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along thence to Pla,tsburgh--regre,'i
that we had not time to visit Kecsevlc.
and the romantic falls of the An Sable, |
VIII ich are reported o be well worth after
ton Of those in quest of the picturesque.
A most forbidding county--that of Els, sx
Ito look upon. But it is, or will be-
one of the richest in the state. Its noun
tains are piled upon each other, and the
whole region ia filled with iron ore of the
richest qualities.
Passing he pleasant rural seat in which
our late excellent and eminent fellow citi-
zen, Judge Plat, spent the latter years of
his life, we catered Cumberland Bay
crossing the scene Of M'Donough's splen-
did victory over the British fotilla, and
arrived at Plattsbutgh "at high twelve."--
This is the shire town of the county
of Clinton. II 10 built upon both sides oi
Saranac, which here falls into Lake Cham.
plain. The situation is exceedingly pleas
ant. and The river affords abundance Of
water power for mills and manufactures.
Considerable business Is transacted here.
aud there are number of genteel rcslden-
the Brush during The last war, and we
saw the bullet ma Ks in some oflhe houses.
II was in plain view oe the town tina,
NJ D"noush ob'alned his victory - thereby
comprliing Sir George Provost to retreat.
andwinnlng-a my. gent commission .(or
General NJ Comb! II was here hat one IF
the members of The Albany regency. Mr..
Comptroller FIagg. is SAID 10 have shed
his young blood in The hot haste Of retreat.
and one OF hts friends insisted hat The spot
IN Saronac where the hero was wounded.
had been crmsnned ever since. But II,
has nevertheless been ,rashed out Fanny
Wright says seeing is beiieuing and as we
did not see we dun'i believe much about II.
No matter. hnwcver, the sergeant will be
kept in office forever for all that.
We rode over thr battle feId-saw the
house where SIR George Prnvn-t stood on
the look nur. mn! he saw the cross of ST.
George s'rkrlo, he stars and stripes, when
he sca,ppe,cd away ~ CannIa-,hnnnr, tr
Engla nd Where he died OF chayrin. that
the lanrels won at Mar'lnrq:" aud Gauda-
loupe. should have faded at Sackcl,'s iIar
hor, md wllhercd away at PIattSburgh.- -
But, Judging from his por'ra, in the capi
lol at Quebec, he could never have been n
great man.
All the military works at Pla,tsburgh
are in ruins. We vsitedthe grave. yard
!. a retired and still as the church yard IN
Gray's Ecgy We noted he monumental
stones Of several distinguished men, -
Among them. under gloomy pinc,was one
dark free stone tablet. fro m which wc cop
ned the f,llnwrng in,crip'inn:--
'.Sacred to The memory Of GEORGE DowNIF,
En-. post captain in The Ro,a British NAVY
wlip gluri"u.l, fell IN board IL. Is. VI =. the Com
G,uce, while e.dn. The vessels unrr his command
I" The attack of The American nnill,, Al anrl,or
in Cumbr' land BAY. Of Pa'tsbursh, on the IL h
Of Sememl e., lSl4."
"To mark the spnr where the remains Of a gal.
lar, officer and sincere friend we've hrnor.bly IN.
tered, this sioue h been c,ecrd b, his affection.
ate sister in.law, MARY DowNIE."
"llow sleeplh" brave who sink To rest )"
melhought. While copying these few
llncs,--i"rming at once an transformations
memen'o of brave mans death, and a
testimonial of n sisters love, we could not
but hope that he spirits of the victor q the
vunQushod have long since met in bright
er sphere. whore the dreadful trade of war
; and blood Is unknown.
) In The course ofthe afternoon, we called
( upon an old friend who was among the
bravcSt of the brave in the army but who
, has since settled at Pa'isburgh in the
practice of the law. II there was n bn,ile
fought during That war. William +. Halle
; was sure 10 he N IL. And he was also sure
to be shot down. He was SUCCESSFULLY
wounded IN the battles Of Chippewa. Bridge.
: water, and the sorrie Of Fort Erie, where
he was shot through the body--but recov-
cred.
, Foqueile's hotel a, Pittsburgh, is one
of the very best, in all respects that we
ever saw added to which, he has
q magnificent flower garden, that would
. make the Queen of May and Grant Thorn.
| burn dance with ecstacy to look upon
The sunset at Platt,burgh was one Of
The most glorious we had ever behed -
For half an hour bcfnre the siccd of Ap,I.
10 had got ou' ofsrgh,' he sky 81 we'd with
a bright orange hue, Of surprising beauty
, Thus appearance continued un,il some ten
ar fifteen minutes afier The orb had di,ap.
p"atod. when suddenly the western sky
5 became rnIian, wrh the richest amcthysr
dsc-- brighter aud more beautiful than ".
can describe. These hues having grnduaI
ly melted away, leaving nothing but the
deep azure. the Aurora began to stream
up il the North, aud by n,ne o'cluck the
appearance Ct the whole northern hrmls
phcrc was more glorious than can be una
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