, 1861-12-04

N1NA c!AAAa 3sbL 411(du u11t LII .tllESOilT1.
another in Kentucky and a third in Virgin
ia that for the hundreds Of millions that are
being expended we should get something
falck in the good fruits. Is it not time that
victory perrhcd upon our bannerso
CANAL ENLARGEMENT.
The civil war III which our country is
now involved, whist producing c.alan1ities
which cannot be. too deeply deplorcd, viii
teach us many useful lessons. The sudden
severance ofour peaceful relations with the
South, which we had reason to hope would
continue without interruption, and tho r.l-
concealed exultation of certain foreign gov
ernments over rebellion so causclcss and
wicked that it should he reg arded with al,
horrence By the whole civilized world, must
induce the loyal States to rely more fully
upou their own resources and 10 stimulate
their development to the greatest possible
extent. How 10 do this most cfectuallv,
Should now he the subject Of serious IN
auiTy.
The connection Of the great Lakes with
the Mississippi by an improvement which
will permit the passage Of tic largest c!ass
nf steamboats, nar;yasing tic Mississippi and
1ts tributaries, is certainly one Of the most
Important measures TO accomplish this de-
si1a!}lc object. The construction Of some
such improvement seems to be now regard
cd. throughout the loyal States: as {; mill
ita1y, commercial and political necessity;
and there will probably be some action in
relation to it by Congress during its present
session; and no time should be lost in rla-
cling the subject in its proper light before
the public, so far as it is possible to do SO
with the data already obtained. The more
especially is this necessary, as the most
crude ideas in relation to such an improve
ment, its route. probable cost, etc, seems
to be still entertained by many gentlemen
Of intelligence even in OUT own State, not
withstanding the facts which have been
frem time TO time published
It would be well for the reader Of this AZ
tiele, who is not already perfectly familiar
with the topography Of the country bor-
dering the Lakes, to examine well the map
1cforc 7,c nrocpcds Hc viii con that +Eoro
arr small canals in pennsr,v.ni, Ohio
and 1nd;s,, connac+;nr I,ra ~ --;+,,
the Ohio river, but experience has shown
that, even with the aid Of artificial re-
sources, an adequate supply Of Na.er for
such canals cannot pc obtained Besides,
1hcsc cona1s aro 1onr bavo q 1,rro
amount of1ocl,eo and 5olouch into t6c
O1io r7rar q, n1';n,s rboro i,s r.,;r,,;o,
is freoucnt1v ;ntc,77,n,ef1 1y1ow water The
canssrrction therefor, oc snc1, an in,nrorc-
oent es ;s nronose5 fnom Take Erie ;s
s;,n,,,v imnossih1o or noss;b1c on1v At s,,ch
. cost &c not to 1,c t1,nno1t of
til on1v necessary. then. ia consider thc
7,ossih1c connexions lctwcrn lake ,ricbi-
nan and the Mississippi and there are hut
z2no such deserving suy consideration One
of these is from Green Bay, by the wav of
the Fox and Wisconsin rivers: and the
other from Chicago 1v the vsr Of The 1ni-
nois and Michiran Canal and the illinois
river. It will REQUIRE Int a er}ance at the
man and a very s}icht 1znoV3edco If t1c
Fox Wolf WISCONSIN ond 1-,,nor ,r;se;o
sippi rivers the difficulty Of i,nnrorino
these rivers 50 as fo make them nar;o,.,1o
for even small c}ass of etpan,ars. +ho
height Of the summit betwecn tho lake and
and the N1issiszinn, rendering 1,rrc
amount Of lockaee necessary Sc Sc r.
convince apv imnartia7 observer that t,,;s ::
not the route for sucb an inn,,roromont a;
is now contemn1ated .n5 ,7a,nardod
The only route then It sccus .sh;c,, IA
serves serious consideration is t,r,t frou
Chieaso ria thc Illinois ona M;c,,;,ar
Cana1 and tbc T17;,o;e ,;7~,r IT., r.,
p1ainrs rivcr one of t1o bro.,ctoa of ~,
Illinois risintr in flo st,+o ~ p;s.r,os;r
n,ne ,,a,a1,e, viii, t,o ,.1-o .-1-
Il few miles from !, besr;nn cast ~ ea,.t @
untii il reaches mimi c;g],t 7n;toe so,,t1,
westerly from Cbicacn whom ;ts conr-
suddenly chanres to tl,e so,,tbroet Tro,,
this bend in the river "a t,o 1o1,o for ~
sor,b branch of cbicaco r;1-or ,rh;a1, + -,
the same leye1> there is n denross;o7, con,
monty called Mud or portarc lake thro,,o'
which the waters of t],e river il, time :
floods. f7ov into Take aficb;,a, and q
such times boats Of considerable drat
have passed over The summit s1,d I,t,
which occupied nart Of th;s ;1rnre.s;,
until it was drained off 1v a ,,;tc,, crt
few wears since. was len md , ho7f fo<
IT,, AAA ~
zo,rcst stone At ;ts nreso,t e,ooo t1;, .,.s
mi, wo,]d mt 1,o ,,,or,, 4ho, - .s,1
half or o;a1,, f.o+ s1,oro - - ~
w;tlstond;nr ~, s,;s,,+ a:ga.a. AZ e = ~ Nv
- ., e s0' ua1ei enes " ies'
asa 49,. 11a.s % 1'aAc ancllsa
o '-s ""' na' summit, "mc
no" prevents It's waters frol
no"ng mo 1he t5ul1 oi Mexico as well s
m'o INC 8n1 o. II. Lawrence, the ezpen:
"f cutting channel broad and deep enoug
10 accomplish tie object desired, will
much greater than has generally been EST
mated. The tall IN the Des Plaines rive
from the point where its flood waters flo
Into The lake, for thirteen and half mil
down the valley, is less than q .foot, and f
live miles farther the fall is not rapid. Tt
whole Hie4ouoa fr.>x, F1,s,n,. .:.,..