The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-15
MONTREAL, Sept. 8, l646.

MONTREAL, Sept Q, 1046.
Montreal--ths Mountoin--ths City-he ST. Laurence
the Quays-the Town HaLL-the Sirests-Ms
Scrub Ponies-the Buildings-fhs Nelson MonSment-
the Subur6s-the 7hsafre-Templefon--ths SoLliers--
the Great French Cathedral of Notre Dame-hs Con.
gregation-the Serpiees-Eiemeats Of Repeai-the Ia
chine Canal, &c. &c.
Tho hill of Montreal, from which the city takes its
name is visible thirty miles up the river looking like
very respectable blue mountain in the horizon It is
beautiful hill fankng the town, and is covered mostly
with pine forest. They propose making this mount
grave yard while Of the presses stoutly resist the
shingling of this beauty spot with tomb stones
Nssf 10 the hill the French Cathedral is
spicnous in the distance its two Gothic
rising full hundred and twenty feet above the summit
level of the of buildings around it-sad towers
being two hundred and twenty feet high Butwe shall
come TO the church anon.
Entering the town from the broad st Lawrence the
largest stream OF chrysslne water the face of the
earth the traveller is struck by the singular compact
and elegance Of the quay and the clean and
spacious of the wharves stretching along for
mile. There is not superbly arranged river Dor
der the continent Then comes the town hall
the river street. 800 feet long of stone and
Of the neatest arcs proportions Passing up into the
heart of the city, you find all the streets paved with
blocks Of wood as smooth and clean as noor, and all
alive with cabs and curious little things two wheels
called caashes drawn by little scrub ponies and dri.
ven by me n, women and children at a Keeping rot--
The foet walks mostly Of plank, continuous floor
each side OF the street. which is also floor of
solid materials And you find all the buildings of the
beautiful blue lime stone the of the first order,
and the style 81 Petersburgh elegance In fact
main body Of the city has nothing to surpass in beauty
upon this continent There material designation,
which is be removed that is the old market
the very 6hiest and nastes this side Of Lisbon At the
head oil this market stands the Nelson erect
ed in 1905 by the citizens Of Montreal The bssso
levos broken and ds6gursd, and the whole thing
looks though had stood for three Thousand years.
fire and smoke. and the elements The statue Of Mel
the top, however stands out undscapsted SEEM
ing as much at home as if Montreal had been the field
of his operations The suburbs are made up Of so
y wooden houses with half the story frequently under
about six feet square every room apparently being oc
cupied by French Canadian family In house of
two stories, the ground hoor was occupied as black
smiths shop, while the aoor above lighted from the
roof the residence of the family In another case.
a millinery store, and blacksmith's shop,
the floor the mner occupying the front and the
blacksmith back The Olympic theatre, near
the old market is ut about dingy and unpromsing,
dark and greasy 1t appears. though to be pretty well
sustained haywood and Mr.. and Mrs skerrstt being
the lions Of the day after rempeton who with his
shamrock and thistle has all the hearts 10y
alss the French population protesting that he is
Sabbath Day Sept 6-The first thing Observable in
motion this morning the soldiers drill-a part
Of a rifle regiment in dark green uniform, while
red coats and Highlanders were scattered about
almost at every corner. At church time we wentiup TO
the French cathedral to attend worship The church IL
capable of holding thousand people, and it full
to the brim, with number OF devotees kneelng around
the three spacious front doors ornamented inside
with silver crucifxes, candles twenty feet high;
glass with crucifx Ia it, all studded and surround
cd with boquets of flowers, and an altar surround
black crosses their backs The chanting in this ire
mendous church sounded like the echo Of thunder in the
mammoth cave and the innumerable congregation
above and around u.s. the solemny the services
well calculated to inspire stranger with
strange and wonderful spectacle around him We stood
at the side of the main door without the thropg came
forth in three contnuou. streams for hour filling the
streets far you could in every direction The
French Canadians with tncture Of Irish
scarcely Anglosaxon face appesrng among the thou
sands Priests in their threecocked hats, long robes
sisters of charity in their black hoods with their mild
benevolent faces shining underneath with the light OF
the good that they had DONE plans in scores,
plentfully intcrmixeded in the general mass but
altogether il the most extensive accumulation Of
happy materials that have Every soul of
them looked as if it wee PROCLAMATION smile
fitting subjects for an experiment at smith OBriens
physical force" could not DO found in Cancellation
Before dinner, for they dine here at o'clock p NJ,
rode along the canal in course OF construction
the Lachine rapids above the town II s on
the grand and substantial scale all the ntersect
ing canals at the rapids, from the Welsnd at Niagara
down When this is finished steamboats, will be enabled
to into the St. Lawrence from the Atlantic, and
pass out straight to Chicago distance exceeding TWO
ro9. I'd h SS ii os ey msy
now, but until this link Is formed they cannot ascend
The weather yesterday was from 80 to " down 70 III
o'clock night To-day II Ia confined to the eighties
The Canadians don't understand this sort Of an arrange
ment for September, but say it is because the wind Is
from the States.
Ps-Excepting the walters at the hotels, there
very few of the African race in Montreal
LAKE CHAmpLAir, Sept. 7, ls4s.
departure from Montreal-Ruins of La Prai,ie--SL
JOINS ForfJicahens-Rouse's Poinf-Works in Pro-
sress-The Lake-Fort Tyconderogs-Laks Gsoygs,
Leh Montresl this morning. per steamer Prince Al
bert hve miles to La Prairie rather the ruins Of
'ate, thrifty village Tho naked chimneys and stone
walls present scene of most melancholy desolaton
The country thence by railroad to ST. Johns the head
of this lake. is fat and cold though interpreted with
many beautiful farms In numerous fields the people
still harvesting the women psrtsking in the work
In the harvests of England and France. At ST.
Johns, at all the along the Canadian frontier
the first officials that demand your attention the red
coaa Here number Of the 10Th REGIMENT Msra louna