New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-11


The distance from Montreal % erc5ec Is 80
miles. end this Is accomplished n rom eleven 20
fifteen hours The mos, considerable town en-
tie way Is Three Rve-S, wl.ch counts rre thou
sand inhabitants, and 1oas,s-l -a-e exception
wharf fl. vessels 70 land a. Near q, h1gi =
az iron foundry Of some importance. whoa as
existed above a century. AID employs :h-ee hl--
dred woIsmen. there aye also an UrsuLne Con
ven, With above score ct nuns AMI ne relics
Of an Indian tribe. The town waicn. next
20 Quetec. Is sad TO be- The place oss' worth
seems m Canada, ge.s - name from the
three mouths OF the = Mauuc, which there
emqtles INTO the -. Lawrence. and up which n
You VII 20 thirty niles in canoe YOU shall oe
rewarded bv seeing a waterfall and being BE-
youred by musAet0s " CONCEALED by frost. &C.
cortlng to me season.
If. Ike ue. you have beendefnuded OF seeing all
he upperpari OF the river you may find com7en
sanOn by nSlng next morning A. daylight. which
viii give YOU the twenty or thirty miles lnmc'
dlately above Quebec The stream varies from
one 70 TWO miles IN breadth. and the steep and
lofty shores are covered with foliage OF adorned
by the neat white cottages Of the ba5'tsas In
the first burst Of admiration for the MAJESTY and
beauty Of the scene. 70 which the sunrise and
freshness of morning are magical decorations.
YOU prefer the =. Lawrence to every other river.
And this feeling Is by no means diminished as
YOU approach Quebec. For several miles YOU
constantly pass the booms and bulkheads of the
great lumber dealers. with ships loading with
plank and boards for the Liverpool and London
markets The villages are. however. no denser,
nor the long and narrow farms more highly cul-
tyatet. Presently You meet a fleet of sloops
slowly toiing upwards, or a dirty little tug-Doat
be.chng smoke Al every pant. You pass the spot
where Wolfe landed and clomb the hill 70 death
and the British domination of Canada. YOU are
borne along under the froWnmg walls of the for
tress YOU see the little gully where Montgomery
fell leading his men TO the desperate assault
and at last rounding over toward Point Levi.
the steamer sweeps up through the harbor and
YOU fairly behold Quebec. the most picturesque
and lnconvenlent, the most European and sta
tionary, the most interesting and treSome city
on the North-Amerlcan continent.
- But we who are bound TO the >aguenay,
have no time to lose The steamer which Is TO
convey Us Is already ringing her parting bell
and we are but fairly on board before she Is of.
This Is the last trip OF a steamer to that savage
region for the present year, and we are lucky
IN being here to take advantage of IT,
The harbor of Quebec IS a bay formed by the
entrance Of the St Charles INTO the 1t Law
renee II Is some three or four miles wide and
has the large and fertile island of Orleans on
the East There i excellent anchorage for
an mhnity of shipping suppose there are
some thirty or more large vessels Yang there,
with no end of little sloops laden with wood for
the consumption OF the city The harbor Is
compared with the bay of Naples, but cannot
bear such praise 1t Is fine no doubt and seen
as a part of the extended view from the citadel
above. must be magnificent but as for being
named along with Naples, or even with our bay
OF New York, II Is a mistake
Below the Isle of Orleans, which Is twenty
miles long. the river expands into imperial di
mansions and thence rolls on 10 the sea. gradu-
alv swelling It's flood by the waters of new trl5-
utarles A. the Isle It Is twelve miles wide
here at Cacouna, where we are anchored for
poslte the mouth OF the Saguenay, 1t Is above
twenty And yet, such Is the purity OF this at
mosphere, that objects can be distinguished from
one shore to the other, and sailing down IN MD
channel We see the cottages, and churches. and
cultivated fields with their forest background,
almost as plainly a. If We were driving IN the
road along the bank.
The settled part OF Lower Canada is but
a strip on either side the 81 Lawrence ~
Hardly any where does cultivation reach back
further than the eye can see, except behind Mon
treal at Three Rivers, and the region between
Vermont and New Hampshire and the -. Law
renee. where the Government has established
townships mostly OF Irsh settlers, as a barrier
betwixt Canada and the Yankees. The mass of
the French population live only IN part by ag-
nculture and partly by the fisheries Of the ryer,
and 1t Is for this reason. and for the facility OF
communication. that they are hxed upon rs
banks
The farms are lald out IN long and narrow
strips. fronting upon the nyer and running back
enc. TWO or three miles, as the case may be. TINS
vicious plan was adopted IN the original grants,
and has been rendered still worse by the SUBJ
division of nheutances. The homesteads are
built thckly together, all the shore, and the
cultlvator, IN ullng MS Land. Is compelled to 90
As farssa Yankee farmer would TO take care Of
a township To get IN his hay, or cut his wood
he has to travel back and forward two miles over
MS slice OF an estate, when f It We're all IN
one square piece about him, he would accom-
phsh all he now doe, with lhree-quafters OF the
labor. Then the country might possibly be-
opened and improved throughout Us breadth,
and affairs would have a chance to get stirred
up and put IN movement now there Is one con
tnuous village along the river for two hundred
miles. and back OF II the primitive wilderness
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