Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-07-24

at the next election, because Of an apprc-
hended want of agreement between the Re
publicans and Americans The people Of
Ohio will deserve little sympathy if they do
not manage to get better result
Jaiy IN. Columbus to Cleveland. Flat
land-not entirely level. but level compared
with New England Tolcrobly supplied with
large timber, but not so thiclly wooded as
are Vermont forests. Stone rare do not
remember stone WALL round even yard,
from Columbus to Cleveland. In thisrcspcct
the difference is great between this section
and Southern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania,
Virginia and Kentucky, all Of which abound
in stone cut by natures hand for house or
field wall. Corn and potatoes look hardly as
we'll as in Vermont. but large yield of those
crops. as we'll as of wheat, is counted sure.
Cleroland, ohio. A handsome city with
very broad streets. and on some of them arc
princcly residences remote from the highway
and well embowerod in trees and shrubbery
IA necessity in that city, as dust abounds
With very broad streets on a sandy soil,
without pavcments generally, and wator-works
yet incomplete, dust is the great plague Of
Cleveland. That removed, Cleveland would
be altogether the pleasantcst of any city or
town visited by us in Ohio Several old
friends and acquaintance from Montpelier,
Barre and Mortified, arc located at Cleyo-
land. with all their love for Vermont we
found mingled a strong attachment to Glove
land.
Hamcuqra bopnd From Cleveland our
route was one familiar to many of ourreaders,
and will not bear particular note. Passing
by steamer to Buffalo, nothing occurred wor-
thy of notice glance at Buffalo revealed
a much more quiet and clearly city than we
expected to see We suspect that business
there was unusually dull Niagara Falls are
in fine condition-banks full and water clear
the rapids, as seen from below, like the
ocean in a storm--and the cataract sublime,
and yet oxquisitoly beautiful. Tho distant
view from suspension bridge is fine, and an
examination Of the bridge itself dispellcd
the suspicion we have long entertained of its
strength We felt infinitely more secure in
a railway train on this bridge, than in a
coach on the old one TO Toronto by steam
/ ora qmet sea, and land always visible.
/ Toronto is noble city and admirably located
/ for beauty and business. A peninsula cX-
tends from the South fronting nearly the
whole of the city-just high enough to give
a land-lockod harbor, and not high enough TO
exclude the broad sea from yiow.-Bya crowd
/ ed, hot, nasty, unsafe little British Mail
Steamer from Toronto to Ogdensbmgh every
/ body. except Yankees, has filthy pipe in his
mouth. We do not except wol-dressed and
good looking, pipes excepted Scotch and
| English. Mam.-nevor get into another Bri-
/ fish st. Lawrence steamer. The American
boats are large and good those run to Og-
densburgh only. The British are necessarily
small, as they run down the St. Lawrence to
Montreal, and back through the canal locks.
Ono exception, though, for British boats, to
/ vita trip through the rapids from Ogdens-
| burgh to Montreal, which can be taken on
! deck in pure air and by doy-light.-Tho yoy-
/ age through Lake Ontario was attended by
the grandost display of electricity we ever
witnessed. For three hours the southern
/ horizon bounded by water was in blaze
and hundreds of times did the lightning APP.
parently dart down into the Lake. This ex-
traordinary exhibition closed with brisk
storm right in the teeth Of the steamer. and
lasting four hours. Fortunately the steamer
was well out in the Lake, and the sea was mo-
too rough for those who have had ocean OK
perioncc. at Kingston, which is
handsome city, with government works admi
rably constructed-also at Brockyilo, which
is small city, but (ncuding the suburbs
and sccncry,) most beautiful of the thre
Canadian places above named.
Juig I'm. At home, In twenty-five day
we have travelled twenty-iour hundred mile
by steam--passng through or sllrtng oleyo
states of the Union. and a large portion @
Canada West Not an accident occurred
f though we narrowly escaped ono by lcavin
night train to wait for the morning deton
tons very slight, The railroads are well run
almost universally; but the steamers will no
bear comparison with those ON the caster
waters. Hotels in the large towns general
good For the benefit of any of our reader
who arc about to travel, we will specify tn
hotels. Springfield Mass. the Massassoit
kept, we think by Vemonters, and a copi
tai house.-New York city the "NIetropoli