The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-07-09

The water, which Surrounds il on three
sides This cminence is crowned by
citadel very strongly built Of granite,
furnished with heavy armament and II
strong garrison its commanding position
and massive structure constituting it one
of the principal dcfrca- of the city. and
harbor. The streets Of the city are very
regular, aud some of them very handsome.
The dwelling houses are built largely of
brick and stone, though some are of wood |
and painted dark. There is every degree |
of quality, but no pretcnco to uniformity
in their construction. The House Of AS |
sombly and Custom House arc worry
handsome cdilices, uiit of green sandstone.
but not equal To City Hall in New York
City, or to some Of onr prblic bull lines
in Washington. We happened to I've in this
city on the anniversary OF the Queens
birth day. which is celebrated very much
as the 4h of July is in New England
The heavy guns speak out IRON the citadel
and from the men of war in the harbor.
An artillery company came out on the
common with battery of six pieces and
have very severe though bloodess con
iiict with an imaginary enemy, and finally
march off the field victorious with "lrums
beating and colors hYnr." also hundreds
.t 4 49, i .U '.um tie citadel and the
shipping; and among the largest, and TO
our eyes the handsomcst of them all. is
the Curious "stars and stripes" or a. Il
''rcd coat" called it the "Yankce flag 7
There is great difference of opinion herd
rs respects the "ncw dominion" which,
from to day constitutes Now Scotia a
part OF Canada Some are in favor Of il,
and some are bitterly opposed. The
opposing party say they have been sold to
Canada, and they cannot brook that in
dignity. They claim that they would
much prefer to be annexed to the United
States than to be in this "lomni,n.'
Nov, as we understand it, all the revenue
goes to Ottawa and the general govern
ment pays buck to the Nova Scotian-
eighty four cents head on the whole
population, or compensation for the
tor the disadvantages the confederation
will be to their Province. and some claim
that their taxes will then be higher than
formerly
One evening we attended political
meeting of the I" non conlcdcratcs."
There was large crowd and some ex-
element. Mr.. Jones, candidate for
election to represent the people of Ottawa,
expended his eluquence in convincing the
audience that il they would elect him, he
would labor with entire disinterestedncss
for the good of his constituents. Then
Mr.. Cochran speaking with rich HIibe-
ritn brogue occupied tie most of his
time in telling how he had lived in Hall
fax forty years and had great many
friends, and few enemies Hon. Joseph
Howe, formerly member of the House
of Assembly was the principal speaker Of
the evening. Having written down
some of his remlrks, | copy from my
notes one passage to represent the whole.
81 had hoped to retire from public life,
but how can refuse to come forward
again in the crisis of my country |
have been tried in the political world for
the last forty years, and now | ask any one
in this house TO point to any measure
adopted by the government that have
sanctioned which has not proved wise.
1t cannot be done. If this inspires conf
dence for the past, think it should have
somc weight for the future and if this
party will accept my leadership they are
welcome to it," To us it sounded very
much as though he was going to ''swing
around the circle" There was frequent
applause, and at a word of dissent from
the gallery, the house was thrown into
instant confusion with cries of spot him
out" "put him out" We came AVA
with a better opinion of our own political
meetings than we ever had before. The
frequent sign" which we read on the
street is "choioe wines, and liquors of all
kinds" and some other ''signs" meaning
the same thing we see staggering about
the streets. There are far more liquor
shops than provision stores and this shows
which way the custom goes. Temper
ance men in favor of licenses would do
well TO see its workings here. Stepping
into a store we spoke of our prnhibitory
law. The proprietors said they wished
they had such law, for then the dry
goods aud liquors would be sold in differ
ent stores This seemed to be the view
of prolibt'oa, among some of the lower
classes at least. We are more than ever
in favor of the Maine law. We were
very careful at first about using the term
"Blue nose" but have since learned that
the people rather take pride in it, regard
ing it as we do Yankee" Unitel
States or New Brunswick specie is bet
ter here than their own coin. Al Amer
lean quarter in New Brunswick, will pass
for twenty cents, and here for its full
value, while New Brunswick pound
note worth $4.S6. vii here bri IS 90
in gold. When gold is quoted at - 3 s
the brokers give US 10 cents for our
''grcen backs" We sec here many arti-
Giles of New England manufacture. On
the II. r., car is the name of Osgood
Bradley. Worcester. Mass And Fair
banks scales are in the streets and in the
shops. A large dry goods dealer tells us
that all his goods came from England ex
cept "Ao0p SKIRTS" For those he is obliged
to come to the states. Give US New
England yet. BETH.