, 1863-08-12

all sense of fear is lost in the sublime emo
iions that absosb every otherthought: Tmid
women be, ONE brave, and children clap their
hands and shout with very joy at the magniti-
river may be formed from the fact that at the
Long sault It fails forty-eisht feet in eleven
miles; at the Cascades and Cedars eighty two
feet in eleven miles, and at the Lachine Rapids
forty-tave feet In eight and q ha1t miles, and
In each Of these rapids the most Of the fall is
made within two or three mlles.- OF course,
In returning, the steamers 60 up through the
canals that have been built around the rapids
It Is by these c: n is that your city welcomes
the Norwegian and other transatlantic vessels
to her docks. ar 1t is By them. with the per
mission Of the British Government, that Chi
Europe 10 an indefinite extent in the no dis
tant future.
Sight seeing and q Sabbath Of rest require
Of US two days In Montreal. The tourist must
Of course ride around the mountain, visit the
Cathedral, the magnificent English Episco-.
thousand dollars, the Water Works, and Vie:
toria Bridge, which cost. six millions Of dol
lars, confessedly one of.'the most wonderful
achievements Of modern engineering. With
it's approaches it Is two miles long; By it the
Grand Trunk Railway crosses the ST.. Law
renee, and thus secures an unbroken rail from
Lake Huron to the Atlantic. Tie West Is
greatly indebted to. this grandest road Of the
continent, for by 1t fales and heIghts are
cbeapened, and thus our agricultural and COM
me1cial interests are largely promoted. Bid
ding Montreal and our friends. Capt. Dunlap
ard bis pu5ssr Nj + ;.. s. ssolsld Ss,as good bye,
The journey Of Monday brought US from
Montreal to this place. First by rail to
Eouse's Poiut, ut the foot of Lake Cham:
plain, and thence to Burlington, where the
gotd stenner America is waiting. to receive
cession Of magnificent views. The Adiron-
dacks Of New York are on the west and the
Green Mountains of Vermont on the east,
and be must be dull Indeed who does not en-
JOY the ever-chang1ng scene At Ticonderoga
We lease the steamer, and . stage for fur
Lake George, whence the fine little esear..;
11innehaha takes Us thirty, ak miles, to Gaia.
well, ut the head Of the Lake, El sk;ug this
point In a single day from Montre..;;.
The route oyer which we hare passed from,
Montreal, If the beauty and the grandeur Of
its scenery, and tho thrilling historical incl
dents Of which it has been the theatre, were
mentioned In detail, would alone require
long letter. Along 1t history has repeated it.
self several times, aud would do SO again wero
war between the United States and England
which HeaYen torefend-agaiu to occur.
The French and English fought the ground
over seve1nl times, before the Revolutionary
War, and dnripg that eventful period the
Americans and English did the same thing.
It was by this route that Burgoyne marched
bis army to the to him so fatal fields OF Sara
toga, intending to meet Gen: Clinton from
Had he accomplished his purpose, history
might have made a very different record Tor
the American continent.
Passing by Crown Point and other places Of
interest on Lake Champlaiu. let Us pause for
y moment at the ruins Of Fort Ticonderoga.
ed
the valley through which flows the outlet Of
Lake George. 1t was built By the French,
long before the French and Indian War. In
175S, the British General AbercrombIe at
tackled It with an army Of l6, 900 men. which
be had brought up from the Hudson and down
eral hours Of hard fighting, be was repulsed,
with loss Of 5000 men in killed and wound
ed. 1t was this fort which that brave Yer
monter, Col Ethan Allen, surprised and took,
"1n the name OF the Great Jehovah and the
Continental Congress-"
The immense hotel from which this letter
is written stands partly on the ground which
was once occupied by Fort William Henry.
In two weeks-yiz, on the 9th Of Augnst-it
will be hundred and five years since this
fort was taken by the French under Mont
calm, and out Of the garrison Of twenty five
hundred, fifteen hundred were massacred In
cold blood, By the Indians, after the surren-
der.
The whole route over which We have passed
Is fraught with lncldents to stir up tho liyeli-
est feelings Of patriotism. 1t has been made
ever memorable by the blood Of thousands Of
ea,tll's noblest heroes. How many fields
within the last two years have deeds Of noble
during made classic for all time to comet 4
lundred years hence, the tourist will explore
The 1cmains OF Donelson and Henry and
Vieksburg, and wander over the fields Of Get
ryshurg, and Antietam, aud Bull Run, and
ers, and renew his lore for liberty and the
Constitution Of our fathers, over scenes that
have been consecsated to freedom By the sac
riice Of the best blood Of the nation. The
history Of the world has no brighter page
than Till be inscribed with the deeds Of those
who have fought, and especially for those who
have sacrificed their lives, to put down this
most cauEeless md wicked rebellion B.