New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-08
TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENCE.
Special 70 the New Orleans Crescent,

| Special 10 the New Orleans Crescent
QUEBEC, L. c., July 30, 1860.
| Mr. Edito,.-When ! closed my last thought it
would be the last you would hear of me until got
on the other sde-not of Jordan, but the big pond :
but we know not what day may bring forth"
| and having an hour or two Of spare time, devote
it to commune with you by letter, if not by SPIRIT.
| We parted with our friend, the Major, with tears
and smiles, and tore ourselves from his protecting
care for the P. III. train. We rushed across the
Victoria bridge, engeloped in worse than Egyptian
| darkness and emerged into the light Of glorious
day at the rate of some thrty-tiye miles an hour.
In my last stated that the distance from Montreal
to Quebec was some 100 miles. tits Is miles time
/ 81 hours We progressed finey rushed pastinnum-
cradle villages, quaintlookng old churches vener-
| able converts and modern farms and residences.
| All went iii not merry as marriage belly very
| pleasantly, when, within some nine miles of our
| destination and during our pleasant reveries of
coming enjoyments in the shape of rare beefsteak,
| pot of halt-and half and sundry other uxuries,
crash, crash. crash, we went, jump, jump, jump,
bang, whack-most every body sprang up-sit
down, was shouted, keep your seats. Oh, yes,
sung out some fellow. Keep your seats, indeed,
when we are going to hi in minute There
was rush for the doors, and confusion ruled the
roost for q short time. One stout old French LADY
followed like good fellow, g Oh we're over the
bridge, oh holy Saint Bridget, save and protect
us!n g Keep still, shouted the conductor-stop
your noise, we only off the track p and such
indeed was the case, though il twas progidential
eseape-for had the engine turned to the right in
stead Of the left, We should haze gone down an en-
bankment Of some considerable depth.
1t appeared upon examination that freight
1 train had passed up q short time before, and the
man in charge of the switch had neglected to turn
it on for as coming down, (he'll get fits for thaD
and we had run off on to the track, crossed it and
gone right into a big wood.pile, some twenty or
thirty feet from the track, and on the side Of the
bank. 1t was terrible sound, that smashing noise
but being in that aforesaid reyerie did not realize
it until it was all over. SAT perfectly STILL for
which / was afterwards complimented by two
worthy fathers of the church, who we're journey
ing on in company, and who themselves were
somewhat alarmed at the mishap. But we were
not fated to hand in our checks thatti By tele-
graphing ON to Quebec after delay Of couple of
hours, fresh train was sent to relief, and we
reached the city in safety at about A. M. instead
of 10 P. NJ. as due by the card. On leaving the
cars we had to cross the river, which VIC did in a
stauneh ferry boat-the distance, some mile or two,
I should Judge; then commenced the ascent to the
city, and after winding up mountain nearly mile,
were dumped down at the Russell House com.
pletely tired and worn out, and had to be brought
10 by continued applications of some very agree
able remedies.
And now for birdseye view Of Quebec. 1t is
taR city-all uphill like the King of France, who
marched with his army up the hill and then marched
down agan-so here it's up hill and down hill all
the time the streets are little better than lanes,
they are SO narrow, scarcely room enough for two
vehicles to pass, or on the sidewalks for two per-
sons. The latter {sidewalks) are Of plank and in
very bad condition. The houses are mostly of
stone small and oAtfe looking, small windows and
doors SO small that you have to stoop 10 get fairly
ill., and the funniest little places for latch keys like
the letter I standing onits head. To get into one
of these houses You first ascend three or four
almost perpendicular narrow steps, then you feel
for the keyhole, then you stoop down for the
haudle then bob your head and make dive,
and suppose you would find yourself sotaelcteaeS
in the neighborhood. The places to visit are the
Cathedral St. Mary's Chapel the Barracks. Plains
of abraham, Wolfe's Monument, Government
House, the Citadel, etc, all of which l had the
pleasure of doing. The Citadel is immense, and
should judge wonld be highly destructive if its
long lines OF guns and mortars were brought to
bear upon any invader of this soil They say it is
the strongest fortress in the world and cannot be
taken. .
There were some companies of red coats going
through their evolutions while was on the ground
and the perfection with which they did them was
quite refreshing, after witnessing so many amateur
performances in that line. The falls of Montmor
ency did not witness, being tired of falls. 1t is
nine miles out from the city, and is not object of
much interest to any just from the Falls of Mia
CARA. There are many kinds of falls, and have
often thought what fine subject for discourse
this would be to our friend and fellow-sinner who
preached that great and popular sermon, t'For he
played on harp of thousand strings etc. The
| text might be, ''For he shall fall into pit, and
there shall be none to deliver him.. There are va
rious kinds of falls, my brethren; there's the great
/ fall and the little fall and the high old fall, which
some people gets when they leasts expects it, and
/ which hope, my brethren has never been the lot
| Of any of you-tFor he shall fall into pit ard
there shall be none to deliver him.; The greatest
fall, my brethren, Of which have any full and
particular account was the fall OF ADAM our great
forefather. On, what fall was there, my breth.
rem! which the fruitful source of all the other
falls that poor, weak human natur has been sub
jectea to. We are falling race, my brethren as
is said in the text, For he shall fall into pit and
there shall be none 10 deliver him. Then my
brethren, We have an account of the fall of the
walls of Jericho, by blowing rams horns that
was wonderful fall, my brethren. and trust you
will take it to heart. Then we have panuel-he
| fell into pit-he had fall right into den Of
lions; take warning, my brethren, look out for tho
lions, who goeth about seeking whom he nigh
deyour, For he shall fall into pit and their shall