Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-24

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GARsIsoN-WHERK WOLFE AND MoNrcALN
FELL-wHxRK MONTGOMERY FxLI-QuEsrc
IN ruK WINTER -Sr. HELMS IsLAND--A
MAMMOTH RAFT AND HAPPY VovAeKRs.
Edforia! Correspondence Of Tia Star q
QUKREc, LOWER CANADA,
mo. 3O.l August 4, 1889
On reaching the Falls of Montmorenci few
hours since. 1 found the carriages of dozen par
ties of tourists who had preceded me thither, and
was told that from an early hour until sunset the
road to that point Is thus crowded this season
The little river, perhaps 900 feet wide, PUSHES
down precipitous rapids to a level OF about ~
feet below, In distance OF 300 yards and then
leaps p-rpendicularly into the bosom OF the ST.
Lawrence a further distance of $40 feet below.
Its spray is cast back In puffs or little clouds
nearly to the level from which IL makes that great
leap. The constant wearing of the waters for
thousands of years has worked out q miniature
basin In the wall Of rock surrounding 1t, wider
at the river than at the falls, and perhaps hun
dred yards back from the line of the rivers walls
With the exception Of Niagara. the Falls of the
Mon,morenci are doubtless most interesting In
this country, the scenery surrounding them being
replete with grandeur and wildneSs.
On the down-hin ride back TO the city had
far better views of Quebec, is Notifications, the
st. Lawrence, and the villsge-covefed plateaus
scattered around IL In all direction. could but
admire them, without stopping TO take notes
One at single glance every house in the city,
apparently Quebec Is built on a succession Of
psrapets or terraces, as il were there being but
one, rarely more than two, streets upon the same
level Thus the house-tops and spres-half of them
covered with bright tin, and more than half the
rest painted red, as in Montreal, were all within
a
| modern town back Of the rear ramparts Is best
constructed, the builders having discovered that
where space was ut command there was no phil
osophy in making their wide streets but ~ feet,
and their harrow ones not more than IL feet wide
rs their neutrality-suspicious. built
ON returning within the walls, drove through
Quebec in all direction, seeing its many churches
colleges, hospitals, and numerous other public
buiidings-ncarlya all its churches and educational
establishments being, as in Montreal, in charge Of
Catholic ecclesiastics and regieuse of both sexes
The bishops house adjoining an immense new
ccllege-the largest building in the citv-is the
finest private residence in il that 1 saw The
''Governor's Garden isa public square adorned
with shrubbery, where one or two Of the reyi.
mental bands discourse fine music for practice or
for the popular qualification, two or three AFTER
moons weekly. II is not a remarkable affair;
init Of dedicating sufficient of II to such ends
The view from Durham heights down upon the
city outside Of the walls, is most striking Oae
sees from thence the arrangements OF the city's
back buildings and court-ysrds-even more an
cient and foreign in appearance than the fronts
Of It's houses. could hardly realize. from Dur
hams height, that was looking down upon 4
city Of the new world-but rather upon a cast,.l-
lated city OF the Rhine, built in the middle ages
SO rs TO bring It's inhabitants all within range OF
ci The rieute-collec ting weapon Of their masters
IS we'll as Ia protect them from the tender m,rci,s
Of maraudIng strangers
Ihis Durham terrace is plateau upon the ram
parts standing hundreds Of feet above the ions Of
the houses Of the lower city and the river sweeping
around the foot Of the latter Mortars are planted
thick upon and aTonnd IL. Il being evidently an
important point IN the SYSTEM Of dsfe by which
the Qualifications Of Quebec have been made the
"ipfa'HF Nf America. The citadel is no,her POI Mt
q the Qualifications Of great interest," the h,gh.,
point Of RICK embraced within the walls ltis .ut
rounded with a complete fortified wall loaded
down with Cannon, and is thus fort ncstion
witEln the fertilization. Its guns ike those Of
nearly every point in the rampSrts below COM
nand the channel Of the river. From Is immense
height II must be ImPrvS nable 10 an attack from
TIE wafer The view from IL is magnificent In
every di'ect'on-far past any POS ble effort Of m ne
~ describe 70. Turn IS one will thsrs al up,n
the face q The earth the bosom ~ the noble river
IS visible as far as the scope Of human eve can
reach, Within the citadel walls are the mara
zine, armory, store-housss. Sc Of the whole for
uhcaticn, nwsn rs officers quarters a ne, the usual
oa'rack Is OF rs immediate gasr son now com ros~d
al perhaps half The Queens regiment Of Canadian
r'Hes. half the Sih foot. snd half a regimen, Of
Hat.FE
Il .reren; barracks within the walls A nea, little
monument Is erected On the sH0, on the plains If
Abraham. where Wolfe fell. abou, mile outside
II the walls, aud another where Mont aim fell.
Hard hy, various isolated Msr,ello towers com,
ple'e the defences in that quartz,
The spot where Montgomery fell is marked by
simple black sign-SOsrd. painted IN white let
teFs-'e-IinS the story in half . dozen words. n
- n little raN;ne or indentation made nv The
rams o. centuries In the ruck on which the nam
parts are Quilt, Pcrhspss third Of the distance III
~ 'Aea that rsvtne, the angle ~ sscen, Dc NJ
lnoEv nearly pvTPendIcu !aT, I apprvhsni than W..
ever before a.ed - ~ climbed by an ssssult,ry
~ surprise party, ia. Americans were cp,i-,yar.
.as tN MAKE their way when Montgomery was
Aii1ed tIs hard - realize ;aai mea could essay
an S'AaSA 'cfh SUI 9uarter and the fact tia.
ws ~ es>SFe1' tells ~ the daredevil spirit Of
--'N -4tEc army. fCrClhlg
thelr remarkable journey over the wilderness 10
reach Sseeec. The dcfrnces at ouebx,, ARE tn.
key military 20 all Csaad, II they Ar No, ip,.
tFvsnAae, Adj IA! - entirely command The rive,
s'T'kSs me - worse than folly a. sprnt dolI,r
en- MOUNTAINOUS Srvwhere- E1cer, by and th-rr,vh
Poruind Ne ey the Grand Trunk ra;!,u,a az,
eN and throGga the New York canals ,pd al.
sVSds, Canada : literally wi,aou, any oxh., r,,s.
>ieie 0ailsi fr her commerce. excep, a r,,,Iy M,
der tie suns e Tits fcssacsrca He,c- 3. 49,,
ih NA SS1seS NSt~Fe ~4osSs taat outlet a, svr.,,s
ier s;' caiss Of ;h- war; and to obvi.,r his az
acG4's tie Portland raiiEvad Ia. bs~I and ~.
Victoria bridge - h;as, bu.t with British carl.
-
In ne ~iaser s~ssea the population Ct ouees,s
$ greatly rs6Gc rd-sAoassnds On thousands ~ -
sahaeitAH,s o~lng back in the wo>is s~t,in., t,n,
eV'-'he employment @ 81 manY " ,Acs- xshs
.AoNF IN ihe ci'y N ;ae simmer a all laSNxe.il
'nSs saw huadrvts II thousands dollars Nh
"a and sfSsni tie A.asns II the har,S,r. n-,,,
.'~aed iato perhaps twsaty SHIPS ta~s- h~tps
Nat ~ ave UHscs IS aGHch shipping II III. ru,,
n SGeeSc hAse<S N all tie osher l,k- ,ns
riNrs P>Ss have seea isee .saviax New y,,k