Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-05-23

on no how could fix it. Jist then let 20
the oar 10 feel for chaw to aid my narves, and
hadn't any. The cussed tide swept me under
her counter, and away slipt top O. water. I
couldn't get back, so pulled the lock and let
the Internal critter side 1t raised h-ll, didn't
it! say, can't you raise chaw among you
now ?
Thus ended Bushnell's famous torpedo
scheme. Bushnell died in Georgia, in 1896.
'Bige died near New London about twenty years
ago, avowi.,g to the last that Admiral Lord
Howe owed his earldom, which he won by his
famous victory over the French on the LIST Of
June, 1894, solely to old Puts not furnishing
him, 'Bge, with a quid of tobacco when he
went down in the "eternal mud turkle."
THE PROGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC.
The following passage from Mr.. CRITTEN-
DEN's speech on the Oregon question in the
Senate is as full of meaning as il is eloquent in
expression:
1t is little more than two centuries since a
feeble band, very few and very feeble, landed
on the bleak shores of an unknown land And
what do we now behold! They have spread
their empire across this broad continent, from
sea to sea; they have overcome the wilderness
and filled ii with cities; from few hundreds
Of people fhey have already multiplied to tweu-
ty millions, and the child is born who will see
that number swelcd to one hundred millions.
And all this done by the mere course Of Ns-
ture. No art has been called in to urge for on
ward progress; the country has grown up with
people, and as rapidly as the one mutiples and
spreads, the other holds out her supplies. and D.
pens her rich resources That is your inheri-
iarce. How proud ought it to make US feel A!
Why so impatient to get to-day, what, by the
mere force of circumstances, by destiny that
cannot be controlled, will be yours tomorrow
Cannot we afford to be little wise, little pa.
tient! We are going ahead upon tide Of pros
perty, upon sea of glory. with unequalled ce.
lerty and the speed Of the wind. Can VIC not be
satisfied, Why must we be trying artificial
means to get on still iaster' This is the only
way BY which our onward progress can be sue
cessfully impeccd. We are the greatest born
Of this continent. This continent is ours by a
title indefeasible, irreversiblc, irresistible.
smile inwardly and exultingly at all petty Eu-
ropeans' endeavors to cheek us. by establishing
what they denominate "balance of power
1t provokes no feeling in my breast; know ii
is natural; it rather provokes my pride. This
republic is not seventy years old; as nation
it has not yet attained to the length Of an ndi.
vidual lfe-itis Justly and correctly spoken Of as
an "infant republic" yet ~e see it exciting
the wonder and the jealousy and the diploma.
tic plots and schemes Of the kingdoms Of Eu.
rope. What can they effect! What can Mons
Guigoi's fine drawn policy Jbt a "baance ofpow.
er' on this Western continent accomplish in
stopping the march Of this advancing people.
We are this day twenty millions where will
he find his balance for this!
was much amused the other day by read.
ing a memorial of the Count de Vergennes ad.
dressed to the King of France. II accompa-
nies survey Of the United States, and the
memorial treats of the true basis for the future
policy of the French Government towards Us.
This was written sixty years ago just after
the treaty Of our Independence in 1888; and
the policy and wise Count there states TO the
king, his master, that there isa very powerful
and formidable tribe Of Indians called the Che.
rokees, Who'll in the gorges of the western
mountains, and he recommends the King to cul-
tvate friendship and alliance as "barrer a.
gains, the people of the United States'-mark
that-imuc iaugter, l--"least the people Of the
United States" says the worthy Count, more
ambitious than wise, should attempt 10 cross the
heights of the Allegheny Maintains, and look
even as far as the Mississippi itself" Renew
cd merriment ,hro' the Chamber and CALLER.
les.
To cheek this overwhelming daring ofan am,
bilious people, he recommends an alliance be-
tween the Crown O: France aud the powerful
nation Of the Cherokees! Here is Monsieur
Guizot's "balance of power" 10 that day lht
Cherokee Indians were TO be the counterweight
in the French balance of power to keep US back
from being SO daring as TO look even towards
the Mississippi itself. Poor Count de Vergen.
mes! The day is coming when our Pos'erity
will look, with the same feelings Of wonder''a'
our. present anxiety and greedness to get the
"whole of Oregon" just as If il would not DC
ours without any action Of our own. No'hine
can Withhold US from our natural dcstinyi we
cannot avoid il bst BY the grossest folly and