The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-04
LETTER FROM CANADA.

| Mr.. Edit0r-The journey here from New Or
leans Is, at best, tiresome, requiring generally
three and a half to four days. tut when, AS Was
the case with your correspondents all the lines of
railway af er leav & st. Louis we:e blocked with
| snow, necessitating delay, while the powerful
engines with snow piOws cleared the tracks, seven
days OF weary travel were required to accom- lIs.
it, THU 1t becomes most disagreeable and
! troublesome one. We came by Mobile. st. Louis,
Chicago and Detroit. The bridge across tie
Father OF Waters at st. Louis is beautitu! stluc
ture, an ornament to the city, and viii stand for
years to me proud memento Of the industry
and perseverance of its citizens long ter the
marble monument which marks their final rest
ing place shall have crumbled into dust.
In trav; lug from st. Louis to Chicago we
noticed with pleasure thickiy settled country,
sctive, 'go-ahead' state of aft IRIS. We laid over
III Chicago and were very much pleased with its
general appearances. We viewed the burnt dis
trict, where the fire tend played such lurd havoc
We gained good deal OF interesting informa-
ton from our ooliging Jehu, who said that the
fire was the making of Chicago. The city au-
thorties have remeded a great defect, and now
the city Is amply supplied with water We were
sorrv to leave without having seen more of
Chicago, but time was pressing and We didn't
like the idea OF breathing the sane air with the
Inter- Ocean, SO We babe farewell to the few
friends whom we had made aud left with feelings
akin to sadness.
1t Was amusing to me, watching the customs
ladies, who, l am certain, didn't relish 1t in he
eaet. You have t. submit to heavy discount
on your 'greenback,' in Canada, which ma
terlaily affects ones spirits and calculations
Ottawa has about fifteen Or twenty thousanp
inha bltants. 1t is the capital, and pa. llament
bas been il session for some time, but the men,
bers are bent on tinishiug tueir laborous and
manifold duties in the course of two or three
weeks. BY the way, their per diem is not Ut ar
as mnch as the legislators III your State are paid
flJf fl,..v
are termed, are perfectly grand but it is hey md
my ability To describe them. Ia winter there are
a great many Strangers here, aid the hotels Go
good business. 1he Russell House j., as Is
Yankee, whose acquaintance mad Oh the cars.
c'ls IT ''stoppug slace Tor the British arts
tocracy" 1t is nced1s 81 C. say he went to the
Daniels House, an Am can hotel, and a little
more ref'ntlicdn IN form than its rival In speak
ing OF hotels l will venture the rion that
Ottawa has more houses, denOminated hotels, |
than any place Of similar size. counted forty
four on five squares, aid they are not good
squares !ur hotels either, being in the back
part OF town, remote tr ,m the buSaf 81 portions
of the place. The slei2hing has been very fin.
ivery one agrees that THIS winter has been the |
severest known in the memory of that insti ution
the coolest inha ,itant." There are very few
if any. The men seldom smoke q
cigar, but ia lieu thereof, use pipe, which is
more economical. Everybody INDUCES, and If
you enter house, you are immediately asked to
partake of something refreshing, and of course |
You can't refuse. !
The newspapers" class, are mere pig |
mics when compared with their more entcrpris- |
ing neighbors OF he Estates" They give con-
densed reports dsily Of the b. echer sea nda and
also full account of tie proceedings Of aria. |
ment. ihey have no enterprise abou, them. | |
find, in conversation with several parties, there
Is no necessity for "Clvil Rights bill, as |
negro IS consiae red equal i'll every respect.
You can meet them in biIlad room, or walk |
ing arm IN arm with each other, struttllg
like peacocks, as If they ''were BIRDS Of |
all they surveyed The gro here. though Is
four shades better than the common iillterate !
negroes in the south, and no doubt edu-
Gated but to those who were born and reared |
ou Southern soil Though you dress him
up in the height OF fishl and perfume himl,
the 'scent nf the negro wilt cling to him stlll,'
and no Legislation whether state or natl nal can
have any effect i'll p acins Ii an equ.l and vie
will fight this unwa:ranta bic invasion pom their
social condition with "life, limb AMI terrene
honor The dav IS beginning TO dawn foe the
South, aud her fl ura, let us hope, Is assured.
There blos-O no tarer lowers whose perfume
IS sweeter than our own, nor a uhtry So bles- ed
By nature with all that is requisite to make It
home for the exil ard which is paoi led by
ace renowned for their val,r, and lin tri US in
Ill that tie DIS to enlightenment and refine
nent, to the cultivation Of the arts and scisnces
+. Ii. Z.
Ottaway, Ont March o. 1875.