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ANTHONY BARCLAY, ESQ., 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 
 
 _ The followmg pages in English contain the 
 substance of a paper prepared 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 put me under the ban 
 of Horace’s censure: 
 
 In vitium ducit culpe 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 
 
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 6 PREFACE. 
 
 art, and proper names, unknown to the ancient 
 
 Romans. For example: it seems that navis- 
 
 vaporaria means a steam-ship; and yet there is 
 no such Latin word ‘as vaporarius. So of a 
 railroad: Via-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 English word park. Parcus 
 
 is of modern origin, and means a pound, rather 
 than a park—always, perhaps, a place of con- 
 finement for animals. Cemeterium, for cemetery, 
 being of Greek origin, is hardly a fair. substi- 
 tute for sepulchrum or sepulchretum; but I have 
 used the first and the last, indifferently. The 
 English word canal is very different from the 
 Latin canalis; but fossa-navigabilis, the true 
 term for the English words navigable canal, 
 would sound awkwardly, if repeatedly applied 
 even to the largest canal—the Erie canal, for 
 
 instance. Similar observations are applicable 
 
 to the Greek-English word museum, and the 
 French-English word depot. Cataracta, says 
 learned authority, 7s used in Latin only of the 
 
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PREFACE. 7 
 
 waterfalls of the Nile. Whether centurio, or 
 ordinum duc, be the true Latin for captain of 
 foot in the English and American service, critics 
 must determine. These remarks need not be 
 extended. Terms of art, and other words, not 
 in use by the ancient Romans, I have gener- 
 ally put in dalics. In the computation of time, 
 I have not followed the Roman division of the 
 months into Kalends, Nones, and Ides. 
 
 In the department of proper names, much dif- 
 ficulty has been encountered. How the ancient 
 word Zephyrium is the Latin for West-Point, is 
 not easily perceived. On this pomt—I mean 
 West Point—see the English-Latin lexicon of 
 Rev. Joseph Esmond Riddle and Rev. Thomas 
 Kerchever Arnold, (founded on the German- 
 Latin of Dr. Charles Ernest Georges,) and edited 
 by Dr. Charles Anthon—edition of 1849. Har- 
 lemum, as well as Harlema, seems to be the Latin 
 for Harlem. Harvard and Nassau-Hall would 
 rise in arms against the use of any other Roman 
 words than Respublice Federate, for the United 
 States; although those words do mean Confed- 
 erate, rather than United, States. In the only 
 
8 PREFACE. 
 
 reference I have made to the ‘ Confederate 
 States,” civitates, and not respublice, has been 
 
 used. To go no further: I have made no 
 
 attempt to translate such words as Mclnrosg, 
 SPRAGUE, and ADAms. - 
 
 It would be an error to suppose that the - 
 
 Latin of the succeeding pages was turned into 
 English, (as a friend, to whom I broke the en- 
 terprise, facetiously surmised,) for the benefit 
 of ‘‘country members” of the Georgia His- 
 torical Society. The Society has nothing to 
 do with the Latin; nor has any body else 
 who is disposed to criticise motive or act. 
 
 To friends at the North, from whom my 
 children and myself received so much kind- 
 ness, many, many thanks are due. The repe- 
 tition of these thanks, even in a dead lan- 
 guage, will not, I trust, be unacceptable, al- 
 though clothed in only a tolerable dress. 
 
 Finally: I hereby return thanks to the 
 literary friends in Savannah who have gen- 
 erously aided me in the lime labor. 
 
 Epwarp J. Harpen. 
 
 Savannan, November, 1868. 
 
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 Bae ok. 
 
IN, OF PERS 
 
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 sHORDe NORTHERN «TOUR. 
 
 On the 20th day of June, in the year of 
 our Lord 1868, at five o’clock in the after- 
 noon, accompanied by my oldest daughter and 
 my little son, I embarked on board the steam- 
 ship called the San Salvador, captain Nicker- 
 son, about to-leave for New-York. With a 
 favoring breeze and pleasant weather, we 
 passed Tybee light-house about dusk. The 
 sea was almost entirely quiet, with roughness 
 just sufficient to excite to nausea, and to com- 
 pel certain of the passengers, myself included, 
 to pay the accustomed tribute to Neptune. 
 We had pleasant company on board, with a 
 supply of all things necessary for the voyage. 
 After a propitious night, we awoke to realize, 
 as it were, the force of Virgil’s expression : 
 
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 * * * * pee jam amplius ulla 
 
 Oceurrit tellus; ccelum undique, et undique pontus ; 
 
 (which, freely turned into English, means: 
 “nothing but sky and water.”) Morning dis- 
 closed to me another thing, to wit: that my 
 daughter and others of the passengers were 
 suffering with severe sea-sickness ; and in that 
 condition some continued to the end of the 
 voyage. The residue of the trip was remark- 
 able for nothing, except the smoothness, of the 
 sea, the sight of three or four whales, 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, which is very 
 rarely seen on land, and is commonly ealled 
 Mother Carey's Chichen, becomes sea-sick as 
 soon 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 
 exaniples on our return. 
 
 We had a fellow-voyager, surnamed JJorti- 
 mer, who, in former years, had commanded in 
 
 
 
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 the merchant service. He entertained his 
 friends with pleasant stories and _ sportive 
 tricks — grateful, especially, to the younger 
 travelers. On account of the etymology of 
 his name, he was jecosely called, by some of 
 us, Dead-Sea-Man. 
 
 In the afternoon of the twenty-third day of 
 June, we reached the bay of New-York ; and, 
 the weather being clear, a most beautiful pros- 
 pect was opened to us in our approach to the 
 city. Coming to pier number eight, North 
 river, it appeared that there was at least one 
 person 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 
 ship, we are driven to the St. James Hotel, 
 situate at the corner of Broadway and Twen- 
 ty-sixth street. Here we have pleasant quar- 
 ters assigned us; and here, after supper, we 
 retire to bed—as to two of our company, for 
 the first time in that city. That we had lit- 
 
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 tle rest, I deem it unnecessary to say. To 
 any one judging only by the sound of the 
 little bells of the street-ears, the noise of other 
 vehicles, and the tread of pedestrians, it might 
 be permitted to believe that sleep has no place 
 in New-York. By the way, it is worthy of 
 note that the street rail-ways are amongst the 
 wonderful things in the city. How, without 
 them, the glut of the thronged thoroughfares 
 could be relieved, is not easily comprehended. 
 
 Through the kindness of a friend to whom 
 we carried letters, we were driven, in a coach- 
 and-two, first through Central Park; and as 
 far as High-Bridge, over which flows the wa- 
 ter of Croton river 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 
 greatly to be 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 Hrie canal,, 
 
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 at first ealled, in derision, Clinton’s ditch, and 
 of which we shall hereafter say more. Of the 
 pleasant location and the adornments of the 
 Cemetery, it is difficult to say too much. 
 
 _ After three days in part spent in deliver- 
 ing letters and receiving and visiting friends, 
 we prepared for ascending the Hudson river 
 in the day-time. Among the friends whom 
 we delighted to see, before leaving the city, 
 were the learned authoress, 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 South. 
 
 On the twenty-seventh day of June, we em- 
 barked on board the steamer C. Vibbard, on 
 our way to Saratoga and Niagara, by way of 
 Albany the seat of government of the ‘“ Em- 
 pire 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 would be of little 
 use. With a clear sky and pleasant weather, 
 
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 we had the finest opportunity for seeing 
 every thing which the rapidity of our course 
 would permit to be brought to view. Canal- 
 boats and other vessels, laden with produce 
 and merchandise, were wending their lazy way 
 towards New-York city. Ever and anon, we 
 are astounded by tbe sight of a long train of 
 cars, driven, with the swiftness of a bird, over. 
 the track of the Hudson River rail-road ; now, 
 on the very brink of the river, and under 
 over-hanging mountains ; then, either entering 
 or emerging from a tunnel cut. through the 
 high land. In prosecuting our voyage at a 
 bend of the river, near West-Point, the turn 
 is so sudden that the river seems to come to 
 an end. So deceptive is the appearance, that 
 my son inquired whether it were not true; but, 
 suddenly, the vessel being turned to the left, 
 the river is again seen to flow in its narrow- 
 ed channel. During the trip, we met one of 
 the genus homo, a Bostonian; who, loquacious 
 even to garrulity when not questioned, would 
 never respond to a direct and pertinent in- 
 quiry’; invariably avoiding an answer, as fol- 
 
SHORT NORTHERN TOUR. 15 
 
 lows: ‘‘ How should I know?’—‘‘really, I do 
 not know.” 
 
 About nine or ten hours after leaving New- 
 York, we arrived at Albany situate on the 
 right and west bank of the river. There we 
 learned that the connection with Saratoga had 
 been lost for that day; and, although we 
 remembered that the next day would be the 
 Lord’s day, such was the heat at Albany that 
 we determined to proceed next morning to 
 Saratoga. There we arrived at ten o’clock 
 in the morning ; 
 
 situate on the opposite and left bank of the 
 
 passing in sight of Troy, 
 
 river; and having, on the passage, 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 supplying 
 of 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 
 
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 place, and of his family. Here we received 
 letters from home. If time had not been 
 wanting, we would have remained two weeks 
 at Saratoga, instead of the aforesaid sojourn 
 of three days. 
 
 On the first day of July, we leave Sara- 
 toga, entering upon our journey towards Nia- 
 gara. Shortly after entering the cars, we 
 made the acquaintance of a gentleman, who, 
 with his family, was traveling on our route 
 almost as far as Rochester. He was found to 
 be a captain in the Forty-second regiment of 
 the United States army, stationed at Platts- 
 burg. He was of great service to us, in 
 pointing out places on the route, as well as 
 in other ways. 
 
 At Schenectady, it was necessary for us to 
 await the arrival of the express train of ears. 
 The day proved to be commencement day of 
 Union College ; and the streets were crowded 
 with prettily dressed ladies and girls, besides 
 a great throng of men and boys. Besides 
 this, the show of a hand-organ and monkey, 
 and the exhibition of Dan Rice’s circus-actors 
 
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 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 queeris, circumspice ! 
 
 A little after midnight, we reached Suspen- 
 sion-Bridge, whence, in a hackney-coach, we 
 are carried to the International Hotel, said to 
 
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 be one 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 was 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. J 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, 
 (,oat-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 enjoyment of 
 Niagara was lessened by the fact that the 
 sun seemed to me to rise in the west, and set 
 
SHORT NORTHERN TOUR. 19 
 
 in the east! The money expended in visiting 
 the museum, 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- 
 ing 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- 
 
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 dred and ten degrees: shortly after, through 
 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 
 capacity of the metropolis equaled the emerg- 
 ency. 
 
 We remained in the city until the eighth 
 
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 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 splendid 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 the pas- 
 toral care of the Reverend Doctor William 
 Adams, is better adapted to divine worship. 
 
 On the eighth day of July, we embarked 
 
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 on board the steam-ship Rapidan, - captain 
 Cheesman, who has the faculty of endearing 
 himself to his passengers. 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 
 greeting. 
 
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TRANSLATION. 
 
 
 

 
DE 
 
 ITINERE BREVI SEPTENTRIONALI 
 NOT AL. 
 
 
 
 Die vicesimo Junii, anno Domini M DCCC LX- 
 vill., hora quinta post meridiem, filia mea natu 
 maxima, filioque meo parvo, comitibus, navem 
 vaporariam Sanctum Salvatorem nominatam, 
 preefecto Nickersonio, Novum-Eboracum navi- 
 gaturam, conscendi. Pharum-Tybeii, aura 
 favente et coelo sereno, circiter crepusculum, 
 preeterivimus. Peene quiescit mare, deficiente 
 asperitate ampliori quam satis ad nauseam 
 movendam, et quosdam e vectoribus impellen- 
 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 : 
 
 ce A nee yam amps we 
 
 Occurrit tellus; ceelum undique, et undique pontus. 
 
 4 
 
26 DE I'TTINERE BREVI 
 
 Aurora mihi rem aliam retexit, scilicet: fili- 
 am meam et alios e viatoribus nausea gravi 
 eruciatos; et, in statu illo, usque ad finem 
 navigationis, permanserunt nonnulli. Propter 
 nihil, preter equoris tranquillitatem, cetorum 
 trium quatuorve visum, et thalassidrome pela- 
 gice* wiius captionem, notatione dignum  fuit 
 itineris residuum. Mare transeuntibus sit sola- 
 tio, si Cognoscerent aviculain supra dictam, in 
 terram rarissime visam, et vuleo JJatris-Careie- 
 pullum nancupatam, nausea Jaborare simul ut 
 in navem vehatur: saltem, sic alunt nautici ; 
 et in hac re videtur confirmationem esse, 
 quoniam avis heec, simul ac ad navem feratur, 
 semper Vomere incipit. HKjusdem rei exempla 
 duo alia, in reditu nostro, vidimus. 
 
 Convectorem habuimus, cognomine Morti- 
 MER, gui, annis superioribus, navibus mereato- 
 riis preefuerat. Animos amicorum narrationibus 
 jucundis detinebat, artibusque jocosis—vectori- 
 bus parvis, preecipue, gratis. Propter etymo- 
 logiam nominis ejus, nonnullis e nobis. Maris- 
 Mortui-Homo facete appellatus est. 
 
 Post meridiem Junii diei vicesimi-tertii, in 
 
SEPTENTRIONALI NOTA. 27 
 
 sinum Neo-Eboracensem peryenimus ; et tem-- 
 pestate serena, nobis in accessu ad urbem 
 prospectus puleherrimus patefactus est. Mihi 
 molem-oetavam, (Anglice, pier number eight.) 
 Fluvii-Septentrionalis advenienti, unum mini- 
 me in metropoli de me non ignorare, constabat. 
 Centurio in exercitu. Civitatum Foederatarum 
 fuerat ; vulnusque honorificum, tempore oppug- 
 nandi Pulasketi-Propugnaculi, acceperat. Post 
 laborem non parvum pacto faciendo de sar- 
 cinis nostris e nave portandis, ad Hospitium 
 Jacobi-Sancti, in compito Vize-late Viaeque 
 vicesime -sexta situm, vehimur. Hic, nobis 
 eedium pars amoena assignatur; et, ibidem, 
 post coenam, cubitum discedimus—quoad duos 
 e nobis, tempore primo in urbe illa. Quan- 
 tulum quietis nobis erat, non necesse habeo 
 dicere. Alicui, sono tintinnabulorum ad ear- 
 ros-Viarios pertinentium, vehiculorum aliorum: 
 sonitu, ambulatorumque incessu, solum judican- 
 ti, somnum in urbe Novo-Eboraco locum non 
 habere, credere licet. Obiter, notatu dignum 
 est vias-ferreas in hac urbe inter res. mirandas 
 esse. Quomodo, sine illis, viarum perviarum 
 
28 DE ITINERE BREVI 
 
 satias levata esset, non facile percipiendum 
 est. 
 
 Per favorem amici cui literas pertulimus, 
 per Parcum-Centralem, primum; et. usque 
 Pontem-Altum, super quem fluit aqua amniculi 
 Crotonii qua suppeditatur urbs, eurriculo bi- 
 jugo, vecti sumus: die alio, per Cemeterium- 
 Silve-Viridis. Arborum agrestium in Parco 
 defectus spem nostram solum destituit : alioqui, 
 valde locus mirandus est. In Sepulchreto, 
 nihil eque idoneum ac statua colossea, juxta 
 introitum, in memoriam Dr Virrir CLintont 
 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 ameenitate et ornamentis Cemeterw nimium 
 eloqui difficile est. 
 
 Post tres dies, partim in literis tradendis 
 et amicis accipiendis et visendis, consumptos, 
 ad ascendendum, luci, Fluvium-Hudsonii, nos 
 accinximus. Ex amicis quos lete vidimus 
 antequam ex urbe decessimus, fuerunt auctor 
 illa erudita, Marta J. McInrosu, et soror. 
 
SEPTENTRIONALI NOTA. 29 
 
 Prior pro scriptore notissima est; et, patric 
 toti, Austro nativitatis ejus preecipue, honorem 
 tribuunt opera illius literaria. 
 
 Die vicesimo-septimo Junii, navem -vapora- 
 riam C. Vibbardum, in itinere nostro faciendo— 
 versus Saratogam Niagaramque—per Albani- 
 am, sedem politize Crvrratis-I[mperm (Anglice, 
 Empire State,) Septentrionalis—conscendimus. 
 lis, qui Fluvium-Hudsonii ascendissent, pros- 
 pectuum amcenorum et altorum in ripa utraque, 
 descriptionem nos conari non oportet: ceteris 
 omnibus minime prosit conatus ejusmodi. Ccelu 
 sereno tempestateque jucunda, nobis data est 
 occasio summa videndi omnia que, itineris 
 celeritate quadantenus obstante, viderentur. 
 Cymbee-canales et navicule alie, frugibus mer- 
 ceque onerate, versus urbem Novum-Ebora- 
 cum itinera otiosa faciebant. Identidem, as- 
 pectu. longz carrorum seriei per orbitam 
 vie -ferreee Fluvii- Hudsonii, avis celeritate, 
 coactorum, stupemus ; modo, in margine mero 
 amnis, et sub montibus superimpendentibus ; 
 tune, subeuntium infundibulum per terram 
 altam effossum, aut ex eodem emergentium. 
 
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 30 DE ITINERE BREVI 
 
 Itinere faciendo apud flexum amnis, juxta Zeph- 
 yriun, (Anglice, West-Point,) tam subitus est 
 flexus, ut fluvius finem facere videatur. Tanta 
 est speciei fallacia, ut num species non esset 
 .Vera queesivit filius meus; sed, statim gyrata 
 nave sinistrorsum, fluvius, hie multum ecom- 
 pressus, iterum quiete in alveo arctiori fluere 
 visus est. In itinere, uni de genere humano 
 obvenimus, Bostoniensi, qui, usque ad garruli- 
 tatem loquax quum non interrogatus, nunquam 
 ad rogatum direetum aptumque responderet : 
 semper responsum vitans, modis sequentibus : 
 UNDE [Db SCIREM?—VERE, NESCIO. 
 
 Horas novem decemve  postquain Novo- 
 Eboraco decesseramus, urbem Albaniam in dex- 
 tra et occidentali fluvil ripa sitam, advenimus. 
 Ibi conjunctionem, pro die illo, cum Saratoga 
 amissam esse, certiores facti sumus ; et, quam- 
 quam diem proximum diem Dominicum futu- 
 rum esse tune nobis in mentem venit, tamen 
 tantus fuit estus Albani, consilium  cepi- 
 mus ut mane Saratogam progrediremur. Tilo, 
 hora decima matutina, advenimus; in con- 
 spectu Troje in altera sinistraque ripa posite, 
 
SEPTENTRIONALI NOTA. 31 
 
 progredientes ; et habentes, in transitu, pri- 
 mum, visum Canalis Erie magne. Hoe opus 
 ingens, ut dixit unus ex anicis nostris in urbe 
 Novo-Eboraco, ad fruges tribuendas loco_ illi 
 necessarium est, tametsi Vie-ferreee multe ad 
 urbem pertinentes in rationem haberentur. 
 
 Saratoge tres dies mansimus, tempestate 
 frigidula caeloque sereno; otio nostro, tam fon- 
 tibus variis locisque amoenis videndis, jucunde 
 consumpto, quam hospitiis accipiendis e cive 
 loci illius familiaque ejus. Hue literee ab domo 
 ud nos commeant. Ni defecisset tempus, Sa- 
 ratogee dies quatuordecim imansissemus, vice 
 dierum trium commorationis nostra preescrip- 
 tee. 
 
 Die primo Julii, decedimus Saratoga,’ iter 
 versus Niagaram ingredientes. Nobis carros 
 intrantibus, viri ingenui notitiam asciscimus ; 
 qui, cum familia ejus, per viam nostram prope 
 usque Roffam, proficiscebatur. Eum centurio- 
 nem esse in legione quadragesima - secunda 
 Rerumpublicarum Foederatarum in Plattsburgo 
 collocata, videtur. Nobis tam in locis per 
 Vian ostendendis, quam in modis aliis diver- 
 sis, maxime profuit. 
 
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 Schenectadiz, quod ordinem celerem vehie- 
 ulorum viam-ferream percurrentium exspecta- 
 remus, opus est. Diem comitiorum Collegii- 
 Unionis esse, apparuit; et per vias incedunt 
 mulieres puelleeque multe exornate, preter 
 catervam magnam virorum  puerorumque. 
 Preeterea, organi-manualis et simize spectacu- 
 lum, et circi-actorum bestiarumque Danielis 
 Ricei exhibitio, in viis viderentur. Valde 
 vigebat vicus; sed, feminarum venustarum 
 frequentiz visu in rationem neutiquam habito, 
 potius gustatu cerasorum, que tune primum 
 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 Mohaukei, prope 
 usque partem superiorem ejus, amisimus. Vici 
 speciosi, urbes late, fundi exculti, pecora pin- 
 guia, OVium greges, arva segete nutantia, et 
 prospectus pulcherrimi, ad noctem sub aspectum 
 veniebant. Canalem-Erieam, divitiis oneratam, 
 iterum iterumque transivimus. Magno de mo- 
 mento operis hujus, opibus ad civitatem CLIn- 
 
SEPTENTRIONALI NOTA. 33 
 
 Toni ferendis, vel de monumento illo perenni 
 per se in memoriam suam, ut evenit, edificato, 
 judicium facere satis idoneum, difficile est. 
 Monumentum si queris, circumspice ! 
 
 ~ Paulo post horam duodecimam, noctu, Pon- 
 tem- Pensilem advenimus ; unde, in vehiculo 
 meritorio, ad Hospitium Jnternationale vocatum, 
 et, ut fertur, unum ex optimis in America, 
 vehimur. A cubiculis nostris clare audiebantur 
 aquee-dejectus fremitus, rapidorumque torren- 
 tium murmura. Mihi somnum sonitus non 
 induxerunt: quod lux matutina patefaceret, 
 videre flagitabam. Mane, jentaculo _ finito, 
 primo, aquarum-dejectum (Anglice, cataract,) 
 longe aliis praestantiorem, videre nostrum est. 
 Pontem - Pensilem transeuntes, semel in Do- 
 minio Canadee sumus, ac simul aquarum lapsus 
 preecipites aspicimus. Viz pulverulente sunt, 
 valdeque calet tempestas; sed, his rebus non 
 obstantibus, spe non falsi sumus. Alicui non 
 reapse Niagaram videnti, rem inspiciendam 
 proprie offerre, non est arbitrii cujusvis. Mihi 
 suffecit aquarum - dejectus et -circumstantium 
 
 aspectus generalis; et rebus inferioribus ad- 
 : 
 
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 junetis, ut Scopurt-Mensauis residuo, CApri- 
 InsuL#, et ceteris, immorari mihi non placuit: 
 neque me _ periculum facere aque  lapsus 
 subeundi, delectabat; qua re, me judice in 
 causa mea, aspectui distantia suavitatem sem- 
 per preeberet. Mihi multo defuit Niagaree 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, (dobus 
 Americanis dictis,) in stabulo adjacente ; que 
 animalia, etsi coercita, naturam feram aperte 
 significaverunt. Ab ripa Canadensi redeuntes, 
 pransi et ccenati, 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 /AXde-Delavana, ut in itinere sursum faci- 
 endo, diversamur. Post jentaculum, filio com- 
 ite, GuLiEtmMum B. Spraaus, theologiz docto- 
 rem reverendum, quem antea_ epistolarum 
 commercio noveram, visi. Ab illo benigne 
 
SEPTENTRIONALI NOTA. a0 
 
 acceptus sum. Preterquam quod in eestima- 
 tione magna, ut evangelii preedicator, orator 
 auctorque habetur, late ut autographorum col- 
 lector assiduus faustusque notus est. Post 
 prandium, ad receptaculum vie-ferreee Harlemi 
 advenientes, hora tertia post meridiem, thermo- 
 metrum’ (instrumentum ad temperiem ostenden- 
 dam) gradus centum et decem assequi, nobis 
 primum nunciatum est; postea aliquanto, ad 
 gradum nonagesimum et secundum assecutum 
 esse, et adhuc ingravescere, per nuncium alte- 
 rum audivimus. Veritatem quasi in medio, 
 ut usitate, fuisse, et estum 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 premi- 
 seramus. Hoc proposito causis haud penes 
 nos frustrato, urbem Novum-Eboracum versus 
 perreximus, illo eadem’ nocte adeuntes. Ibi, 
 ut videbatur, ad diem Julii quartum celebran- 
 dum acerrime preparatum est; preeterquam 
 
36 ' DE ITINERE BREVI 
 
 quod conventum partis Democratice ad can- 
 didatos pro Preefectura Vice - Preefecturaque 
 Rerumpublicarum Fcederatarum _ seligendos, 
 eodem die habitum iri, invenimus. Urbs ad- 
 venis, idcireco, abundabat: rem natam, nihil- 
 ominus, metropolis amplitudine squiparavit. 
 Mensis diem usque ad octavum if urbe 
 mansimus, nosmet oblectantes quantum in no- 
 bis, sub estu, situm esset. Die profectionis, 
 per favorem cujusdam ex amicis nostris, ad 
 Parcum-Centralem et usque Parcum-Hiero- 
 nymi, vecti sumus. Hoe favore multa alia 
 non minora beneficia in nos, Novi-Eboraci, 
 collata fuerunt. Amicis multis ibi obvenien- 
 tibus gratis summee debentur. Nominum 
 
 eorum divulgationem nostra in illos observan-. 
 
 tia vetat. Ex amicis quibus, unus, cui literas 
 pertuli, quem tamen antea non noveram, tes- 
 seram nummariam pro pecunie tanto quantum 
 nobis necessarium esset, ut ipsi describerem 
 etiam atque etiam institit. Propter temporis 
 brevitatem nobis subservientis, spectacula in 
 urbe admiratione presertim digna, videre non. 
 arbitrii nostri fuit. Aedes-Trinitatis sacra, ut 
 
SEPTEN 'TRION ALI NOTA. 3 
 
 reor, edificiorum publicorum prestantissimum 
 esse, habetur; et turris ejus fastigiata vere 
 lautissima est, praecipue quum non longe con- 
 specta: attamen, me judicante, partes interi- 
 ores zdis sacre Parco-Madisonio adjacentis, et 
 sub .cura pastorali Gurietmr Apams, theologie 
 doctoris reverendi, posite, cultui divino potius 
 accommodantur. 
 
 Julii die octavo, domum redituri, navem- 
 vaporartam Rapidan, navarcho CHEESMAN, cui 
 facultas est suimet cari vectoribus reddendi, 
 conscendimus. Post visum preclarum alium 
 sinus pulchri Neo-Ehoracensis, colles in altum 
 editos in litore Novee-Cesarese preterimus ; 
 et, cum sole occidente, navis alto committitur. 
 Aliquamdiu, lucerne per fenestras domorum 
 in Lrachio-Longo, superque undas effulgentes, 
 conspiciebantur. Mare, quam in itinere domo 
 faciendo, tranquillius erat, et cursus maritimus 
 animis dapibusque bonis leetificatus est. Ut 
 supra scripsimus, thalassidromas pelagicas alias 
 duas cepimus; sed, wt in casu priori, cito lib- 
 erate sunt. | 
 
 Hora tertia matutina diei Julii duodecimi, 
 

 
 
 
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 molem in Savanna tetigimus; ¢ 
 tentes, valentes, familizeque sane 
 Brevis sed jucunda fuit peregrinatio ; 
 __ Teditus salutagiounes* ; 
 
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