THE CANADIAN DOMINION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 167, 9 November 1881, Page 4

THE CANADIAN DOMINION.

A eoi respondent of iLo Auckland Hem Id write? : — Montreal, the commercial capi'al of Canada, is built almost entirely of atr nf. and contains pome of the finest buildings in the Dominion. It ia situated m the ?outh side of en island, about 30 ny'if.-* lonjr nnd 10 broad, which is formed hy the junction of the St. Lawrence wi-rh tw-- nvmths nt the Qttn.jj. Tiie „rea*. Ybiun-m Bridge, nearly two milf_ lon?, which connects' Canada with the Arm man pide of the St Lawrence, is one cf the crr-atest j enqinee-rir.^ trusn-pha in tbe*worid. The principal streets are Notre Dame and St Jarne.^re-t. The banks and •insur*-.neo f.irnp.'iTii*?* vie wi'h e-u*h other, hh they always do, in anhrer-hir -1 gT::r.d<?uv. '*U r> "c a rh.dr*-il rf NViv Do _ij the l".r*.-"-t ;*• Nor'h Amc-ri-.-a, ard is er.pa--le -d h>-}d\r.vr upwards ol 10.000 pop!.. It frets' a pqinre caller ihe Pi'-eo d'Arme?. I mounted 295 ?.;t-<x o'' .• n* .j-r' fhe hoc? lowers by which it is* flani-eo", r? ju i B,^ repaid b\ the n-.;:-7r:'ii.-.v.-:.- sud wonderful p*.*oppeci wh*e'i is to X obtr.in d Ir->ru the batiierr-onti-. j'h-rr, *Mr.-i(d.i?_ fcr mih_ bete-'h. wi i" the ':r:\i>,A roili. <? w„tt-rs ! of th? 7- iuhiy Si i.awrep.co, b:*>rir:„ vpy.i hi i* '.*o*-.-::: shiiihir;.- 1. >m every port ir-. -he w«--rhi To the let* wok the island ;•! S". il'dn'o, and to the li-jht iar t.ii cnuM bo >an the d:*.rk hills' ot \ eriiiouc, MtevijiiSv):. s yreai; achieve- i ment, il..*:- Victoria Bridge, nud the boi'iug r-p-ds cf La Chine. Immediately b-iow, the vast city was stre ehed out before me, the human beiux tlu**e looking like so mam gra*..- - iwti-i Facing; the very handsome court-nous, ia a monument representing on each of its sides ore of Nelson's great victories. The English Cathedral is Kiid io be the purest specimen of Go? hie architecture in Amfrie-,. Ie posses a a grand nnd powerful organ an-i a wt-11-* ruined ch<-ir. I have stayed at all the beat hotels iv Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, aud have never found a betterone than the Windsor at Mon'reuL T.*e Palace at San Francisco is bnilt by the siime arehlteuf, and is larger ; hat of aU hotels give me the Windsor. We soon tired or ?>L nireal, end, filter shcotix*-*- tho La Chine rapids — the mos*: danrereu-: up n the St. Law-renre-tu- k stor-m:.:. t.*i Toronto, which is 333 tnilt-B from Montreal I*: iy neee.-i-iry u.t _ St. Ann's, in order to avoid the rj.pi-.-5, to enter s e-inal, from which you re enter the river some nine milea higher, Il was here Tom Moore wrote hi-i celebraied Canadian beat Bcn<?. Faintly, as tolls the cveninrr chiaie, Our vf-ictjs keep tune and our oars keep time, Sron a.s the woods ov. the shore look dim We'll sing at Si. Ana's our parting hymn. How, hrcthei*-*, iov,-, the stream runs fast, Th.: rapid* are near and the daylight's past. "Why should wo yet our sail unfurl. Those is not a "br-.-ath the blue wave to curl .' "Eat v. hen the wiivl h'owi from off the shore. Oh, sweetly we'll re.-t our we-ry oar. iilow. Lr^c-zes, blow, the stream runs fust, The rapids are near and the daylight's pa-t. Uttawa's tide this fremh'iuj; moon Shall see us Heat o'er thy surges soon ; Suii.t of .his green isle ! hear our prayers, Oh, grant us cool heavens and favouring LBiov,-, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and tbe daylight's past." We pegged many places of historical interest in secemin;: tbe river. Amongst others. Prescott, which ia npon the Canadian &ide. Facing Prescotr, on ihe ether tide i.f the river, is ().;der:sburg Parsing on, we stramed by Alexandra B;:y— a great place for sports-men — and Clayton, which is an important lumber port. Wu nowentered upon the mcj-t pictneeque part of th-3 St. Liwrenee — 1 mean the celebrated Thousand Island?, which extend over a distance ot 50 miles, fr^m Brock - ville to Kingstown. There aro more than a thousand of them in all ; indeed, at low tide no less than 1800 islands, some large and some small, and of every conceivable shapo and appearance, may be seen. They are so thickly strewn upon the waters tbat it seemed almost impossible for our steamer to pick and swing her way through their iniricate cbanuels, but she accomplished the feat in safety, borne of these islands have been the tcenes of exciting romance and adventure, and we ail looked with regret upon the last one as it disappeared in the distance. We glided on by several unimportant pJac-t-8 till we reached Kisi-stowr*, which is, after Halifax and Quebec, the (strongest fort in Canada. 'We remained sufficiently long to drive throuen the p'aee, whicb appeared to be of considerable size, but we were glad to escape from the intolerable dust and heat back again to our cool saloon. Kingstown was formerly the seat of Government and capitil cf Canada. From here wo s' earned on, up the St. Lawrence and across Luke Ontario, to Toronto, and drove at once to the Queen's Hotel. .About 00 years ago Toronto wss called Muddy Little York snd was then an significant village, but it has since grown to be a hand-Fomely-buiit city, numbering about 80,000 inhabitants. It ia t heeapital of the province oi Ontario, which still continues fo attract frotc Europe a large tide of immigration. Toronto is built upon tht'; ccrtb shore of Lt-ke Ont-'iio, between the H**K*her end the Dor-, v. tic bee f-n ezccSlf-iA ! t<y, formed ty c 1 •.:_£■ nwrrovv ri 'j" cf kud, m-tily ti.-r*- c* rrsil-E frcm \\<:. ft cie. It w;-- ',o~,c:f-.v\--j, tof-etLtr wi !• MorArf&: >-,r.d Qj-h; c ir turcH, tie chief mvi of Gi .•ve'-r.mect, hot it wta t* its'. :o-.ad n^cefisj:! y ic fix upon scire periXH.e.'.fc rcet'r"*-n'»:'*'-sni u;'ti:j.tt'-iy O'.'iwo, r* Icrnee; irj; town upoo the O'tswi*, or Grt.t.. Rivu was eLosen in 1858 tic tho eapi'o! oi Cecada, but PtrlLnu-Lt did r-.-.-.t Lr-!:: its firsE Eitticg tbi.se until 1865 Ie 1567 the ptov!r..-.e-j <J. 'Cpprt* ?,. e o Lower Qv.n-.Ah, ILtvv B- u :,;-,> i:k, !,r. L; lso\*j, Stoiit, 'r-.iT*- ecn'r-otiattd andei* the title ot tbe Dcminio:*. of C^tiida which cow toe pr.se3 ibe C:-*v..Ae, JSew Brustwirk, i l (■•. s f-cctir, Piiec Edwferd I-ias-:, lh\-X.u Co. !.-••;:•:.*. Vancouver j 1,.j.1.:, i.x M.,uuX. Ksch separate pioviuefc hua hs cbph&i, hol Ibe c&pit&i of ibe whole DounnioQ Ottawa. Tbe TorcßioEisr.?, like

ihe whole of Western CsDads, seem to be beeitscd eon! a^rieultarieis. Every true Ctinr.dian is a farmer, or is iofensfily intnested in agricultural rrn'trrs ; while rof-d^pjokiDg, railway undfrfskiegs, enL: "r.-uilcinr* prov;rtE« I with (ho mont ar;(ocif ; hing r-jpiihy, Few Er-glisbmen krow what Canada rea'-ly ia, Rnd m-iny li'ive en imprepsion that Toron'.o i!?elf is a small block of a-^sy in th" bu^h, Ths f-.ct is, *' '<«, -'*;• nvt'v-. !ik-* f.-y town of liko pize in Ec_l s .r*d aa two pi a? ; thj h'*sri-!e. } wrJk=i r.r.d woo-ied edifices ia the stnuro-s mi„h* attract s stranger's a:t- nfir-r!, but ;hero ia cothiD;» else whi?h npprosfhes the primitive about Toron-'o, ■vhhouj'h ii i<* but eighty yo i -.rs 'd.i, 7et fitrßngt-rs enter into confers--*ir..-. sith « C-'.na }\:\o, na>l they wili lip-.* i-irrj rs w!!, il uot batter, ia-fr-'rrs'- ; than tho-.t'Peircs ; they will find i.i.,-, lo *?*;••! to V-.o old oun'ry, enteprie!i')-, g.-prn of pujp j*' l , nn mo t-'iorough'-f i'.bijfd with tho spirit- of self-r ;li;-ijOc t ***-,(; with iv.cr- nre^if-=s and success are in--r!.*»' r !e I wi;«* int'*n Ajc.v ", h', o*--;onde Hall, to thn Hon Edward Rl k-- ; levler of tho Liberal party, aad fo'j- ■■•] H-n q'litp. ns ?srguir.e ai mys-. lf c tr T.in-j- Cntud*. the country of tfie '".A*-?. Th r- i:-. a - tfirtling r-'sem'->- --;: •":."« in f'-:;ti:r.* b'.jwpen Mr B,r*ke nn ! 'ba lot- L:rl Rf-p.oon^fi-:! : . i p r?.rd R'-iivM C^nali-in i 3 a tall, 'Tiu^cubir, wHi-formt-d man, with p. .-r;ynr.d dett-r.-inn.tion depicie-J ie pyery line of his fea:ures, aud the women aro as healthy snd good-looking os th^ ?r-en. In -be country the settlers upon the d flcj-rf-nt eiesrioge, lots, cud conci-fif-ions, r.re secerous, opon heartf d, "-iod rs ! o-pitibi-* an the dny, p,ml it is much tho fame in tbe towns. Soma 'ew years siooe I li#ed in Cur-Bi-i, acd I tb-n s*}*?' emi-*rao a arriv- fi-i.-n=ii>?*39 and p'onil; _c ; bat Jh?y jdl had h-'n-inc bauds strAehM.i o^t to thorn B.tt. therf* are many who go tn Cina^a wiih inon-y ; i\ &> \ ttt i iviih £10 or £20 -.o it once lo n bra r dinr/. house, and mourn that they are pecnil^s in a s'ran.7^ land. They mov se<-k wrk, but the possert--ion of £10 or £*20 indue?s many :o rt-l'^s their end-avor?. Tcpo or three d-ys' failure are q*!i*r> euffie'&nt to dii-!»eart'-n thea*., bud :h»y «rrrke awe.y •he tps= of !h**ir time arid m--ney, waitia-*, like Mr Micawber, for '* som?thin2 to t'jrn up." Now this in not the kind of 'bi.vj- to do in Canada ; if you ooms as so agricultural laborer the emigration ar-nt wiil God yru empioym-Bat i-r.me,;i3»e!y l but if you hava gentle blood iv your veias. acd s^t-k to mak-3 a fortune, the tbio-? to do is to land in Cjn-da wi.h tioenty-five shillings in your purse ; then " ttke rff your coat ,in * >o with the crowd." No mai!,-r wbit Tour position io tha old country •"nay be (hi-s is tha ouly way to succeed. Yo>j will see clergymen ttnd lawyers, o fiber?, and unfortunatfl younger fous, jniXf-.i with Frsnch, G?rmao, and Eog'ish mf-ehinie*?, a 1 fine fpeciin^n^ 0? rau«cu!*ir C'brietigniiy, but the? a.l work — they reelt . work. The' man who ii pr-paro-i to t-rr.-w siside for the prPB-'tat his eld country profusion or cnUing, his prr-j --.dices and pride, and !er : v • bi? kid el-yes ftt horn?, should tjo to C--.n-.da '-.t one-- 3 . I hr.ye h«d pointed o;;i t---> m*= men of jit| P- JitPrary mpn, w »n who h.vp rnr.v-1 in the best "J.eb.s in Europe we.king with bare • tm:* « : n < h-avin-i che;t.<? on the Grand Tfnr.k R-.il-way ; a:;d why ehould thsy be a-.-h.-rr-. d to proebiim thus th?ir manhood ? Wattr wiil find its level at hist. If! a a'.ort tirse positions are shifted, an! rrjfn of p'uok, endurance, and -■.hi ity become the pets of Canadian socif-iy. 'ibe more ono se.?3 of the vast Dominion, w!n>h Ftretchps fro^n th^ Atlantic to tbe Pa-ifio Oc»*r, t ! s e more he becorafa bowil "ered and amnz^d at i*B vest refources. Whether yon take New Brunswick, Ontario, Nova Scotia, or ony of her provinces, you will fiad fverywhere pood, fertile land, whicb produces tbe fruits of the earth in abundance and with very little trouble. Rich stores of mineral wealth are everywhere waiting to disburse tbeir treasures to the skilled hand of labor. F rme eo«*?r tbe clrared district*? io all

direotionp, end viMeges spring up with a rapidity which is perfectly marvellous. A few months and a seoro o f woodan frar.;t;-hoijgns to a thriv'nv* lownf - rip, tni in «:: f?w ye.ra sha to-JS-crjV.ip '13 fa/.; i-roTciu-/ Io io a l&r^e end populous city. All through the Dominion huge foreata are being swept away, reads, car-als, and railroads are epreediDg thous^ndß of milea in all directions, carrying with thetn all those r.dvautaj-e.'- to ear-ill towns suospquent upon a rapid and ee-sy communication witb lsrg:e markets, la extent of territory the Dominion ia as large 89 tbe United States, and embraces in its thousands of miles eVery kind of soil acd climate, from tbo Arctic regions to the tropics. In summer it is hotter end in winter colder tban in Enghnd, but th-* winter here is not. damp and foggy, quite tbe contrary. The f&rmera lsuo-h ■**■; the ridiculous ide»B prevalent amongst European!] corcorning the Canadian winter. <: It ia cold, to be sur.--," esy (boy, " but we have clear, fine, dry, healthy, cold air, which bracts cur nervf's _nd makes us a hardy people." The snow is eonrtetimes very de^p, nnd the deeper it ie the better tb.-.y like if; it keeps ihe ground warm, snd OandiapH desir<* ro better read lhan the *: ow, over which t! ey can :*lide sf: quirky as they please in ibeir besutiful sleij-h^ and Enow-shoes. As a field for adventurous spirits, for ycuflg men who desire to push their fortunes, and who hove the energy to lo if, thare are few places in the whole world which offer bo many advantages as Cansda ; and it is no matter of astormbmpGt to find emigrants of ol! classes urrivinj in batches of 400 and 500 and upwarda weekly. Frrqusntly, in yeara gone by, have I been at the emigration she 'b in Toronto, watching tho farmers as they Boxiously enquired for farm laborers and female do.reatio servau's, and she demand was invariably irea'or ih \n the supply.