The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-26

nf Pru sia Is what later and the reports from tnem
cannot be receives here 10 iess than week ort
The African heat continues T,e Oldest inhaoitani"
pre- fesses himself unable 70 recoect such su nmer Yes
terdAy the ,hermcmeer led OIL In The shsde-s TEN
pera'uTe not omed 70 In this latitude, though
you may no! think much Off In New York
The stsans hip .sreat Eastern.
ARRANGEMENTS y N THR pIKsr PRAND TOUR
From .ie Liverpool albion, August 10
We announced last month thai .! stem u tourist trahc
world be organise In connection with the hrst vyge OF
the Grea. Eastern to Portsno l. oected tina, she will
make Der Gre, voysee across the Atlantic about me hrst
week Of APRIL previously maring 'rtmeutal trD to
Lisbon, or oysltsr perhaps 10 the Western Islands.
BY this means experience Of her quA les shp and OF
he owe end tfhcenc! OF her engines and machinery,
will be obtained Il understood tina, several goa ie ed
connected With scsnce and literature, not only In Great
Britain also foreign oountres, will be invited 10
Vim the permepta trip, aod 10 give 10 the world the
sut Of their rvatNns
When the Great Esern has made her voyage the
Atlantic, and ha landed Der asser ger. at Portland, In The
ooure CT seven cigh days and aer short so Iorn 81
be "For 81 City prorrstey called fr IN toe trees
which shade the sde.s ks Of s praoPa streets, tue
awaiting him elf OF tourist ticket Will proceed oy tue
Grand Trunk Rsi~ ay 70 Que,es, distant 3l6 mites r.
PortlsDd here he ether limit himself 20 inspecting
The qusint old 1T, - iis fordosn aud citadel with
s,hort trip to Loretta the Mon ENJOY Falls, he
occupy wrh advantage ana enj mt 70 him
eef few Gays amid the grand and bes INF al enery VI
the loSer Sc Lawrence an the River S'guenay.
Montreal, the commercial capital OF Canada Is distant
l6S mks rem Quebec, and this length traverse by N
airs Of the rand Trupk In 6x hours Moo real
has hitherto looked rpop mead Of the
v,gsuop, but the ment ipa1garaed 40 years ba
ses which have crossed The Aan 10, after accommodating
fresh voy OF above 70 90 miles, has, to
tain extent d,sspaed this concepu The dimep.oos,
however, of the locks on the cana which connec lakes
Erie Ontario and ri hose By winch toe Dis OF tho
Lawrence surmoonted, inerpOse mpedimen TO
this tbi oush navigation which anno be overcome exosx
By the Construction OF new locks 70 all but vessels OF vey
moderate burden.
Al Mont, cal he tonris can inspect vpora bridge
undoubtedly the greatest work Of modern times Nine OF
the epty fou piers which span the st
at this point are already complead as also the two mas
rive RbuimeD, each 240 feet long and 90 ees ~ioe,
poact cd by the south being 100 feet
lonL and thai the north 400-and faced with sone
have been ana the tube connecting he northern
sboment wi the frat pier placed IN position II may be
worth while 70 lott e here remarkable coin adspce be
the Orr at EAst and the Victoria bridgeeach has
the same amount OF iron employed In Its construction,
namely, IL 600 tons.
Should the desire excursion to the Ottawa,
will leave the Grand Trunk line Prescott liz
Of Montreal ana prooe 70 Ottawa Oily, and the masnn.
ChAudeye Faus BY Prescott and iiae dry
mles long. BY OF two lengths OF navigation and
intermediate railway three miles long, worked oy horse
Poaer, he a,celd the river mites and return
to Ottawa by the folio sing afternoon. rte Ohava. oil
though bot tributary OF the 81 lawrence waters
Of so COO miles, nearly all forest and receives eight
or ten rivers some of which are longer and wider Than
Proceeding westward the .oura viii Keep the 81 Law
rtpoe constantly In sight 10 Kingston at the foot OF Lake
Oniario The line then in close pvox nifty 70
beautiful Bay Of Qunte nle, of The lake the main
tiers Of which are Teoioed ne~' Co,ue Toronto be
reached by hoee who adhere the tourist route In four
teen hours AFTER leaving Montreal distant $40 miles.
Forty miles west Of Toronto Hamilton, pictures quey
situated the head OF lake Ontario, and pushing IL
neigbbor hard In the rivalry Of commerce. From Bsu,l.
ton 10 Windsor the mort southern aod western pon, In
Canada the distance by the Great We.,ern line s $50
mile A journey Of 2so miles by the Central Michigan
Railway the peninsula that separates lakes Mchi
san snd Huron. brings the tours, 70 Chicago, where
population OF llocoo haspprung since 1880 The city
already vice with New York, and with mapy Eurooean
capas, In architectural elegance and has the largest
twenty railways rads'e from H. either directly or by CON
nenions, ard bring the Of seven American States
10 this great commercial centre.
Chicago will The western limit OF the tourist
but those who wsh 70 see the praies beyond and the
Upper Mssbsipp can proved by the Chicago zion Rail
way 10 Dubuque distance OF ls5 miles O Of -.
Prom thence steamers dtiiy TO ~ Pauls. Minnesota
(3e miles frr m the falls OF 81 Anthony calling at Prairie
gu Chen and cher attractive scenes VI he ppor usss
spp They then either re,rsoe their Chicago,
shepce they oil be conveyed (whh the privileges OF the
tourist ucke) TO - LOUIS distance OF 2sS miles, by the
.ippa by TIE steamers that daily from q Psuls
Louis Those ~ho have toe time and the inclination for
the Upper Mississippi addition 70 the tour will be amply
repaid for any delay 10 may cause them Tue r.oeutly
opened Ohio ard Mississippi Ral say from Ilhoois
Town, opposite . loui,, In ,rasot line TO Oacnnaa,
tie picturesque capital OF the Ste Of QUO The distance
from Illinois town TO Oncini at $50 miles, The oursi
can ferfor N The journey In nineteen hours.
From tincinnau 10 Columbus h ride OF 40 miles,
through beautiful country thence Cevelsni, on
lake Etc, Ia further disAncs OF l3g miles These 1ja
miles DO got over either by day or night ~
express trains, In nine bOws Thence N Bugslo 10 M
nies performed b. express trains In elk and hsH hours
an Included In the tourist ticket ,oue bot those -ho do
eence Of at ass steamers American iaxes should
the boai thai calls NJ Cleveland ia way from Deroi
Buffalo Tho fare -, asmsn ADDITION 70 ~nich
bed In an elegantly Ted up sssteroon- The dis Aoce
being near ,be same a. b. rail Wy and tbs speo. egh
teen mics per hotr, the voyage averages little
hours Arrived Buffalo, the tourst IL only twonsyt 90
mllcs nom Niasars Falls, ITCH reached within the
hour, either BY The Bufaio and Lev Rsi ~ay the
Erie and Ontario line, Tho station being ~ltho three
minus vail OF the Cufon House Hotel shch commands
The best ew OF the falls
From Ma tue ouris, win proceed by tho New York
4 nj River Rsilx IN Ma Xork
plshirg toe distance (s5o mes) oy express 10 10
houns From Troy TO Ne~ York the railway close
navigation In the -ord, has had sucoamb, regards
pasersss TO the speed and power Of the iron horne
rarity by railway and partly by the 900 ton steamers
that navigate the river hke sea which separates Long
leland from he main land Ia 25 Zoe, ana from Boston
70 Portsnd By railway or b. water los miles The TOTAL
railway mlleses provided ov boiler OF the toars
TICKET In Csnaoa and the United States 40 miles lime
gsrml,ains UP should be made from Ne~ YORK 70
Of eight dollars day win suffce 10 the political
capital Of TIE United states and another for the nspecoa
Philadelphia he win reach the Qvsser CITY Al midush,
leo days may be sdvan.e eousy employ ed in philade
phia and n vicinity and four hours the railway viii
bring the traveller back 10 New York
"Great Easiern rourists' Hand Book" is In pre-
ton by q gentleman OF literary emnence, and will be
ready FOR Issue al an early daie II viii awe suocnct
account OF every place and object Of interest along the
line OF the tour, and be accompanied by map OF the
cuded In the tourist ticket VIII be printed In differently
colored Ia from the o,hor lines OF railway The tourist
will thus At enabled N trace each atep Of his
route from Portland III rough Canada 10 Chicago, thcne
70 the Mssissipp, and from thence 70 Clnc nns lake
Erie Niagara, Ne~ York, Boston, and back again 70 bin
starting toint
The Of hrs class tourist TICKET nom London FOR
the whole excursion OF lte han 1900 miles, viii
be sbsut t5o, or at The rate OF Nd per mile Tourists
uokth viii also be Issued In the Leading cs OF the United
Kingdom proporuonsts rates, In case, however, er
c.edng tb6 This charge will cover every locomotive
exIere except the removal OF the b. jer bet the rad
NH n % anil he
boses II III also comprise q nrst rate table tout not
wines or spirs) on the passages 70 and from Portland
On shore the expenses OF The tourist will be amply
cred by 1ts day, and economical Traveller make
them cheaper The only difference OF price roen the
tt and second class tourist ticket will be In the PACKAGES
the Atlantic, here 10 only class on the
American railways This difference will be about El3
The holder of the tourist ticket return TO Finland
either the second return voysge Of Great Fsaterp
ftsm Portland, which vi be In about 0ve from her