Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-06-15


The force returned to the beach, and a
more, us the tiam7s were rap dy
melting to common ruin and mngling ash
es to the whole mass of the buildings of the
town, involving Whatever of treasure and
property had been left, they contemplated
the wild rage of the sheeted and irresistible
element. The bugle now sounded the re-
treat, to the tune of yankee doodle, of old
en- and revolutionary associations, and the
men disembarked, as Hail Columbia sent
its national notes over the yet still waters
of the bay. In about two hours after the
boats lad left the ships, the men were again
in their places on their decks, having ac-
compshed their purpose without accident
OF the firing of a gun.
The inhabitants had retired from the
town, and looked from the mountains upon
the ruin of their houses.
SAuLr ST.. MARIE.-In her Summer
Ramblcs' Mrs. Jameson visited Mackinaw
and the Sault st. Marie. At the latter
place she performed feat which would
startle many gentleman tourist; she pas
sed down the rapids of the st. Mary in an
Indian fashion canoe. She says:
They told me was the first European
femlle who had ever performed it, and as
suredly shall not be the last. | recon-
mend it as an exercise before breakfast.
Two glasses Of champagne could not have
made me more tipsy and self coinpllcent. ;
She describes the Indian fishermen very
happily, -
'Thc canoe used for fishing is very small
and light; one man Tor woman more COM
monly) sits in the stern and steers with Il
paddle: the fisher places himself lfupright on
the prov, balancing long pole with both
hands, ut the end of which is scoop-net.
This he every minute drops into the water,
bringing up fish at each dip and sometimes
two. | used to admire the fishermen, haul
ing in their nets or diving like ducks, but l
never saw any thing like these Indians.
The manner in which they keep their posi-
ton upon footing of a few inches, to me
as incomprchensibl as the beauty of their
forms and attitudes, swayed by every
movement and turn of their dancing, frag-
lie barks, is admirable
Mrs. Jameson seems to think the white fish
Of Lake Superior the most delicious of fish.
10 read the following paragraph is enough
to make an epicue's mouth water:
Here, at the foot ofthe rapids, the cele-
brated white fish OF the lakes is caught IN
its highest perfection. The people down
below who boast of the excellence of the
white fish, really know nothing of the mat
ter. There is no more comparison between
the white fish of the lower lakes and the
white fish of st Mary's, than between
place and turbot, or between a clam and a
Sandwich oyster, ought to be Judge,
who have eaten them fresh out Of the river
four times day, and ! declare to you that
never tasted any thing Of the fresh kind
half so exquisite. If the Roman Aplcius
had lived in these latter days, he would Ger.
tainly nave made voyage to lake Huron
to breakfast on the white fish of st. Mary
river, and would not have returned ir
dudgeon, as he did from the coast of Afri
ca. But the epicures of our degenerate
times have nothing of that Astronomical ell
thusiasm which inspired their ancient mod
els, else we should have them all coming
\ llGGG u CuI WDltt l1Su at LIIC puull} uHt
sconing cockney white bait. Henry de-
clares that the flavor of the white fish is 'be
yond any comparison whatever and adj
my testimony tnereto-proJatum est!
have eaten funny in the gulf of Genoa
anchovies fresh out of the bay of Naples
and trout of the Saltz kammergut, ant
divers other fshy dainties rich and rare
but the exquisite, the refined white fist
exceeds them all; concerning those Gambia
fish, (mullets were they, or iampreysl
which Lucul!us fed in his fish bonds, can
not speak, never having tasted them; bu
even if they could be resuscitated, woul,
not degrade the refined, the delicate white
fish by comparison with any such barba
rian luxury.
But seriously an badiaage apart, it is re
ally the most luxurious decacy that swim
the waters. 1t is said by Henry that people
never tire of them. Mr.. MacMurray tell
me that he has eaten them every day of hi
life for seven years, and that his relish TO
them is undminlshed.- THE enormou
quantities caught here, and in the bays ant
and creeks round Lake Superior, remin'
me of herrings IN the luchs of Scotland; be
sides subsis,ng the inhabitants, during
great part Of the year, vast quantities. ar
cured and barreed every fall, and sen
down to The eastern states. Not less thai
eight thousand barrels were shipped las
yelr.
These enterprising Yankees have selze'
upon another profitable speculation here
there is fish found in great quantities II
the upper part of Lake Superior, called tn
skeuai,t SO exceedingly rich, luscious, an
oily, when fresh, as to be quite uncatable
A gentlemen here told me that he had trle
it, and though not very squeamlsh at an
time, aud then very hungry, he could no
get beyond the fist two or three mouthtuIs
+ bnt it has been lately discovered that thl
fish makes most luxurious pickle. Iii
very excellent, but so rich even in thl
state, that like the funny murinee, it Is ne
cessary either to taste abstemiously, or di
| heroically of Indigestion. The fish is Ce
coming fashionable luxury, and in one
the stores here saw three hundred barre
ready for embarkation.--The American
=, have several schooners on the lakes employ
5 ed in those fisheries; we have not ONT
They have besides planned ship cant
through the portage here, which will ope
, communication for large vessels betwee
. Lake Huron and Lake SUPERIOR