Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-17
Letters Of a Traveller.
No.. o..

W. hal nDw Land on both sides, Capc
Race. Cape Ray and Cape Breton, but in
entering i,to the gulf of ST Lawrence
the land WIS again lost tt cur view FOR
some time Through thc gulf We
ploughcd our way and got into the river
ST Lawrence, and then on both sides
were beauty and vivacity ot scenery.
The French Canadians are located on
both sides of the river, and their land
is laid out in such mann,r that each
farmer has three or f ur hundred feet
fronting on the river and extending back
far emo Oh To give him about fifty acrrs-
About every seven miles on each side OF
the river there l. 4 Catholic Church with
tin root and gaudy steeplc, which makes
the scenery the strangcst If not the grand
est ever SAW in the Oil or new world
The river flows smoothly and quietly down
from Quebec and each ot its sides pre-
scnts nearly the same appearance The
weather WAS very fine and the passengers
were in good humour with themselves
and every body else They saw That the
danger of tic sea was over, and that
terra firma" was within haiiim" dis
tancc, which probably heightened the
buoyancv of their spiltS, and lent eli
/ chantmeni to the border sccncry that II
otherwise, or under other circumstances
/ would not pn~Sess- We touched land al
/ Point Levi on the opposite >ilc OF the
I river tu Quebec. where the Grsinl IrunA
! Rail Road commences on the American
: Continent Here there l. gc,rl rail road
( buildings. some pretty good dwellings,
/ and the Victoria Hotel a capacious build
! inc. On the opposite side of the river,
/ the bank Is very high and almost perPen-
dicular, and on the top Is the celebrated
plains of Abraham. How at the siege OF
/ Quebec they effected landing up that
I HIGH steep shelving rock is a mystery 70
me But IT was done. \ gentleman
who WAS we'll booked In the history OF
that transaction informed me, that the
first goods and chattels they brought mp
after etEecting landing was three barrels
of whiskev. which the operatives were
allowed To part;.kc OF very freely in order
TO inspire them TO cxerti0n.
Quebec is Il historical city, the places
of interest in anh around the city ;re
numerous. Governors Garden, Durham
Terrace, Grand Battery French Cathc-
dral. English Cathedral, plains of Abra-
ham. place where Montgomery fell wherC
Wolfe fell &c. 1t l. the seat OF govern
ment. The governor resides there an,
bears the following title. The Right Hon
orlble Charles Stanley, Niscount Monch
of Ballytramond in the county of Wexford
Governor General of British North Amer,
lea, and Captain General and GUvemO
in Chief in and over the provinces O
Canada. Nova Scotia, New Brunswicl
and the Island of Prince Edward, an,
Vice Admiral of the same. His Lord
ship is little above the middle heigh
of vigorous build, in the prime of life, In
features are manly and REGULAR, He wear
heavy beard of browniSh hue, and hai
of the same color. 1t Is not ID be wondere'
at, that a man bearing those titles, viii
his advantages of personal appearance AM
atfable manners should be pretty much O
a lion in that city.
We are now Oh the Grand Trunk RAJ
way bound for ST. Lambert opposite f
Montreal This Is a fine road and goo
accommodations on IT for travellers.
runs through nice country from Quebe
, TO Montreal. The country seemed to b
well f,rmed and good roads through ii
Large signboarCls at every crossing wer
put up, and painted with very conSpi
: cious letters on both sides :. Raj. RoA
CROSSING, TRAvERS DU CIIENIN DE FER,
as the French language is alternately sPC
ken with the English in all this section {
country, even our baggage at Quebec W.
: inspected in French and English. W