, 1860-08-10
Niagara by Moonlight.
{Ox10pondenes ef ths Pres and Tribun&.]
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snozo1A, P1ks Co., Pa. 7hursdar r.h.l
August I'd. leeo.
Only week ago We were in Charlestop, Mo-
mingltng with The citizens Of Canada. Illinois,
and Missouri in festive greetings, and as tho
shades Of evening closed in upon uswe were
crossing the Father Of Waters TO the Kentucky
shore, Just where tic Ohio pours in Lis trea'
sures, gathered from the Atleghanies of Flr-
ginia aud New York, to mngle with those Of the
Mississippi and Missouri, whose springs are IN
Tho 1.ascs, far away towards tho frozen pole, :
and amid the anow.clad peaks Of the Rocky
Mountains. While gazing upon that scene from
tbs upper deck Of the steamer though the
sounds Of mirlh md rejoicing roll up from the
crowd below, It were rsin for us to try to e1-
press the thoughts that crowd upon each other
with overwhelming power. The philosopher
and the statesman Of after ages, when from the
same point they contemplate the tens Of mil
lions Of happy freeuen who shall then dwel!in
that vast rich plain, lying north Of the Ohio
aud the Missouri, between the Aleghauics and
the Rocky Mountains, may find language to de-
scribe what most men now feel whom coute1n.
plsting the future Of. the Northwest.
We repeat-it is but week since ne stood
upon the banks Of the Mississippi at the mouth
Of tho Ohio, and now We are here in the valley
Of the Delaware admiring those old hills,
whose outli1e in the quiet evening sunlight has
changed in no particular from What it was moro
than third Of a century ago, when We first
looked upon them. And Jet We spent The after
noon of Friday in St. Louis, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday in Chicsgo. and Wednesday at Nj
agara Falls. Surely if these old bills haye not
changed in third Of century, the means Of
trannit through the country have, an1 had the
extent and The eiIeols of that change been pre-
dcted thirty years ago, what NC now see would
have appeared mora strange aud chimerical,
than any tale that Was erer told at the fresldo
of our cid Morse ancestors.
To describe all ths interesting incidents that
week, would fill many columns. Niagara and
its surroundings hare been 60 often described,
that anything new on II theme SO hnckneyed
is not to be expected. And Jet there we1e
some things connected with cur visit, that we
would commend to the attention of otherf.
All should see Niagara BY moonlight, as well as
under the glare Of q MONDAY sun, il they would
Unity which here entrance the soul and over
whelm it with emotions that no langusge Gnu
express. For this purpose the time Of our visit
was happily chosen. After tea, on Tuesday
: evening, just as twilight was hidiug behind the
Canadian hills. our party Of half dczen started
for ramble upon Cont Island. ia reaching
The bridge that connects it with the shore, ten
thousand fairies, clothed il spo;less white,
seemed dancing in the full nouns "peerless
Light" and chasing each other down the boiling
current to the awful abyss below. The whole
scene combined 80 many elements Of the grand
and the beautiful, :ha: the younger members Of
the party required frequent urging to leaye it.
And now the Island is reached, the names a1e
all registered, the quarter each-you must pay
aquarter at every turn at Niagara-is paid, the
gate is passed, and We are chatting leisnre|y
along as ne follow the carriage way to the
American fall The three cousins Of the party,
whoEs cheerful, happy voices remind us
Of days long since passed away, are
little in advance, while three others,
an entire family, follow, ono Of whom at least ia
80 absorbed in his oTn reflections, that he for
| gets lone of the duties imposed by the place
and the hour. at length the American fall has
been viewed from every stand point, and We
Here We are wrapped in the deep shade Of the
venerable naples and the ula jestc old oaks, and
| there the full moon beams ont upon US in all
her loveliness. That evening walk through the
forest. amid the solemn roar of Niagara, it we're
worth journey over half the continent to en-
Joy.
But mere We are IN presence oi the tanaoa
fall' ano iof aome ume' aA gaze upon II IN 81
lence. 4nen one ocau'5 a'ler aoo'neF IL point'
ca oa1~ Inc eo1tty '''nteo lunar DO" spanning
ING so}ss' IS Tue aom'fa1'oo OF US a''; anu IN
enee1'n1 ou' suoaoeo 1ones' tne "nole scene Is
discussed. T1slt 10 ene so"e1' 1ar out IN the
rapids ana on the BRINK Of thefalls, is proposed,
out its ~lefo' 1oro'oo1ng snst. seems 10 tepe'
al intrusion oo' 10 one OF 1ne company 1ne
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