The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-10-06


High Bridge from England 70 France.
This magnificent project is being ssri.
ously entertained among sngineers and
men Of science. There have been
equally as wonderful ihings effected in
our day. The English papers have pub.
lished soms Of the details for the plans for
uniting England and France by gigan-
tick tubular bridge across tho channel
between Dover and Cape Grinez. In
order to afford passage TO vessels Of
the largest size. the bridge would rest
on one side on the cliffs Of Dover, and
the other side on ths cliffs Of Cape Grinez
the French abutments being raised one
hundred and City three feet higher than
the English, 70 compensate for the dit.
ference Of elevation Of the cliffs. The
bridge would 30 supported BY one nun
dred and ninety towers. al, distance Of
Eve hundred feel, apart each having a
light to- guide vessels At night, and an
alarm.bell for waning in fogs. The great
est depth Of the channel. on the lins, pro-
posed. i. one hundred and eighty,sx feet.
The bridge would havs two Of more rail-
ways, which, IT is estimated, could be
traversed in twenty minutes; audit would
be SO built as TO admit the light Of day
being lighted at night BY gas. In order
to prevent invasion, the protector propos-
es that each end Of the bridge shall be
commended by strong battery. .5,,
! The towers, which would be one hun.
dred and sixty feet high, would rest on
colossal bases, three hundre d feet square
at the bottom, one hundred and tilty feet
square ut The top. rising at the hight Of
forty feet above the water, formed Of
blocks Of granite, united BY iron bars.--
The elevation Of the tops Of the towers
would thus be three hundred feet above
the surface ofthe water MI. Boyd ees.
Inmates the utmost possible cost Of the
bridge at fs9, ,oOO. 900. but thinks that it
could be bniltfor half that sum, and that
|the whole cost would BE- reimbursed 10 the
company in eight years. = s's''l1''i7 '~'@'
oes asa Writing on the Ground asqs'es
The Savior Of the world preached Que
recorded sermon, wrote once with bis
Ginger onsths ground,.'' and went about
doing good. His sermon could be writ.
|tef, on the shell chat has sheltered pair
Of young doves, and bis prayer gon the
leaf u ally. There IL aGlessof ID this,
u men could only get stit; the more "a
man really has to cay, and the gravsrits
import, the less lime he takes wherein 10
say il, and as, to slip one manin ard out
of Eve hundred suits Of clothes, will not
make a'regiment soa single thoughtsfor-
ever changing jackets. win remain siu-
gle thought still. .eSasS Sasa @sasF
There IS a room for conjecture as to
what the Savior wrote, but we rather think
IL was, l"nsitlrer do l condemn. thee; g Q
and sin no more.p Il What ever 10 might
have been, ,sthere was 40 eloquent sigefi.
canoe in that oct of writing soa the ground
The noblsst Thoughts conceived by human
heart, have not walked upon thersg.carpet
I've allpaper, buthaSe been traced upon
the bosom Of our common mother; have
smiled in our harvest fields, and risen in
our affairs. and glittered in our hearths;
they have sprung upiu The furrow behind
the plough; they have drifsed in golden
beauty. before The sweep Of the reapers;
they sipplsd around the bows Of the Arc
bound "Advancs;" they blossomed 10
the foot print Of the Angel ofthat crimsa.
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ss ssasss +-r---~~r-vrs-~---a-s al gB
asa saxs Aissipa of woasssz gisassg
reasoauapd philssophsrs
my teach hut The voice which vs ihsard
|ia infancy willevseeoms 10 oufsars besr-
ing mothers counsel. ,sContihns to IN
still in your, children virtues and patriot,
ism. Undue them with proper, yenera.'
ton for the father Of liberty. Teach Them
[tolove their country, ,and labor for itsgood,
q the great cpd of their h ambition, ps;aB Bid