At the thriving village of Simco, near the north shores of Lake Erie, one may board at a respectable inn, have a good bed and three meals (with meat at each,) a-day for 24 dollars, or 10s. a week,-£26 per annum.

disturbances. In passing through it in summer we heard that the American residents had just celebrated the anniversary of the independence of the United States, by firing musketry in the streets, and also a cannon, which had probably been originally intended to aid in the late rebel- This winter in Canada 100 lbs. weight of pork lion. The loyal party attacked the Ameri- could be bought for 2 dollars, (8 shillings,) and cans, and a sharp conflict ensued, ending in the the same quantity of flour for the same price, withdrawal and concealment of the great gun and even less. Potatoes for 74d. the bushel, so and small arms, along with those who used that allowing a man 1lb. of flour and 1 of pork them. Now there had been a municipal elec-a-day, the expense of this common feeding would tion, and one party had engaged a number of amount to 15 dollars, or £3 a year; and wages fighting Irishmen from the Welland Canal, to are 2s. for a laborer, and 3s. or 4s. for a mechanic carry the day with knock-down arguments. a day. A skirmish took place in the Town-hall, which was continued in the street, and followed up to various houses; and the result was forty people seriously injured.

One of the chief annoyances to which householders in Canada are subject, is that of servants; the feeling of independence, and even of insolence, which they soon imbibe, causes endOur party found their peace also disturbed in less vexation to their masters. Long and faiththis unruly place, the genius loci seemingly be- ful service in Canada is almost unknown; but ing constant riot. The ladies of our party usu- if the stream of emigration continues to flow ally on the journey occupied the best bed-room towards "the land of the West," help of some in the house, whilst the gentlemen stretched sort, though not long by the same hands, may themselves on 66 shake downs" in the sitting- be counted on. Lately, a gentleman from the room, preferring this method for sociability's old country lived on a large farm, which he had sake, and to take advantage of the fire; most bought in the neighborhood of London, Canada of the bed-rooms in country inns in Canada are West; he had brought with him from England mere closets, with curtainless stretchers, con- a laboring man, whom he promoted in Canada taining feather-bed nuisances and very small to the office of bailiff and gardener; the wages pillows. At three o'clock in the morning a fe- of this functionary were good, and he was prumale entered our dormitory in the dark, craving dent. One morning he came to the gentleman, water, and finding a jug on the table, took a and said, "Measter! I have been a long time hearty pull at it, and then carried it off, but with you now." "Yes, you have, what of missing her footing at the head of the stairs, she that?" "I think, Measter, you and me's about rolled to the bottom, breaking the crockery, and equal." "How do you make out that?" "You alarming the house. Shortly after she appeared see, Measter, you makes me eat my vittels in again, but now with a light, and seizing a bot- your kitchen, now you know that won't do here." tle of Cogniac on the table, she said, "They "Well, what do you want?" Why I wants a tell me there's some London officers here, I'll knife and fork in your parlor, or else I clears fix them? a bad set, to turn me, a soldier's wife, out." "What! to eat with my family? No, out of barracks, because some told lies about no; that will never do, so clear out as soon as me. I don't get a chance like this every day to you like." pay them off They receive a serjeant's word, too, before a poor soldier's! but if I don't pull their chicken now (take advantage of them) its a pity."

"Oh! this is destruction," groaned one of the sleepers, "clear out, and let us sleep."

Another Englishman cleverly kept his servant, and in the proper place, thus: he engaged an American female "help," who, the first day, laid an extra cover at table. "Who is that for?" was asked. "I guess it's for myself," was the answer. "Oh! you mean to dine with us!" No, no, here I sit, I'll have a talk with ye "I expect I do." "Very well!" She accordfirst, and try your grog," whereupon she swal-ingly sat down with the family, and the master lowed half-a-tumbler of raw spirits. Fair words and abuse were equally thrown away upon her. "She was as good as us, only she had not as much money in her pocket." She locked the door, sat down before it, and put the key in her pocket; at last, on the landlord calling to her from below, she seized up the bottle saying, "I'll treat the boys with this," and disappeared; a pursuit ensued by our servants, and the bottle was recovered from her lower garments.

The usual charge at inns in Canada West is one shilling (English) for each meal, and sixpence for a bed. A stranger travelling through the country will do well not to ask for a bill, for then it is very possible he may be overcharged, but if he goes up to the bar-keeper and says, "I've had so many meals," and deposits the corresponding number of shillings, all will be right. Three shillings a night is the usual arge for a pair of horses, and a shilling for a day feed.

paid her the most marked attention, helped her to the choicest food, assisted her to bread, beer, &c., from the sideboard, and in short, so overpowered her with civility, that she begged "for goodness sake" to be allowed to eat alone, and in her own place; and she did so, and did good service besides.

But let us continue our drive. On the second morning we cheerfully "put to" at Brantford; and under the exhilarating influence of a sharp frost and clear sky, we glided over the frozen snow at a rapid pace on our way to Hamilton. The Grand river was on our right, navigable in the open season for fifty miles toward Lake Erie, and we passed near a considerable colony of Indians on its banks, who at this season are muffled up in their blankets and red leggings.

By putting two of the servants in one sleigh with the baggage, four of the party could always be together, and thus the time was agreeably

diversified with song and story. Two of us had been "bronzed" in the East, a field always supplying a store of anecdote and adventure. Here is one of the recollections of the land of the sun. The dexterity of Indian thieves is unrivalled; but an Irish officer, in a part of the country in bad repute, laid a heavy wager that they could not rob him; his brother officers took him up, and determined to rob him themselves, but they were saved the trouble. At night he went to bed in his tent, sleeping on a cot resting on and fixed to his two bullock trunks, a chain was passed through the handles of these and padlocked to the tent-pole; he placed his money under his pillow, and a brace of loaded pistols; his sword was on one side, and his double-barrel on the other; he had also a terrier dog with him. Taking "a night-cap," in the shape of a glass of brandy-and-water, he lay down in full security: but, alas! for all his precautions,-in the morning he lay on his sheet on the ground in a tent completely "gutted." The thieves had enticed away the dog, lifted him off the stretcher on the sheet, removed his money and arms, lifted the tent-pole and passed under it the chain which secured the bullock trunks, and got clear off with their booty!

him, told him to put on his cap. "I'll do that outside, Sur." "No, put it on, now; you know a soldier should never take his cap off." It was done cautiously. "How long have you been sick?" "It's been coming on for some time, Sur." "What's that running over your eyes?" The patient putting up his hand, "Oh! 'tis nothing but the sweat, Sur." "How comes it black? Serjeant, bring him another dose of the same." Pat swallowed this with a terrible grimace and shudder; whilst the others, watching outside, cried to Pat, "By the powers but he's done ye," and forthwith disappeared.

Leaving Hamilton, we soon approached the battle-ground of Stony Creek, memorable in the late American war. Ön the right was the wooded ridge, leading towards Niagara; below was a level plateau, thinly sprinkled with trees; beneath this again were cultivated fields and the houses of the village of Stony Creek, through which the straight road led; on the left, fields and thickets sloped away gently towards Lake Ontario.

The American army, 3,500 strong, and following the British on their route towards the Burlington heights, one night took up their bivouac on the plateau beneath the ridge. The Hamilton on Burlington Bay, and near the present Governor of Newfoundland, the gallant celebrated heights of the same name, the natu- Sir John Harvey, asked leave of his Chief to ral citadel of Canada West, is in the midst of a return with 500 chosen men and surprise the most thriving district; beautiful farms are every- Americans, reposing in fancied security; leave where seen around, with fields clear of stumps, was granted. He made a desperate onslaught and enclosed with good fences. The town has at night; the Americans broke and fled, leava cheerful aspect, with broad streets and lofty ing their cannon, munitions of war, and two houses, and there is constantly a commercial Generals in the hands of the victors. An exmovement and bustle in it. With the clear wa-perienced military friend commonly says of afters of the bay in front, the back-ground of the picture is a rich screen of trees clothing the side of a ridge which runs to Niagara, distant fifty

miles.

Teetotalism is extending in Hamilton, as elsewhere in Canada; and it is needful it should do so in a land overflowing with whiskey at 6d. a quart. Soldiers are sorely tried with this temptation in Canada; and though among them there is a good deal of "steady drinking," yet the extraordinary inebriation which used to prevail in India is unknown. There, the worthy Medico, one of our sleigh party, had once charge of a detachment of 240 men; out of this number there were 64 cases of delirium tremens, from hard drinking, in three months! There was a pump in the barrack-yard, and every morning he saw drunkards helped to it by their comrades, and copiously pumped on to fit them for parade, which passing, in a way, they drank again, and again were pumped on for evening parade!

fairs of this sort," The value of night attacks is not at all understood-it is a mine which has not been worked or appreciated."

We passed on to Forty Mile Creek, and there took up our quarters for the night in the clean wayside inn, with "Jennings" on the sign; but new people had just taken the house, and though somewhat unprovided for our party, yet they made up for deficiences in provant and beds, by civility and attention; and we, being in good health and spirits, were not in the mood to complain of any thing. Whilst supper was preparing, some itinerant Italian organists, exhibiting wax figures in a box of the Siamese twins, played lively tunes in the bar, and set the feet of our soldier-servants in motion, who danced jigs, to the surprise of the "loafers" lazily collected about the stove.

"I cannot find beds for all you gentlemen," said the hostess, "but I'll do the best I can for ye." "Make up a family-bed for us in the sitting-room, with two mattresses side by side," He played them a trick one day. A party of we answered; and it was so contrived. An old them came to the hospital to get some medicine, and dry Yankee attendant amused us; he was to escape parade altogether. One came for-as civil as the rest of the people of the house, but ward; What is the matter with you?" "Oh! on the ladies objecting to his proposal to light I am very bad in my inside, Sur." "Go into the fire in their room in the morning, (as he the surgery, and you'll get some medicine. Ser-stood with his slouched glazed hat and looselyjeant, give this man some of the black bottle on the upper shelf." A horrid mixture, kept for malingerers, composed of salts, senna, tobaccowater, assafoetida, &c. Pat tasted it, and not liking it, slyly emptied the glass into his cap. The Doctor watched him, and calling him to

fitting jacket and continuations at our door, lantern in hand, to ask if we wanted any more help from him,) he replied, "Well, I guess the little girl will make the fire for ye, if ye are afeard of the old man; but ye are safe enough here, I tell ye.".

Next morning we were off by times, with our ing on portions of the vapor into which the wasnowy railroad as good as ever, the three sleighs ter is comminuted below. Altogether the apmaking the woods on each side tuneful with pearance was most startling. It was observed, their light bells; the driver, who led, occasion-at 1 P. M., from the gallery of Mr. Burnett's ally blew a blast with a horn, to warn the coun- museum. try sleighs to share with us the road, but which brought the dwellers in the scattered houses to their doors; a piece of paper held up would bring them out for a fancied letter-they would run back for change for a shilling York (6d.) to pay for it, when the train would drive off, with much laughter. Mounting some steep ascents, and passing along an undulating road, we reached Drummondville, or Lundy's Lane, the scene of another sharp conflict; the favorable state of the snow now induced a repetition of the combat-one sleigh against another, with snowballs. Gliding down the street of the village we heard beneath us the heavy roar of the world's wonder, the mighty Niagara, and then found ourselves at the door of the Clifton hotel. The great cataract is seen by few travellers in its winter garb. I had seen it several years before in all the glories of autumn, its encircling woods happily spared by the remorseless hatchet, and tinted with all the brilliant hues peculiar to the American "Fall." Now the glory had departed the woods were still there, but were generally black, with occasional green pines; beneath the gray trunks was spread a thick mantle of snow, and from the brown rocks, inclosing the deep channel of the Niagara river, hung huge clusters of icicles, twenty feet in length, like silver pipes of giant organs. The tumultuous rapids appeared to me to descend more regularly than formerly over the steps which distinctly extended across the wide river; in the midst of the rapids, and before the awful plunge of the cataract, was fixed a conspicuous black object, which appeared to be the remains of a vessel. These, I was assured, were the last vestiges of the Detroit, the flag ship of Commodore Barclay, and on whose deck he bled whilst sustaining his unequal combat on the waters of Lake Erie in 1813. In 1841 the Detroit was brought from Buffalo to be sent over the Falls, but grounding on the great ledges of the Rapids, it has, by degrees, been reduced to a few black ribs. It was impossible to look upon these melancholy remains of a fierce struggle without feelings of intense interest.

The broad sheet of the American Fall presented the appearance of light green water and feathery spray, also margined by huge icicles. The great masses of rock at the bottom were covered, as it were, with pure white heaps of cotton, whilst on the left, and in front of the Fall, a cone was in process of formation from the congealing vapor. As in summer, the water rushing from under the vapor-cloud of the two Falls, was of a milky whiteness as far as the ferry, when it became dark, and interspersed with floating masses of ice. Here, last year, from the pieces of the ice being heaped and crushed together in great quantities, was formed a thick and high bridge of ice completely across the river, safe for passengers for some time; and in the middle of it a Yankee speculator had erected a shanty, for refreshments.

The portions of the British, or Horseshoe Fall, where the waters descend in masses of snowy whiteness, were unchanged by the season, except that vast sheets of ice and icicles hung on their margin; but where the deep waves of sea-green water roll majestically over the steep, large pieces of descending ice were descried ever and anon on its bosom. No rainbows were now observed on the great vaporcloud, which shrouds for ever the bottom of the Fall; but we were extremely fortunate to see now plainly what I had looked for in vain at my last visit, the water-rockets, first described by Captain Hall, which shot up with a train of va por singly, and in flights of a dozen, from the abyss near Table Rock, curved towards the East, and burst and fell in front of the cataract. Vast masses of descending fluid produce this

nlar effect, by means of condensed air act

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Lately, at a dinner party, I heard a Staff Officer of talent propose to the company a singular wager, a bet of £100 that he would go over the Falls of Niagara, and come out alive at the bottom! No one being inclined to take him up, and after a good deal of discussion as to how this most perilous feat was to be accomplished, the plan was disclosed. To place on Table Rock a crane, with a long arm reaching over the water at Horse-shoe Fall; from this arm would hang by a stout rope, a large bucket or cask: this would be taken up some distance above the Fall, where a mill-race slowly glides towards the cataract: here the adventurer would get into the cask, men stationed on the Table Rock would haul in the slack of the rope as he descended, and the crane would swing him clear from the cataract as he passed over. Here is a chance for any gentleman sportsman to immortalize himself!

A rapid thaw took place after we reached the Falls: the icicles which before had covered every blade of grass, twig, and tree, and caused them to bend to the Falls as if in worship of them, and all the while glittering in the sunbeams with exceeding splendor, while the caldron boiling beneath, and sending up its seething cloud, above which waterfowl wildly careered,under the influence of the thaw the icy glories began to vanish, and it was dangerous to pass under the cliffs where the great icicles hung, for an occasional crash would be heard, and masses of ice, like pillars of alabaster, would be detached and fall, tons weight at a time, on the path below.

We walked towards the old Pavilion Hotel, now the barracks of a party of the newly-embodied Royal Canadian Rifle Corps, composed of volunteers from various regiments stationed in this country. Their winter dress was comfortable and soldier-like, high and flat caps of black fur, gray great-coats, black belts, and long boots. We asked several men who had lately worn the red jacket, if they were pleased with their change of service, and they said that they were quite happy and contented. A man, lately of my company, had married a wife with

£100, had also joined a Temperance Society, and was doing well.

been before opposed to the 89th at Chryster's farm, called out, "Where is the bloody 89th?" "Here we are, you beggars!" answered the 89th; and then threw in a murderous volley, which immediately turned the tide in favor of the British.

Returning to our hotel, we found there a marriage party just arrived, and "on pleasure bent," from St. Catherine's. Two sleighs fastened together and drawn by four horses, contained about a score of blithe folk: they sat The table-land on which the British were two and two on buffalo robes, a small brass band drawn up, and through the centre of which the in front, boughs of pine decking the sides of the road runs, consists of cleared fields with scatsleighs, and a blue ensign waving over the stern tered trees, a few new houses are by the roadof the living-freighted craft. We had choice of side; in the distance, and on the low grounds, the best quarters in the hotel, which has very are thick groves of ancient trees, behind which comfortable parlors and beds, with mattresses is seen, when the atmosphere is light, the vast of wholesome horse-hair,--quite a novelty in pillar of cloud rising and waving above the Canada, generally where the abominable fea-cataract, whose deep voice also falls solemnly thers prevail; we had also good attendance of on the ear. colored waiters, excellent fare, and moderate charges.

We returned to the churchyard, to read the epitaphs on the monuments of some gallant offiAs it is a soldier's duty to visit battle-ground cers who had fallen in action. We found three, whenever he is near it, the morning after our one on stone, to the memory of Col. Bishop, arrival at the Falls, I rose at dawn, and pro-killed at Black Rock; and two on wood, with ceeded with one of our party to the scene of the these inscriptions:-"To the Memory of LIEUT. combat of Lundy's Lane, fought during an THOMAS ANDREW, 6TH REGIMENT, who died in eventful night, the noise of the combat mingling consequence of a wound received when galwith the thunders of Niagara. Moving up the lantly leading on his company before Fort Erie, gradual ascent to the hotly-contested crest of Sept. 17, 1814, aged 26."- "Sacred to the the hill, at the upper part of Drummondville, a Memory of LIEUT. WILLIAM HEMPHILL, ROYAL splendid double rainbow spanned the heavens SCOTTS, who bravely fell in the memorable batbefore us as the sun rose, and we saw the sin-tle of Lundy's Lane, 25th July, 1814." We gular appearance of the long shadows of clouds projecting on other clouds. A little man, of hale appearance, with a basket on his arm, joined us; we asked him how many houses were left of those which stood at the time of the fight. Only these two old ones," said he, pointing to old frame houses on the left of the road. "Another, Chryster's inn, was burnt by the Sympathizers in 1837, when cleared out for a party of soldiers."

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"Were you living here in the last American war?" we asked.

"Yes, and I fought on this ground, and served in the Artillery; here, behind the crest of the rise, extending right and left of it, was our line drawn up, facing the Falls; at these trees below, and on our right, the Americans first hove in sight; the Glengaries and other Light Infantry went off to skirmish with them in front, and we 'fit' (fought) them after that all round the hill. The Americans had learned to fight well by this time, and we had hard work of it, but we kept our line; and next day the enemy went off, and burnt the bridge of Chippewa, to prevent our following. We thought it unchristianlike in our General to order our dead to be burnt; but as he said it was the custom in Spain and Portugal, we fancied it was all right. There were about 900 dead bodies aside, and sixty horses; our men lie in two graves on that small square we have just past, opposite the hospital near the churchyard."

were much displeased to observe that the two last monuments had been displaced from their proper positions to make room for some other graves, but we immediately took steps to have them replaced over the honored dead.

On our way back to our hotel, which we made longer by a detour towards the old pavilion, our discourse fell on Resurrectionists; and being in a gossiping humor in this paper, I shall here give some of the perils which attended the study of medicine in Ireland twenty-five years ago :

"It was in Cork where I first attended a dissecting room," said my friend, "and many an adventure we had, and much risk we ran to get the subjects at that time. Once we received a volley of balls when we had struck the first spade in the earth, and we fled for our lives over some sheds, having one of our party severely wounded through the arm. Another night, when I was accidentally prevented joining the resurrection party, one of the students was shot dead through the heart at the grave and left there. But one of our ugliest adventures was this:-Three of us were one day in a boat at Cove, and we were rowed by a remarkably powerful man; the day was hot: he had taken off his shirt, and finer development of muscle, larger arms, and a deeper chest, I never had seen before. Some time after this we heard that he had been drowned, and we determined to get this fine subject. We ascertained that he was buried in a very neatly kept churchyard, Let the gallant deeds of the 89th Regiment and close to a gravel-walk in it. We took a not be forgotten on this occasion. The Ameri- horse with us from Cork at night, and comcan army, favored by the darkness, had reached menced operations by throwing the earth on to the crest of the British position, and the Ca-sheets we had brought with us, to keep the nadian Militia were suffering severely, when the 89th opportunely arrived from the direction of Queenstown, in light marching order, left the road, crossed the fields, and took the Americans in flank. The 21st U. S. Regiment, which had

earth from the footpath. The grave was a very deep one, and it was long before we reached the body, and long before we got it out, being so heavy. At last we got it into the sack; but the horse snorted and shied at it. The day was be

once more!"

ginning to dawn, we had three miles to take it; "The work is wrought-the glorious strife bath we thought we should never get it off, and that passed in triumph o'erwe must be discovered. At last, after a good"To the shelter of my father's home let me return hour's work, and by tying a handkerchief over the horse's eyes, we got the load fixed on his back. We then filled up the grave carefully, and got safe to the dissecting.room."

THE PETITIONS OF JOAN OF ARC.

BY MRS. JAMES GRAY.

From the Dublin University Magazine.

"When the ceremony of the coronation of Charles the Seventh, at Rheims, was concluded, Joan of Arc fell on her knees, and begged permission to return again to her former home. This petition was not granted; her services to her country being considered too valuable to be dispensed with. The only other

request she made was, that her native scenes, the villages of

Domremy and Greux, should be exempted from taxes in time to come; and this privilege continued in force until the Revolu tion."

There was silence 'neath the lofty dome—the silence of surprise;

And now the murmur of applause is faintly heard to rise.

But the monarch spake "It may not be, thy name
must still advance

The honor and the happiness of this fair land of
France;

The will of heaven hath chosen thee to follow one
bright track,

Thou wouldst not from thy holy work turn faint and weary back.

Ask not for this, for aught beside thou canst not ask too soon,

And let the king that thou hast crowned grant thee some fitting boon."

"There are two hamlets far away-ah! how my bosom yearns,

And faileth all its warrior strength, when there my memory turns;

But they are hallowed in my heart, as by a holy spell,

For there mine early years went by, and there my kindred dwell.

They are a peasant people, and my prayer, O king, shall be,

That through the ages yet to come that people shall be free

And holds aloft the banner white, that led victori-Free ous bands;

from the imposts, that still reap so much their toil hath sown,

And now she lays that banner down, and on her So that the labor of their hands henceforth be all

knees she falls,

their own."

The boon is won, and every heart thrills at the generous deed,

And to the ransomed villages the happy tidings speed.

Oh, through full many a weary day of terror and of strife,

The maiden's heart must there have turned, as to a spring of life,

Their memory must have cheered her soul, when danger darkened round,

And been companionship within a prison's lonely bound;

And even in death, that fearful death, that reached her all too soon,

Might she not think with triumph still upon that granted boon?