Our Journey To The East

We have just returned from a joürney to New England and the Easiern States, and althongh nothing of very tpecial interest has ranBpired, yet a fow "sketches by t le way'' may not be oltógether oninteresting to our readers. MODE OK TRAVELLING. It is iruly surprisirtg to see with bat facility a j uirnev cnn now be perlbrmed to almost any part of our country. By the oppli catión of steam, whether by sea or land. we are inada to move almost witli the velocity of ightning. We can travel froin New York to Ann Arjor, a disto nee of some tight hundrtd miles, n seveni five hours, at an expense of aboui twenty dollars. Tliis ahnost ani)ihil;ilcí ditance, and unitcs the whole country in one vast neighborhood, where Ciich may ui.derstand the wants and interests of the oilier, nnd by the exchnnge of comforts nnd luxuries make all j-iyful nnd happy 60 far as tho blessiogs of this life can do ie. STKAMBOAT COMBINATIOPi. Tho combinaron of the Stenmbonts on Loke Ene, by menns of which nn exorbitant price is extorted from the tra veler, is decidedh oppresbive. Seven dollars, the pre irnt fare for crossinj: the L;il;c. is quite 100 much. But what can bo dono is the enquiry so often made. In our opinión there is but one cffectual remedy, and that is, let Borne individuáis who have the mean? and areinterestcd in the public welfare, place a line of boats upon the Lakc which hnll perform their recular trips be:ween De troit nnd BufFalo, touching at the intermedíate ports, and then lix tiie furo at an honorable price - sny for cabin passage four, nnd for ceck possage two dollars, letting it be dislinclly understood, that the arrangement wns permanent, and there couldbe no doubt but the traveüng community would give them ah amonnt of patronage abundanily sufficient to rerider their investment vnluable, and thüs prheurf for themselves the satisloction of amassing wealth, of opposing a wicked monopoly, and of rendering themselves the benefactors of mankind. Aa the matter now stands, wc give our preference to the London, H. Van Allkn, Capt. which leaves Detroit Tuesdoy and Friday of eacli week, at six o'clock, P. M. It países down the Canada shore, and perforrh? its trip in iicenty-fuur honrs. It run3 in op pocttion to the combmation at & fure considerably raJuced. NIÁGARA rALLS. On leaving the steomboat London, we took the steamboat 'Emerald," for the f:ills. This route from BurTilo to Qtieenston, a distance nf SO miles, embraces as iiüereeting and mag nificent views os nny of eqtial extent in nny country; scenery not ónly icl-ntified with the local hiítory of ihis región, but renowned throughout the world for its subjimity and granoeur. The Emeiatd passed in full view of tht following places: 1. Fort Erie and ita adjncen? bnttle ground, on the lert on the Canada sliore. 2. A new fort beinj: built on the right or American side, above Black Ëock. 3. Wnterlco, Uvo miles beldw Fort Erie where the bont calis for passengere. 4. Grand Island, 12 miles in lengt h, sclectcd some years since by Mnjor Noah, as n icndezvous for the Lost Tiubks ok IsrakL. 5. Navy Islond, one mile nnd a half in lengt b, the thentre of the late Patriot war. 6. Chippcwa nnd the batlle ground. 7. To Niognra Fnlls (by Rnilroad) where fom the cars thure is an impo.'ing view o this mighty and continuous outpouring of the waters of ihese vast inland seas. 8. By the cars over Lundy's Lane, anothe celebrated battle giound. 9 . Tbeh along the hill forming Ningnra anf Queenston Heights, where öti ihe left, tn contrast with 4hc late sublime scenery, as i by magie, tho trav;l?r beholds the most pcturpsque landscape that ever nature prosentec or fancy shetdhed, nlternoting with culiivatec Helds and the woodlands, wiih nothing but the horizon to obslruct the view. 10. Quecnston íieights, another battle ground. 1 1 . Brock's Monumsnt. The Wonders of Ihfc deeply interestmg jonrney cannot fai'. to interest the attent ion of he moat unreflecting an bluggish of nature's sons. Wltile ve survey fröm the dizzy heights n vast 6oa of water pouring its interrmnnble contents into a yawning chasm of rocks - nm then dnshing nnd foaming - leaping from rock to lock alrrost with the rapidity of lightnmg seekng to find its Invel, we are loat in wonder and asionishment at the eublimity of the scène before us, and all that we have been wont to associnte with tlie sublime, sinksinto comparative nothingness w.')en contrasted witl this mightiest of nature's works. KKW Y0ÍIK A.ND BOSTON. Considerable anxiety existe in the?e Cities wilh regard to northern and western trade. - The Roilroad leading front Albany to Boston, has already excitcd the nltcntion of the Wesf, and has taken much trade from N. York.- It is now morally certain thnt wirhin two oi three years, Railroads loaving Boston will be extended through IVew Hampshire and the East, West, and Central parts of Vermont, terminating in the vicini:y of Montreal, thus opening a vost thoroughfare through which all the commerce of the upper lakes will find Boston os avnilnble, and as valuable a market a6 N. York,if not more so. Thw view of the subject excites on tbc port or the Newyorkers sleepless vigilance, not only to relain old customers bul to get new ones: while the Bostonians are vacating their private dwellings for the purpose of converting them into commercial houpes, and are iaking up their residence in the suburbs of the City and the surrounding country- some of them living from five to ihirty miles from their business, but etill is made nccessible by tho cars which pass nearly every hour. Bet ween these cities there need beno 6trife, for the inercasing commerce and prosperity of our country and especially the West will afford ampie busineB3 for boib. -:--■ .:■ ■■; -.m A EQtáfii .■■v '■■--:■ iTo the ciirsory observer, these Cities appenr o be the great center of human happiness. The vast number of persons congregated from he four quariers of the globe - the mode of public conveyance-the thealre, the museum, he pluccts of fashionablo resort - splendid hoels - siimpttioiis fare, &c. kc, all combine to excite a desire forcity life. This givesbnt on imperfect view nf the great whole. i o unlerstand the matter as t s, we must ruise the ctirtnin and !ook at ihousatids otl thötsands of laborers micrably ciad, ntid poorly fed, dontned 'o utmost ncpssant toil.at tcanty wages to prevent stnrvalion - the domeatics in and about public house- -living under an ndministration of fretfulness and fauJufinding: the nged, blind, deaf, lame, and otherwise unfortunate sone nnd daughterp of sorrow askïngr elms: the vnst number of females, - once virtuoiia and loveJy - who have parted in nn tmfortunite moment, with all that i vnhiable lo life, for a miserable exiatence nmongthe outcasts of society wc snyall these tilines must be taken into account in making up the nggregate of human happineosor misery that is to be found in our cities. On posting the hook, and suiking the balance, which ever way the scnlcs may turn, for onreelves we say, give us a country, or villaje residence witli pleasant pcer.erv and heaven's fresh breczes, rnther thnn the stifled air, noisé, buslle, and humnn misery tlmt almost Cohsiantly prpsenls itself in city life. THR SBASONS - PROSPECTE OF TI1B KAST, &C. Some of the Eaetern States have MifTered mucli from dronghl thtK sensor.. In Ohïo. New York and most part of New Englnnd, fruit of all kind? in very far from being plenty - lbough in some sections there íb a comfortahle snpply. The wheat erop in Ohio aiic New York is usually good. In New England crops on the whole are rather light, which has a tendency to diminit-h the price of f-tork. Farmers in the Eadt who have given much attenlion to the groving of wool entertain fenrs that the West will ullimately döslroy Uiem so far as growing wool is concerned.- Sheep in 6ome of the Western States can be kept for one half what it costa the farmer ol New Hampshire or Vermont Ui keep his. - This will enconrage tlie West to extend the business, and will enable her to undortell the eastern furmer, and tbus ultitmtelv compel him to abnndon h busined is ;i woulgrower. produce of vn'fiwii Kinds nnd (o any ex'oni cun be pruduced lu New England. Mnntifactnringinteresls can be extended nffording n home rnarkei for her surplus grain, pörk, beef bnttpr, cheesp, 6tc. giving her thfi means o: continued prosperity anl wenltl), rqual to thal of any other section of our country. r.F.Möio:- skcond aDVknt, bc. Religión (in th? popular .ense) wo shouK think, is at a low ebb in (he EasleM) chnrehes There is a great brpnking owoy fnw pre conceived opinions- nld creed- .■ eet nrianistu nnd reverence for ihe clergyj Tiiere spom? to be u disposition nnnifested on t he pnrt o ihe peopJe to ihink and net for ïhrmselves independent of ecclesin6tic.nl or p litical orgnn ïzations. This, to srmp, is a ulnrming stnte of things; but for our pari, iCirmli be left free to combit error, open, (m AeSs, bold, wc think there is nothing to fear. We are of opinión thnl the rrcat nvis o ihe pepple are brpinninif botter to ululerstant thcir duty to God, thsmselvef, and ench otlier nnd we rjuice that the niarch of truth is onwnrd. New Eugland wa the greil thentre of ac tion for those who ndvocated the coming o Chirst in '4d, nnd arain on the 22d of Nov '44. Thousands embraccd this error, whicl led lo the mo6t disnstrous reimhs. Mam fnr'ns were ünctiIHvnted, much monpy wa worse than lost, for it wag spent in iinning the fiante of nnholy excrement. Tliw lec some to tnko their bortnets ond dre.ses of the most cosf'iy chafadter and bnrn them in sacrifice to God. Bit the excifement !jas paspcd oVay, anc the reader will ba anxious lo henr the eflee of the disappointment on the minds of those who emhraced this dchmon These, bo fa as we could lenrn, have come to the following conclusions: I. Some of them acknowledge their mistake wilh regard to time, but elill believe the end to be near, and are pursiiing1 n conf Uten Christian life. They are 'ldüigent in buti ness, fervent m spirit, iet vin ff the Lord.'1 ■ 2. There is anotlur class who believe the day of grace ended on the 22d of Nov. '44 and thnt all who were thcn unsaved or un converted are irrevocably sealed to perdí tion, and while thcy are waiting the coming of Christ, are quite unconcemed for the fale of otherp. S. Tiiere sanother and much larger clnss who. hnving been disappointcd, have settlet down under the 'rnpression that little or noth ing can be known with regard to what the Bible renlJy teaches, or ifiis teachings are un derstood, they re ns likely to bc false as true Tliis 6tate of mind leada to a neglect of al the forros of religión, an absence from church and nn utter disregard of the whole subject of Christianity. In our opinión the worst effectfl of this most fatal heresy have not yet been realized. We liave no doubt but t wil yet show ittelf in open and bold opposilion to the Bible and its doctrines. THE TWO GREAT PARTlRS. We havo fallen in with editor sinte-men and politiciniis of various grades during our JDurneyinge, and have held free conversation with them upon topics of general interest. But when we have enqoired for the precise points of difierence between Demócrata am Whigs, we have found bolh in their turn unable to define. Their warfare is a cvnrfare of v.orde, and thatopposition to each other iR the grand adhesivo principie that holds them together, and without which the two parties would fall to pieces likea rope of sand. The Democrat are buoyant wiih hope nnd are rxMRctmg to retskin tho power of thenation for years to come. The Whigs appear some what discouraged, and their nlmost only hope is cithcr that the Democrats wül do some act by which they will disgrace ihemselvea anc thus créate in tho public mind a dcsire for a change, in which case they hope to telre the teins of governmcnt, or that by appealin o ihe popular feeling on the subject of universal libcrty, they can thus secure the co operaiion of the Liberty party and thertbr succeed . Whether the Whigs wil] be able or not to mikc cnp:to out of the hconsistoncy or wiek. ednesa of the Democrats, is a matter of no moment to us, btit that tlioy wil) inflncr.ee Fjiberty men to nny considerable exteat lo go wit li them, we do not believe. Their plan seems to be thia- to impresson the minds of Liberty men that they have but "one ideo," - the abolitlon of Slavery, and that they (the WhigB) have thp,bcing the only Inte friends of' cmancipation, and in addition are looking out for "the other greiit interest," and hy nniiilinf wiili them the Liberty men will looae not hing but gnin tnuch. Up to (hit time the Liberty parly hns ncted wisoly in clenving to the1 "One idea." It hng aroused ihe tint on. arid brmieht tho penple of th,t country to see ttnd feel the wiekednpsj and dnngfir of Slavp.ry, nnd the imporlance of prompt and efficiënt nction for its overthrow. Hnving nccomplishdd ihis, the parly will next define ts position on "the other grent inter ests," and we apnrehond tbnt in this there will be but little difference of opinión Mnong íínving defilied mir posit;on on all thO great interpsts of our Country, we shall hare a nyntem satisfnetory innll its parts,nnd from which, threats, prottlUes or Roorback'f, cannotsever üp,- a system to which Liberty men can ad here with full oud perfect confidence that it wilj abolish Siaveryj cure the nnmerout evilt under which We pfoaii, nnd thus bring the nmion tito a stnttí of harmony, peace, and profr-perity hitherto ünknown. It i? only necessary to contrnst thfi prenpnt with the history nf the pnsf, to convincc the most credulous that tlje temporánea enferprise has acconiplished Wondent in our country. All wil have bren in the halit of travelling ciinnot fail (0 witness the improvrmem that hns taktfn place from 'he Stenmlioat raptaia down fo thfi smallst driver on the Cnnal. T'ie Tcmporanre cause ha not only pirked UD the inebrióte from the ditcli, hut it lm Inid ts reetraining hand opnn thoiiitands who were in the highway tn drunknnevF, and thry havp ilnshëil tho fhtal bowl from thir lips. Tlmse who are in the linbit of drinking are cnreful, ns a general thing tn prnctice til the eecresy tlie circumstancea will admit wUrn thcy lake their drams. In most of the public hoiisos wlloro nrdrnt spirit. n re eold, they are krpt in a callar or if in a bnr, ns uiiul, liqnor is eoffrfólrd by Wind? in front. This shows :he adVance of public opiniop on tho sui.j.-fíf. A frw yin re since scarce a public hou.e could be io'ihd kppt nn srrict TVrnperntiee principies in all the land. N'iw it i.s coldoin thnt ihe trnvpllpr ñn(]a it nocessarv to cH evpw at a rum tavern. By t'iking a liitli pain i Tfipperunce ImüS' roay bp f-und, anJ it ia ui'itier of rpj.iicing t lint these Iioufch are nnoug the fir.st u the land. Only let ti ee houses Utke the lead in point of acconimadation and a want of pa'ronage will he iinknonii. We will hfre tnve a list of ihnse housen wi visited during nnr juirny, n II of whicb fTord every comfort the traveller can ask, and some of shemare of the highest ordor: Pollard Housp, BufTalo, N. Y. by L. D. te O. Weybnrn. Exchange Hoto!, Niogaia Fallí, by C. K. Smilh. National Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y. by D. E. Bedeíl. National ÍJotel, Utica, N. Y. by C. N. Gnffin. Delnvan House, Albany, N. Y, by JS'. Rog ere. Troy Jhnwe. Troy, N. Y. by New Englnnd House, 111 BroadAiiy, N Y. City, by P.Wyght. Mnrlboro Hotpl. SSO, Wajthinyton st. Bof. ton, by Brnwn &c Colturu. Tcmppran e Inn, Norwich, Vt. by Mr. Partridgp. From personal nequaintance we can rrcornmend the above houspa as being grnvine Trmperancc Hovsea, aflbrding efery comfort eseential to the traveler. In addition to the nbove there nre nutneroite other housps in Ihe Eat-t which we did not visit. cqually worthy the patronage of Temperance men. RRFrKCTIoriS. IJowever dpliphtful the etirew ond respnnsibilifies of social and domestic life- theob servance and loils of activo business - thedif charge of tho various duties that derolve up on ns as citizens of this world - or tbe jojrf-of our own neirhborhood and home - vtff ny however drlightful all this my be in it p propnate time nnd place - yet to absoive ourselves occasionally from these care and rr ponsibilities nnd pas,as by the power of magie, by sea and land, viewing the wonderful productions of nature and ar'.- greeting old friends by the wny- forming new ncquaintanees, cheered on avery side by the smües of those with wliom we spent our bovhood- affords pleasure of no minor character. All this and tnuch more has been ouri to enjoy for the few past weeks. But these scènes are past- we are again at our post - the caros and responsabilices of lifr are upon u, and we nre plndding on in our pat h, anxiuus only for the welfare of the world, and expecting soon to finish our cours and share the revard ot a poor, but honett servant of mankind. CC? The State Gazetle quote ui as aay ing,- "ThJackson Gazette, for opvcral weeks past, has blowcd hot and cold botli, at the ame breath- arguing antislavery, defending VVhig slaveholders, and abusing Liberty men, nll at once. It could readily take anj tide it interest might díctate." A mistake, neíghbor. We wrote and printcd "several years pot," iustead of eTeral "weekt." Our remiirka vere not intended (o apply tothe cotir.se of tbe Gazette for (se?eral weeks past," inasmuch as it bas bf en during tbat ti.oc, uniformly a Whigantithvtrf