Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-09-03

sauallv scenes and gloamy nights on tIt
Atlantic, bu; not one OF which would con-
! pare with the night IN question. The
wind blew like seven furies = the sky was
as dark as blackness itself no light couIe
| relieve the scene but the bright light from
| the furnaces, which reflected now and
then upon the water as the fremen were
feeding the fire, in order to generate steam
sufficient TO make any sort of headway.
Ii seemed as if, every plunge our vessel
made, she would part amidships every
plank IN her seemed as if il must break
10 relieve itself We must have had some
seven or eight hundred passengers On
board, and few, if any, ever expected 10
1--we to reach the shore. We were bun.
dreds of miles from any harbor, contend
ing as best we could with the pitil, s.
storm and mountain waves, d ring tha.
long. long. tedious night, and fec. . h.
most part of the next dav. Thaniys to
The kind protection of an overriding
Providence. "whO iempers the winds TO tn,
shorn lamb we escaped what all of rs
ut the TIM thought inevitable - vaterN
grave.
We then felt how cruel it was that the
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WEST nav, the INTERESTS OF
THE WHOLE UNION, should be put
aside as unworthy of support.
With judicioas expenditure of de-
cent appropriation - Congress, number
Of good harbore conf be built along the
lake coast, ar ofa Just abreast OF the
spot where We wer. for many an hour
struggling for our lives
Oar case is not a solitary one - SINH
ar ONES are OF very frequent occurrence.
Could our Rulers only pass through the
ordeal we have passed hro', oar word forit
wuth regs,A to ArpRopa1Arlxe the PUBLIC
MONEY for the object in question } would
vanish forever. But there is .;I good
Time a,coming, boys "agoo1 lime a
coming" The public mind Is awake t.
the Importance of this subject, add will
never be quoted until sufficient number
of harhors are built upon the Wtsrern
Lakes. Does any one doubt this. Let
such a one read the annexed extract from
the ablest administration paper in the L.
nited States - the Albany Argus. MIR
Cros5weIl has examined this question for
himself this season, and here is the re-
suit:
at will surprise the reader, not fami'-
lar with the Lake navi CATION, TO be told
that from Fort Gratiot, at the entrance
luto iIuron. 70 ChiCago, distance d
nearly seven hundred miles, not a single
harbor, save one, has been constructed or
improved By Government. or by the hand
OF man That one IS at Chicago, which,
only partially constructed, requires re.
pairs and additions. Throughout the
long extent Of coast on the Michigan side
Of Huron, and throughout the still longer
line of coast on the Wisconsin side of
lake Michigan, while art has done no.
thu. O, even Nature has done little, TO pro-
toct the hardy navigator Of these Medi
terrancan seas. From Fort Gratiot to
Saginaw Bay, there Is, we believe, nei-
Their inlet nor natural harb0r Of any sort
from the Bay to Mackinaw, there are sew
eral retreats from storm and tempest, such
as Tauwdusc Bay, Thunder Bay, and the
lee Of Thunder Bay Islands and Presque
Isle. But these require skill, and are not
always available The harbor of Mack
NAV is deep, capacious and secure
Thence up the Michigan coast, s.. Hee-
ma Island, Little Traverse Bay, Grand
Traverse Bay, the Fox and Mantou Isles,
and the mouths of Grand, kalamazoo.
and 81. Joseph's rivers, often afford shell
ter; but the latter, IN their present unim-
proved condition, have often witnessed
tcarfIl scenes of shlpwrock and DEATH
Again. on the Wisconsin coast. alth Dugh
the wharves of Milwaukee. L ,cine AMI
Southport - towns SprtngIng up as if BY
magic. with a vIgor ard rapi IIty SurpasS-
nag even the supposed visionary expansion
of the tide OF A nerICIn population an
progress - afford security for vessels for
lunutrlv safely munred there, vet we sus-
pect few attempt 10 run in, where there
are neither harbors nor piers, when the
gale : up. and they are caught upon the
heavng pillows Of the lake.
Upon ererg principle Of humanity, tie
mar Gai n Of he Lakes, # there rere no
ofhsr public and national re ,Sons, is en- J.
Eeif0 tic protection ard cure of tie Gene
raj Government But when To the appeal,
OF sympathy aud humanity are added tn.
claims Of commerce already whitening
these inland waters, AMI destined To ex-
paud BY ond even the conception of those
VINO 1--we now to witness IL gigantic pro
portions, one would think that the qnes-
tlon would need no further argument or
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