The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-10-09

| ToRorro, bt.mber, 1867.
| Dashing and splashing over nd and water,
and your old reporter huds himif In the do.
minion Of Regina Victoria, muled up like .
Workman, and inhaling tho reeshing atmos.
phere Of these higher latitudes, vile ',you ,unsp
Of the tripod editorial are toilin in your sane.
fnrs In climate where the me,ury has high
range, and dow.drops fall In spans Of FIRE. Even
that Is better, however, than thr'winter Of dis.
content" which reigns supremtin the Queens
provinces for 90 large portion the year, but
II Is delightful hero at all ether ,asons.
| Having mapped out tour th,ugh Upper and
Lower Canada and the New Bgland States, I
stopped over between trains 10 kltlmore, and in
exchange for my stamps was finished with OF.
cur,ion tickets, at erehy'ion ra,, at the office
Of the Virginia and Tennessee ilway, No. 125
West Baltimore street, whore tbgenerous agent,
Q. A. Elmore, esq, gave me th'choice Of City
| different routes, embracing trsei by river and
sen and rail through tho most mantle portions
Of the country. The coupons % availabls from
June to November and next var more extern.
sive arrangements will DO mad,for the accom-.
mediation Of pleasure seekers.
I left New York with my eom1gn dn voyage,
"my 'tother sell, !" on the elegai steamer Daniel
Drew, on q daylight cruise ~ tho old North
| river, yclept the Hudson, andreached Albany
just as the sun was gliding threstern horizon,
and within an half hour were hoard the cars OF
the New York Central, en- roHtso Niagara Falls.
The trip up the Hudson vi full Of interest
throughout. It's ever.ohangir scenery IL per.
fectly charming, and so suggesve OF refreshing
ideas to person who views itor the hrst time
The grand palisades on its witern banks are
towering monuments Of tho indioraft Of Him
who created the heavens and 10 earth; and the
wildly romantic highlands trough which the
noble river winds Its way to 10 sea are incon.
ceivably grand, and gil the 'ul with love and
admiration Of His greatness ad goodness.
The poets seem to be quite iscinated with It's
picturesque scenery and loNy spots, and In.
spired divines delight in neiing down among
Its magnificent retreats.
The site Of tho United Stas Military Acad.
envy at West Point, away uprn the highlands,
Is unsurpassed In tho beautynd healthfulness
Of Its situation. It COMMAND 6no view of the
surrounding country and dlstit mountain spurs
and the river for miles. Ho elegant Sunny
Side appears on IN omineie In the midst Of
evergreens and the grand oldorest all around
It Is near Tarrytown, and vs. n fayorite resort
Of Longfellow, Bryant, Holns, Bayard Taylor,
Whittier, and other celebrate Hterati. who were
among the intimate personsfriends Of the Ia.
mented Washington Irving.
There are many beautiful iwns, with superb
surroundings, and Of them MHburgh, Peekskill,
Poughkeepsie, and Athens and out In bold 70.
those who live In crowded cies.
Henry Ward Beecher is guilty living at Peeks.
kill, engaged In writing hisNorwood" novel,
and performing other literg work. as we'll as
rusticating In the beautin country among
flowers and birds, pure air and tho pleasant
realities Of life.
Many wealthy New Yorsrs have summer
residences along the Hudsonand their elegant
mansions are dotted down Ire and there half
-. ~ - A.
grand country seats to be foul on the eminences
for miles out Of Cincinnati.
The train dashed along TO rails at q rapid
rate, and at suu.up the Hqon was three hun.
dred miles away, and We we in hearing Of the
Thunderer Of Waters -
Ten years had come and sne since from Ter
rapin Tower We viewed tHprospect DER, and
within that time what chates had taken place
in our great country. n, thank God, the
glorious stars and stripesnow autter In the
breeze throughout every nd and corner Of the
Gland Of the free and the mo Of the brave"
Niagara Falls and its surroundings appear al
most as they did then, wiz an occasional i'm
provement in the way Of rchitecture, and the
loss OF the balance Of TablrOck.
A new suspension bride, for foot passengers
only, has boen projected, ad the abutmonts on
the American side slread erected and work DO.
gun on the Canada side. I will span the river
a t.- rods hsiow tina Clitsv, House. and will az.
ford TO tho visitor the best lew Of the falls that
has ever yet been obtained. The distance from
pier to pier will be aboutwo thousand feet.
There are many grand thint in and around the
falls whore days and days my be spent with in
terest and pleasurei but it.ells heavily on the
pocket.
We were out at Lundy .sne battle. ground,
where Gen. Scott distinguished himself In tho
war of 1872 between thatface and the Falls
Is tho village Of Drummdisville, containing
about one thousand inhahauts. Before tho
war fugitive slaves settled Il aud around 1t In |
considerable numbers, and re now thriving and |
doing we'll; but since the war It has become
quite an asylum for prominat rebels, some Of
whom are ttill lingering arond tho border and |
consider themselves safe on british soil.
We saw Beverly Tucker who lives In the |
house lately occupied by Alexander II. Stephens,
a pretty little place in thehllage, where JEFF.
Davis visited him few week ago. Stephens Is
now visiting at ST. Catharin's and Davis Is at
Montreal.
The Clifton House is quis a favorite resort
with the rebels who visit th,Falls.
Three days at les chute, 70 Niagara, and We
arc of for other scenes IL another direction.
at Lewiston on tie steamer Bay City
We were soon enjoying "a life on the ocean
wave," far away from land, With only the rolling
water and the blue sky "isbe to the naked
BYE"
And now, after q delightful voyage across
Lake Ontario, we 1nd ourselves In this i'm.
portant manufacturing city and capital Of the
province Of Ontario. Tho sci bird that followed
rs all tho way from Fort Niagara has disap.
peared. We leave the vessl and go ashore,
where everything seems to year foreign air,
Bon jour. j. IL. W.
The Prize RISG.-An mpromptu prize
ight took place by moonlight last night, be-
ween two shoulder. hitttrs, named respectively
[ohn Rollins and John Phippa The engagement
esulted from an old grudge Of long standing the
Gene of the encounter being hear Seventh street
Vharf. Fifteen rounds were fought, on the last
4 which Rollins was knocked to grass, and
'hipps was declared victorious. The fight took
lace In tho presence of few mutual friends,
nd passed of in a highly satisfactory manner,
far as perfect fairness and ehipairic spirit were
oncerned. Immediately after the oombatants
Tere GAINED down and made presentable to so
ioty again, negotiations were entered into by
'hich fight for $50 side will take place be-
ween them in tive weeks time. The locality
as not yet been selccted.-StaT' SM
SANITARY CoMPANY.-A number Of car
asses were reported and removed yesterday.
riders were given for the burial OF two children,
10 parents being destitute and unable to procure
ofhns.
Phoenix Founten and Susan johnson, for Gre.
ting nuisances, were fined 81 each.