New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-09

neat and arranged with knowledge and proprtety
which should never have expected 10 find 10
such place Among the books eere Mrs Beech
er Stoves Sunny Memories" Chsmbers's In.
formation for the People" and some novels, be-
side 8 large family bible. | was so tired that
Immediately tumbled into bed an slept so sOundly
that when swoke at five in The morning had
some difficulty In sscertainine where Was;
GepQe who was alre,dy stirring, accompanied
me to Butts, where fond DR.. aud Mts. Sayre,
whose experience was similar to mine They
hsd been received with the same Kindness
and treated 10 the same unexpected comforts.
Our hosts refused 70 acceps the slightest com
pensation and We were only able 10 repay them
Indirectly, by engaging them 10 row US out 10 the
steamer.
The people OF POrt-aux. BasGues are unusual
speciu ems OF ripe and healthy pnys,al yigor, and
they possess those simple virtues which naturally
belong 10 such an organization. Though their
education il very deficient they are shrewd aud
ouick.witted; open and tfastful unless deceived.
when they become excessively suspicious gener-
GUS, honest, hOspitable ari enduring remarkably
free from immoraJity and crime, notwithstanding
perhaps on account of-their distance from eff
Gent legal authorities and l do not know any
other community which surpasses them in sterling
manly qualities They are not Only very healthy
but very prolific; and the place, like many
tirely from the natural increase of the first ismi
lies who settled there. This accounts for the
fact that the population of the fshins villages
on the southern and western sides OF the
Inland are nearly all related to each other. l
heard il stated that in some OF the remote settle
ments which began with 8 single family, the
brothers and sisters formed incestuous marriages
but was glad to hear this story positively denied
aiterHard The intercourse between the hshlng-
ports is carried on almost entirely by sea,
on account of the rugged character of the land
travel There is a communication in Winter be-
tween Por;. aux Basques and ST. Georges bay,
over tie Cape Ray highlands; bat il is very rarely
Travelled by any except the lndiaus-a branch ot
the Micmac tribe, who have emigrated hlther FROM
Cape Breton. The distance across is about sixty
miles, which they travel occasionally in two days
The Victoria, which had returned in the night,
brought word that place had been selected just
inside of Cape Ray as the startng-polnt OF the
submarine cable, the materials for house landed,
and the frame already erected. 4 deep cove in
the harbor of POrt-aux- Basques was at first
chosen, on account OF it's sheltered situation, and
the circumstance Of the cable falling at once into
deep water but as Cape Ray was three or four
miles nearer Cape Breton Mr.. Field and Mr. Can.
ming went thither in boat on Monday, and liked
upon a spot at the head of Cape Ray harbor,
where there was beach of soft sand somewhat
guarded from the ice which lodges here in great
quantities during the Winter and Spring by groups
of rocks on both sides The next day the frame
and complete materials for house were taken up
by the Victoria, together with number OF pas
seppers who offered themselves AS amateur car
penters. On reaching the bay the tmbers we're
dashed together as a raft and tOwed near the shore,
where, on account of the violence OF the surf, 1t
parted. leaving Capt Suyter and two or three
others who were on il to float 10 the beach on the
pieces The boats load OF passengers succeeded
in landing, and Immediately went TO work in com
papy with the fishermen of the place and Their
dogs to rescue the tmbers. Boards, beams, raft
ers and bundles of shingles were caught and
dragged out of the surf; and in the course of two
or three hours all the materials of the raft were
gotten ashore In this work the dogs rendered
capital seryice-plunging boldly into the sea and
scizing upon every stick which they could manage
Sometimes two of them would take plank be-
tween them, and, watching the proper moment
with a truly human sagacity, bring it to the beach
on the top OF breaker and there deliver it into
the hands of their masters. Ii was rea ly wonder
full 10 behold the strength, courage and industry
of these poor beasts, who, when but few frag.
ments were left, fought savssely for the posses
zion Of them, and even tried to drown each other.
BY night, with the assistance of the people
the place, the frame OF the house was raised, and
the Victoria returned 70 Port aux Basques. She
started again the next day at noon, with Mr..
Field and another company Of amateur carpenters
on board, leaving the James Adger to follow with
the bark in tow as soon rs the weather would al
low While waiting on board the Victoria Wit
messed the performance OF some of the Cape Ray
dogs two Of which were on board If a stick
was thrown into the water, they would spring
over the rail, seize it, swim around the vessel or
chase other floating objects until some one let
down the blight of a rope over the side, when the
i al. In. tnr hnfh
fore-paws over it, thrust his head forward and
hold on until he was drawn upon deck. One of
these dogs had followed the Victoria's boat the
day previous and was taken en- board This little
circumstance produced marked change in the
temper of the inhabitants at Cape Ray. They be-
came shy, suspicious and reserved; and nothing
but the explicit declaration of Mr.. Field-wbich
was alterward carried into etfect-that the dog
should be returned or his full value paid the
owner, restored their confidence.
We ran up the coast, passed Grand bay, the
embOuchure Of the stream on which we had en-
camped, and in an hour and half came 10 in
front of the six or eight 6shermen's huts which
constitute the settlement Of Cape Ray. found
that the lofty isolated peak which ! had taken to
be the Cape itself was four five miles inland,
separated from the point by a low, undulating
prOmontory covered with dense, stunted woods.
Two other peaks appeared, retreating along the
western coast and behind them all lowered the dark
Cape Highlands, twelve hundred feet in hight We
were carried ashore in the Victora's boat and
landed at the head of . little cove whore the
boats of the fishermen we're pulled up 10 front Of
their huts, after which the steamer returned 20
PortauX Basques to assist in bringing up the
bark
Following rough, boggy path along the shore,
sometimes on the brink Of black cliffs Oyerhsng
ing the breakers, walk of mile conducted US
TO the new telegraph building on q grassy knoll