Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-01-08

moderate EtaFaCthft
In Switzerland, the civil war hts been
virtually terminltad, bY The surrender VI
t,tcstne In the troops ir the tpdefallsts.
The Apndptb1nd Ii d~psested and thus the
hipps oftlte jesliiti are IEllly Frustrated.
The atf,irs Of Italy are III n fair why for
adjustment. The I'opt has opened the
new Council Of State 81 the Vatican, nnd
lie speech ELECTED uninised appreciation.
The Royal Bunk Of Liverpool, the stop
page of which caused ~ much excitement
nj the time, has resttme}l. business unJsr
| favorable circumstances
The Asiatic cholera IL stated 10 have adj
vaured 10 the i'fussian frontier, -Bee.
The Bridge ut the Falls Of
Ningara.-l have le,en intensely In.
terested 10 day In llsteni4g TO d description
from d we'll informed and c~ontpBleht source,
u. The great bridge oYtt the gorge that
separates the dominions If The QUEEN from
those of The President. lfany thing could
be wanting Ia the attraction oFthe country
about Niagara to turn thither The tour OF
the muItitudes in the pleasure season, this
bridge will supply II. lts thousands oftons
Of weight Of the strongest irun@Bord that
the ingenuity Of the IRON. mastefs can de.
sire, find a safe support In wrought iron
anchors, built In the solid rock one hundred
feet below the surlace4 40 that before Il
could yield, The very rock .ltor4id earth
would l6tsake IL tenaeity. A lnrIe wood.
en- framework Il to be placed, 80 that no
~undulating motion cant be experienced.
III full sight oFthe cataract, the surge Of
angry waters far beneath, the sulten storm
beaten rocks all around, the swift l00Ofho-
tive will put forth all la: qaidkness 10 rush
beyond The peril Of lis journey. This
glorious work IL alreadybegun, tho money
for IT. cost paid In aud available, the eSoa.
vatinnB commenced, and.the contractor IL to
pass on horseback by the middle Of next
June. ltB tlrlnness II to be such that,
with all The burden Of 4 powerful lotomo
tive and long attendant train Of cars, Il il
not to vibrate one inch IN the centre. The
railway is to occupy the centre, two care
rtage.wa}B on either side, and two foot
ways.
What a magnificent spectacle this road
In full use will prosent. A road Of this
kind over The Menai Straits In Wales II
famous for the daring displayed IN tts con.
struetion. That over 1she Niagara will
soon be world.Amed. iii will bo an iron
link Of civilization between the ruling pow,
ers of the world. and wig never bo severed.
Il Ono of the first thoughts that presents
itself IN reference TO ting construction, IL ae
to how the wires are tF be thrown across.
The steamboat now used below the Falls
Is to take over two cahl d, TO which strands
Of iron are affixed. 'FhSse are to be dra "
over till two ropes of irSn arc drawn over
on which a temporary pathway Ii 10 be
placed; and when / inQhired where work.
then could 10 found thuE had nerve enough
TO work elIectually undgr such circumsta Il.
ces, the answer, No cha sacteri-tie Of Ameri
can strength OF action, was, "Oh, there ale
always plenty Of Yankles who have both
tho courage to work, anil the ingenuity 4
work WE'LL"
The great railway III Canada, which il
to connect with this mi bhty work, presents
some admirable teaturea. IT. grade Is owe
twenty teet, and u vesyIlarge proportion o
: the distance Is on a straight line. On one
line, perfectly straight, ninety miles are
. laid out. All the highways Of tue couutr,
! are to pass either over or under the road
b by depression or elevation as to BIO entire
ly removed, so that there will be neithe
obstacle nor hindfancb To a flight which
will put more lille into the provincial dolnin
= ion Of her Britannia Majesty than it has We
seen. England expends millions on sec
c tons Of her great domain far less worth,
Of her notice and fostering care.
"The last link" is completed when tl,i.
great bridge Of the cataract shall hav,
L been finished. From Boston and from New
York an unbroken line is presented, an
the day is soon coming when some cor
respondent Of yours viii delineate the in
cidents Of a thirty hours journey from tn
metropolis to Detroit. Such are the move
monts and the progresses III support o
which all may unite, and which mark n
busy day.-N. I. Courier u Enquirer
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business, and pump as much out, of him a
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