The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-01

The Ocean Station Of the New Trans
atlantic Gable.
WHERE IT is AND WHAT IT is
Tho French Colony in
North America,

lady went to the Post ONCE In this metropolis OF the
Western World to post letter for that island, and
was informed by the accomplished attendant that
there was no such place. 30 far as the Post ONCE
knew, and the accomplished attendant refused 10
take the letter. any attempt to send it to place
that did not exist In the Post once geography would
be but wasteful and ridiculous excess. Since the
very Post Ofce did not know OF the existence much
less oI the whereabouts OF the place that has been
suddenly brought TO light in the laying OF the new
cable the public is to be excused for similar lgno-
rance.
One might suppose that even the French them
selves did not know the whereabouts OF St. Pierre
for they cass with the West Indies 1t H. however,
In quite another direction 1t lies in the Atlantic
within sight Of the southern shore or Newfoundland
$50 miles east OF the coast OF Nova Scotia IL Is
foothod for the French who engage III the Goldfish
cry. When Orpheus set out to find Miss Eurydce
he had no assistance from "Appleton's Railroad
Guiden and one who goes discover st. Pierre has
quite as little. He must only take a compass ana a
corkscrew and 60 ahead, accepting for himself the
directions the poet lays down for the planet
Move o eastward in happy earth and leave
From grnges OF the faded eve,
happy planet, eastward GO
SO doing win get to st. Pierre In che tulness OF
time
IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Steaming over from Portland toward that country
In which the national nose s blue and the skies are
made Of pewter, one is disguised with the foggy
that even Halifax seems pleasant place But
the impression does not last and the traveller leaves
the city with more Joy even than he had entering
and with the thought that when the old prOverb
made the lowest classification of HELL Hull and
Halifax, 1t put Halifax last because it Is the most
difficult to get to, and perhaps the least agreeable
when You are there. UnaccOuntably strange Is the
intellectual isolation that such place can make for
itself al distance or only three days from New
York city. had carried money In the convenient
form OF gold certificates, and wanting coin, applied
for 1t at the Union Bank. But the Union Bank Of
Halifax decided, upon deliberate reflection, that 1t
could not take these notes without the endorsement
OF O responsible party in town." 1t wanted Nova
Scotia 1shdeaier to come upon If the United States
should slip away But there Is some activity there
An English soldier in Scotch uniform PAGES briskiy
and forever to and fro before public edi1ce, and
fifty Micmac Indians sit IN the market place and
AT Halifax one comes upon specie, finds out
whittier much OF the American silver has gone ana
specie payment in observing how wretchedy poor
people may be with SILVER and COLO IN use by COM
parison with their wealthy nelghbors VINO have only
paper
From Halifax, with little ran and great deal
OF email, one is joited through Nova Scotia. The
sO-caed mail coach Is mostly an open wagon, With
out springs, without even RAN to lean against;
and rough one must endure weary days and sleep
less nights. The better part Of the ride is IN Cape
Breton because the country Is more picturesque the
people more Intelligent, and because also, that part
10 nearest the end.
The mail in Cape Breton carried six persons and
two barrels Of nour. One Of the persons was pas
senuer was the driver and the others were me
starting place for lift Ali spoke Gaelic except the
passenger and the -four barrels The one fare IN
fact, appeared 20 be paid rather az penalty for
ignorance Of that language than for any other reason
Gaelic Is the language OF the people In cape Breton.
They speak English, of course, but It 10 an embar-
rassment-the medium OF communication with
strangers only; and when they fall to the warmth
and spirit Of conversation among themselves they
take to Gaelic as duckngs to the water. The names
caught as they address one another nave an entirely
Scottish character There was Angus Mcdonald and
Murdoch MeDougal and Mechanics, Frazers and
the hills half hidden with mist, surrounded by NC
Donalds, McDougals and the rest, and hearing only
wonder whether after all he has not slept and
walked in the Highlands OF Scotland.
ne a Of e hs eo ~ n S
free Gael OF course had to get out. This traveller
an Irshmsn, from Salem, Mass. He had for
merry lived In Cape Breton and was an Hcquaint-
Of all these men, especially OF the drivers, but
he did not know Cache and did not ride free. lie
mad gone TO he States' some years before TO better
his fortunes and had done II. lie was shoemaker,
had worked at his'trade for four years In Salem,
saving his earnings with the THRIFT that Cape Breton
gone into the noble trade OF q retail rufndeaer. lie
had succeeded IN that too, and now he visited the
scenes OF his earlier life IN the character OF the
who goes where he can best enjoy his success. lie
wore a tall white hat that in Itself suggested the
possession OF untold dignity and wealth, and he as
sumed toward his former associates u demeanor
and style OF speech in keeping with his nat. Every
Gael who heard him secretly made up ms mind to
go to Salem and open shop for the sale
OF rum as soon as he could get the money.
Pats praises OF the United states as the true land
OF promise fell on no unwilling ears; for while all
Nova Scotia though 1t leans TINS way, leans IN
doubt Cape Breton would come over Tomorrow by
the nearly unanimous vote oil us people. mus the
returning freshman was appreciated as realizdtl0u
The young mans vision and The old mans dream.
The ride in the Email" ends at sydney at two A.
NJ on the third day. Ii is miracle OF discomfort.
Two successive nights on the road in wagon that
affords no opportunity Tor sleep, in which one
only SIT bolt upright, are a sufficient trial
OF the backbone OF humanity. There Is another way
to 20, In which the traveller may take "a steamboat
If he has the fortune 10 INT the day when the steam
boat leaves
THE JUMPING.orF PLACE LOCATED
sydney Is the very spot that has been long indie
hnitey designated "the jumpIng-on place. 10 ~
the extreme eastern linlt OF cisatlanic land south
Of the 81. Lawrence Going from sydney 10 ~.
Pierre one must rake TO the and about $50
miles OF the Atlantic. Here also steamer runs at
rare intervals-onc. fortnight. IL Is odd fact
that IN such cases the traveller always arrives three
days alter the boat h. gone
"O'ER THE GLAD WATERS or THE DARK BLUE sEA.r
iound an ancient mariner, captain OF The schooner
EIza, VINO consented 10 carry over for nm induce
ment In sVer. There was many u tub OF butter In
the nod, ana on deck there Just forty-lour OF
us. There was Mosey first ana tbere wer. his s,x
associates. Mosey was very handsome younU
steer who was gong over 10 French ~. Peters TO be
turned INTO sriOns. HIS associntes were on ina same
Grand There were thirty sheep let by a ram with
out horns, whose education haa been neglected with
regard 80 the sea, and whose want of familiarity
with Is led him 10 an unusual fondness for human
companionship. This accounted for his being AL
ways between the captains legs. There was one
goat--an animal wonderfully accommodated by ma
ture. One OF her horns had turned a corner In early
HE, and come TO snch direction that It's iurther