The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-09-17

New England city. Twice day trains leave
this city carrying the workmen to and from
the great rifle manufuctory, situated a few
miles in the country. Night closed our view
of the beautiful Connecticut River, along
the margin of which this road winds its way
for many Il mile
When we left Wilmington not the least
vesige of snow was to be seen, and, in fact.
many of our farmers had completed their
Spring ploughing but our surprise may be
imagined, when we awoke in the morning
at st. Adams. to find the ground covered
with snow that had fallen last December.-
We were now approaching the cold regions.
The land of snow and ice. Rivers, hills,
valleys and fields were clad in their garments
of pure and spotlcss snow. Here our view
of the country ended.
At Rouses' Point. on Lake Champlain, the
Government is building fort looking very
much like Fort Delaware, called Fort Mont
gomcry. No douht this fort is intended to
hold at bay the British lion, should he take
it into his head to cross over and annoy us.
In this region of country we passed over
portion of Lake Champlain the rails being
laid upon trussel work. 1t was at this
point that we began to feel that we were
leaving the Union behind us, for here the
familiar green back began to lose its charm,
and for the first time did feel ashamed of
my country, and the degradation it has been
brought to, by the Internal rebellion. few
minutes after we left Rouses' Point a man
came through the cars-after the fashion of
our annie bovs-inmirinp if we wanted TO
buy any Canada money. In his hands he
carried some miserable dirty notes, that
looked mean enough to have been issued
from that swindling institution, the Milford
Bank of Delaware, which he offered to sell
at siNty-eight cents premium. If there ever
was one thing more than another that was
calculated to make one swear. it was this
insult to our national currency. Here we're
urcenbacks printed on pauer thar was good
sides containing the nortrait of old Uncle
Abe-so far beneath their dirty rags. that
they asked us to give them one dollar and
sixty. EIGHT cents for one of them. As we
had no call for gold. or its equivalent, we
did not purchase the trash After all is said
and done. we could not HELM contrasting the
stability of the British Government, with
that of our own.
DUST before we arrived at Montreal we had
to change cars in order to get on the Grand
Trunk Railway. which is the broad gauge.
after which we crossed the great Victoria
bridge. which spans the st. Lawrence. This
is a splendid iron structure. built on the
same nrinciple of the Great Eastern. and.
we believe. by the same engineer. 1t is To-
Gated upon piers set at equal distances. The
whole thing is built of boiler iron. and is
one of the simplest structures. to be so
strong. and durable. that the mind of man
can Imagine. Montreal is Il city full OF
splendid buildings and structures noted in
history. The people all seem to be engaged
; in some kind of useful occupation. The
ladies and gentlemen were all warmly clad
in turS and WOODEN suited to the climate
In fact. the men and women wear the same
kind of caps | will saw. without cxaggera-
ton. the people of Montreal-both ladies
and pcntlcmen-wer the neatcst clad OF
any people ever saw. The places of inter
est are The new Court House. New Post
office. Merchants Exchange. Mechanics
Institute. Commercial Bank. Bousecour' $
Market. McGill Market. Museum of the Ma
tnral History of Montreal new CITY " tcr
Works. Protestant Orphan ASYLUM, Ladies'
| Beneyolcnt Institute. Bonanenture Hall,
Theatre Roval Guilboult's Gardens. Mel
sons Monument. Mount ROYAL Cemetery.
Champs De Mars. Race D'Armcs. Victoria
Bridge. I.aclne Canal. Grey Nunnorv. Black
Nunncrv. Marin Villa Convent. Theological
Collere, French Cathedral Christ Church
Cathedral. St. GEORGES Church, Trinity
Church. WESLEYAN Church. and last. but
greatest of all. the St. Lawrence Hall. kent
bv the prince of good fellows. Mr.. Hogan.
As "a gentleman, and "a man calculated to
please the public, in his line of business. we
recommend him to the travelling public. His
house is kept on the old English style ::
Breakfast from to II, lunch from. to 2
o'clock: dinner for parties leaving at , :
dinner from to g. tea I. and supper at 8
o'clock.
Our business ended. we were lust about to
return, when we saw couple of colorcd
men capturcd by the police and dragged to
prison. Their oilense was the cnlisting OF
soldiers for the Union army: they had four
abc-bodied men in their charge, and were
lust on the point of paving their fare, when
the harpies of the law got a hold of them
What their fate was do not know. must
confess the truth that felt little kind of
warming towards the poor Africans as they
were carried away from their good work.
and had circumstances permitted. would
have liked to have done something for them.
A jew. more fortunate than the colorcd
men, got away with about fifty able-bodied
Germans. bound for the army of the Union.
and came away on the same train with us,
landing them safely in good old Massaehus-
etts. On our return no incident worthy OF
record occurred. until we arrived near East
putnay. when every car in the train ran off.
causing one of the most terrible ioltings over
the cross ties that ever experienced. At
the time was sitting in one end of the