Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-20

by the meandering of the stream. Ye
we were leavsng Niagara, but never
} forget it: we'll ever keep hanging Q
the walls of our memory glorious pi,
lures of the falls, as sweet reminisceI
; ces of its grandeur and power. fe
that could with all my heart unit
with Mrs Sigourney in saying =
OF terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on,
Unfathomed and resistless. Proud Ocea
shrinks
Back from thy brotherhood, and all hi
Retire abashed. For he hath need to sleeI
Sometimes, like spent laborer calm
home
His boisterous pillows, from their vexin
play,
To long dreary calm but thy strong It'd
Faints not, nor e'er with falling heart for
gets
Its everlasting lesson, night nor day."
After leaving Niagara we visited
several places of interest, among then
was Albany here, among other object.
of notice, we saw the design of tht
new capitol, beautiful miniature edi
fee, and also the capitol itself, now
in erection, which bids fair to be
when finished, most magnificent and
stately structure. Our stay here was
short. We passed on and were soon
landed at the great International
fampmeeting at Round Lake, N. Y.
What a poor conception of Camp
meetings l had, judging from those
had seen at home. 1t seemed almost
like a small city, with its shady
avenues and as many as a hundred
beautiful little cottages, some having
as many as eight or ten rooms, beau
tiful flower beds, grotesque rockeries,
swinging baskets and such like orna-
menting the front of each. Besides
these there were six hundred cloth
tents finished off nicely with plank
floors, and divided into rooms, present
ing very cozy appearance. In the
middle Of the grounds was large and
beautiful fountain, around it were rich
and rare flowers, lifting their heads in
gratitude for the gentle shower ever
falling on them. There was one large
pavilion, capable of holding several
thousand, besides great many smaller
tabernacles. Also a large semicirele
in the middle of which was the minis
ters stand, over it was fancy roof
with notices inscribed around it. This
afforded no protection in bad weather
and was used only on fair days, when
dense shade shielded it from the rays
of the sun. Here we listened to the
distinguished talent of the most emf
nent ministers of the world. Adjoin-
ing the camp ground was Interlaken,
Frank Leslie's farm, so well known to
his Magazine readers. From Round
Lake we visited Saratoga, whore we
spent many pleasant hours admiring
the magnifcence and elegance of the
city, and in quenching our thirst (also
satisfying our curiosity,) by drinking
of the sparkling waters from her boil
ing springs. / hasten by these, as it
was not my intention to weary you by
intering into minute details of each,
but will pass on in the progress Of our
trip. New York was next in our
course; and we soon found ourselves
seated on beautiful steamer, gliding
along the gently flowing waters of the
Hudson. Scarcely had we left Albany
before our attention became thorough
" enlisted upon its magnificent scene
ry, which, as often as we had heard of
and read about it, far surpassed our
highest expectations. The grandeur
and magnifcence of the Catskill
mountains towering so high above US,
and the view of other ranges off in
the distance, nobly lifting their proud
heads far above the clouds, which
seemed to be resting upon their un-
heaving bosoms for support and pro-
lection, was scarce to be surpassed.
The celebrated West Point was soon
passed, with its massive building of
learning and ere long, leaving behind
us many magnificent villas, we dis
covered that we were approaching the
residence of Washington Irving. But
description had to suffice in this case,
as it was little distance from the
banks, and thickly surrounded by tall
forest trees. We noticed with inter-
est, however, his beautiful observatory,
just on the banks of the river. We
passed several beautiful islands with
handsome villas on them; and for sew
eral miles before we reached New York
there appeared to be continuous city
along the coast, composed of the cost
lyedifces of millionaires of New York
and other cities near by We arrived at
New Y York atlast, after spending most
delightful day on the Hudson. Here
my eyes were opened in astonishment
at its immensity, as We passed by mile
after mile of the thickly settled city
before reaching our desired port. We
landed finally, and short while after
wards were ushered up to our rooms
at the Grand Central Hotel on Broad
way. Before we retired that night,
our plans were fully arranged for the
next day; aud early next morning we
set about executing them. The Cen
tral Park was the first object of in
terest in our course. This we found
to be as beautiful and interesting as
extensive. 1t enclosed 1000 acres,
very nearly all of which was under a
high state of improvement. Here We
saw the most complete collection of
birds and animals in the world. A
certain class of these, as lions, tigers,
amongst almost numberless others,
were contained in large house, ap-
propriated especially to the purpose
while hundreds of others, such as
buffalo's, bears, etc., surrounded it,
some in cages and small Enclosures,
and others tied to trees and posts
There was a large room in which mon