New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-25
A TRIP TO THE SAGUENA Y.
of The n. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune
On THE SAGgENAY RIVER, Aug. Is 1855.
have at length reached point point be-
yond the ordinary route Of tourists, and region
that has never had its silence broken by the
whistle Of the locomotive But before attempt
ing any description Of this indescribable and
intensely interesting region, let me tell you how
to get here.
Att O'Clock in the evening left Montreal, on a
large. excellent steamer, called the John Mum,
Capt Crawford, and at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning
we were alongside of the wharf at Quebec, gazing
up at that impregnable fortress perched upon the
rock still higher than the walled part of the city,
one of the prominent features of which from this
point of view is the ruins of the burnt house OF
Parliament which stood just on the brow OF the
hill inside near the only entrance from this part OF
the river On the narrow interval between the
water and almost perpendicular recks lies the
lower tOwn-which stretches along up the river
nearly a mile--of scattered houses, in front OF
which there are immense fields of timber, in great
RATS, which forms one Of the most extensive por-
tions of the business of Quebec. The lower town
also extends around the foot OF the hill along
the waters edge beyond the wall on the west
side The river here runs northward and the city
is built on point between the ~. Lawrence and
ST. Charles, and probably not more than half Of it
within the walls The Plains of Abraham are
just without the gate on the landward side, from
which you look up the river, or over across to
Point Levi or down the other way over the St
Charles, towards the falls of Montmorenci, which
are seven miles below the city, and are more than
fifty feet higher than Niagara
A SCENE AT THE QUEBEC WHARF.
The boat came down On brought the beef cat
tie which accompanied me from Prescott together
with a lot OF sheep taken on board at SOrrell,
which are transported in the cruel manner common
to this country, with their legs tied together The
boat also had large quantities Of vegetables, the
farmers p the vicinity of Quebec not growing
enough to furnish the market. As soon as our
boat touched the wharf il was beset by motley
crowd, that could not have been more anxious to
get at our load of provisions if they had been
starving. They belonged to the genus huckster,
and wanted TO turn an honest penny.
The whaTyes Of Quebec are not so extensive as
those of Montreal, which are the best on this con-
tinent, being in great part formed of hewn stone.
Wharfng, or landing upon the wharves at Quebec
is no easy matter because the tide rises I6 to %
feet Sometimes the upper deck of boat is far
below the top OF the wharf, and again there is an
ascent TO get upon the lower deck, unless float
Ing dock is used from which the ascent is upon
&h inclined plane.
LEAVING QUEBEC.
AT o'clock yesterday morning left Quebec on
the steamer Saguenay, Capt Simard, whish makes
weekly trip TO the river OF that name, leaving
on Tuesday and returning on Thursday-the Ob-
Ject being simply 10 give passengers sight of the
Wild wonders ~ tbs region, as there are no settle
ments exoeptoi lew lumbermen on the river. The
trip down the 81. Lawrence gives one good idea
of the way the habtans eontented 10 live, in
the same little one-story hoUEes that were the
houses Of their grsndtathers A good view of
Quebec can be had nowhere else than from the
water below the city. There is also a fine view
of MOntmsrenci Falls, as the water pitches over
almost into the st. Lawrence
THE ST. LAWRENCE BELOW QUEBEC.
Then we have sight Of the Isle Of Orleans,
which appears to be nearly all under cultivation
and fenced of in narrow strips of land running
back from the water to a length beyond my yisioc
And this is the case on both sides all the way
down. The houses are nearly all one story and
white snd 50 pear tcgether that they have the sp