\-\%^ F 124 .H25 Copy 1 NOTES OF A SHORT NOllTHERN TOUE, FOB Pit IV ATM CIKCULATIOX XL Y. \:a Eiwari Tenk\ns Harden ■J ii SAVANNAH: MORNING NEWS STEAM-rOVVEK PKKSS. 18G9. pl2-' TO ANTHONY BAIU^l.AY, ESQ., THE FOLLOWING PAGER ARE UESrECTFULLY INSCRIBED PREFACE. The following pages in English contain the substance of a paper jn-eparecl for the Georgia Historical Society, at the suggestion of a fellow- member. The trip to the North was too short to furnish much of interest for a narrative ; and it therefore occurred to me that a Latin translation might serve the double purpose of whiling away a little leisure time in the hot season, and of amusing some friends for whom the undertaking was principally intended. That the Latin translation is faulty, I am well aware; and it is not unlikely that the task of trying to lick it into shape has \mi me under the ban of Horace's censure: In vitium ducit cuIpcB fuga, si caret arte. Besides the intrinsic difficulties of Latin com- position, there are others peculiar to the present time. Such are the attempts to use terms of 6 PREFACE. art, and })roper names, unknown to the ancient Romans. For exam})le: it seems that navis- vapoi-oHa means a steam- shij); and vet there is no snch Latin word as vaporarius. So of a railroad: \'vA~ferrea expresses the idea, and has actually been adopted as the Latin name. What word Cicero would have used, we can only conjecture. There is no Latin agreeing entirely with the Elnglish word 7;«rZ'. Parous is of modern origin, and means a pound, rather than a park — always, perhaps, a place of con- finement for animals. Ccemeterium, for ceinetery, being; of Greek orio-in, is hardly a fair substi- tute for sepulchrwn or sepulchretum; but I have used the first and the last, indifferently. The English word caiial is very different from the Latin canalis; but fossa-navigabilis, the true term for the English words namgahle canal, would sound awkAvardly, if repeatedly applied even to the largest canal — the Erie canal, for instance. Similar observations ,are applicable to the Grreek-English word museum, and the French-English word depot. Catarada, says learned authority, is used in Latin: only of the PRf:FACE. waterfalls of the Nile. Wlicthcr centui-io, or ordinum dux, be the true Latin for captaiii of foot in the En.nt sky and water.") Morning dis- closed to me anotlier tiling, to wit: that my daughter and others of the passengers were Hnff'ering with severe sea-sickness : and in that condition some continued t(> the end of the Voyage. Tlie residue of the trip was remark- a))le for nothing, except th.e smoothness of the yea, the siglit of three or four whah.'s, and the catching of one stormy petrel. To those who travel by sea, it may afford comfort to know that the above-named little bird, wdiich is very rarely seen on land, and is commonly called Mother Cfirei/s Chkhen, ])econ]Cs sea-sick as s(^on as it is taken aboard the vessel. So, at least, sailors assert ; and in this matter there seems to be confirmation ; since, this bird, as soon as it is taken into the vessel, always begins to vomit. Of this we saw two other examples on our return. We had a fellow-voyager, snrnamed Morti- mer, who, in former vears, had commanded in 8H0RT XORTllEKN TOrH. H the raercliaiit service. He eutertained liis Jriends with pleasant stories and s[>()i'tive tricks — grateful, especially, to tlie yonnger travelers. On accoiuit of the etymology of his name, lie was jocosely called, by some of us, Bead- Sea- Man. In the afternoon of the twenty-third day of June, we reached the ))ay of New- York ; and, the weather being clear, a most beautiful pros- pect was opened to us in our a])proach to the city. Coming to pier numbei' eight. North river, it appeared that there was at least one l)erson in the metropolis who knew me. He had been a captain in the army of the Con- federate States, and had received an honor- able wound at the assault on Fort Pulaski. After no small trouble in making a bargain for the transportation of our baggage from the shij), we are driven to the St. James Hotel, situate at the coi'uer of Broadway and Twen- ty-sixth street. Here we have }>leasant quar- ters assigned us ; and here, after supi)er, we retire to bed — as to two of our company, for the first time in that citv. That we had lit- 12 XOTES OF A tie vest, I deem it unnecessary to say. T<» any one judging' only hy the sound of the little bells of the street-ears, the noise of othei* vehicles, and the tread of pedestrians, it might f)e ])ermitted to l)elieye that slee]) has no place in New- York. ]>y the way, it is worthy of note that the street rail-ways are amongst the wonderful things in the city. How. withont them, the glut of the thronged thoroughfares could 1)0 relieved, is not easily comprehended. Throngh the kindness of a friend to whom we carried letters, we were driven, in a coach- and-two, first through Central Pai'k : and as far as High-Bridge, over which fl(^w^s the wa- ter of Croton i-iver from which the city re- ceives its supply : on another day, through Greenwood Cemetery. The want of forest trees in the Park was the only thing that dis- appointed us : in other respects, the place is greath^ to lie admired. In the Cemetery, no- thing struck me as so appropriate as the colos- sal statue, near the entrance, erected to the memory of De Witt Clinton ; whose more en- during monument, however, is the Erie canal, SHORT NORTHERN 'lOlTR. 18 u,t first called, iu derision, Clintons ditch, and of which we shall hereaftei* say more. Of t\w pleasant location and the adornments of the Cemetery, it is difficnlt to say too nnich. After three days in })art spent hi deliver- ing letters and receiving- and visiting friends, we prepared for ascending the Hndscm river in the day-time. Among the friends whom we delighted to see, befoi-e leaving the city, were the learned anthoress. Maria J. Mcin- tosh, and her sister. The former is widely known as a writer ; and her literary works do honor to the whole country, and especially to her native Sonth. On the twenty-seventh day of June, we em- barked on board the steamer (\ Vibbard, on our way to Saratoga and Niagara, by way of Albany the seat of government of the " Em- I)ire State " of the North. To those who have ascended the Hudson, it is not meet that we attempt a description of the agreeable and grand prospects on either bank of the river; to all others, such an attempt wT^uld be of little 'use. With a clear sky and pleasant weather, 14 NOTES OF A we liad the iinest oppoi'tauity for seeing every thiiifi; whieh the ra|)i(lity of our course would permit to be ])i'(ni,aht to view, (\inal- hoats and other vessels, ladeu with j>i'oduee and merchandise, were wending* their lazy way towards New- York city. Ever and anon, we are astounded 1)V the sight of a long ti-ain of river ; and having, on the [)assage, and for the first time, a sight of the great Erie canal. This great work, as one of our friends in New- York said, is necessary to the sui)i)lying <^f bread to that place, notwithstanding the many rail- roads tending thither. We remained three days at Saratoga, the weather being cool and fair ; our time being pleasantly taken up in viewing the different springs and the pleasant grounds, as well as in receiving the hospitality of a citizen of that 16 XOTKS OF A l)lace, and of his laiiiily. Here we received letters from liome. If time had not l)eeii wanting, >Aa' would Irave i-emained two weeks at ^^aratooa. instead of the aforesaid sojonrn of three days. On the first day of »lnly, we leave [Sara- toga, entering n})on our journey towards Nia- gara. ^^hortly after entering the ears, we made the acquaintance of a gentleman, who, with his family, was traveling on oui' ronte almost as far as Rochester. He was found to he a ca})tain in the Forty-second regiment of the United States ami}', stationed at ]*latts- l)urg. He was of great service to us, in pointing out places on the ronte, as well as in other ways. At Schenectady, it was necessar}' for us to await the arrival of the express train of cars. The day proved to be commencement day of Union College ; and the streets were crowded with prettil}' dressed ladies and girls, Ijesides a great throng of men and hoys. Besides this, the show of a hand-organ and monkey, and the exhibition of Dan Rice's circus-actors SHORT NORTHERN TOUR. 17 and beasts, could be seen in the streets. The town was very lively ; but, not taking into the account the sight of a great many pretty women, we there most enjoyed a taste of cherries, the first we saw on our tour. At two in the afternoon, we took the great Central rail-road, on our way to Niagara. In the route, we rarely lost sight of the beautiful valley of the Mohawk, almost to its termina- tion. Handsome villages, large cities, highly ornamented grounds, fat cattle, flocks of sheep, fields waving with grain, and the most beau- tiful prospects, were meeting the eye, until night. Over and over again, we crossed the Erie canal burdened with riches. Of the great importance of this work, in bringing wealth to Clinton's State, or of this imperishable monu- ment reared by himself, as it turned out, to his own memory, it is difficult to form a pro- per estimate : Monumentum si quceris, circumspice! A little after midnight, we reached Suspen- sion-Bridge, whence, in a hackney-coach, we are carried to the International Hotel, said to 3 18 NOTES OF A be cue of the best in America. From our beds we could distinctly hear the roar of the cataract and the murmuring of the rapids. To me these sounds did not induce sleep : what the morning would disclose I anxiously awaited. In the morning, breakfast being over, our first business Avas to see the cataract by far excelling all others. Crossing Suspension- Bridge, we are at once in the Dominion of Canada, and beholding the precipitous falls. The roads are dusty, and the weather very hot : still, we are not disappointed. To one who has not seen Niagara, no description of it will suffice. / was satisfied with a general view of the falls and their surroundings ; and was not disposed to linger on the smaller ad- juncts, such as the remnant of Table-Rock, Groat-Island, or other matters : nor did I choose to run the hazard of going underneath the descending flood ; in which thing, being judge in my own case, "distance" would ever "lend enchantment to the view."' My enjo^mient of Niagara was lessened by the fact that the sun seemed In me to rise in the west, and set SHORT NORTHERN TOUR. 19 in the east ! The money expended in visiting the mnsenm, on the Canada side, was fully repaid by the sight of two full-grown bisons, in a stable adjoining ; which animals, although confined, plainly showed their wild nature. Returning from the Canada side, and having dined and supped, we took the cars, at ten minutes past seven, on our return to New- York through Albany. Reaching Albany at six the next morning, we found the weather still quite warm. As on the upward trip, we lodge at the Delavan House. After breakfast, my son accompany- ino: me, I called on the Reverend Doctor William B. Sprague, whom I had before known by correspondence. By him I was kindly received. Besides the great estimation in which he is held, as a preacher of the gospel, orator, and author, he is very extensively known as an assiduous and successful collector of autographs. After dinner, on arriving at the depot of the Harlem rail-road, at three in the afternoon, it was first announced to us that the thermometer had reached one hun- 20 NOTES OF A dred and ten degrees : shortly after, throngli another messenger, we heard that it had reached the ninety-second degree, and was still rising. We supposed that the truth, as usual, was about the middle, and that the heat ranged somewhere under one hundred degrees. The weather was certainly hot. Leaving Albany, by the Harlem road above mentioned, it was our intention to tarry a little while, on our way to New- York, at the house of a friend to whom we had sent letters in advance. This purpose being frustrated by causes beyond our control, we proceeded on to New-York, where we arrived that night. There we found that great preparation had been made for celebrating the fourth of July ; besides that the convention of the Democratic party, for selecting candidates for the Presi- dency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, was to be held the same day. The city, therefore, was full of strangers ; but the capacit}^ of the metropolis equaled the emerg- ency. We remained in the city until the eighth SHORT NORTHERN TOUR. 21 of the month, enjoying ourselves as well as we could in the great heat. On the day of our departure, through the kindness of a friend, we were driven to Central Park, and as far as Jerome Park. Many other kind- nesses of the same sort were conferred on us in New- York. To the many friends we there met, the utmost thanks are due. The men- tion of their names would hardly be proper. Of these friends, one, to whom I carried let- ters, but whom I had not previously known, again and again insisted that I should draw on him for whatever money we might need. On account of our limited time, it was not fully in our power to see the most remark- able sights in the city. Trinity Church, as I suppose, is considered the most si:>lendid of its public buildings ; and the spire is certainly magnificent, especially when viewed near ; nevertheless, in my judgment, the interior of the church on Madison Park, under tlie pas- toral care of the Reverend Doctor William Adams, is better adapted to divine worship. On the eighth day of July, we embarked 22 NOTES OF A SHORT KOE^fHEKX TOUR, on l)oarcl the steam-ship Rapidan, captain Cheesman, who has the faculty of endearing himself to his passeng'crs. After another most favorable view of the beautiful bay of New- York, we passed the high-lands on the Jersey shore ; and, at sun-set, we put to sea. For some time, were seen the lights through the windows of the houses at Long-Branch, shin- ing above the waves. With a sea more tran- quil than on the outward voyage, the trip was enlivened with good cheer. As before said, we caught two other stormy petrels ; but, as on the former occasion, they were soon turned loose. At three o'clock in the morning of the twelfth of July, we touched the wharf at Savannah ; returning home in health, and finding the family well. Our journeying was short, but pleasant ; sweeter the return and o-reetinff. TIIANSLATION. DE ITINERE BREA^I SEPTENTRIONALI NOT^. Die vicesimo Junii, anno Domini m dcoc lx- VIII., liora quinta post meridiem, filia mea natii maxima, filioque meo parvo, comitibus, navem vaporariain Sanctum 8ahatorem nominatam, prsefecto Nickersonio, Novum-Eboracum navi- gaturam, conscendi. Pharum - Tybeii, aura favente et coelo sereno, circiter crepusculum, prseterivimus. Paene quiescit mare, deiiciente asperitate ampliori quam satis ad nauseam movendam, et quosdam e vectoribus imi)ellen- dos, (me ad numerum pertinente,) tributum usitatum Neptuno solvere. Nobis in nave so- cietas jucunda fuit, cum viaticorum omnium copia. Post noctem benignam, expergiscimur, vim quasi Maronis verborum persentire : * * * * nee jam, amplius ulla OcGurrit teUus ; caelum undique, et undique pontus. _ 2(j [)K ITINKHK HltKVI Aui'oni mihi rem aliain retexit, scilicet : fi li- mn ineani ct alios e viatoribns nausea gi-avi cruciatos ; et, in statu illo, uscjue ad finem navigatiouis. ]>ennanserunt nonnulli. Proptei- nihil. ]>i-a'tei- 5e(jU(tris traii(|uillitateni, cetoruni ti'iuni (|uatuoi-ve visum, et t/x/ff/ssklroince pda- (jiccE unius captioneni, notatione (li,a;nuin luit itineris residnuni. Mare transenntibus sit sola- tio, si cognoscerent aviculam supra dictani. in ten-am mrissime visam, et vnlgo Mat r is- Care iw- puUuin nuncu])atain, nausea laborare simul ut in navem a eliatui- : saltem, sic aiunt nautici j et in hac i-e videtur confirmationem esse, (juoniani avis Inec, simul ac ad navem feratur. semper vomei-e incipit. Kjusdem rei exemi)la duo alia, in reditn nostro, vidimus. Convectoi-em habuimus, cognoniine Moirri- MKR. (jui. ainiis suj)erioribus, navibus mei'cato- riis pi-a'iuerat. Animus amicoi'um narrationibus jiicundis detinebat, artibusque Jocosis — vectori- bus })arvis. pra3ci])ue. gratis. Propter etymo- logiam nominis ejus, nonnnllis e nobis Maris- Mortvi-Homo facete appellatus est. Post meridiem Junii diei vieesimi-tertii, in SEl'TENTRLONAM NO'lVE. 27 shimii Xeo-EboracensiMn [)ei-Yi'iiinnis ; ct tem- [jestate seriMia. nobis in acccssn ad ni'lxMn prospectns pnlcherriiniis patefactus est. Mihi inoleni octavani. (Angliee, pier number eight,) Fluvii-Septentrionalis advenienti, uniim niini- nie in mdropoli de nie non ignorare, constabat. (Vnturio in exereitu (vivitatum Foederataruni fuerat : vuhiuscpie honoritieuni, tempore oppiig- tiandi Pulaskeii-Propugnaeuli, acceperat. Post laborem non ])arvnm paeto faciendo de sar- cinis nostri-s e nave ])ortandis, ad Hospitium Jacobi-Sancti, in compito Vias-latai Vijeque vicesimae-sextfe situm, vehimnr. Hie, nobis medium pars amnena assignatur ; et, ibidem, post coenam, eubitnm discedimus — quoad duos e nobis, tempore primo in urbe ilia. Quan- tulum quietis nobis erat, non neeesse habeo dieere. Alicui, sono tintinnabuloi-nm ad car- ros-viarios pertinentium, veliicniornm alioruni sonitu, ambulatorumque incessu, solum judiean- ti, somnum in urbe Novo-Eboraco loeum non habere, credere licet. Obiter, notatu dignnm est vias-ferreas in hac urbe inter res mirandas esse. Quomodo, sine illis, viarum perviaruni Z8 DE ITINERE BREVl satias levata esset, iion facile percipiendum est. Per favorein amici cui literas pertulimus, per Parc?/m - Centralem, primuin ; et usque Pontem-Altum, super quern fluit aqua amniculi Crotonii qua suppeditatur urbs, curriculo bi- j'ugo, vecti sumus : die alio, per Cmmeterium- Silvfe-Viridis. Arborum agrestium in Parm defectus spem nostram solum destituit : alioqui, valde locus mirandus est. In Sepulchreto, uiliil aeque idoneum ac statua colossea, juxta introituni, in memoriam De Yittii Clintonii statuta, me affecit ; monumentum cujus peren- nius, attamen, est Fossa navigabilis (Canalis seu) Eriea, primo, in ludibrio, fossa Clintonii appellata ; et de qua posthac largius dicemus. De amoenitate et ornamentis Coemeterii niraium eloqui difficile est. Post tres dies, partim in Uteris tradendis et amicis accipiendis et visendis, consumptos, ad ascendendum, luci, Fluvium-Hudsonii, nos accinximus. Ex amicis quos la3te vidimus antequam ex urbe decessimus, fuerunt auctor ilia erudita, Maria J. McIntosh, et soror. SEPTENTRIONALI NOT^.. 29 Prior pro scriptore notissima; est ; et, patriae toti, Austro nativitatis ejus praecipue, honorem tribuunt opera illius literaria. Die vicesimo-septimo Junii, nSiYem- vapor a- riam C. Yibbarclum, in itinere nostro faciendo A''ersus Saratogam Niagaramque — per Albani- an!, sedem politise Ctvitatis-Imperii (Anglice, Empire State,) Septentrionalis — conscendimus. lis, qui Fluvium-Hudsonii ascendissent, pros- pectuum amoenorum et aliorum in ripa utraque, descriptionem nos conari non oportet : caeteris omnibus minime prosit conatus ejusmodi. Coelo sereno tempestateque jucunda, nobis data est occasio summa videndi omnia quae, itineris celeritate quadantenus obstante, viderentur. Qiymhdd-Ganales et naviculae aliae, frugibus mer- ceque onerat^, versus urbem Novum-Ebora- cum itinera otiosa faciebant. Identidem, as- pectu longse carrorum seriei per orbitam vite - ferreae Fluvii - Hudsonii, avis celeritate, coactorum, stupemus ; niodo, in margine mero amnis, et sub montibus superimpendentibus ; tunc, subeuntium infundibulum per terram altam effossum, aut ex eodem emergentium. 30 HE rnxf<:RE uuevt [tiiiei'C rncicMido ;i|in(l tlcxum ainiiis, juxta Z('])li- yriiun. (Anglicc, West-Point,) turn subitus est Hexus, nt fliiviiis fiiiem faeere videatiir. Taiita est speeiei fallaeia, nt nuin species non esset vera (jmcsivit filiiis mens : sed. statim gyrata nav(> sinistrorsnm. flnvins. hie ninltnni eoni- pressns, iternni ((niete in alxeo aretiori finere visns est. In itinere, nni de g-enere hnniano obvenimns, Bostoniensi, ciiii, nsqne ad garrnli- tateni lixpiax <|nnin non interrogatns, nniuinani ad rofratnni directnm aptnmqne responderet : semper responsum vitans, modis sec^nentibns ; UXDK ID SCdJK.M ? — VEKK. XEt^CIO. Horas novem deeemve postipiam Xovo- Eboraco decesserannis, nrbeni Albanian! in dex- tra et oeeidentali fUivii ripa sitam, advenimns. Ibi eonjnnctionem. [)ro die illo, cnm Saratoga amissam esse, eertiores faeti snnnis : et, qnam- (piam diem proximnra diem Dominienm intu- rnin esse tnnc nobis in menteni venit, tamen tantiis fnit a^stus Albanise, eonsilinm cejti- mns nt mane Saratogam [)rogi'edirenun'. Illo. liora decima matntina,^ advenimns : in eon- spectu Troja^ in altera sinistraqne ripa posita*. SEPTKNTRIONALI NOT.^^:. 31 l)rogredicntes : et habeiites, in transitu, jn-i- niuni, visum fJanaUs Erietv niagna\ Hoc opus ingens, ut dixit nnus ex auiiois nostris in url^e Novo-Eboraco, ad iVugcs tribuendas loco illi necessariuni est, tanietsi via^-ferrea3 niultiv ad ui'beni i)ertinentes in rationeni haberentur. Saratoga? ti-es dies niansinius, tempestate IVig-jdula coeloque sei'eno ; otio nostro, tani. fon- tibus variis lo(^is(|Uc auxenis videndis, jucunde consuinpto, quani bospitiis acci})iendis e cive loci illius faniiliaque t'jus. Hue literse ab domo ad nos commeant. Xi defecisset teinpus, Sa- ratogas dies (juatuordecini niansissemus, vice diei'uni triuni connnorationis nostra? jjrffiscrip- ta?. Die primo Julii, decedimus Saratoga, itei- versus Xiagaram ingredientes. Xobis carros intrantibus, viri ingenui notitiam asoiscimus ; <|ui, cum fanulia ejus, per viam nosti'am pro})e usque Rottam, i)roficiscebatnr. Eum centnrio- nem esse in legione (juadragesima - secunda Rerunqmblicarum Foederatarum in l*Iattsburgo collocata, videtur. Xobis tani in locis per viam ostendendis, quam in modis aliis diver- sis, maxime profuit. 32 DE ITINERE BREVI Schenectadise, quod ordiiiem celerein veliic- ulorum viam-ferream perciirreritium exspecta- remus, opus est. Dieui cornitiorum Collegii- Urdonis esse, a})})aruit ; et per vias inceduiit mulieres puella3que multa? exornatte, prater catervara magnam virorum pueroruraque. Preeterea, organi-manualis et siiriiie spectacu- luni, et cirei - actorum bestiarumque Danielis Ricei exliibitio, in viis viderentur, Yald(* vigebat vicus ; sed, femiiiarum venustarum frequentiffi visu in rationem neutiquain habito, potius gustatu cerasorum, quas tunc primuni in itinere vidimus, quam re alia fruimur. Hora secunda post meridiem, in viam ver- sus Niagaram, per viam-ferream magnam Cen- tralem, nos dedimus. In itinere, raro e con- spectu vallem formosam Moliaul^ei, prope usque partem superiorem ejus, amisimus. Yici speciosi, urbes lat^, fundi exculti, pecora pin- guia, ovium greges, arva segete nutantia, et prospectus pulclierrimi, ad noctem sub aspectum veniebant. (7a?zafem-Erieam, divitiis oneratam, iterum iterumque transivimus. Magno de mo- mento operis hujus, opibus ad civitatem Clin- SEPTENTRIONALI NOT^. 33 TONii fereiidis, vel de monumento illo i)ei'eiini [)er se in memoriam siiam, ut evenit, a3dificato, judicium fiacere satis idoneuni, difficile est. Monumentam xi qtuerix, circum>'j)ice ! Paulo post horam duodecimam, noctu, Pon- tem - Pensilein adveiiimus ; uiide, in vehiculo meritorio, ad Hospitiuni Internationale Yocatum, et, ut fertur, unum ex optiuiis in America, vehimur. A cubiculis nostris clare audiebantur aquag-dejectus fremitus, rapidorumque torren- tium nuirmura. Mihi somnum sonitus non induxerunt : quod lux matutina patefaceret, videre flagitabam. Mane, jentaculo finito, primo, aquarum - dejectum (Anglice, cataract,) longe aliis pi'a3stantiorera, videre nostrum est. Pontem - Pensilem transeuntes, semel in Do- minio Canadae sumus, ac simul aquarum lapsus prfecipites aspicimus. Viae pulverulentae sunt, valdeque calet tempestas ; sed, his rebus non obstantibus. spe non falsi sunms. Alieui non reapse Xiagaram videnti, rem inspiciendam I)roprie offerre, non est arbitrii cujusvis. Mihi suffecit aquarum - dejectus et circumstantium aspectus generalis ; et rebus inferioribus ad- 5 34 DE ITINERE BREVI junctis, ut Scopuli-Mensalis residuo, Capri- Insult, et cseteris, immorari mihi non placuit: neqiie me periciilum facere aquae lapsus subeuiidi, delectabat ; qua re, me judice in causa mea, aspectui distantia suavitatem sem- per prteberet. Mihi multo defuit Niagara de- lectatio, quia ab occidente solem oriri, et in oriente occidere, videtur! Pecunia impensa in visendo spectaculorum loco (Anglice, Mu- seum,) in ripa Canadensi, plene reddita est in videndis adultis duobus bisontibus, {hohus Americanis dictis,) in stabulo adjacente ; quas animalia, etsi coercita, naturam feram aperte significaverunt. Ab ripa Canadensi redeuntes, pransi et coenati, carros conscendimus, mo- mento decimo post horam septimam, per Albaniam versus Novum-Eboracum redituri. Albaniam advenientes, hora sexta matutina postridie, tempestatem adhuc calere invenimus. In ^de-Delavana, ut in itinere sursum faci- endo, diversamur. Post jentaculum, filio com- ite, GrULiELMUM B. Sprague, theologiae docto- rem reverendum, quem antea epistolarum commercio noveram, visi. Ab illo benigne SEPTENTRIONALI NOT^. 35 acceptus sum. Prasterqiiaiii quod in sestima- tione magna, ut eA^angelii pr^dicator, orator auctorque liabetur, late ut mdogra'phorimi col- lector assiduus faustusque notus est. Post prandium, ad receptaculum via^-ferre^e Harlemi advenientes, hora tertia post meridiem, thermo- metnmi (instrumentum ad temperiem ostenden- dam) gradus centum et decern assequi, nobis primum nunciatum est ; postea aliquanto, ad gradum nonagesimum et secundum assecutum esse, et adhuc ingravescere, per nuncium alte- rum audivimus. Yeritatem quasi in medio, ut usitate, fuisse, et sestum sub gradibus cen- tum aliquanto pervagatum esse, putabamus. Caluit, vere. Albania exeuntibus, per viam-Harlemi, quam supra memoravimus, nobis in animo erat, ut paulisper, in via versus Novum -Eboracum, moraremur in domo amici cui literas prsemi- seramus. Hoc proposito causis baud penes nos frustrato, urbem Novum-Eboracum versus perreximus, illo eadem nocte adeuntes. Ibi, ut videbatur, ad diem Julii quartum celebran- dum acerrime pr^eparatum est ; praeterquam 36 DE ITINERE BREVI quocl conveiitnm partis Democratica^ ad can- didatos pro Pra^fectiira Yice - Pra^fectiiraque Reriimpublicarum Foideratariim seligendos, eodem die haljituiii iri, iiwenimus. Urbs ad- veiiis, idcirco, abundabat : rem natam, nihil- ominiis, metropolis amplitudine aequiparavit. Mensis diem usque ad octaviim in urbe mansimus, nosmet oblectantes quantum in no- bis, sub ffistu, situm esset. Die profectionis, per favor em cujusdam ex amicis nostris, ad Parcwn -Geiiiralein et usque Paraim-Hiero- nymi, vecti sumus. Hoc favore multa alia non minora beneficia in nos, Novi - Eboraci, collata fuerunt, Amicis multis ibi obvenien- tibus gratiffi summse debentur. Nominum eorum divulgationem nostra in illos observan- tia vetat. Ex amicis quibus, unus, cui literas pertuli, quern tamen antea non noveram, tes- seram nummariam pro pecuniae tanto quantum nobis necessarium esset, ut ipsi describerem etiam atque etiam institit. Propter temporis brevitatem nobis subservientis, spectacula in urbe admiratione pr^sertim digna, videre non arbitrii nostri fuit. Aedes-Trinitatis sacra, ut 8kp'im<:ntr}oxali xot.e. o7 reor, ajclificioruni publiconiui pra^.stautissimum esse, habetur ; et turris ejus fastigiata vere laiitissima est, pra^cipue (juum iioii longe con- si>ecta : attameu, me judicante, partes interi- ores a3dis sacra? Par go -M&d'isoiuo adjaceutis, et sub cura {)astoraIi (Iulipxmi Adams, theologias doctoris revereiidi, i)osita^, cultui divino potius accom niodantu r . Julii die octavo, douium redituri, iiavem- vajyorariayn Rapidau, navarcho Cheesman, cui facultas est suimet cari vectoribus reddendi, cousceiidimus. Post visum prfficlarum alium sinus pulchri Neo-Eljoracensis, colles in altum editos in litore Novae - C^sareae prseterimus ; et, cum sole occidente, navis alto committitur. Aliquamdiu, lucerne per fenestras domorum m BrcLchio-Longo, superque undas effulgentes, cons})iciebantur. Mare, quam in itinere domo faciendo, tranquillius erat, et cursus maritimus animis da})ibusque bonis Ifetiticatus est. Ut supra scripsimus, thalassidronias pelagicas alias duas cepimus ; sed, ut in casu priori, cito lib- erate sunt. Hora tertia matutina diei Julii duodecimi, 38 T>K iTIXKlJh- liUEVE moieiii in Savauua tetig'iiiuis ; dommii rcver- tentes, valontes, fainilirequc sanse obveiiientes. Brcvis sed jiiciinda fuit peregrinatio ; suaviores reditus salutatioque. 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