New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-24


/ cllsc couluem-f q merely 90 csnias. served on
1.u hy nlru . tl IS e. 20 l--o pper Csnsds.
seize abe -eoror tie hin. ilrce aim lnto Lower
Canada. and there serve O. writ AZ tie SAT- Of
some cre1.to-s ID the safes ro sNore hs their
/ attorney. TIE N9atrfi Cc4rsr ilsty remarks.
ia. locking Up e man IN tls way ior tn-ee
years. lA close coLGlem-lt, 5 sae ms, craei set
have heard oi or many & day. There 5 40
| ttlrc much Wars- in the "a. -eons Of Spell
berg % The Sherfs. Legislature aud Execu-
/ tive, bal conspIred % drive trade 10 tie Jai.et
stats, they could uot have taNrn sa-sr meas
s-ch a course VII Increase public dlscongent, and
the chsnces for successful 7evol. next time Bat
u 5 bsse aud gnman.y 70 have g. resort TO such
/ cruel means.
! Tue csse Of lhls 5ebto-. as stated by h'nse T.
seemed o. me 50 bad thst | assed Dr. WOir,c
I Ne SOD. Vho had stteul-d upon him when Cd, a.
accompany me 20 the AZ. r4~ys TOR the prosecu-
| toa. Il did So. sui they accused the debtor q
| 'rsrt. Are there no avs % pres eng i-sui ln
/ Upper Canada. sad !. that yea had to kiiusp
/ fhIs man taere, aud then arrest aud coaane b n
/ here oa A common capfss
found they had .0t 500 in cash ou' oi him 'or
sw work. bes de - hst his creditors hsd paii Oh BE-,
/ and that other lawy rs employed by bun hsi got
many hundreds more. NJ charge 90 irsua which
| q Jury could investigate, J. brought aCslns- hin
| yet the punishment % three yesrs inside jail.
nersr once tn tts opt4 air. which = me sOu % have
more terror than ? c-uci death. ihis man has .ui-
]
/ passing a .aW ike ours "a punish fraud and give
Tree eCress 90 honest debtors. u members don't
want business men 10 Wit Mon;resI. The .aw
! IA Upper Cansds IS essentially the same as herr-
% puu sizes fraud GlG trees the unfortunate. None
but vile pettoggsrs would kiiuao and couhne
debtor three years WHO stood ready 20 be tried for
crime by that Jaw.
4 Government hat d 10 Government
There are two Sherf., the enormous income
and perquisites being too much for one man.
believe their names are Boston and c. tin. Tneir
Jurisdiction extends over trace OF country larger
100 extent am toi. than five or SIX states or TINS
Union. sad Lord Sydenham u friend, IN a
etier dated Montreal. March ID. Is4).
! There z positively uo machinery u Government
! he hand o. the Government : utterly NM
known and uniet ~ present out OF Montreal and Cue
bee. and not the slightest means exist 90 knowing what
| is passing IN the rural districts
England bad at thst time possessed Canada so
years. How viii u BE- FL Years hence wiki some
OF the possessions OF TIN, Union
Lori Elgin ndtle Mechanics, Fss.irlL y
In my Journeying through Montreal last Fcbru-
ary saw more notices OF houses aud stores 20 let
than in any city Of ike population a, one tune,
within my memory yer there are extensive man
utactures carried on ~ The city sud nl b m chan
| zeal Ingenuity was displayed at tie Mechanics
| Festival which was he 4 tew days before l A.
! rived. An Old friend who y a. present as qulte
enthusiastic when desert 'il the happy evening be
| spent AZ the BOusecOurs Market Hal. on the l3tn
while listening 70 he exerc ses anG inspecting the
| varied products OF Canadian skill snd I.dustry.-
| The rivalry that ought o. be kept up between
cities and nations IS rivalry ~ skill and Ia ent
Tor adding 10 their comforts, their wealth, aud
their innocent pleasures whether the origin q the
| people Is French, Datch. English or African, or
! tn,ir skins white or black.
a. that evening che tf0vpruOr dressed the
mechanics IN bis baudesf ppiest strain, aud APP
reared to De the most cheerful and joyous oi tte
whole assembsge. Little dit he dream when
Mr. Wilson OF London was praising the Mechan-
! les Library, and the President dong honor 20 o.
| memory Of John +. Nils Ia former Mayor and
astiye Oi the nited States. who hs. given % ihe
| mechanics many Of their best books, that m rev
! laws the workmen would be rlvaug The darkest
leeds OF bsrbsrous ages and races IN the way OF
| njurng Literature.
| Among the articles OF Canadian manufacture
then offered tor inspection were A WOO card
| making mschiue-a steam card -prcss--a nall
cut era pauiug machine--an improved steam
| Duat paddle whee.-iuuiture OF every sOrt-a
square thread screw, IL ieet lone--a great variety
| 10 iron csstlngs-steam engiucs-a type foundry
| ia fail operati0n-a brush making machine-couoie
| horse reel sud hcse-tile-maklrg machine crate
ofglass-pisno 'ortes--tobacco pip~s-siiver plate
-iaucy b ats-gas meters-r0n railways -hOt-aif
stOves-gsiv anized iron-isrming implements-
writing and prii ting paper. g.. &c When will
| the merry dance aud the sound OF me harp ana
violin eulivcn the Bonsecour Halls, aud cheer tle
spirits Of another 600 men Of different kindreds,
| tongues and nations
The NersPoPer Press.
The Newspaper press OF Montreal is far above
mediocrty in point Of talent bat the diversity Of
auguages the ignorance of letters in which many
% the French Canadians are kept, and a seeming
want OF enterprise the part OF the propuctor' OF
public Journals causes 10 10 take rank behind both
Buffalo and Rochester, which seyerally uphold
| variety of large and weii-maaaged daily nswspa-
pers al the year round
Among the newspapers nov published are the
| H,rah Pilot Tran.copt, GG-0ie. COu"er, In
MiHerrs. LAreair Mei1Hges RsAgiepr, Itraess.
and Punch The Heraid mas daily issue 10
Summer OF IN. others, some are tr-~eeSy
.ome twice week three sre weehiie'' Ire
| PsiOi aud La Msaerre are the only period cas-
friendly tothe Badrio-L aiontane Ministry. The
| Canada GG.,Hs u compilation o. ADVERTISE
meuts and other private aud p1oAc notices.
NeirsDaper Exchanges By Editors.
Ia go wrote from Toronto I, Mr.. Secretary
Van Buren,, suggesting slch AL amendment OF The
Post Oaice law as would enable newspaper editors
10 the United STATES aud British Colonies 10 ex
change tree Of postage Mr. Van Buren, referred
lhe question - the POstmaster Gehefa, w Was
fsvofahy incliaed snd submitted the N st,er 70 the
Post Office Committee 10 Congress, as Mr. hoooie
advised me Nothing wss done Intending
assin to take bold Of public Journal IN Canada,
wrote Sir. Hobbe Assistant Postmaster Gene
rail- asst January, urging the insertion Of tree
clause 10 bill then before Congress he vas still
adorable a, were several other men OF Influence
whom addressed. but Congress only got as Tar
70 the way Of postal Legislation IS % Increase the
.ettrr rates Tor uniformity $ saSe.
This postage on exchanges Is serious draw
back upoa the spreal Of correct and useful iniofms-
ton. operating tar more IDjgrloosly than IS gene
rally supposed. Ga many Establishments IL IS q
heavy tax
The postal business at the Montreal ohce must
re considerable, for quite a . az Of maltoags Wei
| ili ed were slowed INTO the sta2e-seign ia WINCH
let on the 6gh Of March Tor G.enEsrry
The price Of boarding az coatrtAo.e MOTEL
and such ioand the Excnsnge Coffee house :"
oe IS sli per day, or $50 By the month the table
well provided.
Montreal 10 Laneaster.
We had sleizning TO the Cotesu d. Lac, near
which NJ Simpson fRoebucks fatherinlswl has
pleasant mansion. Above the Cotesa wheels
we're used We travelled on the ice on L axe -
Lewis and crossed the OttsWs Oh lcs, also uslns
Lake 81 Francis az q winter road The "esiner
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