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Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868, 1863-12-10
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Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868, 1863-12-10

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auf S@lgt @Ildaburs an rn @@9H'
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polni(6. Nation in ltetu 3si! ouf fremcs
blIfe eut&nt botte bel tbrsm 8njmeif
lunaafampfs, UNI 70 9r6eu vt res Ginrrud
Der lb,onrepe Nopoleons. Eie(sIbs bal
einen uneebsursn &lnerud in gang YcIen>
sorA0pli9 ab.r in Warldou oemadt. Die
Mor.e 10 &ailus pon CEN lrottatsn non
1915, um.lds In @urldaum nit 6aeen &c
trtten rueen", wuresn pcn Nuen ale
Musprud 1.tn,s fs0sn B'uene, Yc!en
ntat antuesbsn iu lo1en. turo3tst. Die
YsucAnu pom Warlaau unc anrsren
polniiGen Stdcten. fno mt(6!o0en, nit
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fame u%nmtnslba1 8e!bsiLia!en ats1 mr.
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Mid QipIanr If risrer an rie marldoun
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melde -eemndbR purd polni'6e Dtdtu
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m, am Gonarsb ucn tG Nniwort Grant.
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Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868, 1863-12-10
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Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868, 1863-12-10
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III Der ptutf6en 5aQe.

On aus &inalsr unt Geputtrslssnts sor Tas,nrsrt unh
Der uniesssHb. fssrie an tas puttiium %httrtaupt erettt tisr.
NIT tis frunbiiGs Bite, AVID tMf, N%uejsnurs bfhtas yu IN.
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Auna unb @sf4ffltGr.tt. CO hns aud ss 5esrn 6drmer
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fdta; euItislr.sn aDstu.n. serstum 3udsr nns Eclahss unb
1otot ~ssrlulGen Cir fti6t Nuewabl oea 5anbarteitsn
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Dutmbn, af1ats~ e'str empfanaftsin. IN sr fane nt,u-
llsfun. no sins Cont Tie Tar Nufe:nune mi orsfaltise
estuubiune ~t,rfsttsn srrstt rdst.
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tbe It. DIE nit ti,fr a%usfslune strbunssns 8otr eurfts
tttsmal nod msbr as bisbtr ans Se;uder b%sfrisetetn. r.
isbr umfadsnts g&rii, ,altfm Sweet ensan werssn. Qa&
fntst nc n bort tinsfttne@ tisSsrtHt Msitua6is, ttenf
iu b%tuisRen Narttp,stfm ensut.uisa, namsnsli4 ephlfa-
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brass Randi eas tbrias tbur. - .
G.ntrtn far G,po&f.rt IS Cent?; s'nsts uatsr 10 Sabrss
IA seeie,une ibrtr elhrn aub frd.
Die I'M R,nuns uns datr bssiax, IN
18. DrSswber @benre 6 nbL
unt snttt am
20. ItNmtu, @tente ~ ubr.
3btumbb Tas COMMITTEE iut arraraemsnte.
Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868, 1863-12-10

Abee in FrnufDIDanieu. Eit Qtir
r;prun l@ rtne 3mrifei. idon Don or
psnnlp!roniiteu 1tnrnann> re in uu'
fern @ttir9aaeasrtsn m,Ir mdtA, 0st6rt
~ ba!fn. NsurtinGe miseertoIt an9s,
ftQt @uiuhe uooten, eaR rr aug rr
yNanas tusiIuc 1bu rem id TN Itbr
nobe fommt. So bat Gb bsrsils cine
@efduiboft aebiIcst. UNI cen Mntau uno
RE 6abr;faiicn prn Itu bier in Auf'
(truna ,u trinpen. (B. 3D.
Touft man rsnn ribt (ton Idn9f in
jerem Stert npenniyloaki(dm 1bn"?
Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868, 1863-12-10

1sts.n. 81 tattt,ln, Dir III al olfo.. SIS 0el.
bocts. wdbrfbtialt& 6nt&t1tpsntssr ole 10
S&lppeaupftr upp'z7 Dampftuot r fur.
paTaatere I'm Shbanesl. Disfe Yet1o'
leum' Glotte bsf&dft2t etrstt unp tSptnff
awifh,n ertt unp pisr f1auisnp Mann,
unp zoe Gsf&aft a~erFnni NIT jebsm 9abr
,r60ia Gin Dritel an Alerebnun9. go
IN zine onrut Qofulildt, &c Is uns in ptr
eIsidtn yulors e1tt1 ibua fam {"
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
n AL e Q AID 9
TnUpAcIPIC RAILWAY.

The most sturenlons, costly end inYY' WA erer
Attempted probably this globe IA .bst to GtcA tie sp
proya and aid o' The general sovoun,sGt eren IT
the second seson u last C)Bsrs,soe cusiruction OF
iino OF railroad from t5s Mississippi river 10 the
Of the Pacific. merely the ds,anco that is 10 be
tfaverscd--ovor two thousand muss-.ha, might deter
mcn from undertaking sunn M enterprise; bt besides
that the fact thai the road is ~ be through region.
that may be said 10 be gnrodden by The foot of cly zed
man Ia which there are 20 settlements Of sny Import
asce and over through mountains OF staperipas
height. Bat railroad communication between the A,iautc
and o has long been regarded by people
military, commercial and social necessity and
not sbc people hold back before the difficulties any
undertaking OF eoursen could no. be expected tina, spy
oonrany OF capitalists could he induced to assume the
pecunary iisss o. work ol such magnitude and from
the operation OF which the most sansgue could no:
pect rcnunera,ivs for s1s he'll the et Of
generation. Consequently the national government
appealed 10 vs subsidy. Bofore the secession o, the
southern stsas found npossibe, partly from the
crc,chc ci state rishs AID ioser, powsrcssness spd
partly from tue dircuty Of r,conong coh1ctlng local
iuerests TO Obtain majority vote 10 svcr Of any rrc
position q this Kind, bat when the national Legislature
relieved o. the presence of the strict sonseosouss
O. the South there loages any dii,c atty the
way beyond the ordinary question oi legislative details
The plar which the s TO be ecnsrac.oJ accord.
ins to tho act approved July /, 1852, s foi,ws:-
The act Incorporates certain cltTens ~ the varove
statcs whose names mentioned ~ Il, together wi,D
ave commissioners W bs appoiucd by The secretary q
Interior aud all perscns Who may I've associated With
lhem and thor SUCCESSORS, body polite by the
and title q "The Union Pacific Railroad Company " with
rover locate construct, furnish maintain and enjoy
continuous railroad aud telegraph from point the
hundedlL meridian Of longitude wes from GrconNich,
between the south margin OF tho valley Of tho Repub
ami north n1arxn valley OF Viata
river 10 the territory OF Nebraska TO the western
boundary Of ho Territory OF Nevada there TO meet and
conncc, with the line Of the Central Paeiao Rilroad
Company Of California II further authorizes the le'yen.
worth, rawnoe and Western Railroad Company OF
karaN " olnrtrnct fAlroad and tcesrafh iuo rom
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
ERENlH CANALs.

France the rst country in rope TO the
pie OF constructing artificial inland water com
mnncation large scale. ChiDs had her imperial
cana OF thousand miles in length centuries before
twas not till 1855 that the great Iauguedoc Canal or
Canal du Midi, commenced in the rsgn Of Louis XIV.
under the auspices of the famous statesman Colbert was
completed. This canal Is hundred aud forty eight
miles long It's breadth sixty feet It's depth six and
half feet and It's cost millions Of dollars u con
meets the Mede rauean with the Atlantic by way Of the
river GslonDe. Not FOR threcq arters Of century
wards was any similar work undertaken in England Tue
nrst OF the kind there the idgewaer canal con
sructed in 1853, although there nearly Ave
thousand miles OF canals in Great Britain. f.,E
The French people have At the present time several
canal projects in view. Ono is that Of the Canal -
Louis which is to get the distractions formed by the
deposit Of sedmentary matter at the mouth Of the one
so az TO make that great river available for commercial
purposes which II is This s not by any means
idea is Old the occupation OF Gaul by the
Romans; and doubtless Louis Napoleon will in his long
expected work upcn that subject, notice the that
Mirus opened the way from up the Rhone TO tue
to be able 90 provision his army cncamped Aries
Napoleon The FRS, roopcned hat old Roman work 10
Goat bsrks. Six miles fro.h the river s quarter
Of mile wide aud from eighteen TO thirty feet deep but
lbe trouble Is 10 keep ship chanloi oren
from ths, ro,rt 70 The sci. This IS ~hst is
prepdned % b. done by 81 tie Canal ~. Iagis
shxh has bean declared. By r.ceu, icye, work of
sssl utility. We're it 70. tor The existing osr lo;i %
10 sariEssu ie Hba-e oI,i eive II be st d. great
pet liks Ssr Ycrs, L.ysroo or Fhr.e-!or I. Is ,mg
,kcent nv sr, csuhlAcatns nil al he iaicrns,
gtttn Of France The cast 0. ms wc-x ia .ssalca as
lsv a. sc nilsaGs 0. doars The oc,y wonder Is tha,
'shas nj &ssr execu Jed sses ago Now has an inr'r
tsas .ssl with abe Svez sh'i Canal and tia,
e'ans we nsy sTl"ss lhs. 1t vii be pssLea forward
slsi,nnse,.
fre e<Aser 6ssls and public works projected in
shS ssss Of casGscaon IN FyMse, AIMING With msF
h. Gsssts,boi The Paris lad .sppe Csna: b1 sheir
:o-ssnse ID merely ,esal Net general.
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
T u NJ N E l. S.
NNELLING THE ALPS

one ~ the supcndous works over undertakes Ia
connection with rsroad building the tunnong Of the
Ae, for the purpose OF opeone communication between
Pedmon, and savoy. The tunnel passes beneath what ~
known az tho Frcjus ridge in the vicinity of Mont Cents
from which takes its u has average depth ~
about mile below the srrface, and 20 he shout eeh,
mos IN length. The height y nineteen feet and the
width twenty hve. AZ shafts ne 10 depth we're GU, OF
the question the tunnel has been worked from the exrc-
mites sone Scientific expeden,s have boon resor,od to
70 supply the with air, which forced iuta iron
re eryors ard mldo useful also workBs tho Doriug
machines The mode of operation u icsc borers u thus
described slr Of them. having edge he shape Of
tue letter D. with the mncbloery FOR driving theu for
vard Elk reservoirs containing ~atcr, which Ia forced
M constant let inl, the hole who tho boring eng
psrfcrued, and sas apparatus Ars mouatci % rail
road carriage frame and IN. Tho whole voroa In
heading eleven inches by ecYon feet I, drives
holes IN The rock varying from two 70 three feet 10 about
twenty minutes These holes be bored either hori.
rop,aly, vertically obqualy As many az eighty are
sometimes driven In the face Of tina rock bat s are no,
charged with powder the object In making Of them
being merely :, facilitate tho breaking up OF
the rock whom the powder oSplodes 10 tho others
wb,n ,h1 holes are bored ,hs machine drawn beck
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
TUNNELLING THE PYRENEns.

few years ago Spain rs innocent d railroad
ccnyeniences she ia the days when Don Quxotto
bestode his Rosnante and forth in search OF adven
for the honor Of Ducnea del T0boso The ons had
heard Of the modern Invention and thought doubtless
thai tho Devil had much to do with IL but the muleteers
they oiled the sunny vnec'ad hills, whisted in
stold indifference and with full confidence that their bu
not TO be broken In upon by the tireless in
dusry and forcs Of the iron horse. Tho dream, how
ever has passed. and the city OF Madrid connect
ed by railroad with NIL the frontiers Of the kingdom
with the Mediterranean by way OF Alicante, vaentla
and Barcelona with the by way of Cadz to the
south aud Of Santander TO the north; with Portugal
by way OF Estremadura and Badsjoz famed in warlke
story aud with France by Of the Basque provinces
There twelve hundred miles OF line
IN actual operation out OF three thousand FOR which
grants have been made. The government allows sub
veniion Of 900 mile in aid Of the construction
making total gsant Of $50 900 900 for this purpose and
the companies also enjoy the privilege Of importing the
materials for the work free Of duty The construction OF
the line TO the French frontier neccssates the cotruc
ton Of tunnel through the Py yreneesamost as great
work as that Of tunneng the Alps II Is to be done IN
Ger the direction OF NJ Fachat the engineer OF the Mont
Gents tunnel The elevation hero to be six feet in
hundred II is expected that the Pyrenees viii be com
plete!y bored IN 1851
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, OCTOBER ls l8ss-TRIpLE

will commence al the city OF Rosario. in tbs province N
Santa Fe tbs right bank Of the la pats ABOUT TWO
hundred and fifty n1,ies above ihenos Ayres Aecm 40
sarlo tho railway will pursue course 10 north~es'
direction vast snd fertile plans 20 Cordeva the cen
tra city OF the plans hundred ard forty ssyen mies'
and would thus torn the great trunk ioe having upo"
s south ami vest the provinces OF Mendoza ssa Juan
San Is and the interior province Buenos Ayre
and the north provinces OF Iucums Santiago del
Eslero. Sapy. Calamarca and kios. thus form
ing one OF tue ct Extraordinary ecmbina
tons 10 20 found 10 the annals Of railways
The land conceded by tho government % the railway ID
1900 square miles. aboat niiu OF acres through
the centre Of which the railway viii pass for ecafy s
whole length work Of such rossDituie. ard when
has TO ogorcoms mountains elevation u 1893 oet
se4ured 10 be initiated oy dcgrces and had therefore
bcen desirable to limit tho preeent undertaking "a tho
FIRST section, which between ius,rio aud Cer.oys
aud when II produced good dyidends. tuerc wsu no
want Of means 70 extend il In the ssms The
second section would be from Cerdova to lIosguesa.
Leaving Corioys. 1t would pursue due north
along tho base Of the northern range OF the crdogs
hills from thence II took western di
rect,oD. crossed the Salinas. or sat lands. snd
reached II rgnel,, about 2to miles frcm Corio
The third section cemmenced at Iiorgueta
from whence the railway would pass west by south be
Point Negro aud the Salinas. over smooth and
productive plain until reached Hoia. the capital OF the
province about hundred and forty miles from tnens
Advantage would be taken Of sbreak in range or hills
called Sierra dc veIasco. through which The railway
passed and entered tho Valley Feers, where its
course terminated at an altitude OF 500 feet above the
Whom this railway shall havs been carried out. II
will be The Of bringing about line Of connunes'
on between Engisud and Nov Zealand. II VIII ba per
haps the ost reiaxaLle railway in Tho world, rs avor
age gradient being 10 3s and It's ahximum gea1sal bs
ing 10 23.
The New York herald., 1863-10-13

ku 81 Chat lns By the rsSsls n the region OF hApsrs
Ferry have roao,ed to the advantage Of the canal ana
lately this latter mode OF communication mas ooen
largely conveying TO Tor tho use Of
the government Tue brauch 60 Alexandria has been cut
OF for the last two years the military authorities having
upon the aquedao The Potomac at Georgetown,
Cow out and used the bed OF the canal as
wagon road The length Of the canal is one hundred and
eighty four miles and half and It's cost ten aud half
mlons The James river and Kanwha Canal, In Virginia.
connecting these two rivers Is also very important work
IL, onglh one hundred ard foryeight miles and its
81 So 2s0 Since the rebellion broke out there have
been reports of the sale a. this work by the state loa
French company bGt the exact ra OF the case are not
easily 70 be got at rst ROW The total length Of css N
the Inei States may be sch down a about oar 'hoa
sand 0gs hurdred miles which, the age'afe co7' o
ths reie cauatsay so00oo per mi.--Ho4d 'eF'e'''
CO. A s@tay Of Si5c,u0o Ol0
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
TELEGRAPHS IN ASIA.

The great capitals d Asia are being woven isto uhh
network Of teegraphs. Madras Bombay Calcutts, Sic
gapore, Cochin China, Canton, Pekin, japan and thu
Alentian Isles TO be drawn close TO the commercS
centres OF Europe and America The Island o Java hat
sixteen hundred miles Of telegraph in operation In 1855
and had surtccn Offices opeu the business done for th
year amountngi to twelve thousand eight hundred and
seventeen dispatches Thus Is civilization being spread
through the remoest and most beuehed regions OF the
earth BY an agency in ignorance of which all the bur.s<
generations lived and died. and the nrs practical test
whose power made within the last twenty years. 10
the sion Of the message Of American pressa'
from Washington to Baltimore in ls4k.
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
THE RUssrAN.AMERICAN LINE

". may expect the successful laying OF the Ateatta
telegraph to be followed oy The establishment Of
necon between Europe, Asia and America through hl
Russian possessions and Behring's StratsA lal
which our commercial agent to the Amoor oounlryNy.
Perry Mcdowell Coinswas the first suggest and brina
before the notice Of the Russian government, and ol
which present Minister TO ST. Petcrsburg-Nr Cassiua
NJ Ciayis reported to have obtained the concessioa.
New York is now in Geographic connection with sas
Francisco II will then Ne by this connsc
ton q Pekin and ST Petersburg; and with the Aap<N
telegraph line in hourly connection With London and The
European continent, while london will the
talk TO Madras Calcutta aud Bombay through tho psr
sian Gulf cable, aud to japan through branch line
The New York herald., 1863-10-13

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

VI 1891 company was formed with tho intention OF
making 81, jobos 10 Newfoundland a stopping psccfor
tranSstapto steamers, aud Of connesne it With New
York by line c telegraph. 1hs gave us the news from
Europe three days IN advance d Tho arrival Of tho
soaner bere or in Boston n 1854 ths, company trans
rcrred the grant another company which obtained from
the Canadian Legislature the exclusive privilege during
City years OF landing submarine cables In Newfound
lAni OF its territosie, including Labrador
The New York herald., 1863-10-13

Great Britain stands at the head Of all other nations
for the expcusv veness Of her railroad works
for while our system comprising over ary thousand
miles cost bot about twelve hundred millions NJ dollars
hsrs Of only onehlh the extent, cost Gftccu hun
dreo millions Of dollars (e3lS 900 ooo). The compensa
ton land for British railroads averages tweny
reg cent of the total cost Of tho lincs
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
cpoToN AourpUcT

Ie, as s,yo The Parisaulan idea " tho wier works "
Ne. York Our city n supplied With nu uarostea sup
ply Of pure water from ibs croton va'eS which con
lrbu,c BIZ thirty lakes and ponds the aggregate area
OF water 10 this vsioy. ucucng the tributaries, being
three hundred and Gfy two srnao miles. Tho distance
from tho distributing reservoir - tho fsn forming iht
The New York herald., 1863-10-13
THE VICTORIA BRIDGE. MONTREAL

And yet none Of those enormous works, and perhaps
not all Of them put together, have called for such
gineerng skill necesstated such immense expendi-
ture the erection OF the magnificent structure the
St. Lawrence at Montreal for the Of the Grand
Trunk Railway Company.
The Of the Mont Gents tunnel Ia set down at three
millions OF dollars but that is evidently too low esti
mate The tunue through the Pyreuees may down
the figure, may also the Hoosac tunnel and il
these figures accuracy the Victoria Bridge has
cost as much all OF thcm put together in the neigh
borhood Of ten millions of dollars.