Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-17

The record thus given of one battle Will
show that defeat did not everywhere confront
the Confederate forces ut gettysburg. ana ut
least one gem will b" preserved from that Ill
fatrd field.
Correspondence of the Yorkvilie Enquirer.
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
PRESCOTT. Ontario, CANADA, August !,
lSS2.-l attempted. in Il hurried manner,
partial account of what saw during my bret
stay in Washington and of my rapid Journey
to Niagara Falls. Here it may be necessary to
say that the beautiful gem of Il city located Ill
the Falls-on the American Sidc-iS not, us Is
generally supposed, Incorporated by the name
of Niagara. but by the less cuphonous, not To
sav the grotcSuur name of Suspension Hr"W.
But not outstanding the name II bears, II Is,
bcyoud question:. one of the most beautiful
and lovely towns have rvcrviSited. ltboaStS
Il population of something over live thousand.
The streets are straight, level. and tllckly set
with live, huShy-toppcd, br"ad-IraVed, umhril-
grollS sugar naples. such as have never seen
i'm any other locality. The side walks are well
laid with white pine plank, as III every "tlcr
ritv or town have visited near to or within
the Dominion of Canada. There are here Srv-
rral large and colnmodiouS hotels and other
public buildings, and fine and costly private
residences that are very beautiful, the attract
ivrnrss Of the buildings being greatly cnllanccu
bv the large and beautifully adorned courts or
grounds attached to them. | doubt whether,
I'LL things considered. Il more enjoyable sum-
mrr retreat can be found within the bounds OF
the Union. would have been glad to have
remained here Il month. SO pleasant and at-
lractive did | find the place. regret that
time and space prevent me from describing
further the little birds nest at the Falls OF
Niagara aud called S"<p'nSio" Er'"F.
\ coaclman plr'ton and two splendid gray
,tcrds that ! have engaged for the day, to
carry me to see all the notable cnri"SiteS and
places of resort. has just driven pto the IN
trlnat ional Hotel, and .Irhn, with that air OF
non,leScenSon for which his profession at NJ
ayara have IL worldwide reputation. informs
me that me is ready to convey me To amy point
that NAV desire. take my seat ANA tell
him to go where he l,lraSrS, and in II moment
we 90 Gashing away in sufficiently oStentati"us
and comfortable style to satisfy the taste OF Il
lord But the outfit is not at all out OF Keep
ing with the price charged tor IT.
The first place we visit is few miles down
the river below the Falls. Niagara is the nalne
given to the Falls and the short river OF seven
miles. connecting lakes Erie and Ontario, and
in aboriginal vernacular means | am told,
Wnm7,riny Appropriate enough is the name,
too: for constantly. every moment, night
and ,ay ceascrSs as the sun in its diurnal
r,.rout ions. the mighty volume of water goes
laundering on its way to the SEA.
But we have now arrived at the Rapids,
and must descend in {; railroad car which runs
ON 4 track at an inclination of about thirty
eight degrees. though our car moves slowly
and at Il uniform rate of speed. AS olr ear
.rocs down we meet another on an opposite
track ascending with half Il dozen or more OF
Passengers and as the ears are running all
the time and laden with passengers, many
are the quarters taken at the gate. But soon
we land ut the bottom and on the bank OF the
river ami Narrows. The river is said I" be,
for some distance above the Falls, mile ami
Il half wide and of an average depth "i twenty
feet but here it is compressed and flows with
great rapidity between tw" pcrprndlrular
Smuothly-cut rocks, forming walls or halkS
one hundred and seventy feet high from
the surface uf the water to the bottom OF the
rhanu, the river is said to be four hundred feet
deep. making the channel no less than ilVe
hundred and seventy feet deep at this point.
Is this not also well named. when II Is called
the Ndr,u,rS! Here the mighty moving foot
of the river goes tlartimg with arloW-lkr rrlrr-
itv. wlirling. foamimg. lcaplng, Kissing ana
surging through its narrow. rocky channel,
with such speed and force that the hundred
millions of tons of water that scientists say
BASS over the Falls every hour, is often seen.
where the river turns, havinG mp III great
billowS mountain high. crested with snow
white bubbles and dancing foam. which at a
certain hour on any clear. calm day, presents
4 faint simmer Of rainbow light of intense
beauty. willie the river far below chat,h and
yrycd to madness. rllShcS in cddicS. Whlrlng
round and laundering on its way, until 1t
finally rests it's turbd waters in Lake Ontario.
WAS told that the largest substance that
had ever been known to come into these kap-
ids had never been seen to rise again. -
nrrlt are the weight and depth Of the water
that nothing falling in it can rise t" the sur
face. and if it ever again SrcS the light II must
do 50 in fragments. as laShrd to pieces hH the
mighty current, it is carried IT, the lake.
| Moving up the river Il short distance from
| fin, ul;rr where | first descended. and where II
| WAS said ! could obtain Il still M'ttrr view oi
! the Falls and Rapids. had scarcely come It" il
! halt WHEN | WAS met 10y ail exceedingly p"il''
and rabbv little fellow who rrl>l>trnllI urged
me tu take a seat on Il chair he had fixed on Il
! hjrh rock ON the margin Of the river. that h'
mi"h, take Il large sized photograph of myself
. tukiu~ Il view If the river. Rapids ami FANS
above. lie would do tine work for only iN'
dollars amt send il To Inc by mail. 1t W"'lld
b. worth ten times the amount alter WAS
dead and gone and OH say. sir. would ii not
/ ;y,,l lnI lnLl }