The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-10-11

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THE .Ar1ANT1o And PACIFIC RA1LRoAp:-The
Board OF SCommis sioners named under IAN act
granting lands to aid the construction OF : rail-
Road and telegraph line from the States OF Mis-,
souri, and .Arkansas to the Pacific ocean, passed
at the arst session Of the Thirty-nlnth CONGRESS,
: officers m " were elected: President, General John
O, Fremont, of New York; Vice President, Daniel
r. Garrison, of Missouri; Secretary. charles II.
HoWland, of Mis-. ouri: Treasurer, j. 2. Robinson,
of New York ,.,.,
an ado .ess, enlarging upon the advantages OF the
proposed route. By q recent act OF OonSress, ne
said, the line OF tho road is laid in South western
Missouri and the valley Of the Canadian, and gen:
eray along the thirty-ffth parallel to the head Of
navigation on the Colorado, and thence to the
Pacific coast To aid in its construction, the aot
grants over twenty five thousand acres OF land to
fhe mile. making for the entire route about forty.
aix millions Of cores. It's really central position
makes the line national. We believe that II will
prove to be the shortest. and it certainly presents
fewer natural obstacles and is the most practices
ble Of any among all the proposed routes to the
Pacific. From Springfield to San Francisco it's es
1 timated length is one thousand eight hundred
miles, making Tor the distance from bt. Louis
about two Thousand miles, and from New York
about three thousand two hundred miles to San
Francisco. From New York, by way OF Memphis.
to San Francisco, the distance is three thousand
seven hundred making difference Of five hun.
dred miles in favor of this route.
The Russo -AsrER1oAN ALL1ANoE.-The st. Peters.
burg Zeitung, Of September Il, says that all pre-
parations on the mainland and the soundings in
Behring's Straits for the completion Of the line Of
telegraph between Russia and America M are nearly
finished.
In the course of the present year the telegraph
will be constructed over q distance of $500 miles
beyond Revel, aud the lines will be finished from
Granley Haven to the Kwichpak and along the
valley Of this river, from the mouth OF the Anadyr
to Fort Anadyr, from Okhotsk to .Gtschiga, and
perhaps even as far as to be Joined with the
Anadyr line. The cable between Granley Haven
and Ssenjamin Bay, distance Of about seven
hundred miles, and that between Cape Sponberg
and Cape Tolsto, in the Bay OF Anadyr, will, as it
is said, be laid before the end OF this month.
American and Russian energy has been very
quick in taking steps to complete the tie which is
to connect and hold together the two nations
whose new alliance, though baptized in cham
pagne and heralded forth by a bouquet OF fire
works, cannot lie regarded without slight feeling
fof uneasinesS by some ct the more westerly ma
hons of Europe. ~,
[Galfgnani's Messenger, September l6.
Hon. Mr.. Mangin, chief editor OF the Phare de
Ia Loire, published at Nantes, which initiated the
proiect of presenting a gold medal to Mrs. Lin
coin in commernoraton OF President Lincoln, IN
recent letter to a friend of the Lincoln family,
states that,in consequence Of the great number
Of subsoriptious it became necessary to subati-
tute for the originally intended medal aelarger
one, adequate in value to the Increased amount
Of the subscriptions. He adds that the "oom-
memoration medal for the noble widow OF the
glorious and unfortunate Lincoln has been al
ready struck, and that Che imperial mint at Paris
declining to do the work it was done by the Ge-
neva mint. Mr.. Mangin insists that the .hrench =
Democracy shall deliver, by the hands OF rep.
5Nssentative, the symbolic offering personally 10
Mrs. Lincoln"
.,aY. W. H. Beard, who returned not long since,
llom an expedition to Denver, has nearly com
p pi1ea hS Picture embodying sentiment suggest
en ~ tuaan ite-the central object being an
nneent tree Mhh has at last suceumbed the
Ech aftpaet pa ne and tempest, and the wreck OF
Mnicm a..aaets the notice of grzzIed old Indian
forest. 'ooi iauo1n"4 - -
pawaH 9TEsH nAnasrhe London and Northwestern
t3A.ysen[te S Yum g. s OF soras on their road, and
to be continue. On the Great Northern ~ Ra;lw,av 3i,
OF England steel rails have also heen laid a. ai1
the principal staions and on the ateenos an at in a