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BY CHARLES DOLSEN,
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GODERICH, HURON DIS'1 RIOT, (C. W.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1848.
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The worse of the Bt. Lawrence, from
'Quebec to Use ocean, ie sortb-east. The
morning following our embarkation (trued
ria not yet below the eastern extremity of the
charming island of Orleans ; and owfmg to a
cautioned slumber of the winds, our dement
of the river was for several days unusually
slow. There were eight passengers on
board, viz : a lady with one child sod a
waiting -woman ; another female, with two
children, and a gentleman passenger besides
myself. Theee, with the captain, his mate,
twelve seameD, and bops, and the cook,
made op the number of twenty-three souls
on board the Granicus. Our bark was •
"mug, comfortable vessel, •ed though we
were all anxious to be making more rapid
headway than the current favoured us with,
during the calm, yet the weather continued
pleasant for the season, and the time was
passed as agreeably as could have been ex-
pected.
The morning of the nth of November
found us mot yet two hundred miles from
Quebec, enveloped in one of those heavy
fogs, a sure precursor at this advanced
season, of extreme cold, and so dense as to
circumscribe our vision to the distance of a
very few yard.. Indeed, the bows of our
ship could not be seen from the companion
way, and our topmasts were lost in the
thick and palpable obscure. In this situa-
tion it became necessary to let go our
machos., since coosiderations of prudeice
would not allow our ship even to float down
by the gentle operation of the tides and
current. Vim we lay embargoed for
several days, without ooce catching a
glimpse of the sun by dap, or the stars by
night. But during the morning watch of
the 14th, a ssaatt brew sprung rip from the
northeast (directly to our teeth), which
soon cleared the atmosphere of the fog, and
by manse had increased to a heavy blow.—
All diligence was used in raising our anchors
and getting under way ; but the weather
having become suddenly and severely cold,
the change was sensibly felt, and the motions
of the seamen, though inured to northern
navigation, were consequently inert and
heavy. We continued to beat slowly
againstathe wind during the day—some-
times losing by one tack all that we had
gained by the preceding. The cold increased
every instant, and the wind, which towards
noon chopped round to the N .N.W •, before
Susie( Mew a gale, surcharged with frost,
as biting and keen as though just let loose
from the Arctic regions. All
p amt to care
aid Unawares were now req keep
the skip from driving upon the lee shore,
THE DYAD OF THE WRECK.
aT w. Mits.
—A meal was bogbt-
GG,ierrthgibsieodY mid ile glue teAMtwtto le Ise
All ewe* woe Mt site thrtegbt, and that was
Moth, sad the lug
Of WeLatea!I iae es amen
(N Weise serapes as their ban
Died, and th.tr bases wens hoist I61 their
TM meager b7 the asap Beau.
The 29th of October, 1820 opewith
w clear sad s' beautifulpleas of
orn-
Ger as ewer dawned epos
the ; sed for once I erre ere the mul-
e to gild the battleneeets of the
pas Bt. Louie. My spirits were ant-
, sad my feekngs usually cheerful
eel buoyant ; for 1 was this morning to
embark ter the green 'Mud of my Welty,
sad although my regiment had eo long been
"tangoed t* thl. sanest Comedian capital,
as to allow of my formimg many warm
friemdebipe sod 'troop attachments, 7et the
thoughts of "Home, sweet horse," with all
Ila exhilarating sodesdeartsg recollections,
were uppermost in or mild. And bright-
eyed faussy, too, was already picturing to
my imagination the joyous welcome, which,
atter three years of basishme om hoped in
me short 'oath to 010simi foal suing
and beloved mother and three food
xis ars,
to ay sothieg .f seethes, al ,lea of nla-
• yet bed to me by the leg liveliest my *1..01 soli-
uoudbip,wan ipsad t seeerest affection.
Ourb g i .pe p stores had all
Our b.ggrmge sail privets ship
bees placed ea beard oaths preceding ovu-
le', aid ssiJtieg rased tar the musing
000ep•dos el the pyre but to make
their penial alis, seelsturttdt•e. and em-
bark. The mod pesple.K this Freachided
city met yet bavieg brutes their slumbers,
1 allied teeth ter as early suoll epos the
Plaine of Abraham, to take what was pro-
ttakly to be the Last germ ( the last ! )
superoatural agent. The incessant fatigue"
of our crew, night sod day, during this pro-
tracted tempest, had visibly impaired their
energies, and rho dres4 with which they
cast their wistful leeks towards the bleak
and rocky shore of Mount Jolt gave us
some cause to fear 'bat terror would cos -
tribute still further to mimeo them.
But our struggle with the angry element
was drawing nearer to a clue than we As
yet had any name to imagine. The ice
had increased upon the ships timbers so
that the helm could scarcely be moved, and
the motion of the ship was too violent to
allow of its being cleared away. We had
now begun to enter upon the broader ex-
panse of the gulf, when, sudden as a thun-
der -clap, and furious es the hurricane, a
blast of wind, sweeping down through the
Straits of Belleisle struck our ship upon
the starboard quarter, with such resi.ttess
force tbat our icy ropes snapped like threads,
and away went our ferewut and bowsprit.
Before thee: could be cleared from the
wreck, another gunttsppoeore furious if poeni-
ble than the former, Married away our main-
mast with a tremendous crash, and the miz-
zenmast was stripped of its canvass, now
torn and flying in tatters on tho gala• Nor
was this all. Three more of o.ir honest
and hardiest seamen were plunged irretriev-
ably into a watery bed ; for the waters of
the gulf, lashed into foam by the fury of
tbo storm, were now dashing over ,ado
immense winding -sheets of spray,
to which, large quantities of draft -ice en-
countered us, which had been forced through
the northern straits by the gale. They
were seen no more.
All hope seemed flow to be lost. The
captain, the survivors of his orew, and the
male -passengers, stood motionless, gazing
on each other in atter amazement and
despair. The females, whom the ioclemen
c7 of the weather had confined to their
berths, had been kept in ignorance as to
the extent of our perils, but could be kept
in such ignorance no longer. They shriek-
ed not, but clasping their hands, and press-
ing their children more clbsely to their
bosoms, gazed upwards with looks of sup-
plication and te: ror, and heaving deep -
draws sighs, Bank back in diepairupon their
pillows. To remedy the mischief of thio
terrible disaster was out of the question ;
nor, exhausted as all were by cold- and
fatigue, was it possible fore. even to erect
jury -masts, while the -storm raged with such
madness and fury. Nothing more could
now be done than to clear the wreck, and
leave ourselves to the Dire of- Providence,
and the mercy of the waves, obedient oozy
to•His control who alone could shield tut
from the blaseihrikead onset.
When night be; sin o
us, the gale had in some me
its fury, - and its violence was partially
abated ; but, as if there could be no dimind-
tion of the horrpre of our situation, a new
peril approached with the gathering dark-
ness. '1'o our further cousteroation tt was
discovered that the bark had sprung a leak,
and the water was making rapidly in the
hold. The pumps Were instantly manned,
but to little effect ; the water increased ;
and before midnight It war found that the
preservation of our lives, even for another
hour depended upon taking to we long-
had landed. Oar firer butanes, therefore,
was to leek out this solitary though friend-
ly habitation ; for the enf eringe of all were
extreme, and the lirmale companions of our
Lstress, feebly aiseping their perishing
children to their m,ereimkiag do • wn
in utter exhaust' •
fooscumestl sea "zxr.)
A SHIP CANAL FROM NEW YORK
TO Til!•! LAKES.
until bar entrance upon the broader ex -
o( w" lad Ilostesla, A heavy pans Of the gulf should give us more sea -
of the Martel/. towers, sed the bad
room. But as the river widened, the sea
began to run high and irregular, causing
tie Nip to roll Arad patch with great vio-
lence. Night was dosing around us ; the
elude bung oyer us in portentously black
and heavy masses ; and the supposed neigh-
bourhood of islands rendered it necessary
to close reef our sails, let go our anchor
again, and he by for the night. And a
most boisterous and frightful night it was.;
—for before morning, the ship wan fuuod
to have parted her cables, and was dnftiog
at the mercy of the tempest. 1 will nor.
speak of the anxiety and terror of the pas-
sengers, to say nothing of the captain and
crew, during this fearful night Would to
God that them were the only terrors and
outltving,.tlsy were fated to encounter,
and of which, if my strength and reason en-
dure, I shall ba 10 speak before I conclude
this narrative ! -
Mornieg at length returned, but the tem-
pest continued to rage with unabated fury.
fbe was wore that black and angry aspect
usual•to cold weather, and the waters of
the golf rose with each succeeding blot
wave after wave, higher and yet higher, uo-
r paving up mountain',
theircrests broke, and dashed in
over the bows of the ship. The water" at
every plunge congealed instantly upon the
rigging and timbers of the ship, and also
epos the clothes of the seamen, and such
of the massagers as chose to face the dan-
ger upon the deck. The consequence was,
Opt the .ails and running rigging were
soon rendered uoyieldifg, and of course the
ship was nearly unmanageable. The tai-
lors, encased, as it were, in ice, were aeon
fatigued and benumbed ; . and the planks
were so slippery that with every toll of the
ship, all on deck lost their feet. Worse
than all, woe hardy fellow, being sant aloft
upon some critical point of duty, fell at his
whole length upon the deck, with
head strik-
ing that
upon the capstan,
dashed out his brains, and scattered them in
all directions• A few convulsive move-
ments of his limbs, a slight quivering of
hit limb, and all the bodily sufferings of
pear To were over. Without priest, or
fuserd rites, or shrouo, his remains were
east into the deep, now wrought into a
whirlwind of foam, at the same instant that
by a sudden lurch of the ship, a startling
creak was heard in her trembling timbers,
while a heavy surge .*.pt along the deck,
ad washed away the blood of our lam
.test -beetled comrade !
heeii framed. waeahkled
arlygla,d`twart the
plain, as thethe turf hal been studded
with countless mamas of dissuade, while
the crisped green rustled and broke at every
step basest► my tread. 1 walked briskly
for mere than bear, in catchingsuch views
as the time would allow.
k wr hit of being to
which apparel
cured up for m7 future remiDieeesces of this
oeotoeabie spot. The lar was cool and
bruisg, sail sever did the castle, the citadel
which crows' the asked precipices over-
looking the lower tows, the beautiful bay,
which, though emb000msmug the sirrouad-
leg ▪ ► hof • river, lies
r like a lake ; the tows bess•th,
et thalaadecape abroad. look m beautiful,
so imposing, no magnificent. Rotondo( to
ply quarters u a thousand dense masses of
mole case curling azo rolling upward
from the chimneys of the tows at my fest,
• bountiful breakfast was sena despatched.
The usual civilities betw.es porting friends
having been isterebaaged, by twelve o'clock
1 found myself safely ea board the barque
Grasiese.jaet se the sails:a were beginning
to had her tato the rescan to the deep
.oaeawt
eT; of " Ye Used 0 !" slow)
]y ens o deck. Oaf TOW' bag• at the
to drop dews the Gay • It
close elthat beautiful portion of as Ameri-
cus ie111me, called the iodise
Theses Impanel • genial warmth during
the tide Mars of the day. A this bita-
ble* hemp. brag es the verge of the dis-
test lesimer • 11s current of air was in-
et, eient w retie the bosom of the waters;
tail our sails hung dapping lazily against
the masts sad rigging of the bark. Float-
ing thus quietly and petty down the
stream, an agreeable opportunity was afford.
ed for' taking one mere rvey, front the be
water, of this picturesquecity, rug-
ged scen.ry and imposing sweep of struc-
tures by winch itis smTouod.d. Tbo lower
tow. is built upon a long narrow piece of
land, hawses the rive and the base of the
precipitous rooks, epos whom peaked sum-
mits stand the (wile and sitarist as beforerods
mentioned. Thew rods lase 1 the de-
lightful villages of seat wiles .etesges,
Intereperesd with more elegantly Milt sees -
try seats, scattered thickly upon the mar-
gin of the water t the grotasque •.eemblage
of homes, of every possible description of
the Inerdar orders of architecture; the
"cantle in the'air, Imaging upon the verge
Of lbs p,uclpine two hundred fast above ;
{M frowning MttMMantua
of Cape
beyeui, •agmen thin • kindred feet higher
041 ; ad the nage of moustaise whose
dark create ,lose now ehtMsedrW abs edit
fleet's( is theses=iMuea; combined
is reeking up • 'pesthole 1
r and bsaaty, apes which
steady, aid for • losg time, with
emotions of reelas'boly plpwte Gell whir'
earth( from seems and bleeds thet are
ism, to return to other season and ether
Mew& yet mars less.s 1 •Passing Point
Iwvi, 1et another aid a final view .f
the bes assti1ni ewnds et Mestt.sae.i,
wheneseuerisd tinders have ler
are bass Aare as elwetiee of 100.0
tine two feet, lam a seatMeene
tartest of Ygeid elhae% We he kip reeky
bad below.
TWELVE AND SIX PErNe
AT Taa zee Of Toa lean.
"All 1 can ay le, that from all yon
lordship could read' b nd hear
d, the
recurring the ordinary, 1
cruelties, endured by the Irish peasanit v.
and inflicted by those from whose p, silion
and Alocation some humanity should be ex
ported, you would hase no'ilea of the ,tat.
of Ireland, or the dtffi&alt used rr*Omaluaa
posilioa is whish Ike Cutkol c clergy are
placed. it's a slate of which 1 play your
Iordehip will centime: Ignorant to England,
to the benefit of the people and the honour
of their aristocracy and gentry. But whist
1 sincerely wish yu1 the continuance of this
comparatively happy slate, 1 beg, in return,
to, claim some indolence for the position
of those who are not similarly favoured.—
'Phe clergy of Ireland may adopt a line of
roednet whisk, hoe e1,e1 within the pale of
Catholic disc.phne as well as the constitu-
tirn, may appear somewhat strange—nay,
utterly unaccountable to their brethren in
England.*
This is u if a man, upbraided fir flinging
firebrands about, should reply that the pe-
culiar cucumetances of the spot excused
the act, as it nes a powder magazine.
In proportion to4ho wrongs of the people
should be the prudence of ane pastor@ in
touching ore their grievances, and heir care
to soothe, to preach patience and fortitude,
and to eschew whatever might tend to in-
flame the dan_erous feelings of exaspera-
tion. The office of a.L'hristian teacher is
not to dwell on see s of oppression, and
stimulate the sense of injury—it maker no
part of his duty to roll the tide of hatred
against a tyrant : hie proper functions are
of an opposite character, and should occupy
the minds of his congregation, mit with the
,themes stirring their worst peewees,
with the lessens of endurance, and the
blessed rewind promised it by the lhv,ne
pattern of rho virtue. Bail the Archlesht•p
of Team would ask, "l i.the priest to be
silent as to acts of cruel oppression_ to the
people r Is he not to be permitted to
say, "Thus didet thou," to the wrong -doer/
1Ve answer, certainly cot, it doing so fs
calculated to stimulate the propensity, to
deadly vengeance, The oppressed 'must
be awed, if sparing h'im' is nee y to
ring Lls victinte tho crines of revenge
andllood. •. T ere are respeseutxtiotis' es
prnTncatiie'to the lust-'ofTengeare is
others aro to propensities of another kind,
lode of las
using their
he can fire,'
but which be cannot control is a`pader of
the wont kind, the pander. to the eoogreew,
of death and, sin.
Instead, them, of irelanid's peculiar state
excusing denueici,ti••nv, tt aggravate' the
imprudence or wickedness of them to the
_._...fie--
But the apology of tIj Catholic Prelate
proceeds upon the impliW' confession that
the clergy of the Catholic Church of Ireland
must go with the tide ; that they'must head
the passions of the people, not to be desert-
ed by -them ; that they moat minister to
their propenailes, not venture to chasten
and curb them ; that the oracles of the
Church must be the mere echoer of the
evil report of the neighbourhood. When
the first duties ore priesthood are abdicated,
there can be no e:cleetastical eltscipline
for the pastor is but at the heels of a rab-
ble, eubserving to all that ft is his appointed
office to restrain and banish. We da not
lin fate this unworthy conduct to the Cat ho -
he clergy generally ; rnaoy base nobly
asserted and maintained their sacerdotal
authority, and have taught better lessons
than the too easily learned one and too cer-
tainly exceeded one. of hawed of tha op-
pressor. OUT remarks apply only to those
defended by the Archbishop of Team, un
Correupondencetof New York Express.
We are pleased to notice that a plan is
now in contemplation in Caned*, to con-
nect Montreal wage Lake Champlain, by a
canal which, keen g the St. Lawrence at
Cannawaga would lead through a level
country over a distance of only 19 miles to
St. Johns—the p»sent head of the steam-
boat
boat navigationolLake Chaml,Iaio. This
canal would complete a continuous navi-
gation for all vesosla navigating the upper
lakes, between Chicago and Whitchalll—
At present, vessels, propelte» as well as
sailing vessels, carrying 4000 barrels of
flour, can pass through the Welland cans!,
and down rho St. Lawrence to Cannawaga
where, entering the canal, which Is pro-
posed to be made of such dimensions sutfre
cleat to accommodate such vessels, they
will proceed without breaking bulk to Burl
ington in Vermont, and thence to Whitehall,
at the foot of the Wee. And in this event,
it would only remain fur New York, in order
to ensure an unbroken navigatiien for sea
going vessels from this port to Chicago,
III., • distance of 1:,00 suttee, to enlarge the
c law comes from
to float vessels
t now can carry.
it is said, will be
mer. None of the
northern channel,.whi h
Whitehall to Troy, so
of a larger burden that
The Canadiasmanai
finished ea,ly nex tip
lucks on the St. Lawrence are less than
forty five feet wi while those on the AVel-
land canal aro only twenty six feet. A pro-
peller or sailing eight wilt thus be enabled
to sail from Chic o, with a cargo of 4000
.;
bbl.end descend e St. Lawrence to Mon-
treal, without bredking bulk. The naTiga-
at present, an American
below )Montreal, other -
at Chicago could go -
711
o
i•;'. 'Phe cleccnc
al projected
St. Laxreoteeth Lake
ng t om Lhine, nearly
• I, to St,June, t distance
w of easyoaetruetion,
=s• and the aters of Lake
oa17 16 teahigher al St;
'i°pt'tUd trefee op, the
rr cnlar irtba Nor{burn
eme
a to
107,t0 the came
tq canO,(715 teetloek, )
'nava a shinxltn Chica-
itr in,. maid
set
tion laws preve
vessel from got
wise the craft t
to Quebec or )•:u
to.eonncct the
Champlain, ex'c
opposite to Mon
of 19i miles, w
there being DO
Champlain be
Johns than
St. Lawre
canal, from
size as the C
New York w
ring
corn, in the name order and condition As
when first shipped at the mill or warehouse,
in the west. We need Dot say otrb;wo►d to
the New York merchants about the immense
sums of money whack this alone would save.
The deterioration in the quality of produce
in its transit from the upper lakes, is es-
timated to bo at least equal to 9.5 cents per
bias on dour, sad sometimes much more.—
And besides, if New York does not enlarge
this canal, she will' most assuredly lo. ' a
large portion of the weter» trade, as It will
NUMBER 3.
From the Hamilton Spectator.
PROSCRIPTION.
•ervet a n, ph
.eraative Assucl
every tuwn and village
Now this i■ all true coos
's this the moment to 0 -genies 1
not. Let Os not spend our stn ngth s
the Country, but against faction. Let t
clearly expressed voice of the Province
have fair play, and let us jedgo the organ.
of that voice, by their acts. Let us not
organize our forces, or attempt to do battle,
amply to retain, or to regain patronage or
emolument. Let u1 6,ht for principle and
against proscription. Attire the Radical
clique If they will to violate a single princi-
ple of Constitutional Freedom, or to pre-
scribe a single loyal subject of Iter Majesty,
and then, and not till then, let agitation
and organisation commence, and the whole
energy and resources or the Conservative
body be called upon to fight.—Statanwn.
Thus diaeoureeth the Statesman un 'he
proscription threatened by the Radicals.—
That newspaper deprecates organtzat:on
until et rtain parties, threatened .w ith re-
moval frotu office, are actually dismeserd.—
We had some slight hope that the Coueer-
vaUve press, In counselling organis'otion
had a higher rim—that a very different
'object was desired—that in a wurd, the
party supported union for the cause, and to
carry out certain principles, which they
have every confidence will contribute to
the proper government and prosperity or
this country. 11'e have deprecated • pro-
scription no much as any of um cootetnpo-
ranes, but to our bumble opinion, orgaaxa-
ttn to prevent the adoption of such • sys-
tem, es utterly uti"orthy the party. The
effects of proscriptive measures will damn
the men who adopt them most effectually,
and eters if there were any doubt of that
result, a Conservative Aseocution, w.hilet
the party are to a minority, wooed bo totally
useless as a preventive. Urgautaattoo to
keep certain men In office we will not sup-
port ; and ae the Editcr of the Statesman
.Is a chief patty concernedas it Is the ■n-
nonnceuicnt -of hi. own di-imissaf which Im
to be the call to arm.—we eert..utly cannot
my much for hl' modesty.
We pubmll,.however, that the diemiaal
of''Mr. Gowan, as "Supervisor of Cabala,'
wilt bear no approach to proscription, in the
ordinary eeceptatihn re the term. The
Conservative party condemned the appoint •
Ment. themselves, because the office w as not
required, end had been created fur the mere
purpose of rewarding:an individual. They
felt that the Minostry were injuring the m
with the country, by taxing the people, in
order to provide an ottice fur Mr. Gowan.—
We are nut yet aware of the pressers duties
of a " Supervisor of Canals" but even grant-
ing, for the sake of argument, i hat the office
is necessary, the men who created it evi-
dently intended that it should, be held in
connection with a Beat in the Assembly.—
Mr. Gowan appealed to the electors of
Leeds to rattly has appointment, said be
was rejected. Either, then, his office ex-
pires with hir deteat, or it must pass into
the hands of the person whom the Uppoat-
hon desire to reward. The Con servaOwn
party have b.:en - overthrown, and as Mr.-
Guru
r.l"ow"s merged • respunribte uflice from
that party, bo must retire into, epptrrtinn
with them, and resign with at good greet:•--
If not, we suspect hes diemiir*I1 rlif be
prompt and onceremonioua. - Ito -lin no
mote right to retain his appointment, unles-
bthe suthranee of the Itedicali, than has
Al!r. Sherwood to exp.ict the Atioree
Generalship, under the new Wires. It
must be distinctly unde»tod•, that In
the ground the most incompatible with the "fighting for principle and against pro -
upright discharge of their highest duties.— •caption," we will act maks tussle of our-
As well might the Censor's licentiousness I ►elves by "fighting" for offices to which we
hate not a shadow of right, under present
circumstance,. keaponsibte Government,
as understood by both parties, detudndy,
thee certain appointments shall be held sub-
ject to the pleasure of the people, and the
fact of Mr. ('Gowan appealing to his con-
stituents, after his appointment, and losing
hie scat, is quite sufficient to guide the ac-
11O1V TO TEACH. tion of theConearvnt:vet party in this parte•
colas case. lo fact the present govern -
Teach children to be affectionate to each
meat decided the question for thenieehvee,
other; to have kindly feelings, without envy I and therefore, it is useless to talk of pro -
or jealousy; that difference in dreg makes I scrip/ion in conotctiao wrth the preruined
dtemueal or the "Supervisor of Citeals.'—
We have no doubt that Mr. Gowan will
labour hard in the cause, when ho receive"
his cane zed that hes language, in speak-
ing of the dominant party, will out be quite
so moderate as it is now ; but he need
scarcely expect that the party will remain
pasetvc as long as ho retains his appoint-
ment, and take up the hatchet the moment
he is "proscribed." We shat protest
towards spreading Con -
he
fortuitous of • Con•
ith branches to
innate."
uery,
boat, regardless of the fragments of 6oauog, either go on the St. Lawrence to England,
ice, and yet heavy swell of the sea. It was i or be landed by propellers at Burlington,
clear that we could not be many leagues
from the eastern peg of Anticosti: and the
and the priest wile moves the
congregation with Idea in
antlnosittes—soimositte0 wh
Vermont, from thence to be carried by the
railroads which there terminate to Boston
wind, which still swept in a stiff breeze I Should the state however decide upon en-
dows through the channel between New- larging the Northern canal, she will be
foundlaod and Labor, would probably placed in better position than Boston fur
drive the boat-tbithe.could she levo upon foreign trade, as no railroads can; compete
with 4000 barrel vessels on a parallel line
of travel. A daily line of steamboats could
then be established with Montreal—the im-
mense timber region on the Ottawa would
be opened up for the present to the West
Indies, tic. and to New York would thus
be opened up a much more exteodedfeld of
enterprise. Aod ioreover, Canada as • pro-
vince would reap L rich ha from the
revenue from her canal, if the contemplated
trade passed through the St. Lawrence.—
The trade with Upper Canada, which now
goes through the Erie canal to Oewege,
would 111 by this- proposed scheme pass
through her own canal, and within 9 miles
from Montreal. The merchant of Montreal
and Q.rehec would possess a double ad-
vantage own those of New York, as he
would have the choice 1t Lachine .of the
markets f•ir his erudnco, alt he could either
send it to Europe via the St. Lewronre, or
to New Vert via Lake Champiatie At pre -
met there i• but little foreign trade. in
,Cknada, and the prop.wod plan is tho oly
way to create it.
As already s rod, the only question
before tho poopld of New York is, n',nll
their legislative sathores° the w:deninis of
the Northern renal to meet and complete
this workl This is the simple point at issue
and we gre),tly.'err if•it will not receive e
fat orable response' that n, unless we have
sadly mistaken the advantages of the pro-
,
poised work.
THE DENUNCIATIONS FROM THE
the water. A few cr :thee and a small
quantity of provisions )Vere all that the ur-
gency of the case woutdd allow ns to take
Isom the ship; and in 'saving these, the
females, whose courage and energy, after
the fret shock produced by the disaster had
subsided, gathered strength from the in-
crease of danger, were cur most thoughtful
providers, and our most effective kasietants.
At length, but not until the ship began
evidently to go down, men, women and
children were hurried, cold and shivering,
into the boat, which was cleared from the
wreck, and in this forlorn condition commit-
ted to the wild waves. Jost as morning
light was breaking upon us, our beat struck
upon a sandy beach, on the north -eastern-
most point of Anticosti, and by tho impetus
of the surge wedged between masses of ice
which had been driven .asbore by the gale.
By diet of great exertion, every soul (and
our little effects) was safely landed, stiffened
with cold and exhausted with fatigue. But
on looking back upon the angry waters, not
a vestige of the ship could be seen. The
winds yet blew with sufficient violence to
madden the wave", which sounded heavily
on the ear as they broke upon the shore in
feathery foam. All around was wildest*,
solitude, and desolation
But the sailor. knew the ground ; and the
universal jor at our escape from the perils
cif the parltively happy thTruue w ewerecold, aus nd
P 1 PPE
the extremities of some among us frost -
b1(1.. ; ned we were cast ashore destitute,
upon a barren and cheerless eland, at a
most inclement sermon of the year, the
severity of whish was hourly increasing --
Yet there was not a heart among tis that
was not meltingwhe Wei he watitude to hirl-
rides wat
ind
Beingg
wind and directs the storm, fur our almost
miraculous escape.
Tbe island of Anticosti, siltwted in the
Candf of St. one hundred and thirty miles elong.—
nd is low
n►ampy, sad tis t • not lied we as th piemslmost
to the water'' edge, which add • deeper
t desolation. Bot it was known
We had now -to eneoueter another "sores
of'sessisees, if not of posture difficulty.—
la ser endeavour" to keep our struggling
b frets beige yews the southern
coast of the river, we h inadvertently
the
into the northers presage, be or shore.
ached of Antitoeti and the Labrid
This e►ane.I N but little ksowe, it being
a ye avoided by navigators, if rouble.—
sailers,
'lam sailer., moreover, have a eupersUuou"
hit t the storm -spire hovers arwad
desolate summit of Mount
J=got?t,IU sot.uS•r any vessel to be
Nielsr *rough the dangerous
hada' aerobes of wrecks annu-
ally pewee.seenrrlag h flip region Nos to justify
thp 4if sot the .sudae.e of
eir pii1..s 51y attnbutingss poiver
werful
Mrs to the tsfeeece
in the stews be defended on the score of
the passions burning in tho place. The
hommopathic treatment may have its vir-
tues in medicine, hula can have no applica-
tion to the morality of the followers of
Christ,--lontfun i,.raminer,
no distinction that they should be se a ben
of brothers, bound by the tenderest ties of
love. " The older scholars, (1 use the
word ofa friend, who is the instructor of a
most excellent school.) the elder scholars
should be tetight to feel a deep interest in
the younger; to watch over them as "tiers,
and to feel • responsibility for their hap-
ptneea and improvement. 1 know from ex-
perience that this can be done; for nothing
binds me more strongly to m7 school than
the feeing of sympathy which so sweetly
pervades it.°
Study a child's, eepaeities. if snmo are
naturally dull, and ret strive to du well,
notice the effort, and do not rename the
(»linens. A teacher might a justly scold
a child for being near sighted as 'or being
naturally dull. Houde children have Brest
verbal memory, others mine the reverse.—
Homo minds are developed early, ocher"
f acquiring.
ALT.itt.
Lord 9nrrey has addressed ea eppe..l to
the Archbishop of 'foam, deploring the
scandal brought on the Catholic Churoh by
the unchecked, nnrebnked dennnclatione
from the altar. The commission of such
uAbnces, and the abecenre of any p,inish•
nlent or reprimand, have, as h sLlordship
d ates, led many minds to' the co*el.orion
that either vines, or dieciphne is banished
from tbe Catholic Churoh,
The Archbishop "newer' this remon-
e nee with fair words and professions, but
A ds a most extraordinary josttteeation for
tit inflammatory adregime re
strongly sgairet the dis,nesalri ci Ira, Dut
from office, oat account of hu p p
Mr. (Gowan made him and apehaent up n
on
the will of the p 'ip
has been strongly again t him, the u Super-.
visor" must either blame the goverutnent
which made him dependent telatter the carice
of the electors,
sum-
mary manner in *hick they rejected his
clasys.
late. [dome have greet power o ser n fittusre Dsats. O" Tues • day the 1st
others of originarine. Nome may aptnar Map', Chili Wiwinlliam
the on, et Settler
M
erupts, bee•vty- 4h• us* epti it of their
character has rover been witched, The Nee Snuffed. was oat chopping in the
dunce of toe school may turn out, in the end, 1 bush a tree he chopped leant 0 . 'nether,
the living, progrrawrr, .tinder -wet in,
genius of the age. in order to exott the
beat apritnal infl.ienrr•, w: wast under- end
the sprit§ open which we wish to exert
that tangency., we stoat work with N It 'r",
..d sot against her. l.ek. the Mat- of the
nettle, if touched one way, young" Wive
it the other, it a softer than suss
and vas chopping two smaller obis to dimes
the first down, one of them wait en • diffe-
rent d,recuow Loa that expected, and No'
(leroa was well out of reach, the upper past
of it relight him, and inflicted a *atm
the right side of the head. Uri bled ameba
I, •rid ...calved only two hongy. 11e left
gloom is i • eau d Osrrcil to— • widow •rid d sy.tAres. An inq wee
that a patermal government had ►stahltehe(IwA1N, ! wtw9 1 held by the C'woeer, Ni. Uetes,
i.eep If we would do patios to the human m •ed i'5041/1 utemered by the forewie M
"here, e for the relief of those who netts of ubeing • p•t
gement IA I nom nt ID troth, se aggrew• rushes lo'u individual wants were shipwrecked,
.-provieioe port upas this d.mrt and dao- namely, the peculiar state n re a
• Bata*" of the
we awl gni out to peculiar evidual wa s' Jane" Penpal, aawrdiog to the w beaus
question, t.dapt ourselves w to
N' ted, and that the hoer" sou menta in stances.
be bat a kw miles from the spot where 85 nos,
Is