The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-27


Such are few Of the details of the first steam
ship Of the Glasgow and New York line. The
rapidlty with which II has been built Is highly ere
dtable 10 the energetic and enterprlsing firm OF
Tod and McGregor. 1t is expected that she will
be launched about the latter end of February, and
that she wall be ready for sea In about SIX weeks
thereafter 1t is probable, therefore, that she will
leave the Bromielaw, on her first voyage, about
the 10th of April. She will make one voyage per
month, and will thus leave Glasgow every alter
nate month.
:. Mr.. Matthew Langlands, of Glasgow, agent
there for the Glasgow and Liverpool Royal Steam
Of this line, and Mr.. Robert Lamont, Of Water
street, agent at Liverpool.
The stupendous Projects or the Age.
(From the London Times, Feb.71
The people OF this country have been recently
edihed by an American project tor connecting New
York and the Isle of Wight, by a submarine cleo
tric telegraph. Perhaps some Of our readers expe-
rienced little jealousy at this signal display of
enterprise and daring on the part of our brethren
In the States. Ii SO, we can easily restore their
equanlnlty, tor we assure them that no scheme
ever yet conceived, eIiher at Washington or New
orleans, makes any approximation In grandeur or
audaclty to a well considered and elaborate pro-
spectus now lying before U.S. The object OF this
Plan 10, TO be sure, nothing more nor less than
simple line OF railway; but this line is to connect,
by direct and permanent way, the two stations OF
Calais and MoOlten.
Allowing few minutes for the subsistence OF
the incredibly and bewilderment which such
proposal will create, even in minds fdmiliarlzed
with the expanslbihiy Of trunk lines, and the intre
pidity OF projectors, we may proceed TO make the
scheme little more comprt hensible Difficulties,
II is said, vanish when you close with them, aud
perhaps some OF those already rising in the readers
mind may wear less formidable aspect when
contemplated from nearer point of view. In point
OF fact, the distance between England and India is
o. very fabulous and artificial character. Ii used
to be called 10000, $4,000, or even 10 900 miles;
from nine months to three. Sir Arthur Wellesley
modesty stipulated for four, the limit of the
period within which there should be always q
steady and constant communication between Ports
ney from Bombay TO Southampton 10 usually per-
formed IN some 80 or 40 days, and there seems 10
be abundance of room for still further shortening
the transit, for, after ALL when we look atthe PLAIN
facts OF the case, India Is only some few hundred
miles further from US than the United States, though
we have come to consider the latter country as
lying at cur doors, while still regard the former
as one OF the utteImost parts OF the earth: From
Splthead to New York II is $50 miles; from o.
Tend to Hyderabad, on the Indus II - only 8, 800.
Most certainly nobody has ever yet looked upon
one OF these journeys as beng only 800 miles
longer than the other, but if the Direct Calais
ard Mooltan " ever comes into operation, the
longer will become actually the shorter of the two.
Now, let us look at the several stages of this very
edifyiDg journey In the first place, instead of
s.arling from Calais or Ostend, we may start from
ton may be considered as already complete. From
Vienna the line lie, or was, actually open to Pesth.
but here we are stopped, and the next step, there
fore, is to carry it as directly possible to Con-
sfantinople. For this purpose 1t Is projected to
take a due southwark course from Pesth, through
the valley between the Thesis and the Danube,
crossing the latter river little below the Junction
of the brave, and entering the European territories
of Turkey just by Belgrade. From this point to
Constantlnople iDtervenes distance Of about $50
miles, over which the line will run along the val
ley Of the Danube pretty nearly to Nicepolls, when
It will make southwark bend to cut the Balkan,
apparently by pass Of its own, little northwest
OF EskisaIa. After this the course through Adri-
anople to the Bosphors is clear enough, and so we
stand al length on the borders OF Europe and Asia,
with about one third OF the whole journey accom-
plished, and 2, 400 miles still remaining before Us
longish stage, certainly, but not longer than will
be IN actual operation in the United States before
i've years ere out.
Turkey in Asia is now to be traversed from
snele 10 apele-from Scutari 10 Basra-sayng
nothing, tor the present, about the straits. The
lice VIII psss over the memorable held Of Apsora,
the see ne OF Baazets defeat, and will then shoot
with the straightness OF an arrow between the
Euphraies end the Tgris-the ancient regions Of
Mesopotama. The ruins and relics Of Nlneveh
will be brought close to hand. Babylon and Bag
dad cannot Ia VI OF being attractive stations even
tor those who stop short Of Susa and Ecba,ana;
and, before we have well recovered from the sem
setons occasioned by the scenery, We shall fad
ourselves On the coast at the Persian Gull, about
For the last 200 league the road will have lain
through bnredluyian cities, cyclopean remains,
gigsnic sculptures, mysterious excavations, btu
minous lakes, and mosaic wells; aud we may rea-
sonaby pause tor few moments before we turn
cur theodobies upon tracts which the most enter
prlshg travellers have yet but imleriecty ex-
plored
We have now two route. open to us. We NAV
either take the great Desert ef krman, and the
wilds 81 Western Ahghsnistan, driving riehtihrough
the Soyman range OF mountains, and striking our
Indian territories pretty high NJ IN the PunIib,
or we NAV skirt the southwestern coast Of Persia
run exGcily through the centre of Belooehis,an,
and debouch directly upon the old capital OF the
Ameers OF Scinde. Our surveys, traffic calcula-
tons, NC, are here manly confined TO certain
Statistics rcspec ting the capacities ofloaded camels,
and the tracks Of periodical caravans; but the pro-
jcct before pfudcnty decides favor Of the latter
mentioned route; and the line accordingly passing
night through the runs Of Persepols cuts the Beoo
chez frontier at IFS middle point, and then. turning
a little southwark, skirts the whole length Of the
SEA coast under the hills, and at length crosses
the Indus a little below Mcanee. The distance
trayersed in these two stages about live hundred
and fifty niles m Persia. and, as nearly as possible,
the same In Beloochistan. Perhaps, ut this point,
Al may be advisable TO mention, for general inior
nation. that BE loochisian a country bounded on
The north by Afghanisisn, on the west and east by
Persia and Sclnde, and on the south by the Arabian
sea, and tenanted by an indetinable race, living
under no dcscrbable government. II, after this,
we cannot snap our fingers at the Yankees, AZ will,
es tntl eApftte III, ply
Yet the total estimated cost OF this miraculous
DE- sign ~ only L3<, 90, 0OO--a sum which might
indeed have appeared considerable TO Adam Smiih,
but which is a mere trile according TO present
notions, and which, in fact, scarcely exceeds what
has been actually spent upon two domestic rail-
ways. The total annual interest on the capital is
under G2.000, 600, and the portion which, accord
ipg TO the terms OF the project would have to be
deffaycd by the government Of Beoochistan N
only S275,o00. We should like, however, to hear
Sir Cherries Napier's opinion upon the amenabilty
81 this interesting population 10 proper instruction
upon the points OF international intercourse, free
trade, cabinet loans, and funded debt; nor can we
persuade ourselves that the appariuon Of the pro-
Jectcd csusewsy would be ubaccompa' we'd with a
certain degree of Gbrnptness some II ne districts
OF pcrsia and Asia Minor. "Enaineering difficult
ties" we are well aware, have now no place IN a
proectors vocabulary, nor is IT h they should have;
but there other not unim,ortant console rafions
IN the case Of scheme Ike this. However, we
have at last fairly beaten the Americans in com