D. I'. SLOAN, Editor.
VOLITIig 20.
Btitrrei
A Wain WITH A SOlll., AND A SOULLESS WI/10.p—
Wo place the two following extracts on record to show
the ditrereuce between a 11)14 with a soul and °soulless
irhig. The first is froM the proclamation of Cat,xir'S.
Wommum., the Whig Mayor of New York, who notwith
standing his conduct in the Actor place riot was any thing
but commendable, we aro forced to boliovo lest heart - a
good man, and in practice a gentleman: -
"lit ovary poition, Ai - ether Ise governor of his native
,state, as speaker of tho house of national representatives,
or as chief magistrate of the American people, ho lies
displayed abilities of no common order; and by the firer,
of Ma talents, the purity of his life, nod the siuct,ortiy of
his natrivtism, commando(' the highosrestioin and
confidence of his fellow citizens. The evonts in Which
he has barna a prominent part . will form ono of the most
brilliant chapters in the annals of our country, And Will
transmit his name Co posterity as one of the most illyStri
elia of our presidents."
In painful contrast with the above manly tribute CJ de
parted worth, is the following from the eltarn6se4burg
n paper published, wo aro sorry to say, in:tho'ci
silizod wee° of Pounsylvanitt.
Swirr fizznintrriox.—Oit Tuesday last the "Green
spot" was made dutch:ll by the tolling of bells for the death
of James K. l'olk, late President of the L.icofoco party.
'foe news of his t3C13113 was] roccivod by Telegraph.
The disoasc under which ho labored was chronic dim--
livo I, not cliolora,,no stated in our last. Taus has this
ambiliens and wicked malt boon callod early to tbu final
sottlo.nont of his , dro - aliful account. Wo would, in char-
Ihivo wished him a lifetime of ten thou i3tlJ irs in
to "hring, forth fruits meet. fur rep:lLl:tee."
We are taught in the Hook of nooks that fur Nation al
).ins there shall be National afllictiMis. Docs it not, how
ever, seem a bale singular. just con to in porauentri with tho
dcath of the author of the most shameful iniquities in
which our country over cifgaged, that the consequences
of those Miquitica should he so full 111)011 ma—that lbn
reoar , e of 1.11413Aiq should lit sweeping 01) lei gilt and
breadth of our laa I! Verily the %yap, of Piovidonee are
i iscrutiable.
Eii'ou this outrage upon the stem try of the illustrious
dead and the decencies of political and private, life, the
Pktladriphia Ledger administers the following withering
rebuke: This, sets that paper, is the first notice of the
late President's decease, which has vet reached us, in
which hn was mentioned disrespectfully; and for the
honor of .Imerican journalism, we hope it will be the last.
Even in journals which, during Mr. Polk's l'residency,
never permitted a day to pass without stricture upon his
official character acid conduct. we have seen respectable,
becoming notices of his decease, and candid acknowl:
edzement of virtues which they hod never before discov
ered in hint. As a get era! rule, American politics ore
fire from i.eathunious rancors. To all well constituted
blinds the grave is invested with sanctities which cannot
he disturbed without infamy oath , : disturbers Partisans
in the midst of their eKeitements,' and while the object
.d their usa tuft is capable of self-defence, may mis pro
le od, misrepresent, libel and traduce. But upon a
.call
in the last acconnt, when 'all the worldly tics aro levered
interest terminate, justice resumes'its asgen
(teary, and enjoins silence, if it cannot admit commenda
t
We proceed not to far in pronouncing tbis assault an
osult to American public opinion. That public opinion is
va, chastened, too refined, too ex kited; to tel'ervio viola
iloll4 of the grave, even when hull' is spoken. And it iv
taa •i-rtily just to endure bitch outrages when cOthiteal
in falsbood and slander. lu pronouncing Mr. Polk an
"ambitious and wicked man," this journal utters a
sltsmeless 'Mel: and in insinuating tlyt he has be en • call;
ed early to the final settlement of his dreadful neeount,"
it nudaciously enters the field of profanity. I , Vo admit
that Mr. Polk was ambitious, as every American citi
zen should servo his country faithfully. But
Mien partisan rancor pronounCeß we chal
lenge proof of Iris having ever violated a single engage
ment, ' , oldie or private, or of ever having acted from a.
corrupt motive. And ho has ‘on "called early," cut
ofprestaturety, to setde a "dreadful account!" Ileiv
dares this blasphemer step between tho deceased and the
Jud g e of Alf, to set up his own blind judpnent upon
the character of the account, or the prcinatmity of the
call! Ile a ptil,e of men in the Almighty Presence?
And his charity would have asked a longer life, to bring
forth repentance! lloty beautiful is that chanty which,
to gratify partisan rancor, violates OM grave and blas
phemes the Almighty! •
And still more audaciously, the libeller refers to - the
Bible upon flaZionai sine, and says that the people are
now settler/rig under the scourge of pestilerice, in retribti
tieti for the crimes 'of Mr. l'ullt's o
charity we must think this libeller mad.' •If Ito Inc ration
al. we find language inadequate to cltar;ctsa ice such
nicked atiducitv'i I las (ho cholera come in punishment
of national suns?, Then what national sins induced its
termer visitation? If it ever comes without such errand
dares lie deny that if his come so now? And tifier this
ebullition of blasphemy, he says. "Verily, the , wads of
Providence aro inserutiable." Then how dare you un
dertake to explain them? But since ho - refers to the
lli
tile, uo Would * remind him of the t njnnction, "Judge not.
least y o be judged; " and of the rebuke, .Carrot thou find
out the Almighty to perfection?"' And of the prohibition,
"Thou shult not Into the nanio of the I. d rd, thy God, in
ENE
This is the first limo within ou i r recone . ction. in which,
a partisan hyena 11.. s insulted the American people, by
violating the newly made grave of out, Kltom they had
honered with their chief magistracy. I f or_tlio credit of
our country. we hope it will be the lust
TT Pawned Itiidshippman Pollock,, •lio it toleral4
well known hereabouts fur bin attempt to elfoot Mr. Jew -
ett, of Om Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, his Ileqn
Jppointird Acting llaster of the 1.1. S. Sloop-of- war John
Adam., now lying ei'Boston, bound for t 9 sell
in a day or two.
Pkatrist:se AND VOStOn fost says it
Fi:otns Gun. Taylor has disocted copies of Weiialington'Sii
farewell addre - ss to be printed, and sent to every diplO
untie and consular ropiesOntativo of Otis govenismont in
Europe and in all other portions of the world. This is n
good plan, as the legacy is probablyquito a new thing to
many of the persons who t havo been appointed to consu
lar
i
ollices by its administration.
"No Puodcntrrtox."—Nearly every Demod!st in
Mode IslatulhaVbeen swept out of office. The' Wor.
tester Palladium saes there is ono little moil Agent left.
and that there is a hot chaso after him.
I - ITh° London Times expresses the apprehension
that oil the better class farmers in Ireland aro
about eidigrating to this country, leaving behind only
ohs impoverished land Garners and the pauper inhabitants
of the various work houses,
1.1- The Albany Argue verry aptly says that Franca
itand a alone in the infamy of her course towards repub•
bean home. Even England declines any participation
In or responsibility for it. LORD Paterensrort, in reply
to Mr. fit:my. ou thepH;th, whether "England wee
implicaled,in the atrocious proceedings now going on at
Rome." paid that "the Drltirth' Government had no
P a tliciPilliQn of any hind in any proceedings which had
taken place on the part of any power whatever." Thiel
manly declaration wee greeted with loud cheers.
I' I -
It i 9 said Capt. Ryndere will have a plea in the
Now York custom house, having advocated Gen. Tay.
ler'm election Ile has recently given hail to appear la''' .
I , a? dtt Astor place rioter.
THE ERIE OBSERVER
Ittert par,
rIVENING
SY J. R. TIARRICH.
F.Yettillg shades RTC gently fall
O'er the silent seenes, of gar
Evening stars are beeming brie
In their newly wakened bin
'Tie an hour, when kindred spi
i'Valk in pensiveness abroad
When the weary sad Inherits
Peace that dwells alone with
Now, while nature teems with
'North a woven roof of now
We,will kiln our hearts in dut
While the psalm of life is on
While the woods and fields arc
With rich Musings from on
We will cease from idle dream
And Unite in stic , ed tie.
While our souls with hope use xoding
'Mount on silver wings orlig t,
We will long fur life unenqlng
Free from shades of mortal ni
Arid our spirits shrinking neve .
Khali await the welehme mu Ft.
When from all of earth we semi.,
From its fading beauty shorn
And in groves that never wither.
Where the flowers immortal bloom,
'Where no wintry wind will ga her.
O'er the dark and silent tomb,
tVe will rise from sin and sorr. w.
Rise midst imetios of bass un old,
And our hearts the weiconle un rro w,
await with harps of gold,
r)
Time :rid slnr'3e are etc - di:l3o war I,
o:r.vard to the ow nine grave.
y l / 4.
Yeti n death era C if ill Sky wa ii,
Shall arise like c am// bravt•;
And the crown of It ". receivin ,
Frcen tile hand o?God aboi'e,
We n ill live and reign unceaeing,
.ln tile little and smiles of love. •
ftlat 311 i 5a
A CRUISE ON TH
DI WM. M. WOOD, M. D.,
From lattett's Living A
Ri.ADER, have you over been on t
you havo not your mind will scarcely
all their Wonders;—their vast expects
tor—their profound clear depths—th
and steam navies gliding and foand
face—the elegant cities and thriving
shores. On ono point, you aie amid
and busy bus:le of the COlaillOrCe - of
in a few hours, you may b 0 where ci
ed in full-grown vigor upon the wild
gling for a settlement. has planted its
lout-haired and painted savage has li,
from the brick avenuos encroaebin•.
home; and, e rapped in their blanket
ft big :.dditions or g; nen . and red paint
iptil's and feathers in their hair, we
walking the tiewl made sti cots and
to the mew people. L. ,,
Eren though you are accustomed I.
the Atlantis cities, and liavo 'elidea
some idea of the busines, and activity
reality will still cause astonishment,
the wharees of Buffalo—piled, loade
with incrchandisd, and see its bar
steamers and sail vessels, some of wit
going and corning. Stopping but t
things, to wonder and admire, We tali
the newer regiOns beyond, in a (loath
extent. Its machinery is elegantly o i t
great and destructive power hidden bS
, igi, and finish of art. We tread a sa
Brussels, furnished with a rosewood p i
velvet ch sirs, sofws, end lounges, and
glass in gilded mouldings, while fore air
(1 . :, some picturesque scene in the pain
We ship on French mahogany bedste l
thing in our state-room is in 'similar r
mantis of refinement and luxury.
The tourist, in such a boat as this, k
I.in'ted States shore of Lake Erie, will
at the town of Erie, formerly Presque
ma, distant about 041 C hundred milesl ,J
place, with a population of about live t
most secure and capacious harbor on 11J
ed by:ts nurrow peninsula, which; leaH
curves round in the shape of a horse-sh
bay of Presque Isle from Lake Erie.
out upon the lake from a commanding
banked itself by a succession of elevate
es, so Oath.) scenery from the sea
is commanding. Historical associatioJ,
est linger. arontul the spot. Here was 1 1
vessels of Ferry's victorious squadron. I
day, repose,botteath the waters, tho bat
his flag ship,•ihe "Lawrence : " Its'bl i
soaked timbers are, however, fast dintpi
boxes, &c., for the curious itt relief. I
now regulates tho movements of ,he t.
borough, from the belfry of the old lash
luokitig court-house, once struck` the 1
the watches on board the flag-ship of
modore. . ,- '
Thi‘r having been the lino of old Fro
ing to unchain the British possessions,
old fort are still to he seen a little to th
town; and not far from these ruins, on
ing the horhor,etands a block-house,
lost_war witliEngland. Erie was also
of Gondol Anthony Wayne, and Whet
towardN, his body was disinterred ; it:-11;
a state of perfect preservation. _ Erie is
old-fashioned looking place, and seem
quity, and be reluctant to tie on to the
progress, and to bo dragged in the dust
tle and improvement. For some yeas.
Its natural advantages. Some say that
hie monument on its principal street i.
which records the death of its prosperi
meet is a Greciap structure, a branc
States Bank; its vaults are, of course,
doors closed, and its stops grass-grown
Leaving Erie, our next stopping pia e will be at the
beautiful town of Cleveland. and as we approach it from
the east, it alien.' well on the elevated) plain above us.
and gives a promise i
which ie fully kept y closer acqiiain
tette°. Sixteen or eighteen thousand people, daily in
creasing. hit;re here placed their tents i t n the Cuyahoga
river. This narrow river has hie mo th restricted by
proper bounds, and symmetrically carried out into tho
lake by stone piers; and we run up this river, nearly a
mile, between rows of veasets end atearnists. The right
bank of The river rises to at elevation of eighty feet, and
then spreads out into a plain, or table land. Wharves.
warehouses..and shops line the immed f iate edge of the
stream et the foot of this bill, but the cit proper is ou the
plain above: and when we have wen sd to its /eve) It la
cheering to look upon the handsome c ity which expands
before us. The principal business stree. Superior, has a
width of one hundred and twenty feet and is well built with
brick houses of bUsinses, three, four and five stories high.
The streets of private, residences also have an imposing
width, and somo l of them are like ornamental walks
through a succestiiott of country residences, the buildings
being in various styles of architecture, from axpuisito
cottages to cnionnaded palaces, and are surrounded by
grounds handsomely laid out into gardens of flowers and
ornamental shrubbery.
la
VDIN.
From tho leke•side of the city the eye sweeps over the
blue waters to tpo distant, horizon,! end , from the , hill
brink, on the opposite side, the rivdr seen winding a
serpentine course through meadows end around the
base of forest clad bills.
=I
Leaving Clevoland, as we proceed to the weaward, the
bold bluffof the lake shore sinks to a low beach, and nu--
1
mefous green islands appear above the watery expanse•
Anioug these islands was fought the battle of Lake Erie.
ft is a beautiful region with whicli this proud historleal
achievement is associated. The wooden islets riser by
preMpitous limestone banks. from
,the blue waters.
Rounding a rocky fortress-like promontory of ono of these
islands called wo found ourselves in ••Put
in-Bay," a secluded and beautiful sheet of water enclos
ed by "Gibraltar," 'and two other islands. From the
simmit of the rocky point of "Gibraltar," the look-out of
Commodore Perry first discoveri3d rho British fleet, under
Captain Barclay; from "Put•in•Boy't ho sailed Rath to
his victory, and to it ho returned to bury his dead; and
hero are still to be' seen the remains of some of their
graves.
Iteemin
,4141),
From "Put-in-Bay," the next point of destination was
Detroit. We entered the Detroit river through the elmn
nel on the BIWA side of Bnis Blanc island, or, as it is
vulgarly called, ••Bobtoio." Entering this river by this
chlitneh with the British flag in view, the rather un-
pleasant idea presented itself of entering our own coun
tryihrough a foreign gateway.
Act presume is the case with most of my countrymen
not living on the border, I have been accustomed to as
sociate the - British flag with the remote nationality 'Oils
seat of empire, and when seen flying on a shore tepera
ted only by a narrow : river from onr own territory. it
seemed out of place, as though it ought not to be there.
Although at the time !conscious of the impropriety and
injustice of such feelings, from the ready and involunta
ry manner in which they arose in my mind, I could.,im
nine how strong might be the national feeling that' the
cross of St. Goorgo sh'etild'not float co near the United
States.
int.
LAKES.
U. s;
Detroit comas upon us at once' ike an elegant pity.
Its site makes a gentle rise from the river, which /pro
flows rapid, bold, and clear, The densely, ,built pari'of
the city extends fur a Mile along the river, which is lined
wait docks,- wharves, warehouses, vessels, and steam.
boats, whilst back, numerous spires and titmice .nre
seen rising from the &Mee mass of houses. From Da..
troit river we enter the shoal lake of St. Clair, end, ,
crossing this, stirring up the mud on its finis, we pass
into the beautiful river of St. Clair. The waters of this
river, so clear that tho bottom can bo seen at the depth
of thirty feet, flow through sloaphig banks,.ott which aro
farm-houses, villages,'and groan fields, and dark forests.
Where the St. Clair forms its junction with Lake Huron,
it narrows very much, the opposite points of the mouth
being not more that a quarter of a mile apart. and hors
the hanks oink into tt low gravelly beach, which, stretch
ing, away suddenly on either hand, Naves Huron, hori
zon-bound and ocean like, before us. Its world of wa
ters rush with a tremendous current into this narrow
strait. It is u wild and lonely spat. without people fir
settlement, except that on the American side Fort Cita
tiot frowns upon hustilo invasion, and a lighthouse locums
its'weicouto to tho commerce which comes over the
blue waters of the lake.
r e great lakes? If
be able to realize
of cold freelt vva
commorciul sail
g over their sur-
nations on their
ho crowded masts
1
an old state, and,
lilization has leap
, mass, and, sti-ug
cams before the
ad time to escape
upon his forest
'with the beauti
on their faces, and
have Sean them
aliiag thuir wures
all dia huide of
''orod to conceive
of lalic tow/).9. the
I s Con walk along
and cunthered .
or crowded witW i
'eh are continually
Entering Lake Iluron, wo arelnow fairly at sea upon
a fresh water ocean, as geographers tell us. six hundred
feet above the Atlantic. with a depth of throe hundred
feet below the level of that ocean, and washing the shores
of thirty-two thousand islands. It was early in the mor
ning following that on which we entered Lake Huron;
before we had passed over its nearly three hundred miles
of length. and found ourselves approaching the island of
Mackinac. -This little island, situated off the northern
point of the peninsula of Michigan, at the junction of
Lakes Huron and Michigan, rises to a height of between
three and four hundred feiet above the surface of the wa
ter. It presents ebropt sides, thickly clothed with vines
and slnubbery, presenting hero and there a naked while
cliff projecting through tho gfeon moss. On the edge of
ono of those cliffs stands the fort, all its buildings and en•
closures being snowy white. !la'''the morning of our
approach, n heavy fog had huitg over the hike, but with
the rising of the sow it disappeared, except where it hung
around the mountain cliffs. \Thu island of Mackinac
was for a time completely 'envoloped from base to rimirtit
in a heavy cloud of this fog, while above this misty
cloud. 'and apparently supported upon it. like a castle in
the air', the white buildings of the fort gleamed in the
snit's rays. It seemed almost a substantial represents'
tion of Cole's beautiful conception of the air floating cas
tle in his serial paintings of the voyage of life.
Front a distance, the white buildings of the town or vit.
loge have rather a neat appearance, nestling on the nar
row beach at the foot of the cliffs; but a nearer inspec
tion shows them to be only a collection of small houses,
shops, groggeries, and stores for the sale of Indian curl
osities.
glance at tl u
our passage, fur
g palace of vast
anicn.tal, and its
lc the graceful Jo
ao!) carpeted with
alio, rich mirrors,
lighted by stained
d aft wa can etu•
of the panels.
while every -
lation to tho de-
eking along , the
nobAhly stop first
AO, in Pommylva
limn 80 . frilo. This
hotasand, has the
lakes. It is furtn•
010 I11:1111 shore,
no, separating. the
The tows. looks
lult and is over
forest clad ridg
sr from the shore
of no little inter-
MU the principal
lid hero, at this
torod romaine, of
, 1 1cogiod and water-
easing in canes.
The bell which
publicans of the
,oned and elspby
tours and called
the British CO-1111-
The time of our visit war near that at which the In-_
dian payments are made, and the red meelvere gather
ing in for the occasion. Their conical huts, or wigwams,
made of poles fastened together at the
, top, and covered
with coarse rush of as, were scattered Meal the beach,
and many of the Indians were paddling their large birch
bark canoes about the bay. It may hero not be .out of
place to say a word relative to an annoyance to which
these poor creatures are exposed, and as they can be
relieved from it without doing more than has to be dime
sooner or later, it is to be hoped some consideration will
ho had for them. They aro called from their homes to
this rendezvous for the purpose of receiving the very trif
ling sum allotted to each individual, and which really
scarcely seems worth coming fur, but so irregular is the
time at which the appropriation is placed at the disposi
tion of the department, that the Indians are sometimes
kept waiting weeks before the money arrives, to an in
convenience and loss to themselves of more than the
amount alhitted them. Punctuality in the appropriation
and payment of their annuities would save the Indians
much loss.
, eit posts att'opt
' thO ruins f the
eastward of the
a bluff; overlook
`l%tilt ,during the
tie burying place
I, many veers ar.
found to bo in
I , ltogetiler a quiet
to IDVO its anti
whirling axis of
and mire of bus
h it far behind
a splendid mar-
tho grave-atono
This mono
of the United
now empty, its
Mackinaw is nine miles in circumference, rising, by
abrupt terraces on the south side, to an oval tableland on
the summit, and falling from this on the norik.side grad
ually to the lake. On the southeast edge of the table
land elevation are to bo seen the ruins of Fort Relines,
the British work which during the war of 1812 overlook.
ed, commanded. and took ours. situated on the edge of
the terrace below it. About the centre of the island n
freak of nature is to be seen in the shape of a rock called
the "Sugar Loaf." but, naked and black, it spritgs up
80 or 100 feet more abruptly and needle-like than its
name would indicate. On the lake shore is another eia.
rlosity,,being a well-formed Gothic arch) of about ene
hundred feet elevation, springing over a chasm in the
cliff; a narrow path crosses the arch, and is passed over
by visitors at sufficient risk to invite the achievement.
From Machinate we enter Lake Michigan. and run
ning down its beautiful western shore; our next stopping
place was at the town of Milwaultie. This Is one of
those nourishing western towns which have sprung loud•
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1849.
fR*ONVTARD.int
denly from the wild forest into populous cities. 'Fourteen
years ago it was laid out as a village. and now has a pop.
ulation ofsixteen thousand inhabitants. ; It is built on
both aides of the Miiwaukie river, which here Bows par
allel to the lake, and separated from it by* table-land
bank. Both banks of the river rise in gradutt? slopes, at.
fording fido building sites, and the elevated plain between
the river and the lake affords an extensivesnd command.
ing view. hlilwaukie has a clean, lig ht, and.airy ap
pearance, from the peculiar color and beaLty of the bricks
used in its buildings. Though burned, they aro of Back
rich cream color, lend are of cloae and cornpaetstrueture.
Leaving Nlilwaukie at eight o'clock in the morning.
we continued our course down Lake MiChigan, close to
its shore, and passingseveral towns prettily situated on
the bank—Racine, Southport, Little Fort—early in the
afternoon we reached Chicago.
Chicago has balm the theatre of the wildest excitement
of speculation, in which, anticipation, intoxicated by A l e
full , etreem of real prosperity, has indulged visions be
yond the bounds l ot prooabiiity. Nevertheless, although ,
individuals have duffered from their attempts to reap in
the present the knits of futurity, Chicago, by its rapid
growth,- almost f ulfils the unbounded exptctations oyl
town-lot smoculators.
Its prosperity erimes from the. fact that. it is the only
good harbor down in this southern extremity of Lake
Michigan, and internal improvements have made it the
depot of a widely extended and immensely fertile region.
The handsome street and residences along the lake
shore give Chicago quite a pleasant appearance when
approached from lake, but its site is it'nt ono caletde
ted to win admiration. A low, flat, swampy prairie. and
a sluggish stream wind - through the bleqk muddy soil,
have nothing pietaresque to charm the °Ye.
The river originally opened into the lake sense dis
tance to the lout ward of its present mouth, winding
along the beach, with a narrow sandspit separating It
from the lake. Piers have been erected cutting oil this
turn, and Carrying the stream directly out into the lake.
Just where these piers commence toward the town, stand,
within an enclosure, the bsrracks and quarters of F ort
Dearborn. This little fort, ott the river bank, was in
1812 the only settlement, and was surrounded by wild
India Ms. After the surrender of. General full the gar
rigout left this fort. and soon after tellies with a largo body
of savages. A co l nflict.ensued, in which the whites de
fended thereselveS courageously, but finally surrendered
upon conchae r tis l at their lives should ha spared The
condition was 04 observed, and a general massacre
commenced. A !Vbs. Hoard saved her life by exclaim
ing to the savage who approached her with uplifted tom
ahawk, "You woUld siot:kill a squaw!" This was thirty
' seven years ago. In 1823 a small village of ten- or
twelve houses and sixty or seventy inhabitants had grown
up around the foi l :. 'Chicago hiss now a population of
20.000; the steeples of many churches overlook the wide
spreading prairiol handsome dwellings have converted
the m;rels into 'showy streets; blocks of brick houses;
border the ;Avenues of business, along which bustles a
busy cow l s). Fora min, along the river, acontinuous
forest of Maisie indicates the ex tent of its co mmerce, and
continuing further along this stream beyond the density
of the city, piles of lumber from Green gay have con
verted its banks iUto one vast lumber-yard, and in this
neighborhood the puffing of various steam factories adds
to the busy activitY of the scone.
, The enormous and splendid lake steamers daily enter
and leavo the Heck, crowded with passengers and enli
vened by bands of t !Pile; end while wo are looking at
the moving palacc with its multitudinous population, and
listening to its 'untie, we wonder at tho skill and adroit
ness with Which it is inencouvered through tho narrow
stream, and tonid the crowd of vessels. Although for
tunes have been Mado in Chicago by the rise in real es
tate, labor' has alsa had its just reward, for among the
most shoWy and comfortable dwellings urn those owned
by mechanics.
The population ( of Chicago is made ; up, not only of
immigrants from parts of our own widespread 'eosin
try, but from all ports of Europe—English, Irish, Dutch,
Scotch, Oonelt, Swedes, Norwegians, &c. Notices,
newspapers and p l oliticul spocches are promulgated in
thu Gerrnan as Well as in the English language, To
those who feel any npproheusion from the character of
the inffuenco of these European invasions, consolation
will be afforded by l a visit to the public schools.
Chicago is divided by its river and its branches into
three districts. and in each division a large, commodious,
and handsome britt , t building is cradled for the public
schools. Tho for, ign pnpile come
_to these schools fil
thy, ragged, and erittlid, speaking a babel of languages.
to a short time they,learn English from their native asso
ciates; and strict attention being paid to their habits and
costume by their preceptors, not- a long time is required '
to metamorphose the: y oung foreivicr into a cleanly,
respectable American boy; and thus our institutions at
ford a physical an moral ablution to the soiled humanity
of Europe. .
Tho reniainder of our glance si the lakes is out of the
tra4 of the larger boats, or indeed any boats, except at i
one main intervals.
From Chicago our destination was to wilder regions,
upon whose quiet solitudes the din and hustle of com
merce and spectdation had nut yet broken, but to which
they are to reach if the fur -seeing sagacity of John Ja
cob Astor is to be taken in evidence.
EMly on a Sunday morning wo wore passing the "Door
of Death," a pass Igo between a Cape of Wisconsin
and a neighboring lisland, communicating Lake Michi
gan with its important branch "Gruen Bay." and on the
same afternoon we were entering the Neenah or Fox
river. Nine or ten miles from the mouth of the river,
the bay shore, riseS iq a broad groan slope, dotted over
with comfortable looking farms and farm-houses, and
giving the idea of an old and well -settled country. The
entree° to the Neenah is so tortuous that although the
village or port of our destination' is close to us on• the
left hand, eight miles of a winding course WV necessary
to reach it. Tim settlement or town of green Bay is
formed of two villages, Astor and Navarino, seprtr l i
-
uted from each Other by a small • brook; and still,
quiet, inactive places they aro, and by no moans keeping
up to what its geographical position would promise for it.
A glance at the map will show that this must be the port
for en important section pf country, which is raPidly fill- ,
ing in. Mr. Astor, looking to the importance of the posi- I
Lion. purchased lands hero, the town of Astor being prin
cipally held by his estate. Navarino also is or hes been
chiefly in the hands of en individual, and this individu
al proprietorship is Itssig,•ned as a reason far the want of
prosperity In the place.
As long ago as 1670 the French had their settlements
in this region, and the spare population around the town
of .Green Bay consists now of French. Indians, and
half-breeds, and • th e philosophy of life seems to be to
pass it as easily as possible, and not to agitate thernservez
by any of the 'ye-ahead" and progressive principle.—
The country abounds In game, and the agreeable activity
of hunting is found l a sufficient alternation with the more
quiet pursuits of their lives. Groups of Indians, dirty.
drunken, and wort h less, are seen lounging about the
town or camped Mi l ks vicinity; these, are the Mencius
nees; but the Oneidas, neatly and picturesquely dressed.
visit it to sell their products and wares. These latter are
said to be the best ferment of the country; and it will be
one of the strangest romeaies of history.if it shell prove
to be the (44 that O Bourbon, a legitimate sovereign of
France. bai brought them to this civilisation and tether.
habits. The Rev. Mr. Wililame, their pastor, end to
whom they are greatly indebted for their improved con
dition, is now said to be the lost dauphin, the son, of
Louis the XVI. If so. he hes done more for the human
ftimily, perhaps. and led a more peaceful and quiet life,
than if he had sat upon the throne of his ancestors. This,
however. is not the only romance of this region of coun
try. A town bearing the Indian name of Aztalan is sit
uated between the Neenah and Lake Michigan, and
from this ideality it is surmised went forth the Aztec race
to, overrun Mexico, and funnel the empire of Monte
zuma.
At one.point the Neenah is within a mile and n half
of the Wisconsin, and this barrier being removed an
Immense circle of water communication is established
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic through the St.
Lawrence.
' Tho Neenah needs much the . sid of art to render it an
avaibable stream, being. in its present condition, much
richer to the tourist in search of the pictereagne than in
facilities for commerce. Flom Lake Winnebago. thro'
which the river passes, to its mouth, a distance of only
thirty-nine miles, it has a fall of one hundred and sixty
feet, and in this course tumbles over seven different ra
pids.
I. Winnebago Rapids,
2. 'Grand Chute,
3. Little Chute,
4. Grand
.5. Repides des Creches, '
G. Little kukalin,
7. Rapider des Petro.
Tho Brothortorvn and Stockbridge Indians aro selaed
on Lake Witinehtg,o, and have relinqukhedt heir Inchon
habits and government for nn agricultural life and the
privileges of citizens of the United States, and are rep
resented in the 'legislature by ono of their own number.
The Drothertowns, it is said, hare entirely lost their lan
guage.
Having 'understood that the scenery and rapids of
Grand Kadin, distant twenty miles, were Nett worth a
visit, procured a horse, arid early on a fogy morning
started on the journey. The fog soon rolled away and
uncovered a bright and beautiful day. My road was tut
obscure bridle-path or trail on the left bank of the rivers
winding sometimes along the river-bench, then through
the forest, up end down ravines, across narrow but
deep sloughs. in places the path was so overgroivn with
bushes as to require great care in keeping it, and several
times I, for a short time, lost my way. With tho excep
tion of ode or two farm; at the beginning and end of my
journey, - I passed only here rind there the solitary cabin
of a French settler, or the crumbliiip; chimney and turn •
tiling legs of the cabin of some squatter who had disap 2
pearcd before the first approaches of settlement and civ
ilization. Once, when out of my path. I came upon an
Indian wigwam on the edge of a brook in a sinall valley.
Smoke was ascending tlitougli the pinnacle of the coni
cal dwelling, but none of its inhabitants were present.—
The last five miles of my road Were through a clean
open forest on the summit of a lofty ridge. Frent this
ridge the road descended to a smooth, green plain were
the fields, houses, and barns of two large farms, b all of
tlie proprietors bring wealthy rind gentlemanly half
breeds. This was ••Grand Kukalin," pronouliced I.ticike
low, and meaning the stoppinvplace of the pickerel.—
This locality merited all that had been said of its beauty.
The river. ut this poi tit very brand, went dashing and
foaming in a roaring tor rent over an inclined plane of
flat limestone roejcs. Several beautiful wooded islands,
iibis largest of thorn containing tivesity•seven acres, di
vided the river indict malty rushing streams, which again
united in to one broad current before dashing down the
greatest inclination of its rocky bed. The opposite shore
rose in a fine slope, covered with forest-trees standing
, open and distinct, like those of a park, without any on
dergrowth littering the greensward from which they
' sprung. From the top of the bank the river is seen for a
mile curving among the hills before it roaches the break
of the islands and with/. and again it is seen to the bOlllO
extent after it has returned to its placidly below,
From the proprlutOr of ono of the fine farms on 'the
plain, I received in a gentlemanly and hospitable mon
itor the entertainment which my long and uarxccuitamed
ride rendered very desirable, and about the middle of the
afternoon started on my return to Green Bay, which I
reached at nine o'clock.
Wo have now glanced around the lAbes in a running
tour, following in the main the general lino of travel,
but, of course, our rapid movements havo kit much of
iriti4est unobserved and unnoticed.
ro:ieSr for Tonns 'Ladies.
It is said there is pnliry in taking advantage of circum
stances, and turning then to the accomplishment of these
objects one wishes to secure. Policy is, theroforit, neces
sary for those young ladies who wish to secure good bus
bands. But the policy which most of them pursue is ex
ceedingly erroneus—they scorn to think that it is degra
ding to them to be seen in any ordinary dress about their
lmusohold allure. .But this is the very condition which
every young man, who is worth securing, would prefer
to find them if he were seeking a wife. A foolish, sim
pering fop; who is more indebted to his tailor and barber,
for importance, than to his brains, may wish to find
young ladies dressed in silk and shut up in the parlor, lilt 3
dolls in a show case. But a sensible man wirfn.s a wife
that knows something and can make hei - self useful. A
judicimis writer advises all young men to seek their corn.
pardons fordifo from tho class who are willing to be found
in the kitchen, without making apologies for it. This is
sego advice, and if young ladies were aware that those
young men who are worth their seeking generally act upon
it, and had rather find 'thorn at the washtub than weeping
over the "last now novel;" ahoy would not run away from
their work and hide when a young man is approaching
the house, as they often do. They would lot hint know
they are worth more than mere play thingt—that they
are not butterflies, very pretty to look upon, bunt if handled,
perish. with the touch. Nothing recommends a young
lady like industry. To understand labor and to perform
it well, is one of the finest qualifications. Ladies should
never be ashrned of being caught at work.-91ire Brunch.
Church Dells.
There is something beautiful in the church boll.—
Beautiful end hopeful! They talk to high and low, rich
and poor, in the satne voice; there is a sound in them
that should scare pride and envy, and meanness of ail
sorts, from the heart 'of man—that should make him look
on the world with kind forgiving eyes: that should make
the earth itself seem to him, et least for a time, a holy
place. Yes, there is a whole sermon in the sound of the
church bells. if we had only the cars to uthlerstand it.—
There is a preacher in every belfry, that cries. "Poor,
weary, struggling, fighting creatures, poor human thine:
take rest, he quiet. Forget your vanities, your follies,
your week day craft, your heart burning! And you. ye
human vessels, gilt and palmed, believe the iron tongue
that tells ye for all gildiug.all your colors, yo are same
Adam's earth with the beggar at your gates. Come
away, come. cries, the church bell, me learn to be hum
ble: - learn that. however daubed and stained, and stuck
about with jewels, you are but grave clay: come Dives.
coma. and he taught that all your glory. as you wear it.
is not half so benign' in the eye of Heaven, as the sorts
of cmcompfaining Lazarus: And ye. poor creatures..
livid and taint—stained and crushed by the, pride end
hardness of the world—come, come, cries the bell, with
the voiee of an angel4—tome nod learn what is laid up for
ye. And teaming, take heart. and walk Am:maid the
wiekodoesi, the cruelties of the well. calmly as Daniel
walked among the ?long.—Douglas .krroll.
$l5O A IMAM, in lidvona•.
ileavy Maris and Light Marts.
- What's the nee of it? Trouble, trouble, trouble—what
a , world of it eve have! "Man is born to trouble," and
in vanity and vexation Of spirit" thus and thus it
Is written. There are the troubles of infancy. of youth,
of manhood, of old age! The troubles of poverty, and
the troubles of riches! The trouble of living, and the
trouble of dying! Who _has not his troubles?—who
claims exemption from, who saes the end ethane? And
yet, after all, what's the ass of it? This fretting and re
pining—this sorrowing and sighing—this moping and
mourning—making misery more miserable—in the name
of common sense, I say, what's Me use of it? Does it -
soothe pals, soften affliction, or ward of misfortuaet—
Will it cal{ back deceased friends, or prevent ethers from
dying? or deliver us from pOverty, or make us healthy, or
meliorate in one particular our condition? Then flossy,
for the very sake of saduess, what's blouse of it?
Suppose the times are tight and pinching; , that trade
is doll; that you have not money enough to live es welt
as you wish, and are obliged to labor harder, even fur
the little you obtain, than is agreeable; do you grieve
about it? do you abandon hope, end wish yourself dead?
User! what's the use of it? You get along, you will
always get along, if you are industrious and frugal; and
the most fortunate do no more. Besides, a light heart
will not break your fortuae, nor a heavy ono mike it,
Is it you misfortune to hive one of those pasts of sm.
eiety, a slanderous neighbor, who apeake ill of you, and
delights to do you every secret, back handed injury he
can; who never fails secretly to traduce your character,
misrepresent your conduct and motives, and, even tries
to excite prejudice against you? And does this discern
, pose and trouble you? What's Me use of it? Keep the
' windward of the follow—let your actions give the lie to
his eccumt;ons, and you need not employ words for the
purpose. Nail the issue, and You will see the maxim
verified in his case, that ho who "spltteth against the
wind spitteth in his own face," And here, too, it may
be remembered that a-heavy heart is no answer to an
• accusation, though it may bo a false one, and that a light
heart is not the heart that pleads guilty before men; you
had better, therefore, have the last than the lint, - on all
• accounts.
Are men dishonest? Wall a long face and a sad heart
reform them? Aro you sometimes deceived, wronged.
cheated? IV.Ii being discouraged mend the matter, or
melancholy make you sharper in your future dealings?
Nut a whit. 'Losses are lessons; all men buy their expo•
rience at the same market, thorigh all may not pay the
same price for the commodity. The only way is to
tuAke much of what - cotnes dear; and yen can do this with
a'l:ght heart better than with a heavy oue. -A heavy
heart—to/tars/Ad use of it 7 Will it make your fortune?
No; it will mzir it. That's Vuo vso of it.
Tc.sms.—ln the neighborhood of and.
in fact, through the wholo of Bohemia. we saw Bi . llllo of
the strangest trams that could well be imagined. I
thought the Frankfort milkwomen, with their donkeys
and hurse•liko carts, were comical objects. enough: but
they bear no cornParisim with these Bohemia turnouts.
Dogs—for economy's sake, porhaps—generally supply
the place of oxen or horseir, and it is no uncommon thing
to see three largo mastiffs abreast, harnessed ,to a country
cart. it Inikey and a cow together. are somotimes . rnat
with; and ono men, going to the festival at lglau, had
his wife and chldren in a•little wagon, drawn by a dog
and donkey. These two, however, did not work well
together;, the dog would bite his laiy companion and the
man's time was constantly employed in whipping the don
key away from the side of the road:, Once I saw a Wagon
thaws' by a dog, with a woman pushing Whim). while
a man, doubtless her lord and master, cat comfortably
within, snioking his pipo with the greatest complacency:
The very climax of all, was a 'woman and a dog her:
nesqed together, taking a load of country produce to mar
ket! I hope, for the honor of the country, it was not
emblematic of woman's condition thore. But as we saw
hundreds of them breaking stono along the road, and oc
cupied at other, laborious and not less tr+tial labor,
thero s too much reason to fear that it is sl.—Baylrd
Toylo 's "Views A foot."
rm Men3turt.—The Boston Transcript tells a sto
poor man who stepped iato the second class cats
train going into Boston OD Saturday. and who was
d by the conductor because he had not a quarter of
r to pay his fare, and was left to pursue his way
. As he trudged along he revolved harsh thoughts
nind at what seemed the disfavor of Providence
o cruelty and injustice of his felloW•men, until! on
gan angle in tho track, he saw the cant at a stand
Id hurrying to the spot he, beheld the car from
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'he had been thrust, dashed to pieces, and the mu
and disfigured bodies of his fellow-passengers
don the ground. The poor man's heart ceased
!inuring, and he could have taken the conductor's
'it'd blessed him eh the instrument of Providence in
•I l titit from a frightful death. Ito left the scene "a
wiser s I nd better man."
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Fir,NtLE COURTzMIP IN RUM:.—The Wattle(' of Rome
know nothing of those restraints which delicacy, mod
esty and vit tue Impose upon the sex in northern Europe.
Allontan lady who takes a liking to a foreigner. does
not cost ) her eyes down when he looks at her. but fixes
them upon him long and with evident pleasure; nay.
she ga4cs at him alone whenever She meets him in Cote -
patty, qt church, at the theatre, or in her walks. Sho
will saa ithout ceremony, to a friend-of the young man.
"Tell Out gentleman I like him." If the man of her
choice feels the like sentiment, and asks. "Are you
fond oil me l" she replies with the utmost frankness,
"Yes, my dean' , The happy medium between Amer
ican and Roman courtship appears to us the best.' We
hate excessive coyness, but do not like too much familiari
ty. •
THE SCIRRn. MISTRESS AT 1101111:.-4.4y dear boy,"
said a kind-hearted country school mistress to an unusu
ally promising scholar, whose quarter was about up—
"My dear boy, does your father design that you should
thread the intricate end thorny path of the professions,
the straight and narrow way of the ministry, or revel
amid the flowery field of literature?" "No,.marm," re
plied the juvenile prodigy-. "dad says he's going to sot
me to work in the tater patch."
A Howse Ft.v.—An English paper tells the following
ludicrous story: Two gets dernan. angling in the Thames
at Newborn. lately, could not agree upon the appearance
of one of their baits, the hOrtm-fly. and, they agreed to refer
tho question to a rustic. whom they saw ploughing at &
hole distance, and accosted him Ana: ••Boy did you
ever bee a horse-fly?" 4 .llthoy. l !'Said the fellow. with
some astonishment, 'mos, dent it I never seed a horse fly
but I once seed a cow fall down a pree.iiiice."
Fartatx MODY.STT.—Modesty in a piling female is the
flower of a tender shrub, which is the4iromise of an ex
cellent fruit. To destroy it. ikto destroy-11m , germ of a
thousand virtues, to destroy the hope of socitityo,o'com
mit an outrage against , nature. The air of the worldja a
burning breath that every day blasts this precious Bow
ler.
Viarrat.a min CLortia --Sem e ono looking at a rich
man said, "Poor man. ho toiled day and night until he war
forty. to gain his wealth. and he has boon watching it
day and night ever since. for hie victuals and clothe.'
QT “Do you under/had snot" thundered out one of
our couuppardwegotie to an urchin. et Rhone head he
'threw an ChVgigeal - "I've, got an ink ling of rrhat vett
mean,' raitt,the
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