New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-23

privileged 10 such an elevation must conten. 81
selves with q peep from the windows. from rb..
they may discover enough worth the troub.e az "a.
seryaton. Leaving the city You cross enc brs,s,I
OF prairie land varied with the scrub or OAK a.;
ne which occupies so large portion Of the M.
| cultivated country. AZ no great distance. nun.
Of queer looking short and narrow carts with ,s.
mense wheels, attract the atts ntiOn: they finn.
portion OF the tIair from settlements on ,h. RI
River OF the North, seven hundred miles di.,.,,
which has come down in about twenty nine d.y,
bringing furs sind other commO iltes 10 exchsn,.
or supplies OF provisions, etc. These carts a..
constructed entirely Of wood, without, pate.
of iron; and hence their ,.cumorous appe.nD.,.
They are commonly Drawn each by one OK; bar
recent improvement has substituted hon,s
with which they came on this trip. The remain.
der of the train is at Traverse des Sioux. exoee,
ing probably that the freight they want will be
conveyed that far by the boats navigating The 81.
Peters River; an expectation, Gear, likely 10 he
disappointed, if the extreme and unprecedented
drought which has continued for month should
dry up the rivers much longer
A backwoods looking, but civil man, who had
come up the Mississippi on our boar, made soma
very sensible remarks on the country, and gave
us to understand that he seeking location
for "new home" having obtained his wife con.
sent 10 remove IL he could buy land that Afforded
chance for making fortune; yet he, a. an
acquaintance said, was worth hundred THOUSAND
| already. The solution of the mystery was easily
Given by himself. " Mankind Is such that ina
! unive rial cry is more money and while | am in
| the meraoian of Lfe. | want to create an iDde
pepdence Tor nv children" With all his rough
| exterior, he seemed to possess an extensive
knowledge Of literature; cntisizsd the poetry Of
| DRYDEN Pope and other English classics, aad
| compared with them the poetry Of Bryant, Long
! fellow and a number of American barts ia a man.
per that showed he had read and appreciated
| them. II to BIZ spoken of by the workmen in
| the Mines or 10 have a well thumbed copy Of ones
poems in kitchen window be the truest fame,
to be quoted BY land Junter on the top OF
Mime sofa stage il certainly something.
| Approaching the verge Of the blufi which over
looks the Mississippi, the road continues IN vex
| Of the river following it upward. distant and
very imposing view OF The Two largest fails csn sc
| biained, wnen nearing the lower town OF 81.
! Anthony. Was there eyer town by the Any,
| that was not divided into upper and lower! Ins
place has but recently emerged from wilderness
INTO the dignity OF village, and owes IFS rise en-
| trely to the lumber trade carried Oh, the great
saw-ni i'll near the falls IT is said, saving several
| million feet of lumber during the ~ ssop. In the
| GUNNER months the town Is much resort d 10 by
visitors especially from the south.w' stern states.
| These have cone in such nunbcrs that "a accom-
| mediation could be found for them and they were
obliged TO return with but n glance At the cati-
or ties they had come 70 view. Now the state OF
things is more favorable 10 the lovers ot hue
scenery; all excellent hotei-the st. Chlnes-hss
| been OpeEed IN tie upper part OF the village,
| under the management II Mr. J. T.. C.ak, where
the best accommodation can be hal. The build
| Jugs are extensive enough to furnish rooms Tor
large number OF guests, AID thu liberal care and
attention OF the proprietor leaves tn N nothing 10
wish for; in fact, few can 90 the honors oil
the scenery SO we'll or aie 81 Wiling Ia take
! trouble for the pleasure OF others. IL was uhdef
| his gui lance that we made our frs visit TO the
falls and the surrounding country.
IT is pleasant walk, or a short drive from the
hotel along tile river banks. pond on the leis Oh
the rapid current il filled with innumersble logs,
| fOated down the river fr IN distance OF several
| hundred miles, and directed from the current into
this reservoir to be converted into boards 10 the
| sawmil which is IN operation day and night
| Above, the rapids extend half mle-a broad
wild waste of tunblipg waters. bordered by craggy
shores, which, when the current is sS Jlen by tae
| spring food, must present sight nvallng tae
| celebrated rapids of st. Mary's River. A little
below, a footbrdye two boards wide, shackIol
and uncertain, bat safe enough at the presea'
season, conducts yOt to large island, which d.
yides the two principal falls. This island is nhab
tied, and thickly wooded. Crossing it at the up
| per END TO the shore and descending to a sDl0Oti
ledge OF rock, you come soon 10 the shell OF roci
| which faces the great fall OF st. Anthony. TN
is worn by the water INTO u crescent form, an
embraces three separate falls, besides smaller cas-
csdes. The perpendicular descent IS not NOR
than eighteen feet but the vast body OF wafer
the force with which it precipitates itself IN
curve of the rock, and the ~rd beauty Of IN
rapids above and below. together with the rus
! and war of the waters la.brd into three-iOld tar.
by their arrest among the b0ulcers and logs heape
! in widest confusion al the foot OF the de5ceh
over winch they leap. throwing volumes oi ram
| bow crowned spray INTO the air, combine 10 idi
press the behOlder with emotions of deepest ~"
and admiration. When the river il at It's creates
hieht the picture Is grander, the swollen torren
descending with such impet IosIfy as 10 descnb
large curve III falling, and open cavern IN IN
very sanctuary 81 the food, where one may ents
behind the falling mass, and retire so tar INTO u
| recesses as to be scarcely wetted. lhe heape'
mass OF broken rocks. ETC., IS then oyerswept D,
the food. or yelled by clouds ot foam and spray,
and the small island at the foot OF the fall, "h''i
| CODCeals the opposite 1dI dlu fhplur Hot" w -
half buried in rhe rushing waters. Ihefo Is NJ
access to this island, except in winter over th'
| frozen river. -
These falls are said 10 have been discovered frs
about 1880 by Father fiennes-Io. VINO named tne
a,.r ms patron-ss,nt, 81. anthony. IL 10 chl
within about thirty or rhrty.hSe Years that tneI
| have been noticed By Americans, and but rec5nt',
| tLst no puu,b,r of yisitOrs 10 them in a seasoI
has been consiterGhie. When the communication
h., n Chicago snd Galrna shall be RENDERED
easy nv the completion Of the railroad, the toa
! will doubtless be iasnionsnie one IN the summer
| s.,sou FROM the eas eTD States.
The ent re descent N three quarters OF mile
has been estimate, ~ sixty feet the rapids ceo
descend fit. Ell ioet iriniense piece, OF the Toc'
Ore breaking of continually; the tails are SAN .
have Tetroceded several rolls even since he rec"
lection OF persons VINO have visited thfni. -, I
gorge below, With "a crHggy pfe''pceS, - WIZ
snc picturesque. Along ~ precipteus ''d' NAY
BE- gathered 10 album nee the petriied moss, "nic"
is noted product Of thIs region.
TO Jew the i4!i on the o.her SIDE the r's',
II il necessary TO rscrOss tue ioOt-oitigc ap'