The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-22
The Town of Niagara-Its Beauti-
fui ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1ra esnnIa@ Q, Ine
Wait to General Breckinridgea and
Col. HeIm-Their Opinions, NC.


NIAGARA. CANADA WEST, May 10, 1856
This ancient and entirely FINISHED town
is beautifully situated at the mouth OF the
Niagara River; has a popuiatloo.h .t, Dl sOn ,ost
two thousand souls who inhabit the most
dilapidated mansions ever Inspected by an
american tourist. The houses once smell
tered the connection of an English aristoc-
rocv-they are now the abode of their idle
progeny-who are as devoid OF energy anu
industry as though they were Mlilerites'
and the mathematical calculations nau al
ready demonstrated their exit to Heaven
in an hour. passing through the town
/ remarked, "You have had many nres
here.~ NV companion, resident, replied'
| sSThese are the evidences OF f1res whlch
have occurred during the past quarter OF a
century. No house burned during tnat
time has been rebuilt" lie added. You
may purchase any of these peautlIuu
lots for a mere song, and yet, no Town
lin America is better located for summer
residence, than this--a peninsula-fanned
NV the constant breezes of Ontario and the
z Niagara river, healthy beyond comparison.
T No case of cholera ever occurred here.
The finest fishing in the world; drives un-
r eouaIed the falls thirteen miles distant
/, the celebrated waters of St. Catherine can
he reached in an hour; the city of Toronto
! accessible by magnificent steamers In two
: hours. and the great State of New York In
si0ht. and vet real estate Is sold for hve 70
ten times as much on the other side of the
, river as here, notwithstanding the taxes are
five times MS great there as in Canada"
asked: 'Why is thisf" He replied: 'Oni
people think it undignified to work. whlie
f Yours think it disgraceful to be idle. By
the by," he continued, "some of your peo
4, ple have recently made Niagara their home
. among them General }. Cb Breckinridge
s Colonel Oh. j. Helm, and some half dozel
: yonng students" at once proposed u
q visit the distinguished exiles, haVinI
% known them previous to the war; :.
y We found General Breckenridge at hi
~ humble home, and were received by hiI
y with the same dignified cordiality as wa
Vi his habit when Vice President of u
Va limited States. He conversed unreservedl
a, ahout men. politics and the future OF u
[u south: he spoke kindly of President Johl
i' he son and favorably of his policy as forsha'
III owed by his course to this date. lie do
!, not disguise his wish. to return 10 Ne
X" tnckv When he can do so with safety al
lis without humiliation. The General has b
IRA come quite gray he is, however, in robu
health. We next called on Colonel Hell
MS and found him as cordial and seemingly
in happy i'm a little cottage as when we N
law him In Havana, Consul-general OF {
United States. He. too, talked freely
the past and the future, thinks those W
served the Confederaey most faithful
- during the rebellion, and who admit
VIII contest forever ended, and the questi'
us which led to the war decided in favor
ton the victors, by the force of arms, are Ell
so tied to the confidence of the Governm
Iact to the extent of any pledge they make,
our Colonel Helms we met Colonel 7. i, Hs
Ient kins, Captain Bennett Young and Mr.. 3
cod erly Tucker. jun, all of the late Confeo
W ate army. The two latter are students
TOM law. Breckenridge and Helm being q
ton, preceptors. ~ n. G.fR If