New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-17
TIE GRAND TRUNK FESTIVITIES AT
MONTREAL.
from Oar Own Reporter.


Montreal has BE- in stae Of universal replet0n.
The streets are full the houses full, the shops are
full. the churches are full, all the steamboats, are
full, and at the hotels system of packing prevails
which a Cincinnati pork merchant might stuiy with
admiration. "Genlemen and ladies' said prudent
police officer on board tie ferry boat, approached
the WHAT f,om Longue the other night at o'clock,
Gentlemen and ladies', I wish to YOU that you
care approaching overcrowded city Unless you
already have apartments engaged would respect
fully counsel you to seek for lodgings on board the
steamboats, lying here at the wharves. II will
"be in vain to apply at the hotels for either
"rooms or refreshmeutsr' Pleasant advice this,
for eight hundred furnished and frozen poor devils,
who for the last five hours had been dreaming of the
delights Of steaming supper and downy bed, which
we fondlt anced TO await at the end of that dreary
Journey But while the feelings Of a simple reporter,
with nothing but carpet-bsg To look after, and heart
for any fate were sufficiently distressing in such cir
cumstance, what must have been those of the hus-
bands and fathers who there, attended by all
their feminine relatives! | saw gentleman in the
party who had absolutely brought with him, nine
"ladic. of his family in order, no doubt TO 10 the
Qreetet possible honor to the pollteness OF the
invitation and the liberality Of the free pass by
rail and steamboat which the Festival Committee
had Isent Lm-and there he stood, quite fallen
fiom his previous complacency, Ike Apollo among
the nine muses. when, as Henry Heine narrates,
the whole Olympic crowd were finally turned
out of house and hOme-there he stood with those nine
uckless female Yankees oil in hoods ddmbly appeal
ing to him for food, shelter and repose and with the
thermometer not much above zero He looked the
victim of despair, and tuned away to avoid a USE
less sympathy -and what became OF him aud his
women have never dared to inquire. Bat just then
the boat rounded n of the pier, offering chance
to Jump ashore, in spite of our policeman and not
whsapdug the depression Of the hour, andtwo Of Us,
N.w-YoIk Journalists both, showed our agility BY TAX
ing advantage Of il. smart little Can Idian cabman
drove us straight to Donpeganas and the Kindness of
MrDay the landlord, preseyty succeeded in bestowing
us in to,rabe lodgings in the neighboung haison de
Pension of NJ. Napoleon Chalifoux, how Bslzac would
have revelled in that name , Rue Bonsecours, No. z,
right under the cleaning rays which flash from the n
roc and pe of the cosy old church at the end OF tina
respectable street 1t is needless to say that in
the secuson of Madame Chalfouxs third story from
We Jared better than did better men, not to men
ton women, in more splendid surroundings. OF these
latter the women meant it is rumored that large
number were compelled to sit up all night, in the halls
and paIors Of the hotels, for lack OF beds. trust,
however, that this is an exaggeraton Certainly hal
we been sure there was any such for 1t, our gal
lsptry would have led us instantly to resign our own
suug asylum che: Chalioux, in behalf of these
lovely sufferers. What more worthy of credence
is that several families were temporarily divided, the
imporious necessity Of the requiring rigid appli-
cation Of the Shaker system in order to bestov the
greatest possible number Of both sexes. 1t is even
said that two or three wedding parties that had i'm
proved the opport unity to make the accustomed nup-
tia tour on unusually cheap terms found themselves
subjected TO this inconvenience. However this may
be. am happy for the honor of human nature to be
able to testify that all the arrangements incident to
such an enormous throDg of guests are borne with le
utmost good nature By al parties and that apart from
the unhappy husband, father brother, and uncle OF
the nine women above mentioned, have seen no se-
rous man station OF any feeling but delight aud graft
fcation.
In truth il would be difficult to entertain any other
in view of this magnificent entertainment. 1t hts been
my good fortune to be present at several similar cee-
brstions, which were managed on the most liberal
scale bot none of them were so extensive as tns Inc
banquet Of Wednesday, for instance, for surpassed
everything of the kind ever before un teaken; and
the ball Of last night could only be compared to one Of
those pIodigious bas which sometimes attend the
Inauguration of new Pr.sid mt at Washington. But
let Us take things in their order, and begin wi the
beginning.
The Grand Truak Railway is an enterprise sc; GA
foot only four years ago. Its purpose is to open an
unbroken hne of railroad communication extending
from Lake Huron 10 Portland, with branch TO Trois
P.oles on the St. Lawrence, 80 mile, belo. Quebec,
ard another from Belevile, about half way between
Prescott on Lake Ontario and Toronto, to Pe'ersboro,
some 50 miles inland. In all, the scheme comprises
above thousand miles OF railway in Canada, aside
from the connection extending TO Portland, to cost all
complete and at work. a, least SO 600 600, Of which sum
TIE Provincial Government gives lis guaranty for one
quarter II is evident that the great bisioess OF this
road must be the transportation Of grain and -four from