The towns-people and country settlers view it with pride and satisfaction, as a means of commerce and agricultural advantage.

That lonely hill, from which Catharine viewed the rapid-flowing river by moonlight, and marvelled at its beauty and its power, is now the Court-house Hill, the seat of justice for the district,--a fine, substantial edifice; its shining roof and pillared portico may be seen from every approach to the town.

That grey village spire, with its groves of oak and pine, how invitingly it stands! those trees that embower it, once formed a covert for the deer.

Yonder scattered groups of neat white cottages, each with its garden of flowers and fruit, are spread over what was once an open plain, thinly planted with poplar, oaks, and pine.

See, there is another church; and nearer, towards the west end of the town, on that fine slope, stands another, and another.