Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-07-21

piercing groan which it utters as it is hurl- n
I'd over the tremendous precipice, and the v
broken, shapeless mass in which it falls c
into the depth no eye Eath penetrated since a
the world began, might have been the re- i
certainty and cruelty of her do !
minion and authority. Neither the pencil {
of Raphael nor the pen of Dickens could
convey any conception of the infinite gran
deur of Niagara. Eye must see and ear
hear before the imagination can conceive
its beauties and its wonders. 1 watched
it from both sides of the river, and rode
around the island, and went under the Falls
at the Cave of the Winds. Would one
ever tire cf it?
That night and the next day until three
o'clock, we were on Lake Ontario. The
weather was delightful, and 1 enjoyed the
trip greatly, How peculiar the sensation
was, to be for the first time out of sight Of
land, and to think of the trackless journey
we were making through the sea! About
8 o'clock, we entered the st. Lawrence,
and soon the Thousand Islands were be-
fore us and around us. Through these
Jewels which adorn the notwithstanding
river, and which impart to it splendor
which cannot be described, we pass, by
sunshine, and by sunset, and by early twi-
light, and by early moonlight-each view
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varying the richness of the scenery. Soon
after dark we reach Ogdensburg, and here
we stop till morning; for the Rapids are
not far distant, and these cannot be passed
by night.
Early nex' morning we left Ogdensburg
The scenery continued beautiful, and about
I 10 o'clock we came to the first OF the
Rap;ds-the Lost Channel. These are
very frightful in appearance, and are about
half mile in length. The water boils
and roars and rushes before us. With a
, plunge and stunning blow, which shakes
her from bow to stern, the boat is in them,
and with the swiftness of the wind makes
her way safely through them. So, down
/, the glorious St. Lawrence, past French
and English villages, lying side by side
past islands covered with pines, islands
covered with cedars, islands barren ant
/ rocky-past fields of waving grain anC
e smoking manufactures which dull ant
y blight aAen,s-thgopgb the Rapida of til
y Cedars and CASCADES, and through tn
e Lake St. Francis' (which the might
d river loses its coursS 1--WE come to the La
0 chere, the longest and most frightful c
1t the Rapids. Here the Indian pilot, Bap
{, tiste, comes on board; for no one else cal
IF be trusted to pilot the boat down the pei
l. ilous descent. -Four strong men stand {
is the whee-every man under the Indian
J. control, and with the water dashing hig
Y over the boat, and with the Rapids roarln
!, like enraged demons, and with rocks Tas
8, BILE within ten feet of us on either side.fv
at rush hcadlong down the river. Onefo
~ of misdircction, one second of inattentio
Mt one mistake, and the boat would be dasht
S; in pieces; but ono look at Baptiste's e.
sh and frame is sufficient to assure us.
ty stood on the bow of the boat as we maj
of that passage, and thought, what destil
nd for an Indian, to guide the steamer of t
ed white man through the Rapids that we
ng once his own!
Leaving the Rapids safely, we are SO
lat at stony Montreal, with its massive bull
ere ings of one build and color, and in its nj
he row streets, dedicated in unpronounceal
all French names to all the Saints. Here
visit the great Cathedral of Notre Dal
7as the largest in Amerca-the mountain
'he the cemetery of the rich for even in
US resting place of the dead the rich and p'
re, are separated 1.-THE Haunted House
he which no man can dwell-the public bui
uld ings-and the Geological Gardens. II
ler I came to Onehec. where / now am.
the
BRUNSWICK, Me-, July 2, 1857
,uo arrived at Mr. As last event
,ed ard received cordial welcome from
the and from all the family, which is delig
Wit ful one The perfect harmony and af
tho ton which exists between them is n
the pleasant to see, and am sure shall
,ur- Joy the visit with them very3much. ]
he evening they took me to a social gather
and at one of their neighbors, where
,o,onu of tho tnun TaonlD ThpU Y