, 1860-01-27
Remarks d Hon. 3. 4. ChtnaKrlh

. Remarks Of Hon. ?, 4. ChtR0Welh
On NE Resolution reiqtire 10 dppoitaiEg' Dshe-
! gates from he Territory of W'adiagfofi
10 attend he Paeife Rdiirodd C0iireation
70 assemble Is California in ,FeStaary
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; Mr ChsRageth-s0ids II am in fhTorofi
. sending delegates to the convention, and L
: have no objection toathE project Of a's'Gens
trnl Rairoad" That would iriuo way in.
lnre our prospects Of road Nature bus,
given US a route TINT the combined strength
Of capital and Congressional legislation
cannot wipe out Oar numbers are few
and our voice feeble II is not probable
I that our route Will receive the consideration.
it merits. AT all events, we viii not be
Injured by any thing that facilitates immi-
grafton to this coast Should AacehtFal
roadbe built, its effects in rapidly popnla.i
ting this coast would Immediately he felt,
and the full merits Of our route would soon
be appreciated The chief advantages o.
I our route are: lst-Its directness, being
the shortest land route across the conti-
nent. %. On parallel line with the
great cities Of the orld-London, New.
York and Canton. Sd. Its western termi-,
nus at Puget Sound will furnish freight
for vessels to China. The small amount Of
goods sent from Enropo or the Eastern
States to China, would furnish nothing for
the employment Of vessels, but this connect
cd with the timber trade, woald support q
large carrying business for q large number
\ Of vessels at all times hero loading with
lumber, could take the goods from New
4 York, and finish their cargo with lnmber
and proceed to China. But should San.
Francisco be the terminus, vessels must
take the small freight Of Eastern goods and
proceed by way Of Puget Sound 10 COM
plete their freight Of lumber, thereby keep
ing the eastern goods long time on the
ronte. &
II San francisco had the resources Of this
Sound 10 assst1he small amount Of goods
that might be sent from Europe and the,
United States to China, we might have but I,
little hope. that our route woud soon be
fayorably considered. Bat there IS no
I hiding tho fact from the keen eye OF busi,
I ness, that California has nothing that China
wants, while the 1000 miles Of coast on
Puget Sound--its canals aud islands--
clothed as It's with the best timber 10 the
world, will furnish for century eargoes for
a very large number Of vessels II Is this
that will give US q Pacific Railroad But
We must have more popplation before the
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IN your pepper ol Jan 1O.n' ho'loe.h'
very interesting piece oI composition under
/ The title Of the Finbacks. Watson Family
and cs.e,lsheadsp What tl,e ol,isct n.
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'as "u'n0' WIS S.'.o 'e "
tne orst place That Fne -finoacks are
thought, by great historians, 70 be amphibr
ions in design, and mermaids have often
been seen amongst them1 There are PEI
sons il this country, class Of men who are
denominated, by certain politicians, as Fin
backs II this is what the author OF that
! glowing rhetorical conglomefation meant
/ Il he wished the reading public to under
stand that he was giving that class Of per-
sons, lin other words, that class Of polilF
ticians), a" brOadside, he hasfailed'inhis
object, for do not know one Of them that