married. “ODE TO CANADA.” Canada faithful! Canada fair! Canada, beautiful, blooming and rare! Canada, happiest land of the earth! Hail to thee, Canada! land of my birth! Land of fair freedom, where bought not and sold, Are sinews and sorrows, for silver and gold! Land of broad lakes, sweet valleys and plains! Land where justice for rich and poor reigns! Land of tall forests, famed rivers and rills! Land of fair meadows, bold mountains and hills! Land where a man is a man, though he toil! Land where the tiller is lord of the soil! Land where a people are happy and free— Where is the land that is like unto thee? Thou hast for the stranger that seeketh thy shore A smile, and a cheer, and a welcome in store; The needy, relief; and the weary repose; A home for thy friends; and a grave for thy foes. Thy nobles are those whose riches in store Is the wealth of the soul, and the heart’s hidden lore; They cringe to no master, they bow to no lord Save Heaven’s, each night and each morning adored. Land of swift rivers, sweet-gliding along! Land of my pride, and land of my song! Canada, prosperous! Canada, true! Canada loyal, and virtuous, too! Canada, happiest land of the earth! Hail thee, forever, sweet land of my birth! THE FIRST NATIVES OF UPPER CANADA. We turn from the sad pictures which have been truthfully, if imperfectly done, which represent the darker side of the pioneer life of the refugees, to others more pleasing. In those primitive times, events which now seem trivial to a general public, were of general interest, and the recollection cherished by a whole community. In the absence of those stirring events which characterize the present, incidents of comparative unimportance, became household words, and recollections. Hence, it comes that posterity may, in some instances, know who were first married in certain places in America, of the first birth, and who first died. “The first child born of English parents in America, was a daughter of Mrs. Dore, of Virginia, October 18, 1587.” “There is now standing in Marshalfield, Cape Cod, a portion of a house built by Perigrine White, the first male child born of English parents in New England.” According to the testimony of the registrar of Quebec, the first white child born in Canada, was upon the 24th October, 1621, which was christened the same day by the name of Eustache, being the son of Abraham and Margaret L’Anglois; Abraham was a Scotchman, named Martin Abraham. He was king’s pilot, and married to Eustache. The plains of Abraham derive their name from him.