The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-22
KANUCkD0M.
up the l"---Incidents
En- Route.
The "City of All Saints" as a
Watering Place.
Unparalleled Dulness of
the Season.
BANQUET HALLS DESERTED.
ST. CATHARINES DESCRIBED.
Its Moral, Religious, Social, Financial
and Business characteristics.
THE WELLAND CANAL.
The New "Loup" or Enlarge
ment Thereof
Another. Danger to New
York Commerce..
CANADIAN POLITICS.
Sir Allen McHpgh Not So Bad as He
Is Painted.
The New "Ioup" or Enlarge
ment Thereof.
Another. Danger to New
York COmme
CANADIAN POLITICS.
Sir Allen McHpgh Not So Bad as He
Is Painted.

Is Painted.
.'CITY OF ALL SAINTs,n
ST. CATHARINES, Canada, August 10, 1873.
TWAS in "wagner'' l took seat few days
since at Albany, en- route direct for this place. 1t
looked as If this road was doing thriving passen-
ger business, and remarked asmuch to the draw
Ing room usher.
"Sorry to say it is not sou said Van. ''This is
the first full train have had this season.'
"what creates this sudden revival in travel ?D
"Boys going to the Buffalo races very gen.
tlemany crowd, but not so blessed fashionable
"Then the tashionables are not moving north
ward this year 9'
mot much. There has not been enough fash
ionable or pleasure travel by this road to Niagara
Fails or Canada this season as would pay to run
daiy single car for that purpose alone"
BOB, THE PORTER.
It is pretty we'll known that in each OF these
drawngroom cars the most intelligent and best
hammered colored men are selected as porters or
attendants to wait upon the passengers serving up
refreshments, and so forth. Robert or Bob (lor
shorty, was our servitor. Desiring glass of Ice
water went to Bob's private quarters thought
had seen that countenance before. asked him
his name.
"RObert."
"where fromY'
'.Maryland."
''Where were you during the war ?"
''In Frederick CITY,"
''Did you ever drive gentleman from Frederick
20 General Banks headquarters, at Jamestown p,
ayes. several times"
"Who was he ?"
"a NEW YORK HERALD correspondent"
~ WAR "REMINISCENCES.
= Yes. 1t must be the same Bob who had driven
me from Frederick City to General Banks head
quarters on the Potomac many time, and good
and faithful driver, then a slave, he was ex
cepting once. I will now tell the HERALD how
Bob left the war correspondent In peculiarly per-
picking predicament on that one occasion.
Rumors had been circulated that General Stone
who commanded a section OF General Banks line
would attempt to cross the Potomac and make a
demonstration against the enemy. We were
driving through the woods toward Poolesville
(Stones headquarters) when firing began to be
heard.
"Do you know this country WELL Roberto,
eyes massa."
'Do you know where that firing comes fromr'
'No massa,"
est.n
ayes, NASSAU
Bob drove, and as we galoped along the country
people told me that tremendous fight was going
on at Balls Bluff properly Washington Bluf) and
that the Union troops were being fearfully cut up.
Bob gave full rein and fun lash to our horse,
and as we entered PooesviIle the dead bodies OF
many Union troops, with few Of the enemy as
prisoners, were being brought in. The mangled
remains OF the ever gallant General Baker were
already in. Here was business for the war cor
respondent Directing Bob to keep my
horse in convenient place, l went to
Iabn nf
hours OF so made up a nasty but what believed
quite creatable report OF this terrible disaster to
the Union troops. fastening through mud and
passing over the bodies of many grooming and
dying soldier, sought Bob and my horse. They
were not here, they were not there. Everything
was in confusion, and ran the risk several times
of having the bayonet Of q guard thrust through
my body in my eagerness TO find my team. had
finally to abandon the hunt and seek other means
to forward my dispatches to the HERALD. week
or so afterwards met Bob In Frederick City.
sBob, you rascal why didn't yeu stick TO me at
POOlesviilef"
Bob looked o little ashamed for moment and
then answered, "why massa was worth S., 200
and didn't think you could afford it,"
Bob did not then know that the HERALD would
nave given the price OF his freedom if he had at
that time thought much of his personal value to
his then master.
Craving the readers pardon for this diversion,
let ma speed along toward point OF destination
But what is all this great turnout OF workmen, dig
ring spading, sh0veling, hauling gravel and stone,
IN ali sorts OF farmers wagons and in all sorts or
wheelDarrows, along this part OF the line OF the
..Why you unfortunate newspaper man. don't
y0u know that
VANDERBILT is LAYING FOURTH TRACK
on the CentralY And you had better believe he Is
hurrying up the work"
ssWhat does all this mean?
ait means that the old Commodore Is preparing
70 have four tracks on the Central. two exclusively
for passengers, and two exclusively Tor freight"
afhe new Lake Shore movement has something
TO do with this matterr
'sOf course 1t has, While the present manage
ment OF Erie is learning TO
SAVE ECONOMY,
by running the Whole concern on the cheap ana
sluggard plan the Old Gray beard OF the central IS
working fke young beaver in getting at least ms
share Of the transportation between the "est anu
East.u
''But isn't Canada working in the same direc-
ton w
YOU'RE right. Say what you please about those
Kanucks, they are sharp fellows alter al; q little
slow, perhaps, bat steady and solid when they get
otarted.n
"What is their latest projectr'
ITO ENLARGE THE wELLAYD CANAL;
Or rether not exactly 70 enlarge the canal Itself,
its CAPACITIES for BUSINESS (But more OF this
presently.
NO PFNr-UP UTICA.
Being Obliged TO contract our powers, and not
being aware OF any other contract from which "a
good thing might be realized, we proceed to