The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-01


the unfortunate debta of Mr. Crisp, the audience at
the Walnut street Theatre, attendant upon this
lady's performances, have not been so numerous as
they should have been.
From regular correspondent
DETROIT, MIcnIoAN, June "a, 1916.
On the next day after wrote to you from Buff
alo, visited the falls of Niagara, over railroad Of
% miles in length, running parallel with Niagara
river. We passed Black Rock, small scattered
village, which the British captured, and, whose fort
they destroyed in 1913. Schosser was the next point
of greatest notorety, opposite the lower end OF Navy
island. IL now contains only two houses-an old
wooden warehouse and pier, rom which the Caroline
was cut out,) with small farmhouse, standing,
il is said the site of the old French fort, erected
there prior to the conquest of Canada by the Eng
lish. Schlosser is within two and half miles Of
the falls.
| have not time to describe what has been so
often and so well done; the character, appearances
points of view, &c, of these stupendous and won
derful cascades. They forcibly impress upon the
mind of the beholder of natural awe and
sublmity, probably nowhere else, over this whole
earth, TO be equalled.
| crossed the river just below the falls, to the
Canada side, and visited the battle-ground Of Lun-
dy's Lane. A village has since sprung up at this
place, called Drummondsve, named in honor of the
British general who commanded the English troops
on that occasion. Most of the battle-ground is
now covered by orchards and fields.
went with Anderson the guide, (who says he
in the battle British soldier,) into an old
grave yard situated near where the British artillery
stood, which Col. Miller took at the point of the
bayonet. In this graveyard, Anderson pointed out
two graves which he says contains the remains Of
eighteen American officers. Why cannot American
patriotism place some memorial over the graves Of
these brave mem The only memorial saw of this
kind, on our side, was painted wooden board, with
mn 10 of ain
Hull, Of the United States army, stating he had
bravey fallen in this battle. Another board of a
similar description, erected by the bounty ola cor
poral and few priyates, over the remains of an
English officer, with tombstone placed over Col
Cecil Bishop, of the English forces, who died of
wounds received at Black Rock, are all the memo
rails seen at this burial ground Of Lundy's Lane
who fell in that action
Col. Gordon, buried in the same ground, lies
without stone He belonged to the Royal Scotch
Highlanders. This battle cost the contending par
ties over 800 aside, in killed and wounded.
Having seen all worthy of note about the falls,
returned to Buffalo, and sailed at I p. m the same
day, on board the st. Louis, for Detroit
We had on board a large number of emigranis
and cabin passengers. The tide or emigration set
ting west by the lake route is prodigious, Wiscon-
sin, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana, seem to be the great
points of attraction just now.
Having touched at Fair Port and Cleveland, we
reached this place the odd, early in the mornings
having passed Fort Maiden some twenty miles below.
Detroit is a handsome and well-laid-off town, and
growing continually in population and commercial
Importance. Ii is situated on the west bank of the
Detroit river, which never overflows or has any ma
eral rise or fall It's water, as well as that of the
lakes, affords the most delicious drinking water.
This town is connected in its history with many
important scenes Being carly settled by the
French, it became involved in the English and
French Canadian war; and even before il became
If,ar nff hn Intfo had nao
times 1t was once captured by the Indians, and
was burnt down in 1903. In 1905, Gen. William
Hull was appointed its governor. In 1912, by the
gnominious and disgraceful surrender of Gen. Hull
it fell into the hands of the English. This event
took place in the southern part of this town, the
spot still being pointed out by old settlers who wit
Messed the transaction. In 1919, Detroit reta-
ken by the Americans when government was re-
organized, and Gen. Lewis Cass appointed its gov
| About fifty miles below this, the river Rais,n
| empties into the lake, al point called Monroe.
was this river the bloody massacre of the brave
| kenuckians by Indians was perpetrated by the
nonin,erference of the English under whose pro.
lection they had placed themselves as prisoners Of
war.
| At Monroe, most fiendish and cold bloodcd
crime was recently committed. 1t seems, Mr.
4 He'll, cashier of hank al Monroe. decoyed
into the woods at night, by man by the name oil
| Wells Of this place, who was extremely intimate
/
the head, and once in the back Of his body. The
deed it is believed, was committed with the diabo
| cal design of obtaining the keys of the bank from
Hall, and robbingit. Young Hall has both balls il
him, but still survives; and, strange to say, walked
out day or two since. Wells is in prison, and
like other persons guilty of such horrd crimes, pro-
fesses "insanity"
Having a copy Of M. Nicollet's map of the upper
basin of the Mississippi with me- have been led tc
trace our boundary between this country and Eng
land, west from the northwestern shore of Lake SUI
perior, beginning at the mouth of Pigeon river, by
the late treaty of Washington; and find we hav,
been most severely cheated in the new line, running
from the point indicated to the Lake of the Woods
Soon after parting from Lake Superior, ascending
Pigeon river, to Hunters island, about Tho
size of large county IN one Of the States. At tn,
northwest point of this island Pigeon river divide,
into two streams--one making an extensive turn t
the north, while the other makes bend the south
uniting again at the foot of the island Now by III,
old line Of boundary, the navigation of the entir,
river belonged to u.s. with Hunters and other islands
These, with the channel north of the island, which
| is the deepest, have, by the treaty of Washington
the English Formerly, they yielded up the Pi
geon river to our traders, &C., and moved their for
from the mouth of the river some forty miles up tn,
lake, to Thunder bay, where they built Fort William,
They have now again come down Gas they have
right to do) to Pigeon river and interrupt the trans
it of our traders and people up and down its navi
| gable channels and principal portages. Besides
Hunters island, we have yielded Isle La Croir still
higher up the river. Hunters island is about fort,
miles long by thirty miles wide, with the deep chan
mel on It's northern side. Isle La Croix is about tel
miles by fifteen miles in diameter The line iron
La Croix west, is made to follow the southern chair
of lakes, on the most southern part of Pigeon river
till It reaches the river above them. Ii then passe
to the Lake of the Woods, and from thence to TIL
49th degree Of north latitude, and SO on west Wha
pretext there was for changing our boundary north
west of Lake Superior up Pigeon river, where Their
never was boundary in dispute, and where TIN
Pigeon river and Hunters island had for years beef
laid down in British maps as our property, is NOR
than can tell. Those who negotiated the treat,
on side, must have been grossly ignorant O
geography and the natural boundaries OF the coun
try, they must have been wofully ovcrreached by
the British minister.
4 The boundary line, stretching across from Lax