Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-17
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LETTER FROM NOVA SEQ ia.
Ftom no Correspondent of Tic Potitnd Adret

LETTER FROM NOVA SEQ ia.
FfoRl 10 CorlespJadeht ~ Tic p0tilad ddeettt-
ser
The cholera oct 1910 has just finished It's GU
feer Il destruction at llaill'x. where II has drycn
ai'd car, seeking on particularly iei rs ylc'iWs
The POOR thu mlsel able the aulotluna c,and ntcmpet
ate, aud with somc lev exceptions, sl,urlng III OH
IL. lhe military Il frs, seized, all ihoy were oa
velim. i,l III, y brol up ,nelr cneampment in the
Town, apI pi,ced lhr, lrnls Ia the coonfy. iho
papu..bono al lahi,x ia 1929 was II i39 Ptobn.
lily it " not ,rent when the Cholera broke ont,
tton tin tact hat It's naie has not teen very pros.
fetoa- the ycar past aud that The other towns ia
Nova scotia made free pnrts, havo lnltrf nd viii
rs uade u trade which II Tor a lohe time x lussc-
Is enieycd. The population many now say Is NOT
oecr 10 600 aud Of these, tho Bcnrd OF lIralth
INV reported over Goo deaths AM many con.
end HAT "A thousand have died. If hs be 80,
he + silence mas indeed carried death on It's
Wugs.
II lax is situated on the Weston deeliviiy Of
hlll fronting the Bedford Basnn. Across this Ba.
son, on The Dartmouth aide, II has very pleasant
aud snowy appearance. The atrecls are regular.
Is land out, aid Cross each other at ,ight onglos
An Of lhen nave hecn NlcAdamscd, or covcrel
over wi(thard and du,able materials. Thu houses
nod storcs are built eh ely Of brick, though thcre
arc many of wood. lie government house. guard
edby n soldier armed cap n pie Is building erect.
elby thu Province Tor the use oiln Gnye,nmrut
and Il nov occupied Ivy Sir A. Campbcll, who IS
the presen Governor OF Nova Scotia. fhc ADM.
'als house bull ~ the Province for thc use Of
Tho Admifa of HE station and j. now occupied by
81 G org Gockburn, whose command reaches
from Bermuda 10 Newfoundland BY the way, /
believe he Is the same Admiral thai played such
g5lialaoue p,eoks shores dariog The last war.
I In. t.,.t,f Il 4 Il -.
tish " hlg ministers give him the most lucrative
o naval siato IN order TO get ln out If The way
is he had ~ IN he Admiralty, and ise nan Of
mucl, * tercnce N nn,nl matters Bu the most
snowy building OF all is the Province House the
Capitol as We should rall Il, truly elegant sttuc
inrri md mr iaud omrr than Any 81 the Statc
Houses h"vr aeon ~ any Of the StateJ. II Is
hull OF brown Free Slone--liO frct iong 10 wi H.
aud II hgh. H. I'LL the yatous Provincial
offices, ond tbote the Assembly AID he Connctl
mea. Tic Assembly room extcnds tho Whole
wil.h of lhe building. The members Of the A.
scWbly SIT In one continuous seat with no {, sks To
"A lf,, no pen and NIX before ttem aud hcLca v III,
70 ufliitms for note taking, and subsequent 3pln-
nius ON Of long speeches. There Is nolbipg else
very remarkable III the Assembly Rooa, ban ths
G'matl Chamber Is "A very snowy reon-.Hllh lei,
rnlfri5.-a throne, or II ibat ~ too hig word
with Ia cfnir, rlrvaied ON platform for the Goyc,-
no., " here he sits wHh his Council, and then the
lis are covered with portraits Of wisged < trmtn-
Cd Judges and robed kings aud que. IA. The pre-.
seut ktog William las lately seat over full por.
nait Of himself in his coronation robe, ond this IN
frmembfance, as understand, Of lis station here
whco ul officer IN tic Royal Navy.
The lan2a dock yard IS he mex thing worthy Of
attention TINS IS the largest establishment The
| BRUSH haYc IN Amcl co. A high wall separates II
iron The town. did NOT note any ding rcmatki-
he IN l. buI workshops aud WAREHOUSES;, buildings
Tor officers aud sffvants, &c. Ohm The BAT Dor,
wcte thfec or four Brush men of war us block as
tliua cr cloud. aud Why Is that the Brush paint
every vessel 81 hijrousy olack, even thcir steam
boats land tn n there IS Fort George on which
hey aie now creelIrg on immense, aud, 10 ing, II
seems, though am uot versed M such matters, n
most 1sily forIihcuton, of granite chiefly with
bitches deep, and Will guarded Ard what on
c 9TH cao all this b. for Why thu, expenditure
I Treasure j. nto tcnIfy thepoor colauis's IN
10 everlasting SUBJ clan, 10 cure pcrpeua foot
bold IN America for Blush tools, or 10 keep us
Yankees IN awe Beihis as il may, most Justly
do they ply their work, and a fortress rs strong I
should THINK that of Gibraltar It's crowning hill
that overlooks the city, and command, the har.
boz. The Nova Seotians will have hard work 10
captufc 1t by aud by, when they g, NJ for them
selves, Tor presume they will be thinking of this
by and by, though they pretend TO say it's treason
now.
Nothing can strike an Amceican, thai is yam
koe N Halifax, more oddly than the nuH,sr Of
r'd coats he meets ~ the stec,5 and the po'up and
parade OF war all AROUND him. Troops ufc march
ibg through the streets here and heIr. The huge
sound, AT this end or that end Of tie city. Officer,
AID their dogs are numerous for be il Known dog
seems 10 be n purt Of the paraphcrnan Of every
BRUSH officer. The rcd coats OF the infantry and
hr green cnats Of The tllemcn, meet one al every
'nrn OF the street. What - strange spectacle too
Is lhjl of an atmed sentinel guarding the gates OF
he GOvernor,-and then of seut,y or two, or ihree
or more, by every Barrack, by the Kings Dock
by the Oidnpnce Department. &c. &C. These
things are very new to our eyes. What is the U.s.
Of them in America They may lie necessary a
monS the starving aud inturated population Of Eu-
rope ba. who would njure Sir A. Campbell pro-
yidcd no slept onish,s without keeping man to