, 1866-03-21
THE CANADIAN SCARE.
Our Toronto Letter,

How Strangers 4fo Regarded-The
Forces 1t Toronto-The Queens Own
Feelings OF the Peop1e-The Ce1e-
braai0n ON st. PatfHck's Day-AcatvIky
OF the 0fAnEcmen-The Dreaded 22d
Indignation at rhe United States.
(From Our Own Correspondent
TORONTO, March Is, 1866
Canada was quite merry sometimes, during
| our late war, over The troubles and reycrscs
which we had to encounter. There were, OF
| course, within her boundaries thousands of
| good and true hearts which beat warmly with
sympathy for us; eloquent men, who with
! voice and peu sustained cur war against
slavery ana treason; but among the masses
there was disposition to pet and land South
erners-to affiliate, after the example Of the
parent country, with Cur enemies. Many Of
them even vent so tar as to regard the New
York "botel burner' excitement as quite
funny thing, and 8 raid on our territory,
whether st. Alhan's swoop or Peunsylva-
nta raid BY huge army, a. suprcmely good
Joke lowell tells rs that
| '.Tsne 1T Last, makes an things eEenf'
And the Canadians have now an excellent
! opportunity formosalizine upon that propo-
siGon, from very practical standpoint. They
know now how 1t feels to be raldcd at, OF at
least to live in fear Of raids, and they fall to
take so humorous view. Of the matter IS
| they formerly did. Canada has undeuisbly
"a big Ecnrei' upon her and the fuct is nppa-
] rent in every why ali through the provinces.
[ Coming here from the States .oua plungcs at
once from state Of peaceful security into
| chaos or turmoil and panic. The Detroit river
and the st. Lawrence may he regarded as the
Styglan pools which bound this land of
| troubled ghosts, aud to a looker-on 1t seems
as If they could not be made much more un-
happy than they are now even Il they were
| invaded.
| AT WINDSOR.
Landing at Windsor, one fluids o military
! eruption all over the surface. Uneasy- look
Ing men, with chalky faces and pipe-claycd
belts, wander ai1nlessly up and down the
| streets. lounge in and out Of saloons, haunt
ttc hotels and infest the depot. Sometimes
manifest 1celine that the said guns arc dan
| gerous playthinga, pnd that with them they
arc very aWc-insp1fing creatures. Sometimes
they don't carry suna, aud then they seem to
consider themselves unsafe without them.
All along the line Of the river picketa are
constantly in readiness. Cannon are planted
| rcn1y for service. Couriers and messengers
come hourly from the American eide, each
with more fearful aud wonderful tale than
dreadful preparation Is heard here, faint
| cachfnratory echo comes floating across from
Detroit, where people persist IN looking upon
the whole thing as d sell and where they
amuse themselves BY helping to keep up the
| excitement.
The visitor 10 this foreign land Is neyer ni-
lowed to forget for IN instant that he Is stand
| ing on supposed volcano. He comes from
the States," aud that Is enough to cause him
to be looked upon with suspicion at every
turn. TisDia rnatscns shuades If he wears an
dog his footsteps II he drapes his shoulders
with military cloak. Anxious young volun-
teer officers feel for their side-nru1s u his hair
isn't parted In the middle a Ia .Kanuck. The
railway conductor seats himself near tho sus-
pected one, and takes friendly Interest in
+ Ills destination and purposes. The coGee-
colored "man and brother" who pre-
: sides magnlhcently over the sleeping
. car, watches the stranger fnrllyely,
and becomes painfully weak In the knees at
lays beneath his pillow. stu more anxious
sad puzzled do they all become when 1t Il
found that the stranger hes no baggage and
doesn't seem to know very definitely where he
Is going. It is not long before the stranger
comes 10 be regarded rs an invading force.
: Yet, let me do The Canadians the Justice to
; say that they are quite as polite as the cir
cumstances will admit of, and an extreme
+ | vigilance Is doubtless best for them. In every
. | little town, all the available force Of able
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, moments warning, and in the larger tiles
. the constant drills which have been instituted
. | and maintained have already brought this
| volunteer force 10 far higher condition OF
, military discipline and knowledge than even
: the most Eanguine anticipated before tho
emergency which called them forth
FoEcEs At TORONTO.
The amy officers here ere By no tneans
, communicative, and seem 10 fear giving any
: Information of thsir actual forces, especially
= to strangers. Still, enough can be learned to
y show that on the American side Of the line We
Z rather under than oyerrato tho military
Q strength and disposition Of the Provinces
= Hers in Toronto there ara about twenty-stz
b hundred volunteers and regulars, Including
It ! 20 men Of the Queens Own Rifles, $50 Of the
u Tenth Roy Regiment, Is Of the Naval Brig
&c ade, 50 ot the cavalry 50 Of the foot artillery
lars, numbering about 1000 men, all under
= command OF Gen. Napier, a member OF the
). celebra1cd English family OF that name, nnd
| who Is highly respected as brave and good
- devious Of the volunteer force of Toronto i
:, ] III the " dr1N She'd large wooden buildin.
= | on the corner Of Front and Sfmcoe streets
y THIS Is probably the finest drill room In TIL:
u country. i full battalion may be convenient
!. II maneuv.cd In it. There Is no echo, aut
y drcd mcn arc drilling inside, the air scem'
p good md pure.
l. THE QCEEN's OWN.
m The largest volunteer military organization
re here Il tie "Queen's Own," which number
IN about seven hundred and dity men. and thes
,e cyolutions with almost the precision ant
IL promptltude Of regular soldiers. The uni
iorms are OF a dark color, decidedly less hand
r. some than the American style, and thei
=, broad pipc-clayed belts have an eccentric ap
- pea1ancc to one used to the liyhtness of til
- irapp1ngB Of veterans in the Northern army
- The officers wear frock-likc overcoats, With
~ Y. ont capcs, and see1n to possess rage for OK
IL namtntfng the edges oftheir coats with SON
re sort OF cufly fur. Their caps are also Of curl
Its capabilities they more or less cultivate curl
ii. fnr on their faces, In the firm c
ats "shoulder Of mutton Whiskers." The con
.sa manding general parts his hnir In the middle
be Ing It the II wespectablc and pwapa thing
ii. do,n giving one IN "awistocwstic air, 70
n. low bis example. Drilling, envelopinc whi
ne key, oglipg pretty girls On the streets, threa
-, I cning determination Of the Fen1ans md smpl
n, Ing ere their present occupations.
eEsr1MESr OF TIE PEOPLE.
mi Business, beyond them, Is decidedly du
h. here at present, nnd merchants look as Il the
Ihe motto was the pithy apo1hegm Of Deacon B
~ | dutt-"We re all poor creeturB." It wOul
m be difficult to i1naEtne city more entire
~ swallowed up In any one topic than Torou'
| now Ii III IuE Vu4pQE[ u lEpt4A1I5 AQ AAt a94V
.N lne The Intelligent people Of this part Of II
A. county have very clear and mainly CORE
e1- understanding Of the real character and pr
oo pose Of the Fcnian movement, but their u
ely derstanding is not one to completely re-a
Ihs 31as thsy ayn Ss ps9
few designing thagpers to take adraniage
Bt. the national feeling and credulity Of rae
.he that they may derive profit theretrom.. Th.
oa do not imagine that one Of d
md pose that there Is the most remote prospect
~, the brotherhood conquering Canada4 b
~. ~. they do fear that The leaders Of that NOV
~ ment will be by necessity compelled to
!" lcast make q femt Of attacking Canada,
Iot, order to screen themselves from the Just
ned dIcnation Of their dcluded followers. II
he- not seriously thought that large army
In | Feulans will come over, as d regular militia
lan movement; but It is expected that band
had few hundreds may come across, and alict
hos ing upon some almost deienceleSs little boro
the town, reproduce m 1t all the horrors of
icsl Irish mob: murder, nEson, pillngo and rapll
In ! such as we're prrpetrated ID the memorial
hst edrait riots" in New York. Such 4 mob
~, invaders could only expect to rcmaln e 4
sis s,s wonld shave great wrath because their til
80 ia shorts Then they would he driven o
u las back 10 the States, or killed, and the parti
~ =, lar faction Of the Brotherhood which had g
ro ten up the row, would asc1ibe their failure
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:eho script1ons. and so on, dd 5atfnium, OF III
i the bubble bursts.
TIE DREADED ed.
,st3 There are some here, however, who do i
md | believe that the FcnlanE have the courugc
i,es. make even this much Of an attempt in VI
re- | Of lne 1AMeahc ai4 PG44eIS Plepatatt.. \.
lcct | Mhlcn nave peen aaGs 5s tUE tuGI FEeePu
men INC 4nlet lesuls oI q, EAt.1cka oey
saty fanny seem 10 flse .eMat 20 tnsu .neo1y 9Iy
rled II mnst mol be imasnso tnat oeeAuse St.
aud TICKS da{ ls past, ~ oanssF oFs5: A. = u
Is Ii was expected rom u. fatllek,s oaJ.
/ In the "a haoAla 1ass oeSn p.tsAea upou
i've. not seem very cleal, o1t u tnete y efs NY