The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-23
From the Journal Of Commerce. l.
BRIEF NOTES IN CANADA


Have you ever heard of the Wild Doc of Niogara9
Just below the Suspension Bridge on the Canada
slde, ana hanging over the river to hepht of some
t"3 huhured ieet, runs for some distance a huge,
proAeh ana oVer-reaching precE ice, which no hu-
man being could climb or descend without assist.
ance. Near the surface of the water and ON the
oroEen rocks, large, nobleooking and peculiarly
h MARKED Newfoundland dog has been seen and
heard, at various times during the past two wears
anu anu lately within few weeks. This fact is au-
euugGh'icated ug by the testimony of many respect-
ao'e anu veraelous eyewitnesses, and as there is
no way ior the poor animal to retur, IN civI
lzed lie and the amenities of human in+orconrsa
ne Is subject OF much curious specnIation n. -
KIND OF Robinson Crusoe among DOGS and II ie
fish and small animals on his ''beat" which is onIv
halt mile in length. His bowling lamentations
from the rocky recesses of his retreat are often
heard at midnight, and daring ATTEMPT to an
Pr"ach and save him was rendered frutless by his
leroclty. An additional air OF romance has been
thrown around bis fate by the story that he is be-
moaning his master whom he "lost' at the Clifton
mouse some two years since. 1t is probable that
ne ne lthe 6og: ana not the man, was washed ashore
by the Rapids, which sweep along here with ter
rlhc velocity. But whether an exile or disheart-
ened msanthrope, the poor cqstaway has the hearty
sympathy OF every one who approaches the spot and
cOnlectures his probable fate.
One hears and sees much in Canada of runaway
negroes. The taverns and hotels in Upper Canada
are abundantly supplied with black servants a
large proportion of whom have been traspIanted
s.,
chleny IN the region of the lakes, comparatively
lew venturing towards the st. Lawrence Their
condition is described by all impartial observers as
pltlable IN the extreme. Unsuted by nature to the
rlgors of northern climate they soon s.dwindle
peak and pine" amid all the pangs of starvation,
Dy cold and hunger. Intelligent Englishmen saw
that II the Southern States would pass laws pro-
hlbitIng the division of slave families nine out of
ten OF tie runaways would return to their homes
Inc colonial system of attempting to raise the black
man to the level of the white man is pronounced
an entire failure. The encouragement Of black
emigration has loaded the poor houses and the ails
whlle the loathsome inteTmarriages which are al
lowed and even encouraged have caused in some
localities a terrible decentralization
Stories abound of the dissatisfaction expressed
py the expatriated blacks. A short time since an
extensive planter from Kentucky, visiting the Cliff
ton house, received many voluntary attentions ON
a poorly dressed young black who finally said.
MaSsa Col' mel don't you know me?" "No," said
the Colonel, 'l never saw YOU before The vonnor
fellow then declared himself a runaway from the
Colonels plantation near Louisville and demanded
aims. dis old master gave him a sufficient sum of
money to replace his rags with decent suit of
clothes, when the following conversation is de-
scribed as having taken place:
mMassa, should like to go back to Kentuck"
wen Jack, shall not give a cent to help you
back You have run away from a good home and
you can run back again, where. if you behave
yourself, you will be taken care of
w hat became of Jack is more than is known; but
II there be any return tickets by the 'Underground
Railroad Jack will avail himself of the first pas
sage.
The total negro population of Upper Canada is
set down at 1869 (about the same as the Indians}
out OF total of about million. In Lower Cana
ga, there are some 800 ba ks in a Census of some
100000. So they form a very small fraction of the
community, after all.