Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1846-01-21

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other vessels have unde gone similar in.
spections,
The Church and State Gazette announ.
ces more seceders to the Roman Catholic
faith
The railway panic has not subsidized. =
On the contrary, il is in full force. In.
ves'ments Of this description are PROSTATE
the collapse continues.
| Lake ss;sEhorS. AVID ksivcr Esss-
prov meats.
In the annual report Of the Secretary
of War, We find The following p ssages
in relation to the Improvement OF cur
| lake harbors, and of some oil the western
| rivers:
The number Of lake harbor improve
ments authorized by law is twenty six.
Cloud Earbors have been nade where none
before existed, and the expenses Of can
stfuctiun have 1>ot, On the whole, exceed
ed the estimate prospeetisely presented.
These results give assurance tina, the plans
We're jlaiciousiy concei, ed, and the work
economically and skilliu!ly executed.
| The pubic usefulness Of these improve
ments will be- better appreciated, when it
is considered Tia, by means of them most
dangerous navigation has been rendered
comparatively safe. 4 large shipping IN
terest has been created upon the lakes,
and facilities afiurdec to a commerce now
estimated at one hundred millions Of dol
| lars annually, and increasing With urpri-
sing rapiiity.-in which six States are
directly ana all sections Of tie country
incidentally, interested.
Nor is L s4afcei, les important IN a
commercial or military point of view, that
the helping hand Of Improvements should
be extended 10 the nstnrai avenues Tor
conveying the abundant productions Of
The west 10 The Cult Of Mexico and lie
Atlantic coast---the OHIO and Mississippi,
Oh the one side, and the Hudson river on
the other side. The progress If tie wor K
on the two former rivers, having for lis
main object the removal OF obs,ructi3ns.
has been in a measure suspended during
the past season-means hot ha, ihg Geen
prov lded at the last session Of Consress
/ fr that purpose.
Looking to the vast interest subserveG
by this nprovemeut, and. to its uuqHes
tlonable public character. scarcely doubt
IS entertained ,itat it will be resumed -
Estimates for IFS further proseru ion ne
tiere ore submitted IN Tie mpanyine
report OF the chief OF the Typographical
engineers. In the same rep 1T Will be
found an elaborate and Interesting expo
sitien OF the present condition Of the Hud
son river; of its importance in regard to
commerce and to military movements, as
one of the main avenues of cominunica-
ton from the western states to the sea-
board, and the channel through which Il
considerable portion o. The trade between
these States and The Atlantic must neces
sar.ly pass; Of the difficulties which now
enibarrass its navigation i'll the vicinity OF
Albany; Of the success Of former expen-
d,tures, and the plans and probable cost
Of further improvements, called for by SO
many important public considerations.
That part of the report which brings
into view the Missouri. the Arkansas,
the Red river, and the harbor Of ST. Lou
is, exposed to injury by a tendency TO !;
change in the current Of the Mississippi,
deserves serious consideration. Recent
events, and the opening scenes in the
south west, have gwen increased import
ance to the navigation of the Arkansas
and Red rivers. They open diroc
communication with an extensive frontier
which requires to be guarded by mill
tary posts. The impros ement OH this
account, as well as from considerations OF
more general character i. embraced IL
mong the public works presented by the
Typographical bureau for the patronage d
Congress.
All the estimates Of that b.reau are
confined to objects upon which the opln
ions Of Congress have been expressed,
and on some Of them in repeated instan-
eeS