Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-25
FOREIGN NEWS.

ANNNi''S 'NN'Di"''~
notice of the Vermont Central Railroad, in which
considerable interest seems TO be felt in England,
as being an essential Improvement in the means of
communication between Great Britain and her N.
American colonies Our readers will doubtless be
gratifed to see the article at length, and we give
it, adding that the editor of the Times last year
passed over both the Rutland and Central routes.
From Wilmer and Smiths European Times, Sept 4.
AMERICAN RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.
The recent American papers Show that the de-
sire for perfecting the internal arrangements of the
country by the most rapid mode of transit--the To-
comotve is not confined to England. A number
OF projects are announced on the other side of the
Atlantic, the completion of which will materially
accelerate the already speedy and economical tray
cling which prevails in the United States. Fore
most of these in interest and Importance to the Brit
ish public is projected line OF railway commune
cation between Boston and Montrea-between the
metropolis of the New England States and the
greatest mart Of commerce In our Canadian pos
sessions. When completed this line will bring
London and Canada within hCeire days distance of
each othCr We tlkC this as the average medium
Of tmc based as it is upon the last outward per-
iornanco OF The Steam Ship Cambria. Thus
from London t. Liverpool, & hours; Liverpool to
Boston, 26S hours; Buston to Montreal II total,
wi hours, or ~ days 3 hours. If, quarter Of a
century, or even dozen years back, such fact
had been announced, loud laugh of contcfnpl
would have put the protector out Of counicnancc
The line to which we ullude is projected by able
and influential men, the first in standing and res
portability It commences at Boston, proceeds
thence to Burlington. on Lake Champlain, with
branch eastward to Montreal, crossing the River
St john and another branch westward TO Ogdens
burg, near Lake Ontario, and will thus bring Can
ada, East and West, within days ride Of Boston
This route will divert the carrying trade by canal
with the great Lakes from its present channel rtd
New York, and concentrate at Boston the flour,
beeE pork, butter and cheese of Canada and the
Northern and Western States Of the Union. In
short, for what we may call the provision trade of
America, Boston will be the great recipient. This
branch OF trade Is yet in its infancy; 1t has mar
velously extended during the year or two, but a
communication with the Atlantic, of this speedy
and economical character is only wanting for its
complete and unlimited development. To the Brit
lsh, not less thaa to the American merchant, this
new line of transit is of the first importance, and
we arc glad to see by the latest American journals,
that the stock in the "Vermont Central Line" is
already nearly appropriated. The Bostonials have
taken a million and half dollars "a fact which
indicates their estimation Of the road as q remune-
rating Investment; and another million has been
taken by Vermont, leaving half million to he is
sued by the company from time to time, it may
be required. We heartily wish success to the new
| undertaking. Having had an opportunity on our
visit to America last summer, Of travelling over the
entire road from Boston TO Burlington we can speak
personally not only of its utility in the large sense
we have glanced at, and as afiordng the easiest,
quickest, and cheapest mode of transit for goods
and passengers between Boston and the Canadas
but also Of the standing and character of the
! gentlemen who head the undertaking. The Di-
rector5 are John Peck, Esq, of Burlington; Daniel
Baldwin and j. r. Langdon, Esqrs., Of Montpelier;
X. q. Shaw, Jacob Forster, and $. s. Lewis, Esqrs
Il al.
! Chairman Of the Directors and S. NJ. FELTON,, Esq,
! is the engineer.
The "go-a-head" character of the Americans
their spirit and enterprise, is evinced in nothing
more strikingly than in the rapidity with which
their railways are constructed. This undertaking
which in England would be regarded as gigantic
will be completed as far as Burlington in the space
| of a couple of years from the present time! Dur
ing our sojourn in the United States, we expert
! enced many acts Of personal kindness from railway
directors. We need not say that it will afford us
great pleasure at all times to make the columns o.
our paper available in promoting the interests Of
these cheap excellent, and well-conducted rail.
roads, which form so important portion of the
commercial intercourse of the United States We
shall return to this subject, and have word to say
upon the projected Halifax Quebec and Montrea
line, which has just been made public in England
THE CROPS.
On the Goth of August the rains ceased and the
weather set in fine for harvesting; still the wheat
in England will be deficient. In Scotland the
weather was more unavorabe, and the wheat har
vest would not begin until the middle of Septem
bcr In Ireland both weather and crops are more
favorable
PoTAro DIsEAsE.-The Mark Lane Express o
Sept LIST says:
Whilst the prospects in regard to the result O.
the wheat harvest have undergone so decided al
| improvement, the accounts of the injury sustained
by the potato crop have greatly increased. 1t is
now certain that in many of the southern and ives
tern counties the disease is extending, and SHOULD
it unfortunately spread to the cast and north, the
consequences would be very serious. A materia
deficiency in the produce of potatoes must sooner
| or later, have decided influence on the consump
ton Of brcad-stuffs; and the undoubted fact OF a
least a partial failure in this root in coniuncuo.
with the reasonable supposition that the yield o
wheat will also be short is strong ground for con
GLIDING that the value of the latter will rule higher
from this time till the harvest of 1876, than it has
done the past twelve months.
In Belgium the account of the potato crop is still
more unavorabo:
BRUssELs, AUG. 3lI regret to announce tina
our potnto crop will be destroyed, wholly, or in the
greater part, this year 1t has been attacked by
maady which breaks out in the leaves, and gradu
ally turns into corruption the whole plant
France has suffered from wet season, and thu
grapes have been injured still the crops will be fair
In consequence of the comparative shortness o
the wheat crops, considerable expectations Of Amer
lean flour are expected.
RAILWAYS.
There is an absolute mania for railroads in Eu
rope, far exceeding any thing Of the kind which
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LoNDoN, SEPT. 3-Tho fine weather has had
quckening effect upon the Railway Share Market
which has been in a much excited state, and gen
oraly prices of both established lines and of those
only projected have advanced. In the latter wilC
mania prevails, which we fear shortly will bring
about ruinous revus!on
BRUssELs, AUG. olive hear every day of new
projects of railways, and our Minister of Public
I Works is continually receiving visits of Englsl