New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-24
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FROM CANADA.
The Journey -Conover-Gen. Dix's Visit
CousuI.Gencrnt Poster-Annexa tion.
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State.

committeeman P0Uef-hu
Corr.,pondenee Of The y. Y. Tribune
MONTREAL Tuesday, June 90, 1865.
A New-Yorker. finding himself for the first
time in Montreal is at no loss for new sensations
These will be more less agreeable or disagrecable
according TO his temperament II he be very bigoted
on the score Of nationality and in haste TO get home he
will meet at every step such aggravat!ons as Will
grsancreasc his tendency to profanity, While II be
come Inspired bya true cosmopolitan spirit. he VIII
banquet on the novelties continually presented to bis
senses and lis Judgment and derive wise experience
from tie little trials Of temper which he to be
subjected.
For my own part am 80 conditioned as TO be both
yexcd ard amused lave escaped for few days from
city work. and have god company; and though a
little feyerish about waste Of me slill am resolved
TO make the best Of the goods which the gods send
scold at the Internal s,upd,es OF public carriers tLat
send you on one day and your baggage week after
ward and yet derive much fun from the necessary
substitution Of my missing wardrobe by fresh purchases
from vendors anxious to sell and resolved to please.
when the telegram that to my hotel ct O'Clock
in the afternoon worth dozen times the cost of my
Journey II get i. at once and yalueess II delivered the
next day II is difficult smile az the stupidity OF the
hotel clerk when he hands 1t to al noon. after its
blunder a. soon as see that it is reparabe and turn
TO the thing that can afford me pleasure or proht
To be sure the Cockncys that surround at table are
indcscrbaby snobb.h and dsagreeable but the coffee
is good and the fish delicate and sweet. So. gentle
TGBusg of the people, finding me in fair humor. givs
my word. rs write them and believe that desire to
be just.
TIE TRIP.
IN. Nan. v, and Al
be annihated in twenty-four hours by direct railroad
travel BY any one who cares nothing for beds My
companion and l. however used few additional hours,
which We devoted to wholesome slumbcr; going To Al
bany by steamer thence by rail the next morning to
Whitehall, and over beautiful Lake Chamrain in u
nice little boat. by daylight. The rail again from
ouses Point would have LANDED us In Montreal by ten
o'clock the same evening had not loss OF baggage
Checked througO decided us to lie till morning at
Plattsbure a pleasant village OF about SIX thousand
people with prestige of historic fame derived from
the events Of the last war with England and unique
new and admirable hotel known the Fouqu6t House
where We experienced the incest OF care. fare and
courtesy aud which we left with regret The morning
ride by railway was comfortable quiet aud novel; the
companionsbip of rosy priests (whose fat and oily
plysiquss bccd the austerty of their robes) and Of
seemed to my companion punishment specially inflicted
by Providence An giving pleasant tone to The spen-
did scenery Of the St. Lawrence which here flows be-
tween terraced shores crowned thckly with antique
palaces and impresses you with majesty second only
10 that Of the vast parental Mississippi ITSELF which its
beauty greatly surpasscs.
MONTREAL.
Located on large islaGd embraced by the black
struggling waters Of the 0ttow River and facing the
St Lawrence while in its rear rises the Royal Mount
from which 1t derives its name Montreal crowds into
limited area population OF over 100000 sousi al
least there that many bodies and charity forbids us
to doubt the existence OF the immortal spark. when
shines out however with extraordinary dnness.
Built 10 In a mixed French and English sylc-with
narrow streets and queer old houses dividing your curl
osity-he city still shows signs OF enterprise. In
many old buildings giving place to new ones,
and several Of the streets have been widened III accord
ance with American ideas of convenience and health.
The suburbs naturally fine, tho island containing
several hills each one curiousls furnished with lake
on its summit, and tho splendid champagne country on
the north and the rapids in the st. Lawrence being ea
lures Of great excellence in their respective ways
Then there is the Victoria bridge which IS admirable
MS work Of and evidence of enterprise Espite
Of the shadies that forbid you TO inspect it with any
degree Of Of comfort
Certainly the location Of Montreal is one Of numer.
Gus advantages and we're il in tic United States the
population might as well be- 100000 as 100000.
/ Ofeourse, must mention the famous Cathedral Of