The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-05-30

posing that the river of two miles width
just above runs into this abbre waited open
ing edgewise. At this point can be distinct
~ seen the road which Washington Is Sald
TO have had constructed ut the time OF his
famous passage across the Delaware. The
road, which seems to be about ten feet wide
and fourteen inches deep, is cut in the solid
rock and runs down to the water edge. y
rev minutes before two O'Clock, 7. IN, we
crossed the State line into Maryland. From
here down the country presents a more open
appearance on the right, while to the lett we
passed several stone qUarries, said TO be the
finest III the State. Along he base OF the
cliffs upon our left runs the proposed line of
railway from Port Deposit to Marietta. En-
gincers and laborers were busy At work upon
1t, presenting to our mind another notable
example OF that perseverance ana energy so
characteristic of the American people. More
than ten millions Of dollars have already becn
expended in the construction of this road,
and yet it is not half completed.
Reaching Port at 3 o'clock, we refreshed
the inner man with n cup Of tea, took turn
through the town, and then embarked on
board the evening train for PerrENille, where
we found to our great chagrin that we would
bc forced TO wait almost four hours for 4 train
to Philadelphia. Looking about us FOR some
means 10 while away the time, We decided
to pay n visit 10 Watson : Island, at the head
OF the Bay. We accordingly procured boat
and rowcd across, the main object OF our visit
being TO witness the process Of catching her
ring. The fishery OF Cole \, Bailey, situated
upon this island, Is quite an extensive one,
there being at that time, by rough estimate,
between fifteen hundred and two thousand
barrels of herring in the packing shed. They
also catch great number of Shad, mullrtS,
perch and hickory shad, yet none are packed
except hcrringb From our position on the
island we had a splendid view down the Bay.
To the right the town of Havrc de Grace
could be distinctly seen. Further down the
Bay the lighthouse lOOmed up in the gather
ing darkness. while the surface Of the Bay
seemed dotted over by the lights of the mu-
merous gill-HetS floating upon the water
Time would net permit us 10 remain long
enough TO see them make Il haul, SO quitting
the island, we were soon on board the train,
and in three hours thereafter we We're safely
housed ut the St. Cloud Hotel, Philadelphia.
Friday evening after having spent a busy
day in the city, we left for home, where we
arrived ''right side up with care" on Satur-
day evening, extremely we'll pleased with
our trip, having Travelled on a raft from the
head Of the West Branch OF the SuSQuc!au-
ia River to Chesapeake Bay, accomplishing
the entire distance, nearly five hundred miles
following the windingS OF the river, i'll seven
days exactly.
/ must sav, in conclusion, that the rivcrat
this point (Cherry Tree) looks rather unna-
tural, if l may be allowed the expression.
No timber, no logs no lumber of any kind
upon its banks, il looks now as it has not
looked for the past fifteen years. And now
that our lumber is all in market, we may
look for better, brighter times than We have
had for the past few years. We may hope
at least that We are now to have 4 glimpse of
the silver lining to the financial cioud which
has SO long euvelopoG rs in its folds.
Should time permit, after | have looked
up some local Items, you may hear from me
again. TisHENIINGo.