Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-10-29


Baysrd Taylor, in his last letter from the
north OF Europe, thus describes the marvel Of
The Biographies:
On approaching the islands, we had a fair
view OF the last outposts of the group-the solid
barriers against which the utmost fury of the
Atlantic dashes in vain. This side of Vnroe lay
the large island of Moskoe, between which and
a large solitary rock in the middle of the strait
dividing them is the locality of the renowned
Msestrom-now, alas, almost as mythical the
kr.aken or great sea-snake of the Norwegian
hoods. IL is pity that the geographical Illu-
slons OF our boyish days cannot remain. You
learn that the noise OF Niagara can be heard l20
miles Oft, and that ''somea Indians i'll their canoes
have ventured down 1t with safety" Well, one
could give up the Indians without much difficult
ty, but it rather discouraging to step out of
the Falls Depot for the first time and hear no
sound except Cab, sir ~ "Hotel, sir 2" So OF
The M8Istronl, denoted ON my school boy map by
great spiral twist, which suggested 10 me
tremendous whirl OF the ocean currents aided by
The information that - vessels cannot approach
nearer than seven miles In Oiney, moreover,
there was a picture of luckiess bark half way
down The vortex. L had been warming my I'M
agitation. as we came up the coast with Camp
bells sOnuTous lines
Round the shores where runic odin
Howis has war-song to he gale
Round tie SheTe loud Loloden
WhirIs TO death the roaring wnaler
And. as we looked over the smooth waters to-
wards Moskoe. felt a renew ed desire to make An
excursion thither OH our return from the North.
But, according TO Captain Russ, and other mod
ern authorities winch l have consulted. the
M@lstrom has lost It's teTrors and attTactlons.-
| Under certain conditions of the wind and tide,
eddy is formed in the strait, ii is true, which
may be dangerous to small boats. but the place
| is by means so much dreaded as tue Saten
Fiord. where the tide rushing in, Is caught IN
such a manner as to form a bore IN the bay OF
Fundsy and frequently proves destructive to the
fishing craft. 1t is the general opinion thai
| some of the rocks which formerly made the
M@lstrom so terrible have been worn away,
or that some submarine CONFUSION has taken
place, which has changed the action of the wa
fers; otherwise it is impossible to account for
the reputation it once possessed.
| -
| GREAT ExAMPLE.-To be cold and breath
| less--to feel and speak not-this is not the end
of existence TO the men who have bresthed
their spirit into the institutions of their country
| who have stamped their characters ON the phi
lars of the age, who have poured their hearts
blood into the channels of the public prosperity
/ Tell me, who tread the sod of yon sacred height
is Warren dead Can you not see him, not
pale and PROSTATE, the blood of his gallant hear
pouring out in his CHASTITY wound, but moving
respondent over the field of honor, with thu
Eosc oA Htafeu Oh CHECK anu the uft ci Ap
erty in his eye' Tell me, We who make you
pious pilgrimage 10 the shades of Vernon, il
Washington, indeed shut up in that cold and mar
row house That which made these men, AM
men like these, cannot die The hand that trac
ed the charter of independence is, indeed, mo
tionless. the eloquent lips that sustained il ar
hushed, but the lofty spirits that conceived re
solved AMI maiutai ed it, and which alone, t
, such men, - maze it life to i've" these canno
expire.
These shall resist the empire % decay,
When time is Ger and worlds have passed away
i Cold In the dust the perished heart may lie,
| But that which warmed il once never die"