New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-26
Impressions on seeing The Great Lske--Cen-
rra.t between the American ana snnada
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Corrss pynacnce % thc iii'".'''
RoclIEsrEE June i. i>iS
The Heavens aye aeck'i with >;ars.
The Seas with Isles

! The Seas with lsiesi
WHAT a delightful picture 10 look ont apon the
broad blue Enc from Cleveland What wild
new world wilderness Of waves, dotted with
laughing Isles ike the Oasis OF a desert spreads
itself before YOU. Far a. the eye can reach, even
10 the horizon that draws dusky line upon the
waters what beauty what Incompatible grandeur
Now ike an infant ia s.umber. calm and even a.
mi-rur-now curling and roaring Ike maddened
.iant li-hnr the pebby shore and The rude cliff
mill they shake with terror The morning breaks
OYER il in lisht-1-lani and crassy shore cat Their
.h,dows INFO - Snbrokcn septh.-aooa rpples r.
and the milon burrows seem cororeicd VIII
,,ovng d;amonds-;hc ,ai,,cring swallow dips h.
vim, in the cha6ns waters and darts away wah q
wild song toward Heaven--nis GIT comes Hiih clouds
,empe., aad darkness. tie mornings CAIN t''
.oon's ripple are fierce heaving pillows Ike rn-
bitiei s,ecI- they oss their riders ane trshp'e q"
| he eu,barled shore with noise Ike hoarse an
allen thnnder What a volume 20 rcad-wha; a
text in the legibe book OF the Univer-s'-
How wonderful are Thy worSs God
The earth canno, impress w. Ike the ses. We ar
nj and on the elrth we feel and iaihom II. bat til
waters how deep and dark how iull Of beauty snd
MYSTERY how mighty and isihomless They seem
Ike the heavens which they Mirror. nearer 10 Goo.
moro Infinite They WOO u with the very e.iiici
hat covers their darkness romance sides on thc
.nnnv stream in the valley. dark terrible hi>;or
,,vsrs over the AGES thai lie buried in the sea
.s.hoe. of r,irth and mourning hymns o. peace an
- of ba,tie liaht shadow. and hges 81 bloO,
,eople their shores sud Isles and i9r ever hanu
icin with unspeakable beauty. An ,h..e Lake
ur,ad OUT 20 wonderfully ~ the oieaA No.'h an
nov not among the earih-voccs Ike rude stefi'
Tfax h.lnue- other a-tS aud SO
re, than ours Tradition cmao; tell ~ the ueeH'
hev chronicle-hov nations grew aud roWed o.
sr shores no. lei, vesiige 81 their ancient IA en-
We saw them but yesterday-ihe nome Oh '"'
-c.eamin- Gull and the tamele-s casis-iisnt oar
lrcing fran barks over their depths. and rsc'
Wild as they shclicring their swarih oro"5 IN tns
shade O. unbroken forest and hul-,
"Rcckrbbed and ancient as the sun ."
rh-v. too Ike shadows are passing or have passed
our there remain the old wood. anu waters, 10 Gs d
10 them
1 terror and mystery
one can scarcely cred il until he secs with ms own
yves the change that few years have wrought on an
lround the great lakes Twenty years a2one' Inc,
we're hardly rippled by a keel, hardly cauh
raced their shores-now, there are thousands o
,no,y.,vhiie sails and gay fleet steamers doiins
tbem In every direction, and cities VILLAGES, uno
.o,s with snilius lawns peep oni from ever.
nook and turn. Il Is indeed wonderful TO note ih'
change whether i bc miracle reserved 'lr iA'-
ave az The natural growth OF reformed government
wind. steam labor ,ayine machines or other cause
matters little since the change Is wrought Il
partly from all these but most from the wants
he sge- who have found here 4 goal aud freedom
10 reach H. There l. no mi.,akins the course OF iae
worlds current.
Tie Star o. Empire Westward takes is way
and not more surely does that current tend thus Tor
ood and rament than tor the freedom OF pohtica
4 Il 81. l.. q S..f4I.
from Irish German or other lands hieins ever 30 tn
West" Europe feels the kingly blood shac ken IN he
veins since her peasants may become kings sd
ney smith should have travelled this country beion
ne died sarcastic Joking sinner as he was he
would have been too honest ROT 10 have responded
TO- and re- uttered the great voice that from these
very lake shores shakes the Old World,
Pu, not your trust in Princes :"
do look upon St Louis Cincinnati. Chicago, DE
roii. Cleveland and Buffalo. o scorncr OF Yankee
iom-and these are bat spccks IN the waste o.
world so rapidly pcopus look upon the MisSls
.iop and these lakes swarnmg with free rugse'
lie and say no more il is madness q longing and
starving peasaniry OF Europe to turn your yisiona
Y eyes toward the great or little W a0ash II T.
still beyond this edge OF the universe 10 -dne!
smiths eyes that emigration Is now pouring Ike
m intelligent flood laying the axe al the root OF IN,
orcst and making the wilderness To blossom llk'
4 rose" II Government and civil and religion
institutions blended with opportunity are nothing ~
he history of this change why this contrast &c
,ver from Detroit 10 Windsor. and Sandw lch. on
he English shore, and mark the difference. Here
al is life and growth there all X silence and decay
Can few rods width OF river have made all this
&. il the climate and soil, or the character ct the
government and people that draws such sad iint
between Us II j. not the climate and soil and from
)ne end Of Canada the other It contrasts with tie
American SIDE a. light with darkness II Is 80 at
Detroit IL j. the same Al Lewiston. ] was IN To
onto but two days since, and though Inc city,
With excellent buildings good streets and 10000 IN
habiiantsii seemed ~ solitary "a city VI death
\ kind of perpetual Sabbath stiffness rests over l.
Ike a cloud over calm water. An emgrant viii
money or eyes secs which side he should choos.
md the population statistics OF Canada show wicl
chosen. visited a concert IN Toronto where th'
lite, from the Lord Mayor down, bad gathered. and
with all their talk about our stamping applause,
hey performed the nOisiest accompaniment witt /
heir feet have ever heard | don't blame then
or it, but let them hold their uncouth tongues when
hey are guilty Of d Ike sin 10 ours One thing ]
AN most heartily recommend ia Toronto and that l.
McDOnald's Hotel-he il of the few men To BE- |
.ound who make you think better of your kind
The English steamers on the lakes are very fine
perhaps not speedy ours. but kept IN much bel
er order and all supplied with life boats II would
re well II more attention paid 10 the qualit
If our Lake Steamers, for Judging by tho rough
sea | encountered on both Erie and Ontario. the
,ritling affair 10 battle with ThrOus h TIE |
sections OF Canada where have been the droull
and frost have done no damage, and in New-lorA
rom Buffalo 10 Lewiston, nothing could look fDeI
han every kind of grass and grain-especslly
hat immense level OF country. almost a prairie |
which stretches back from Lewiston far the eys
reach. went over 10 Queension few mo
ments 10 get near view Of Brooks monument
which stands the nights West Of The village
some ruitsns during the patriot var attempted a.
blow Il 10 pieces with 4 keg OF powder. The ex
plo-i0n fortunately only shattered the huge column
which covers the ashes Of brave and generous
enemy, and lie tho could thus desecraie bis tomb
l. unworthy decent burial. II never be re-
paired, and | understood a new one different |
plan Is 10 be erected QleensiOn i a small village
0t little business, and owes all lis importance
10 the railroad from Chippewa which passes the
Falls and terminates there Bot adieu to the lake.
and Canada am among more delectable scenes a.
The good city OF Rochester. Every thing here D. |
instinct with life. how il be otherwise since herr
is unifillng river railroad and d canal No
wonder the mills groau with bread fiut and ths
spindles play quick march :" Rochester ha-
business and wealth enterprise and talent and ma,
not say morals since have counted ixteen spires