The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-25
From ,ths N. K. Evening Post.
Inc II Axien Canal. 81

cape horn Aay now tremble; the first
practical step towards the construction of
the Darien Caaaal has been taken. A
treaty mas been signed by the Columbian
goVernmf mt, which, if it is ratified by our
own, WI IL at least give the Darien. Ship
Canal company the right to begin work
inns treaty makes grant of land and
LeaV es the company toIselect its own route.
1t provides that surveys must be made
al I'D the line determined within two years
liter the treaty Is ratified; and the canal
nnust be5begun within five and completed
within fifteen years after the ratification
THE canal isto be open to all nations, to be
icontrolled by the United States, to be
CLOSED against belligerents, and the Col
Iombian government is to receive for its
Igrant of right of way,ten per cent, of the
net income for ten years, and twenty-five
per cent after the canal has paid for iself
On paper, heretofore, we have a
Darien Canal. A company Is already
formed, in this city, to build it, which has
among its members Peter Cooper, Cyrus
Butker W. T. Coleman Marshall O.. Rob
erts, F. NJ. Kelley, OK. Garrison, F. A.
: Conkling, w. H. Vanderbilt, and other
men of capital and energy. The treaty
} now brought by Mr. Gushing was, we be-
llieve, framed by Mr. Seward and the Col
unabian minister in consultation with the
leading men of this company. Aa2 1..ei
: The time allowed for the surveys as
) well as for completing the canal, seems to
! rs tooshort. Two years is scarcely enough
! to make a thorough survey of the 18th
d mus and to determine upon the line, un-
! less the company, should conclude to buy
u the Panama Railroad and adopt its line
i for that Of the canal. We have heard tnat
Mr.. Cushing is ready to recommend that
step. ,if,sr. -.s.,., .'54si u1 a9a3 aE1e9
4 Nor do fifteen years seem longenough
time in which to cut the canal. The work
] promises, on several accounts, to be far
! more difficult than that on the Suez Canal
which was begun in 1859-the surveys
Il having been begun in 1855--and is not
II yet completed. In the fret place, the
country is far more difficult; and next,
there is no population from which to draw
4 laborers. oTelr arfaqr afrf f-G FHa rails =
ii We have heard that it Is proposed to
: establish a line of steamers between PAN
i anna and Chinese ports, in order to draft
laborers from China. ), Doubtless China
men can dig the canal they are building
ID the Pacific Railroad; and they are perhaps
1.-THE people who can best be spared for the
!. work. But it is a fact, we believe that
/ in building the Pacific Railroad, the most
e effective workmen were found to be Nova
4 Scotians and natives, of other British pro-
u vinces; the next Irishmen, and German;
land the Chinese were the least useful and
/. possessed the least endurance. 8ra9 a3 ae3
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u "THE CoMING SH1P.""- The Coming
ship" as the intended rival of the Great
Eastern is designated, has atpresent been
!, exhlbited,in model only,in San francisco.
: It is to be Of the same size as the Great
Eastern, except that instead of % feet it
will draw only IS feet, and it will carry
: proportionateiy less tonnage. 1t i, de-
: signed to carry four times as many pass
Iengers as any present style Of ship, and
to substitute for hunks regular beds; it
will also give four times the space to, al
Estate rocm. The San Francisco Times say s.
laThe present mode of bunking passengers
is unworthy of the age. Sea-sickness, i'll
lpreventible by construction, should be
Rendered obsolete This desideratum is
Hit is secured by the proportions of the
iship and by there being thirty feet less
of the hull of the ship out of water than
in the Great Eastern, but the motion is |
rendered almost ,imperceptible by O. new
i device The staterooms instead of being |
4 at the outside limits of the vessel, are
lamidships that is, along the center line |
lof the ship, where the roll is scarcely !
lperceptible. The saloon is to be FIVE |
i hundred feet long, and clear Of obstruc-
tions. It is not for DINING. Instead of |
10 public table, there are to be two compe. |
ting restaurants at the extremities adjoin- |
ling the saloons. The ship will sell passage
only, the board being payable, as meals |
Fare ordered 1t is contemplated to carry
lsecond-class passengers and third class
passengers in the same way. The present
first-class. hunks will be for third class
berths" ~. li.1 -, od, fae 3
The notebook of one of the oldest in
habitants of Minnesota shows the follow
ing record: The winter of 1872 and
1859-80 were similar to the present season.
They were quite as favorable as now, as
regards the mildness of the weather, and
an early spring was reached, in each I'M
stance. without experiencing q heavy
chill. In 1853 wheat was sown In 3 Fill
more county on the 25 day of February Ii
In 1860 farmers commenced sowing their |
wheat on the 18th day of March, and near &
" all the seed was put into the ground
during that month, sa5 aieido 81 iaodtt
s 'My DEAR" said young wife to her {
husband, on his return from business, 5
ahaye you seen the BEAUTIFUL set of walnut \
furniture the Smiths have brought r'aa Ir
"Ahem no, my love, but I have seen '
the bill, and it quite satisfied me-" l8 Nv
bridget, how did you burn the bread n
40 p" "Och, an is it burned it isg Sure, e
then, ma'am, but its no fault of mine. for o.