The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-26

Is an ord5r iSsueo oy the common Council OF Toron
to, that no steam er shall be permitted to remain in
dock without o wire not or grating over each chin
Dey TO prevent the CAD Ger OF fire from the flying OF
sparks
natural wonders, the rapids Of tue St. Lawrence;
the sight IS impasinp .ntrancng-while the era.
dual descent creates feeling that is Undesirable.
Yen seem TO be gliding down Hill of waters,
bubbiDg and boiling around you, over rocks which,
in their ruggcdness this constant and never
ceasing agitation of lie river. There are severa,
rapids ia toe So La~renco, some OF which 1t 10 diff
cult, and Others impossible, for sailing vessels or
other craft TO ascend, and they arc consequently
obliged 10 return by canals which are constructed
with locks along those portions Of the river where
the rapids run The names of the rapids are the
Galloppcs, Point roauois Rapde Plat, Farren's
Point, the Long Saolt the Coteau, the Ce1ars, the
Cascades, and the Lachne. On entering the first
OF the rapids the current is not very strong, varying
from six TO ten miles per hour; there Is distance
OF about SIX miles between them and the next, and
they gradually increase IN magnitude and magnii-
cence until we come TO the Long Sault, which are
truly grand having fall Of about eight feet They
Dsurmountable objects TO ascending the river; this
difficulty has been avoided by the construction of
the Cornwall canal, which is about twelve miles in
length, and commences OF the village Of Dckensons
Landing, about eleven miles above the town Of Corn
| wall. We come to Lake st Francis, portion of
the ST. Lawrence, whore the Canada line commences,
and all, on either side, is British territory. Tho
entrance to ST. Francis is soft and beautiful, with
numerous small islands, aaording picturesque
landscape OF rich pas, urage and deep green foliage
dropping to the waters brink. At the end Of this
lake is coteaa du Lac The next rapids we come
| to are the Cedars, which still more agitated
| than the last, and where there is considerable
depth Of water We pass the village Of Beauhar-
nOis, beautifully situated, amidst half dozen
portion of the St. Lawrence, the passage requires
\ great pilot skill Rocks covered with water abound
here, leaving but very narrow channel for boats.
Shortly after this the Ottawa river Joins the st.
| Inv md he III in the OOlOr Of fha
| waters is perceptbe, the Ottawa being sea green.
The waters OF these two mighty rivers thus run
| down beyond Montreal, distance OF eighteen
miles, with tho same discernble distinction be-
| tween the currents We have now passed Chrysters
arm. where the battle was fought in 1872 Onward
| we 60 through the Cascades
tossed and retossed and then allow;
the waters roaring and ascending like the bill
also impossible. The Beauharnois canal has been
constructed for returning vessels, and, like all the
Others it is capable OF accommodating large and
frat class lake steamers; But the last rap'ds5the
most sublime Of all; the most daring adyenturer
cannot pass them without a sensation of awe, an
appalling feeling inwardly creeping over him, that
| the next momont may hurl him into vortex Of
vexed waters. These rapids are so dangerous, and
the passage narow-there not being moro than
few yards between the steamer and the rocks each
side-that the captain invariably takes ON board an
Indian pilot at the village Of Caughnawaga, q man
who has been born on the rapids, and who steered
in gallant style through the dangers Of the scene.
The current is SO strong here-nearly thirty miles
order to keep the steamer from dashing the rocks
TO the right or to the left. From the commence
ment Of the st. Lawrence until it reaches the st.
Regis settlement. il separates Upper Canada from
the United States; afterwards it divides Upper from
Lower CaDada, and forms the southern boundary Of
the Johnstown and Eastern districts. On reaching
Montreal, / was impressed with the beauty and
solidity Of the wharf and the quay wall, as well as
the ORDER maintained by the police on the
arrival Of the steamers No r0wdies, no rude
cabmen, no runners, are allowed on board,
to take your luggage from you, or drag you;
they" please Authorized parties take the bag
gage to wherever the traveller directs, and we were
accordingly conveyed to the Montreal House, capt.
tai hotel, kept in the American style, by j. Warren
Coleman, an enterprising young man. Of affable and
business manners, and near relative of Coleman,
of the Aston House, New York. The house was
crowded with SIGHT seeing travellers and members Of
the Provincial Parliament On their way to Quebec.
After all, it takes the Yankee to conduct hotel
assembled one of the towers of the French Catholic
athedrnl called Notre Dame, and had . command.
ne view Of the whole town, including the scene Of
he late disastrous fire. where they have commenced
rebuilding some of the lots. The government are
bout to advance one million dollars On loan 70
e the more destitute proceed with the fspud
most magnificent buildings in the new world it is
apablc Of holding 1000 persons, and presents a
hustle and classic coup d'GN in the interior, whore
'he walls hung with scripture paintings, by Eu-
ropean artists, and the altar enriched with marble
figures Of angels on each side The building is
three hundred feet long, and one hundred and fifty
feet wide. 1t has two towers, two hundred and fifty
feet high having three hundred steps to its summit
The weight Of the principal bell is 2i,780 pounds,
and the weight Of the appcr, tongue, $40 pounds
it is ten and half feet in diameter, and requires
four men to ring it The entire edifce cost five mil
lion dollars. The Montreal theatre has been doing
good business. lately, under the management Of
auckland aid Corbyn, with the attraction of Da-
vidge, who has become as great favorte here as
in New York, and had an excellent benefit few
Jordon, are also making new friends and George
Lewis, of the Broadway. lie stage manager, and do
ing his business to the admiration of the Canadians
On my return to Toronto, by the same route, ex-
perienced the same pleasing scenery, except that
only viewed the rapids from the canals which we are
obliged to come through to avoid the ascent. saw
steamer descend the Cascade rapids, and the sight
was truly grand, and gave me still more imposing
idea of my own position on the previous day. She
was going at the rate of about thirty miles an hour
and the setting sun lent glorious brlliancy to the
scene, showing the wendrous and beautiful hand Of
nature and the skilful and daring act Of man.
A few hours before we reached Toronto, a man
named John Gormsn, who had taken passage at
Kingston, with his wife, and who, it appears, was
fell or jumped overheard during the momentary alb
sence Of bis vito. The small boat was lowered and
search made, but all efforts to recover him were
frnitless, His wife became frantic, wild. I never
witnessed more heart rending scene. He was but
twenty four years Of age, and the wife eighteen;
they had been married only three months; he was
an American, she Irish We got up subscrip-
tion for her, amounting to "a, amongst twelve
or thirteen pas1gSerr, and the purser, Mr.. e. d.
Mackay, Tct3red the poor woman the passage mo-
ney, (nine dollars, which she had paid for herself
and husband. No blame was attached to any one,
and the captain received the thanks of tho passen-
gsrsfor his kindness and exertons on the occasion,
| az we'll as for his urbnnity towards ourselves.
;. Okee Tubbee, the Indian chief, whom I mem
toned in my last as having been charged will,
| bigamy, was ordered TO stand committed by the
magistrate, and 70 be given up to the United States
| authorities. The matter was brought before the
| three judges Of the Court of Common Pleas on
habsos corpus and they decided that the offence Of
bigomy was not mentioned sufficiently set out In
he Ashburtcn treaty which virtually repealed ala
| PREVIOUS nets between ENGLAND and forciv on coun.