point is one of very great beauty, but of a calm, mild character.

The way upon which the rails are laid, pursues its course occasionably deeply cut almost through solid rock. The Thomas Viaduct is a fine work, beside which is As the cars progressed on the borders of Maryland, erected a testimonial, surrounded by iron railing, a kind in Cecil county, we passed a camp-meeting. The pious of obelisk-with an inscription-of which all that I were congregated in a lovely spot, upon the side of a could gather was that it was raised in honor of Mr. handsomely wooded hill-their white tents were hardly Thomas, one of the Presidents of the Company, by accessible by the sun's rays. Horses and wagons were which the road was constructed. The cars, upon this strewed through the groves; and mid the freshness of viaduct, pass high above the roof of a large seven story surrounding foliage, and from the green carpeting of mill, looking out upon which, and the stream and ra- nature, the voice of prayer and thanksgiving ascended vine below-forcibly remind you of the altitude upon into the clear blue sky. With liabilities to great abuses, which you are progressing. In about two hours we ar- as they certainly are, there were beauty and poetry in rived at Baltimore. There is nothing very command- the minds which originated these camp-meeting gathering, picturesque, or beautiful in the approach to this ings. Through a country partly wooded, and partly city; one object, however, commands the attention-in cultivation, producing principally corn and buckit pleases the eye, it gratifies the soul—the Monument | wheat, we drove rapidly, rattling on. Stopping at vato Washington! This grateful memorial to the father rious points upon our route, we were amply supplied of our country, prepossessed me in favor of the place, with fine peaches and other fruit, by the usual juvenile and made me disposed to view everything I met there marchands in that department of trade, who were obthrough a favorable medium. From any point of the trusive and annoying, as was naturally to be expected. city you may behold it; above the foliage, above the One of these youngsters sold some peaches to a pas houses, above the spars of the shipping it towers up into senger, amounting to about a shilling in price, for which the hazy sky! It is a simple column, and on the apex he received a dollar. He happened, however, to be is the statue. Such was Washington himself—all sim- very unaccountably slow in finding the requsite change plicity-all elevation and moral grandeur. There too, among the Shanties in the neighborhood, and the cars you may behold the monument to the defenders of the starting--inexorably at their moment for departurecity, during the late war. These things are as redolent the young rogue managed to pay himself handsomely, of patriotism, as they are of good taste, and whatever both for his genius and his produce, by retaining the may be, or may have been the faults of this spirited price of the peaches and the change due the stranger. community, of this I feel warmly assured, that to the So much for "tricks upon travellers." pride and glory of the great republic, her citizens, in the midst of her monuments, can never prove recreant. Rambling through the streets, I was struck by the "Law Building," a large stone edifice, curiously ornamented with iron railings, and dedicated to the accommodation of the gentlemen of the long robe, who people it with a closeness of juxtaposition, like bees in a hive. Among other places which I visited during a cursory stay, was the ship-building establishment of Messrs. Watchman & Bratts. It covers a number of acres, and employs a great many artizans. More than one splendid steamboat might be seen at the wharves, waiting for iron work, and their various equipments. This concern is well worth seeing. I stopped a few moments at the market. I noticed the melons and peaches, which were fine, numerous and cheap.

I left Baltimore at 7 o'clock, A. M. for Philadelphia, by the rail road route; the cars were drawn through the city by horses—afterwards the steam cars were attached. I could not but repeat the opinions so often expressed by travellers, in favor of the beauty of the ladies of this place; as the trains moved on, the loveliest faces bent out of the windows to behold them. The steamboats by water, and the locomotive by land, started out nearly simultaneously; I much admired the appearance of the former-their sides reflected in the water-their decks thickly peopled-the black smokecloud from their chimneys overhanging them--and the gay, gorgeous, glorious ensign of the republic streaming from their sterns, and the stars and stripes, in all their varied beauty of coloring, repeated by reflection beneath. The country we passed was rude, wild, and uncultivated. It improved, however, as we approached Havre de Grace. We breakfasted, passing the mouth of Susquehannah. Port Deposite was in view. This

At an early hour we arrived safely at Wilmington, upon Christianna creek. The soil in the neighborhood seems to be very good, and under very good cultivation. The corn was large and well advanced, and promised, apparently, a very abundant harvest; the cattle too were sleek and numerous. There are said to be fine factories, of paper and other articles, upon this stream, which abounds in water power. Wilmington contains a considerable population. The cars came up to a fine colonnade, where a large crowd was assembled. I was pleased to recognize those pretty fellows-the dandieswhose precious bodies gloried in the finest habiliments that Broadway could furnish, and whose vision and manners were aided by gold chained quizzing glasses, through which their melting optics were directed towards the ladies wayfaring. In five minutes the baggage cars and the passengers were aboard a neat little steamer, "The Telegraph," which dashed off gaily upon the waters. The Telegraph is very swift. Her cabins were adorned with fine pictures-representing Washington crossing the Delaware, the Philadelphia Bank of the United States, &c. We passed Chester, (an ancient place, abounding with weeds in front of it) about 20 miles from Philadelphia, at which latter place we arrived before 2 o'clock. The Delaware, near Philadelphia, is a broad stream, but the banks too low and sedgy for anything like picturesque beauty. We passed the big ship, pierced for 120 guns-the Leviathan; among the surrounding craft, she was as an elephant in a menagerie of monkies. We landed at Dock street, near the beautiful marble exchange; of hackmen, porters and omnibuses, we certainly encountered a multitude. So far upon our route, Philadelphia needs no eulogium. Her elegance and comforts are familiar, all over the Union, as "household words." The city ap

peared dull enough-all complaining of the state of transporting from place to place the newly cut hay. trade. How much Philadelphia contains to admire! The carriages in the streets were splendid and cleanthe Quakers! they looked so ruddy and rotund! I hated to travel any further. Fine taverns, fine reading-rooms, every thing fine. I passed the marble palace of the late Bank of the United States. How ponderous, how fine, how chaste! This edifice certainly deserves all the commendation which has been bestowed upon it. But I must tarry no longer. "The glorious king of day, rojoicing in the east," advances upon his course. The steamboat bell already tolls-the porter, with my baggage, is far in advance of me. So good bye to thee, city of brotherly love!

oak," all around the blue waters, the white sails of commerce, the foaming steamboats; and the inhabitants are fanned by the pure breath of the breeze coming in from the wavy bosom of old ocean. But onwards! onwards! reluctantly-farewell to thee, New Brighton!

All this was pleasant and various enough. On our right was Staten Island-its soil bold and elevated, at some little distance from the shores, which were frequently sedgy and marshy. As you approach New York, however, the lowlands and marshes disappear. Staten Island is said to be moderately fertile, and well cultivated. Ten miles from New York, on its northeast extremity, is New Brighton. New Brighton! delightful spot! As you pass, it is on your right hand. Come with me to the boat's side, and behold the beauty of this pleasant city of the Gothamites! See the tasteful edifices-the Grecian temples--the colonnades! Every house seems transported from classic soil, standAgain the rumbling of machinery-the splash of ing-not like the temple at Philadelphia, transformed the wheels in the water-the hurrying to and fro of pas-into a Bank, amidst chimneys, backbuildings and side sengers-and I am on my way to the great commercial walls, a red purgatory of blazing bricks—but upon the emporium-New York. The shores of the river con- | green earth, and shaded by the "gnarled and fantastic tinue low as the city recedes, and its glittering white domes are barely visible above the verdant shores. Pretty country seats begin to prevail, and occasionally an edifice devoted to the intellectual culture of the ladies of the city we have left behind. We have now arrived at Burlington, about fifteen miles from Philadelphia, situated on the right hand side of the river. We have passed Staten Island-down upon the right, The ladies on shore beckoned to their expected friends those thirty or forty sails are of ships at quarantine. on board. The whitened houses, the umbrageous trees, We are now in a fine open bay-the great city in sight. the fine ample green terraces of this village, give it quite Look straight over the vessel's prow-that forest of a captivating appearance, which is shared by its neigh- mingled masts and spires is New York. We now apbor Bristol, across the stream. An elderly gentleman, proach the wharf, which swarms with people. The as he leaned over the bow of the boat as we approached battery frowns over us, and the flag of the Union this latter place, exclaimed, “what a divine spot for a streams from its ramparts. We are now in the midst residence!" which proved plainly to me, that the fresh of the hurry and confusion preceding landing. The and the verdant in nature, exercise their poetic witch-boat reaches the wharf. In an instant some twenty or ery with a like power over the grey beard and the thirty huge, able-bodied fellows, clothed in white shirts, beardless. like butchers at their stalls, leap from the piles of planks and goods on the wharf, upon the deck, which trembles beneath their heavy heels. These are the portersgentlemen whom it would pain exceedingly that you should experience any delay about the transportation of your baggage. Wo to any vessel that a band of these fellows were ordered to board. If such be the materials of which our navy is composed, no wonder that the crossed ensign of old England got a rough reception from it. When you have landed, an army of hackney coachmen, standing like soldiers in regular line, with their whips extended straight before them, besiege you—“have a hack, sir!" "have a hack, sir." Escaping them, a shoal of boys implore you to let them carry your baggage. With industry, and squeezing, and pushing, you may finally succeed, following in the wake of your baggage and porter, in finding your way safely to an hotel.

Pursuing the Delaware, we were soon at Bordentown, where, company and baggage, we were transferred to the rail road. Thence for South Amboy. As the cars rattled by, we were favored with a mere glance at the house and grounds of the Count Survilliers. We were now in a level country, the soil thin, the produce corn and buckwheat. Part of this road is through woods, which makes it finely shaded, and consequently very • agreeable to travel; before you reach Amboy, you pass through a very deep and difficult cut. Upon this route I was instructed and entertained, by a plain farmer, who lived below Philadelphia, about forty miles, with an account of marl lately found in his neighborhood, and its effects upon land. He stated that one year's produce would pay for spreading it over the soil, which it would leave highly and permanently improved and immensely increased in value. From Amboy you have a fine view to the south, including Sandy Hook, which the shipping from New York must pass, in order to get to sea, and which is twelve miles distant. Elizabeth-runs up some thirty feet, parallel with the stem of the town, opposite to Staten Island, as seen from the passing boat, with its white spires in the hazy distance, has a pleasing effect. The shores of the Raritan, through which you pass in approaching the great city, are low and level prairies, of considerable width, producing grass in quantity, but of very inferior quality. They are marshy and wet. As we passed through them, the reapers were at work. The ricks rose thickly in every direction, and wagons and teamsters were busy

Now come with me into Broadway. Yon dusky building is St. Paul's--that pure white shaft which

yew tree at its side, is a monument to Emmet-the lawyer-brother to the patriot who bled. It was reared by his countrymen to genius and virtue; there are chiselled on it conjoined hands, and a harp beneath the wings of the eagle. What a tide of people--a perfect torrentare hurrying along! There are laborers, and artizans, and merchants, and ladies, and (where are they not) dandies, draymen, sailors, fruit-women. "Can you show me Fulton street, sir?" "No spreiken de Ingles!"

In the river there is little to interest, until you reach Wehawken, when the Pallisadoes commence, which extend from 20 to 22 miles on the western side. They are of trap rock, from 400 to 550 feet in height, although from the boats they do not appear to be of one half that altitude. The trees root themselves upon their brows, and spread their branches over. They are perpendicu‐ lar, dark and majestic, and the strata, contrary to what is usual, runs at right angles to the soil.

I repeat the question-the reply is, "No hablo Ingles!" | supplying the folks with maps of the Hudson River, I ask again-"Je suis Francais, Monsieur, Je n'entends the Tourist's Guide, &c., with other apposite items of pas." Surely I have met an American at last: "Sir, the current literature. The blanket shawls, with their can you show me Fulton street?" "My dear sir, I am varied coloring, looked pretty and comfortable, around a total stranger here." Everybody out of doors at New the shoulders of beauty, whilst every eye brightened, York, is a stranger. Look around you at the signs and and every cheek reddened with the freshness of the air— stores. Are you hungry? There is a steak and a and now we speed upon our way. plate of oysters, with cruits and condiments, on that thin strip of pine board-quite natural. There are for sale hats, boots and shoes, India rubber articles, umbrellas, fishing tackle, large bread, jewelry, books, everything on earth, in every possible variety and confusion. At night, when all is blazing with gas, how brilliant and beautiful! You may purchase whatever you are able to pay for, from an ear of hot corn, which the old lady upon the steps opposite is crying out most lustily, to a diamond that would sell for a farm in the western country. There's a fellow that must have been chimney-sweeper for old Nick himself-whose dingy attire would almost soil the walls of Tartarus-he's crying charcoal! charcoal! Yon noble structure of blue marble, sombre to the eye, but simple and vast in dimension and proportions-an honor to any city or country--is the celebrated 'Astor's Hotel. At the corner nearly opposite, is Lovejoy's; and where that flag is flying over it, Tammany Hallthe marble building in that lawn of trees, is the City Hall-its architecture I cannot admire; by its side is the jail-they dispense justice there very speedily.

From Peekskill, which is a sweetly embowered spot, to West Point, which is 50 miles from New York, the highlands are most romantic and picturesque. The bold steamer whitens the waters beneath her as she winds along the base of towering, rugged mountains, which swell up into the skies in every direction. The most remarkable elevations, are Baremount, 1350 feet, and St. Anthony's Nose, 1128 feet. It was fine weather when we reached West Point, and verily, no language can do justice to its surpassing beauty. A white mound to the West, on the mountain side, is Fort Putnam; and in a few moments you reach the West Point landing. Upon the top of an abrupt eminence is Cozen's Hotel, a showy, yellow, fine building. Down the descent an individual advances to the boat, which is receiving passengers at the shore. His erect form, manly appearance, glazed cap and glittering buttons, indicate him to be one of the military eléves. The in

Now, with the reader's leave, we will rest awhile preparatory to a trip to Brooklyn, and a view of the bay and eity from the heights. Let us cross at Fulton Ferry; in ten minutes you are over-the fare four cents. You are amazed at the colonnades around you-at the costliness and splendor of architectural display. Brook-stitution is not visible from the boat, but numerous outlyn rises abruptly to a considerable elevation. It is most beautifully shaded, and must be a delightful place of residence. From a cupola I looked out upon the surrounding scenery; it was surely grand, varied, magnificent. The sun was rapidly descending; the bay blazed like polished silver, painfully brilliant-adorned with numerous isles. On my right hand was the crowded city with her churches, her theatres, her taverns, bristled over with ambitious spires. In front of the city, and more immediately before me, was the East River, in all its commercial glory. Pennons and banners, and flags of every color, and emblazoned with every imaginable name and letter, met the sight. Steamboats were fretting and foaming, and splashing, in every direction. All around those portions of the city, not encompassed by water, rose the highlands, whitened over with settlements, and spread out to the sight almost illimitably. I turned my eye down upon Brooklyn itself-her green, fair gardens: the whole, as I said before, commanded my enthusiastic praise. The pride of a New Yorker, in his noble city, is surely justifiable. My sojourn at New York and Brooklyn, was, "upon compulsion," limited. And now for Albany and the glorious Hudson. We were committed to the bosom of this majestic stream at the foot of Barclay street. The morning was damp, and (August 31st) became so cold that winter clothing and great coats were indispensable to comfort. Our decks were well filled. An enterprising genius, with one arm, and a basket strapped to his body, over his shoulders, was

buildings, white, with green shutters, give a lively ap
pearance to the neighboring locality. On the summit
of the nearest elevation a large staff supports an enor-
mous flag, from which the white stars and blue stripes
hang down in lazy confusion towards the earth. In
every direction mountains are piled above mountains,
and the river lays calmly at their base, whilst the white
sails of the passing craft on its broad bosom, and in
every nook, seem to delight to linger on their way
amidst the beauty and grandeur everywhere apparent.
The whole soil is redolent of associations and recollec
tions, historical and patriotic. As you depart, a glimpse
is caught of a place of monuments erected to those who
have found their last home in this romantic
spot,-the
pale memorials, contrasting with the rich verdure of the
trees of the mountains. The Catskill landing, near the
celebrated Catskill mountain house, (a summer resort)
is very pretty. For a number of miles these mountains
shew most beautifully along the shore. Albany is
about 160 miles from New York, a considerable place,
coming down to the river abruptly, from a very high
elevation-the Court House, City Hall and State
House, are fine edifices-the State House, an ancient
one, with a fine lawn in front-the City Hall is quite
chaste, with the exception of the cupola, which is gilded.
This yellow tribute to the sunshine is utterly indefen-
sible to good taste. From Albany I passed by rail
road to Utica, 96 miles, starting at about 8 o'clock and
arriving at about 3. This route is through the fertile
and pretty valley of the Mohawk-the river almost

constantly in sight. The Little Falls, 73 miles from the conclave settled this weighty matter, the principal Albany, are very romantic-the cars passing at the spokesman reached his home, and "the place that had base of solid rocks which rise perpendicularly to a great known him knew him no more" for the rest of our trip. height. The little urchins, here, will sell you "dia- At this moment a very portly, consequential gentlemonds" cheap; so calling chrystal polygons about the man, of remarkable pinguidity, placed himself plump size of the largest gems, and fashioned with perfect in front of our jolly, ruddy faced captain of the boat regularity by nature; they are dug up in the interstices and larder, and made solemn complaint that he had lost between the rocks. The river is narrow, foaming pret-an "elegant broadcloth cloak, with a velvet collar to it," and tily over a rocky and worn bed, with a ragged level of further averred that he should hold the captain responstrewn rocks on one side, and lowering, wooded hills onsible for its forthcoming. This changed our current of the other. From Utica we took the canal boat for Ro- thought, very naturally, from the currency to the cloak. chester. Along the Mohawk valley are strewn what The gentleman who declaimed against Bentonism, hard are called "Recesses." The extent and architectural money, humbugs, &c. and in favor of the Bank of the ambition of these establishments are astonishing. Some United States, had evidently, in a fit of abstraction, of them have splendid porticoes, and are extensive carried off the valued habiliment, leaving his own in its enough for hotels of the first class. The cars stop at stead. A friend of the gentleman who had left us, them for water and wood, and the passengers for re-observed that it must have been from mistake that the freshments, which are most abundant and cheap. You cloak was taken, as the individual who took it he deare generally served by pretty women, and may regale clared, as he seemed to us, to be a man of character. yourself, from their fair hands, at the most reasonable "The cloak is safe,” observed he; "the gentleman's a rate, with coffee, tea, buckwheat cakes, pies, tarts, Judge." Whereupon the pompous, dark-visaged comapples, peaches, melons, cantelopes-in short, with any plainant observed, "that he might be a Judge, but that and everything eatable which you may desire. The it was very evident that he was no judge of cloaks, to canal boats are about ten feet wide, and about twenty- take his, and leave such an one as he did behind in five long. You eat and sleep aboard very comfortably; place of it." "Why," said the captain, turning over they are drawn by three horses driven by a postilion, the substituted garment, "you have no great cause of seated on the hindmost. The company I found plea- complaint; for here," he added, (rummaging in the sant, and this mode of voyaging altogether so. The pockets) " is a tooth-brush and fine pair of yarn socks fare, including meals and all, is four cents per mile. thrown into the bargain in the exchange." This creThe country here is level, but very rich and cultivated-- ated (as it was evidently intended to do) some merriafter awhile it becomes more uneven. The whole linement, in which all joined except the gentleman with of the canal is busy, and villages appear frequently on the sallow chops. The captain finally despatched a its borders. The trade this season is extremely dull. Syracuse is the most important place between Utica and Rochester, and contains about 400 buildings; about a mile and a half north is Salina, celebrated for its salt works-the salt is manufactured by steam and by solar evaporation. We passed near Onandagua Lake, and were pleased with a distant view of the flourishing villas on its shores. The canal boats average (day and night) a speed of five miles an hour.

messenger after our friend the Judge, who was very glad to get back his cloak, and the comforts hid in the pockets, and to rid himself by its return to the rightful proprietor, of the "broad cloth cloak with the velvet collar to it," a matter after all nearly verging on the threadbare, and not at all worthy of the notoriety given to it by its obstreperous owner. The canal is crossed by numerous bridges, some lower than others, and none so high but that the passengers, (who usually locate themselves, when the weather will permit, on the top of the floating conveyance, in order to see the coun

Starting from Utica the preceding evening, you arrive at Rochester to breakfast the next day. We met upon the canal several companies of the United States | try,) must kneel, and occasionally lay flat, in order to troops, returning from Green Bay; and passed legions avoid unpleasant concussions. The steersman always of the Swiss, emigrating in swarms to the far west. announces the approach to these impediments, by bawlThe character and conversation of our fellow tra- ing out "Bridge!" " Bridge!" "Low Bridge!" when vellers furnished much amusement. They despatched all come at once to the floor-sometimes in an attitude the various matters of public polity with commendable of prayer-sometimes it is necessary to lay the body promptitude. I remember one batch of them, seated out flat, in extenso. An elderly gentleman, on one of on the boat's stern, fuming their Havannas, thinking these occasions, afforded us much amusement. At the and talking most intensely. They were of the Bento- well-understood annunciation from the stern, of "Low nian cast. With them the whole evils of the country Bridge!" he clenched his cigar tightly between his teeth, were chargeable to overtrading and the system of bank- laid himself down, and passed under; the ungracious ing. A very sociable, civil clever set, they were too. timbers brushed the fire into his face, and going over But the hour of parting came, and others succeeded him with unkind attrition, grazed the buttons of his them. The next evening was cooler, and the discus- vest and pantaloons, covering a portion of his frame, sions were carried on within doors; the topic invaria- more than usually protuberant. He could not himself bly the same-the monetary troubles. With these, but join in the laugh which it occasioned, but was peother views and opinions prevailed. After a long dis- culiarly careful not to be again the unwilling object of cussion, they decided, very nearly unanimously, as did the merriment of others. Rochester is situated on the the former company, but directly the reverse, viz: that Genesee River, which passes through it, and has the all the suffering of the country grew out of the demise honor of being called the New York of the interior. of the Bank of the United States, and that the renew-Its population is about 20,000. The annual value of al of its charter, and nothing else, could save us. As flour manufactured there is $3,000,000. Near the city

"One of the few th' immortal names That were not born to die,"

are the celebrated falls, where the immortal Samuel | lence you cannot imagine. It is covered all over with Patch passed, at a leap, from time to eternity. It was froth and foam-it leaps, dashes up, whirls around and rather beneath his fame and his dignity to have perish- around in every direction, and pursues its course oned in the Genesce—he whose saltatory glory is asso-wards to the precipice, brawling and clamorous! Goat ciated with the thunder of Niagara, having leapt harm- Island is soon gained—a wild, romantic, beautiful spot, less from nearly the whole height of the falls into the separating the two sheets of falling water. The forest foam beneath. His is certainly trees are numerous, affording dense shade-the bark of many of them curiously carved with the names of candidates for immortality, who despair, probably, of any other available means of indulging their laudable ambition. This island is about three-fourths of a mile in circumference; its northeast corner is at the very edge of the precipice-hie we there. You stand upon the spot barely sufficient for a pathway which there terminates. Grasp the oak tree at your side; for safetysake encircle it in your arms-bending your head over, you look straight down to the level of the river below

as Halleck has it. As few of our great men have done us much good-the fair measure of glory is in the comparatively diminished amount of evil for which they are accountable-a standard, tried by which, this west ern prodigy is entitled to an eminent place in the temple of fame.

From Rochester you are rapidly carried by rail road to the flourishing town of Batavia-thence by stages to Lockport, where you dine-thence to Niagara, a dis-"how fearful and how dizzy 'tis." Far, far, far beneath tance of twenty miles by rail road, in an hour and a you is the rocky shore-you distrust your footinghalf, thirty minutes of which are consumed in stop- you look one instant-your glance rests upon the pages. And now we will favor the reader with an ac- whitened surface of the waters-you hasten to retire. count of our trip to the falls, and of the wonders there. Receding a few steps, you continue your view. To the From Lockport the cars pursue what is called the right (the American side) the water descends in one ridge route, which is on a level with the waters before unbroken mass; green and tranquil at the very surtheir descent. The scenery is fine; you behold, as you face, it becomes, in its down-going, like a vast, concenprogress, the bosom of Ontario and the opposite shores, trated, compressed snow-shower, which will answer as which cannot be less than fifteen or twenty miles dis- generally descriptive of the falling water in every direc tant. As you approach the falls, you are whizzed in tion. The American falls are almost due north. Now your course, over most fearful precipices; looking out look to the northwest-the British side; there the from the car-windows, you seem sailing in air-the trou-stream is more than twice as wide, the precipice of bled waters of the Niagara, trees and rocks almost immediately beneath your body. It was nearly sunset when my straining gaze first rested on the long-sought wonder; and surely no pen can describe, even at a distance, its surpassing beauty. When first it became visible, a friend at my side pointed towards it, without uttering a word. I shall long remember the mellow and departing sunshine-the cloud rising and suspended over the spot-the verdure of the surrounding forest-the green waters, and the wintry looking snowy foam; but I will reserve all description for one more in detail. Arrived at the falls, we were well entertained in a splendid house, most appropriately called the "Cataract." I retired to rest, lulled by the sound of the rushing waters. The weather had been cool, and as usual, it was the signal of departure; so that but few visiters were remaining. After an early breakfast, in company with a friend, I sallied forth. I might now discourse in general terms, and were I capable, put to gether most euphonious sentences, compounded of sunshine, rain-bows, roar and thunder; and however I might succeed on the score of poetry or eloquence, I should convey nothing to the reader which would prove satisfactory or descriptive. Discarding, then, ambition of style, and all attempt at display, I shall endeavor to keep the reader as it were at my side, during my rambles, and communicate to him, with all the perspicuity which I can command, what I saw and how I felt.

To commence-we are on the American side; we will cross the river on that part which is immediately between us and Goat Island. The volume of water is here compressed into the space (I may not be very accurate) of about 200 yards, over which is constructed a rude bridge, spanning from rock to rock. You will pause to observe the passing flood--its fury and vio

more than proportionately large dimensions, of a horseshoe shape-the centre apparently worn in considera. bly more than the edges. The current there, owing to the greater width of the river, is much less vexed and rapid. The surface of the water, near the edge, becomes smooth, and of a color the most beautiful emerald. You behold a stone observatory near the shore of Goat Island, and thence a kind of scaffolding extends out over the very abyss. It is not, however, advisable to indulge in the curiosty which will assail you of going out upon it. You have a distinct view of the British shores, which here are not very elevated; the tavern beyond the national boundary, with its white portico, looks well. We have limited ourselves, hitherto, to the level of the river above. We are all along supposed to be upon the edge of Goat Island. We will now attempt to give a feeble portraiture of what meets the eye, as you look below upon the bosom of the river. I had forgotten to add that the water falls on the British side, in a direction nearly eastwardly. Looking down, you perceive the mist rising to a considerable height, light and vaporish, and passing off into the sky, in the shape of white clouds-these clouds frequently connected, in one continuous volume, with the very surface of the water. The grand, engrossing, and most beautiful spectacle, however, is the rainbow: it spans the river, resting between the two shores, hanging in pictorial and gorgeous splendor, etherial and brilliant, between the angry elements and the tranquil heavens; not more lovely could it have looked to Noah, when, after the flood, he beheld it from the windows of his ark of safety, than there it seems. The surface of the water, for a considerable distance, is all foam, with a tinge here and there of the natural blue color of the river, working in with a handsome and frequent con