Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-06-03
RAILROAD BETWEEN CANADA AND

BosroN.-The Mayor Of Boston, late
ly received copy Of the proceedings
Of meeting of citizens of the District
Of st. Francis Lower Canada. in favor
Of Railroad connecting Boston with
Montreal, which he submitted to the
City Council, who appointed Com
mittee on the subject which reported
favorably. TheCouncil adopted the
report, and among other Resolutions
the following:
Resolved, That we look forward
with confidence to the coli pletion at
no very distant period, Of Railroad
which will serve to connect the impor-
tant city of Montreal and the District
OFFS Francis, an extensive region OF
Canada-together with the valley OF
the Connecticut Rivers with the city
Of Boston, afording as it does, the near
est and most direct intercourse with
England and the northern part OF Eu-
rope"
Another Resolution urges the atten-
ton Of the Government Of the United
States, and the States through which
it will pass, to the subject.
MEXICO. are indebted to Mr..
George B Crittenden, son of the
Hon. J. j. Crttenden, one of the Tex
ian prisoners in Mexico, who arrived
in this city yesterday by way OF Ha-
vannah in the steamship Alabama, Tor
the following verbal intelligence,
Mr.. Southall bearer of dispatches
to Mexico arrived at Vera Cruz when
Mr.. Crittenden left. The Falmouth
was in port awaiting the first payment
of the Mexican indemnity. The pre-
vailng opinion in Mexico was that the
payment would be effectuated. 1t is
confidently asserted that 0en. Waddy
Thompson was determined to demand
his passports and leave the country, in
the event Of the non-payment OF the
instalment
1t was also corrently asserted that
Santa Anna would be invested with the
dictatorship of Mexico by the Junta.
Sixty-two Texan prisoners were IN
Mexico, among whom were Col. Fish
err Geo, Van Ness, and Thomas Hatch,
who were compelled to work in the
streets, and exposed to every kind OF
tyrannical treatment. Very little hope
of their release from captivity was en-
tertained by their friends.
Messrs. David Morgan and George
C.. Hatch, two Of the San Antonio prls-
oners, who had escaped from the Cas-
tie of Perote, arrived also in this city
yesterday.
The accusation against President
Houston, of sending letter to Mexico,
declaring the expedition Of Colonies
Green anG Fisher unathorised and not
entitled to the benefits of the Mier ca
pitulation, was fully borne out by evil
dence obtained in Mexico, and gene
rally believed.
THE FLYING MACHINE.-The Lon
don correspondent of the NY. Journal
of Commerce gives lively idea OF the
impression made in English circles by
Mr.. Henson's great humbug. The COM
ct has quite given place to the ariel
steamship! and men who a. first, when
fortyGve degrees of nebulosity appear
ed, began to think that Miller's maniac
al prediction of the destruction OF the
earth was about to be verified, now con-
template the eccentric vislter with
calmness, and even talk of voyage in
the new invention to discover its char
acter and nucleus. But this is grand
affair, and should be approached and
treated with gravity. The post is to be
conveyed to and from Paris and Lon
don four times day; New York is TO
be within five days flight! ireland is to
have the London newspapers with the
same rapidity daily as is now enjoyed
by the Liverpoolians; contracts are to
be made forthwith TO enable govern
ment to drop down an army into an en-
emy's territory before he can be aware
that he has given cause for nations
ire; and, to snm up all, and TO effect
all, aud TO secure all, a bill has actually
been brought into the House of Com
mons-not by the member for Ayre-
shire-not by the representative ofthe
Isle of Sky-but by the honorable
and learned NJ p for Bath, the ex- Can
adion agent, Mr.. Roebuck. The high
ways and byeways and right of way
generally, are by this measure; this pro-
posed statu,c--to be guaranteed TO
company, their heirs and deviseeS, for