Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1845-02-27
Rail Road Oregon.

And faith, responding FAITH rega'ns,
A lustre more divinely bright.
Rail Road TO Oregon.
The proposition of Mr. \. Whitney OF N.
York, as submitted TO Congress in The form
OF petition 70. Il grant OF Il strip oo miles
wide, from Lake Michigan to the facihc'
for the construction Of the Rail Road, Tor
the whole distance, is one of the most mag
nifcent schemes of our day. The estlnat'
ed cost is s65 1000 ,O0e, and the time needed
for it's com petion is twenty.f, years. The
space to be traversed is thus computed:
N. York to Lake Michigan e4O
Lake Michigan to the Pacific 2lGO
Shore Of Pacific to Sandwich
Islands 2loO
Sandwich Islands to Annoy 4l0O
Total from N. York $500
Tie time required to make the Whole trip
will be: From N. York to the Pacific, eight
DAYS; from thence to Annoy, twenty-five
days; in ALL thirty days.
The projec, VIXEN carried out, will revo'
lutionize the trade OF the Western Continent.
The mouth CT Columbia river would become
the Entrepot Ct the whole East India trade
The supplies OF Tea from China. the tratiick
of the Spice Islands would centre at this
point. and vessels sent out to the New lloi
land whalin. ground could then fit out Tor
eight months instead Of laying in supplies
for three Years. Tie long voyages, requlr-
ing heavy amounts Of capital, could be COM
pressed into ninety days, and an investment
in tho pruduuts of tl.o E~storn Indies make
as quick a return as was formerly realized
from continental voyages. For the gran, OF
land sixty miles in width along the whole
line O. the road-the petitioner proposes to
transport for Government, free of charge,
Mails, Soldiers, Munitions Of War, and do
any other conveying needed bp the Depart
ments or the public.
| Extensive as is the scheme, it has in it
nothing Of chime-a and there are those
now living, who will see its accomplish,
ment.
The conditions annexed to the Illinois oa n
are now understood to be, that the Legisla-
ture shall raise by taxation, one per cent on
the whole State debt, at this Session. and
one per cent at each succeeding session. uh'
til the amount is sufficient to pay the an
| nual interest The back interest is TO be
funded and bonds issued therefor. Gov.
Ford's Message, despatched to the two Hous-
es docs not incline favorabl y to compla nee
with these terms and the whole business is
as uncertain as ever. When the work is
commenced it may be safe to conclude an
adjustment, but before that it must have d
dubious aspect.
The House OF Representatives had i raree
show Feb. 9th. during the discussion of the
Indian Appropriation Bill. The parties
were Mr. Ct ddings. of Ohio. and Mr. Black,
Of Ga. Mr. B. attempted to strike Mr. G
with his cane, but was prevented aud taken
had evaporated Mr. B. regretted" publicly
the Outrage, and Mr. G., without doubt, was
also peniten'ial in private. Next week,
alcohol and abolition may be again pittel
against each other, in the persons Of some
other members. while applications for ad-
mission into the Un;on-Post Office Reform
and private bills nestle together unaisturb
ed on the Clerks table.
The Bill providing for the payment of he
February interest on the PENNSYLVANIA debt.
tabout 81 600 ,0c0,) has become law. In
s,rictness, subject belonging to an indvid.
VA State, from the peculiar circumstances OF
the case, it has been made abroad Il nation.
al stain The whole country has suffered,
and justly. in the delinquency of few
Every man who loves his land and it's honor
mrst rejoice at this return to the old path
ofintegrity. 1t isa proper subject Of con.
graduation 10 us. insulated as we are from
tie Union, no less than to the citizens of the
debtor State, that neglected faith has not
been forgotten--s!ighted pledges not entire.
'yrcpudia.od. Nobly has Pennsylvania lift
ed herself under the burden-proudly has
she shaken palsy from her limbs. The
cloud which rested upon her reputation has
passed away in the spendor Of new
dawn.