Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-09-26

necessary w duhaIc Cape liofu or the cape OF
Good iIope, am. each vessel could make three
or tu'r fishing voyages where they now make
ln' one. aud those vesse Is engaged in the Enst
India trade nigh, do the samc--Sbould su,a.
bic timber be found in Oregon for the cons,ruc.
tim Of vessels, (ui which tho committee under :
stand there is an abundance,) those vessels in.
tended to sail IN the Pacific ,nay be construct.
ed upon its waters. and form rs it were u separ.
ate marine establishment m,on strong and
progressive basis, embracing an important aux
ilinry IN that of the coastng trade and small
fisheries. Under such regulations as govern
ment should no' fail to make. the American
shipping Slou,t be the carriers o' the trade ,hut
would concentrate ut their new port should
be the means Of protecting a nerican interests,
cnnln other nations complain: while we should
only fn'low their example in taking care.ot our
shipping interest The cXte ,slon of our mn.
rine upon the Pacific must n, ccssarly enlarge
it's dimrnsiuns upon the Atlantic Tie Amer.
can merchant would now be supplied with new
commodities, which could not inIl To be the
means Of profitable trade upon the Atlantic
bo:drrs u distribute To Europe. They could
afford to deliver To the people of Europe the
prs,duc,s OF ASA at lower rate than that Il,
which those pcoplc could import them IN their
own vessels European capital would no doubt
largely contribute TO the extension of th'S Anne.
,icon systc,a and it that foreign interest shouiI
do no more than employ our means OF convey
nncr, (Which ;hcy must necessarily do should
our regulations be wise, or suffer great dsnd.
van,agcs,) then the American marine must. as
a necessary consequence, be enlarged in all its
proportions; and with this enlargement would
i;s power also he tcit and acknowledged"
Further, they argue that. "the opening of ,hi,
highway ncross the Amer can continent v oul,
attract the attention of the world; il VIC nld es
iabish short route to the riches and 'he mar
wells of the Indies: ond nunt ihror yEout TIN
route would be so soon accomplish Il, and com
! parstlvely so free from danger, that the mer
chant and the traveller and u e curiaus, iron
all quarters OF the civilized W. rid, would crow,
the cars and the steamships employed upon i,
! Th crowd must pass ,hrs ueh the heart of on
/ country, ~itncss its impr N.ments, the increaS
, ol onr population, the &C. ,vitv, The genius, AM
tie hapnu"ss ot "u 'eoplr, and contcmpn q
J the w>d,m AID the advanrnucs Of those irr
institutions whic '.hall have produced srli
glorious effects
And last, Though not least, wnuI b" lh
happy ctt' ct> tha, would he pr, duccd hy III
opcn,ng' 4 this great road ot mai ons ti7,u
the he ri ST our country. 1t would bring N,
active rsc nil other means OF conIrluniCalic
,hrouc, hont the country, il w,-id give usc1r
cn' plovmcnt to the mi,lirns NJ oar rrc'1'r i
very branch and form OF busirrSs. hgr,cul'nr'
commerce, and manuatturrs wnnH cQuill
prosper, suppoftIng each oihcr. glowing a1d ,
: grow mparling abundance, and in'u-In- sp
bonds OF unlor and piscjag ,hrri I;iin an
e impcrishable Basis, aud Tins rendering uur NJ
Z ,ional pnw'7 saprcme for all purp, scs OF happ
!, ness, prolrcl ion, and dc5 nee
u
c enterprise, and well calculstcd to induce VI
o Whitney tc rer-cyere.
, purAro DISEASE The isrrdun cu7rcspn
$ dent of the Boston Atlas wr ics, under date
August Is
: It is now q well authenticated fact that II
, potato crops in Eraisnd and ireland are airead
. nearly io,', by the sare disease that spread
, widely last scascn. There is rot field III {
,t,er country that is nc; either totally or pnria'
/ blasted By This pcs,jleu'isi Gi-psse. The ycI
, -%ine wis not eat The 6jsrsSvd ratltoes. AZ
. yet the pcor people are compelled 10 pst lli,r
n or starve, Whenever this is the case gel
>. il,ai fever RACES urd sudden deaths ,c~,ur.
|, Is stated that diseased pota;Jrs &C: upm the III
J., nam frame as slow pols;n, which eventual
:. DESTROYS lite. IT, solne VI, ages. where blig
d ed potatoes have hct0 cRten, ,hc EngliSii clr
:. era prey his l1 M alarming extent, and the +
~ rrcrrc Is that this discssr1l food prodHceS Il
y cholera. II is stated that or t,ds where gu
r no has been extensively used She disease is mo
>. destructive 10 the pra'o,-Eyen the !caves
If yOuag aud healthy trees haTc been atcc'
i. where potatoes have been planted They "
tier suddenly and fail off The smell emi,t
e from the fields is described as most ofiensv
e and kad Of smoke artscs from the grounl, III
:. thick mist What the iegions of poor peop
- in England and Ireland exist upon II is impos
~ ble to say; unless government sgan purchas
Ne large quantities of Indian corn for their reh