Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-11-30

beyond doubt, that Mr.. cunsrd's ste,me,r
will begin tosrunto Boston next spy;ns, sndl
it is an extraordinary fact that the co5repIe--
tion of this western raj. road from Spgio6--
field to Albany will open a. contiuuous Ess-
ofaitifciaI communication; simost wholly
by steam, fromtbe western shores OF Lake.
Michigan to The eastern coast Of British, In
dia; distance Of one hundred and sixty
degrees of longitude, including very nearly
all the circuit'of the globe, and the whole'
OF its civilized portion. yi.s.s
! With these views Of this work.. which y
have no time to trace into their effecfs upon,
the prosperity Of the State, nv. courao r.
clear. limpugn not the motlves q, others.
who, though they donot impeaeh the ut;litv
Of the enterprise, object to the only mode
in which it was possible to effect it--thc.
grant ofthe credit of the state in aid Of the
efforts of individuals. But with my views.
of its Importance, ofits unutterable import.
ance-of its, sure connection with. the last
| ing prosperity Of our beloved common-
wealth, in whose economical history il wilb
form an era, better for me, asapublic man.,
that the mountains should fall On me; Bet
ter that Saddle back or Mount Holyoke-
should bury me in eternal obliyion--yes, bet
ter that the hills Of Berkshire should ope-
their ponderous and marble -jawsn and swai--
low me into the core of their everlasting
adamant, than that should lift finger orr
breathe whisper adverse to this enter-
prise, or do other or less than help 1t for
ward with the utmost of my humble ener--
GIGS. Isis 4.1
And here, sir, perhaps | should stop; bu:
the sight of my excellent friend, your re-
spected fellow citizen on your left, (Rey-
Mr.. Peabody, reminds me of an incident,
to which, being sometimes little supersti.
tious, have been half tempted to regard 40
significant. Indulge me for a moment i'm
the weakness. There is a little sea-bird,
whose abode is on the deep. When the
vessel is scudding before the gale, and q
wave, which has run mountains high, TO-,
just curling over, and boiling at its summit
into deluee Of foam; the sailor casts his.
eye upwards to the seething cap of the bill
low, which seems hanging over him, and
there he beholds the stormy petfel rocking
on its crest. have seen this little crea-
turo which is said to derive its name from
the faint-hearted disciple that could not.
walk OIL the waters, walking or rather run
ming up the more than perpendicular sides
of some mighty wave, till he is almost hid
den within the curve of it's rolling top. On
my last visit in Springfield, year or two
ago, my esteemed friend just named, who.
has labored with so much diligence and
success on the ornithology of the state, in
formed me that one of these little sea-birds
had left his march upon the mountain
wave. his home upon the deep, and had
been found near the Chicopee River, with
IN the limits Of the town of Springfield,
seventy miles at least, in an air line, from tide
water, and hundreds of miles from his ac-
customed range on the seas. What could
be the object ofthe mysterious little yisitant
who can tell? On his native element, the
sailors regard him with an unfriendly eyes
on shore, by the rule of contrares, he
may come as the harbinger of good. Per-
haps, sir, he had heard Of your railroad, and
had come to try the speed of his pinion with
your locomotives. Whatever be his object,
[ am disposed toregard his figure as good
omen. AS the bird of the land in the in
fancy of our race, came back to the ark,
with an olive leaf in her mouth, as sign
that the waters were abated from off the
earth, let us welcome the little sea-bird,
who has come up the hills, as the herald to
tell us that the Portals of the Deep arc
thrown open; that chariots of iron and fire.
are rolling over it's waters, and that hence
forth, if never before,
Seas shall join the regions they divide.
Let me say, sir, in sitting down,
THE East and the West Of The Old
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