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154 FOR THE BRITISH AMERICAN.

‘Mr. Editor,—

Some weeks since youiuerted in your columns the remarkable dream of a Phil- oso her. At one time I thoughgit better to save it without comment, that he might say ;

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But surely dreams {ere ne'

It was of no use me a phantom * he brain, ght with a sha- dow, to be the air. " But as others less acquainted with facts, may suppose that Rosicrucius means to convey to the public the idea, that he “had adream which was not all a dream,” therefore I will sub- them certain truths which will I lead them to conclude that the whole earn, and that the dream ofmanage- ' e of projectors, contractors, 8tc. ' " mote from the conduct in this instance

of the sober personages of real life, as "-our country houses and limited number of plain working folks differ from the splendid alaces, and dense and fashionable popu- ation, conjured up by the old gentleman with the snlver trumpet. I say then Mr. Editor, it is dreaming to advance, that the bridge was built for the accommodation of a few paramount folks Most of us are more or less closely allied by blood or mar- riage : none of us have fortunes: some have a little more than others of this worlds goods, and perhaps like well enough to show it. I see no reason why they should conceal it ; but the bridge will enable twenty-five families numbering about two hundred and fifty persons, to travel to and from Prince Town by a route considerably shorter than that which can at present be taken at all times with safety. This is no small accommodation to them, considering that the entrance to Darnley basin, has be- come so shallow, as with difficulty to afford passage to the smallest schooners,—and that the inhabitants there and for some miles along the coast,as well as those inland betwixt its waters and those of New Lon- don, have frequent occasion to cart pro— duce to Prince Town. So much for the benefits it promises to this district. Look- ing at its effect as to a larger section of the country, the map will convince your read- "as that it is following out the coast line of , jfrom Cavendish to Prince Town as ;_as the localities will admit. As in w spahlic work, some must derive from - ‘ benefit than others; but I main- qt‘ it will be of such use and to so . " as togustify the outlay of what has 3' ' f 'expen ed, and of the sum requisite ‘ if" ' its completion. 1 As to the Commissioners benefiting by ' the public money—as to labour being paid for in negro rum at 10s. or 12s. per gallon, andwforth; these are indeed arts of a

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THE BRITISH AMERICAN

ments one by one, at auction, made public by repeated notices. Three mdtvrduals held every one, two abutments ; other five individ I held the other five abutments ; every one bade for himself, and was res- ponsible for the execution of his own abut- abutments. Those who have done have obtained from the Commis- sion er the necessary certificates, and eve- ry one of them who roduced such certifi- cate at the proper 0 cc in Charlotte-Town received his share of the money Igranted by the Legislature. A neighbouro the Cem- missioner, his own brother, did contract for one abutment, and afterwards finding that the labours of the farm would fully occupy himself and his hired men, he was under the necessity of engaging others to perform the work agreeably to the specifi- cation. How these sub-contractors were paid I cannot’say, neither I believe can Rosicrucious: this however, is my belief, that the articles given in payment by this contractor to the men who performed the work were charged at the rates customary in this district, and _that it did not yield himlfortyshillings of profit. Certainly in his wakin hours, Rosicrucius will not maintain t at every man who bids at auc- tion for a public work or any part thereof, shall be held unjust unless he execute it himself, or get it done on precisely the same terms as he himself took it, and pay it in exactly the same payments as he him- self receives. Yet this, merely one elev- enth of the whole, is the only instance of subcontracting. As to the in'urious effect which the work will have on t e navigation and commerce of the upper waters, I an- swer that the brid e has been so planned that»there will be fieft at the deepest part of the channel an opening of twenty-five feet, quite enough to allow the passage of the largest merchantman sailing in our Baltic. Your readers will be of the same opinion when they know that the breadth of many vessels of 100 or 120 tons, does not exceed that measure, that the bridge is building directly in the line of a ford, where the depth of water at full spring tides is from six feet to seven feet and a half, &c. that Baltic and Barissoa united, join the sea by a channel of no greater depth. Thus the width of the opening is four times as great as the depth of water ; that vessel must be moulded after astrange fashion which will be stopped in this case by the abutments. As the state of the ice may require loaded sleighs to be drawn a- long shore, and thus the central opening may be of no use in winter, itis part ofthe plan to leave at one bank an opening eight- een feet in width One would think this sufficient space for the largest load of hay Or any other commodity with which we are to be supplied from the district above us. As to storms and all that I sometimes dream

dream. The Cammissioner sol the abut-

of, reading poetry or rhyme, or doggrel,

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which I have never before seen, and when I awake can occasionally remember a line or two of it. Going to bed after writin the first part of this letter, with my head full of Rosicrucius, the Genius of Prince Town and so forth. I dreamt that I read a piece of stuff about said dream, and am able this morning to pen from recollectio- the following lines :—

“ And longer had they built,

‘But with a frown

The Genius grave arose.

Clad decently in flowing morning gown.

Straight he with with‘ring look

A mighty silver trumpet took ;

And blew a blast so loud and dread,

Were ne'er prophetic sounds sofull of woe.

This heard, the builders all

Their tools at once let fall;

And fast away they ran,

Not one of all the clan,

Crowbsr, or an, or shovel minded ;

Some went to hide in cellars‘ darkest nooks.

For consolation some laid hold of pious books.

The wild geese in their flight,

Scared by the awful sound.

Durst not attempt to light.

All Darnley basin round.

They knew from f: fa fum.

That sure as any gun '

A storm would down the Baltic come.

Therefore their dusky wings they still were plying,

Though tired. they rather chose to keep on flying,

Than lighting down in that ill fated pllce.

Risk, midst the coming elemental strife.

The loss of legs and wings perchanee of life.

That they thus acted was, I think no wonder;

In fact they must be worse than geese or more than men,

Would tarry to abide

Both horses, oxen, dogs. and sleight and hay and log,

Swept on by mighty tide.

Midst furious wind and rain,

And lightnings forked bolts, and rattling rolling thunder.”

I am inclined to think that Rosicrucius was originally endowed with a reasonable proportion of good nature; I hope that his intercourse with the existence of another sphere has not entirely eradicated all sym- pathy with his less favored fellow men, that if inclined to prove the influence he can exercise on the works of man, and the operations of nature, he will select some more public place than Darnley, and some work of greater grandeur than a log bridge —and finally that as the power evinced Ill creating is at least equal to that requisite for destroying if he visit us at all he WI” rather build the half yet wanting than pull away what is built.

To conclude, ought we to leave undone what would be useful, because we cannot attain to what is excellent ? We may 31- low our imaginations to revel amidst (h comforts and luxuries which seem resened for those unborn, and we may delight to

behold with the mind’s eye the spl\

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