New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-08

in 1912. Nevertheless the little chapel ,,r r.d,as'
sac is not OILY an interesting, -,
picturesque object 10 itself ''nq'E :.
L'An.. d PEau. Two miles TURNER Is
,onahea "a 's5&e7 station, where We
~ where, IN n, regret, Mr.. Witcber,
aD Official surveyor vbose conversation had
.ound very instroc'. W. left us.
Passing arouF 4 the headland Of La Boule, We
found onrseIv 20 at last surrounded with the gay
rocks OF u % Ssguepay. The morning was clsar
bnt cod. an icy wind blew down the river, aud
the ncre delicate lady-passeDgers coogregated
OBJ out the cabin-sto No magical illusions of
atmosphere enwrap the scenery of this northern
river. Everything is hard naked, stern, silent
Dark-gray cliffs of araniiic gneiss rice from the
pitch black water; frs of gloomy green are rooted
in their creyices and fringe their submits; lofter
ranges, of a dull, indigo hue, show themselves in
the back ground, and, over all bends pale, cold,
northern sky. This keen air, which brings out
every object with crystalline dstinctness, even
contracts the dimensions of the scenery dimioishes
the hight of the cliffs, and apparently belittes the
majesty of the riser so that the first Impression Is
ore of disappointment. Still, it exercises fasci-
nation which you cannot resist. You look, and
look, fettered by the fresh, novel, savage stamp
which Nature exhibits, and at last, as in st. Pc
tei or at Niagara learn from the character OF the
separate features 10 appreciate the grandeur OF the
whole.
The SagueDsy is not, properly, river. 1t is
tremendous chasm, like that of the Jordan Valley
and the Dead Sea, cleft for sixty miles through the
heart OF mountain wilderness The depth of The
wat-r varies from 25 TO l47 fathomp and the hight
of the rocks on either eide from 500 to 500 feet.
On approaching Cbicoutimi, sixty miles from the
St Lawrence, the river suddenly becomes shallow,
and thence to Lake st. John it is an Insignificant
stream, navigsble only for canoes. The upper
valley, which lie rapidly becoming settled, is said to
be very fertile, and to possess miIder climate than
Quebec, although nearlyt two degrees further north
But from L'Anse Eau TO Haha Bay, the extent
of our voyage there are not mo re than half dozen
places where settler could fad room enough for
house and garden.
Steadily upward we went, the windngs Of the
nearly two miles-gtviog us shifting succession OF
the graudest pictu es. Shores that seemed roughly
piled together out of the fragments of Chaos over
hung us great masses of rock, cleaning daskily
through their scsnty drapery of evergreens, here
lifting long, irregular walls against the sky there
split into huge, fantastic forms by deep, lateral
g,rges, up which We saw the dark-blue crests of
loftier mountains 10 the rear The water beneath
us was black as night, with pitcby glaze on its
surface, and the only life in all the savage solitude,
was, now and then, the back of white pOrpoise,
in some of the deeper coyes.
BY nine o'clock we saw the headland of Eternity
before US, with Trinity beyond. These two cele-
brated capes are on the western bank of the
SsgueUsy, divided by a coz about half mile wide.
They are gray, streaked masses Of perpendicular
rock, said to be 1900 feet 10 hight. BY the eye
alone, should not have estimated them at over
1000 feet, but was assured the height he'd been
ascertained by actual measurement. Certain it is,
tboJ appear much hig hoI the SECOND than tho
first view. These awful cliffs, planted in water
nearly thousand feet deep, and soaring into the
very sky, form the gateway to rugged valley,
stretching inland, and covered with the dark, pri-
meval forest Of the North. / doubt whether q
submer picture of the wilderness is to be found on
this continent.
Toward noon, we reached Ha-ha Bay, which lie
branch or inlet of the river miles in length.
At its extremity, there is fouri-hing settlement.
The hills around were denuded of their forests;
feds of whea oats, and barley, grew on the steep
slopes, snd the cold ridges were dotted with hay
cocks. Capt. Howard gave us but an hour, but
We determined to spend the most of it ashore. As
we approached the beach in the steamers boat, we
noticed a multitude of ealeches, drawn by ponies,
standing in the water. Presently we grounded,
and there was a rush of vehicles TO our rescue.
With infinite yelling and splashipg, and much good
humOIed emulation the part of the drivers, half
dozen caleches were backed out against the boat
(the water rising over the shaits) and we stepped
into them. Away went the delighted coacbmeu,
and our wheeled gOndOlas soon reached the shore.
The village contains about hurdred houses, most
Of which we're quite new. l noticed some cherry
ar plum trees in the gardens and the usual yege-
tables, which appeared to thrive very well.
Our cOachman, an haJitam was loud in his
praises of the place, although he had so little to
show u.s. "Where is the hotel I" asked, after we
had seen all the cottages and saw mills "There
s pone," he answered. 'But where do strangers
90, when they come here1" "Wby" said be, |
with grin, they don't come !" Thereupon, we
drove hurriedE back into the water, stepped from
,ur carriages into the boat, and returned to the
steamer. BIT.
TIE REGATTA AT POUGHKEErsm-SEcoSD DAY
,ersons were present witness tue closing days re-
,attaat Poughketpse Oh Wednesday. Tlree ex ;urson