Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-08-23
ofa q Rail Road from Quebec to St. Andrews

said, the S'. Andrews Wllirf, ana the BAY
of Fundy Il harbor for the St. Lawrence, is
one Of the most magnificent that has yet
been projected upon this continent, and CAL
culatcd to involve ultimately the mos; inn
portant political consequences. The idea
was stolen from the Maine Legislature,
where the project was originally started ;
but Great Britain, with that sayacitv and
foresight tllut distinguishes all her political
movements, has taken it up and adopted it,
and is likely, fox want of sufficient enter
prise in the Maine Legislature, no: only 10
rob that S:atc OF the honor and the profit,
but even ofthc territory over which 1t Is ab-
soIutcv necessary to construct the road.
Hence. undoubtedly, the reason why Sir
Charles Vaughan, in his correspondence
with our government relative to the y. +.
Boundary, after the starting of the project.
refused even to fall back upon the award Of
the King of Holland as to the dividing line
between Maine and the British Provinces,
though he was very willing to adopt that line
Immediately after the award. The object
Of the British government now, is to secure
enough Of this disputed country to make a
Rail Road upon, between the Bay Of Fundy
and Quebec. The Hon. John Holmes, late
L. s. Scna'or, says, in 4 letter 10 the Port
land Advertiser. that this road, an act of in.
corporation for which rasscd the Lcglsla-
turc of New Brunswick and Lower Canada
in December last, is to cross near one
hundred miles through the State OF MalIH,
including tract OF one hundred mics by
fifty. Mr.. Holmes, therefore, vcry naturally
calls upon the Governor of Maine TO adopt
such IL course as shall avert all torcl On leg
isiution within the jurisdiction Of Maine, or
even within the disputed territory. The
Governor Of Canada, Lord Gostord, it ap-
pears, has Il plan ofthc route, and repoet
of the commissioners and surveyors, DC.
which Mr.. Holmes when in Quebec endca-
vorcd but unsuccssfully, 10 oataln copy OF.
The lcns:h of the route does not exceed
25Omil"s,--the acknowledgements ot4 900
600 dollars being at rate of 10000 dol
lars mlc,-a mere drop in the bucket for
4 wealthy ard powerful government like
England.
This project we have called magnificent
hot only on account of the greatness Of
the undertaking itself, but on account of
its high and and weighty consequences. 1t
enables the British Government to trans
port all her troops munitions Of war, &c.
with all possible speed from that important
naval position. Halifax, where the British
Government is now fitting up one Of the
strongest Notifications in the world, to Que
bee, Montreal, Torento, the Lakes, and oil
along our Southern and Northwestern Ter
rorcs. In five or six days soldiers can be
taken from the great military and naval de-
pot at Halifax, and upon the st. Lawrence
from Quebec to Lake Ontario. The diff
cult and dangerous navigation Of the Gulf
ofSt. Lawrence is thus avoided. St. Johns,
in population and wealth, being the great
outlet ofthc vast Lake and St. Lawrence
country, will soon rival New York. The
British will also thus have port where their
produce can be sent to and from the
West Indies. Military and commercial
advantages prompt the British Government
not only to cSpend 100000 Of dollars, but
4O,OOO,OOO, if necessary-for with the har-
Dor of Halifax near Europe as lit is, cor
don of British bayonets can be made to sur
round us in the shortest possible time, and
the proCi,Ice of the Canadas, now seeking q
mart in Ncw-York in American ships can
thus be turned to Sr Johnson St. Andrews
in British bottoms.
Having had, when in England. much
conversation with distinguished English.
men upon this and other topics conncc-
ted with the Canadas, and with the North
Eastern Boundary, we confess tn t We look
upon the movements the British and Colo-
NAL governments are making, and the de-
vclopcmcnts in the late published correspon-
dence between Mr.. Forsyth and the British
Minister in Washington, with great anxiety
and alarm. England is vigilant, active and
Argus eyed in all quarters Of the globe.
The advances Americans are making in
Texas do not please her, but she will not in
terttre. Her eye is upon the North and
East, upon the frowning battlements she
has reared at Halifax, and the Rock Of
Quebec, that the gallant Wolf won for her.
The disputed territory, the right or wrong,
she means to have enough of, to make this
Road over. Talk then as we may ofTex-
as-of the 100000 with Francc-oftrea-
ties with Naples, Prussia, &c.-but rely
upouit, there is no questions with foreign
power now so vastly involving the future des-
TIMES of this country as the Disputed Boun-
dairy Line mith England. -.
From the Ohio Peoples Press.
ANOTHER LAND OFFICE FRAUD.