Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-20
NOTES BY THE WAY.

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srEANING ON The ROAD-PESSED BY STEAM
lNo' Z-I June 9, 1857
Ere reaching the Suspension Bridge at liz
p. m. last night, we journeyed through many
more Ca. 'ada Vest towns and villages, inclu-
ding the con. "derable city of Hamilton, all of
which appear erually as thrifty and busy as
any of the American towns and villages of the
Northwest, and infni, ely better built. But
for the prevalence in them OF the innumerable
IuDawsys, who, of course. live a. TAR as posi-
bic where they can exist by light work, they
would be far more pleasant to reside or sojeurn
in, 50 far as the enjoyment of comforts Is con-
eerned, than the towns on the other side. Rut-
according to all accounts, on reaching Canada,
the runaways set up the trade Of martyrdom
for pennies and fame, and seems to fancy that to
play the martyr to advantage it is necessary to
be as insulting az possible to all Americans, and
especially to SOuthsrners and the ladies of their
families 1 must, however confess that saw
nothing Of all this not having put foot ashore
In Canada, except at Windsor, where entered
ii and the ears at the same time and at the
Clifton House, where arrived at midnight, to
remain only until 81 o'clock this morning. At
the Clifton, the servants-all blacks-were
evidently Maryland and Virginia negroes who
behaved themselves while under my eve as
civilly and respectfully 10 al as they would have
done If still under the control Of their masters
1T home, rather than playing for the nonce the
role Of liege subjects of her Majesty, Victoria l.
1 crossed the never to-be-forgotten bridge
ere entering Hamilton, by moonlight last night.
at which the deplorable accident occurred last
winter that can sedt he daa ri Of 90
persons, and MANNED a many more Just after
the train got on the bridge, while proceeding at
the rate Of three or four miles per hour over it
on that occasion, an axle Of the locomotive
broke, throwing the engine off the track. which
dragged with it the passenger car or cars down
to the rocky bed of the Des Jardines Canal
coursing one hundred feet below To guard
against the recurrence of any catastrophe at
that bridge. standing regulation of the road
now eompels every train to stop ere reaching ii.
and makes II the duty Of the company's en-
ployees carefully to inspect every car and the
locomotive before proceeding over it; which
creates delay of some minutes Since that
accident, very general shaking of the nerves
Of passengers IN crossing the bridge takes place
though OF course its transit il, through the pre-
caution i describe, far safer than before do
not, however, know whether the trepidation Of
most Of my Yankee fellow roysgers was not on
this occasion even surpassed by their curiosity
The females, more especially, trembled and
peeped and peeped and trembled most Iudic-
rously, until we were once more on terra trina
when the color came back into their checks
Though twenty minutes behind time ON leaving
windsor, our ira N duly arrived at the suspen-
SION bridge, as per Lightning Express schedule.
Often IN the course Of this trip of two hundred
and twenty nine miles from Windsor to the
bridge our rate Of travel was over fifty miles
per nour, ana one stretch of five miles was &C.
tuaily made In SIX minutes Yet so well con-
structed, well oailasted, and well furnished and
conducted Is the work, that L wrote INV last
letter to the Stars readers on the train in mo.
ton, with more ease and comfort, and more ,.,;-
bly,, than any other since leaving the BaI,mors
and Ohio road
By fair light this morning was afoot. tram,.
ing among the far-famed curiosties, to saw
nothing Of the humbugs, Of the Fails among
the latter being the runaway guides and the
museums. Much can be seen in couple O
hours here, if the traveller dispenses quarter
right literally, and has sufficient sagacity {,
reject offers to put him through" flor the in
cyitable quarter OF half dollar - the course
Of everything from the stuffed monkey and
stork course to the Virginia julep and min,
pin course, and will eOnfine his attention
and necessarily rapid evolutions to getting ,
sight Of legitimate objects of curiosity, while Sc
engaged.
The necessarily imperfect idea Of particuIa,
features Of the wonders of nature that la,
spread out before me at and near the Falls
which 4 was my lot to obtain through opening.
IN the fcssy spray blown this morning over the
Canada shcTe, prevents Inc from entering into
details concerning the Particular wonder. O,
TIL most wonderful place known to the civilized
World Imay, however, say, that, from the con.
slant shaking and seeming rocking Of the i'm.
N tense Clifton House. built (for the accommo-
danon Of about four hundred guests on solid