Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-07-25

ty that the water is six feet higher in til
middle OF the stream than at either edg,
The mystic whirlpool with its countless Gu
rents, is about three quarters of mile belo'
the bridge. As the visitor looks upon til
wildly rushing waters before him here, it
i'll vain he endeavors to realize that the litl
steamer Maid of the MIST" was safely glli
ded in 1861 by the intrepid Robinson tiroug
the rapid current into the still waters of I'll
Lake below. They are now engaged il
building Il new bridge over the river, abou
midway between the present one and th
Falls
Niagara Falls are divided into man,
points of unparalleled interest. The rive
ut this place is about three quarters of Il mil,
wide, and is suddenly precipitatcd one hun
dred and fifty feet 10 the rocks and chasm,
below, foaming and roaring as if the eartl
would split. Goat Island divides what arc
called the American and Canadian Falls
by going down to the Cave of the Winds
one hundred and sixty steps, on the Ameri
can side, or beneath Table Rock on the
Canadian side, we had the fearful pleasure
OF the great river plunging over our heads.
The Falls are supposed to have receded
about six miles, by the continual wearing
away of their rocky bed
The rock from which the crazy Sam
Patch made his fearful leap of ninety-seyen
feet, still holds its Jagged head under the
everlasting shower bath of the American
Falls.
Our ride from Suspension Bridge to Alba
ny, distance of three hundred and two
miles through New York, was intensely in
teresting. The towns of Rochester, Pal
myra, Syracuse, and many others through
which we passed, are large. thrifty and
beautiful, in great contrast to the insignifi-
cant places we saw in Canada The land
bordering on the New York central Rail
road, upon which we were travelling seemed
to be in high state of cultivation, and the
growing crops gave promise OF an unusually
abundant yield.
AT Albany we took passage on the prince
ly steamer Daniel DFeW, (named in honor
of the liberal Methodist Millionaire of New
York; where we found everything in keep
ing with the magnificence OF the boat. The
dinner was in the highest style of epicurean
art. We had music that might have charm
ed a " savage BEAR from two harps, a vio-
lin, and flute, performed by men whose
skill in sweeping the strings could scarcely
more than be equaled by Eolus himself.
The ride down the Hudson river was al
most bewldering; so picturesque and clas-
sic is the ever varying hundred and fifty
miles. There were the Catskill Mountains,
whose graceful slopes were diversified by
ldlewild, the rustic home of the poet, N. p. |
Willis; Undercliff, the summer residence of |
the editor, q. p. Morris Sunnyside, the |
rural domicile of the Immortal |
literary prince, Washington Irving and the |
celebrated mountain house, of great resort,
where the world-renowned Rip-Van- Wrinkle |
ook his wonderful nap. Then we passed |
he beautifully situated Cozzen's Hotel, |
where the hero OF hundred battles" Gen.
Winfield Scott, was finally vanquished by
he ruthless conqueror, death the ancient |
Newburg, where Washington sat in his head |
quarters (Which are still standing) with a /
ull view of West Point, watching through |
lis glass the wiles of the traitorous Arnold |
he gloomy castle of the actor, Edwin For |
st, now used as a Catholic school; the il |
ustrious narrows, under the dark frown of |
0underburg, the giant thunder mountain |
he Buttermilk Falls, which have
,ne hundred feet above the surface OF the |
liver the place of fashionable resort, Sing |
Sing, with its fourteen hundred noted visit
,rs the town of Yonkers, where the Me-
ropoltans loll in thoughtless elegance, /
moving little, and caring less, how the rest
If the world live.
West Point is the place of special interest
IN the river. Here is our National Military |
College, where the great commanders OF the
'ecent war in this country, whether OF Union
Dr. Rebel celebrity, were educated Gener-
il Scott is buried here where also stsnds
Monument in memory or the Polish refugee,
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who so nobly aided
n our Revolutionary struggle. II was not
ar from this point where Washington |
stretched chain cable across the river, to |
keep the British fleet from passing.
The great metropolis, New York City, |
stands CAS- many readers may not know on
an island formed by Hudson and East riv-
prs, united by Spuyten Duyvel creek, which
is SO named from traditional incident. Its
current is rapid, and somewhat hard to nav
igate. sOnce upon a time" a Knicker-
booker essayed to take his boat through the
difficult stream, but was repeatedly baffied,
when, his Dutch blood being raised, he de
clared he would take her through in spite
Of the duyvel," and through he went, and
ever since, that has been the name of the
creek,