The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-22
Letter from IL Traveller.
ST. JOHN, n. Il.
DOMINION OF CANADA,

correspondence Of tue Richmond Di'pstch ]
ST. john, n. B.,)
DOMINION OF CANADA,
August II, 1871.
Among the various routes Of summer
travel none is more pleasant than that to
the lower provinces at this season. Of the
wear. The international Steamship Com
pany runs tri-wcekly line Of steamers
from Boston to st. John, touching ut Port
land and Eastport. Going on board at
Portland, we found about three hundred
and as we steamed along the coast through
the islands we had some very tine views OF
the rugged shores.
The twilight fingers much longer in
northern than in southern latitudeS. It IS
very pleasant to while away its hours III
song, and, as old familiar hymns were sung
by the passengers, We were carried back III
imagination to the places where we were
wont to assemble for prayer in days gone by.
As we enter Eastport-" the jumping OF
place." as it is called-the view Is very fine.
At times the boat approaches 50 near that
YOU can almost jump on shore, were the
cliffs not too high TO render that Impossible.
The tide at Ea>tport rises from twenty 10
thirty feet, and the water is SO clear that
YOU can perceive objects lying OH the bot
Some OF the finest water-vicws ID Amcrl-
ca NAV be had from the heights OF East
port on beautiful summer day, when the
harhor, dotted with islands, and Whltened
by the sails of hundreds of fishing boats,
licssa,efore you, mirroring the great moliil-
tain-Iike clouds in its bosom. You see the
Indian padding his bark canoe across TO
some sheltered cove, where is alittle village
Of wigwams, with slowly rising smoke, and
with numerous papooses playing on the
beach.
Many visitors go to Eastport to enjoy the
braciDg climate and the tiue scenery. There
have been seasons so cool at Eastport that
it has been necessary to have lire in the
s;ttinS.l Dom every day until the middle of
August.
is reached in four hours from Eastport.
The entrance To the harbor Is between two
headlands, through which flows the river
st, John. The arrival of the American
boat" is quite an event in the city, and
usually nearly thousand persons are al
tracted to the wharf to greet friends or to see
who has "come to town." The city with
wide streets and low buildings looks odd
to one who is accustomed to American
cities, It has one of the finest NOTES.-The
Victoria-in all the British Provinces. 1t
contains four hudred rooms in all and COM
pares favorably with any hotel in Boston or
New York. 1t is SO full that many are
turned away every day. Fine views ot-tne
city, the harbor, and "the falls, may De
had from therocky heights around tue clss. ely
There aIe no public buildings of note. Inc
grounds of L. w. Daniel, dry goods mer-
chant, contain the most extensive coiiec-
ton of plants and flowers in the Dominion.
There are many strangers In the city now:
The weather is delightfully."- cool. The heat
indicated by the thermometer ranged Ior
the past week from $40 to 72o degees-the
average being 500. / have to-day warmed
myself by the fire, which merchant deemed
necessary to have In his store. Fogs pre-
vail here much of the time in August. lt
lis said that to the fogs the ladies OF 81.
John owe that peculiar roseate hue which
no other ladies in America possess.
The tides rise here sometimes forty sieet.
at Chynecto Bay, further up the Bay Of
Fnndaif, the highest use OF the tide Is Sixty
feet.
Business Is very q Furnishing here. There
is population OF AZ, 900, including Port
land. Many of these are engaged IN luni-
.bsribg, fishing, and ship DUitding.
!. The absorbing topic OF conyersation Ia
the boat race which comes of next Week.
Crowds are already fiocking IN nnprece-
.dented numbers TO the city J,
Ora trip across the co nntry, ana . vlsis ,l
10 Fredericton, viii speak IN anosher
letter. 0NANdONDY.