, 1869-09-27
CANADA.
A Fall Trip Through tho Do
minion.
Ottawa City the Capital.
Cost and Dimensions OF It's New
Public Buildings.
Tic Governor General nj
Home.
Public Enterprises Of Canada.
CANADA.
Public Enterprises Of Canada.
The English Anxious to Gut it Adrift,

The English Anxious to Cut it Adrift
lPRoA oCK Own CORRESPONDENCE
..-... WASHINGTON, Sept "a.
tpent three weeks travelling in Canada AMI lta
new maritime province r, In August and Senteu
oer' and so1nc notes that made on the way may
nteFe&t your fesde54 bad the advantages OF the
Canadsan on1ctal documents which azc rare on
this side Of The St lawrence, aud MT valsc was q
little library, composed OF 1sutseli's Canadian
ntsrJ, Gn1peauB Frcnch Canadian or "knnuck ~
History or Canada-ta:snzurrtl by IN impairment
English translator uamel De1l-anl Dltke'a
"Grtater 1}ritaln,'' TIE latest English authority
on our ntiNhpor6
My route WIS one which you viii nnd 1t pleas
autett 10 follow In the nrtfee order ON Chicago,
took 4 steamboat isu1n l:oSton In the morning.
AID btxt morning Wat At St John, New Brunswick
-1hfe FIX dollars. The uexi day i nasse.l the
bas OF Funds. atd crossed by rail- the width Of
Nova Scotia 10 ualfax Tor three collars, The
tAth daS left FCtUn t'y steamboat ivr Oue5ec
and Atusftal, the through fare from HALIFAX
H:pe twenty tioi.a!s. froIl Montreal to OTTAWA
10 oG1tDsburRb, IL N0nses Point, St. John d,
Montreal ae1tn, EchMoEE aud by the Grand
IruuH Railroad to Slcst.ootc. thence to Lake
MfnpErcni.SGE std Enstoc, cost IN fares anout
t*cnts: i've dollars, - TIA; .. total carriage for
th'S rleakaLt fttr was 3uas than sixty tlplIA58
Hotel rates were h!Saer than IN the States for
laeS havt IN easy *ay nf H41u!p .lstlng OIL cur
reLcE, lch tearhts ore that solid ore Il 10 rc-
>EetttF ot IIoU'tes errr 81 beautifully engraved.
Perhaps the eLfIIc tnn extracted one hundred
ansl nfls dollars from tDy eAchcq1er. 1t was mt
toLrt6 Ais,i TO CaEa'la. uy stconA TO Nova Scntla
aDd e'tFy tl1e COS the lac u l!1lreat InpEes-
eiop has teen nass Upon In 1852 was thrilled
attn tue nnc TrnsHE:nt::s of nature In the North
aEE The iilIEu1nus history u lis explorers To the
Lower ST. LaHteLcr lac u1tson Is picturesque
creek merely. Ani tc heroes Of oar Euglis1 co,c-
uhs were ch:d :Ifsd soE.'.,l h; Tie side Of Cham.
si.iI Lasal.e, aL4l Est1pl:c- In 1s6. tho rcno.,,
liz duDets, Inc ease Vi l1tIne, the quantity ul
.sh -nd fuul was Il rr tcl to ile, fresh teoa, the
1esfr ri the wor. In 1Si1 was engaged with the
. 1eSGe political E:s'1i'fny Ui the Cla,itlans
The low habits and principles Of their
fIf't1c mtb, the 1niutEt.e VI religious pro-
SlIc:al arh Ealiou..l s.tA.rass upon The
public Thought, ami the general s1iallness o! MIND
and ulnnllood, nHIvc AID estimate, 10 he found
from end 10 md VI the nEitI.h provinces. In
lSD conId not Evt ittut ri nly mini that Can
ada Sa* oily run OF larger Washington City
nith Tatc lnnELlcrvE tt,-:::.i,r. and si,h c1aaI
hesp!essDess, lrAnihs EI.Uu ELsiand a. Washing
ton ienDs upon toi.-rs.e..
OTTAWA CITY AND wssiE1SG70H CITY,
The public works and tELdings OF Canada mo
nuDutlettal AEd n,a--te, ike thUse OF Washins-
.ou- Thcrc arc large an1 Catholic insti-
tutions III bc1a. 7t' Fathot!c Church and the
co, ,ernnenf ec+n1. In either caAe to le the only
paris eourish.u2. T:.c Qualifications Of Qucl,cc
and Halifax, the .cl- cathedral OF Montreal,
and particularly the Hew nprnt at OTTAWA arc Nil
hnge and entity COn-tfuctlens. erected atnourst
unfinished, urcn:trf.s sh.fEless, and helpless
fo;tlatlun-. TtE FE.:'r,. Caua,lill - tie old
calzcn" CT Washt' =. T. H Ecai, i'll: ant g7urn-
i!er: the 1sf7l.tt '';rs 1.t:r ii the Washington
department Cietk, u I uG cn'.rrn for The c{,4 vet
ieYo<iN1s partisan: the Ea;lt,ilan Intiau tJ
: It Washington ilrrrn, picturesque Nuisance !;
{l'e beftftlnE fear NJ Na-En.lHI II that they viii
UoSe the calal: 1Es. h.sttii;9 .l.at OF cAaada Ia
that the liri-l t;uScrnt.cut will let them H,l!e:
In both places ihrs Wat Appropriations
e1efhai. endless, I1't4itiEa;tc1 appropriations;
then internal pb!itirG /. ii The -e 81 mea.1c
nofsr, uptitHlLc,l suit; tt,ry ctoig 10 mn c.npt1c
but possess no <Lt1 I'll II, except IN that hich
Cnncer1ls tlcn~rlvt-: Leg ars ctrnE ont Tor
more "a alwny* aht ::'y :,ise NJ money to osIld
tlcnl, and il WAsl,.tt1'i; Is a!ways do FL In the
mouth bet'au*e II ralitr. tH. Ing as D1.ttu3re
CaEada II IHll 0f II patent Jealousy because II Ia
Su'Rr0Hn by The th;',r! S'ateA Tie truuhte with
intn people IS watt VI dependence; they live at
The b1cnsi, lie ark yrhtr-n t.iat nsy ,lte II Ihey
1e wc1ucti, hut ra.nOI walk VITA all thsis sucE-
lnR.
NJ Ottawa. you s.t d 1.twer Washington, an tn-
icu..l,,,I renr,.Iut,o ii ,h ,.,,v he ,,p p,.a,n,
t,,. sx,,,u s..,,,- ,s,...., 80 s, ~ .e , o,
~ -a's ~. '''' 9"t se:"ei5' anpascu
STREETS, ma stpirnt cA"rs'ons TO Income ST.
Fr'ershurEh wtthuat liza! which Ii requisite to
CBlsd city fruln the Hliernes, I.s,.oi with tao
rtrcnucs OF an enrn IN his purse. How Ike
Washington Il this picture OF uttnRa by Dilkp,
written two 5ear- x.o:
"Tht capital Ct The tes Dominion Is Ottawa,
khuMu is llUie IL tAe EuI1s' Aiming the friends
a1 Toronto un,} MONT, A. u,l,i uuce Czsilel Hytown
II consists of Tie h .se 4.NsitsalcHt House, tnc
Eny&fnEttt Printing 'i'.., ht.le hotlscltss VIII
derbcsse-s Mtaht fnr hrsri-. aad the hotel where
tie nenets II lhe legislature tbuar,i-, Such
waS the Stpa:utls1 t.tt4.ss Iii t4e moment O. nv
sI>tt. tl.nt We were lATI.t :n1o Il detached bud.
iLE. AAIe OF haif-Ig.4 pvauk Witll wtdc 0ns.nI1ya
.Nlwcen The l0Xr,!+: a.,, ~ ihc Fnuc5 i,ana!tsn
ucfuters wrt. ryrJt.,t a.ntt Ihr r.sfrn.,i,n ~
At. Gnit ,nt;ertr,,uI,,. c ,u:tsr1nr mi t'ni,n. w
nlie0 tue house.
strhr rfra fr,,r, rbe 7. ri, ,,pnn, ,to~.o /, ar.,
n,,r,. thrr,.hl, t:.si., Tnan tna. irrn S.SM ~,
terrace nj tll,r:.r-t vt.x OF a land az r,u,.ls
OF iii Ioree,s and ~ it,,rrr,. hn.nes fuit ko}
character. hui soncw Ia; heav uud uErary: rycu
Of Ise hottest ru.n1l-r+ .1a{. It ielts of -wiutcr
stu11ns ra.t ai.l Il, tu...c.'
TCDIlc RUlL1iisaS At OTTAWA.
The putttc bu!i,itil.- a, tr14wa will bear com
par1ton with THOSE ii Warrington CIV, apI they
Unique aNu peculiar upon this continent. Tae
t1tr chosen teF tr'est friu0s ls In the ceu:rr at
the city Of OTTAWA, ntr'ur mile below &hs Chau-
n,+1r Fails, on a rrp1lcrnt rocky r,tns 1u,tins
out into the Htasa RIVER nj m elevation ,H~:t-
etaht. hfEhrf Than 1he.''iF ami lands IL the vir
tsy!re, In n hth are >l,at.-l IN. ron,tlnci locx4
Of the Rdean taral Tue north side u bold, pre-
c!p,rous, isI on 'hr ~t-'ern st!c lhe gr.,unl
slnfws quickly tu~ar't The sauh*est and .li'un-
tshcs ID width tn In ~s,.thrrn or lowest sttc II
lr, for distance VI ~. {rt. lutlfleh tr VEL
ngion street. w,Irn - o. q of tue pr1ncpal strt.et,
OF Inc city, aid tie.t.1n- III q wrsselIy ,llr1-.i,n
towarl lie falls. lii. paint /. ut an irregular
III. rly kunwn 1s ftarr,. tl1, and "a nan cf fha
ut.tlia,c*, Lind, cSn,,r.i 10 tt,ts rf,.,inr,. il
-rcails n ntany tn'ng4 I'm, i Hal a, Was1ta9
tu 1hr lE.i,ttns Az. tt..,J % ,s IA fnr-1 ftrsa
Ark tf 4 a,,n,Jai,.,.. u,ra,ut7ar fr,,m north to
sot,tt Gasy Iryt iEu.u ,,>t IN Nal IN ,ert AMI
cnntA,uisg IN arra u aver q. ac7,est The Eniiei
~taye4 Ian1tn rDtrr. O, RI tlSt :t.1i nf acr,-s
The Parliament ltnits. n ua ttr Eot,a s.,l. OF
tho s4uart, Erat. ~t.+h !: has j fr,ataye n{ u.
teN.h III tr~ rrn-rc I. a.u fr"E, snyersac Al AREA
of about e1.,e.G superficial feet, or about ! 9.ln
arsce f..
Gothic t.i,ncc cheay Il. t.lr early Ensllsa stie,
s!aLds on The taruI ~"!r Of fte H'.airanIie. uroa
Which II IErssats tso": Il t:a ,et n length and
breadth EinR SsH f1' Al The teu.rc, ami Isl feet
acEcsr The naiH eas,rs1t :sn,. western e1tens,n1s
II Was designed by Me<srS- Fuller i Jputa afrhi-
ttctA, Of Torr,.1tn
Thts structure Il rot .ct convicted. The ma.
.onry Of the central :"pcr aver ite mar, eutrAace
retprIetctt viii tic otto Of thr nojn:eG rnnf
Theie il . lt.rsr7 ranrecIed with the ms,n hniJ.t
tnr st,rnc ,i,s,anrt. IN rtnr ~ ,nc cn,,n tnros
,, LIE LELas'Mcua hui.ulHs1 ut*isncH ~
sse IA n ~. a!n,,te s,,a atsereA Mss o. oA
rrsrrrt,rcv ~, m. cost ,na Wst - s.Sss ~ ts
slGarr. Eleh building averages prra,!th OF Mxty
iSSt win ct'tridaE IL :i,c centre, an Il two-s0-
~ 80 - s a'ps tas u'sSn!snI. nom A9c coy
ami r.v,n.y1 IN ~ ,n n ~ suE s"pes
erpFpet, ny r7ld,1! ran cYes.tnrv fhe .,na a. ~
i'aI.:xintn' lsouse.
-,,,, sas.etn nt'eE ms tFo rr1nc.nh iacate', .:
mon thr s1usr snn I .,fnsI s tsss 81 ~ ,enxsn,
Wsii!crtoa STREET, The western n!t.ck ia taTc
Whist strr.litr in eh.sc tn tbn eastern haSfnr. .