The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-17
Steamships, Steamboats,. 'tns'roaais and Tcle-
graphs In Progress.

important routes, for the transit Of ndise and
passengers shall notice Of the works in pro-
gress the leading routes. The works now in pro-
gress, must when completed, produce great change
in commercial transactions. little attention be-
slowed by readers, upon the extension Of the area
of commerce, may prove much to their advantage.
A gentleman recently returned from Europe, Is
taking for call ny h. attention the
community to he importance OF establishing line Of
The steamship United States is the first Of line to
Hsvre. She has just completed trip the Az
lantic In IL days and 10 hours
A line OF steamships T. tuIy tablished between
Philadelphia and Charleston, and association 10
organizing to establi b . line to New Orleans.
The Howard line from this city to New Orleans will
soon have additional vessels to run in connection with
We stated in a former article that Congress had
given To MT Sioe S2vV 200 for ten years.
convey the mails between New Y ork and New Orleans
via Havana The House Of R-prsse nj atves have
granted that gentleman $25 600 per month, in ad-
vance, in lieu Of the fsrmer appropriation. Two
will be completed forthwith, fulil that oontrsct
which requires the vessels to be ready the first Of
October If the contract is Drmed by the fu-s
ture action of Congress II not here appears to be-
uncertainty to the that will be pursued
Congress should resolve upon specific mode Of
in I'd to the carriage Of the mails by
steamers. The postage from Bermuda Is IL per half
and newspapers I'd each to he paid at Bermuda.
After completing lines Of steamers to New Orleans
and Havana IL looked for by the sauna
means to commercial pc nfs further S.uth The pas
sage Of sailing vessels from Venezuela, which
cupes 20 to 81 days. would BIZ made by steamships in
less than Is days opening fsct-s the fruitful West
Indie islands Curacoa Porto Rico, Martinique Hayti,
and Trnidad-for The shipment Of their produ ons
The largest river steamer in the world, building
BY haao Newton, Esq, who appears to hold the
at the Dry Dock before the LIST Of August That vessel
is 375 feet in leug'h-25 fe-t longer than any vessel
float n.y. Her destiny will be determined next week.
The Hudson River Railroad, to terminate the foot
of Canal street. will be completed the year 1850.
the river between this city and Albany is about one
million. 1t is estimated that during the first year
after the completion Of the road, the increase viii b.
The Harlem AID New Haven Railroad will he COM
pleted during the autumn to Dover Plains, 50 miles
from the City Hail. and ~ miles East Of the hudson
A line is now completed from La Prairie on the St.
Lawrence River, to ST. John. A continuation il in
progress through Vermont crossing the Hudson River
betw cen Glen's Falls and Saratoga from thence ON
the West side Albany Another route is
from st. John to Burlington thence crossing YER
mont through Montpelier: into New Hampshire, and
hs Of the Boson anS
road) at Franklin Another route Is to Vergennes in
Vermont, crossing Vermont through Rutland and
Charleston, into New Hampshire, connecting with the
| FIJI chburg road into Boston.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, from Phladslphia to.
| Pittsburgh, will probably be completed about 1852,
when perfect line of railroad may looked for from
Buffalo to Pittsburgh, distance # about 900 miles,
ted that their cars will run from Harrisburgh to Lewis
before the close Of the winter of lS4849 with
the means nov at their command to connect with th:
of the western fifteen miles will give continuous rail-
road communication between Phiadelpha and Pitts
yelled by stages The citizens OF Ohio have been na-
king exertions to form continuous way from the At
lantc through the fertile valleys of that State the
distant Wet. One item of trade VIII Oh IL considered
tactabe to this route Is the passage of SO 600 CATTLE
Ohio On this road the as Of the
tain will be asstd at Sugar Run Gap by tunnel 100
yards long, and 100 feet below its apex.
Two great chains Of railroad contemplated
through Ohio, towards which decided measures have
been taken The first and most forward in its pros
pects IL that leading from Cincnna through CO.
umbus and thence eastward till it touches the Ohio
river, at point where connect with rail-
roa to the seaboard This road with the Gin
cinnat and Sandusky road, which is already In opera
ton rs far Xenia Springfield and passes through
From this point two routes present themseves to-
Wheeling, through Zanesvile, and the other In Q
norha.tern direction till it strikes the river about
Wellsvie. The road, for part of the distance is in
the hands Of organised companies. who will carry
the work by local means, until they to the point
railroad is contemplated from Memphis, Tonnes
and spoken Of at Washington in connection with
the steamers of Howland and Aspinwal that are to
ply between Panama and Oregon, touching At the
ports of California
telegraph is already in operation to Memphis and
Mr. OReilly has posts erected for the extension OF
this w estern line to the distance Of 400 miles.
When anticipating the realization of such an i'm
increase Of commercial facilities by the con-
of great routes throughout the entire Of
the continent, the mind is le 1 to many reflections
VIM. Penn settled amidst sav4ges. relying upon
ndly Influences and by entering into the hsunts,
and oftentimes, doubt, into the emotions, of the
cOmlnerol0l
with them preserved amicabe relations aud establish
ed an orderly government, whilst there turbu-
lence and disorder all around yet, for than 20
years and up to the time the COVE passed
other hands they enjoyed uninte rupted peace so by
holding frequent or constant intercourse with
people, however uncultivated, different in political
religious relations they will become hum missed,
strictly preserving order well their contracts and
treaties without quarrel the Indians did
in the days Of Penn The cndency Of every action Of
government should be to bring those who now es-
tranged u.s. by all the influences arising out Of
Of frastAe
by the contamination Of social political, and
provements by railroads on land and steamships,
and river steamers on water, 1t is only to be
plished
structed by private enterprise to ply between this
port, and any South American port, Is between this
city and Albany. If commercial transactions would
seem to justify the investment of capital yielding a
suitable return there is doubt OF there being built
and we reason why the govern me mt should
proposals for the carriage mails aud enter
into contracts, for such service, in ordinary cases
pay. Looking forward to the contamination OF some
plan for reaching the Pacific by shorter route
than around Cape IIorn-thus securing the trade Of
the East, and perfecting continuous route through
important commercial points throughout the globe ID
subject that should receive the most liberal oonsi
deration the part Of the government Whether the
plan of a canal the Isthmus Of Panama. ct an
estimated cost of $4,000 ooo or that Of Mr. whitney
that amount is practicable and ought to be
are questions that require prompt decision.
Experience will affirm that the human family
much the same from whato ver portion of the world
they may have sprung. after becoming inf aenced
under similar circumstances. remove of one gene
raticn from ignorance and suffering WILL in the off,
spring of the next be strkingly manifest with ia
cilities for intellectual attainment and under the ap
planes comforts and general influences of better
condition, the features become symmetrioally
developed, exhibiting an intellectually where before
the grossness Of the animal creation alone indca
ted: case Of an Apostle character was related
short time since of q Christian saved from q
wreck and found on of the Malay Islands, who be-
desperate Cannbal exhibiting all the feroeious
Of the tiger in habit and appearance thirst
ing for human blood. People going the South from
the Northern States to reside become strong apollo.
gists for the existence aud continuance of slavery
and said to DO the hardest task masters Who has
not marked the effect Of habit and climate upon the
foreigner who after q few years residence hora ha-