The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-24
Our C..ad,.. Correspondents.

O0H OOoo0lon COrrcopomQoAe0s
MssrsKAL, Sept Is, ls4s.
The Governor Generals Tsw-Tspic ferthe Canslisws-
indignation snl Humbus- MseeiI6Resws Items. 1
His Excslsnsy the Governor General. when last
heard FROM about to pay visit to the nopsHsnt
Of General Brook, the rock st Queenst0a, Amidst
the solitude Of this memorable spot ttSsuAed he
will decide upon his future eppyss Of action and in
what direction he will next tsfnhis steps Doubts are
entertained a. to, his evx osmisg back to Montreal,
and certain signs would appear sanction tho belief
Monklsnds, his Exseency's late residence presents
the appearance Of desert The servants have been
paid on end al bis lordship's private property fer
warded after him. an Of opinion that II 1t is not his
intention to 80 home he has, perhaps, decided
siding in the Upper Province. The Herald publishes
In it, number Of te-day ofhcisl note from his Ex-
ceencys private secretary to the Mayor Of Toronto
dated the 9th OF September In which II IL stated that
Loud Elgin will probably be In Toronto in fortnight
from that date In anticipation Of his coming the
the mort innammatory pacards There can be doubt
but that blood win now II he makes party visit, and
the rub Ia how he avoid doing so! Truly he might
DO responsible the acts of any indscreet
admirers who may cheer him, &o yet tho tories will
return the radical cheers with Kisses and perhaps ps
train, and terrible explosion Of party feeling will fol-
low extract tho following from some Of the placards
For the purpose Of receiving rebel rswsrding Elgn
and under that pretence hundreds of armed
have been hired to pour into Toronto tho day his
arrival to the loyal inhabitants and to do
stroy their homes and property. Arm arm arm
protect your persons and homes your wives and little
ones, from Eigin and the ruthless assassins {"
gentleman lately from Toronto informs me, that
acts will be done in the Upper Province which will
eclipse the Lower Canadas for violence so We there
fore wait in much in Montreal the result ofhs
from the Upper Province 10 eagerly devoured by
Of all parties The question Of reciprocity with
tsnton and the conduct Of Mr. Merritt together with
the ministry, IL severely snimsdverted upon.
The annual exhibition Of the Montreal horticultural
Society of yesterday upon tho grounds known
the Priests Farm, ct the foot Of the mountain The
whole went of with much eela and all the fashionable
world Of Montreal made point OF being present on tho
occasion. Amongst other smusenents floral balloons
set OF and turned out beautifully.
The Portland Railroad 10 ct last to 20 on, and this
has been mainly owing to the enterprise Of the
tractors, Messrs. Black Wood Co, an American drm
This enterprsipg pany have taken 800 stock
themfelves and execute the rest upon the credit Of
the city bonds Some Of the papers making great
ousery sOo9S ansnssn % ana me- nonsmp,oy
sensibly rdcules a. foolish in the first degree IL is
true the editor q that josrnsl says that there may
be engineers ~ Canada quite competent TO the work.
but there who able to do the work on the
same terms as Messrs. Black, Wood Co. We must
who executes It, the read il finished The road is
to be completed In three years
published 1t is nothing more nor less than the
ing Ut the local police with muskets and bayonets
This bids fair to cause fresh disturbances
The cholera fingers throughout tho province and
every day We have two or three deaths reported
The fall vessels dropping in and little very
little more activity Observable among business
The military authorities here have placed the govern
msnt and ministry in most unpleasant fix. Itsppesrs
that several Of tho late arrests made upon the
affidavit OF certain Peter Groome and that Of
these sdavis mention is made of an officer In the 23d
Regiment having. in propria persona headed the mob
that destroyed the Parliament House, on tho 25th OF
April last. The Colonel ofthe 23d Regiment consider
ed the credit Of his regiment and planned
TO the Comms In chief. Gen Rowan directed the
Military Secretary to open . correspondence the
subject with the government the result Is that Peter
Groome cannot be found, his identity established.
The government then commenced shrk the ueston,
and stated, that when the man Groome gave his evil
dcnce, he wss asked whether he could identify the
officer and upon his pointing out the gentleman he
called the officer IL was proved that he not in
town at the time, and therefore Groome must have
labored under u misspprshensien. This Is lame
cure, and so considered by the Commission.
The weather IL exceedingly fine, and cricket match