Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-08


bridge and Bloudin. if we have time: if
moi, Tor the ferry; and by the time we view
tile falls once more, write n few notes.
lime for the cars comes: then sail aboard. >
and away with whirlwind speed from nj
a5arH, never to he sccnagain, perlaps. hut
once seen will never be forgotten
In pursuing our hasty journey we shall
not he so absorbed in the main object of
our visit as TO overlook objects of less
note. We will admire the clean, rural
appearance of the town or village OF Nj
"ghra, containing 1900 or 900 inLnl,i
tnntS, having some two or three mauuFlc
tories, small gas works. aud we'll sun
riled with hotels. 1t is II beautiful place,
Mnd we suppose is dependent mainly for
ITS prosperity on the fifty thousand visi-
tors who come anuually,to see the falls
And If any of your readers wish to ston
ut place whore they may buve delight
view of the rapids above the falls, let
them take lodginEntthc "CatarhcI House,
While stopping. here, and wandering
around to the different curiosity shops. we
observed less of the disposition to "fake
m, than we experience on the opposite
side OF the river in Her AIaicSty's Domin-
IONS. From the time you place yourself
under the direction of the coachmau. after
landing on the CanadM shore. from tho
earnest and may say interested manner in
which he will insist on you going to GER
tain plhces, and seeing certain sights: from
the perseverng effort which is made to
palm OFT on you small wares at an cuor-
nous price, after plain and positive re-
lnSat TO purchase, you cannot but infer
there is League and covenant between
the proprietor of the Museum, the vcudcr
OF Indian wares, the furnishing establish
mCnt. &c and rho
man, the tenor of which is that for and in
consideration of each one which he brings
to them to be teeced he is to receive con-
Slderation, as per contract If we supposc
New England is the only place where live
Yankees grow, we greAtlyerr. Letthc wisest
otthem go into her Mnicstys domiuions. on.
roSitc Niagara, and they will learn lessons
in "Gircumvention" and the nart accum,r-
latlYc' of which they had never dreamed
before. For impcrtincncc nnd Il bold
assuring front, these Canadian Yankees
VIII show him he is only 81 school boy in
the trade and will send him home blush
ing at his own ignorance
As We sanmtcr through tho woods or
hnger about the Falls. we shall frequently
pass small companies of Indian womcn-
who from all external appearance are deaf
anu danb. as no conversation is carried on
between them-bnslIy engaged in their
work of embroidery with white beads.
IhcY manufacture sundry little articles,
S""h us needle books, slippers, purses,
cushions, &c, and display great taste and
ingenuity iii the manner in which the,
decorate them. We counted some hoir-
toZcn stores in the town of Niagara al.
most wholly supplied with these Indian
wares and two or three on the Canadian
sue. We will purchase some OF thvir
tFinket5 to present TO the loved ,n!nn. nj
home. OF tU kCcp aus mem eulu5 of Niagara.
These few struggling Indians remind US
OF the oncc powerful EroqWois, or Six Ma
lion, whose council fires CLEANED On the
banks OF the beautiful Mohawk, or Of Nj
HEhra-whosc power was felt from tue New
England States to the tFather Of Matters"
WAS feared by all the smaller tribes
imhabiting the Great North West, and
was respected aud conrlcd by oar fore
tathersi aud we ask the question, why
have these once powerful nations been
swept away before the advancing columns
OF civilization. as their own rushing
flood t'cmrs down all before it? What is
there in civilization that should proclaim
cTfi"cfion to the Indian race? Are they
mt rational beings And have the proper
mans been employed. by their wiser white
brethren, to nmrloratc their condition
But these questions are left for others to
answer. aud with feeling akin to sorrow,
we gaze on these descendants of the once
powerful lroqnois rs they ply the indus
trious needle, and say, ''What hath the
pale face hrought?"
Nov follow us in our trip to Buffalo,
where NC will bid yon n friendly a lieu
Aud "S we look to the right we see in the
distance ''Navy Island" where the French
built their ships of war in 1859, and
which was the resort of the rebel leaders
in 1897. The next point of interest is
Fort Schiosser," at the landing of which
the burning Of the C'uroiine took place.
THE insurgents had taken up a position
on Navy Island, and the steamer Caroline
WAS charged by the British with carrying
provisions to the rebels. The vessel WAS,
therefore, seized by Col. MrNabL, cut
loose from her moorings, set on fire, and
sent like Il burning meteor, down the wild
rapids and over the falls"
Next we pass Grand LslHnd, on which is
a little hamlet named White Haven, on the
sight of which was intended to be built !.
"city of refuge for the Jews bnt the pro-
jcct wholly failed. Then we pass 10nu-
,r0nda Black Rock. and arrive ut Buffalo,
just opposite old Fort Erie, belonging to
the British, where we bid you ndieu.