The New York herald., 1845-09-03
MooKRs, Clinton Co., Aug. Is, l54S

MooERs, Clinton Co., Aug. Is, l5lS
Canada-Frovmce Line Curious 'Resnlts-North
Eastern Boundary-Norfhern Raihoad-1,avet
ling ON Lake Champlaia.
| The readers OF your paper who are SO constantly
greeted with your correspondence from cities and
fashionable watering places, may be surprised at
letter from so remote and unknown place as this.
But its proximity to Canada (being bounded on the
north by Canada) give US an opportunity of noticing
many things which can be known no where else,
| and which may be read with interest by those who
wish to learn the history OF the times
No river lake, other natural DIVISION separ-
ates, at this place, the inhabitants of the United
States from the subjects Of her Majesty in Canada
mere line, like the boundary Of farm, divides
the citizens OF our great and glorious country from
those from whom fealty is offered to the lords and
homage TO the sovereigns of England. AT place
like this, when the transition from one place to
another requires but moment, we can mark the
difference OF the people Of the two countries under
almost the same circumstance of soil and climate
1t seems TO that such view is full of interest to
him who wishes to trace the relation between the
thrift, enterprise and social condition of a people and
| the government under which they have for any
length OF time existed. What are some Of the dis
hncive characteristics OF our people and their con-
| dltlon compared with those of Canada On the
one side are wealth. enterprise and general intel-
gence-on the other, poverty, dullness OF business,
and almost universal ignorance. On one side, peo-
pie have, by the constitution aH0aiM titles to their
| real estate-on the other, vast selgnorles are par
| celled out to tenants who hold them by the suage
| tenTi. Here school houses and district Libraries
afford education to every man and chd-there the
want of schools is keeping the masses in intellectual
bondage; here the ingenuity of people is mani
testing itself In contrvances to lessen labor and
| improve the social conditlon-there the "stereo
| mad flrn nj that la
with the same implements oil agriculture and in the
same modes OF living that their ancestors have used
| before them.
| Canada was settled by the French. under Cham
plain, about twelve years before the Puritans landed
at Plymouth, Its colonization carried on by
| them until the English, under Gen. Wolfe, gained
possession In 1853 Since the latter date it has be-
| onged 10 Great Britain. The valley of the St Law
renee has a fine soil for agriculture, and Canada
| West has climate like our own State She has
| ample water power, superior advantages tor COM
merce throu h the St Lawrence and the upper
lakes, and yet over this whole country is spread the
blight OF poverty ignorance and social degeneration.
And to what is this chargable! To the influence
OF the Papal religion as Is mentioned by some
Maryland was settled by Catholics, under Catho-
lie proprietary. 1t is said that the French were
never successful co0nlsts; but was not South Car
olna settled by the Huguenots! The fact is, the
condition OF Canada Is not entirely owing to Catho
lie influence, its French origin, but to the sy tenn
OF colonization which checks the enterprze--pros-
trates the energy of the people, and makes them
| slaves.
The Commissioners for the Boundary Survey
have recently completed the work in this vicinity.
span OF one rod each side of the line is cleared
of timber and at the distance Of mile two, iron
monuments are erected These about four
inches thick, and are exposed to view above the
ground, about four feet. They are, am told fixed
into the end of cedar shaft, which Is deeply placed
in the ground. On the south side of the monument
are in raised letters "Abert Smith, U. S. Conn.,;
| on the north, "Lt. L. B. b. EstcouIt, IL. B. M.
Comr. p and on the other sides, s'rreaty of Wash
ington," Boundary, Aug. 9th, 1872
| Such is the line which bounds the "Area of Free
dom" on the northeastern part of the United States.
May the fidelity of our government and the patriot
ism of the people never let 1t lie south of 81 degrees
| 40 min on the northwest
Since my last, from Platsburgh, of the 22nd ult,
have seen one OF the Commissioners of the North
| ern Railroad, who speaks with confidence of the
| final completion of this work. Nearly two hundred
thousand dollars has already been subscribed IN the
| county OF ST. Lawrence, and about twenty thousand
was taken at Pattsburgh, the first day OF Open
| ing the books. Capital is wanted however. beyond
the of this country, and the people Of Boston
looked to- take up the greatest portion Of the
stock.
| lwould, in common with a large proportion Of
| the travelling community, bespeak favorable word
| for the steamboat "Saltus," which Plies through
Lake Chanplain In opposition to the boats OF TIE
old company, who have, during time mmemoria
"bled" the travelling community with enormously
high fare. She is fine boat, Of good speed, and
| has fine commander.
| The I'D company are trying hard to run her off,
| but she should, and must be sustained