The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-13
Our Rochester Correspondence.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Oct. 6, 1852.
The Ohio mtpydtion-d Painful Scene-A

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The Ohio m,gydtion-A Pai.fl Scene-An
Health Of Rochester.
left the Ohio river, on Saturday morning, Octs.
Der g. Navigation is seriously impeded for want d
water. 1t is now at the lowest point that it has
reached this season, and is still falling No boats
except those Of the lightest draft, venture out, and
many are moored to the landing in Cincinnati
unable to get over the bars.
surprised to see cotton on its way to market,
by way of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dunkirk
There is great saving Of time in sending produce
from the Ohio river in this way the distance being
but about one-ffth, and that too on quick and re-
guar lines and it is well worth the planters alton,
ton, provided the expense is not much greater than
by way OF New Orleans.
In New York, one can scarcely realize how many
thousand emigrants are monthly seeking homes in
the Far West. There their identity is lost in the
motley crowd, but get out here, and quietly settle
down for day two, on their line Of travel, and
zee train after train 60 by, from morn till nights
crowded, damned with them-each car having
the appearance of an immense bee hive-one is
led to exclam-"Where do they all come from =
An emigrant train passed us our way from Buff
falo, with nearly two thousand on board. II vas so
full that it seemed though the backs of the people
Empire State took over twelve hundred up tho lake.
her last trip, and, If was compelled to sleep pro
miscuously, as they did, l should want my limbs
previously chalked, to ascertain, in the morning,
with some degree of certainty, what belonged to
no longer marvel at the rapid increase Of popula.
tion in the West
A heart-repdiDg scene occurred on the boat, while
/ vas coming from Cleveland to Buffalo After We
had left the wharf, poor womau--an emigrant
from the Rhine-was discovered on board She had
got separated from her husband, and was waiting
his return whom tho boat left She had sick infant
in her arms, and was not able to speak one wort Of
English, to make her wants Or her troubles
known About midnight the child died. 1t seemed
too much for the mother to endure--she could not
believe that its spirit had fed she called it by en-
dearng nanes-pressed it to her bosom fearing that
some one would take it from her, and sank into a
depending state. gazing wildly into vacuity. Sc
parated from her husband, pepniless friendless,
stranger in strange land, and unable to speak the
language, or receive word Of consolation in her
deep afilictions-fbaly, the death Of her chid-it
was more than frsil humanity could bear. Awakened
to sense of her foIlorn situation. and convinced
that her infant more, her piercing cries for
her husband and her child reached every part of the
boat, and drew around her crowd of idle people,
who gazed unfeelingly at her, as though il was
rare and splendid sight.
Alas for the rarity
OF Christian charity
Under the
She called upon the heavens to give them back,
and the sea; but the stars twinkled mildly in their
danced merriy by, as if in derision of her misery
and distress Reason forsook its throne She be-
came a raving maniac, and nothing but wreck of
her former self remained
The contemplation Of distress purifes well rcgu-
lated mind, and makes better. IL destroys the
seeds Of envy and ILL will wards mankind corrects
the pride Of prosperity. and sofens TIA It erceness
and hardness which contact with the every day
world puts upon the heart.
A ride over the prairies Of Ohio shows conclusive
ly that autumn is here Summer has gone, with all
its fair wild flowers, and the grass il crisp and
wthered Plainly can be seen where the frost king
has slightly laid his Fiery finger on the leaves
The foliage Of the woods is richly draped in orange.
scarlet and purple excelling in beauty even its soft
and tender April green. A short time hence il will
glow with crimson and with gold and then drop to
the earth colorless and dead. IT'S thus that bless
iDgs ever brighten as they depart The dull, cold
msts Of autumn bang round the distant hills, and
the deep sobbDg wind whispering voices Of dep irt
ed spirits, dismantles many a rustic bower, where
friends who have gone to the spirit land wont
to meet in life, to talk Of love- and tell hopes
and dreams, scatterod by the worlds realities,
like the ruaet leaves Of shady alcoves, that shell
tered them in youth from the burning summer
must caution you against telegraphic dispatches
received in New York, representing Rochester and
Buffalo as unhealthy am informed thIt they
have been sent, aud paid for by interested parties
TO turn the travel to the West into other channels
This city is perfectly healthy, and is not aflicte
With contagious disease Of any kind whatever
shall 60 TO Niagara this week to see it in tie au
tumnal glory L.C s.