The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-10
WHAT WE SAW AND DID THERE.
ARRIVAL AT NEWFOUNDLAND.
Port a. Dasques, St. Johns and their People
puw WE WERE RECEIVED AT ST. Johns,
&C., &C., &c.

We publish below further details OF the telegraph
curon, giving an account Of the visit Halifax Port
au Basque, and ST. Johns When our space permits
We viii give further interesting particulars regard
nc Newfoundland and it's people.
Posr Au BAsoUA Aug. 20, 1855
Our visit to Halifax lasted much longer than expected
in copHesuenee Of some oidsbe delay We made the
best use Of our time however and before leaving saw
Considerable portion OF the city. The harbor OF which
tie Nova Scotans feel justly proud is Of the finest
ia the world and capable of floating the largest vessels
Of A large island called after its owner Mr. McNab
protects the entrance from the waves of the ocean
which, during storms break with resisess force upon
i. shores. st Georges is the of another, but
much smaller island which lies farther up 10 The
bsr, and Which belongs to the government II h about
two miles in circumference and its centre occupied ty
fort and smareio tower both of which it is would
be alone sufficient to prevent The passage Of hostile feet
short distance from thus island than half
mile a. the farthest, stands the city the side of hill
Commanding magnificent view Of the harbor A large
and almost mpregnabe fort has been constructed the
summit of this hill rather, should say Is in
process Of construction, ii not completed when
we visited it Like true Yankees, the momen, ship
touched the wharf jun ped and we're pursuing
Our Investigations in every quarter Some Of made
way into the fort, where entertained with
neient ocou2ed while we were here which viii reias
b. the benefit OF the readers of the HERALD they
loud ever visit Halifax Three or four of our friends
tho in advance of US had obtained admission
through the kindness of one of the officers who was at
psrtS when we made appearance The moment they
tav one Of their number called out and invited TO
come in
drive through The gate"
Surprising that wa, all We bad TO do, we told the dri-
the entrance the sentry demanded our pass, and as
I'VE could not produce The required document, he OBJ
'Oh, step right in = exclaimed our friend above
"donf mind him-that's all rght-come in"
Nemadc another fort but the soldier placed his
kc across path and as the matter presented a
somewhat serious aspect, desisted in attempts
Our Friend on the ramparts rather dissatisfied and
etl continued his enreaties not TO mind him, but
drive right in" In accordance with the advice Of
other soldier obtained the required ticket Of ains-
sion the Town Major and passed the sentry without
further trouble much to the qualification OF friend
who afterwards told thai he would have got into the
fort IN SPITE Of '.that fellow with the red coat,
There were a. the time Of our witt about six hundred
sSiisrs in the citadel and the barracks BY
naipod between four and hundred having been sent
before Poor fellows appears they were kept rI pretty
c'ose confinement The military authorities being afraid
Ss @ z 'sy ~S ser sss ae
Win very few exceptions they were shipped against
The manner in which they we're deceived II did them
live good hSSever and ath9sgh many Of them said
them they we're sent on With as little consideration
To- rest Tie People appear 70 take little Or no interest
corn Them and they speak Of il with the utmost indf-
fcresce In fact, from what have seen OF them they
sppcar be lhegmaic 70 take an inteea, 10 any
Ching and it was only after the greatest effort that
they succeeded in raising three cheers for at
departure Whom we reached the dock we found
about hundred persons assembled the pier,
who appeared to be destitute Of the slightest spark d
th asm bad vessel arrived az New York under such
circumstances ont half its population would have crowd
Cd % zee il The city itself had most dssola,e vo-
tsnts had gone sleep kncw not how else
for hc dcserted appearance of he streets its ropua
sion Is set down at twenty-five thousand. The piers
vii Are or Ike those in WD
city had the deserted look; the warehouses along
lbc wharvcs were generally closed even the dwelling
appeared be in the greatest Addiction and were
to- general thing have rather uninviting appear
ance, and although we found many Of them open,
s ,s1y Sd sm ps to a ma asy
The great height Of their roofs in fact some Of them
appear TO be all roof entirely out Of all proportion
walls There are however, two or three respectable
he Psovincs Building IN which i the Hail n Of Repre-
senAtiye constituting the House Of Delegates sndthe
lam es9sss Queen s sS Judge Rev @
two exceptions are admirably painted This eiiace is
built Of rich brown close grained sandstone and in
facing Of the lateral The whole edihce
extent Of hundred forty feet by seventy aud
is about seventy feet In height The chambers in which
both branches Of the Legislature assemble much in
feror 10 those in which the Common Council Of New
Is unworthy Of comparison With the City Hall.
av while here severai negroe. who appeared to DC
wiz IN the their v own
NE ,Soss who oh, have settled are ErncPally from the
Us s tate %s y rs% tine we pa hoIns
In command OF the British squadron brought away
e,eat many negroes with him, from Maryland and vr
made free on their arrival at Nova Scotia although
judging from the condition OF many saw their change
FROM state Of servtude TO Of freedom did not i'm
prove them much.
Although Halifax Las a very unattraetive appearance
TO New Yorker, ita history is fun Of incidents Of most
trr The horrible and unjustihabe sxpatrison Of the
hesdisns which is described 10 such glowing language
Siher part. Of poor Scotia, IN undyins interest,
WHO refused 20 leave their. homes and who
escaped from their oppresscrs had their dwellings and
The prosecutions Of the poor Acadans however did
but extended even to Cape Breton Here they
built the town Of lonisburg IN 1870 which soon after
became quite Aourishing place and defended by strong
Qualifications mention this town in particular, because
thought Of putting in there for one night In I74S it wa
attacked by large force Of English coonsts from Massa
G sens Ss he
eonsdered them as little better than inddels, and with
that sririt Of bigotry nt,efance and persecution By
wsr upon them with the view Of their exermna-
lon. The siege was obstinate and bloody, lasted forty
Eve days. and caused loss Of four thousand lives both
eces Iousburg Is in most ruinous condition at pre-.
teu and a. there appears to be no intention on the part
Of e present rosscssors the English, TO rebuild IT, it is
defined Am afraid TO remain in that state for the next
bali century At least
O. The eastern shore Of the barbor Of Halifax and op
10 e 70 The city little town called Dartmouth, with
". eonstsnt communication Is kept up by small
teainboat which every hour half hosr between
thc two pisces u founded few years after Halifax
III loo but IL inhabitants having been driven out or
ussSscrcd " the indiana, II rebuilt in 1884 By
several families from Nantucket who carried the
whale nshery there with great success We had no OPP
portunity during our stay Of visiting this place as our
limc entirely taken up In szhtseeing through the
sirces Of Halifax and believe there nc building
or place or any consequence that 81 our companv
die NOT We scattered ourselves over the cl,y In
every direction, engaged MI the carrugcs We could d,d
and In a ride Of few hours obtained olerably clear
tdea Of ita character and condition The people were
not little asionished nj the pecpharites Of the
Senkces sud the in which they did things and they
nsf. AsA Hnr asfa Xn hail nrAl.