Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-09
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
SKETCHES OF SIMMER TRAvEI.

NEGRO IN WESTERN NEW YoRk-THR RocHEs-
TER DEPoT, &c.
We soon reached Lockport the canaling won
der Of the world. Its series OF stupendous locks,
by which the boats of the Erie canal ascend or
descend great distance perpendicularly, in the
space Of 100 yards or so, are in full view of the
passenger upon this railroad; and as an engineer
Ing achievement fairly vies with either great one
to be seen upon the long line of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. 1t (Lockport derived Its
original importance from the location of this
chain Of locks OBTAINING all the great commerce
Of the Erie canal here In its transit, &c, longer
than 1t Is detained anywhere else between Buffalo
and New York city. Subsequently, the dense
settlement Of the fine agricultural country sur
rounding II made for II a heavy neig hborhood
trade; and, next, the construction of this railroad
10 increased its business facilities, that ii
manufactures largely; and has thus become one
Of the most important inland New York towns
The train has just passed Middleport hand
some village, created by the necessities Of the
farmers round about 1t. Lands here are worth
about from $50 to 500 per acre, with the humble
Improvements that meet nv gaze on all sides
neat, plain, and comfortable for the small farmers
who occupy them; for a farm over a hundred
acres in extent is a rare sight here. We have had
the Erie canal, just north of the rail track since
leaving Lockport, crowded to its utmost capacity
with business, notwithstanding the competition
Of this fine railroad and the New York and Erie
railroad. both Of which strive to obtain as much
Of the immense freighting trade between New
York and Buffalo as will possibly bear railroad
freighng, as they can, by carrying at exceedingly
low rates Of charge.
Unlike the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, the
interests tributary to Its commerce are sufficiently
powerful to command the respect of the State
Legislature. Hence the demagogues of that BODY
do not dare, in legislatng where its interest is
involved, to legislate especially against 1t; as
those Of the Maryland Legislature do with i'm
punity, against the interest OF the Chesape and
Ohio canal. In this region political party is not
unfrequently subordinated to the Erie canal.
interests by the voters at large IL those Of the
counties Of Maryland bordering the canal would
pursue like cOmmendable policy now and then,
they would surely command for their Immediate
interests far more respect from the States Legs-
lature.
Darkness approaches, so 1 must put up pencil
for the time being.
Wednesday, morning, August 2-We duly
reached Rochester shortly before D. m. last
night, after a delightful ride Of IS miles from
Niagara Falls. ! came hither thus t. escape the
crowd at the International at Niagara As de-
Il n
st mt whirl and whiz Of music, dancing cham
plgne cork popping and stuffing, with the pres
sure of its crowds of guests everywhere about the
establishment; pleasant, doubtless, to those whose
brains are not as mine are constantly oversrainsd
with business thoughts. So, learning that the
Osbourn House, Rochester, was one of the best
kept in this land Of really coed public houses,
came over here for the night;-and thankful am
for having taken that resolution, as am enjoyinp
what always crave, quotas well as all the
comforts Of hotel kept most elegantly and SUBJ |
stantially, without the least fuss about it.
Rochester was settled first from our own imme- |
diate region of country its pioneers being
Rochesters, Carrolls Roses, and Fitzhughs, from |
Washington and Baltimore counties MARYLAND,
and Prince William and Fairfax counties Viz
GINA Descendants OF all Of them still live in this
vicinity and are well to do, and noted for their
frank integrity, intelligence, and high breeding;
their Maryland and Virginia blood thus cropping |
1t in the second and third generations, as II |
showed itself in the originators of their several
stocks here. The far-seeing sagacity of old Gen.
eral Rochester, Of Hagerstown. pitched upon the |
Falls Of the Genesee at this point as likely to |
become point Of great manufacturing and COM |
mercal importance, and accordingly he planted |
the followers he led from the South here Time
has more than justified his judgment; for now |
Rochester contains 81, 600 souls and is perhaps |
the most important manufacturing as well az |
milling point In this vast over-peopled State
All the civilized world something of It's fab
rication, in thousand different materials and is
thus tributary to its enterprise and industry Its
streets are spacious and well built up and to the
credit Of 1t, people be 1t said, nowhere else have
seen so large city so well supplied and grace
fully ornamented with that cheapest luxury and |
Comfort, and most beautiful adornment Of aggrc- |
gated Americans-shade trees The -four OF |
the Rochester mills is noted as the best made of
northern wheat, and, next to that Of the Rich |
mond city mills, commands the best price in the |
great -four trade operations Of the New World |
was struck favorably this morning with the |
general appearance Of sutfciency enjoyed by the |
iaboring classes here; no signs Of want being |
evident about any of them. They seem IN Roches- |
ter to we.r an air Of independence and quiet |
dignity Of character not often seen amongst them
at the North, the absence of which strikes the |
observing sOutherner so forcibly because its pres
ence Is universal thfous hout the South Though |
political abOlitionis is of course rife here every
calling except boot-blacking, waiting, white
washing, and kindred employments, appears to |
be taboed from negro participation. That is to |
say, King Demos here wills that his own negro |
shall De kept the negro, though eternally crying
his eyes out because the South keeps her negro as
the negro still In nought is the demagogism,
chariataniSm, fanaticism aud hypocrisy of aboli-
uonism more evident than in the persistent prac-
uce of western New York, on the prime pie that |
the negro is NOT las good a white man - while |
jnstifying their interference with the status of
slavery in the Southern States upon the plea that
II anything, he fthe negro) is little the best of
the two. |
am of again, bound for Schenectady, where
shall rest tonight, In preference to venturing 10
sleep among the crowd at Saratoga, where |
hope to spend tomorrow. 90. --. .F..s .. |
The sight al the depot Of the New York Central |
Company at Rochester is perhaps the most inter- |
esting one in the world TO the mau whose mind |
necessarily dwells on subjects connected with the
management Of railroads. Two or three branch
railroads unite with the Central there and so gre at
Is the throng Of passing and repassing, coming |
and going, crossing and recrossing trains as that
six engines are necessarily kept at work there-not
to draw those trains; but simply to the end of
shifting cars from one to another track I'm order
to keep the way open. From two hundred to