Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-05-21


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say that a splendid marble monument on it,
: principal street il the grave-stone which re.
cords the death of its prosperity. This monu-
ment is a Grecian structure, branch of the
United States Bank, its vaults are of course,
= now empty, its doors closed, and its steps
grass-grown.
Leaving Erie, our next stopping place will
he at the beautiful town of Cleveland, and as
. we approach il from the east, II shows well
on the elevated plain above us, and givesha
promise WHICH is fully kept by closer aequaiii
lance. Sixteen or eighteen thousand people,
daily increasing, have placed their tents on
the Cuyahoga river This narrow river las its
mouth restricted by proper bounds, and sym
Inetrically carried out into the lake by stone
lpiers and we run up this river; nearly a
. mile. between rows of vessels and steamers.
The right bank of the river rises to an ele-
walton of eighty feet, and then spreads out
into plain or table land. Wharves, ware
houses, and shops line the immediate edge of
the stream at the foot of this hill but the city
proper is on the plain above, and when we
have ascended to its level il is cheering to
look upon the handsome city which expands
before us. The principal business street, Su-
perior, has width of one hundred and TWEEN
ty feet, and is well built with brick houses of
business, three, four and five stories high
The streets of private residences also have an
imposing width, and some of them are like
ornamental walks through succession of
country residences, the buildings being in
various styles of architecture, from exquisite
cottages to colonnaded places, and are sur
rounded by grounds handsomely laid out IN
| to gardens of flowers and ornamental sllrub-
berry.
From the lakeside of the city the eye
sweeps over the blue waters to the distant
horizon and from the hill brink, on the op-
posite side, the river is seen winding a SER
| pentine course through meadows and around
the base of forest-clad hills.
| Leaving Cleveland, as we proceed to the
westward, the bold bluff of the lake shore
sinks to low beach, and numerous green
islands appear above the watery expanse.-
Among these islands was fought the battle of
Lake Erie. 1t is a beautiful region with which
this proud historical achievement is associat-
ed. The wooded islets rise, by precipitous
I limestone banks, from the blue waters.--
Rounding rocky fOrtress-like promontory of
one of these islands called 4" Gibraltar" we
found ourselves in " Putin Bay,n a secluded
and beautiful sheet OF water enclosed by
'sGibraltar'' and two other islands. From
the summit of the rocky point of Gibraltar"
the lookout of Comodore Perry first discover
ed the British fleet, under Captain Barclay
from "Put-in Bay he sailed forth to his
victory, and to it he returned to bury his dead;
and here are still to be seen the remains of
some of their graves.
From 9. Putin Bay,' our next point Of des-
tination was Detroit We entered the Detroit
river through the channel on the British side
of Bois Blanc island, or, as it is vulgarly call
ed, i" BoJiaw." Entering this river by this
channel, the idea presented itself of enter
ing our own country through foreign gate
way.
As presume is the case with most Of my
countrymen not living on the border, j have
been accustomed to associate the British flag
with the remote nationality of its seat of EN-
pire, and when seen flying on a shore separ-
ated only by narrow river from our ewn
territory, it seemed out Of place, as though it
ought not to be there. Although at the time
conscious of the improperly and Justice of
such feelings, from the ready and involuntary
manner in which they'arose in my mind,
could imagine how strong might be the nation
al feeling that the cross of st. George should
not iioat so near the United States.
Detroit comes upon IFS at once like an ele
giant city. It's site makes a gentle rise from
the river, which here flows rapid, bold, and
clear. The densely built part Of the city ex-
tends for a mile along the river, which is lined
with docks, wharyes, warehouses, vessels, and
steamboats, whilst, back numerous spires and
steeples are seen rising from the dense mass OF
houses. From the Detroit river we enter the
shoal lake of st. Clair and, crossing this,
stirring up the mud on its flats, we pass into
the beautiful river st. Clair. The waters of
this river, so clear that the bottom can be
seen at the depth of thirty feet, flow through
sloping banks, on which are rm-houses,
villages green fields, and dark forests. Where
the St. Clair forms its junction with Lake
Huron, it narrows very much, the opposite
points of the s1nouth being not more than
quarter of a mile apart and here the banks
sink into q low gravely beach, which. stretch
ing away suddenly ON either hand, leaves
HurQu llorizon-bound and ocean-like; before
us. lis world of waters rush with trenend-
ous current into this narrow strait. IL is
wild and lonely spot, without people or settle
ment, except that on the American side Fort
Gratiot frowns upon hostile invasion, and
lighthouse beams its welcome TO the commerce
which comes overthe blue waters of the lake.
Entering Lake Huron, we are now fairly at
sea upon fresh water ocean, as geographers
tell us, six hundred feet abovethe Atlantic,
with a depth OF three hundred feet below the
level of that ocean, and washing the shores OF
thirty-two thousand islands. 1t was early in
the morning following that on which we Ell.
tered Lake Huron, before we had passed over
its nearly three hundred miles of length, and
found ourselves approaching the lslanu OF
Mackinac. This little island, situated off the
northern point of the peninsula OF Michigan,
at the junction of Lakes Huron and Michigan,
rises to height of between three and four
hundred feet above the surface of the water.
1t presents abrupt sides, thickly clothed with
vines and shIubbery, presenting here and
there naked white clitf projecting through
the green moss. On the edge of these ellis
stands the fort, all its buildings and enclosu-
res being snowy white. On the morning of
oEr approach, heavy fog had hung over the
lake, but with the rising OF the sun 1t disap
peared, except where it hung around the
cliffs The island of MackiRac was
for Il time completely enyeloped from base to
summit in heavy cloud OF this fog, while
above this misty cloud, and apparently sup
ported upon it, like castle in the air, the
white buildings of the fort CLEANED in the
SUMS rays. II seemed almost Il substantial
of Coles beautiful conception
of the air-hoating castle in his serial paintings
Of the voyage of life.
From distance, the white buildings of the
town or village have rather n neat appearance,
nesting ON the narrow beach at the foot of the
cliffs hut nearer inspection shows them to
be only collection of small houses, shops,
groggeries, and stores for the sale of Indian
,Nriosities.
The time OF our visit was near that Mt which
he India,a payments are made, and the red
men were ga herring in for the occasion. Their
,onical huts. or wigwams, made of poles
astened together it the top, and covered with