Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-26
CANADA.
silly and Childish Ceremonies on the
Opening Of the Dominion Parlla'
mtnt.
Military Pageantry and Parade-Ushsrs
and Sold Sticks-Old-Tlme TOggery
and Humbug.
Ottawa and its SurrOundings-An Amer
lean Dodge as an Artful DOdger-
The United States vs.. Canada.

| capital city OF the DOMINION OF CauAuh
winter still maintains its control, re-
gardless of the fact that nearly one-haif
of the first spring month has slipped
away The ice in the streets Is piled up
three feet higher than the sidewalks,
and the heat of the midday sun ls
scarcely great enough to give US the
incipient symptoms OF thaW. Ine ice
! on the Ottawa river is firm enough for
! the passage of a railway train, if need
be, and will net be likely to break up
! before the middle of next month.
OTTAWA IS CAPITAL,
situated upon the very verge of the
! wilderness that stretches from the
northern limit of the Canadian settle
ments to the Arctic regions. A mar
row belt Of cultivated land separates the
site of the city from range of granite
/ hills on the north, and beyond that Is
q country that has been penetrated only
! by the trapper, the Indian trader. and
| the lumberman. The city is situated at
! the head of navigation on the Ottawa
river, and is the seat of an iHmense
! lumber trade. The Chaudiere falls
! furnish an unlimited water power, and
the mills there and at the Rideau falls,
which are also within the city limits,
have a capacity of over two hundred
million feet of lumber per annum.
| The entire lumber trade of the city is
said to be in the hands Of Americans.
| In the Ottawa basin above the city are
said to be forty thousand square miles Of
! territory. A large proportion of the
| timber in this extensive region has not
been touched by the ak of the lumber
man. The drain of timber has been
| enormous, however, for thirty years
past, and the ravages of forest pines has
also seriously diminished the quantity
available for commercial purposes.
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
here are somewhat imposing in ap-
pearance. They are built of sandstone,
in the tudor gothic style, and cost some
thing over three millions. The site oc-
cupied by them is a limestone bluff on
the south side of Ottawa river, and hav-
| ing an elevation of something more
than one hundred feet above the stream.
| From the plateau upon which the bull
dings stand q fine view of the chaudiere
| falls, the country up and down the
! Ottawa valley, and the range of high
| lands toward the north, is obtained.
The city, in 1865, was struggling, and
presented the appearance of half dozen
numbering villages strung together. 1t
now has twenty-five thousand inhabi-
tants, and is growing rapidly. In time
probably the houses viii be numbered,
some good hotels built, and various
other improvements introduced. The
! first session of the second parliament
of the dominion was called on the
| fifth instant. On that day the house
convened and organized by re-electing
| its former speaker, Mr.. James Cock
burn. On the following day the speech
from the throne was delivered by Lord
Dufierin, the governor-general. The
ceremonies are almost Identical with
those that were observed on like oc-
casiOns in days of Henry VIII. On
| Thursday last Lord Dufferin, escorted
by the military, welcomed by salvos of
artillery, and surrounded by his staff in
brilliant scarlet uniforms, proceeded
from Rideau hall to the senate cham
ber. At the grand entrance of the
building containing the hall of house
of commons and the senate chamber,
he was met by the
USHER OF THE BLACK ROD,
I who in his official costume of knee
breeches, long hose, bag wig, and sword,
stood ready to usher the governor
general into the senate chamber. This
ceremony was performed by the usher
advancing backward and making q
profound bow at every third step. After
Lord DuffeTin was seated upon the
throne-an overgrown gilt armchair
with a gilt canopy overhead surmounted
by the British arms in gilt-the usher
was dispatched to the hall of the COM
mons to summon that body to the bar of
the senate. With profound bows the
Ia1fxrnra1 10 tho L
of the house, who proceeded to the
senate chamber followed by the COM
mons. This proceeding is always q
most undiguifed one, and on this Oc-
casion the whole crowd rushed heller
skelter through the passages between the
two chambers very much after the man.
ner of large school of unruly boys
Just let loose and on their way to the
playground. After the assembling OF
the commons, the speaker addressed
the throne, praying that the commons
might have freedom of speech in their
debates, ETC., ETC.; whereupon the
governOr-general rose and read the
speech put into his mouth by the min
istry, first in English and then in
French, after which the commons and
the brilliant array of ladies, officers,
bishops, and spectators dispersed, and
Lord and Lady Dufferin were escorted
back to their residence.
so ENDED A DISPLAY
which annually serves to illustrate the
J pomp of attending the performance o.
, state ceremonies in the middle ages
The new house consists of two hundred
members, of whom lightweight are
from Ontario, sixty-five from Quebec
twenty-one from Nova Scotia, sixteer
from New Brunswick, six from British
Columbia, and four from Manitoba
} Among the number are eighty-six new
members, which is a large proportion
: of fresh men in Canadian parliament
The result of the late appeal to the cOun
try has been unfavorable to the govern
ment, and it is doubtful whether they
. can maintain their prosition and com
.mand majority during the session. Oh
the first and only division that has ye
5 been had their majority was only sixteen
)l and desperate efforts are now made tC
l secure support.
THE Liberal PARTY
feel confident of speedy success in oust
! ing the coalition of tories and sO-calleG
reformers who now fill the treasury
: benches. The session promises to b
: one of unusual interest, and among
other questions the Canadian Pacific
(; railway policy of the ministry will b
most thoroughly discussed. Last night
] during the debate on the address, Mr.
T Anson Green Phelps Dodge, late of New
S York city, made his maiden speech
( and placed himself en- rapport with tn
i tory element of the house. Mr.. Dodg
t was naturalized last year by special &C
: of parliament, not having been in tn
, country long enough TO arrive at tn
1 honor of being British subject in tn
: natural way. He has succeeded in be
q coming the member of parliament from
3 North York, where he has made larg
!, investments in lumber lands and mills
L The speech of Mr.. Dodge consiste,
e chiefly in attacks upon the republical
institutions of the United States, an
laudation of the advantages of monarch
II ical government. The United States
3 he assured the house, had worse gov
t ernment than Austria. The best hope
i of this continent centered at Ottaws