orged bills from the market, and have
paid all his creditors, reserving for himself a handsome fortune. It is
a singular event in the annals of forgery, that this should have been
carried on undiscovered for so unprecedented a time. Mr Rathbun is to
be tried as an accessory, as it was his brother who forged the names.
As soon as it was discovered, the latter made his escape, and he is said
to have died miserably in a hovel on the confines of Texas.

Embarked on board of the Sandusky, for Detroit. As we were steering
clear of the pier, a small brig of about two hundred tons burthen was
pointed out to me as having been the _flag-ship_ of Commodore Barclay,
in the action upon Lake Erie. The appearance of Buffalo from the Lake
is very imposing. Stopped at Dunkirk to put some emigrants on shore.
As they were landing, I watched them carefully counting over their
little property, from the iron tea-kettle to the heavy chest. It was
their whole fortune, and invaluable to them; the nest-egg by which, with
industry, their children were to rise to affluence. They remained on
the wharf as we shoved off, and no wonder that they seemed embarrassed
and at a loss. There was the baby in the cradle, the young children
holding fast to their mother's skirt, while the elder had seated
themselves on a log, and watched the departure of the steam-vessel;--the
bedding, cooking utensils, etcetera, all lying in confusion, and all to
be housed before night. Weary did they look, and weary indeed they
were, and most joyful would they be when they at last should gain their
resting-place. It appears from the reports sent in, that upwards of
100,000 emigrants pass to the west every year by the route of the Lakes,
of which it is estimated that about 30,000 are from Europe, the
remainder migrating from the eastern States of the Union.

I may keep a log now.--5 AM Light breezes and clear weather, land
trending from South to South South West. Five sail in the offing.

At 6 AM, ran into Grand River. Within these last two years, three towns
have sprung up here, containing between them about three thousand
inhabitants.

How little are they aware, in Europe, of the vastness and extent of
commerce carried on in these inland seas whose coasts are now lined with
flourishing towns and cities, and whose waters are ploughed by
magnificent steam-boats, and hundreds of vessels laden with merchandise.
Even the Americans themselves are not fully aware of t