The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-09
THE DOMINION OF CANADA.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD.

NeGiAl IunneSruNurHIe W Inc HehAlU.
Trade Prospects and Commercial Progress In
Montrenl-An Exodus TO the United States
An kx-Rebers "Reminiscences of tho Ala
bamn.
For the last three days the weather has boon very
Canadian tho heat having attained pitch sufficient
suggest tour to 0reenand's 10Y mountains The
burghe appear quietly resigned 10 the unusual climate
but assuredy such IL not the with the tourists At
trscted htherward search Of cool breezss In these
oppressive dog days visible sigps Of lacking here
Judging from my various perambulatons customers at
this time truly in the stores While this
patent the other hand there 10 percepble through
out the city tokens Of present activity and future pro-
eress in the erection Of many buildings with lne
iron and stone Some of the enthusiastic
maintain that these erectons planned and In pro-
cess will render Montreal two years hence unrecogniz
able. But the reflective ask, with pertDency
and pertinacty, this quest on-What the Of put
ting up houses oil the young men are increasingly
driven elsewhere 10 seek their fortunes because is i'm
possible develop the Of the country under
institutions nimsy the Of straw presiding
the Who constantly tossed BY the wind nlss
side and then on the sthsrf
! have mingled and talked freely with many Of these
young French Caaadaas and have found them Ill eager
90 Esat and. moreover that aumbers Of them
ton has been propoundsd 70 me BY them until have
several times boon the point Of concluding that o.
stood for Eldorado and China u and the same
ment ia Pursuance du Canada" or the dominion 10
NOWHERE and tbs Hon NJ Cartier Of the "kiitia De-
parmsnt" anything but acceptable, with his little army
project Of three hundred ana my thousand soldiers
The cry that they can will easily got away from
the clutches Of bis oonscrpiou. Ga the whole, tho
feeling expressed about the present state Of things 10
rather Of mocksry than Of bitterness Evidently
these people left untrammsllsd they would vote
On Mass: for annexation 10 the United Stsiea The
knowing openly confess that there exist only
obstacles TO such contamination which have yet to DO
overcoms-tAs intractabiity Of Bull and the anti.
repub.canism Of clergy For the removal Of these
sxis,ing barriers and the force Of things win SUI
nee, II the very effective assistance Of party agta
ton should altogether cease which, however, appears
far from becoming the case. greater
than now.
In recent conversation with an .ofcsr Of the e.
Alabama The following "reminiscences Of her career
mentioned The Alabama hastily to in
unfinished state being the only cruiser then built She
. small boat, but was armed more lightly than
had been at FIRST intended, bearing only . few guns
thirty, smooth bore and OF hundred, rifed
The best time No had was or New York, where
went to land prisoners and whore We laid some time
unmoles,sd although We were known to DO in tn.
vicinity. We used 70 get the HERALD regularly aud
everything We wanted. The best thing wo ever did
the light with the HaterAs OF Galveston We pitched
right In and sunk her In short order-aIthough she
fought calamity 70 the last Of her guns beng nred
crew and made GscEa We had no leisure moments 10
spare then and there a. several bockade, drawn by
The nrng had approached and A. last gave Us tight
SHOW" We renttsd ~ our In the west Indies.
The Vanderbilt sent In search could have ovsrhaued u.s.
but we're not troubled By her, for
probably best known TO her officers. She swisr
than our vessel smooth water; but rough the
Alabama could have bsaen her she being heavily
way Of all pursuers though IL semmcs could have been
sent out after the Alabama he would certainly have
caught her and fought usdsr any circumstance On
one occasion, on Singapore, boat about match
allowed us 70 leave without encounter Her commander
said he knew all OF us on board and refrained from
orally took four hundred tons Of coal, but
used It sparingy, travelling altogether under sail.
=. s's Up 0 or coal
captured eight monkeys . Pacific island, and they
Afforded US much amusement on long cruises, when
would stay out months and months without touching
land. We could not read always and such . life be-
came very tresome, having TO lay the water with
other obec, At times but to remain stock still and not to
Il advance, while we're always kept suspense and on
the qri One OF monkeys, huge black fellow
Of rare breed became general pet and ruinei about
dozen chronometers before he was caught gouging
hole through them In imitation OF the captains winding
up THIS monkey tried TO commit suicide by jumping
overheard one day the cause being Jealousy Of the
pctting bestowed his feiows boat lowered and
he was picked up and pot In chains IL vas fourd that
III pets created great deal or trouble among the crew.
We discovered another OF amusement 10 lot OF
ngenously fabricated 10Y soldiers captured on board
vessel loaded with pianos which burned The sailors
used TO put thcse toy troops through daily exercise
the deck amid infinite merriment Of all hands.
When tue Alabama reached her last port Brcs;, she
was utterly run down and out Aware of this our
captain decided 70 challenge the kearsarge Both vessels
being out at sss, We made attempts 10 board the
kearsarge, but she from us Boarding
was our only resort; for shot stTik-
ing came straight back 10 Meanwhile the
nring Of the KearsArgs admirable: she cut away
nag al frst IRE and her balls crashing
aud through our hull In an hour and . half the Ala
bsma sank, aud her survivors escaped-part BY swim
ming and part ~ boat After the Kcarsargs got back
Brcst she was tainted with having BY Of
ron-csd and her captain had In regard
70 this with the French officer commanding the port
He pretended that be had prepared for the ngbt
forehand, but had hastily nailed some railroad iron
the sides OF the vessel while sea- although u was
known that she was expressly towed over In her
20 eight Us However hts nrst lieutsnant who was .
clever Fellow In every way, Published card siving
true account OF the facts She by trek, but 10
was perfectly fair we challenged and had
emily TO 70 out and light II Just az well that our
old ship ended In that way although We never intended
70 hand nsr had she lasted 70 the close we would
have burned her We all onieers In the old navy
winslow was from the South: % we're rarrasut ana
Porter We destroyed many vessels ana many carxocs
but captures In MONEY &c, avAiled but little The
bonds enforced would have been paid after the war bus
there no Confederate government 70 rscsivs the
damagsa