Emigration In Canada.
The Times, 1824-09-15T00:00:00

[From the Glasgoa Chronicle.] WVe have great pleasure in communicating satisfactory accounts, with which we have been favoured, from the interesting settlement of Lanark, in Upper Canada. Our enterprising countrymen enjoy excellent health. They are proceedinig successftlly in clearing their land and accumulating stocl; thiougl by some injudicious choice on thepart of the Government surveyor, the land had not turnied out so well as was cxpected, being in many places sandy and rocky, and by no means so fertile as the groundI gencrallv is in that cottntry; yet are the settlers pleased witli the return. Each has from eight to fifteen acres in cultivation; and many of thiem have built new hotists, and appropriated the original lhuts to thieireattle. They have set up a scho0ol, whichl has alrea(ly 34 scholars; andl their M\i. nister has announce(d anewspaper. A grist-mill has been erected by Ilr. D. Bower. The settlers, who, as was formerly noticed, abandoned .their pos- sessions, and went to workt In the United States, had, after a few months'trial, generally cemre back. Titeir wages, though high, were paid in thp troublesone shape of goodls; for wtich, how ever, they got a readly market ott their returti, Cattle thrive so well, that tnany of thc settlers, who bought only one cow, have already seven or eight, young and old. They have calves at two years old. They are attendedI with very little trouble, living mostly on the lcaves and shoots of trees. As the horses in the English torcst bruise the whiins with their feet to save their mouths fron prickles, aiin as the sheep ir the moors of Scotland tIrav u1) the ling tlltt titey may get at tite soft white stalk enclosed by the hard under-hose, so the cows of Ca- nada bite througlh small trecs to bring withitn their reach thic tender Sitoots; and when tie trees are too tiick to be thus cut, the saga- cious animals bend them down witlh their necks, anti push along till they reacll the tops. Thev are little stbject to listetni- per; but intwo ortlree instances hiave been killed by the fall of trees. They trivs from five to six Scot ish pints of rich milk a-day; which churttnei vill yield 16 oz. of butter. In size they are about equal to the cows of this country, anti sell froni 41. to 51. each. A pair of oxen will cost from 151. to 201. They are the only beasts of burden. No horses have yet been introduced. Now that some extent of land is cleared, they are adding sheep to their stock. The sheep are finely woolled. antl will he very beneficial to the fireside manufactures. Pics and poultry tltrive exceedinglv, and find the most of their own food tluring the summer. Wheat, rye, pease, and potatoes, are the surest crops, and are of the best quality. Flax grows luxuriantly. Turnips in general are good, bhtt they sometimes fail. Indian corn is also utcertain, from being occasionally too late. Pumnp- kins are easily cultivated, antI are admirable food for cattle. M17elons are raisedi without trouble, and are eagerly devoured bv the settlers im hot weather. All tite culinary vezetables flourish in gardens. Thte female part of the colotty grutmbied at the log-huts and the cold in winter; but since their husbands are in circumstances to build goodl houses, almost every trace of dissatisfaction has vanished. At correspondent (Mr. James I,intsay), who has a goodx deal more lantl in cultivation than the avrae, says, " riThe people are now mlking themselves comfortable. They have this year rut up manv new houses and barns, and are going 1 With more. T'hey are all cottvinceI low ntttch better thiey are off here than they were in Scot- latd. In place of one week's provisions for tltcir family, tliev now hIave 12 monthts' of goodl floutr,and all othier comforts of lif'c, and many of the luxuriis, withi little trotible." Ainotiter corrcsponttent we will quotc by nime-Mr. John KI'Lachlan-who had the merit of' exposing the system of cspionnqogc anti instigation practised'in times, happily for tlte poor workman. now past :-' This settlement is imnroving fast. As assessor, I lIad an opportunitv of visiting every liottsc in the west-hialf last season, and I w'as well satis- fied withi thte pro-rF- that iatl behner made the people in general being comfortable and trulv contentedl." The writer, though his children are too young for work, has twelve acres cleared. A letter which has been recently received by AIr. l,amond from .l r. D.Young, late of' Bathgate, is very favourable fbr the colony:- " Otr climate is 10 (leg. S. of that of Glasgow, and a few degrees warmer; however, at the warmest not intoleraile, but very tie- liglitful even at noon. The nigltts are generally very cool, and the dews copiously abundant. Indeel, the whole season tlhrough, thiere is such a sinsilatity to the climate of Scotland, that, could a person be removed frotn the one to the otlier asleep, little differ- ence could be observetl. A few days after Christmas the frost gets dIreadfullv severe in the night-time; bTht if clcar, the sun has as much influence, even thien, as at honse in the month of March. Our severest weather is in January and February-; however, excepting two or tltrec days every ten or twelve, about ttine or twelve days in the wltole winter, the temneratttre has been suclt that a person could scarcely fell trees tlhrough the tlay in the woods with his coat on, witliout much oerspiration. From thle Ist of Alarcli till the 9th or 10th of April, the satn's influence melts a partof the snow every day, till it entirclv disappears. In the woods, wlhere the sun's influence cannot reach, it lies till near the end of April, when it disappears, even in the shade. The spring comes on us as soon as the snow is ofl, and every thingsprings tlelighlifully rapitd. Thie buds opet, gradually; and about tite 8tlt or 9th of Alay, all is green. After the lanti is cleared, its aspect is very like that of lantls in Scot- land. Some tracks very level, sotne hilly, sotne a strong blatck soil, somnca yellow loam, somne clay, sotate sandy, sotne rocky, and some cAvered pretty thick whitl tumblittg stones. Wc have a very pure, healtliful air-an almost unclottded asun-a soil astonishingly grateful to rhe labours of itttlustrv. Thiis cottntry is thiclciy intersected witil deliglttful rivers and lakes, stocked with fish, if we htatl timue to catch them." EMIIGRATION IN CANADA.