The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-09
No. 1897.
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Paiirrssa, \, J., Aarua ttf,, Isas.

Gsnflfmea-Ipm noE in rha, enter
przing team. Through tie k.rara.s
81 The lion. Judge Msigs Of the As.es,.
can Inssiin,e. uEo larh,shsd ne viii b.
tiers nt ihirndr etian n some Of the pr,rFa-
81 s,i'zs ns Al Il u IOEr, I vas indeed
Ia iaks NV Eslirs snd umbrella 10 had
.Gd jump aboaad RI tic lefEs bnat 81 New
l"'k shd eross ihe lluGson lur Jersey
Guy. where I lnak the ears 20 witness
here with nv osn ewes. and hear silh
ny oHn ears. y bat hads0 If "a read NJ.
tie wonders oi this lace. We travelled
nn the AeWsEk Taule i"rsix ni'es. when
ne ''ieOk 20 the Easht a. tie law directs"
We s0on emerged lao iine Plain. slang
which the ilscAiussek shd passae dow
20 the Negsrk R.y. Tie Landscape af
lhe PLAIN. where Nsiure from her geni.I
h"sOm bad o'e'sptad the surface with
decorations "t Gorgeous green, made tie
seene oue oi 'nlrs'sl aud beauty; Whlle
upon INV '"il The scene was reversed hv
the unLulauons OF III aid dale. with here
aud there. On sume lOI mound, a cottage
sRd a palace. These. ihnuahl I. ase he
Te.Ulls al education. temperance and ln-
dustrv. aud are ale Ia loved homes cf
peaceful, Useivl and harry lrermen.
While these thoughts filed ny mind with
Joy and admiration, inVnluntarilv nv
spirits sunk Wien thought Of tie = home
ol NV fathers" nv own beloved sect ~
Of this illusirinus Union: | IhoUghI WHY
nat Ne, too. enjoy these blessings. vii CHI
Providence has so largely conferred an ",
instead Of neglecting sud uamil.ng them
under our Itel. L. become sngrv aud sour
With Our brethren Of the North, because
they have Impros cd theirs bv being n,ore
wise and industrious. Alter rearhimg
AcqOsckanOErk. five mples from patler-
son, we lost the rivers md tic plans TO
greet the hills, along which we dashed
unul we reached The depot. whore we dis
mounted, and made through a crowd Of
" thick aud lhm" for some Hotel.
Patterson u located in a valley embrar-
ing in lis chartered Ii nus paris OF the
counties Of Bergen aud Essex. surrounded
by a range OF clfls and hills. The scene
~ around Pives a rnmaniic grandeur to
the place: lthss the APPEARANCE from its
! position mOng the everlasting Lils. Of
walled OF tort fed town. The Falls over
which tie Pss.aie is driten, is certainly
picture in the surIOsiues uf Nature, Of
the greatest beauty. While standing on
The heights abo'e. g'zing up al the placid
motion al the stream as il came gliding
between the hills on ether side unul il
reached the pTeciplce. Over which il was
thrown some one hundred feet or more, |
could not help believing that il was
scene Of the higest interest, and one that
was calculated To excite The must gifted
strains from the pen Of the poet. The
commissions which have here, in ages
past, rent these rocks in Observation-Disclosures
the hills and forming canals through which
The water passes, alter the fall. produced
on my mind, alternately, ave and sdmi-
ration. The hand Of divinity has been
here. and there is eloqnence. roeny and
grandeur in the view. The position Of
the rocks below have the appearance that
The bed of the river has suddenly given
way, and the rocks, BY either losing their
hold in the sides of the bank. or by the
magnitude Of the convUlsior, have brea
thrown from The cliffs above The bank in
to the abyss beneath.
Two incidents occurred at these Falls,
which it may be well 10 mention. This
is tie place where the celebrated SIM
Patch commenced his career. Will.
standing on the bank surrounded BY Tie
crowd who were perambulstng on Ihc
garden grounds. he gave notice thai he
was going to leap from the bluffs into the
terrible shy SIS below. No Que bel eyed
the man mad and daring enough for such
a ete, they therefore sci up a laugh at
him; hut he very cooly tquppl himself
and deliberately walked up TO the he igh,s
and made the terrible plunge down the pre-
ciplce. For moment after he was gone
the feeling Of the hysrandrrs was lndes-
crIbabls! they could hardly believe their
eyes. Silently they went, one by ore, TO
The edge of the bank 10 look below. hen
suddenly Palch was seen rising. b:owIlg
and swimming down the stream for tue
rocks The moment tie men saw that he
" as safe, the shout vas ttemtnduus. tbs
lie repeatedly alter done. TIE no,ottety
which this ACT gave him, made him ,erv
pc" erful and popular w,h lie operatives.
as lie was one himself, lie even Infused
very bad sPuh among The wo,kmen, and
one day assembled them tageIber. and
mounted a hogshesd. and hsrTangued ,bem
against theIremployers, the result Of which
was to put stop to all The f,ctores for six
weeks. The hands becoming pushed for
money. gradual y went TO work again, aid
lorsook him. On account Of tins act Of
rebt llion. he could get no work, aud be-
came odlous TO the people, which lead him
10 leave the Place. HIS last leap VS.
dowa the Niagara Falls, from which ue
never rose.
The Other case is one Of painfUl renec-
ton, and should op'ra'e as a warning to
others. the Rev. MIR. Cummings. If
Newark, was invited by The FRS. Pes