The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-23

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Rousss Psnt arrived at St LAMBERT bringing the Nex
York City Guard with them. The following ars the of
Gers |. eonmand OF the party
iisutsn.nt and Engineer. hathaway.
Quartermastsr.......... Sparks.
surgeon .,............. FISHER.
SnaPihsn. denrtques
rymsster. ,.............. Burton-
Semnisssry........ dol orc.
On the arrival Of The train the Guard were received
the depot they received G. Dorwin, Esq United
States Consul who presented the following address TO
SIR-I have great satisfaction in svailing myself Of
this opportunity Of meeting you just the Of your
entrance with Jour gallant corps into tbs city Of Mon
RIGA, It affords much pleasure to be the instru-
ment by virtue Of the Office have the honor to hold
Hds1msn sna sasns .. %oSrs beg
you, sir most emphaticaliy that you will receive ct
their hands, ON your landing upoa yon pleasant shore
sir, to say that although the city Of Montreal, in
cenparfon with your great metropolis OF the
many things there that are highly interesting and novel
to the passing stranger The whsrves and docks. the
magnificent banking houses and market house, with
the City Hall, Mechanics Institute French Cathedral
antiqusted nunneries, with their thousand inmates
with many other public edidces, win bear favorable
comparison with the buildings Of your ozn great
city. All Of them, have much pleasure to in
form you, Will be most cordially and chesrfully
treat xSO woS a.nsoS Of 1aes erssS o. or
gin, are proyerbal for their courtesy and urbanty
strangers In conclusion, venture to hope that your
pleasant and satisfactory to yourself and company,
am sure 1t win be gratifying and acceptable to the nha
: Wv G. DoRWiN, United States Consul.
To which Captain Ferris replied
MI DoRwN-1 have the honor, as the head Of my
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that you are Of all men the very one whom could
have wished to see first our landing We come from
nnp nyUr,a sufn y1uA Wa AFR
gers and behold strange flags aatng above US and see
strange faces around yet we are welcomed as warm
hope the time will come when under the now orgau
zation Montreal will have her citizen sodisry also who
s, it would be too small to hold them. would
their welcome be.
The company then embarked on board the fne ferry
Montreal shore Here the Mayor was in waiting to re-
csive them, with several members OF the City Council
among whom noticed Aldermen B.onsdon, Atwlter
Whitney, n P. p, and HOMER and Councillors Lyman
Day, Ryan, E. Mason, D. Mason, McGrath, Thompson,
and Browne. Having gone on board and having been
them their carriages through the principal streets
the guards and escort of the Montreal Cavalry fol-
hs the s. wsss
mand OF Col. Ermatnger and Capt. Hayes. large
crowd gathered at the whsrves and the streets 70
across the Custom House square, from the Montreal
House (the head quarters Of the Guard to the
street. the American flag displayed and at Doly's
and the Metropolitan the flags Of England France and
the United States were suspended the streets
After marching through several Of the principal Streets
the party proceeded to the City Hail. where In addition
to the members Of the City Council already mentioned,
N. PIP; J. Dewitt Esq, H. P. p; o. Bsrtheot, ESD,
Bon. Mr. Bourret, Recorder; J. p Sexton, Esq. City
having been formed in line in the City Concert Hail. the
Mayor presented the following address
CAPTAIN FERRIS SIR On behalf Of the inhabitants
to CITY, and trust that your visit to this place Wild
be as agreeable to you and your gallant and highly
citizens Such interchanges of cvites are conducive
to the cultivation Of the best and most friendly feelings
between people as intimately connected as by
geographical position, and our resources and produc
tons and greater extent entertaining the pre-
objections. In the wisdom Of the Infinite Providence,
in communities, and be, in a great measure, Deepen
dent upon the countsnance and lsbors Of each
precspt and behsst when We manifest Kind and Sro
theriy sentiment towards another But besides the
seseness Of neshborhood and the daily business
other reasons why should live In the bonds VI friend
ship and entertain tho utmost mutual good win. This
the line As deg IAN arbitrary one) owe their origin to
one common stock The unhappy differences which have
s1sen ss tS Of both
good has resulted equally benefit Of ali the parties
concerned. Good sense, sound judgment, and Q truly
certain events the more especially as they Win not from
we living slsnt people under different
ments yet should the ties and recollections OF the
s e 6
sin may at the time boast without egosm that
their descendants in the New World who must always
entertain the most lively interest in any contest for poll
BE- and m
speed" You have come ameng ms with all "the pride
and circumstance OF martial bearing one which Ia 10
This Ia wse for freemen should be prepared to
grapple with internal external difficulties and foes
ovn which emerging from its infancy, mss
long, very long, be spared from entering upon other
than holiday campaigns, is can assure you all, the
wOIFRED NELSON, Mayor.
To this address Capt. Ferris replied
Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen Of the Corporation, and Citizens
Of Montreal On behlf Of my corps thank you all for
precedented welcome extended to BY the citizens of
Montreal high and low, rich and poor, alike. He had
the arst corps Of American militia which had ever
entered Canada on a similar errsnd. BE might
nsS not %so to DO ss
hse the honor to b til. frs. corps Of American
an interchange Of hosptabis greetipgss They were all
one the Anglo Saxon blood in all their veins
III s ssG
Recent legislation tended to promote these feelings Of
mutual and to extend the intercourse between
the two countries The Reciprocity treaty permitted
them TO interchange their products free Of duty but he
prayed Canadians not to allow their expounders of the
treaty to be SO sharp as to the parcels in which they
1.-THE Americaps) sent their goods II they sen. them
four they ought not to tax the barrels II they sent
them eggs, they ought not to tax the Shells ap
pies, they esould not tax their skins. They (Ameri
cans) had been trying free trade in soms matters,
and every step they made in that direction had tended
to their benefit had been SO much gained old
fogy ism He could not detain them longer. His
men were somewhat fatisued with their march
ing; in fact, their friends generally gave them
enough Of that, but he could assure them of one
thirg-that, IL they could use them up In march.
Ing they could not overmatch them In cordality or
good fellowship. He happy to sse the Montreal
Cavalry there in their neat simple uniforms uniform
well calculated for service BE hoped that under the
new militia organization In Canada the people would
ton went into the ranks and handled the muske and
were proud do 80; and become attached to their
corps that, like Of his men, they would weep with
yeIaton to be absent from any Of their excursions that
man, however, was with them nevertheless. They had
nrntect their horders anfnrcA