IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 S:«fi 112.5 [f ■- III 2.2 u 1.4 1.6 <^ /2 % %■. ^;. /A '■>> o 7 Photo^phic Sdeiices Corporation # A \ ^ sau ; and extraordmary as they are. when compared with other places on the globe noted for their salubrity, there arc great natural causes, visable and apparent to all. why it should be found free from frost, although in Lat. 25° 05' North ; and at the same time, boasts all the benetits of the Tropics with a warm summer climate, equable as man can desire. Those causes consist in the very peculiar and remarkable position of the Island. Look at the map. and you will at once perceive that on the South it is bounded by the South Atlantic, and the warm waters which constitute that mighty arm of the ocean-ihe G^ulf Stream. On the West, that great wonder of the ocean separates it from the continent of America, and again pro- tects Nassau on the North, and modifies all the cold winds of the continent into gentle zephyrs by the time they reach New Providence; and on the East we are open to the broad Atlantic, which, in Lat. 25°, never emits any amount of cold which the invalid may not safely inhale." A writer from Nassau to the Albany Evening Journal, under the nam- de-plume of " V. Q.," :ilso says : "We luxuriated in a soft, balmy atmosphere of seventy-four degrees, and could but feel that there was health in every breath. All the ordinary tropical fruits abound in great perfection, and are had for little more than the gathering. The senses are rapt by the novelty of the surroundings, the suddenness and entirety of the change. In a less distance from New York than Chicago, the transformation is perfect ; not a shrub or tree is seen which^ surrounds alike both those places ; not any other dress than a light and summer toilet." Governor Rawson, in his report upon the Bahamas, says: "The reputation of New Providence for salubrity and th.; charms of its climate has been long established, and has annually attracted to Nassau numbers of invalids from the United States and British North American Provinces." • Governor Robinson, in his report to the British Government on the Colonial Section, at the Vienna Exhibition, 1873, says of the Bahamas: " Lying as they do in one of the most serene, genial, and delightful climates of the world, and yielding by cultivation most of the vegetable productions of the temperate as well as the torrid zone, it might seem strange that the Bahamas have not hitherto become generally settled. Nassau however, has become, for many years past, a winter's resort for those seeking to escape from the rigors of a Northern to a milder Southern clime. Many eminent American Physicians strongly recommend such o< their patients as may be suffering from or threatened with pulmonary disease to proceed to Nassau for the win- ter, in consequence of the mildness and equability of the temperature. With a view to attract such a class of visitors, a very commodious hotel, built on the American plan, was erected at the expense of the Government. The lessees of the hotel, Americans, are bound to conduct 't like a first-class New York hotel. Ample and good accommo- dation has therefore bet n provided. Besides there are several excellent boarding houses. A line of well built steamers, occupying three and half days in the passage, connect Nassau with New York every three weeks." Frost is positively unknown ; and a glance at the following carefully prepared tables will demonstrate the equable character of the climate ; ^ WINTIIR RKSORT. TIME. T H E H M () M r: T E [< Avermgt,. Hiirh«Ht. lVoveiul»ori 6 a.m., 18 M.,.., 6 p. M., , 13 " . 6 A. M.,. 12m,... 6 r. M... 12 " . •January t 6 A. M.,. 12 m 6 p. M., 18 .. Fetoruary t 6 A. M.,. 12 m 6 p. M... . 12 " .. Maroli '. 6 A. M.,. . 12 M 6 P. M., . . 12 " April : 6 A. M.,. . 12 m 6p. M.,. 12 " .. Afay l8t to 11th: 6 A. M... . , 12 m 6 p. M 12 - ... I. .«,„-. ^'•■•'»»«'"t Number NiiinlHr '44 hrit. above 7H°bcluwUH° r4 72^ 78 74 72 70 70 70 72 71^ 71 73 76 73'% 77'A 81 70 77 75 81 77 78 76 78 78 77 76 78 78 76 78 82 80 78 77 80 79 82 78J^ 82 77 80 75 82 76 82 75 80 7i 80 71 73 72 72 66 68 67 68 64 63 64 64 64 67 64 64 64 66 66 66 74 76 73 73 72 73 73 73 4 7 7 4 6 11 8 8 9 9 9 12 6 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 4 4 7 6 3 6 5 5 7 9 6 A 24 19 4 1 1 1 1 1 8 6 9 8 7 6 6 6 4 1 1 2 The above tables, representing as they do the average temperature of rnornmg noon, evening, and midnight, with highest and lowest mark ings of the thermometer during each month, and the greatest change in any one penod of twenty-four hours, furnish valuable data from which o derive an idea of the temperature of these islands. To make he tables even more complete, there is added the number of times each month the mercury rose above 78 degrees or fell below 68 degrees We doubt not that these thermometric results will be of interest to the ma jority of our readers-they certainly will be to those having patients for whom they are seeking a milder climate. ^ To sun-i up the advantages offered by Nassau : We find a place where he invalid, (after a short sea voyage), m.-.y onjov the finesf and most equable climate in the world, during the winter months, absolutely free I NASSAU. N. P. ' from all danger of epidemic disease, hurricanes, ciirtluiuai^cs and cll.cr danijers and disadvantages usually incident to tropical countries, good s.KMcty, fine educational and religious privileges, the use ot a choice li- brary, medical talent of the highest order, recreations of varied and healthful character. By special permission, reference is made to the following named gentlemen : — /;,. ALOXZO CLARK; New York. Dr. JOHN T. METCALF, Dr. IV I LU AM A. HAMMOND, " Dr. T. GAILLARD THOMAS, " Dr. WM A'/ A' A' WOOD, Florence, Italy. Dr. EDWARD P. FOWLER, New Yofk. Dr. JAMES R. WOOD, Dr. FORD YCE MARKER, Dr. JOHN J. CRANE, Dr. AUSTIN FLINT, " Dr. JAMES P. WHITE, Buffalo, X. Y. The Royal Victoria Hotel opens annually the first of November, and closes about the first of May. Neither pains or expense ^.1 he spared to give entire satisfaction to those who either fn.n. necessity or fancy may choose to spend a winter in the tropics. The table w. I' ^^^^^'tu with the very best imported and native supplies, and the attendance will be prompt and willing. Terms at the hotel three dollars per day, A merican gold. Visitors ^vill find letters of credit, certificates of deposit, U. S. gold notes or coin the more convenient form of funds. ' Letters of credit or drafts on Nassau can be procured of the agents of the steamship line at par. A schedule is issued monthly, giving the exact date of sailing of steamers, both from New York and Savannah; also the rates oj passage om different points, including excursion tickets This may be had on application to Murray, Fkkkis & Co., 6. South Street, New York, the agents of the New York, Nassau & Savannah Mail Steamship Line, who will mail guide books and furnish all information in their power on ap- plication. WINTER RESORT. TAe/ono^vin, letters ur u ^e found of interest, as containing, not only valu- able tnformatton. but the impressions and observations of those wh.e indorse- ments should be of value, THE BAHAMAS TO THOSE INTENDiNO .„ VISIT ,^o^ TO GO AND WHAT TO CARRY. special Correspondence of The Detroit Free Press. Nassau, Sept. 15, 1875. A WORD TO THOSK IN'TKNUINC, TO VISIT US. Having told you where we live, how we live anrl wlif,t ,.,„ r word 10 any of your invalid-.r hea thy reade I or lu d " 7^'- ''' '"^ '"' " liver, kidneys or spine, there is no cli.a' on he fa;e o/ e t.nh" -"^;-/'--^. if any equal, to the clima. of Nassau Whi in Florida tte ^"P^"^'-'/"^ ' ^^"bt change of twenty to thirty degrees in the te.peratuf I tV nty f:riL"';" ''°^^! '^ hours, we never see a change of over five degr'ees in the srt^^roftrn ^o" ^ kl H/^RIIOR ISLAND. there is not a variation of five degrees, our island being completely surrounded by the ocean, ana of no. a very high elevation-like Cub:t, Jamaica and St. Domingo or St the A lant.e Some most wondetfui cures of pulmonary diseases, asthma, rheumatisnT neuraig.a and bronchuis have been performed almost entirelv bv the climate. Ut "e impress upon you not to delay coming until your disease is so firmlv seated that neitlu-r clnnate or your physician can render you any aid. In the first stage of the dise se ou recovery . almost certain. In the second stage your chances are more than en V you delay untd you are a fit subject for an undertaker you had better not try the Ix- penment.b.t stay home. If you make up your mind to t.. our cH.natc don' put it off 00 hue ,n the .eason. You should be here as early as on the first of November, and make up your mmds not to leave before the middle of Mav. or still better, the fir ^of June .Your ordinary fall clothing will be as thick as you will require in ou cols weather. The pr.ce of board at the Royal Victoria Hotel is ^ij d.itars per Z Ue i NASSAU, M. P. 9 smaller hotel charges one dollar and fifty cents boarding-houses from ten to fourteen dol- lars per week, and some t/en less. Carriage and boat hire is very reasonable. The white population is very hospitable and kind to strangers— the negroes very civil. Our physicians are considered at the head of the profession and their charges are very moderate. We have Churches of every denomination (of the Christian sect) and our pulpits are supplied with men of more than ordinary intellect. Our custom house officials are very gentlemanly and never disturb your baggage, and in fact the whole com- munity exert themselves to make the sojourn of the stranger pleasant. HOW TO COME AND WHAT TO BRING. The Bahamas Government has just concluded a contract with Messrs. Murray, Ferris & Co., 62 South Street, New York, for the conveyance of mails and passengers to and from Nassau. Messrs. T. Darling & Co. are the agents here. The steamers and accommodations are first-class. They u.ake the trip inside of five days from New York, and land you at the wharf. The old lines dropped you into a boat outside the bar They are to make semi-monthly trips until the first of J;muary, 1876, when they make one trip every ten days from Savannah. It is well to secur J your state-room for a trip at least in advance as you may be crowded out if you put it off until you arrive in New York. It is rot a good plan to bring either greenbacks or gold. American gold brings its full value, but there is more or less risk in carrying it about with you. The best plan is to get a letter of credit from a New York banker on their agents here ; if you lose it you can get a duplicate. If you start with gold and lose it, it is " done gone," as our darkies say. Greenbacks are always at a discount ; also American silver. Messrs. Murray, Ferris & Co. will sell you sight drafts, or issue letters of credit on their agents if you prefer it. Don't be discouraged if you find that you haven't improved much in the first two or three weeks after your arrival. It often tnkes a little time to get accustomed to the change of climate, diet, etc., and recover trom the effects of your sea voyage. I have known in;-?lids brought on shore on a stretcher, and seen them walking about the streets in a week afterw.ud. Others would apparently grow worse for the first week or two and then take a favorable turn and improve rapidly. To those who come, simply to rid themselves of a cold Northern winter, 1 would saytheywill find plenty to amuse themselves with. ^^^^^ ^^^^..^u [Extracts from letters from Hon. C. L. MacAkthur.] BAHAMA BUBBLES."— LIFE IN NASSAU. {Editor's Correspondence of the Troy Budget.) ARKIVKD. Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, Wednesday, March 8.— We arrived here yester- day morning at nine o'clock, having left Savannah on Saturday at 2 p. m., in THE STEAMER LEO which leaves Savannah every ten days tor Nassau. She is commanded by Capt. James Daniels, a thoroughly experienced and most excellent officer. The Leo is a screw steamer of about 930 tons, and is first-class in every particular, staunch in build, having good sea-going qualities, and being very commodious for passengers. She is admirably adapted for this route. A larger ship would have difficulty in getting into this harbor lO WINTER RESORT. from lack of depth of water. The appointments of the vessel are all complete and first- class for the comfort of passengers, and the table is supc.rior to that of most vessels that 1 have been on along the American coast. Purser Wildman and the steward, who^c name I have forgotten, are unremitting in their efforts to make the voyage pleasant We had twenty-four passengers, which is above the average of this season. This year there has not been as much travel to the South as usual, and the hotels and travel lines are complammg and sufTering in consequence. When we arrived at the Royal Victoria Hotel yesterday THK THKRMOMETER. Stood at 74 degrees, and it does not vary more than four or five degrees from this during the twenty-four hours of the day, or for the week. The daily average of the thermometer tor March ranges from 72 the lowest, to 79 the highest. As I write, from my window can be seen masses of DELICIOUS VERDURE. overflowing from walled gardens and grounds on all sides, wherein orange trees loaded with botli fruit and blossoms, palm trees, silk cotton trees in full pod and leaf cactus crape myrtle, tuberose, jasmine, geraniums, etc., are prominent in the foreground There are oleanders everywhere-here it is an outdoor tree -covered with a profusion of red whue, pmk. scarlet, and variegated flowers. They grow thirty feet high and are al*vays m blossom. Nearly all the flowers here are perennial, and the landscape is profuselv dotted w.th their charming shades and glows. This is the home of the night-bloom.ing Thlr"e'is ^'^ " ^" '"'^"''^ ^''"''''^' °^ '"'''"' ^""^ *" '^' ^"" ^'""^ °^ P^'^^'"^ ''^^"ty. SUPERB FISHING all about Nassau, and the outlying islands. The water is beautifully clear and transpar- ent, and wuh the aid of a water-glass it is claimed that the sands, shells, fish, coral and submarme plants may be seen at the bottom to the depth of some seventy feet I re serve for future letters a description of our hotel, THE ROYAL VICTORIA, Which is admirably kept by Mr. T. J. Portkr, an American, and which is in fact the only real otel .n the Bahamas. The house u.s built by Government in x86o and IS lea ed at a merely nom.nal rent. It is a model of neatness throughout, first-class in averyt ,ng, w.th very moderate charges. Last night, sitting in the open ai; in its f'ont wuh the odors of orange blossoms wafted on the genial air, the evening hours were whded away >n listening to the melodies and string-music ground out by groups of darkey minstrels. ■' o'""ijs 01 Mac. ON THE CONSTANT GO. for elZT.' ""7 .''•■°",'.^""=^. ^^^-^^^ ^^-We have been in this delightful winter resort for eight days during which time we have been on the constant go, the time gliding by as If prope led by the wings of birds of paradise. The ceaseless activitv generated by a Northern cl.me has gradually given way to the la/.y indolence of tropical life We don't rush at activities with the hungry vigor we did on first landing, but take things much easier. If there is any overworked Trojan who wants to learn to be absolutely la^y let him come to the Bahamas immediately. ' "'' DREAMY REPOSE is the normal state of human existence here, and it is astonishing ,0 see how quick our Northerners drop into the Mce M ni.nte life that prevails here gcneraMy. There is NASSAU, N. P. II ; and first- essels thiU ard, whose asant. We year there 1 lines are il Victoria his during jrmometcr indow can :es loaded af, cactus, id. There on of red, re always profusely ■bloom-ing le beauty. transpar- :oral and et. I re- r> fact the 860, and -class in its front, lurs were :roups of Mac. er resort iding by Ued by a kVe don't js much laz)', let lick our rhere is , . Ar. hnwpver in the sporting and amusement line, if one so desires. Fine fish- enough to do ^°-^;^; '^. ;^^.;/,,,^,,^.:h a magmticent bav, excursions to the neighboring 'T • "; b'^rf 1 dr 1 an 1 1 diversions of refined and hospitable social life invite Ih::';;'^ t; th:;; eni::.ent. we saw ..n this day. and at other times, that most re- mnrkThle ol all growths, marKaDiL, ui j, ^^^^ banyan tree. • r Kc .r. „«„allv fifteen or twenty feet from the earth, and after they have rowng '::Z-^^^^^^^-^ twenty or thirty feet, the branches turn down to the out n°"^»"'^' ^ J ^ ^o,„n,n ^^ support for its parent branch as well as earth tak.ng root nd forming ^^^^ ^^^P^^^^^ ^_^^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^.^^ T" Wv ro f is ■iver3 curious tree, furnishing friendly shade, ever extending by dense leafy roofs. It is a ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^^^_ ^^^ ^^^^^ :e:rowth^\rs:mt";:ill a p/rt of th^e parent tree to which it is ligamented as were the Siamese Twins. If there is any such thing as an earthly, DREAMY, SliNSUOlIS PARADISE, I hould think it might be found under a b.anyan tree in the delicious mid-winter climate of Na sau This leafy paradise should be enjoyed in a hammock swung from the ban- K rhes Vou can get a very good manilla hammock for fifty cents. A delicious ITJrZTs is ound here, will'help to intensify the tropical felicity. If that don^t T. it .he Cannabis Indica grows within sight from which is derived the famous hasheesh, wh MS th kin. o all narcotics in weaving a dreamy spell about its votaries. The a.r Tvil lb s^ced with the fragrance of the pimento of commerce, for here grows the tree^ f vou wan o taV e a dose of medicine prior to taking your banyan tree siesta, here s he snot where the drug can be easiest had. Here grows from the sands of the sea-shore the dea T end of our earlier youth, old squills. He's a lily-like plant with a bulbous root Uke an oln. and by his side is the companion of our later growth, ipecac who nev liled'n hours of agony to come to our relief when squills were in vain. If you would S pel your malady with none of these then reach out and pluck the Castor Bean whose g n'a iuic Tn the shape of Castor oil is familiar to juvenile days. Castor oil isn t a bad bev raie n this its native clime. We know a person who was persuaded to take a dose o It Td ound it very pleasant and effective. Two drops were taken in a pint of sherry, and 1 recommend al invalids to take it that way. But as we dreamily open our eyes from our Ista in the hammock under the banyan tree shade, let our gaze fall on some- thing more delightful to the senses. Very well, yonder are THE FEATHERY TOPS Of the cocoa palm loaded with green cocoa nuts. Bring us one of ^^-^ f ^^ ^^ and open its soft shell and we shall have from "the milk ,n the cocoa nut a del cous drink fit for the gods. Higher still than the cocoa palm does the royal palm the king of al the palm . send its noble tops far up in the tropical ether. Crouching lower down grows the cinnamon tree, most delightfully aromatic of all the restorative spices. Here, too. the pleased eyes fall on all the green and golden fruits of "THE ORCHARDS OF THE HESPERUJES." There's the cashew, sweet and sour sops, all the oranges, lemon and citric growths, star Lples seaside and other grapes, watermelons Spanish and cocoa plums mammee. p^int in banana, love in a mist, guava, tamarind, custard apple, bread fruit, Spanish fig sha dock rose apples, pomegranates, date., balsam apple, mulberry, jujube, papaw, and ;t; t teli the reader how m.fny more. Returning to the hotel we passed numerous OROVES OF COCOA TREES, loaded with clusters of cocoa nuts almost ripe. A grove of cocoa trees is one of the loaded w.m ^u-a.-.nt fe-ituix- oi a Bahama landscape. Returning by a road most picturesque and pleas.ini u.uim-.. 12 WINTER RESORT. range and i.,Cs back froj:,:! t t It M^rronK hi ,: E„f " ""m ™ °',""^ ils western exlremitv >.x passed near '"'"« ''"''"' ''""■ FORT CirARLOTTE, .0 have „ee„ eo„,„e„ced ., ,„e Spaniards. „ ^s fi'^s l;:^'";-.,;^ 'tVZZT::: SILK COTTON TREE wh ch u stands gently slopes down to tl.e shore, wheie there is supposed to be a water stroll n:"'?.""^'^" '"''^"'' '^"^ "^^■'^'"'"^^ '' '''' ^^P'-^^'^- -'"'^h affords a faJoH e strolhng .esort to Nassauvians and strangers. Seen at sea Fort Charlotte looks like a huge s,de.wheel steamer perched on a hill. It is a stone fort of considerable "agniude v.th numerous underground vaulted rooms, and dark recesses, and dungeon and' s.ch of fabulous and fathomless magnitude and extent which I took for granted wiU. out d.spute, rather than to explore its cimmerian mazes and abysmal deptls wherll" solemn bat. and silence and darkness reign supreme. There Is said to be n under ground passage to the governor's house half a mile awav. If so, the paLge is cu" hrough the sohd rock. But Fort Charlotte is now a thing of the past. Its wa er ba" tery .s^rusty and Us guns Quakery. That portion of the fort above-ground Lirbling " Its silly walls the winds are strewing." A solitary shoe maker appears to be its only occupant and jruard H,- 1....,.= . i i.s ruined b.uie^en.s, and ra.pa„s, and'^^oaj, and ^^■.,t^;:^:^Z NASSAU, N. P. 13 bastions and et ceteras. and while cobbling shoes in his airy lookout all the t.me keeps hU raihe eve peering away to the blue waters of the ocean to discover .f any stray sa.l o cTaf or teir^ in the offing. If so be that, the green and blue and purple waters vrto Ivision the faintest speck of a coding vessel, then up g^^^^ • oic r.f the rominff craft. And the signals are repeated on Fort 1-incastie, anoi"'^' :^r n thl ;-ll trrL^ward. There are different signal flags ^^^^^;;^^:J^X^ vessel in the offing, and the direction from which she -Z^^^-^^^";^ " ^^'.'^ "^ fl c rr,. nn of a vessel in sight, all Nassau is excited and happy, and all the tloating anu ;!rrrL.,erTo',io„ of .he »a.. population hies ,o ,he dock ,o gree, ,he welcome guest. We arrived back at our hotel in the DELICIOUS COOL OF THE EVENING, 1 » oK^nt -in Hpcrrees While we have been here the range of ;;;:;rrrhrht:^ir;oVs:i. a. ...is seaso„ >, ,„ei.van^ .». the thermo twenty-four hours. The days are bright and beautiful, for a oli:;7weeksthfrehasbeenno^ the nights are brilliant and sparkling w.th r'glow and flame of tropical skies. Low down in the horizon the famous constella- ^'°" °^ THE SOUTHERN CROSS flames and glows with tropical brilliance. We sat up late o' nights to catch the first fires oMts flame in the far South, and got up in the early hours before the breakmgo he dawn to gate on its radiance as seen from the observatory of the Royal Victoria Hotel. EVENING SHADES AND MORNING GLOWS. While the evenings are beautiful, still more delightful are the mornings, when the .„n Tt'' opes the gats of day." Then the landscape looks delightfully fresh and green, and the ain! redolent of all tL flowers and odors of "Araby the blest." In the rising glories of the morn it seemed as if " The Queen of the Spring as she passed in full sail, ^ Left her robe on the trees and her breath on the gale. A MOONLIGHT NIGHT srarrojrinZh^^^^^^^^^^^^ ligh,. Lights arc dancing on .he tippling waves. ^ > ' ^'^.^l^ n ™ GrekLv gave it the white Wings to ti.e ^^'^j:^:^^x::,^::^^'^^^^^^^">y -' ^-"■">- more poetic name of Porcina), wiin ns gie slretchinK away until sea sleeping in the white haze beyond the '''''■-""VrliTswTe, breaking in dreanrv and sky blend in ,he harmorrious '"""^^^^^Z:,^,:^^^^ in Ure observa- ntnrmnrlngs on the '^"j.X whit Z ofNTssan dwellings and church and ""I T I sleTthr t dl c o and s k otton .'rees blending their beautiful green top, :m,t:'drond pelkld rLfs ..f the town. It is a waving sea of verdure drvers.hed by islands of white ro-,ts. Still ^„^ ,, ,^,.. .,,„„ „o„ZON .1 ., .... of the liKht-house stands sentry at the June- r:?;s^r^r=r;;p;ru^^ I »4 WINTER RESORT, Rhine, stands Fort Charlotte, haloed by the memory of the Earl of Dunmore, memorably connected with our American Revolutionary struggle, who built it about 1788, just as our United States were in the first years of that infant nationality, which our victorious arms had wrung from one of the Georges whose Queen this fort was named in honor of. Tow- ering above the sea of foliage, here and there are Royal African palms, the monarchs of all the palm tree kind. In front of the government house, peeping out from the foliage of tropical trees, may be seen the white Statue of Columbus, modeled by the aid of our own Washington Irving, who was in London at the time of its conception. Fitting spot or such a statue, for it was one of the out islands of the Bahamas, (Watling's and not San Salvador), in these waters which was the first land that the anxious vision of Columbus fell upon when he discovered the V, estern world. To the Southwest some three miles distant gleam the crystal waters of the Lake of Killarney. In the same direction the blue hills of New Providence pencil their outlines against the sky. On the hills to the East stands Fort Fincastle, a prominent feature in the landscape. " Swinging around the circle," still farther to the East and North, the vision again takes in the outlying waters of the bay, which are gemmed with several small verdure covered islands sur- rounded by crystal waters, like emeralds surrounded by diamond settings. Our notes mention the fact that while taking in the KNJOYMENT OF THIS OUTLOOK from Victoria's top by moonlight, " there was a sound of revelry by night " on that occa- sion, and "music rose with its volupttious swell,"— and the Consul told stories of stump campaigning in New York and Ohio, and repeated most admirably T. Buchanan Read's poem of " Drifting,' most apropos to the time and scene, and altogether there was a very good time. That night's experience is a fragrant leaf on which is recorded in life's book, one of our most delicious memories of Nassau. Mac. Dr. KiRKWooD writes as follows: " New York, July 22d, 1876.— * * » i have had a long experience, both as a physician and an invalid ; in the latter character, fortunately, only from the first year of my residence, but in the first capacity of nearly 28 years, namely, from I844 to 1872, and the result of this experience has induced me to believe that the climate of Nassau, during the winter months, is superior to any winter resort for pulmonary invalids which I have visited as yet, and that compete with principal resorts in Italy and the South of France, in which I have spent the last four years. Very truly yours, W. KiRKWOOD, M. D., Florence, Italy." ( xA>7.' York Evangelist, March 30.) NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS. By Rkv. Nelson Millard, D. D. Nassau, N. P.. March 14, 1876. Editor Evangelist :—\s I write the date at the head of this letter, I recall that it is two months to a day since we landed at Nassau. Although it was a January morning, our judgments needed to correct our senses, in order to believe it was not a June after- noon. Indeed one soon comes to feel in tropical and semi-tropical climes, that Tenny- son might have called not only the fabled home of his Lotus Eaters, but many an actual NASSAU, N. P. 15 'region "a land where it was always afternoon" ; for in these realms of sun and palm, a dreamy, afternoon softness, suflTuscs, almost perpetually, scene and sea and sky. And yet they are flooded, too, ^vith a splendor and a ylory unknown to our more sombre northern climes. The midday, in its overllowing brilliance, makes one feel as ,f accord- ing to Milton's superb expression, " another morn had risen on mid-noon. Ihe very ocean loses its northern aspect of gray sombrenuss or monotonous blue, and ,s here dashed and permeated with ever-varying colors, as if it had caught and imprisoned some of the rays of the many thousand suns that have sunk into its bo.som, or the ms hues of the rainbows that have spread their glories over its " mirrors large and round. Until one has become accustomed to their strangeness, the novelty of these regions challenges a northern eye fully as much as their beauty. The questions that rose earli- est and involuntarily to our lips, were, " Can this be a part of the same earth we have al- ways known, or have we reached the shores of a new and more beautiful planet? Ihe THE GLASS WINDOWS — HARBOR ISLAND, first experience here. I think, of any one accustomed only to our less luxuriant latitudes woild be that of being surrounded by a new heaven and a new earth -l^--^/^"^; not! indeed, perfect righteousness, but where beauty, balminess, and bloom find their '^^^^U the Xds of this Bahama group are of coral origin. Fertile by virtue of soil, the Bahamas are not • for like most coral islands, they have but a thm covering of earth. But vg-Uonl^re Performs the prodigy once attributed to the chameleon ; t lives on air. At east le it obtain but some little hold in the pores, or along the disintegrating sur- fa of he oral rocks, and an atmosphere which never knows frosts seems to compel 1 7; grow Unlike th seed in the Parable of the Sower, which fell where there was i6 WINTER RESORT. •' no deepness of earth," it does not wither away ; but nourished by what may be fairly called y. fertile air, it comes to bloom and fruitage in the orange, or waves long plumes and bannerets in the palm. The year at the Poles has, it is said, but one day ; so here, we may say, it has but one season. For in a land where the thermometer's midday marking averages seventy-ftve degrees in January, and eighty-five degrees in August, it is evident that the seasons are a little more than a name. Certainly Nassau needs only to be known to become the great resort of those who desire to exchange for six months of the year northern snows for southern suns. It is the climate of climates : so say travelled invalids, of whom one naturally meets many here. As equable in temperature as St. Croix, it is not so uncom- fortably warm ; as balmy as Egypt, it is for inhabitants of the United States much nearer at hand. Sudden changes of temperature, which are the bane of most Winter resorts, are here unknown. The "northers," which bring nipping frosts to the orange groves of Florida, and which even at Havana send people shivering indoors, signify here only a decline in the thermometer's midday mark from seventy-five to seventy degrees. Most of the time the days roll on in a nearly unvarying warmth, in a seldom interrupted sun- shine, and with an almost constant trade-wind breeze. Such a climate, if resorted to in time, often works with wondrously curative power upon aflfectionsof the throat, bronchia and lungs-as, in the case of bronchitis, I can testify from personal experience. And in such a climate there is especially during the less heated part of the year, but very little indigenous sickness. Indeed from November to May there is scarcely any sickness in Nassau, save what comes here to be cured. In this connection I must not omit to add that the hospitality of the injiabitants is as warm and genial as their clime. The polite cordiality extended to non-residents, makes them forget that they are strangers in a strange land. About all the religious denominations that would be met with at the North, in a city of 10,000 inhabitants, have organizations here. Presbyterianism is represented, and well represented, in a united and influential church— or "kirk" rather, for its ecclesiastical connection is with the Scotch Establishment. Its pastor. Rev. Robert Dunlop, is a North-of-Ireland man, of Scotch-Irish descent, and in both his physical and mental sinew, maintains the reputation of that famous blood. His hands are well stayed up in his work by men like the Hon. T. Darling and the Hon. S. O. Johnson, whose names ii.re familiar to many in the States. The Bahamas are to add their strain to our Centennial jubilee. There was recently a public exhibiti(.n of the articles useful and curious which they will send to the great Exposition. Of these, the handsome and highly polished native woods and tho orna- mental shell-work, will. I think, attract most attention. The success of cunning hands in forming the latter into articles of exquisite beauty is quite marvelous. A hotel so well kept as the Royal Victoria at Nassau, deserves a word of mention before I close. It can challenge comparison with any throughout the Southern States or West Indies, having few equals, and no superior, among them all. On the whole, let me say (if it be not too nearly an Irish bull) that if one is com- pelled at some period of his life to have an experience of hibernation, let him have it in this land of perpetual Summer. If one must re'st, Nassau is an earthly Paradise ; but far more attractive than rest in any earthly Eden, is the prospect of a return, upon the accession of Summer weather at the North, to Syracuse, to home, and to the Master's work. be fairly g plumes s but one renty-five Lsons are :ome the rn snows hom one uncom- ch nearer sorts, are groves of re only a js. Most pted sun- ted to in bronchia And in very little ckness in tants is as Its, makes 1, in a city , and well lesiastical NLOP, is a id mental yed up in jse names IS recently the great 1 tho orna- ling hands )f mention n States or le is com- ) have it in adise ; but 1, upon the le Master's MONTREAL Proprietors. This well-known and popular Hotel, is situated on St. James Street, the principal business thoroughfare of the city and ts near the Post Office, Banks, Theatre and all the Public Buildings; and has ample accommodation for Four Hundred Guests. The Ottawa Hotel covers the entire space of ground running between St. James and Notre Dame Streets, and has beautifttl rooms which have been thoroughly refitted and furnished, with every regard to comfort and luxury-has Hot and Cold Water, with Bath and Closets on each floor. The aim has been to maKe this the most The Proprietors respectfully assure their patrons, that no exer- tions will be spared to make this Hotel a comfortable home for the Travelling Public. ^' Carriages, with attentive drivers, may be had at all times by application at the Office. Coaches will also be found at the Railway Depot and Steamboat Landings, on the arrival of the several Trains and Steamers. jp^ Montreal Telegraph Office in the House. / 9 i1 T^H E UNEXCELLED Tourist and Pleasure Travel Route ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, IS VIA -THK ^ « I ilicMenanilfliilm!iavigataCo.s LINE OF STEAMERS AND RAIL CONNECTIONS NIAGARA FALLS iw Hteamer to Toronto, wl.c re olone oonnectlott 1« "^^'"raae titrtris eon.pa«.'« Ma««inee.t XTpper Cal>ln Steamers, for KINGSTON, CLAYTON, ALEXANDRIA BAY. MONTREAL i QUEBEC, XJnrlvalled Grand Scenery "^ InolndlnB the THOUSAND ISLANDS, A,.d a sail down the Celebrated .rn ^c TUP FOlToWING FINE UPPER CABIN STEAMERS, opiRTikw " " Bailey, i ALbKRliVM, ii«w, SrAftiA^'' « ii HirisitT " " Irvine. lUKlW inil^ V p,„,ure Travel a P. M. daily, Sundays excepted. Which leave Toronto during the season^PUasure Trave Between MONTREAL and QUEBEC : .0. dr..,) cpuw.. I «M™*\(t±:::;:p: :-!'':: O'CLOCK, calling Principal Ticket Offices -^ >.^ ^niTRIST TICKETS, via this Line, for Sale at aU rrlucip ^ m- TOURIST TICK throughout the United States. GENERAL OFFICES: Gen'l Manager. [ TiiHiiea., SIX DOLLARs"a YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ^^ THE WEEKLY GAZETTE." A SI»LElSrr)IlD EIQBCT FAC3-E FAFER, EOI^ ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Can.d.ane residing abroad, and others interested in Canadian News should subscribe for the 'GAZETTE." POSTAGE TO ^Y PLACE 11^ CAt^AD/ ^UNITED ST/TES P/ID BY THE PUBLlSHEllS, SEND FOR A SPKCIMEN COPY. Address, T. & R. WHITE, MONTREAL, CANADA. x; St. Lawrence and Sapenay Line of Steamers, FLYING BETWEEN Q«el,ee, Tlxe mver Sa^nenay, and the Watering inaees of the I.ower St. Lawrence. ,S COMPOSED OF THE FIRST-CLASS SEA-GOING PASSENGER STEAMERS Saguenay, St. La^yreiice and Union. From and after the 20th of Junk to the 10th of Sep . km»kr, one of the above Boats Win Jeave the S-r. Andkew Whakk daily (Sundays and Mondays excepted.) at 7 A. M., on the arrival of the Montreal Boat. ACCOMODATION^JFIRST CLASS. CHARGES MOOKTl^TE. Tickets for sale at the principal Ticket Offices in the States and Canada, and at the ::ffice ofl Company, opposite St. Louis Hotel, or St. Andrew Wharf. Quebec. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION APPLY TO GUSTAVE LEVE, Oen'l Agent, A. GABOURY, Sec^y^^ i 340 Washington Street, Bodton. * 4^^ St. XjOXxIs Street, C^xxelDeo. WII.M8 RU8SETX, - - Proprietor. Tins HoTKi.. which is unrivalled for size, style and locality, in Quebec, is open throuKh the year, for pleasure and business travel. It is eligibly situated near to, and surrounded by the most fashionable promenades. ,i.e GovKKNoK's Gakokn, the C. ta..k,. the F.spkanm.k. the Pkack u Akmks and O n ,nM Tkkra.e. which furnish the splendid views and magn.tlcent «^7'; >' ^" ;»"'^'' Quebec is so justlv celebrated, and which is unsurpassed in any part of the wo.lcl. The Proprietor, in returning thanks for the very liberal patronage hitherto enjoyed, in.o,n,s the public that this Hotel has been enlarged and refitted and can -- J""- mod.te FiVK H.-NORK.) Visitors; and assures them that nothing will be want.ng on his part that will conduce to the comfort and enjoyment of his guests. gTseifert's ^f^^4i No. 12 Fabrique Street, Jmjporte?' ctnd McuiJizf ^T X7 3VXJSXJA I.I-Y I. O W PRICES. TOURISTS ARE INVITED TC VniT OUR FUR^W ROOM, OPEN DURING THE SUMMER Ladies' KEAL SEAI.SK1M ...u. R»r^NE Sacqiies. SettB. HatH, Gauntlets, etc.; In«li»n CurioHitles; specialty xu Ostrich Feathers; Mncoln & Bennett's Best London Hats ; West London-Made Umbrellas, Kid Gloves, etc. ORDERS SENT BY MAIL. PROMPTL.Y ATTENDED • O. FOR SAVANNAH, CA. FLORIDA, AND ALL POINTS IN THE SOUTH « SOUTHWEST. Murray Line. Sailing e»efy lliyfsila| from PIER 16, East River, at 3 P. I THo lOleirant T»»«Bonsrer Mteamslilp**, MAGNOLIA, RAPID AN, Oapt. DAGGETT, Com. Capt. KEMPTON, Com. K9i"Th< S(cimshiDS on this favorite line of travel to the South are newly and '""'SS'' uain. or ,hc Cen„nl Rnilmad ot Georgia, and Atlantic and Oui; '^'•^t r;°r»%'rA°h?"^;:r"l?e"?,r ci,"n1,So7ra;"iavannah „i,|; .he mai, and Ja„™«o" "cal'rs fo, Nassau, N. P., Baha.nas, formms v„.h .he Nassau Steamers during the winter season the New York, Nassau and Savannah MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE. Shont »°h\" addiLn of a .aide furnished wi.h all .he luxur.es ot ,he season. Bates for Cabin Passage, (inidnetog Meals and Stateroom Berth,) from NEW YORK TO SAVAHNAH, • $20.00 Augusta, Ga $»« «» Atlanta, Ga a? 5° Aldany, Ga., 315° Brunswick, Ga., »5 75 Columbus, Ga., 31 00 Macon, Ga., ^7 «» MlLLKDGEVILLE, Ga., 37 CX) Rome. Ga 3° oo Eufaula, Ala., 33 75 MONTGOMRRV, AlA 34 °0 Srlma. Ala $34 <» Chatianooga, Tenn 3000 New Orleans, La., 47 50 Baluwin, Fla 37 75 Cedar Keys, Fla 3' 75 Enterprise, Fla., 35 75 Fkrnandina, Fla 'Z '5 Green Cove Sir'gs, b la.. 28 75 Gainesville, Fla., 3° »5 Hibernia, Fla., « 75 Jacksonville, Fla., $«7 75 Lake City, Fla., 3° «5 Madison, Fla 3° »5 MoNTicBLLo, Fla., 3* ^5 Orange Mills, Fla., .... 3° '5 Palatka, Fla ^9 75 Pensacola, F"la., 4300 PicoLATA, Fla., ^9 75 01 incv, Fla., 33 5° Augustine, Fla., Tallahassee, Fla 3« 75 31 95 Mobile, Ala 43°° ^«^» ^r» Excursion Ti^lclcetn to JaeksonvlUe, J»50.00. Including First Flass Stateroom, and all Charges on the Steamships between New ^ York and Savannah, viz: For ST. JOHNS RIVER and ST. AUGUSTINE, passengers have choice of Three Rentes from Savannah. MURRAY, FERRIS & CO., Ag'ts, No. 62 South Street, New Y6rk. For oarticular information. Staterooms and Through Tickets from Cities in New?ig£nrNorU;j;n New York, the North West, and Canada, apply to GUSTAVE LEVE, Gen'l Passenger Ag't, Heacl Office. Mo. 303 St. Jnnxes street, >Iontreal, Canada. — O R T O — Agent at -