Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-11-05
From the National journal.

From the National Journal.
Grand Froject.--ln Great Britain, the
grand project oil establishing line OF
steam boats, 10 run from Valenta, por!
in ireland, 10 Halifax and New YORK,
and to the West India islands, to be met
at those islands by other boats, SO as 10
! extend the cham of communication all
over The Atlantic ocean, is said 10 be "a
| bout TO be realized. The following IS
said to be the plan. Two steam ships
/ will sail every month, the number 10 be
| increased afterwards so as TO send oil che
every week. One OF the largest class,
(of 100 tous) for Newly FORK, touching al
! Halifax for fuel, and to meet branch
line from Quebec; and another, OF the
first class, tor the West Indies, touching
at Fayal, ID the Azores, for fuel, and
proceeding thence TO Antigua, there 10
meet branch from Trinidad, Oronoeo,
Guiana and the Brazls. From Antigua,
she will proceed to PORT Royal, in ia
maica, and return by Cape Nichola Mole
and Bermuda. From Jamaica, a sepa-
rate branch will run 10 Csrthagena, and
also to MagdaleDa, where, not being able
TO pass the bar at the mouth oil that river,
it will be met by boat OF smaller draft,
which is now about to be established on
that liver, by MIR. Elvers. The depots
of Goals at Fayal and Bermuda are to be
procured from the Cape Breton and Mo-
va Scotia mines.
1t Is reported that, with view to rem
der this extensive line Of steam vessels
complete, company at New-Yofk is a.
bout TO make proposals TO the BRUSH
Company, to carry ii through to Next
CO: SO that, in such case, there would be
steam boats plying between New ork
and Mexico, touching al Norfolk, The
Bahama Is lands and Havana. his
would complete the entire circuit OF the
Atlantic, connecting the lslends with the
continent, and these again with Europe,
through the medium Of Fa1enlis, from
which latter place, steam vessels wall
proceed to Bristol, Liverpool, London,
France, Holland" SC.
The New York Albion, from which
we have made the preceding extract,
goes on as follows: So accessible is
Valen:ia from other ports OF Great Brit
ain, that, with 100 miles land carriage,
from London to Bristol, over the finest
road in the world, Cork may be reached
in so hours in steam boat, where con-
veyances oil all descriptions may be
found to the place of embarkatlon. Dub
lin may be reached in IL hours from LII
verpool, ty steam, and Naientia IN so
hours more BY land. From Glasgow TO
Belfast by steam, is ! 5 hours passage,
whence Nalenlia is only 800 miles dis
tant. But by, the direct steam navlga-
ton, which il is part OF the company's
plan to establish, the voyage from Bris-
iol to Valentla will be performed IN 40
hours, IRON Liverpool in SO hours, from
G. lasgow in 90 hours, and from LONDON,
BY Guernsey and Falmouth in 80 hours"
We have not space to follow tins plan
through all the train OF consequences
which may be expected TO follow It's sue
cesstul execution. We are OF opinion.
however, that a scheme embracing SO
many objects, and such vast expendi-
ture OF money and time; and which viii
require so much systema,lzing and ex-
pertinent, viii, have to encounter many
difficulties, and some disappointment
before il Can be made efficient. 1t has
our good wishes for its success; for, II
successful, i, will certainly be the com
mencement OF a new epoch in the world.
Ii is nothing less than conspiracy TO
conquer time and space; and, although
we are not given to praise consplracies,
or to cry God speed :" to those who
engage 10 them, we shall, on this occa-
sion, heartily go out of our old track, and
suffer our hopes to go with the projectors
through their daring operations.