New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-04
Written for The Tribune.
WINTER JOURNEY
THROUGH THE CANADAS.
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ne OuaSk River, Oi the hine@' 1'
%. England i've millions OF dollars, aud winch
he offered - give up u tie people "i 'PPer
canada. if they would keep i IA repair, aud the
House Of Assembly actually re.aseo IT," b'on'
DR. Grant oil Glengsrry. kindly offered ~ take me
~ from Mootreai m ms sieiS" az" an 40"
AIRY tt,at Did not 20. Tie Ottawa IS lovely
.t,eam famed Tor It's picturesque scenery which
Dr. Bark.r of Kingston, has described IA such
eLovlng cOlOrs, ami tor It's Chaudefe ais ana
other rapids and the vast quantities OF lumber II
sends o. the European, Canadian aud American
markets. When my deceased friend, Robert
Randall. received a grant Of 1000 acres from the
Canadian Government 80 yearsssince, he located
g5O acre. where Byiosu now stands the Ottawa
country being then an UnbrOken wilderness Non
Known contains nearly 1000 inhabitants, supports
three newspapers, IS an incorporated clty, - M
4 ,urisbing trade, and polled ten or twelve votes
the other day Ia the Legislature from members
who thought It the best site for the future capital
Of United Canada. The history Of R4ndsls BY
town location Will form an excellent Illustration oi
the Government We got no these regions before
DownIng-st got walked up little IN ls3-.
lee on LIKE ST. Frqncis-R,rcr Navigation.
On the morning Of March Z, ! engaged with
Mr. Stuart, worthy old highlander, to take my
self aud boy up to Maratown. There was no
sleighing on the road-d,zzpg rain end slret al
d-d ~ our dlscOmiOrts-but got along m two
horse cutter, chiefly By sliding along the margin Of
Lake St. Francis 10 Cornwall, u miles distant
The fishermen who 60 out on that lake % cut
holes for stsbblng ees, reported the ice u be 80
inches thick and very hrm and solid. Such had
been the force Of the current aud the ice near the
Cedars below that earth, stones, roots, aud gravel
were thrown up by its pressure on the bank OIL the
81. Lawrence, 20 an extent OF more than nj 6
80 or 40 feet above the water level and 70 ~ feet
perpendicular above the road, reversing the usual
course Of slides to up from instead OF down INTO
the stream.
Many accidents happen on the river rapids but
the canals render the navigation Infinitely safer
than formerly Ia June, l522 took a passage IN
a batteau down the Long Saul, DC. 70 Montreal
At the Cedars took pilot, and when IN the
most dangerous part OF the swift current, touched
. Stone The ashes IA the pilots pipe and the hue
~ his grim features closely corresPouded. All sat
stll Fortunately the boat obeyed the helm and
the iOsming current carried rapidly onward TO-
ward Lake St Lewis had on board all the furs
had bought that Winter, $4,000 to purchase
-four 10 ship to Scotland, and several naval bills
London. At the moment OF danger, however,
thought more Of sell than Of pClJ. The Waterloo
steamer was wrecked of Carouge. IN 1871. Uasa
passenger. Fifty or sixty Of us Jumped from cake
b. cake Of ice distance OF threequarers ola nile,
ut on May morning, and Taet with the kind
os, treatment from the French Canadian pessantry
and their Cure, who would receive remunera-
tiOh lIOm US
COratoaH and the Surrounding C0uRfry.
We stopped at tavern on the outskirts Of the
village Of Cornwall, which is beautifully situated
on the st. Lawrence, governed by Mayor and
Council, upholds a newspaper and contains l,5OO
people. One Of the mammoth locks Of the ship
canal here Is built of solid msssy blocks Of cut
freestone. The workmanship is strong aud hand
some. -Four mill sites had been leased some time
before, each for four run Of stones, and 10 be
supplied from the canal at $40 for site, the up
set price-no one bidding against another. Was
there no undue haste in this case
Such was the excitement OF the times, that al
though arrived in the most private manner pos
sibc, and only stopped half an hour to feed the
horses crow ds soon collected from curiosity To see
me. We fastened 10 leave, lest the whole village
should turn out.
That night we slept ct Bakers tavern in Osna
bruck, where, and at Cornwa had fought some
hard battles with the mushroom Tory aristocracy
many years before, In argument at the county
meetings. On the road there was very little ice.
but we found ice enough in the bed OF the canal
aud ON the rivers margin to carry us up TO Maria
town. We passed through beautiful aud healthy
country well settled, studded with pretty villages
and gil ed with highly cultivated farms and exten-
siye orchards Weather cold, and plenty of ducks
diving in the blue waters of the st. Lawrence,
which 10 iull OF rapids short distance above Corn
wall The right bank OF the river is IN the State
Of New York, and the people snuff the air OF
Monarchy or pure Democracy. according ms the |
wind may be blowing from one side or tother.
Mariat0wn- Ldad Titles.
We stopped a day at Maratown, TO make some
inquiries respecting the estate OF the late Hon. II.
Duncan of Schenectady, which originally consist
ed of 5000 acres of the finest lands on this iron
tier; and in consequence of the naturalization
bill of 1927 To effect which no mau took more
active part than the writer OF these notes, was
chiefly inherited by an American. The loose way
of administering law-the doubts as to what is
law-ihe terrible expenses OF eiiectng anything
by means of lswyers-and the uncertainty oi
what lands would ever bring in Canada-has
caused a gentleman in this City, who had gener.
ously lent $4,000 to the heirs to enable them to
make good their title, some time since, TO refuse
thousands Of acres IN payment OF or security LOT
his advances because of the wid-land TAX ana pc.
htical agitation. The occupants on many lots had
driven oil their cattle, allowed their lands by
agreement TO be sold for taxes, and began To teel
sure only when they had Sheriff title. The
of the county, Mr.. Crysler, is son
of Crysler OF Cryslers Field where the night was
last war He was formerly the Register, ana IS
great land-s Spectator, buying even to embarrass
ment. He is a TOry-Ot course-out MS consult
uents as well know, are a manly, liberal and IN |
dependent set of men-none more so IN Canada
Colonel Peter Shaver, his opponent with whom
sat long time in the Upper Canada Legislature,
is worthy loyalist, of British descent, and would
have been elected in ls47 but for split among the
Reiormers. | took dinner with my old friend aud
he assured me that his mansion, which has a most
prospect of the river scenery from Its
windows, was .hrce searched from top TO bottom
for Mackenzie, in 1897, though he knew no more
about Mackenzie's whereabout than the man IN
the moon.
The Times Wdges-Ihe Rirer.
seighing was now March 81 over. but found
team which took us from Col. Shaver's TO Brock |
vile, 80 miles, by 10 at night. Money is scarce
'mes are dull and politics and the future quite un
,ettled-men with fine farms, as they tod me |
lust can live, but cant save anything AT I'D |
" ardsburgh and below, was told that last year |
he waters on the canal were too low, that only |
mall steamers of light drait could get through |
hat ao,c not more than four feet OF water would be
ound on some OF the locks. and that the rise and |
all of the 81. Lawrence, like Lake Ontario, IS at /
esst seven feet in the course OF seves years. OF |
curse the Spring foods must have raised the river /
ince March, several feet. Wages must be low,
or found very good maple aud beach corded and |
N quantities along the river bank aud on the road
ides for sale at 81 cord, store pay, aud higher |
10. some at IS cents per cord Of les feet, sx4xi.
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