, 1863-09-20
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSION, =,
a Isridsl Tour-Tho Intcrnattonal-
Young Asner1cn tn tho Nosv@eaper
Nu-iutss-TEe CRY toy sQuurxcrss,-
NIa.ara ny eecn by EldcnEoans.

II AAt&A&A = AVAk~A&&O
Youn= Asner1cn In tao Nosx.eaper
nu-tuess-TLe Cry for SQuar1crs,s-
NIasaru ny eecn by ElIcaEoans.
Ispcsie1 rorcsnoresncc o. the Chicago Tribunal
is7r'ssA7'osA1 Ho7Hl: . E,AnAn. N: "a F:1.s.
sept. II, ls63.
Editors Tribune:
If "a good beginnisg makes tatr ending"
t3,c Ni.g,1s excursion had the h,rnicst
aucur5ce. Indeed, but fs~ Of :he cycurs.on,sts
kns" Eow good the beginning WAS urtil in-
formed that gallant cnrtain Of one OF our
! ':stles visited the Fist Presbyterian Church
Al ':au past Fix In the mosnipg, to be trans.
10 "ed from bachelor 10 Benedict, taking
IT,. &C bis Bride 10 the cxcurelon train, OF
course the part: rtcei:ed The trafn-unit with
al due homer, and by having them IN COM
pany, enjoyed portion: Of tnc light OF their
Honeymoon.
lie party :Tas too large for accommodate, IN
III one car, there being nearly two hundred In
all; bnt few, incluoiug the owners OF the
private moon aforesaid were fortunate enough
to Ind seats IT tGc Directors car, a coact,
Which had been used by the Prince Of
Wales on LIS American tour. 1t is enough
to .E.y that this car coata11ed u merry
company, without communicating tho
gnou things which wer. said, or tho sto.
rie5 nf sl.fel SO many were sreniuird.'
Nor will ex posc AIRY OF the company by re-.
'issing ri ,sh"t q low 1'rica eomc of lcm we're
"sbld,' during our delightful ran over that
EI!thui6fy :Euoi1te;l road, tue IL, C. Z. II.
fo' nate SC Iorgot that !. ra:l:ua. triu is
ever tcaaou<, auu la'l Do eoa.:t to cur p!e.s.
Ftc except that which cs1t vb3,, t'aIi.k NJ
+ t1i"se who did ret jaic the pa71r, rc
ii !. Il 1hss1.
TIC wr:st' er =zaa perfect. Iudcsd it h,s
Mtu u, to r,i' nnI;..:1t ali tsiAl c .uld have
!; iMt II desired: We l.ye Fad toe breath ard
the THY: 4 Jaae, cioae IN edge Of tile eaui-
wl.ch ever The hr"cy s1t'ou b.uucM
viii: ~ could III: furnish cxcc1t
l:i 1:wo. Tls Ru.tan Duslsr3 Kept all tic
s'utt ard ctna"ss freGt the tr,tu by day, aud
n'sistress n,,as us i''h':n slble 20 tuat a:a f..
tiguc by night. arrangements ft,r our ac-
c''i,ulHdsii.,. made W the t:,,nu,Ittrca w.rc
pr'tgl, ind IT Ii to ls: hoped tnny will con
.ldee tftthb'l.es Nuao'stscuoly thArkel fur
th"ir ''n'' e.rirtf esr-" ard s'iccesaut ;.o,i1e.
ne>1' In . 1olw st,Iny Ct revolutions.
Al liz international everything was really
tos Us 1'f p:oprietors har. treated us with
all ,'eedct at1.nt3on. The ceol dsys tf t;r
e.os'nr sum'nrr have d:E'uiahed Tbs ru:noer
o! En.a.s in Ill the totcls; but thctn a,e
SAS1s.A SEt sGtiAlhlLE VI sFIllHQ one q 1nG
crowds attracted l'ere every season. The
ehopa are a,laze with lnii4 n work and teath.r
tal!e and MgAtc jeEe]ry; all held {. iilln" hut
with some "ronctts1on," Ms the turning
lsayts remind the t:adtsnen that buyers will I
soon reuse, because tccy arc few. Youos
:af"cr'ca ii still here, lnwcrer, not only IN
largo pants sn:f'ind a cigar, hut nlao Il: the
l'rlso' II ut least os.o 1xAte specimen OF t,,-
1nanity just nhw- ! Was interrupted in .uy
writing At ti'e table il, the Reading Room, by
Il F+&r
sir:" Tntritg around saw ltule fellow
stl3ewl'' ta'lrr tha,l 1tiu table, l.atfcocccasl
hchaAc 4 Ne" York Journal, be w.a holding
Out to LIE. Sight, asstnte;ie! Mt the spp:,-
rst..n, askrd hin, "Whcrc did you Sct It,
"My sister gave it to rc to cell. Five
Fun,tlng in every psctrt, iounI ou,y
fsr paper representatives u coin, the lowest
rtst ss't s ',e TAKE c|, Ee95 paper unless sou cali
"O:.;' eaid lc, looking at my assort.
MY boy. how old are you :''
Most fur. Ill take..that s1fn.p1astcr."
would have brought him.
Our party has been somewhat broken up,
feye:al Of the eXcrrfionf>ts goirg on to tle
Eastward. Quite a procession of Us, howay-
e. adjourned after breakfast, yesterday, to
Goat Island, beginning our tirst lesson in
tolls at tue bridge. WHAT'S wonderful place
this cataract is for extracting quarters from
nnsuspcctiuE travellers! Il quarter at each
b1idGc, and staircase, and nttseuu, and ferry,
! and wafer prison, and camera obscura; d
quarter for looking up or down, or side
wayE. Tit. best 1uoda fur tourists Is to keep
tic tand full Of quarters, that one may be
! ianvn Ihcrefrom every few mfnntes hY th3 Of
| fciais without disturbing bis rcycries. But
j then where is there So murn to sec as at Mag
rra? Do you remember the whirl and the
Else q tile rapid, the trclnenduous energy Of
the bilto8s as they fling themselves a[ong the
f!oEc above tho bridge? Yes If you are a
trut Chicagoap, rclisliug whatever "a fall Of
poser, y1u rcutmber, even the 6tepa In
the r.apk walk By the side. of tho rapids we're
AVE H1le.
Do you rccollcct how tho =za:cr crosscs
over l!oga,sack tPn"bus! ~hat maine J
how It. breaks on the very cdgc OF the cliff,
most Of them larger and more bright than
any which ever graced 1s,onarcll's treasury.
How the srrsy, lurg o!l from the face Of tic
r TORI. Ut. creeps up toward the verge again,
How the whole mass-gcuss and all-dissolvc
} into cloud upon the rocks hollow, then
> tosees rainbows in circles and fragments into
+ the air: Do you remember how the color1
1lay on the grcen edge OF tue Horse Shoe
Fall, where, in sheet twenty tcet In thick
ne5., thu water folds itself over the precipice
:hteush the green, play under It, r:ay over it
Pt.ur fellow, he fs beginning to describl
Niarasa. No, not L! but how else Gu you
r.al'>e what VIC enjoyed without trying to re
, call what yo:, yourself have seen?
eome on Table Rock comparing their rccol
tectians of Church's wonderful painting o.
the Fail with thu reality, some recrinC Int,
the Cave Of tho Winds, snmn touching OFT tn
"Du,ning Spring" aud lis. enfng to thc Ciccr
I 4F .$%1fx,