New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-23
onr Rxpress from Halifax.

Knowing that sketch of the humble part have taken
in the enterprise your Agent will be received By you
with pleasure and beev ing that it:woud also be Perus
ed with great interest By your readers will endeavor TO
give you short and slight one
NV arrangements with the Portland and Boston Rail
road Company were effected withou: difficulty, and
mus, pass merited tribute upon the pronptness OF
and the full success which attended their efforts 10 fur
Their the object of the express At Portland chartered
the sesrper Kennebec well known a. the fues, vessel
between Cape Cod and Nova scotia both as to speed
afternoon 10th instant at four o'clock The interest
taken By Capt kimball and al the officers and Of
The boat left nothing undone which would tend
cess and prevent accident Indeed Capt Sanford Who
with Capt Kmbs 10 the owner Of the boat was any,
lots 70 through straight that he accompanie ed
the boat himself Masrs and spsrs rugged ready fer
use In case OF storm. After Of % hours
rived of Annapolis Gut at p NJ the Hin having had
heavy sea and head wind to contend with acToss the
Bay of Fundy. Here were boarded BIZ snail steam
er who nforraed that the authorities would not per
NIT us to proceed farther than Digby At Digby we
stopped then and proceeded Halifax, where
made the following application 10 the United Stses
Consul
The United States steamer Kanuehec, himbell, mas
has arrived al The port OF Dg6y IN this Province TO
him conveyance 10 the United Stses. AS d-paich is
the object may request you VIII Obtain from The proper
nopos Basin as may be consistent with the custom
gulPons OF The Fort TOUR 90 s..o 'on,.sro.,
To T. B. Livingston Esq, L. :. Consul. Halifax, n. s.
Mr. l. treated me with the greatest kindness using all
eudeavors to obtain the permission wished, and appa
renv we met with the best success We were assured
thai Instructions should be forwarded to Annapolis to
gran. every possible facility. My next arrangement:
were for the horse express TO Annapolis But first
must explain that having been compelled to unfold M
whole plans TO the Halifax Diguitaries. it long be
fore every one in the place of my proceed
inrs From svery rzcep; those employed by the BRITISH
Gopernmrt received kindness and the best wsher Tor
nv success but from them hostility in all its forms was
soon made censpcuousy manifest, much so that be-
gan fear for my personal liberty And yet the
benefit OF the residents OF Canada WAS as much an Oh
ject of the express as that OF the people OF the onted
States.
soon found such person AZ wanted, and with a.!
despatch he commenced preparations Inc dstrust ana
opposition manifested resolved me upon gong tnroueh
m hnnapolis myself and here difficulty in the
want of harness. from which there was escape but TO
have thcn made order and sent 70 be ready Tor US
This was done at last and everything made ready This
brought me TO Friday afternoon the 18th inst On sat
urday evening the 7;h inst II commenced showing quc
violently and did till the Tuesday morning FOL
lowing leaving about four feet OF snow upon level
The direct road Annapolis was blocked up and II was
useless to try that route thnt we wcreompeed TO 60
by way of Windsor nearly forty miles farther
An English Revenue Cutter was in the hatbor and
was busily engaged in bending her sails Monday and.
as was informed for the purpose oil boarding the Gam
bra outside taking of her Halifax passengers and mails
and sending her Boston without landing such was
y
massage three days quicker than calculations had been
made About O'Clock on Tuesday morning the I'm
inst the steamer came up in haze, which prevented
her being telegraphed with my eiflclent 61os NE
ENGLISH Government emss0rics. headed by CAPT DOUG
Las formerly OF the Unicorn, was, however on the
wharf When she came within speaking distance,
Captain D. hailed Captain Judkns, OF the Cambria ana
requested him to prevent all papers and letters being
landed until he received permission TO do So Here WIS
precious hubbub but neither the passengers on board
nor many of the Halifax citizens were inclined to sub
Iandn N IN
was ordered Oft. Feeling the injustice OF such persccu:
tion could not wait very patiently, but soon hand
which he did not tossed bundle oil papers RI my
feet grasped IT and started at once TO my seu ie"
rods of where concealed in the bottom. found more
papers These, / suppose. were brought ashore and
placed there by friendly passenger. under his coat ana
whoeve he his kindness and generosity Will never
be forgotten.
OF we went with Amos, lightning speed, at precisely
90 minutes pasl9 My driver proved up his trade and
soon we were 10 miles way You must remember
that all this time the thermometer at ~ below zero
so that ride was pretty cool. we mad norm 10
blow and travellers OF our approach so as to clear
The track and alse give notice when we came To where
changes of horses were to be made. Beyond Windsor
the road hardly broken and we were frequently sent
rolling among the drifts. One drift worse than The rest
took the sleigh body completely Off leaving the run
ners only. My driver then took one and the other,
and thus rode for the last nifty mlies-a
picturesque sight truly but thus got along with less
difficulty than before Arrived Annapolis found that
the person with whom had made arrangements to meet
me- had fulfilled his duty the very letter and even
But instead of the friendly usage had expected
toward the boat it appeared that SO tar from seno ng n
strucons to farther my views, the authorities at Halifax
had sent some OF an exactly opposite nature But the
inhabitants OF the opinion, and they had
turned out to break road specially for me,
down nearly opposite where the steamer ay-a dis
tance of abou; fourteen miles. This occupied them
nearly three days.
When arrived at Annapolis, through the interposon
of Mr. Hall. Of the leading men. arrangements had
been made notify the steamer by the firing OF cannon
from the fort so that when came down 10 the beach
nearly opposite Granville point the hennecec was
proudly champng hex Bit The ice had formed over the
BAY however so that i; with great difficulty that
got on board and then 2h 5ui before the steamer
had passed those distractions. This was all uncommon
occurrence-so swift is the tide here. that during the
codes winters for the last 20 years this bay has been
frozen only once. The tide in the worst possioe
state fer passage and we only succeeded with me
loss of eight or ten paddle blades "nch greSy
our speed aftsrward.
Thence TO Portland We had a fair run except
head tide for a great part OF the distance ad arrived
there on Wednesday afternoon at 4h. 50 r NJ we hso
been elegrapbed 40 miles out and on our arrival The
whole city had literally turned out 10 meet sno Secoine
us The piers, streets and Railroad depot swsrmed
with human beings OF all ages and sexes started on
tho Montreal Express Agent who in waiting. and,
amidst the deaening cheers OF the collected crowd the
engine belched forth from her iron nostrs and was
on the road 10 Boston The time on the Railroad was
something short Of three hours, but was detained
some hal nj crossing from East Boston. and placed my
foot upon Boston wharf precisely O'Clock Here my
duties ended-the combined causes which delayed the
hours beyond what it should have been you are ac'
quained with, and they need no remark from me.
Respectfully. your obeden, servant
P ST. have received by the steamer many congrstu-
lsons from friends in Halifax upon my escape al al
informing me Of the indignation felt by the defeated par
ties at my final success and the good wishes expressed
BY the inhabitants generally for the OF the whole
enterprise upon the result Of which heavy bets had been
msde.
The Publishers OF The Tribune tender their acknow
Judgments TO NJ. Hall of Annapolis Mr.. Bsrnaby OF Hal
sx and others who kindly assisted their agent in for
wardns the objects OF his mission.
ANOTHER BRIBERY CAsE.-We learn from the
Columbus Ohio papers that an attempt was made the
other day by lobby member 10 bride the Representa-
i've from Putnam Mr.. Knapp. M X. introduced
utions for the arrsignmen, OF the oende. before the
House 20 answer the charge They referred 10
q select committee.
THE WINSEBAGos.-A gentleman from For! Al
knson informs the editors OF the Gsepa Gazette tia,
the measles and other diseases have been prevalent and
remarkably fatal among the Winnebsgo Indians the past
year. Their numbers have materially decreased.