Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-08-29

hardly conceive of a ,undilion of dcpcndancc
,,J .s,,,,nde NOR. piuable and Degraded
ou, crrw consists MOSTLY of Young men, Of
whom. | believe. bu, Two are Americans, and
these are friends of the officers u the ship,
who arr cared Tor. and WIN are looking to the
quarter deck, nat To the forrcas,lo for lite
The ~, are Irish, Portuguese. Engl,sh and
Du,ch. The line IT dc,narkalion Is 81 plsIu
l-r,Wccn their cuj Of the ship and oun. that
seldom see them, cNceP, as they are in 'ho
rigging aloit, OF working the ropes beneath
The cooks Kitchen, tia carpenters shop, aud
the stable for the COW. the sheep, the pigs,
the hens and the turkics. arc in a building on
,h, central mar, If the main deck. 4 hltccd
b,,J,, lead. from the roop deck to the rool
NJ ,b., building. thence to the forward deck,
hcnca,h which are the arcbors, chains, wtud,
las, and sailors esartcrs. \ bell is hung
upo, thi, deck To- give the stern an alarm in
ca, Of danger. Another answering, but
smaller hell. i, in the whecihousc at the stern
.,L.,hi, d, .li,b ,,,, s,,lnr. ever stand
hr,.,,, :, ,,sc, cp,JcJ by two mariner,
...,,,,,... ,,,,,,, them well LIGHTED by night.
r.. Ill, ala, icon the three ua,cbc, Of
-. -. \, ,,,h, hell, each The
-. .,,,,u.c.. o, 20 1 aud : o'clock.
uI,,,L.s,,b,I, hon, the hell strike, one.
., ,h. ,.,o,d ion and - On 10 eight. which
=. ~. m,,,,,n,D ,,r,,.h,rB,p, four hours.
r.. ri, ,,,nmeo,iD, IN IN, stern are re-
..,.,r.l,,, N. h,p,, =, beps,cr they strike.
,ph.,r. man stand. a, the bows watch.
49,, ,,,,,.v., r,v he ahead. and In addition.
,,r,,b,, LARGE Iap,hcru is suspended in the
c,r,.I,,,ipg. In case Of fog, torches made
uf .oir,,, Of ,urpen,inc AND other combu'l,.
HE, are i,n,,ed and elevated every lew min.
.r,, Tb,,i,ori,c other vessels notice OF
,,,,, ,cpro,eb should any be near. -, Il pos.
,,,l. n, Z, prc,ep, collision.
90, c,,,,rr., from Quebec tim, Ear has been
,,-i, having been o,era f,unigb, IN coming
,,,b,,,p hundred miles. This - the season
Of r.ln. and calm, are worse than adverse
uirJ, hath Of which Ne have had much o.
IN, r,c, and Gulf Of St Lawrence, and
,brrr,, the New f,undland Banks. are the very
breeding places Of iors We have 60, be.
y,r5 ,.r,n trust. now and the neat eight.
cen hundred mile, hope We shall compas,
q, la, time do pa, wonder the proplc OF
Montreal AMI Inner Canada should ur,h fur
,,., ,,,.,,, p,,,l,rJ III, p,,,,,, ,,l,D,,r
-.,.-i,,t. w,.,.,u,,.,,lJ S,,,, r,,r,h.
,t..,.-.h,S, -, !, ,,,., an
iii, o,,.., So. -. ,;,lr d, fall # ,,,. -
u.,.-.,.I,,,l,, p,,,r,od v,Il he, river M.
,,,,.or,, ", L.r,rvirl be- the grand
,,,,,, a., m M. br.,p,,, If the GREAT IVES,
,..,t ,,. ,J,,,,. O..,,
IT.. No rr,l,p5 weighed anchor and
,,g.5 f,,r Or,,... "Wednesday. July g
mn, Is,,,u,ulI sunday. uhco
l, b,8 taken IN, ,b,p down TO the head Of
Ar,,,,u I.l,7J. ,br,, hundred mile, from
,,..,y NJ. r,,,,J with Kind regards. and
! ..r, i.,,,,. nv hmm II, h, mailed f,r the ul.
s..,,Jt.,b,n. v,, interested IN the
,,,sr from Montreal down bu, the lower
- Lawrence eau harIl, b. called part Of
Oh, r,cr-i, Is more II an estuary or vide
arm Of the Gull, being as sal, As the oocan,
aud some thru, OF fury mile, vide. The
scenery on both SIDE. and upou the bo.om Of
,hc water, was very grand and beautiful Ou
tbc mountain south Of us-be,wccn the -
Lawrence and ChaIeur BAY, Ne could see
ror-. aud ih, rn July. North. the range ri
mountains Gar back from tie r,er were ihc
boundary of civilization M Ihal drcctson.-
Tie nearer highland. were covered with an.
broken forests. and the luwcr lands between
them and the u,cr appeared to b. we'll cult.
waited. having pretty ilrms, wirh white cot.
,a,es 40 ,hr way, and occasionally village
with rs Calhol.c church slecplc. On the
eastern shore Is Sagu,rnay r,sr, entering the
=, I. amidst mountain rucks. II - na,ga.
Die. and abounds iu salmon. We purchased
several m Quebec for 10 cents per 10, api
have had them on our passagc-nolllng is
better
Aou,,,.u Island. below the mouth Of the
=, /. u $50 miles long, bot has no inhsbir.
ant. ,,c.o, ,pcb a, IN. Biush government,
maintain ON II TO take care Of light houses,
and a,,r,, ,bipUrecked mariners Who are cas-,
away upon Il. The Island has no harbor up.
ON II. and n, ledge, extend out from one Ia
,brec mile, into the Gulf. aud there terminate
~ abruptly TIM, there is uo anchorage outside