New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-08-16
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LIFE ON THE NETWORK CANALS

OcT. I9-Leit Geneva at a. NJ; passed
down the Outlet to Waterloo with the aid OF a
gentle current seven miles in two hours; arrived
at Seneca Falls before day break. Took on Mrs.
- and her three young daughters with their
oyerfowing. How admirably Heaven tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb" Here is young
widow whose mastery tact and economy enable
her to educate her daughters, set up piano for
their finer accomplishments, and to make fash
ionablc appearance in the world with limited
means yet she is by no means exacting, some
may call her s,ingy, but who can blame her for
quality of the head or heart, without which she
would hang like dead weight upon her friends.
Close to the first lock atths place two boats were
laid up; we ran by them when, meeting boat
coming up. we had to haul back against the cur
rent. As il was unlawful to lay up a boat so near
a lock | asked him why he permitted it 81
warned them TO haul farther up said he, land |
have now sent for warrant in order to have them
fined" As our boat again passed down and went
iuto the lock, my wrath gave way to returning
sympathy for the poor delinquents, who like most
boatmen at this time, had no money to spare for
fines. | ROW went back to the first boat looked
in at the cabin window; there was woman
cooking, two ragged children on the floor, ans
tall care-worn man sitting by the caboose with an
infant on his knee | said quietly, friend, you
had better be off forthwith, as the locktender has
sent to get warrent for you his wife looked
frightened, but the man, well schooled in the
troubles Of his calling, said he had been up all
night and had only held on there long enough to
feed his tcanl-jn ten minutes he was OIL Be
low Senaca Falls VIC passed the extensive range
OF plaster quarries which come out to the Outlets
conical masses enclosed in grayish marie. In
some places noticed this mari to be covered with
a white incrustation of the sulphate Of magnesia.
Crossed the foot Of Cayuga Lake and locked up
ON 10 the Montezuma level Here for five miles
VIC have the Seneca River and broad marshes on
the left, and gently rising country of natures
choicest gravelly loan on the night. AT Monte
yuma Mrs. IS brother bargained with needy
boat Captain to take his sister, family and goods
lGO miles west for seven dollars. The low price
alarmed me, and went to look at the boat. She
was one OF the old class of line boats, tout usees,
and too small Cor freighting at present reduced
prices She had twenty Irish Of all ages In the
nidships. with their dirty luggage. In the cabin
were two English women, whose fine open coun-
tenances and tidy dress contrasted strangely with
the hard grnning looks and wo-begone costume
of their poor Irish sisters in the dirty midships.-
The Captain was a tolcrablv well dressed middle
aged man, with somewhat of quiet, gentle air.
When VIC discharged the furniture his crew de
meared themselves IN the same quiet manner as
the master. This philosophy OF action IS the
grease that prevents friction on the gudgeons Of
life After we had almost filled the midship of
the little liner with decl-load of chars, tables
and the piano. we commenced discharging from
our cabin pictures, looking glasses, Nc &c =
then from under our stefn-deck came the chairs
and baskets The philosophic Captain stood the
contents of the cabin patiently; bat when we he
Gan TO discharge the CT cctcras from the run he
Exclaimed, Nh Cod" We left them with
their deck loaded, but we had hardly Strengthened
up before along came Mrs. Is brotherto know
OF me if it was safe to pay freight IN advance II
tilt cannot be dispensed WITH sad l. fear IT
cannot Said he, for the Captain says hens reduced
10 his last dollar and cannot pay his tolls
The Collector at Montezuma attentive
courteous business man: his ruling passion Is
party politics; but he holds Office reward for
services done still YOU feel he is any thing but
mercenary politician. He is Loco-foco, con
aGaore.
Arrived at Port Byron at ?. NJ; very hard
towing from Cayuga back TO this place; boat too
much by the head 10 steer well, horses tired
Lett Por, Is. at half-past TWO \, ~, paid , shil-
hngs for horses to hay, oats, &c. we had on board
Hard towing TO Jordan 20 miles from the Cayuga
Lake; then the level descends TO Syracuse
Passed this day through rolling fertile country
with alluvial hills with now and then cedar
swamp. Yaaga Occi6cntaliS.
Der, 2i.-Putup at Bolisste two miles east Of
Nine Mile Creek and seven miles west of SYRIA
cusc. Started at 3 A. II, on the 22d and reached
Syracuse before day.brcak. Boat and cargo
weighed by weigh lock $4,000; quite Jam OF
boats. Bit, our boatman, instead OF showing with
Il pole shifted the tow.ne over the starboard TIM
ber-head, making the horses do the work. This
Bill is q prince o. u boatnan good-tempered, nm
bic as a cat, and quite watchiUl, with great
tact In his profession. Yet, like many other
princes ne does sometimes get most royatiy. |
have labored with hun often; he has promised as
often to leave of casing, as he calls It, but alas
poor Rsa,aa nGt9re. His excuse now Is that his
wife ran away with two circus riders: ike many
pretty ones she is fond of dress, BIZ, not being
very economical, generally lived on, his wares
before he gothomc, hence he could hardly buy ms
child frock, much less the mother, In an evil
hour the amhaatory circus came, and with it u
gay Lothario his wife had known before she mar
riod Bill he and his chum dlled her trunk with
fincry, and before poor Bill turned from his trip
his wife was gone. Bill first learned the astound-
ing story of his wife's desertion at Syracuse. As
it happened she was then al the Mansion House
in that place. Bill rushed 10 the house and up 10
her room. On the stairs he met one of her para
mours who challenged him as TO his night TO IN
,.ude. BIZ! was too much struck ahsck for his