New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-19
CANADA.
| New Channel for Imports Emigration from Ger
many-Grand Trunk Railway-The Ocean Wave


Corrtspc ndsnce OF The n. Y Tribune.
TORONTO Wednesday. May II, 1855.
Its a remarkable fact that all the British goods lu-
ported at this port this spring through the United
States This is also the to great extent with all
other towns and cities in Western Canada For some
years past the import trade of Upper Canada has been
falling into this channel and experience having proved
il to be the best it promises in future TO be exclusively
used by Upper Canada importers. Two three years
ago the bulk of the importing merchants were content
To await the opening of the ST Lawrence for their spring
supplies of British goods but few OF the more sharp
sighted seeing the advantages of dispatch, obtained
their goods through the United States. The result
that they had them sold before those who imported by
the St Lawrence had received their supplies. The adj
yantages of obtaining early supplies great that
every importing merchant naturally fastened to avail of
them.
Ii is intended to send an Emigration Agent to Ger
many VIII se duty il will be to describe the natural re-
sources of the Province and what are the advantages
which il holds out to intending immigrants tisexpeced
that By thus attracting attention to the Canadas, the
number OF immigrants may be increased
The laborers in this place demanding increased
wages. The railway contractors aware that the ggan-
tic works in hand would absorb more labor than Is at
present available in the Province have resolved upon
The expedent Of importing labOrers. Some arrivals
already announced in es.Brunswck aud others may
shortly be expected in Canada. Fifty engineers OF the
staff Of the Grand Trunk Railway have already reached
this Province and they will at proceed with the
surveys.
AGENTS of the Grand Trunk Railway Company are
making application the municipalities for the pur-
chase Of the stock held by them in the amagamated
lines This City holds 100000 Of the Toronto and
Guelph Railway stock; Guelph holds 100000 more
and large amounts are held by almost all the munich
palties in the country The buyers offer par and the
accruing interest but some OF The corporate holders
ard this City among the rest not satisfied that they
ought not to get premium seeing that by the Asas
h. pricc Of hp
pauy's shares were to II premium. Independent
Spectators are willing to give premium; so that the
Company agents will not get much more at par.
Strange to say reports Of the evidence taken be
fore the COrOnes lnquests held on he bodies OF the
victims Of tue Ocean Wave disaster have been pub
Hshed in the Kingston papers. They have not even
stated whether the nquess are over and OF this fact
tie Canadian public is at this moment profoundly ignO-
rant although the accident occurred some thirteen days
AGO fear the public is not TO have the means of form
inc any correct opinion on the cause OF the disaster
be able to say where the blame if blame there were lies
Capt Patterson of the propeller Scoard who passedth
place where the wreck had gone down just after SUNK
having been accused in the public Journals, ON the eyl
dence of another captain who assisted in rescung the
sufferers Of passing without attempting to discover whe
Their any persons struggling in the water between
the wreck and the shore has felt 1t necessary for his
own yndcatOn 10 come out with JOINT affidavit IN con
pectOn with eighteen others who we're on board Of the
Scoard with him. stating the facts of the they
understood them They are all distinct upon the point
that there were no bodies in the water the wreck
but hey do not touch the real point at issue viz whether
Captan Patterson took means TO ascertain whether any
were in the water between the wreck and the
shore On the contrary, they admit that far from
examining the water they sailed for Hamilton imme-
diatey alter an interview had with Capt Beyea of the
schooner Emblem Only newspaper, far as Ihave
seen has asked how it that the fire got ahead far
before was discovered that the steersman had almost
immediately 10 leave the wheel that buckets were
less and boats inaccessible And yet this is most
perpent inquiry respecting the that led to the
loss of 30 human beings II is pretty certain that the
anpontments Of the boat could not have been all that
was desirable or so many human beings would not have
been precpitated helpessy into the water without
boats iepreserers, anything that could possibly
cure their salvation.
Two persons were arrested here on Monday night,
sspeian of having committed murder the Sd inst at
Port Dalhousie telegraphc communication 10 the
Police authorities here describing the suspected
derers led 70 the arrest Of TWO men, named Sanders
and Cummings IL appears that on the night in ques
tioD. these two persons were drinking with another
named John Irving the three being sailors just arrived
there During the evening they quarreed ABOUT their
religion the murdered man being Protestant, and the
other two Catholics They however, left the tavern To-
gether about one O'Clock in the morning apparently
reconciled At daylight the dead body of Irving was
found in the Canal with deep cash on the forehead
Suspicion fell the parties arrested, who have not yet
been examined. l. c.