The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-10-20
VOLUHE IL.

less can pretend 10 convey 10 YOU tho
sentiments excited by view of the lake.
II is to all purposes of hnman vision an o.
cean, the same majestic motion ON its bill
lows. More delightful situations for coun-
try seats there are not in the world, than
those which lie OF the 81. Lawrence and a.
bay called -- at the mouth of the lake,
where too are such fish as can be met will,
no where else. A man who has not been
on these waters cannot be said ever TO hayo
tasted an eel. They have also three spe-
cies of pike; one like that OF Europe goes
by the same name; another Of brighter
scales and broader called by tho English
pickerel, and by the French poisson dore,
Is much better but the best all called by.
the Indian name Maskinonge, is of shorter
make, particularly about the head and
enormous size viz. from I2 TO 30 lbs.-Sal-
mon is also abundant, and so Is the largo
Jake trout. The game is of various kinds
and excellent-ln coasting along tho
smooth side of Lake Ontario, the scene al.
ways vast. has too much saueness, but I
must not omit TO mention, that we dipt up
water from the surface and found il coot
even in midsummer This circumstance
combines with many others to show that tho
large lakes are all fed by springs, and mon
of credit assure mo that in ascending them
their waters become moro limpid SO that a
man would think that Of Ontario warm and
foul when compared with the codness and
purity of Lake Superior, whose circumierl
ence is more than 1900 miles. After on6
days rcpose at Niagara, we went to view
the Falls.--To form faint idea Of tho cata
aract, imagine TO yourself the Firth ofFortlr
rush wrathiully down steep descent, lear
ioaming over perpendicular rock l75 feet
then flow away in the semblance of milk.
from vast basin of emerald. Proceeding
from the Falls towards Lake Erie, along
the bank Of Niagara river, the contrast ~
complete. A quiet gentle stream loves thsA
shores Of a country level and fertile. A.,
long the banks of this stream, which by req.
son of islands in II, appears to be of modca
rate size, VIC proceed TO Fort Erie. Iiote,
again the boundlers wrstc Of waters fllla
the mind with renewed astonishment and.
here, os in turning point Of wood, tho
Lake broke on my view, I saw riding at
anchor nine vessels, the least of them loo,
tons. Can you bring your imagination u,
realize this scene? Does il not seen ~ ..
magic 2 Yet this magic is but the early Of
fort Of victorious industry. HundrcI,s or,
large ships will in no distant period, bound
on the billows of these inland seas. AT tb;,
point commences navigation Of ,orc than
thousand miles.-Shau I lcs.d your as.
tonislment to the verge Of inc fodulitvp r.
will : know then, that one-tc .th of the ox..
pense borne by Britain in TIE las, cnmpoipr
would enable ships to sail from Londo,
through Hudson's river into Lake Erie
AS yet my friend, we only crawl along the
outer shell of our country. The interior.
excels the part we inhabit, in soil, in cli-
mate, in every thing. The proudcst empire
IN Europe IL but oaublc compared to what
America 'oiH be. must be in the course OF
TWO centuries, perhaps Of one. IF with a.
calm RETROSPECT to the progress made with
ih iorty ears, We stand on the firm ground
oil ce.culatons warranted by experience
an@ look forward to the end of a similar pe.,
nod, Imagination shrinks from the maQni-
tude of rational deduction. Forty years a.
go all America could not, without bills oF
credit, raise 100000, TO defend themselves
against an enemy at their doors. Now, in
profound peace, the taxes bring into tho
treasury, without strain or effort, aboyo
SlO,O0O,OOO. In the year l7G0, there was
not perhaps $4,000 specie in thia country
at present, the Banks of Philadelphia alone
have above ten millions TO dispose Of beyond
nte demand. heard it remarked many
years ago as wonderful, that in the year
l7GO, there were in privateers, sailing from
America, as many seamcn as there had been
on board the Royal Nary of Elizabeth. Is
it less wonderful that our present tonnage
should be equal to that Of the whole British
dominions at the accession Of George tho
second? Ifpausing thus ot particular PC
riods TO collect the facts, we arc already
surprised, how shall VIC control our amaze
ment, when those facts are applied in tn.
course OF just reasoning ? This country ad.