LEWISBURG
BY 0. N. WORDJBX &
Ant Ixkei'en'Pext Family
(EIjc Chronicle.
rnilV, A1C.IST 29, 15G.
25 Cents
Will pay for the CllltoNK'I.E frt,m S jifr
('urt until after the I'rrti-lentml Klftinv.
Send in the names anil cash, Court week
James Aikex, of Lewislmnr, to the
Wt-li li citizens of Danville, on ln'ar
in;r that thov had formed u " FuE
SIOXT Ci.nt."
Vi tnco of the mountain,
r"nli.!ltt.-n..l au.t fro-'.
I know from lour natnis-a
Ju-t whttrr you w.-uoi Is-
In Tour Inch. lo-althr ri-;rioua,
r:n.-in-:sl it It rl-.u.l,
Y-oir kun in-ai-r vol
To . Tyrant liai I-
Von woro tra Fnclt.h aubj'-ota,
'or i:t,cl.n,l la fn-o.
A ri'l you. fouirht lor fore L.U1--8
Itlatol anJ i v
Jio toil ran d--t.-r von
Noilanjt-n-an fri.-lil
You're .-at-lor-il tli- hiieo caairn
W hertf day turn. to uiplit!
Yon haro hor-.l throutrh tlx mounts
You'vr hroujht out tlo or.-.
You baro huill tli- im 't furuare
Now liark to its roar !
In nsrt. distant ai..
Your h:inls struck the lira.
And th.-y aans -on.fa ot r'rcojom
In eUulu iifnre!
On the fourth of Nfo.-mber,
Wo look for you thi-n.
To atrikr for hoi.l Fremont.
Fw S(tee'ti MJltl Itre li-nl
All the nwoet "aiil n.l comfort"
U'lit.'li Slarorv mil uW-aii
From III.- han-1 of a W H.-hnan
-Aiut worth a hluo ts-au:
IM'tnori-r at lunvill--,
I'll Cull at your rluls
Hot I r.in't niM-ak lour Hncuar-
O tl that's 111-- tub!
lint 111 ta!k in r.la;n Ktic'iflh,
An i you'll uu-t -rs;:iii-l.
Ati.l I II a arm my own lo-art atrintra
Ity ra&iiinj: your lianil!
0 Tears in East Buffaloe.
In April, 17, AnitAHAM Yoi nu came
Kast lluffaloe, aud settled n.-ar wh re
be now resides ; be supposes he lias resided
in the regiou embraced iu that township
louder tlin oj person now living. lie
came from New Jersey, near the Hickory
Tavern, aud was a school-mate with lion.
NerMiddicswarth. The family was about
a wcck coming iu irom -ew jersey, wuo
their goods in a wagou, by Cattawissa,and
a fine time he and his little bro'hers aud
sisters had of it, trotting behind or before
the wagon, over the bills. At Lewisburg,
there was then the olJ portion of Icrr'B
, - . i . , -. i.
(now Brown's) Mill ; the lilack Horse
Tavern, on the lot where Wm. Cameron !
l-2?q. now resides ; a storehouse kept by
Mr. Black in a stone house below Mrs. C.
Wolfe's; Mr. lilack kept a Ferry near j
where the Bridge now is ; and there were
perhapsa dozen log houses scattered among
the thcu pine woods. There are probably
ten farmers, now, to where there was one
thm. There werestill some bears aud wolves
on Sbauiokin Kidge, aud he once saw five
deer iu one drove when riding on horse-
back to what is now liongler s mill.
Tho
ine
Flections were then held at the bouse of
Jacob l)reisbai.-li,near the Dreisbach church,
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and the district extended where are now .
1 i-i .; .. iii.tnot- ti.o first time
several hlection districts. 1 be tirst time
i ,..t..ci in isir. u-linn iiminnvdi-r
lie voted was in I5ij.,ncn Mmonciryucr
first run, and be has never missed a gen-
' .
era! election since-, and do.-s not intend to,
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for be always votes for Liber y- At that
time party spin, was higher than , is now;
and he being large of his age, and having
paid a tax assessed to bis uuelc, (of the
same name, wuo ..an n.'
being told he had a right t vote, offered
bis vote, and it was accepted and put iu
the box without challenge, although he
was not quite of age. He voted for Simon,
and supposed he bad a right to vote. He
was "down at Marcus Hook," in the War
of 1812.
Heaven, a Place of Activity.
The following remarks were made by
.. . . i-.i-t-.i
DrT Lyman Beecher, to his theological
class in Laue Seminary. Closing the book
o . . .
from which he had been reading, aDd jerk
ing off bis spectacles, he arose and ex
claimed :
"Except freedom from sin, intense, vig
orous, untiring action, is tbe mind's high
est pleasure. I would not wish to go to
Leaven, did I believe its inhabitants were
10 inactive vj parting stream. , ue
fanned into indolent slumbers by balmy
, ,' , . . , i
ness must be a place of activity. Has the '
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r.i.oC.n,i i.r.,;r,.i;.. ? 1 !.,.. n.;.i
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and Isaiah hung up their harps, useless as
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the dusty arms in Westminster Abbey?
H. .....I .!.: jjiir. -.1..:.!. i
asm,ceased itinerating the universe of God?
Are Peter, and Cyprian, and Luther, aud
Edwards idling away eternity in mere
psalm-singing f Heaven is a place of ac
tivity ,of never-tiring thought. David and
Isaiah will sweep noble and lof;y strains
in eternity, and the minds of saints un
cloggcd by cumbrous clay, for ever feast
t .. . a f al 1. . : -t 1
uu a. uautiuca ui auuuuui rteu. riorious i
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thou"ht lounir eeutlemcn. press on
you will never get through. An eternity
of untiring thought is before you, and the
universe of thought your field."
The Boston Transcript, a neutral jour
nal has the following : "At least seventy
per cent of all tbe voters under thirty years i
of age, in Xow England are for Fremont, j
In the Colleges, in the free States, the 1
Proportion is larger ; and in the Law, Med
jcal and Divinity Schools, the same fccl
aS prevails as in the Colleges."
J. 11. CORNELIUS.
axd News .Tourxal.
Xcw Western orrrponlenre.
Convloncracc of the Lvwiabarg Chronicle.)
Xiaijara Falls, July 18, 1850.
I write with Nia-rara's eternal anthem
thundering in my ears; its avalanche of
falling waters jarring the table and rattling " enormous. It seems as if everybody
the cascnents, as if shaking with ague or j Wls on ,lie win?' al"' nbody l--ft at home,
seized with an uneoutrolable panic its T,1C "-'hern Indiana," a first class
thunders oue moment louder than "old ! S,camer Pb'ug between Buffalo aud De
ooeau's roar," then unruffled and subdued, i ,r0it'. a'nS ,ho nortucr" s,""- "f uo lake
with the changing wiud, as if nature, at ' WUS 'a P.rt' Pri'Par'g for the regular trip
least, could sometimes tamn .,! (..,,
het owu stupendous marvel.
Perhaps you r-Specf a aD(i gr.ipuic
description of this world's wonder, but it.
, is too late la the dav for tl,at,and if you did
! you would be disappointed for no pen or
. pencil, that I VUow of, can picture the
scene to me niina-6 Cye with at, approxi-
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matt: ue-jree "i uit-iiKe VIVldneki Tl.
'Tec
a uu -
! great original refuses to be cauglit cv n Dv
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iuc uuuenoi -pc, except witn uiunnea
i tarn is ir.i ci.irv. Liko fi inr- ....., I ..
oulj give my own most obvious impros-
swns. 1 o do this properly, perhaps I had
( better go back aud "bring up the record." :
, On closing my last at Cleveland, we j
: repaired to tho 'Crescent City, "one of the !
. two nio!,t boats to UufLlo connecting the !
Southern and Western trains, with the 1
; Kustern routes, at the laer point ; thus '
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: b --.Ji j nils i uigui s
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rest, jet laiming .oeiu tuny ZW) miles
further on their way. Sti,
li-'giing parties
kept constantly arriving, ntil, about 9
; o'clock, the arrival of the Ineiunati and
Chicago trains poured a rus.ng multitude
on board, old aud young, bi and little
with tons of baggage, ur( the bu-re
5Jrtatnor. ranaliln of rnrrvinrt.,.!. 1
' j-ijnDiit; uuu- ,
,-- . .--r...., , a.kc,..j,
swarming like a human hive.
At last the gang plank was anded in, I Patriotis,n "t whose unguarded Albany
the lines cast off, and the Steal,- hicked : sPeccn was SUCQ a woful come-down from
out of the slip with deliberate rugging ! PrcT'0U!i dignified reputation,
motion, aud swiuging slowly ar(,j cast. j n the afternoon embarked with a "good
ward, pushed out two or three n., f-m i He companie" on the "one horse" steamer
sllorean average distance m,tajnC(i j
throughout the trip then with a uca(j i
of steam proceeded swiftly and ajjy 10
upon its dusKy voyage ; the new
ioon
giving a parting glance, then
bidi ucr
dim radiance behind the western bc,ln , UP
Surfer was the first ibiu io order - i I plosin so loud mat an oiu soiaier iu i
;3:Lrto!I.., who witnessed it, told me some
rockets were
sent up from a Static I
auswcrL shower sent I
.i i t .
from the boat self into a volcano of fire-and passing in !
So,,, not ,.v m Succession Black Itock, Grand and Nav, j
J t, .ia, u.j (w
tuc doubt would
ther, like many others apparently as safe,
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wAwerA snwilinir tn nnr chartered destina-i
,i0D or burrying, with fiery funeral rites,
1 3 !
t0 a watery grave.
mi . l: . 1
iue uisiani snore was
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olnliy Vlsl0 e ttc blazing light houses at
m i 1 1 ii 1 . . - ii- . !
q cveIand dwindled to twinkling stars, I
.1 j- 1 4 .1 v. I
then disanneared : and as the hours wore'
on a si ',0 'UeT with red and wllite ;
on, a single proptntr, wuu reu auu wuue ,
Iiirht hurried past alonu our backward
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,racb flapp,ng , Btcrn 6crcw jlke gom0
monster in torturej Eeeking escapc from I
its own agny ; an occasional sail would .
flitj with fpectral gilL.Dce, across the line
ot vision ; and at lengtn the pert prattle
ot the piano in the ladies cabin was uusn
ed, the bum ot voices died away, berths
and state rooms received their occupants,
auu iue puoi was icn. u.oi.c w.tu u. .
cious charge, in the solitude aud silence of
the night and the peaceful sea.
Every precaution seems to be taken
against fire, aud no lights are permitted in
the state rooms for fear of accident. Safe-
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ty evidently consists in tnese precautions,
and not in the means of escape, ample as
the latter seem to be. I counted eight
small boats on board, and two large laun-
1 ches ; but between pine and paint, the
heat of the weather, and the oven heat
from the furnaces, in case of fie at night,
! one half tbe Steamer would be in a blaze !
befon) the wood knQw h anJ 1
boatg wou,d gwampe(, ; ,
lowcring,or sunk by frantic multitudes leap-
inn intotbem from the scorching flames J
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Go Ihnl tliA l.lott of a 4 .-in it IIia htilr nF enoh
: a crowd under such circumstances, would I
be simply absurd and impossible. I noticed
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several stacks of short pine plank with rope
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uacdIcs ,0 uold b-V- nd tuese tLrown ,nt0
the water, would be worth more than all
the boats.
Sunrise found as nearly opposite Dun
kirk, Gve miles out, the back ground rising
and hilly, unlike other parts of tbe lake
shore, in this respect. A few sail, snow
white in the morning sun when west of j
! us, and dark as shadows while east of us ;
here and there a white light bouse,
. ..... 1 t. a 1
or spire or building, along shore ; a frcsh-
r . . r
ening breeze and ruffled surface ; and a
silence, unbroken by any sound but tbe
motion of tie Steamer,altogetler imparted
a sense of loneliness at sea peculiarly im
pressive. The low Canadian shore present-
ly appeared on tho left, and an Lour after
breakfast the dock at Buffalo was reached
in safety,near the entrance to Niagara river
at the eastern extremity of the lake where
without anv natural harbor, sairacious and
persistent enterprise, has concentrated an J
immense commerce, and covered these
we watched the curious influx of passenMs, Schlosser, all memorable points ;
gers, aud as the boat was loosed from its f ory.for various reasons ; we sudden- j
moorings, aud the shore receded, we tho't PJ up in tho mouth of Chippewa
of little ones at home.of the ma. disasters Jj, on the Canada side, near the battle
by "fire and flood," ou this fated lake.and : , where we caught an eager glimpse of ,
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LEWISBURG,
slopes and heights with a flurisLing and
populous city ; attractive for its business
atruospbere,and the beauty of its suburban
streets aud dwellings. The tide of travel
j tnronSn thii point, in the summer season,
"""""'"g. "or linposin g mmeusious,
aud sumptu.tus appoiutmeuts, revived my
original desire to visit Mackinac; aud the
j temptation to select quarters on board of
her was very strong. l!ut the Kails were
; close at band, and after no little hesitancy
we concluded to take them on our way
first, and Mackinac at some other
.1 -
ut : news received ucre an hour,
ag"t the Northern Indiana's destruction
l.r. .1... i . .i . .
" TlrJ "'Pi ma'io me neart
ui-ai ni i-k-pr. tri i n c ., no r.w.i.r , r
-2r:ilitmJe fur tbesnber gccoul thought that
i .,K us an, n"t her. 1 he musty
. V f "two beads better than one," ,
ls wo,'u something, after all ; and ought j
' u luI"i UP iu the tame volume with !
tlle "reso,J''ous of '98."
So nP ,owa wo weut f""- "Toll and a
ihuet ' Lut lh uq got too torrid and
scorch in r. f, i
o- ..1. uiLuuretuuiB.
Wllfif. I;iit in in
3 -i'osejueuce. i ue public .
scnools were c osed, and flu. oW,,
1, aud the city Suncrin-
tendent out of town. An outside glance '
at some fine school houses, was evidence '
cnougu However that the inside appoint- ,
ments were all right at the right season. I
Saw Fillotorc portrait, in profusion, iu the !
ftUoP Windows of tlils. the citv .if hia ma'i.
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dence; but did not eucountre tlm nnirlu
j
uuuu uuinuer tiiinselt.tlie sagacity aud
"Swallow," for the Falls,23 miles distant;
expecting, without inquiry on tho subject,
"e landed on the American side. Glan
pinn- of ttio f 1 1 l.v l. ..
v tun j.iic, ou iue
P01"1 opposite ISuflalo suddenly blown
ri:
one B,&a ,n lue
. f . , . .i . .i t:.. t
tiaa, alia a..-
years ago, that he thought the great globe ,
itself had burst asunder, and resolved it- ;
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le spray oi iue :
cutlet two miles below. Tho descent of j
the y..u from the eeneral level ot tuo
"UU3, irotu mo gt.iii.iat .i..... w
.Irn, ., ..,. . i a..ii z .v.o.. 1
tue LTlllii Ol LUC 19 diiuui t
ma'l at
a.
rri. . . . i
a u-w hinncwa ana vjutario cars nouu
, Jippi-wa
brought , femenst " the Horse Shoe :
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fall 00 thh gh ground above, and some ,
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u'stance fro- the level p uteau on ;
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tncir specu Htfford a Lurried glance 01-
down ij The gorge, my first im- !
b auJ !
tho , iJca crookeJ u,ir. ,
OT forty foot m.j wa9 no great af-;
,- flor nlI,
But passing on t the station, and ma- :
w a speedy trausi.down the slope to
the clifton House ol ,Le cJge of the ;
Ueepj precipitous clias, which conUnes
the lower river half . mile below the ;
Horse fthos, and nearly opositc the Amer- j
ican fall, with both in fuLvicw, tbe opti
: 4M1 .ok i.ntii :n r..t .!...:
cal illusion resulting froukhe colossal ui
mensions of the principal features of the
landscape, was apparent, am the scene be
gan to grow upon the spectator, and grad
ually expand to its true proportions and
sublimity. . 1 ,
The river contracts from tto miles to
-1
jess luau au air nuts wiuiu ut .ail a uum .
at the Horse Shoe, and at the sme poiut
turns square off to the east at a tight an
lranch pis3c3
Goat anJ (umLliDg ovcr tUc ,i,le
of the chasm, forms the American fall,
which seems to be a separate cataract,
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ttnmintw frnm n intlnrw.niloflC ROUrCC.
Goat Island, instead of a mere knoll,
turns out to bo a seventy acre tract of
woodland, with a perpendicular lront ot ,
four hundred yards in length, between !
the two falls; although most of the pic-
turcs we see represent them as near to
gether. The looso rocks piled up about'
the foot of the falls, seem at first like tbe
three and four foot specimens in a moun
tain brook, but in reality are as big as a
louse," and weigh lundrcds of tons. It
is difficult to realize at first that it is over
150 feet down to the surface of the deep
green, troubled river, and a third of a
mile across to tho opposite bank. There
is more of unshorn forest wildness in the
scenery than I expected to fiud. And the
two great cataracts look so near and thun
der so emphatically, it seems incredible
that instead of a few yards, tley are re
spectively one and two tundrcd rods dis
tant from the observer.
After one Lurried, sweeping glance at
these different features, my attention was
riveted upon the American Fall, directly
in front. A fuamy, snow-white, crystal
UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, AUG. 29, 185G.
avalanche, 100 feet high and 200 yards
wide, standing out in bold relief from the
dark cliffs on either band, and the darker
woods bove, and shining full in the de
clining sunlight with resplendent bright-,
ncas ever falling, falling, falling, yet !
never ceasing; rousing in one's bosom a
kindling excitement that feared to stir
lest the radiant vision should vanish, yet
yearned to leap into its rushing torrents
and share their jubilant gambols; its toss-
, - , , . . . ,,
g j-prajr and fitful rambow, now full,
now faint, all seemed as if rushing head-
long, with wierd and solemn exultation,
to the opening seals of apocalyptic visions
I ' . . m .
' and unimaLiuabla scene. f ,lon,,.. i
I or uurrvinsio lilt the Veil trom unk-nnia-n
- I - I uta
j glory. There ! I guess that will do !
If
I n, . ..
i j dui. luuisi'ivr-a.
I r -.w.j...,,, vyuu
j such occasions, and I stumbled, by pure
-t . . . . J '
lUCUrst anrtroaeli ta ooon-tl.;.,..
: acciueni, upon exactly the ri"ht spot and
fii rin ........ -....t:
't'lcst eipecUtiona.
j A closer acquaintance proved the Amer -
can to be tame and trivial, in comparison
wi'h the massive aud more maguificcut
'lorse Shoe fall ; which pours over its
central arch, a stream of water twenty -
five feet deep, by experiment ono mil
Hon tons of water being estimated to fall
. . . "u,'"tu 10 Iau
i - .t. ...cij iiiiuuic, piuugmg into tne abyss
!it I
uciow WllU an incessant roar of thunder
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a P'mthrou tceinht i,f snn,7 ntillta .,., 1
other, aud for which one in vain seeks a
comparison. It seems impossiblo that !
such a sceuo could last : tho c...i !
" exhaust itself ;
. . . .. ' ",vv
rocKy oea e..ub.o a a... ' : .;! !
in nn lmi . . .
the DfL'Surfl of niipIi r'tha I.. 1
.vd.a..voa luivcs. uui
then it ritlU tirirfiinfr.nr i.n,i i ;
-"
I In! p.-if.-ir.-iof f -.i i
side. ,f nl.mn ,l. ...t.iii.. .. ,
naters are oi a surpassinirly beautiful
a.-,...-. 1 . ! II- a.
. , . ,uo """ rePay "e j
isk incurred. Laying aside cpAt-tal- '
A .. I.... I it. . r II 1. .
not cKirt. Tollnw oil cloth Dants. and coat
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and bonneto the same imater.a .andde-l
scend a Hundred '
cliff by an .rrcgular path and steps, from
the bard limestone at the top to the strata ;
of soft slate, so softyou can dig it out ;
wi.u your uugers. '
looso rocks and crumbled shale sbPe down !
to tho water, leayng room ,
part, for a narrow path under the p rojeet-
.ng cliff, which reaebe fa over 1 ke a
AJiAvtnM n.mini? rinllonino On. HOmC- -
. I i: !... nn.nl thn
Duuuuug "ui'j - o ' ;
times erect, sometimes stooping, you rcacu
tne " neu oi waters, jou ouauia iu
10 nroli nf Tmtiim'a own cathedral. rocK on
one side, dissolving crystal on the other,
v --" '
11 . . e t. .1. ,j ,1,;,
a uuuureu ice up iium ui
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ty wide at the base, the spray dashing up
,, ,. . nJ
hke a summer shower, and as you grope
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a ong uu .ta 'P Pre"" ;
u r,,.oa oroi-nt hv the sense of foelin".
r -b- ---1 -
and turcaicn io wuin you iuio ."o jrnu-
ig gulf, you wheel about and edge back
J ilt tQ enjoy tbe mUim,
specta(.lcit sceQjiug as if .Noah's deluge
were pouring its fl.jud of waters back
. - . fllllnta:,is of the OTCat deer,.
:i, the deafenius thunders of a dissolv
.ickillg out specimens of rock to send
ing universe.
J0U bringiug down a bushel or two
more aD0Ut my head than was desirable
aDj trin t0 seize some of the young eels !
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fc uotor, nue a lauing mass of molten : such a hurry, . hey look as if they had broken I practical judgment which dinguishes
emeralds ; aud, as .hey descend, first loose from Old .N.ek, or he had kicked them ,hem, wiU pr:nounce it all poUtiL per
streaked and spangled with jeweled foam, j out of hls dominions. secution
" beautiful exceedingly " in the glittering ! We k. instead of 1 Cul. rrmont was ;Qtru3tedb hu Guv.
sunlight, then wholly changed to white as io."i?B'2 1,7 I ,h' ' wi" W -sponsible duties,
they disappear in the tossing spray. "fie. dlf c , 1" ? f 11,' ! These duties wtre far dint from the
that aro at nonio here, I made my exit ; Pennsylvania can not suppose that this
as glad to get out, and stay out, as I was pr(iposuion will pass this body without at
to get in as is tho case with most per- jeast a pacing notice. He takes the re
sons, after the first flush of excitement ppongibility he chooses to press it, and I
has passed off. Aside from the danger of j
fBiiD& there is, whether ono is bchiud or
1 abovo the falls, an indefinable longing to
. . . ... . . .
iKny in : a singular temptation that is a
specific danger in itself. Another more
palpable danger on this particular visit, is
Table Itock, what is left of it, a huge
projecting mass, cracked clear across
above, and Lalf way down, as I discovered
in passing under it on my return, that
may tumble down in five days, or five
years. Wo to the passing visiter when it
does fall !
Quit the Clifton House yesterday afternoon
tnd came aroun,i to the American side. The
wailers at that house by the way are mostly
runaway slaves; very polite and attentive.bnt
with an undefmable something, in their air
and manner, that seems to say, -Sambo owns
himself, sah !" Southern gentlemen, I find,
dislike the house on that account.
Crossed at the Suspension Bridge.two miles
down j a fragile looking structure, 800 feel
long, in a single span, and 200 feet above the
river, with a carriage way below.and railroad
track on top yet feeling as solid and secure,
when on it, as the most timid could desire.
Just below the bridge the river becomes cramp
ed into a narrow gorge of less than a quarter
of a mile, through which the angry waters
tear their way with mad impetuous fury ; pil
ing np the longitudinal waves twelve or fifteen
feet higher in the middle of the stream than at
the margin immediately beyond, expanding
at a bend in the river, to a wide whirpool.two
miles iu circumference, that is more terrific
and relentless in its grasp of all floating things,
than even the great cataract itself 1 bodies of
men and animals being known to float forty
days before escaping, and huge saw-logs held
perpendicular for raii.utes in itscircling niovc-
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' ments, the.; drawn under and retained for
i hours before again appearing.
Stopped at this end of the bridge to let the
driver report at the custom house. He pre
sently returned with the word that he "guess
ed the old fellow was up stairs asleep, for he
couldn't find him and we passed on. l)ut
all do not get through so easy. A party of
;l 6'rls ' 'he Cataract House gave the old folk
i lhe ''P ,u 1,ave nice riJe around to the oiher
; slJe- by ",e"'selr- Val it so happened that
, Ul "r"Be' dischSeJ l"ver had just
reported that carriage for carrying'smogglej
' gooJs, anJ the momenl ,;ncle 's officials
j got their eye on it number, it was seized for
confiscation, and the young ladies unceremo-
i mouslT turned out to find their u-ay back, as
I !ivt thov niiohi
'
! " 61,1 over ' the Tower on lhe marR'n of
,U it.,,
rse Shoe ; all around Goat Island, and
the half dozen others that are accessible in
the rapids, and to every point of interest on
i ih-a i,l ..oi ik. i. r ,i. m:.j
-... v-v,.i nit vjtt.c wi nic ..lliusun
i der lhe American Falls, which wasTmost too
' t;t.i:..l. r. . . . .
1 """i on sucn a winuy aay as
nna
and the ramble is a thing to be
enjoyed, not described. When I think of at-
1 1 min i;h,i m.i;r, ,,t . . ...
i Onejvisiu however, should yet be mention-
! eJ- '''bat is the descent, by the inclined
' nIane' wored by water power, to the wharf
1 of lhe "Xew Maid of lhe Misl'" near ,1,e
t51"" siJu of lhe American Fall-a neat,
'"''V TT''U T? "
distance above the Suspension Bridge, which
isa pri
isoner for life in her narrow bounds,
as she can not scale lhe falls or pet out ihrn
the whirlpool. She makes hnnriv trin. ,i,i.
nn' the day aDd sometimes on moonlight
"'gh'S frm lhe br"'ge up '"lo the very vur"
x UI ",e ,urse Bnoe ra" S saucily
tor
a moment nn ih hi.iltntr m.ILrv ci-o
......
1!" .?.raCe,UU5r S ' and
...... a-. .... 1
'wmc was aiicr ner Willi ins harnoon. Seen i
from kA .t.- i - . t 1
trmn abT. ,!,, upward trip, the clusters
oi passenirers on deck, in their veiinu ...i ;
cloth mantles and hoods, look like a shrink-I
compan) of recusant monks and nuns
being shipped to perdition; coming back in
and other celebnties, for want of time, and
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head quarters.
ai.
Senator Wilson's Speech.
Rlsler's attack upon Fremont !
Tin the U- S. Senate, on the 14tb,
.1- . ,.- .. i l I nr.
when tho resolution introduced by Mr. ;
lglcr, of Pennsylvania, ca Uuig .the
; concerning the accounts of John C.
pc t
consideration, Hon. Henry Wilson,
of Mas?acnUjCtts, rose and said :
JIr 1BESIDl;ST:The days of this
: 1 1 .. ..... n lliimtutaa fit
ri-OlirU I f ' 1 1.1 1 1 Illt'll L 1U1 CUailCa UI 1 "
aoegioQ are rapiuij paoaiug. .-"
th(J nighcst ,mportanco presses upon our j
consideration. Chairmen of leading l orn-
mittees, charged with measures of great
public concern, crowd forward to obtain j
the car of tho Senate.
While the Senate is thus engaged in j
the performance of its high duties to the ;
country, the Senator from Pennsylvania,
,m. i:i. .i.-.,.i.- v..f... ,.a iliia KttU '
mS,, .... ,
petty proposition, unworthy of a moment's j
atteution of honorable men, in or out of
the Senate. The Civil aud Diplomatic
bill must be thrust aside, other measures
must be thrust aside by the Senator from
Pennsylvania, that the Senate may con
sider this proposition, by which certain
political schemers hope to elicit something
out of which they can manufacture slan
ders against a brave man, who Las served
his country with eminent ability both in
nj : rar Tho Senator from
r . . ..
siiau take at least a few moments of the
time of the Senate to characterize the
proposition as I think it deserves.
Docs the Senator from Pennsylvania
think the generous peoplo of this country
will applaud this attempt to wound the
sensibilities and defame tho character of
one who has won a brilliant name in the
history of the Republic one whose ex
plorations and scientific attainments are
renowned among civilized nations ? Docs
he expect to wiu support for his favorite
candidate for the Presidency by thrusting
into the Senate this wretched proposition?
This is small game. If that Senator
hopes to win popular confidence and ap
plause, if ho hopes to turn back the tide
of popular favor that is Hearing John C
Fremont to the Executive chair, by this
resolution, which I here pronounce, which
honorable men in and out of the Senate
will pronounce, and which tho country
will pronoucc, small and mean, he will
find liuisclf sadly mistaken. Wherever
this proposition goes, high minded men
will treat it with derision.
jl would not stoop to such a warfare as
this. If it was aimed at James Buchan
an, I would spurn it from me.
This is not the first time, Mr. Presi
dent, that the shafts of political maligni
ty Lave been lurlcd at men who lave
served the Republic, and it is not tie first
time that the Senate has been called upon
to grope among the archives of tho Gov
ernment, to discover some account, or the
records of some account, between the
Government and men who have been in-1 iraous yote of the House aud Senate and
trusted with public funds, out of which ; the approval of 1'resiJent 1'iurce on th
something would be distorted for partirau j 2!th of July, 1S51. If bis account w r-
tniS'i9 - i t t ., J ncJ, if money ws in lis LanJj un.
In 13 Jj, Andrew Jickson was assailed ,.,. j .-.-.
, .. .... , , ,, , , ""counted for, if the Oovernment had anv
lor bis military deeds. The people, ua- it . . r- .
- ,,, ,,, ' ... ,- , ! "knee against him, why, Sir, why dil
mindful of these assaults, bore him proud- , , . . . .. . . " ',
1 ' ' not VOIir Aflfmnlatratlrin in,n,.J ....!..
ly to the Presidential Chair, over one
J"""'. "'t, .uu mosi, meorruptio.e
1 a. I "I I i
patriots that ever graced the councils uf
f, ., ... e
the Kepublic.
In 1340, Gen. Harrison was assailed
bv the envenomtd to.,. ,.f .U...Io,
branded a coward, and deuouue d as a ! SmC PoIUicn ia tUe dePlr
bad man, aud the people took hiu. in their IutDt8or wuo has access to the departments,
arms and bore him to the Executive Chair "m? lM 80uIlc89 creature' Ttr
over his accomplished aud experienced ,t0 lth wputrtion of honorable men,
competitor. doubtless found papers bearing upon
Iu 1818, Zaehary Taylor and the yen- Fremont's connections with the Gov
erable Senator from Michigan, (Gen. I erumnt out of which he thinks, extract
Cas) were both denounced in the same j cln De 4'oted,if published.by which venal
manner their accounts with the Goveru-
meDl luroufe'U 10ng jears of public service,
overhauled and audited over again by po
litical accountants aud auditors.
In 1S12, Gen. Scott, a soldier who las
served the Republic for more than forty
years in peace and war, with nnsupassed
ability, was arraigned in the same uiau
ner and for a similar object.
What was gained by these assaults upon
Jackson, Harrison, Taylor,Caas aud Scott?
I venture to say here, to-day, that all
these assaults upon these distinguished
men, conc.-ruing their monetary transac
tions with the Government, never lost
them the confidence or support of any
portion of the American people. Pass
this resolution, drag out of the depart
ments the bills, vouchers, letters and pa
i . A . . , ,
weeu isoiuuci i fuiuout aud toe
Government, ijarb'e tlurn, scatter them
0Ver the ,anJ blast ,Lt'r Coutcuts iuto
the ear of the unwilling country, and the
people, with that sense of justice, that
j seat of Government beyoud the borders
M iMlllfaOUMin California. Thoso hib
aud responsible duties were performed in
ner that won the commendation of
a manner
the Governmeut, the approval of honora
ble Senators upon this floor, and the p-
anJ a(lmiratiua 0f , grateful peo-
forewMuci4ted wlth
the pathways to the golden shores of the
Pacific, through the gorges of tha Rocky
Mountains with the conquest aud acqui
sition of California.
Money was iutrusted in his lands. In
the performance of duties assigned him,
men .,r,perty, money, were all for months
oears itrustcd to his keeping. The
, derjand why Johu C. Fre-
m (Ut jg arrajgneii now eiyAr or ten yean
,,,, . i,;. duties to his Government were
"fl.rinej if l3 aceouuts were unset-
t!t,jjf ue naj faied to account for mo-
ccJ in uii hM( if be W4S in anJ
J ' . . . . .. 1 :n 1.
a a,.UulltTf wny, lne people wu. a.
was he nQt rt.pjrteJ as the law re-
quires, by the proper officers ? Why was
his name left out of the list of public of
ficers whose aceouuts were reported as un
settled ?
Uu the lOih of January, I80I, lion.
Elisha Whittlesey, Controller ot the have spoten ot it as l inins 11 uescrrcs.
Treasury, made a report to the House of Perchance tha Senator feels that Le has
Representatives, in which he says : j the good name and fame of Col. Fremont,
" In conformity with the provisions of j as well as Mr. Buchanan, in his keeping,
the act of Congress, approved March 3, 1 perhaps we ought to feel grateful to hitn
1S09, entitled 'an act further to amend j for nis jea. ri)T tije ri.pUta.ion of our can
the several acts for the establishment and lat j Mn no( but foe, tha, what.
regulation ot the 1 reasury, ar auu
vv departments.
an, I af ihfl Ut lUHIlll
March 3, IM 1, entitle,., -an ac 10 pro
vide for the prompt settlement of the pub
lic accounts," I transmit herewith, rtatc-
ments J tne mcnuntt tenic-a remnmen uuc
more than three wears prior to the lf Jay
of July, 1853, on the books of the Regis-
... nf Ti-nxsurv. and tm the books of the
Second, Third and Fourth Auditors of the vcry eltensi0Ilj anj whether the next Prcs
Treasury." ! ijentiai election is not made an exclusive
This report, Mr. President, contains ; gouthcrn tioDie presUme the electiot,
s.VC!M'0r of names, reported in, rcturn)j) .j,. fr0IU Kentucky, will
obedience to the requirements of the laws, c(mviuce them of t(.e Uue positiu f aff.,ir,.
by Mr. Bigger, Register of the Treasury, .. FiUraare M uur caudidate, wj
Mr. Clayton, Second Auditor, Mr. Burt, checrfuIy t0 woll aDi
Third Auditor, and Mr. Dayton, Fourth ; content , uave eu beat, Lut it was
AUlLl,this long list of names, I find the j evident to u, weeks ago that the Hotspurs
names of some of the noblest eons of the of the Slave States would no more rccog-
Republic. The names
of General Gaises,
Wuuth and Harney; are in this list, but
the nimc of Jhn C. Frtmont U not umun
them ! If his accounts were unsettled
if a balance were against him,why was not
his name reported ? This name is nor in
the list of persons whose accounts were un
settled, during tho year preceding tho 1st
day of July, 1852, or in the years prece
ding that date.
Oa the 1st day of July, 1S53, no mon
in his hands unaccounted for.
eys were
I la nwo.l the Government notbintr. At
that Very time, ho had a claim for supplies
furnished tbe Government as early as July,
1S51. That claim was examiued and re
ported upon by a committee of the House
of Representatives, at the head of which
was Col. Orr, one of the leaders of tho Ad
ministration in the House. That Commit
tee reported a bill allowing Col. Fremont
SIV-o. aud that bill received the unan-
YEAR XIII....WIIOLE NUMBER, 6-1 C.
At $1,50 Per Yeah, always in Advance.
of '
J v,u.j.. OVltiC
mcnt and secure any claims of the G jvern-
; nwIlt , -. , , , 41Jo fc0- , , i ..
i i- ,..,- , , ..
I' r.mou t in bis coffers ? ill the Sen a-
. . - .. , . .
MyIP, bewtur
"DiWtr ,L,S Vlou ?
politicians can blacken the reputation of
one they late and fear, and the Senator
from Pennsylvania comes into this cham
ber, with this resolution, ta carry out (Lis
inx.ll game of political malignity. I shall
tote, Sir, for this inquiry, but I wash my
hands of its meanness its abject bitterness.
The Senator from Pennsylvania assumes
to be Mr. Buchanan's fugleman here. I
have sometimes thought the Senator.in his
deep anxiety, felt that he carried Mr. Bu
chanan on lis shoulders. I hold Mr. Bu
chanan responsible for an attempted blow
at lis rival struck by the land of tho
Senator from Pennsylvania who professes
to be his particular friend, who is ever
watchful of his interest and fame. So
prompt is the Senator from Pennsylvania
to rush to the defence of Mr. Buchanan,
that I have come to regard him as that
gentleman's "premonitory symptom" here,
Nothing but that Senator s extreme desira
to better the waning fortunes of lis chief,
could have induced him to engage in this
political device.
Mr. President, the people will regatJ
this as persecution. It will bring odium
not upon Col. Fremont, but upon tho
men who originated it and move in it.
It will rather redound, as all such at-
tacks against candidate ft U p . 1 . .
gravest and most transcendant issues ever
presented to the people of the United States.
All that the Senator from I'encsylvama
and his candidate can make out of his in
quiry will not weigh a feather in the com
ing contest, which is to decide whether
Freedom or Slavery shall sway the policy
of the Republic.
Iowa young Iowa has uttered her voice
for John C. Fremont, by a majority of
thousands. Maine will respond to Iowa
for the East, in a few weeks, in a voice
not to be mistaken. The Seuator can not
break the mighty current that is bearing
the friends of free Kansas on to essurreJ
triumph by this petty political mioucuvre,
which gentlemen should not stoop to en
gage in. Pennsylvania, on tha 11th nf
October, may teach her Senator that sho
is not to be won by attempts to defame tha
Chieftain, around whose bauner tbe liber
al, progressive. Democratic masses of the
couutry are rallying for the coming figUt.
I have not spoken, Mr. President, of
the motives that have actuated the Seoa-
j tor from Pennsylvania iu introducing this
i inquiry. I have nothing to do with nu
! tives. I have spoken of the act, and I
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le
c'" ......... . , j j
upon Col. Fremont, the Seuator will wiu
no laurels by it that any oue will uesiM
to pluck from his brow.
The Southern Elections.
If there are any Americans still in doubt
1 , ,h position of the advocates of sla-
! mze iortneru ru.morc iu-u - - e
citizen, than a supporter 01 rrcuuui, am
thus narrow the question down to fieo or
slave territory. These elections show that
Buehauan is regarded as the chosen instru
ment for fastcuing slavery on such Terri
tories as they covet, and as such they wk!
support him. A conservative man hko
a. ..mi :ti ... thftti. and
..jr. rniuiuiv wm uu.
man like Col. Fremont, who TIom
ises tu
' .. t. r ac
administer the i;ovemiBeut,u .
cording to tho true sp.r . , na
t . ..r tha lousiiiu-
tion as it was wtorpn,- ; -
.ho framed and pu .,
stiU less ;.nd, consequent n
tcrnativoA-'
TcrJ IwiVoicn Gaxtie, v'"'31
Fillmore.) TZTicmt
H. N. McAUister.bereKfore ,
of centre couu-jj
Vat lluutiugJ"0-
Frctuout meetiuj
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