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THE RAIL r 5 TO OREGON.
The Hon. Z. Pratt has, through the Nation
al Intelligencer, issued an Address to the peo
ple of the United States, in relation to the stu
pendous enterprise of a passage across our cou
unent to the Pacific. He notices the two plans
lhat have been agitated, one by canal or rail
road somewhere in Panama to Tehuanlepec, in
Mexico, between latitude N. 7 and 16 degrees;
and the other by railroad from Lake Michigan
through the Rocky Mountains lo Oregon, on the
parallel of about 42 1-.2 deg., all in our own
Territory. He regards the canal as impracti
cable, because if it can be done at all, it must
be by the combined efforts and influence of all
the different commercial nations that aro inter
ested, a combination that it would be impossi
ble to obtain. He states various other objec
tions, and then proceeds to notice the Whitney
M-hcine of a railroad from Lake Michigan thro'
the South pass of the Rocky Mountains to Or
egon. He condenses its chief features thus:
fle asks Congress to appropriate sixty miles
wide of the public lands, from Lake Michigan
to the Pacific, for this especial purpose, and as
he builds the road he takes the land to reimburse
himelf. For eight hundred miles, the one half
at the Government price it is estimated will
build the road; the other half creates a fund for
where the lands are poor. When completed
the road to be free to all the world except for
repairs and operations, to be fixed by Congress.
The distance from the lake to the ocean is twen-tv-four
hundred miles; the estimated cost, when
ready for use, $70,000,000. The number of
acres reqi tired is 92,160,000 waste land, 1,200
miles without timber or navigable streams, and
uf small value, and would it ever settle or be of
any value without the road ! Clearly not.
Then the question is, shall Mr. Whitney take
these lands, and, by the sale and settlement
thereof, build this road, or shall they be allowed
to fritter away without any perceptible good?
This great highway of nations, the greatest
work ever done by men or nations; a road which
must forever be the thoroughfare between all
Europe and Asia; a work which will bring us
together as one family, binding us with a bond
of iron which cannot be sundered both useful
in war and peace; a work which will give us
the command of and make the commerce of all
the world tributary to us, adding millions of
wealth to the nation, and ten lolding its popu
lation; a work winch .shnll change the condi
tion of all mankind, bringing all tooethcras one
nation in free intercourse and exchange of com
modities: a work which must be the means of
.
civilizing and christianizing the heathen, tne
barbarian, and the savage shall these waste
-wilderness lands be applied to I his n'oble, this
more than glorious purpose ? I cannot doubt
all will say yes.
Mr. Pratt urges the mailer still further as fo
follows: "When we look at the past, and see how
civilization has travelled west, bringing corn
amerce and the useful arts with it; when we see
hat cjvil and religious liberty was driven lo
this continent as Ut apparent last resting place;
hen we see the progress and even strides of
these United States in wealth and greatness ;
when we see this vast, this rich continent yet
a wilderness before us, the best climate and
conntrv, and under ihe best government the
sun ever shone upon; more congenial to grow
the whole man than any part of the globe;
placed direc-t$y in the centre of the earth Eu
rope, with more than two hundred and fifty mil
lions of souls on he one side, with the Atlan
tic, three thousand miles between us, and on
the other side all Asia, with seven hundred
millions of souls, and the Pacific, a little more
than five thousand mile', between us ; and
when we know that the earth does not produce
enough to sustain the vast multitudes on either
ic, and nowhere for them to go but to us ; and
when we know, that the building of this great
jn-vl will open to settlement, production, and
intercourse with all parts of ihe globe, this vast
wilderness of twenty-five hundred miles in ex
tent, can we doubt that it i our destiny, and
paramount duty IP goorv.ard and acco'inUsh
u' Cieatlv. not,-
MK Whitney proposes to siart his road some
where on Lake Michigan, where he can .find
the lands unoccupied; and thence cross the Mis
sisippi; hear Prairie du Chien, in the parallel
of about 43 deg; and thence over the Missou
ri, between Council Bluffs and the Big Sioux;
thence to the Pass, on the parallel of about 42
1-2 deg.; thence to the best point on the Pacif
ic, St. Francisco or the Columbia river. This
route or starting point would seem absolutely
necessary. First, the route must be where the
rivers can be bridged; the starting point must
be from where the lands can be made immedi
ately available for means, and where the good
land can furnish means for the part where the
land is poor, and to furnish timber for the road
and for buildings where there is none. The
plan could not be carried out from a starting
point west of the lake, because there would not
be a sufficient amount of lands on the route to
insure success, and because the expense of
transportation of material to any other point
would cost so much as to forbid the work. And
it is not material to tne states, as all would
join this at or near the Mississippi, making this
the most central for all the Atlantic cities and
for New Orleans, and being about the centre of
the continent. New England and New York
would have their Buffalo and Erie roads through
Ohio ; Pennsylvania to Pittsburg and through
Ohio ; Baltimore to Wheeling -and through
Ohio, two hundred miles nearer than New
York ; Richmond her direct and best of all the
routes to Cincinnati, and then onward; Charles
ton to Nashville and to Louisville, or direct
through the entire State of Illinois ; and New
Orleans, with the father of rivers always navi
gable, to the Ohio ; while St. Louis would have
the Mississippi and Missouri, and her railroad
up the Missouri valley, the first to reach it all
equally located and sharing in all its benefits.
Thus uniting and bringing all together at one
grand centre ; distant from, ocean to ocean
from either city not over 3,400 miles, performed
at a moderate speed in eight days, and at thirty
miles per hour in five and a half days, and with
the magnetic telegraph outrun the sun by 12
hours ; placing us on the Pacific, directly op
posite to all Asia ; distant from Japan but
4,000 miles, from China but 5,400 miles, to
Australia bat 6,000, to New Guinea5,340 miles,
and to Signapore 7,660 miles. From London
or Liverpool (latitude about 50 deg ) to New
York is about 3,000 miles, to be added to the
above, when we have the direct route from Eu
rope to all Asia, and much shorter than any
oilier route possible td a&complish.
These distances appear so much shorter than
those for the route across the isthmus, that an
explanation is required. First, we start from
London, latitude 50deg. and cross the isthmus,
in from 7 deg. to 16 deg. north latitude, and a
bout 90 deg. west longitude, thence to Canton,
latitude about 23 deg. and east longitudf& 113 1-2
deg., or about 170 deg. of longitude, each degree
of longitude full 50 miles, making from the ter
minus of the canal to Canton over 10,200 miles.
Whereas from Columbia River, latitude 46 1-2
deg. to Shang-hai, latitude about 32 deg. and
east longitude 1'22 deg. where all the commerce
of China would centre, is 110 1-2 deg. of lon
gitude, measuring on this parallel about 47 miles
each, a distance of 5,400 miles. Thus it will
be seen that a vessel bound from tho terminus
of a canal across the isthmus to China,, the
shortest and best route would be first to the
Columbia river, and then to China. Thus we
see that this would gain over that of the isth
mus from London to Chjna 3,758 miles, to
Australia 2,440' miles, to Singapore 1,398, and
New York gains over Europe about 3,000 to
all these places. This seems to be Nature's
rou'e. On this belt, this line around the globe,
is almost all the population of the world ; on
this line is and will be the greatest production
of breadstuff and meat, the sustenance of man
and of commerce, adding wealth lo the nation ;
ihe only route which can of itself furnish the
means to build the road, or where the labor of
man can make it available. Nature has here
smoothed the way, and opened the mountains
to let us nass. 1 hen look at our picture, our
- a
position with this road completed : behold with
one hand we reach out over the Pacific to the
millions of Janan. China, and all Asia, with
our manufactures, our cotton, our tobacco, our
hemp, our rice, our flour, our corn, beef, pork,
leather, and all our many and various products,
and receive back in exchange their teas, coffee,
sugar, spices, indigo, drugs, silks, add various
useful and curious fabrics, with gold, silver and
precious stones all' too with our own ships
and our own men ; and with the other hand o
ver the broad Atlantic, to all Europe, our vari
ous" products in exchange for theirs, and receive
iheir surplus population to whom we give a
home, a country, while our body draws to it
and controls the rich commerce and wealth of
all lite world, spreading and circulating from
ocean to ocean, through every artery, through
every ciiy from Texas lo Maine, and from the
heart, the centre, would spring and flow forth
throughout the whole frame, ihe whole system,
the life, the products of man's labor, from the
earth, which created, would control and sustain
it. The picture is grand, and might be consid
ered a ibio.n, had it any other foundation than
he wilderness jearth, whiclf by' thelabor of man
is to brjng forth all we want, and at the same
time richly reward lhat .labor. It is a great
plan, a great work.; but we are the people to
do big things. This we have only lo commence;
it works itself. Build the first mile and it pre
pares the way for another. The settler has
the means of free transit to market. Villages
and cities would spring up, fiomone end to the
other, all independent and happy, because the
free intercourse with all the world afford a full
reward for labor. , Then will you take your
money and send it out of our country, to be used
against your interest, or will you have the Ore
gon road, which will cost you nothing but your
votes ? , Mr. Whitney does not ask for one
dollar in money, nor will he subject any man
to one cent of taxation, and no harm to any; he
does not even ask a survey for his route ; all
he desires is, lhat the waste wilderness land
may be placed so that by sale . and settlement
the means in money and labor can be produced
to build the road, and when ihe road is comple
ted, to be under the control aCCongress, of the
people, and no dividends. .All this, he propo
ses at his own risk and hazard,, and if it fails
ihe people lose nothing, as no part of the lands
would be granted to him faster than the road .is
built. It appears lo me that this is no mysteri
ous affair a plain, simple, business plan, grand
and sublime, but as simple as grand.
.
A New and Important Invention,
Which does away with the present system
of rope making, has just been made by Mr
Whipple, of Providence R. I. By this process,
rope can be made in the piece a mile long, or
to an indefinite length in a square room thus
doing away with tho necessity of long rope
walks. Two twists are made at one revolution,
without twisting or turning at the end of the
rope, as is now the custom. The strand is
formed, and rope laid in a more perfect manner,
and at far greater speed than is now attained.
From 150 to 200 feel of two inch rope can be
thus made in a minute ; smaller sizes much
faster. One man could tend a number of these
machines at once. If. this invention is carried
on, a process will soon be in f use, no.t only do
ing away with foreign importations, and con
trolling our own market!, but; exporting .to other
countries. Two-thirds, of all the cordage made,
in this country is from' dew rotted American
hemp, at an average of 5 cts., though the pres
ent rate is 7 els., . .
Clubfoot in the Horse.
A fine black wagon horse, the property of
Mr. Millet, miller, of Newton St. Cyprus, was
some time since sent to Mr. 1 remletts kennel
to be slaughtered, being considered incurable,
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having a distortion of a foot from a contraction
of the sinew, which made him walk on the front
of his hoof," with the heel elevated perpendicu
larly. Being an animal in such good condition,
Mr. Tremlet was unwilling to destroy him.
He therefore requested Mr. Read, veterinary
surgeon to examine him ; who.decided that the
only chanceof rendering the animal uselul would
be ihe division of the greater flexor tendon of
the leg. Accordingly the operation of tendqto
my, or dividing the tendon w.as performed.
Ten days after the operation he walked flat on
the sole of his foot : one month afterwards he
was put, to the plough. He is now as .useful
as any horse on .the farm, and performs all the
duties a horse is required to perform. .Four
months nave elapsed since tne operation was
done ; a fair trial has therefore been given to
test the utility or inutility of the opera.tion.
Thus is Ii'ife.
If we die to-day, the sun will shine as bright
ly, and the birds, sing as sweetly to-morrow.
Business will not be suspended for a moment,
and' the great mass will not bestow a thought
to our memories.' Is he dead?' will be the so
lemn inquiry of a few, asfthey pass to their
work. But no one will miss us, and laugh as
merrily as when we sat beside them. Thus we
shall all, now active in life, pass away. Our
children crowd close behind us, and they will
soon be gone. h a few years not a living being
can say, I remember him!' We lived iti another
age, and did business with those who have long
since slumbered in the tomb. Thus is life.
O, blessed are they who are held in everlasting
remembrance.
Trade. t
Thotigh there is a great difference between
trading and gaming, yet most of that difference
is lost, when men once trade with the same de
sires and tempers, and for the same end, that
others game ;" charity and fine dressing are
things very different, but if men, give alms for
the same reasons that others dress fine, only
to be seen and admired, charity is then But like
the vanity of fine cloih'es. Yw like manner, if
the same motives make some people painful
and industrious inr their trades, which make
others constant at gaming, such pains is but
like, the pains of gaming.
A gentleman in How'ard coviity,, Va', has en
tered into, the novel speculation of raising black
cats, and has purchased an island iri'ihe Clesa
peake bay, which he has stocked wilh these
unimals. Tho object is to raise the in for their
,fur, which is quite valuable.
The Treachery against Mr. Muhlen
berg More Proofs.
We give below a secorid letter from Col.
Salisbury, which must fasten the paternity of
the Champion editorials upon Messrs. Miller, &
Petriken, and involve Gov. Shunk in a connec
tion with the same political outrage.
The articles referred to in Mr. Sprigman's
statement are the same which we have already
published and there is no necessity of again
placing them before our readers. t)
Harrisurg, Sept. 25, 1847.
Editors North American and V. S. Qazette :
Gentlemen : I have noticed a , denial by the
individuals named -in, my letter, to yau .ofi the
20th instant, of any participation in the vitupe
ration and abuse which characterized pome of
the editorial articles .against Mr. Muhlenberg,
which appeared in the Champion after his nom
ination .in 1844. ( ' ' -
I cannot say that I am surprised at. this bold
deniaj by these gentlemen :the only remedy
left them being to deny the fact3 charged upon
them atd proven. , .
They were charged before the people of
Pennsylvania with haying committed a moral
and political offence, in the indecent and unpre
cedented opposition which 'they, made ,td the
Democratic party of Pennsylvania; ,and its nom
inee for Governor, in 1 84,4, through the columns
of a public tjomrial, a miserable, pitiful sheet,
called the Democratic Champion. .. ;
To this charge ihey plead not guilty. I
might rest upon, my letter of the 20th .instant.
Upon ihe broad basis there Jaid down I feel
entirely secure, for " truth is mighty, and will
prevail ;" but to the end that ihe.; country; .may
have no doubt as to. the truth of the charges
which have been promulgated, against the po
litical integrity of Messrs. Miller, Pelriken and
others, I herewith enclose you such additional
evidence as will convince the people of Penn
sylvania lhat any and all denials by. these. gen
tlemen, of their improper and inglorious oppo
sition to Henry A. Muhlenberg, after his nomi
nation's utterly nugatory, and only increases
the , offence wilh which they already stand
charged at the bar,of public opinion, and upon
which the citizens, of the Commonwealth are
to render a verdict. . . . .
How.ever extraordinary and painful it may
be, it will be seen that these gentlemen did op
pose Mr. Muhle.nberg with .vehemence after his
nomination.. They. denied to him, the. then
democratic candidate fpr Governor, that justice
and support they are now .claiming for them
selves, They opposed him after his nomina
tion by the democracy of the Stale, and refused
to be bound by the settled usages of the demo
cratic party :f men who are enjoying and claim
ing at the. present mordent, high places of hon
or, trust and emolument, at. the hands of a great
pariyarid mainly, from the J.abor.and toil of the
friendsofthe lamented man whom they so. much
traduced, and who is not now here to answer
for himself. , .. . ; .
. There are times aTid occasjons-when the du-,
ty of the citizen rises superior and is paramount
to party considerations. This, in my judgment,
presents one of those canes. Let justice be
done, though tl)e heavens.fafl.
That Mr. Muhlenberg's early a,nd attached
friends; those who. have stood by him while
living for more than, a quarter of a century,
through evil, and good report .with a firm , and
steady hand, as he had always stood, by them,
may feel deeply w.ounded, is n'oi my fault. The
smarting of the wounds can only be graced to
the poisoned arrows, which.q'uivered in the bow
of his .pseudo' friends,1, Messrs. Miller, Petri
ken, &c; nor shall the violence and menaces
of a, little " brief authority" deter me from a
fearless and faithful vindication ofa fallen. friend;,
and tho political rights of those, who like my
self, loved him when living, and revere his
memory when dead.
Men should always expect, who live in the
mjdst of a free, virtuous and intelligent people,
to bear ihe consequences of their own misdeeds
and perfidy. If there is treason in the camp,
who are the Traitors? Let the facis now put
forth to the country answer this question. We
may be permitted to say, nor can it be denied
wilh truth, lhat the friends of this lamented man
have felt the lash of .proscription applied wilh
unwarrantable severity by gentlemen now in
power and who are again seeking their support.
It has been claimed by Mr. Miller tfiat he
had noihing.to do with' the com'emptible sheet
called the ChampiouIt was a contemptible
sheet ; and it was contempt able, wicked and
cruel for an individual who owed Mr. Muhlen
berg a debt of deep and abiding gratitude, to
make such a sheet an organ of persecution, yil
hfication and abuse towards him ajt a lime when
he was ihe standard bearer of the republican
party of the State., , , .
It can be claimed no longer, thai, these gen
tlemen are' not dee.ply involved and connected
with the vilest editorials which' appeared a
gainst him., during the campaign of 1.844, in the
.columns of the paper, meniiortpd! above. Has
it come to this,, that a' member of Mr. Shunk's
cabinet is the keeper of the articles of that rajs
ierable paper, and one of the most violent in its
personal abuse that ever 'was. penned against
any one' . How is it thai Mr. Miller's colleague
is infposs.ession of the ojiigVnal manuscript head
ed the(M Blooded Parson" and .which appeared,
in the Champion under its editorial head V W
were smprised when we,. learned, as w.e .havi
this, day, lhat this infamous article the original
manuscript is in the keeping ofa memher o(
Goy..Shunk'3 cabinet, and a colleague of .his
Secretary', Jesse Miller-r-ihe Hon. John La-
porte ! Precious relic for the cabinet of a greaf
otate to Keep. we uava iwueeu taiieii up m
evil .limes, t u ;r ' ' ; '
, Is, the. vituperation, which has been heapBjl
oria great and good-man, when, living, u in
teresting, lhat the manuscript copies, are kept
as remembrances of thejr awn unscrupulousnea
after hisf death ; or, are they kept by the Cabi
net officers of the present. State Executive, to
prevent their paternity from being exposed to
the indignant gaze of the Democracy of Penn
sylvania and .the, world 1 ; -i
At aji.early, hqurthfeifnorning, I receive,
letter from the Hon. John Lapprte, Surveyir
General, of ihe Commonwealth, from which L
make ihe following extract, for. the purpose. nt
vindicating, the truth ot my statement .ami the
correctness ofmy course in the premises :
. " Sir, I ask. you tp send by my son, (thobear
er.of this) a paper. I handed you some lim.o l.ast1
summer,- purporting to be an original anticle?
written for a paper, called the Champion, pnb
at this place in 1843 apd '44, headed ",ffie
Blooded Parson" , and 1 shall expect you to
comply wilh -n)y request forthwith.,
- Yours. &c, ,j . , J.OHN LAPORTS "
... Will it now be denied that these gentlemen
of the .Cabinet, who have, so stoutly denied
thejr opposition to Mr, Muhlenberg, both before
and after his nomination, have a 1.1 along retained
possession of the evidence of heir own.treach
ery,, democracy, .whose support tliey covet ,
Herewith.' is enclpsqd the affidavits, .of tho
publishers of the," Democratic Champion", also
abatement by. one ofithe publishers, voluntary
made by. him, relatingo this whole matter. I
alsoj forward you a letter from Henry Sprigman,'
fSsqv and. take. ahis opportunity to .thank himi
for his kindness in attending . not only to my;
own personal interest in the, matter, but ihe in
terests. of the public. The letter, and this cotnT.
municatipnare at your disposal in. ihe cause of
truth and jystice. I am very respectfully,
Your obedient ser't,
SETH SALISBURY
.Advantages of the Fair Sex.
' . According to Hallef,' women bear, hunger,
longer than men ; according to Plutarch jt.hey,
can resist the effects of wine better; acc.prtding
lo Unger, they grow older and are never bald;
according to De La Part they have sea-sick-
ness lighier j. ,according to Aristotle they can
keep up longer in swimmings and accnrduigo
Piny, they are seldom attacked by lions. (Oa
the contrary they will run after lions).
P , . - ' ,
, Impudent Advice.
A maiden lady, not remarkable for .either
youth, beauty, or good temper, asked f the ad-
vice of a neighbor as to how she should get rid'
of a troublesome suitor.
'Marry; him!' was the advice. ; u
.Nay, 1 had rather see him Hanged first!'
No, madam ; marry htm, as. t said to you
and I'lf assure you it will not be long before hV
hangs himself.1
1, say, snowball ! are there any Rechabites
around here.!' . ,
'Can't zackly 'splajn dem titles, Massa !
Richer bites! Richer bites! What kind Vfish'
am Jie, Massa? You get sweeter bites nuff down'
in Sara Ling's swamp!' .
1 mean Sons of Temperance, do you' know'
any of them in this Vicinity? . , ..
'NoJ(I dusn't I disremembers 'em alt togeaV
der,- Masa Ling got two sons, but th'ey're kechiu'
catfish, an ol'e. Dinah got smalf p,icaninny-"-iiy
gal though! ' . , ,
Oh,' you'ie a numskull! -Til ,a;sk you. onV
more question is there any Odd FellbVjT
Lodge in these parts?' , , ,rf .
Don't know bout de Lodging Massa,' but''
good many odd' chaps all' bout. Some of 'era'
dam odd tooP
'That'll do good morning4.' f
Mornin Massa
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Adroll.tfellow was asked by, an old; wpmali
to read the newspaper, and taking it up hegHit
as follows;-- , ; k t, , -
Last night, yesterday morning, about.. Uireo
o'clock' in the afternoon, just before. breaWfat
a hungry bpy about forty years old,' bought a
penny custard and tfirew it through a' brick atone'
wall, made, of iron,, and jumping over it broke"
his ancle right above his left knee,' fell into4 a
dry millpond and was drowded. About farty
years after that, a high-wind blew dovm the'
Dutchchurch and killed an old sow and; two'
dead pigs at Boston, and a dead horse kicked a'
blind man's eyes out.
; People turn up their nose at this worlds if
iney were in tne naou ui Keeping cc
with & better one.
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