The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-25

CANADIAN AFFAIRs-WHAr ARE THEY ABOUT
The British Government have announced their
views with regard 10 Canadian affairs They
are determined to enforce their policy. Lord
Elgin's conduct has oeen approved, and the Ca
nadans are told to behave themselves and keep
perfectly cool. Well, what is to be the result
What Is that fine, heroic, chivarous race in Ca
nads, who profess TO have all the energy and
fire Of the ancient Ango-Saxo race. about to
do ? VIII they realize their professions Viii
they come up TO the mark Will they strike
or, will they be content with clustering?
Our Canadian heroes are not without good
example in the men who achieved the independ-
ence Of the United States The men of the Ame-
rican Revolution talked very eoqu.nty and to
good purfesc. But they did not content them
selves with talking. They had some Of the old
Arg Saxon blood in their veins, and they were
not satisfied with mere denuncialions, however
eloquent. The British Government was us de-
termined to reduce them obedience, as it now
Is to subdue the rebehous emotions Of the re-
iractoIy Canadians But the men Of seycnty-six
were not remarkably doce. They would not
submit. They tossed the tea into Boston har
bor-bunt powder al Lexington and Concord
raised armIes-fonghi battles, and licked their
lmpudent would-be masters. Does the same
blood circulate in the veins Of our Canadian he
roes We begin TO doubt it, What has become
Of the famous League? What has become sf
all ,he valiant boosters, who some weeks ago,
WIRE resolutely determined to fire. the Cana
dus for ever? Has all the courage, and energy,
ard patriotism Of our heroic friends in the Brl-
tish provinces oozed out at their fingers ends 7?
OF, DO they still possess sufficient nerve an. suf-
fcient muscle TO grasp the sword and quit them
selves like men
las fear that the climate of Canada is
not propltlGus Cor patriotism at least for the kind
of patriotism which made the American colonies
free and independent We do not dispute the
adaptation of the Canadian soil for the cultivation
of that sort of patriotism which makes itself
heard at every street corner, and IN every bar
room ; but do doubt whether it is fitted for
the growth of that energetic and practical love
OF freedom, which can never rest contented till
it breathe the atmosphere of liberty, and has
removed every vestlge of the oppressor's power.
AT all events, we shall soon see through and
through inside and out, the sort of Anglo-Saxon
race which occupies the Canadas.
WATERING PLACES AND THE FASHIONABLE SEA-
soN.-The fashionable watering places begin to fill
up rapidly. We gave, in our journal of yesterday,
several letters from attaches of this establishment,
who were despatched, some days since, to furnish
our readers with graphic descriptions of these
agreeable places of resort for the beauty elegance
refinement and intellect of our great, hot, dusty
crowded cities.
American watering-places are very interesting
subject of study. They bring out sundry salient
rs c,o1 al, ,
not fail at once to amuse and instruct the philoso-
pho observer. In the first place, there is such
delightfully."- diversif ed assortment of human cha
racter, original, state, piquant, natural, affected
grave, gay, lively and severe, that you cannot help
finding never-failng sources Chronological plea
sure. During the present season, the watering
places will be unusually gay and attractive
number of the California n,,ionaves, who have just
returned with tons of gold dust, will make their
debut at Saratoga, Newport, Fort Hamilton, and
the Virginia Springs. A new feature will thus be
added to fashionable society, at the places of sum-
mer resort, which will excite no slight degree of
sensation.
Altogether, we are justified in anticipating
most brilliant season at the watering places. The
arrangements Of the hotelkeepers have been very
liberal, and in good taste. At Saratoga, all the
hotels have been re-furnished and fitted up in
fine style. Newport has long been famed for
the excellence of its caravansaries, and this
year the public houses there have been paint
ed and decorated, and arranged with such
care and expenditure; that they are quite
equal to Buckingham Palace. The retreats
in our more immediate neishborhood have
also been elegantly prepared for their visters.
Hamilton House, at the Narrows, favorite place
of resort, the hotel at Richfield Springs, and Mr..
Cozzenss new and splendid house at West Point,
with many other agreeable resorts in this region,
present unusual attractions. We shall keep up our
reports of all the interesting proceedings at those
watering places, and endeavor to give an accurate
and agreeable picture of the society which ire
quents them, in all its interesting phases.
There Is no cholera-no sickness at any of the
watering places
The GRAND JURY AND THE AsroR PLACE Mas
sACRE-We understand that the Grand jury have