Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-10-18
.. From tue New-York NJ irror.
THE FOUR RIVERS.
BY N. p. WILLIS.

BY N. P. WILLIS.
The Hu1son-- Mohauk--The Che
nango-The Susquehannah. Some obsor-
yer OF nature offered considerable reward
for two blades of striped grass exactly 81
mar. The infinite diversity, ofwhich this
is one instance, exists in thousand other
features of nature, but in none more stri-
kingly than in the scenery of rivers. What
'wo in the world are alike! iiow offer
dnes the attempt fail to compare the Hud
son with the Rhine--thc two, perhaps, q
mong celebrated rivers, which are the near
est to resemblance Yet looking at the
first determination of rivers course and
the natural operation of its search for tn
sea. one would suppose that, in q thousan
fea ures, their valleys would scarce be d.,
tngiishable.
toink, of,nll excitements in the world.
that oithe first discovery and exploration OF
noble river, must be the most eager an6
euloyabie. Fancy the bold Englishman.'
as the Dutch called Hendrick Hudson.
steering his little yacht, the lIalve-Mane
for the first time through the High lands
Imagine the anxiety for the channel forgot.
ten us he gazed at the towering rocks, an"'
round upon the green shores. and onward,
past point and opening bend, miles awar
into the heart ofthe country vet with no
essening ofthe glorious stream beneath him
and no decrease of promise in the bold ar
luyuriant shores Picture him lying tt
anchor below Newburgh with the dark pas,
Of The 'Wey CAT froaning behind him, In,
'ofty and blue CatskiIls beyond, aud IT.,
hillsides around covered with the red lord
spl the soil, exhibiting oiIy less wonder tha
! friendllness. And how haa-.;f.liy ,va-
he assurance of welcome expressed, whel
the very kind old man brought bunch
arrows, and broke them before the strange
TO Induce him to partake fearlessy of hi,
hosp tality!
The qualities of the Hudson are thos,
most likely to impress stranger. II chan
c,,s telicitously that the travellers first en-
trance beyond the sea.board is usually
m de by the steamer 10 Albany. The
grind and imposing outlines of rock and
horizon answer to the anlcipations Of tn,
magni'icence Of new world and if h.
finds smalley rivers and softer scenery be.
,ond, it strikes him but as slighter Inca
ment Of more enlarged design. To the
great majority of tastes, this too is the
scenery to live among. The stronger lines
of natural beauty affect most tastes and
there are few who would select country
residence by beauty at all, who would no;
sacrifice something 10 the preference for the
nelghborhood Of sublime scenery. The
qulet, The merel, rural---a thread of rvu-
let ins cad ola broad rivera small and
secluded valley. rather than a wide extent
ofview, bounded by bold mountains. is The
choice OF but few. The Hudson, therefore
stands usually foremost in mems aspra-
tons for escape from the turmoil of cities;
but to my taste, though there are none
more desirable to see, there are sweetel
rivers TO live upon.
] made one OF party, very lately, bound
upon rambling exercusion up and down
some of the rivcr-courses of New. York
. We had anticipated empty boats. and an alb
senre at all the gay company usually iount
radating from the city in June, and ha6
made up our minds for once TO be conten
! ted with the study Of inanimate nature
a Never were wise heads more mistaken.
Our kind friend, Captain dean, of the Ste
: vens, stood by his plank when we arrived
doing his best 10 save the lives of the female
E portion ofthe crowd rushing on board; ant
: never, in the most paImy days Of the pros
+ perity ofour country, have we seen grea
!. ter number of people on boat, nor stron
!. ger expression Of that busy and thrivin.
;. haste, which is thought to be an exponen
of national industry. How those varets o
H. u newsboys contrive to escape in time, o
$ at all, from being crushed or carried off
}. how everybody's baggage gets on board
and wife and child; how the hawsers ar
slipped, and the boat got under way, il
q such crowd and such crush, are mat
tiers understood, suppose, by Providence
and the Captain OF the Stevens-but the
are beyond the Comprehension OF the pas
:. sengers.
!. Having got out of hearing of "Here'
- the Star "Buy the old majors pape
Dr. sirw "Here's the Expressl" "Buy III
New.Era 7" "Would you like the New
t. Era, sir 70 "Take Sun miss 7" and
: hundred such deafening cries, to whic
:: New York has OF late } ears become sui
& iect, we drew breath and comparative $
o. lcnce off the green shore Of Hobokel
E thanking heaven for even the repose of
- steamboat, after the babel Of a metropolis
= Stiffness, like all other thin S, is relative.
" The passage of the Hudson is doome
y TO be written, and we will not again swe
~ its great multitude Of DISORDERS. Boun
onward, we but gave glance, in passin