The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-26
GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM.
rs CANADA TO BE ANNEXED TO THE
UNITED STATES.
Stewards Last PredIctIon--T h e New
Polar E1pedition-A Queer Taste
Brooklyn Ferrtag ct he Great
B~ridge-Laura Keene's Failure.
IFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

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:. New YORK, April ~.
Ex.secretary Seward, just before departing
On his last tour around the world, made a
speech to his fellow-citizens of Auburn, in the
course of which he predicted the annexation
| of the British Dominions in North Americs to
the United States within ten years. Mr.. Sew
ard is particular always as to time, when he
becomes prophetic. He used to limit the sup
preston of the rebellion" to sixty days, and
renew the note for the same length of time
whenever It became due. Whether he is or Is
not a genuine seer In respectto coming events
on the st. Lawrence, it is certain that an ex-
tensive movement is on foot, both here and IN
| the Dominion, to bring about annexation, and
| that the French Canadians are at the bottom
OIL A majority of the people Of NOVA Scotia
favor the union and several Of the papers of
that province advocate It, but in Canada
prorer the English element Is not yet prepared
for The change. We have here In New York an
organization of French Canadians, whose
ayowed purpose is to agitate annexation.
Meetings are frequently held. and q paper Is
published In The Interest of the cause. The
club met again last night at Masonic Hail. IN
lulIl6Gulu 6llCSGs wv cSSSStASS aN~S y
prominent French Canadians in that impas-
stoned style of oratory almost peculiar to the
Gallo race.
One needs to live over the border to realize
how close are the social and business ties
which connect the people of the Dominion
with those of the States. They are In many
respects one people, and differ no more 10
others than Ohioans and Kentuckians. The
traveller leaves Montreal by rail after break
fast, and NAV enjoy his late dinner at the Filth
Avenue Hotel. This facility of intercourse is
doing, perhaps, as much as anything else TO-
wards familiarizing the Canadian mind With
the idea OF political union. In view OF what
may come in the future, 1t may oe wei 70 sS'
anime the question of annexation on this SIDE,
ia respect to its probable influence on our
politics. The people of the Dominion are nat
urasly conservative. They felt kindly towards
the South during the civil war. Would not
their incorporation with us restore the balance
of power which has been lost BY the gradual
growth of New Euglandism at the North?
: CAPTAIN Hall, OF the new Polar expedition. Is
in the city selecting seamen and stores for his
voyage. He has engaged several picked men.
who have made previous visits to the Arctic
circle. and has required them to sign articles for
five wears, though he does not expect to be
away longer than two. Captain Hall delivered a
lecture in Brooklyn recently, ana expialnea ms
plans. He intends TO so direct to the North
Pole this time, and to stand where human
foot never stood before (Esquimaux feet posi-
bly eScepted.) To accomplish this feat, he
has procured, through government AID, a
tur Of four hundred tons burden, which ID nt-
ted out with especial reference to fast sailing,
plonrhing through the Ice and wintering In
hiTh Iaiitldes. To save the room which would
necessarily be occupied by coal, If lie depend
ed upon that for fuel, he has resolved to use
oil for feeding his furnaces. Experiments
have satisfied him that it will serve bis pur-
pose fully, and as it can always oe had oy the
simple reaching for 1t in the Arctic regions, ne
will have no trouble about keeping steam up
"a long az he cares to stay up there.
The captain has a theory that, to live and
accomplish anything in the irigid zone, you
must transform yourself into an Esqulmau3-
In other words, live as the native does. de
therefore proposes to asslmllate his habits aud
Esouimaux as possible. He will sllbsist en-.
tirely on blubbcr and oil, and rub himself
down daily with grease. He has passed many
wears in the frozen regions, and has been
through this process before. In his Brooklyn
lecture, the doctor said that contact with
civilizationI could never wholly eradicate the
appeti,es formed by long residence In the Will
derness. and that sometimes, while here, the
longing for his Esqulmaux relish 10 over
him SO irresistibly that he Is forced to take
himself into some secluded corner and 80
through his gallon of whale oil. Science GER
tainly imposes martyrdom on Its %votaries.
On the first of May next a great change Is to
rome over the relations between New York
and Brooklyn. 1t Is nothing less than the re-
duction of ierriage for foot passengers to one
cent during the busiest hours OF the day. This
NAV look like a trivial matter abroad, but II 10
not. Brooklyn, which Is compelled to go 10
New York. Uhough New York is not compelled
TO come TO Brooklyn, except to De buried ~
as much exercised over the reduction IN ierrl-
are az it would be over the announcement OF
the breaking ont Of a war with England. The
abatement cuts down the expense OF crossing
the river one.half, aud saves BTooHlynites hall
a million dollars per annun. The traVel over
Fulton Ferry has increased TO sach an enor-
nous extent that the boats, though they leave
every three minutes and C; carry from a
thousand to fifteen hundred persons, can hard
" accommodate their customers. People are
backed like sheep In the cabins and on the
decks, during The hours Of the rush, and eXpe-
rience some VI the horrors OF the historic mid
die passage.
Nobody expects relier until the great ordSe
Ia built. Tie work Is progressing rapidly.
The foundation for The tower on the Brooklyn
side is nearly finished. and the engineer is en-
gagged in laying the foundations OF Inc New
York tower. From these huge piles oil stone
will depend the long graceful bridge oil wire,
stretching from shore TO shore, Without IN
terveniuT support, and swinging far above the
CtllSSb lluolS VI lIAoSiiS Shtt.
be wide enough 10 admit OF two avenues for
cars, two Tor vehicles, and two Tor foot passen-
gers. When the foundations OF the towers
are finished, the remainder OF the work Will
proceed with greater speed, and the estimate
is that tile bridge will be completed in about
five years. Projects for bridges over the
North River to the New Jersey shore, ind for
a passenger and freight tunnel under the East
River. are taking shape. The tunnel company,
/ believe, was Incorporated by The recent Leg
iSlature. ~
in New York, in which, fifteen years ago she
was the reigning ~favorite, have Jailed. She
leased the Theatre in Fourteenth street, origin
ally the Theatre Francois, and christening It
with her old familiar name, opened two weeks
ago with a sensation melo.drama. At the end
other hrsL. week she Q!larrelled with her lead
irr man, MIR. Crtswick, and he withdrew.
Her seats were empty this week, and Tor lack OF
patronage she was obliged to close her doors.
This is the Laura who used to play to great
houses and rejoice in mighty receipts al the
box Office in Broadway. 1t Is Improbable to
octressps TO rrow old. NYM.
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