The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-10-05

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! formed, 100, 900 feet Of lumber per day.
The timber is obtained from the Govem-
ment under lease. Island Pond is n short
distance from the line in Vermont. Here
| the night trains remain over until next
morning There is IN Island of 90 acres
in the Pond, which is considerable sheet
of water, hence the name 'islanG Pond"
AT this place the Custom House officer
inspccis and ovcrhaus the trunks of the
passengers, by asking the question docs
your trunk contain anything but wearing
apparel @ Upon being informed nothing
else, he marks itwith n piece of chalk-,hc
mark resembling the figure inverted. In
this quiet and easy method your baggage
| is passed through the Custom House. ln
| going into CanadaI saw no Custom House
officer. ! suppose the person | bought
tickets from attended to it, as he promised
at the time, he would go to the depot and
have the baggage of ali those who bought
| tickets at his Office, passed by the proper
officer. At Island Pond the Green Noun.
tains ase near by and in full view. The
Thermometer standing at 81 at 7 o'clock,
A. NJ. From Island Pond the road runs
through Vermont about 60 miles and enters
New Hampshire, passing in sight Of the
Connecticut and the Androscroggin Rivers
and often on tie banks At Gorham you
are In the vicinity and in view Of the White
Mountains, and just on this side YOU have
full view of Mounts Washington, Adams,
and Jctferson-the three highest peaks of
the white mountains. Mount Washington
beag .6234 feet and the highest peak east
of the Rocky Mountains, except peak of
the Black Mountain in N. c., which is
little higher.
The road continues n so.East course
across New Hampshire into the State of
Maine ard down to Portland, the seaport
city of Maine. Portland is on Casco Bay
The harbor is deep and easy of access
Population near 10000. The rail road
from Island POND to Portland is in the u.
s. l49 miles was built by an American
company. 1t has since been sold, or rather
lcased for 999 years by the Grand Trunk
Railroad company. SO that the entire road
from Montreal to Portland, is owned by the
Grand Trunk company, 292 miles. This is
the outlet for the Grand Trunk road, which
now traverse five or six hundred miles
through Canada, and is under construction
| the whole way, so that when the road now
in construction shall be completed, the
Grand Trunk will form continuous line
from Lake Huron through Canada and to
Portland. Il distance Of about 100 miles.
Portland is destined TO be the great seaport
for Canada, in consequence Of the St Law
renee being frozen over Il considerable part
| Of the year. The Victoria bridge is being
| erected TO form this continuous line and to
| avoid the dangers of the immense bOulders
of ice in the st. Lawrence.
From the Maine lire to Portland the de-
scent in the road is said to be 1900 feet
The bridges across all the streams are he.
! ing rebuilt with iron. The Grand Trunk
Company is composed of Canadian and
English stockholders. Mr. Beal director
of the Grand Trunk road was on board, he
gave me great deal Of information in re-
latiOn to the construction Of the road, its
operations and the country aud places
through which il passed.
| also made the very pleasant acquain.
tance Of Francis II. Whitman, Esq, of Nor.
| way, Oxford County, Maine. found him
| an intelligent gentleman, fully posted rs to
| the political history and condition of the
country. a thorough democrat with sound
and constitutional principles disposed u
do justice to the rights and interests of tn,
different parts of the Union. lie is n can
didate for the State Senate and trust may
succeed. If the people of the Eastern
States would elect such men with such
principles and hearken to their counscIs
this Union would be perpetual. Mr.. Whit.
man proposed that the "ledger" and "Nor.
way Advertiser" would exchange if agreca.
| bic 10 the proprietors, The former has
gone and have no doubt the latter will
come.
From Portland to Boston Ill miles the
road runs through portions of the States OF
Maine, New fIampsnire and Massachusetts,
passing numerous villages aud towns, hav-
ing some notoriety for their respective man.
ufactories--viz Salmon Falls, Dover, En-
e,er, HaverhilI, Lawrence, Reading, Dan
vers, besides others not now remembered
From Boston you heard from me regularly.
In further reviewing my correspondence
discover that another letter was to have
been written from the Falls of Niagara
thought | had done so, bu. perhaps not
There il much to SEGA great deal to be-
mold and admire. And if i person Is con-.
potent to the task, pages might be written
| shall not attempt "poe,icaliy" descrip.
tion. You must see the falls TO appreciate
them. They are among the wonders of the
world. Since their discovery by the whites
1878, they have been visited by millions ot
the human race from all parts Of the world
| In magnitude and grandeur they are une.