, 1873-08-23
CANADA.
The Enlargement Of the Wei
land Canal.
Mora! Status Of the Indians in British
Columbia.
Condition of tho Banks of the
Dominion.
I'rt7,, Our Olcn Correspondent.

EFvtl Our 0ui Correspondent.
OTTAWA, Cap.. Aug. 10, 1873.
From Hprig1illy Angus Morrison, Of Niagara.
a member Of tho l1ouBo OF Commons, and, &C.
cordng to tho disclosures In Doatty'a lotters, ono
OF tho ilrat pnrtcs to nibblo ut Tho project for
constructing tra1lscontinontal railroad OIL Canh-
dian territory, loara, that tho work on tho
ENLARGEMENT OF THE wELLANp CANAL
Ia proceeding slowly. Mr., Morrison fs confident
that no l,ettor expenditure of nonoy WAS ever
madc than in tho improvement OF this wator~
ttorouglfaro, aud looks to BOO it, whom conf
pletcl, r. vast boon to the outire Continent, md
especially to tho West. Tho why no do things
III the Dominion, eyon 80 noar the boundary"
line as OIL tho route Of the Wolland Canal,
Is an,usingly illustrated by tho performance
which took place at Thorold recently. John
Brown, one OF tho Oldest contractors anu Govern
mont potB In tho Peninsula, was awarded
tho Contract on Section Is of tho now line
Of tho canal. 1Io Inns bocn for Bonlo timo
engaged III preparing Btono for tho work, and at
lnst announced lis readiness 10 begin actiyo
operations. Pago, tho Chief Engineer Of the
Public Works Of the Dominion Government,
together with Mr. Afonro, his first assistant,
woro present; but that was not all. There wero
gathered together by nfr. Brown, and present at
tbo cerorno,,v of layine tho first stone body of
man w,,o aomo t,,;rtv vca,s apo. worked under
thu sen,o coutroctor m Tho occas,on Of thu ure
viopa on,or1omart Of tho oana1 thon a merc
diiot 1yo,'o1 n co,+roctcr ho;,o o,,o ~ 1ra i,
diteh. tanoy soe''ae'of oel'e ap!o 10 i've ID
ono u'htrtct that 'o'i6tn VI .l'ne "tno"e pelnB
prosecuted, and large number Of his workmen
to be found. aftor thirty years. toll ill., tho vicin-
,tv. realv to assjst Mt tt,e commencement of
,,',.Ia =. ,,..o ,,,,,.rt,,,;,,o wa ~. - ~. =,
aova ana.i,,,,@ a"'so 3. un tl. s"As' VIZ s'' '''
somo1''aes' ior tsutn' ,.....
shippers. TINT
rue phrt. -, VI inh ,' 'ASal''
as enlarged is III rccelsiag attention.
The Rhppng-interost would gladly soe it in-
creased beyond 70 foot. but l,hye IA yot boau nm
49,. =. .,.t,; 49,, ,,o., aoa,,al .,,,.... MI,
...,. aou ~ y. H .,ss. s ,' ...,,,.
tT'th ~ tnat no ono noE ahytnlns can Heoufo
attention whln this Pacific Hallway incubus is
roating upon our shoulders. Luckily, many con-
trects wero lat for tho canal-enlarrnmont work
,oror, t,,o o,or, nr,,,,,od -, lin ,or;1,, On
uo1o.o .''o oso"a "rp,A11u '" w .'..Al ~
that not no gfoat aelay has occurred ae might
hnyo at first boon anticipated. Still, work ia
progressing slowly, and, it must 10 confessed,
1,ot ouito natisfnctorily. At nrnsent tbera mn
-,o,~a r., bovo hoo, ~ croa;t. .nToIi;o l., H.
foa4' " "A'e oseA ~ ~. ~ '"o
cnnnl-enlargomeht bnatnoss, anu on tins NO arc
content. Spare us any moro disgracofn1 dis
closures Of barter and trado among our highest
o,,,,;,1u md ,,1;,;rn, 1ooaora ,nl wo m, utond
1a.'.., Ia .;.,, s .,o t,,,a,1,nt - n."'
any lon6tn VI Ilthe lof tne 1u41ll4lueut ol prom
isos Of public works, and tho completion OF
national enterprises.
OUR rl11LASTliRopIcAI, PEOPLE
are undergoing an awful hl'asm Of horror just
now. They 1lasc done their best in tho way Of
sending blankets to tho nottontotH. and gilt
edged. 1nDrOcCp-bOuuA BiUlGn to tho. .Boriohu0ln-