Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-05-14
Fron hs N,agara Dssoerat
BUFFALO.

man arouses from his Slumbers, 10 20
about the business of the day. II b. !
| Jubilee there when the fcirrs of the |
ice king arc embossed - and especially /
/ 1t Is so, when rs now, his reign has
| been prolonged and rigorous. Visit the
/ CITY while vet the ice IS vet blockading
/ the fine harbor,- "A sea Of ice extending
rs lar as the eye can reach, snow
drifts IN the strccts-the cold winds
sweeping down from The west, as If
/ they came from region OF ice bergS
and lis business population. are walk
/ my about mufllcd IN cloaks and over
coats, impatient Of delay, wcarled with
inactivity. Return there when spring
has made an earnest demonstration
the sun out--duStln thccrowdcd streets
|-theilarborc Iear-aud whata change!
The first steamer is from Detroit, an
other and follow IN quick succession :;
Lake navigation has fairly com
inenced Men have put of their WIN
ter faces there is life and buoyancy
\ in their quicker step. The wharves
are throngcd the long line cf store
houses, are rchtllng, again To become
the capaclous transit gralncrics OF a
new and tecmlng empire, the Lake
region Of the West. Approach the
boat and ship yards, and the sound
of the ndze and hammer, fall upon the
,car IN quick succession, that reminds
YOU that industry is catching new
impulse from the exit of winter +! the
painter with brush in. hand, is on board
the floating palaces, giving n finishing
; touch TO the new dress that has been
awarded for the seasons campaign.--
There n new steamboat is ready TO be
launched there brig or schooner ;
here a new craft Is rcStlnguponlts des-
tined element, ready TO enter tho list OF
competitors in carrying the trade
Y Forwardcrs, ship owners, masters,
clerks, sailors, are hurrying to and fro;
n steamboat is pouring upon the wharf
its passengers and freight; another is
taking them on board for the Vest
The fresh water salloraS near like an
- old "Salt" rs he can make himself APP
pear, has spent perhaps his last shilling
for n new coat Of varniSli for his tar
paulin as if would be sin and shame
to 90 upon the first voyage Of the sea
son, looking any less than good as
d new.
The whole scene, 10 the stranger
locker on, is a BaK6l or sounds and
movements; and yet there is systematic
business despatch, i'll all of ii. Butla
10 is in reality commercial city nnc
vet bat the germ ot what 1t mus; ,n
If doing away, down in many of Tho
,s the old slow marts ofcommcrce upol
the Atlantic, there are those that doub
it., let them come up and realize th'
T. fact. If in our own.statc there are leg
lslators and POLITICIANS that are not ap
priced Of IT, they can be by visI
d, there.
And soon that fleet Of canal boat
us will be Embossed from their wlntc
moorings, and frcightcd with wester,
II produce, will be floating to tide water
4 little longcr-al within twenty day
and a fleet Of the same craft, will b
arriving from tide water trclghted wit
western cmgrants, Their effects AM
merchandise.
Leave the wharvcS, and stroll thr'
nd the street, and improvement and eXtei
! sion is upon every hand. The spa
cious public houses are getting IN renC
as mess for the influx Of travellers tha
the opening navigation is sure to brln
them streets are IN the process OF III
"' provemcnt upon this side and tina
you hear n
"Trowel tick against brick,'
ds, stores and houses are pulling down
make room for better ones; all is hi
and activity Main street Is fast a
Stimulating to Broadway and Chesnl
street, of New York and Philadelphia
=" Such is Buffalo A city of yesterda
ns numbering now its 10000 lnhabitanl
''y there are those but little past the mer
,.d ian of life, who have cent with ie
scattered hamlets,and again whenithi
become flourishing village, annlhIlo
ed bv the torch Of war. And il has re
able prospect of a rapid, permanent /
yo, crease. commensurate with the grow
aud prosperity Of the vast Lake Regl'
d TO which II is Inscparabiy allied
II VISIONS Of glory spare nv aching sight
%" "Ye unborn ages, rush not on INV mind.
We were wont to exclaim, when it
years since speculation seized the
and was carcerlng over boundaries
pacious enough for Boston, PhiIad
Yes, phia or ST. Louis, But we have col
To think that the'City Of the Lakes,
kes vet, and within period comparatl'
IL not FAR extended,-io convert
seth ".fancy" Of those memorable days
nary corner lots and Autograph cities, II
lnct. Even those visions" are
rove little modlied--to become realities.