Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-05-11
THE GREAT WEST.

The great problem Of The present day Is 10
unite The Atlantic and Pacific oceans, SO as 10
pour The wealth Of The Indies into our laps aid
unite the most remote nations in The chain ui CT.
yilization and liberia and friendly Intercourse
We have already dwelt upon railroad or ship
canal across The islhmus 81 Tehuantepec. =
Whitney is still eclnring in favor OF his man,
moth railroad, uniting The upper Mississippi with
the Columbia river, and in a late number OF the
Union we lind another route oi 4 railroad 10 The
Pacific, which seems 10 offer many advantages
We give The Unions sketch
Leaving the Mississippi river, about 100 miles
above the city Of New Orleans, The distance from
thence 10 the excellent harb OF San Diego on the
Pacific, will not be found 10 differ much from
!, 500. Or, taking The city Of New Orleans as the
starting point, and continuing The road up the
banks Of the Mississippi, 10 point from which II
would he necessary 10 diyerge across the country,
the distance or length OF railroad would be about
1900 miles On either superstition New Orleans
would be The great depot on This sila. crossing
the Stale vi Louisiana, the railroad would then
pass over The better part OF the Stale OF Ie1as 10
The vicinity OF FL Passo, on the Del Nore. From
this vicinity there is already practical wagon
track across The mountain range 10 Inc valley OF
the Gila; thence down The valley OF Ibis IL
yer 10 The Colorado OF California bay; thence
across TO San Diego. The whole OF this route is
known. Nearly all of il has been traversed BY
our troops, accompanied by officers OF our enter
prising corps Of typographical engineers whose
opinions, we understand, are decidedly IN favor
of the practicablily OF the roue-being through
out exempt from serious difficulties and passing
through country capable OF sustaining dense
population"
As an evidence OF the remarkable progress"
OF this so-a-head age, we find the following in the
Baltimore Sun:
among The shipping intelligence contained in
late number OF The .'Chinese Repository" pub
lished al Hong Kong, we believe is reported the
sailing Of the ship Krytng from that port Tor Eng
land, on Sunday The 9th OF December last, with
a crew OF sixty hands, half Chinese and bali Eu-
ropean. Many il is said, wished her stnn fting
stun h,ng favorable winds and favorable wa
lers.' As an event OF The day and characteristic
otlhe age, who can be insensbe 10 lis Importance!
After being shnt up and incrusled over, as IL
were, with The boar of antiquity for centuries,
themselves the deity OF their own gorihcalion,
yet The contempt and ridicule OF The whole civil
ized world besides, they al length come forth
upon The wide waters and take their place among
The commercial nations of the earth, by personal
intercommunicalon. Soon, perhaps il will
be our turn, TO welcome John Chinaman in the
Paiarsco is The era of human progress. and 81
course we shall find hearty welcome for him. II
mol in The Palapsco, however, This movement sus-
gestshe anticipation that he will soon find his way
10 our Pacific coasr, and there make an eminent
and permanent development OF his early enter
prise. There must grow up The ports and dePots Of
Chinese and eastern or rather western commerce