The New York herald., 1845-07-31
Some Notes on "a Trip 10 tho West.

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i During the last ten days. up TO the reception OF
the first fearful accounts of the fire In New york
the travel in this region was greater than ii ever
was before. Day and night, the Cataract Hotel
kept considerably well by General Whitney 4 sons
was crowded to suhocation. Recently the trave
has fallen of very much, caused principally by very
many of the New York travellers returning suddenly
TO the city in consequence of the great conflagra-
| ton.
| Yet this delightful, healthy place. is not by any
means resorted to so much as it might be-and il
would be, if the same amusements and accommo.
datons provided for them, as there are at Sa-
ratoga or Sharon There is now only one large ho-
tel on the American side, the | have already
mentioned, and that is supposed to be clearing from
$4,000 to sslSOO0 season, great has the crowd
of travellers increased Of late years. On the British
side, the Clifton House is kept in capita. style by Mr.
Griffin, who formerly kept the old Eagle Hotel of
tins place, now shut up, and only occasionally used
as a concert room by musicians. vocalists, and In
dian psalm singers.
In the way of amusements, during the last few
days, we have had quite variety First. there wss
Ole Bull, who, assisted by Mr.. Dufiied, very good
singer, gave couple of concerts, both pretty well
attended. After Ole, followed Welsh & Dclavan's
famous Circus Company with fifty splendid horses
and fifty men. They drew out all the bone and mus
ce-ihe village beauty and black eyes in odo-
riferous perfection. Horsemanship and still vaulins
decidedly draw the crowds IN the country villages
The manner and style in which Wesh's famous
company travel over the land and amuse the country
people, is the most picturesque and romantic affair
in the world. Goethes William Meister is not
more interesting.
But enough on the horses-they were followed hv
company of Indian singers from the Tuscarora
village, situated the mountain cliffs below the
Falls, and looking over Ontario's blue waters.
Seven Indians and three squaws formed the COM
pany. Their music was sad jumble of discords,
picked up from the common church psalmody; butyet
they have voices and materials to make them novel
and popular One young, stout Indian, perfect
Apollo in his appearance, with more of Hercules in
his limbs, exhibited bass voice powerful and
full of melody as many could hear, but OF course il
was raw and uncultivated. If some enterprising
person were to engage these Tuscaroras for a
term OF years-teach them the proper style OF sing
ng-dress them up in the native costumes of their
tribes-make them get up pieces in the Indian
tongue which is as open and melodious as the
Itaan-take them TO Europe and have them pro-
perly heraded throughout the world, have doubt
an immense sum of mony could be made out of the
enterprise.
But in this part of the world all the enterprise
and capital of the land is directed towards the cop
per and silver mines Of Lake Superior.
Preparations making hear, to form companies
for copper and silver mining, equal to 900, if
not more Some of the original spectators have
made fortunes of $50, ,O00-some of $400O0-some
of S50000-all originally created out of an invest
ment of fewer hundreds. The steamers going up
the lakes towards Milwaukee, are crowded with
SPECTATORS, capitalists, fortune I hunters copper
| dggers, and silver miners This singular
mania of making fortunes by mining for
copper and silver, will, in few years, settle the
whole southern or American side of Lake Superior,
with active population in a very brief space of
time. The great central point from which these spc-
cuatons proceed appears to be Boston. but the spirit
is now extending to New York and the whole north
ern and eastern States. Whatever be the result of
this mining mama to individuals (and dozens will
be entirely runed) the country will gain-partlcuaI-
ly northern Michigan and Wisconsin, the regions to
which these speculations directed The great in
land seas and navigation of the northwest-the
towns and cities on the shores of the several lakes
from Buffalo to Chicago, will also be benefited.
The oftener and ongerI see Niagara Falls, the
more am delighted with its scenery-its saubri-
ty-is beauty-its sublimty-and particularly with
its capability to become of the greatest inland
manufacturing marts that the world ever saw. The
water power here, easily accessible, is sufficient to
equal all the steam power Of England. The geological
formation of the country is such and so peculiar, as
TO give facilities for series of waterfalls equal in
height to that at Lockport for a distance Of 80 or
100 miles, running along the mountain ridge from
Lewiston, till it loses itself in the Genesee flats east
ward The proximity of Niagara to the cotton, ron
copper, coal, and wool of the surrounding States
east, south, and west is greater than that of any
other locality in the world. The natural advanta-
ges Of this wonderful place for these purposes are so
great, that the same men and enterprlsing capital
lists who created Lowell, in Massachusetts, first ncco
tiated for property and water power in this pacebut
having failed for some cause in making good bar
| GAIN they afterwards settled down upon Lowell Yet
Niagara must in process of time, become the great;
Manchester, manufacturing mart of the world.
| The property on the American side is principally
held by the Porter family who must eventually be
made very wealthy by the increase and population
Of the country If they were, even now, to dispose
at cheap rate, of every alternate lot of ground they
own, they would make them in our day much more
valuable than they On the British side, large
| amount OF the property is owned by James Buchan-
an, Esq, late British Consul in New York Mr..
Buchanan, now retired from Office, lives in lovely
country residence, and enjoys his otium cum digni-
tate within the roar of Niagara. Sgnor Antognini
has just arrived, and gives a concert Tomorrow
ROTATION IN OFFIcE-Several days ago we men
toned that the President had settled upon twelve
years as the longest term democrat could hold Of
flee. This statement the Union denied i'm its usua
ielictous manner. 1t now appears that we were
correct. That term has been agreed upon in Cabl.
net Council, and several hundred aged heads, here
and elsewhere, are soon to roll in the dust, on the
principle of rotation.