New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-13
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Editorial Correspondence
No VI, sAur DE- srK MAIZE June % ls47.
And still linger by the waters Of the Great
Like. to which in a few hours shah bid adieu-
perhaps for ever Ny brief acquaintance there
with has been on the whole, rot merely pleasant
bot frsught with enduring interest For years
have wished 10 visit the region OF Lake SUPERIOR
henceiorth my regard for it will be something
warmer than curiosity. Those small and rock
bound harbors 90 seldom furrowed by keel-those
bold and rugged hills, graceful in aspect tnousn
hardly agreeable as yet 20 sarmount-tne sweep
ing prospects afforded by their northern sech''ue'
of the Lake and its curying shores-'ne Pe'''y
lakelets sleeping amid and upon them as j P's',D
thar. but 20 mirror the adjacent stars-those sPN
ling leaning babbling brooks, perhaps nowhere
80 az sbnndant. alive with glitterog trout and
ri, nu,e co5d waters 90 grateful 10 toe parched
lips OF the weary pedestrian-ihose Oo0"ule" snu
oatrisrcbal woods IN whose shade race alter race
Of men have lived and loved and waued aud per
i.bed-au al will lnger gratefully In my memory
and my dreams amid the din and smoke aud stnie
of coming years. BY the side Of Nature s perfected
graces the mellow fruits Of several thousand years
preparation. the beginnings Of Mans enterprise
and effort seem painfully rode and unsightly HIS
few clusters Of low butts contrast strongly with the
stately. graceful woods from which they were fash
toned. by which they are still overshadowedi MS
scanty patches Of roots and vegetables seem
burlesaue OF cultivation sthe shabby piles OF rock
which he has by patient, Flooding, repuisiYe iabof
torn from the bowels Of the earth might do OF the
towering. storm defy ing cliffs which overlook them
evidently upbesved by single pulsation The
contrast between the forest as II came from IT'S
Authors hand and those portions Of the same forest
especially around Copper Harbor and the mouth OF
Eagle River. which have been visited by human
ravsge only. and Of which the scared, blackened,
blasted remains after needless and unspsring
oonasgration, have been left 10 perish and be sup
planted as chance may dictate is stll more untat-
terng 20 Man and Civilization. Bot Time VIII re
dress all this evokng the Of Beauty from the
ashes Of Desolation As yet, no one here has lei
sure or thought for aught beyond the needs OF the
passing bour-aught that is not urgently and gross
~ practical After few years Of fuctuating Tor
tape--for there must inevitably be SUGGESTIONS OF
ebb and How in the settlement and growth OF a
district like ths-houses gardens. farms, villages
like those Of New England will encircle Lake "a.
perior the long Winters will be devoted 70 Mining
and Manufactures the brief but genial Summers
will be improved ia the various departments OF Az
riculture and no part Of our favored land Will prot
fer ampler rewards to Industry or surer and more
generous supply Of the comforts OF life.
Calm as sleeping babe was the mood Of the
Lake as we noated across its eastern half on Sat
A 4 aot, Har m Tins n
This is it's more usual Summer temperament, though
it is occasionally visited by strong gales especially
from the West (It is much feared here that IN
that which we encountered some sixteen days
since. when going up, the schooner Merchant went
down with all ON board, including the Agent and
fourteen or fifteen miners and leborers Of the Ma
tional Mining Company 10 say nothing OF her car
go She followed us out of port on the l2th inst
kept in sight ,ill late that night and cannot learn
thst she has been seen since She had not reached
L'Ause. her destination not $50 miles hence ten
DAYS afterward) Late in Autumn friend assures
me that the storms on this Lake are got up on
grand scale, and n view OF one of them from the
hills around is magnihcent-which ! can readily
believe Some of the vessels m use here are new
stout and seaworthy others Just such as could be
best spared from service elsewhere IN which they
had been previously worn out. Yet, up To tins time
not a dollar has been expended by the Government
upon the navigation OF this Lake, save in bayonet-
ing away the aborers whom the State Of Michigan
sent here to make a canal around the Saul At
present. detachment Of o. 5 troops Michigan
Volunteers) has Just relieved one of Regulars des-
tined for Mexico in keeping this post where there
is no more need OF troops than OF a corps OF Chi.
ncse interpreters. All this time not one aborer IS
employed by the Government on its whole thou.
sand miles Of Lake Superior coast though the Light
House bill of last Session made appropriations for
two or three Light Houses here, which are sorely
needed especially that to be erected on Whiteiisl
Point 30 miles up, where the Lake suddenly mar
rows almost to strait while dangerous reef puts
out from the Point directly the course which
vessels coming down must pursue till within q
short distance of IT, Congress has ordered n Light
House TO be erected here, and has provided the
means; a Commissioner has located IL; every
months delay is virtual manslsughter, yet the tx
ecutiye pays men TO air uniforms at the Saul IN alb
surd uselessness. and leaves the Light House un
begun till another season. This is fair specimen
Of the way the world is governed shsllit continue
Ten men in a month could easily put up a hgh
there SO as to answer till Light House could be
built good Hickory pole might subserve the pur
pose-st any rate. an Ash would. Why not hsv'
il done Who is responsible Is it Secrctsr,
Mason or Secretary Walker ! hope Michigan
will have some representative in Congress wh'
will at least inquire into this next Winter.
- The transition from tho heat now prevailing
ON land, especially in the little openings back IL
the forest to the GOODNESS of the Lake pherc
is remarkable. After week Of proiase perspirs
ton, actually suffered from cold on Sunday
Those accustomed 10 the Lake assure me that the,
never experienced a thoroughly hot day upon it
that is. well out on the deep, blue wster-whIe
cannot learn that any one ventures to battle in /
unless In some shallow bsv after the water hs
lain TRANQUILITY the shining sand until thoroughly
warmed All, or nearly all the waters empty in.
into tins Lake run cold enough tor beverage ii
the hotties, day. yelling up from deep cold spring.
and gliding onward through dense shades bat III,
Lake itself so spacious and pEoiound. stubb0rny
ressts the suns iervor through the brief Summer
OF these high lsutades On the sth inst the
schooner ocesn. coasting round Point Keewenaw
sd hi he sbor.