The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-29
From an Occasional Correspondent.

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From an Occasional Correspondent
Tour to Tho Riuer Re,dgcnshe. NO. 4.
DALHousIE, IN. By June, 1858.
The road from Bathurst TO the mouth Of the ResiiGon
che, where am now writing. for ffty-two miles
directly along the southern shore OF La Boz DIES CholW
or, as the English maps have il, the Bay OF Chaeur
OF all the good roads have yet travelled in New Bruns
wick this js by far the most excellent and reflects great
credit upon the government which FIRST built II, and keeps
!, in complete repair and cannot help mentioning the
fact here that although very large proportion Of the
province is still in wild and ancultivaed condition.
the segre gate length OF its highways. maintained on, Of
the provincial chest. is about fifteen hundred miller.
When we reflect that The lands everywhere of tho
best quality and the climate healthy il lie surprising that
the immigration hi,her should not be tend-fod greater
than it is In somplimentDg the road, however, over
which have just travelled with SO much pleasure,
must no, forge, the people who have settled upon IT,
They are composed OF French. Irish, and Scotch and
have never talked with single individual Of the latter
and most thriving class, whose eyes did not quickly
brighten at the mention OF the Highlands OF his be-
loved Scotland. They rough in their manneTs, but
nd-heared, honest religious and intelligent 10 an un.
common degree They work hard. eat their iavore ost
cake and delight the music of the bagpipean inslru
ment which may be found IN almost every cabin. As
we were storm bound soon after leaving Bathurst. we
bad occasion 10 spend night in Scolchman's cabin,
which happened be located very the shore Of the
beautiful bay cold wind blew fresh from the north,
and The ramplns OF the surf truly grand and i'm.
pessve Our supper consisted OF fresh salmon. brown
bread. rich milk, and maple syrup, all OF which were
sufficiently enoyable but then the hour thai subse
quen,y speR, taking with the family in the kitchen
comet thing TO be remembered with peculiar pleasure. The
FIRE place least eight feet broad and FIVE high, and
filled with blazing and kissing wood, whereby the
room was flooded with glowing light that made the
Are side group particularly interesting Here in
corner the s,awari farming nnketper, with bic
of, quietly smoking his pipe and talking with three or
-four hired men, who were occupying bench in the
shadow of The chimney and in the opposite corner his
wife holding in her lap pair Of breb,eyed chill
den, while the tidy and happy looking grandmother was
amusing some OF the older children with story OF The
Covenanlers. Rude, as the world would cay. the
cabin and its scany furniture, but then the words oihe
Bible and the voice Of sincere prayer nightly echoed
among lis brown raiters and the nigh, in question.
10 my mind those sounds rendered agreeable even the
mourning Of the wind and the washing Of the waves up
on the neighboring shore.
Few and far betwe en- the travellers that we met
IN our way up the Bay OF Chaleur The only two who
attracted our attention pedIer OF quack medicines
and victim Of New Brunswick leprVsy The first was
from Maine and possessed all The impndence and Gun
ming OF his tribe land though decidedly smar, man, be
server The darker shades OF his character When IN.
formed lat the inn where slopped) that was from
The States, he Immediately inrodaced himself 10 mc,
became very otcous and talked very knowingly about
thousand things and men lie told me tina, be dealt
in nothing boil quack medicines and profeseed TO have
made fortune out Of the isolated and ileras rcop.
OF this region, whom he mentioned with a sneer, be-
cause Of ,te confidence in bis promises and despcabe
merchandise His eqsipsge consisted Of very large
and handsomely -panted box wagon, with most uIu'
rous seat and drawn bya span OF superior black horte
felt provoked with The people for haIborns in Their
midst such a miserable 'rsdesman; but when remsm'
bered that some OF the weaAest men in Our large GU
les persons Of the kidney, ceased 10 wonder
that the poor Acsdans and ish OF this region should
become the dupes Of designing qua.kery.
The ether traveller alluded to was sick Acadian,
who, one horse cart. driven his SOD, was en- bis
way TO Bathurst, and thence to singular hosL,Al ior
the OF species OF epoy located on the Irscace
river, further to the eastward My frat u ouaht on
meeting him was ,ha, be had fallen int, the clutches OF
tho Yankee already mentioned; but soon LEANED hs'
he the victim OF veritabe disease the exact cnsi-
acter OF which has been decided upor, although
the opinion prevails that il is cloesy allied 10 the leproy
OF The aneen,.. The man in question was evidently
more frightened than hurt although he pretended 70
have the usual symptoms cf the dlsease, viz dnoo-
ored skin, swollen features, with pain and sdne
in his extremiies; but when informed that the soed
oil the dserA was To cause the fingers and toes 10 op
of. and before ehaiteng the body to death. Of making
II exceedingly oah some 10 the eye, could not wonder
that the supposed victim alarmed. The oernal 10
question established by The provincial government
upon the strength Of report made by board OF con-
missoners who declared the d'sease ncurabIe and cor.
,apiou bu, which conclusion has recently been CON.
bated by Canadian physician who "a reported. beyond
all doubt have relieved the sufferers and repeatedly
effected In his opinion, informed, the d',
only the natursl result OF liceniousness 'no
therefore confined TO families who have none TO bsne
for their misfortune but themselves
The general heal,hfuness Of New Brunswick - pre-
verbal. Prudent people attain 10 gooi OIL age a
although The winters are long, the air is usually dry 'o'
the cold bracinEwhIle the summers, though short M
delightful. And here, by way OF illustrating the ssa
tary influences Of the Chaeur breszes, add also w
go-oheod oipsnes OF The American character. must men
ton the following circumstance In every cabin hs W
stopped. was attracted by the large number Of children
Tor in one Scotchmnns dwelling we f,ont ten, 10 az
other eleven, in another thirteen, and in anotl fourier
children. But how our surprise subsequently,