Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-08-06
A Trip 20 Niagara.

Al eight o'clock on Monday morniDg,Ihe 96Eh
ullimo we found ourself. with a couple Others,
seated 10 a caIrisg", rolling 'up street on our
way TO the great convention al Niagara falls. Al
one o'clock we arrived al Blyard aud Ionk the
cOr4 for the "cily upon the lake shoTe"-''Ihe
fuTesI.lree city. upon the lake Shore aud un.
loaded ourselves on the dock, NJ lake Erie, NJ
six o'clock 10 the evening. From Alliance. tho
point At whlrh the e. a. p. r r crosses the
o. s. p. r. K. We hal eleven cars in our train,
all fitted In ove 1pWlng wIh enthusiastic wings
on the same errand with ouTse(. A boat was
| ing at the pier awaiting our arrival, oi which
VIZ got aboard as soon az the immense crowd
would permit. aud soon We were nra,ing majs
Icav duwn the snouIhe bosom at The lake.
We were Informed by the clerk that sir''sn
hundred persans were on bonrd cruuiUiy u
yer, valuable cargo for one boat u carry. ".
cry nook aud cura"G, from The b'w - the stern
was filed some by m n. and others by ladies,
(swcei creatures they had an unpleasant voy'
ugc,) wh0 "had not place III as their heads.
A brisk north wrsler began 10 ugtN,e he lake
about ten u'cock. a. d soon commence, a scene.
the like OF WHICH we had never seen. Nnh'
out exaggrraiion. it may be sad. that. at I"nSI
QUE third Of all the persons on board we've :"
uLgraIcluI To he stewart aud wa~r', as 10 ca'I.
with disgust. from their slomarh', III" hounuIn
supper thaI had been served Tor them lew
hours prrvuus. Aud indeed any had Cn
mudestI whatever about the mauer, for lheN did
un.ertmunious dis, harge uIon ,hr carpet, sIair
way. ur whatever pace they might chance 10
occupy.
Bu, We nre getting aorg slowly. We land
ed az BuirIlu NJ ten O'Clock, Tuesday morning.
got nn Ihe cars and heard the roaring O' the
calarac, before rlevcn For miles. the read
leading To the village ot Niagara. waS Ihrnngrd
wuh people, and Tor two miles south of the alta.
racI the fields were made white With Isuts, aud
VoraI with strains of martial music. The c"uu.
uy about The falls was literally filled with pec'
pIr, We could not fud an unOcrupied Tree To
lean spa, ,nst. Every x and rock and stump in
the n, phborhDoi wNS occupied by weary so'
iouyne,S, who had "Iopke1 about Ihem." unIll
they were tired. Il wou'd he useless for US to
attempt description Of Ihe El"phan' as "e
saw il. We could Iell no m"rr Ub"ut thar
has been told many TINES morA surccss'u'ly.-
! No one eau have anything like a coTrec! lhe'
of the scene without actual view Of the pIrml
ses. It, terrific sdblmily aud picturesque beau
n ARE beI und the descriptive power al the pen
aud until men ATE able ~ to"ite thousand mlng
ling rainbuws. aud the roaring noise "unceaE
inuly heard" there. READERS raa have no Wut
CO, c'pinn 1t Niagara Fails.
| The crowd was n very large one. h"ing esii'
ma o nj FROM fitv To one hundred thousand per
SONS, GIeal enthuslpsm prevailed every body
was alive lor Scott a. Gfahnm, aud 1t il thought
that fire wnS kndled there that will burn bright
er and brighter unul the 9pd uf Nuvemb-r
whod tho old hero Of LIndy's Lane viii re
ceivc large majority of the votes OF great
iul people.
| Speeches we're made BY several eminent men
which often ''brouRhI down The house" viii
,huuders Of applause.
We have not Ihs room for further remarks
a, present. aud must defer unlil mex, week, fur
Iher reflections. We got home safely aud arr
glad OF H. The next nme we 60 II will not b.
~ 50 great crowd.
| -t -4-------------------------
Ocr All persons who desire to buy goods q
very low prices will do we'll TO call at The s'o'
of Mr.. wm. Thompson, survivor Of K'ned!
& Thompson Mr.. Thompson has iniormf
US Iha. he intends, ior The next thirty days. 4
sell goods a.,heir original cost and carriage, an
We have no hCsi,ancy in suyiug 10 'hs Peopl
} thai they will find The statement 10 be true. upo
uial al the counter. Oo account Of Ihs dea'
of Mr.. Kennedy. new svraugempnI will b
\ made, and it's necessary TO dispose Of the stoc
! Of goods now on hand. Call and SEQ II 20
cappo, gcIa good bargain.
Tho Whius nf Eyansytllp h W. taiapd heau