a bear, yet it ogetain it is, es to retire ion to cross a line in    o Van tassels paling on a Sunday nig er ing--or, as it is termed, "sparking"--ors passed by in despair and carried to oters.

        Suco tend, and, sidering all touter man tition and a y and perseveran ure;    like a supple    jack--yielding, but alt, est pressure, yet t it was away, jerk!    and carried his head as high as ever.

        to aken t    man to be ted in    stormy lover, Ad gently-insinuating manner. Under cover of er of singing-master,    visits at t t o appreerference of parents, umbling-blo t Van tassel    soul; er better even t fat able little oo, o do to attend to ry for, as s be looked after, but girls    take care of themselves.

        tled about t one end of t Balt    smoking    tcs of a little ly ?ghe barn.

        In time, Ic er by t elm, or sauntering along in the lovers eloquence.

        I profess not to knoo me tters of riddle and admiration. Some seem to    one vulnerable point, or door of access,     is a great triumpo gain t still    greater proof of generalso maintain possession of    tter, for t battle for ress at every door and itled to some reno ed s of a coquette is indeed a hero.

        Certain it is, t table Brom Bones; and from t Icerests of tly deed; ied at ts, and a deadly feud gradually arose between or of Sleepy hollow.

        Brom, ers to opeensions to to t cise and simple reasoners, ts-errant of yore--by single bat; but Icoo scious of t of o es against    of Bo ;double ter up and lay ;

        and oo o give unity. tremely provoking in tinately paci?c system; it left Brom    no alternative but to draic o play off boorisical jokes upon    of o Bones and o peaceful domains; smoked out opping up to t nige of its formidable fastenings of akes, and turned everytopsy-turvy; so t ter began to tcry ings t, ill more annoying, Brom took all opportunities of turning o ridicule in presence of ress, and augo roduced as a rival of Istruct her in psalmody.

        In tters    on for some time    produg any material effe tive situation of tending poumnal afternoon Ity stool le literary realm. In    sceptre of despotic poice reposed on tant terror to evildoers; raband articles and proed ected upon t little paper gamecocks. Apparently t of justice retly in?icted, for ent upon t upon ter, and a kind of buzzing stillness reig t errupted by to and tro of a    like ted on t, ering up to tation to Ico attend a merry-making or "quilting frolic" to be    evening at Mynassels; and,    air of importand effort at ?ne language o display oy embassies of tand hurry of his mission.

        All le and e quiet sc stopping at tri?es; ty, and tardy    application noo qui tall word.

        Books    being put aands urned, bened loose an ime, bursting f about t tion.

        t Ic at least ara    oilet, brus, and indeed only, suit of rusty black, and arranging    of broken looking-glass t     make ress in true style of a cavalier, ed, a ccly mounted, issued fort-errant i of adventures. But it is meet I srue spirit of romantic stive some at of ts of my eed. trode    everyt    and sy mane and tail angled and knotted    its pupil and ral, but t. Still,    tle in , been a favorite steed of ers, t into try.

        Icable ?gure for suceed.    stirrups, uck out like grassre; and     as ion of    u rested on top of y strip of fore be called, and ts of    ?uttered out almost to ail. Suceed as t of te of    ogetion as is seldom to be met .

        It ure    rice s    on trees of tenderer kind s into brilliant dyes e, purple, and scarlet. Streaming ?les of o make t be s, and tle of t intervals from tubble-?eld.

        taking ts. In ttered, co busree to tree, capricious from ty around t cock robin, te game of stripling sportsmen, s loud querulous note; and ttering blackbirds, ?ying in sable clouds; and t, , and splendid plumage; and ts red-tipt ipt tail and its little monteiro cap of feat noisy b, in -blue coat and tering, bobbing and nodding and boending to be on good terms er of the grove.

        As Ico every     symptom of ary abundance, ranged    over treasures of jolly Autumn. On all sides    store of apples--some rees, some gato baskets and barrels for t, ot ?elds of Indian , s golden ears peeping from ts and    ty pudding; and turning up to ts of t luxurious of pies; and anon    buticipations stole over y slapjacks, tered and garnisreacle by te little dimpled rina Van tassel.

        t ts and "sugared suppositions,"    upon some of t ses of ty o t. tappan Zee lay motionless and glassy, excepting t le undulation ant mountain. A feed in t a breato move them.

        tint, co a pure apple green, and from t into ting ray lingered on ts of t overs of ter dept in tance, dropping sloide,    t, and as tion of till er it seemed as if the air.

        It o Ic tle of tassel, ry--old farmers, a spare leats and breecogs,    petle dames, in close crimped caps, long-ed sgoicoats, s side; buxom lasses, almost as antiquated as ting oms of city innovation; t square-skirted coats upendous brass buttons, and times, especially if t beieemed t try as a potent nourisrengthe hair.

        Brom Bones, o te steed Daredevil--a creature, like al and misoted for preferring vicious animals, given to all kinds of tricks, ant risk of ractable, well-broken .

        Fain o d burst upon tured gaze of my ered tate parlor of Van tassels mansion. Not te, but tcry tea-table in tuous time of autumn. Sucters of cakes of various and almost indescribable kinds, knoo experienced Dutcy doug, tenderer oily koek, and t cakes and s cakes, ginger cakes and able dis to mention broiled sed cogetty muced teapot sending up its clouds of vapor from t.    breatime to discuss t as it deserves, and am too eager to get on ory.    in so great a orian, but did ample justice to every dainty.

        ure, ed in proportion as s rose ing as some mens do    oo, rolling e, and cy t    one day be lord of all t unimaginable luxury and splendor. t, urn ron, and kiy iti pedagogue out of doors t so call him rade!

        Old Baltus Van tassel moved about among s ed ent and good- moon. able attentions    expressive, being ed to a sation to "fall to and ;

        And noo ti orcra of tury. rument tered as er part of time rings, apanying every movement of tion of t to tamping    art.

        Ic a limb, not a ?bre about o ion and clattering about t Saint Vitus    blessed patron of tion of all tood f a pyramid of s every door and    at te eyeballs, and so ear. ed and joyous? t o all ten    brooding by himself in one er.

        an end Ictracted to a knot of tassel, sat smoking at one end of times and dra long stories about the war.

        t time of is during t ed    suf?t time o enable eacoryteller to dress up ale tle being ?, and in tiness of ion to make .

        tory of Doffue Martling, a large blue-bearded Dut a Britise     at     tleman le of eplains, being an excellent master of defence, parried a musket-ball    ely felt it : in proof of ime to s a little bent. t    in t one of    o a ermination.

        But all to tales of gs and apparitions t succeeded. treasures of tales and superstitions t in tered, loled retreats but are trampled under foot by ting t forms tion of most of our try places. Besides, t fs in most of our villages, for time to ?nis nap and turn travelled a    at nigo ance left to call upon. ts except in our loabliscies.

        te causes ural stories in ts, less oo ty of Sleepy agion in t ble ed region; it breatmosping all t at Van tassels, and, as usual,    tales old about funeral trains and m cries and    tree e Major Andre aken, and io ed t Raven Rock, and en orm,    of tories, urned upon te spectre of Sleepy imes of late patrolling try, and, it etly among the churchyard.

        tered situation of to    a favorite    of troubled spirits. It stands on a knoll surrounded by locust trees and lofty elms, from among    ian purity beaming tirement. A gentle slope desds from it to a silver s of er bordered by rees, bet to look upon its grass-groly, o least t rest in peace. On one side of tends a rees. Over a deep black part of tream, not far from t led to it and tself rees,    it even in time, but occasioned a fearful darkness at night.

        Suce s of t frequently entered. tale old of old Brou ical disbeliever in gs,    turning from o Sleepy o get up beil turned into a skeleton, to tree-tops hunder.

        tory ely matcure of Brom Bones,    jockey.    ourning one nigaken by t trooper; t o race    too, for Daredevil beat t just as to ted and vanished in a ?ash of ?re.

        All tales, told in t droone alk in tenances of teners only noracts from ton Mats t aken pla ive state of ecticut and fearful sigly    Sleepy hollow.

        togetime rattling along tant hills.

        Some of ted on pillions bee s-ed laugter of    er and fainter until te se of noise and frolid deserted. I of try lovers, to ete-a-tete    o success.    passed at tervie pretend to say, for in fact I do not know.

        Somet ainly sallied forter nreat interval, e desolate and chese women!

        Could t girl tisricks? as    of to secure    of    I! Let it suf?ce to say, Icole fort, rat. it looking to t or left to notice ten gloated,    straigo table, and y cuffs and kicks roused eed most uncourteously from table quarters in s and hy and clover.

        It cime of nig Iced and crestfallen, pursued ravel y arry toappan Zee spread its dusky and indistinct e of ers, all mast of a sloop riding quietly at anc ce s it    as only to give an idea of ance from too, tally a , or pertural turning suddenly in his bed.

        All tories of gs and goblins t ernoon no grears seemed to sink deeper in t.    so lonely and dismal. -stories re of tood an enormous tulip tree        above all trees of ts limbs astic, large enougo form trunks for ordinary trees, ting do to to t ed ragical story of tunate Andre,    ure of resped superstition, partly out of sympate of its ill-starred namesake, and partly from tales of strange sigations told ing it.

        As Icree o     a blast sle nearer    e    of tree: ling, but on looking more narro it e tered and e against t    t by tree in safety, but new perils lay before him.

        About to a marsream. On t side of tered tnuts, matted t. to pass t trial. It    tical spot t tunate Andre ured, and u of tnuts and vines urdy yeomen cealed ream, and fearful are to pass it aloer dark.

        As ream    began to tion, gave tempted to das instead of starting foreral movement and ran broadside against the fence.

        Icily rary foot: it arted, it is true, but it o pluo te side of to a t of brambles and alder buser nooarveling ribs of old Gunpo came to a stand just by t     at t a plasramp by t tive ear of Ico stirred not, but seemed gatister ready t upon traveller.

        ted pedagogue rose upon error.    o be doo turn and ?y oo late; and besides, w c oblin, if suc was, whe wind?

        Summoning up, tammering ats, "; ed ill mitated voice. Still tting ary fervor into a psalm tune. Just t of alarm put itself in motion, and ood at on t    t noained. o be a ed on a black ation or sociability, but kept aloof on one side of t over    and waywardness.

        Ige midnig ure of Brom Bones eed in ranger, o an equal pace. Ico a o lag be began to sink o resume une, but ongue clove to t utter a stave. tinacious panion t erious and appalling. It ed for. On mounting a rising ground, raveller in relief against ti    and muf?ed in a cloak, Icru perceiving t    ill more increased on    t ted on error rose to desperation,    to give    tre started full jump ones ?ying and sparks ?as every bound. Ics ?uttered ic.

        turns off to Sleepy    Gunpo, made an opposite turn and plunged o t. trees for about a quarter of a mile, ory, and just beyond sands tewashed church.

        As yet teed bad given    advantage in t just as     it slipping from under    by to    ?rm, but in vain, and    time to save o t trampled under foot by    terror of    ime for petty fears; t o maintain , sometimes slipping on one side, sometimes on anotimes jolted on t he verily feared would cleave him asunder.

        An opening in trees no ion of a silver star in told     mistaken.

        rees beyoly petitor ;If I    but reac bridge,"

        t Ic;I am safe." Just teed panting and bloe side; and no tirrups, and in t of    o dodge t too late. It entered remendous crasumbled o t, and Gunpoeed, and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind.

        t m t , soberly cropping t ers gate. Ic make    breakfast; dinner- no Ic trolled idly about t no scer. o feel some uneasiness about te of poor I foot, and after diligent iigation traces. In one part of to trampled in t; tracks of ed in tly at furious speed, raced to t of ter ran deep and black,    of tunate Ic a spattered pumpkin.

        t ter    to be discovered. or of ate, examiained all s. ted of tocks for ted stogs, an old pair of corduroy small-cloty razor, a book of psalm tunes full of dogs ears, and a broken pitco ture of to ty, excepting atory of itc, a elling; in ed in several fruitless attempts to make a copy of verses in assel. tic scrao t time forermio send o sg. ever moer possessed--and ers pay but a day or time of his disappearance.

        terious event caused mu at ts of gazers and gossips ed in t t t o mind, and oms of t case, to t Iobody troubled    o a different quarter of tead.

        It is true an old farmer,    several years after, and from ly adventure    Icill alive; t    tly tly in morti?cation at    ers to a distant part of try,    scudied la time, ted to turned politi eleeered, ten for tice of ten Pound Court. Brom Booo, er ed trina in triumpo tar, o look exceedingly kno into a y laug tion of to suspect t    tter to tell.

        try ters, maintain to t Iced aural means; and it is a favorite story often told about terevening ?re. t of superstitious a may be tered of late years, so as to approaced, sooo decay, ao be ed by t of tunate pedagogue; and tering ill summer evening, en fancied    a distance g a melane among tranquil solitudes of Sleepy hollow.

        POStSCRIPt FOUND IN tING OF MR. KNICKERBOCKER.

        tale is given almost in t related at a Corporatioing of t city of Mantoes, at s sagest and most illustrious burgor , slemanly old fello clly suspected of being poor, s to be eaining. ory er and approbation, particularly from ty aldermen    of time. tall, dry-looking old gentleman, ling eyebro, n a doubt over in    upon good grounds--ored, ig t but exceedingly sage motion of tra of t ory and     to prove.

        tory-teller, ting a glass of o    after oils, paused for a moment, looked at e deference, and, loo table, observed t tory ended most logically to prove--

        "t tuation in life but s advantages and pleasures--provided    take a joke as ; "t, t runs races roopers is likely to .

        &quo, for a try scer to be refused t step to    in tate."

        tious old gentleman knit enfold closer after tion, being sorely puzzled by tioation of t t eyed riump leer. At lengt all t still    tory a little ant--ts on ws.

        "Fait; replied tory-teller, "as to t matter, I dont believe one- myself."

        D. K.
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