, 1869-02-01

We should IKE 10 see chart" OF benA- |
tor llcwc's head. His bump OF benevo-
lent liberality in voting away the money
of the people Of Wisconsin must stick
out prodiCiously, clae tho scicncc Of
phrcnolQey Is u humbug.
OHIO ,RIvRR NAVIGATION. |
The Cincinnati G0,ttte gives, a. q rea-
son fo1 lis hostility to the Niagara Falls
Ship Canal, that, "if built and |
made free Of tolls. it would not
reduce the freight on grain from the |
lakes to The scaboar1 one cent per
bushel; therefore it is not in favor OF the |
wcsk," but at the same time It c1amors
(cr "lowchcr ont Of the National
Treasury for the improvement of the
beautiful O-hi-o." Tee Ga-ttts derives
It's arguments from the enemies OF the
ship canal, and is impulsion to oppose
i, frcm hatred Of Chicago. 1t appre-
terds that the csnal msy benefit this
ri =, and that is enough to enkindle is
morbid envy at the prosperity Of the
Western metropolis.
Wiat could &c more absurd than the g.
se1tion thata prolonsation Of lake navIga-
lion 160 miles, from Niagara to Osweg,,
sid reduction of Etc Cacal towage 81
mest oDe-hslf The length Of that ditch,
uould not REFUGE f1elghts one cent per
bushels 4 Niagara Ship Canal Tonld
oren competing route to the seaboard
r,a Montreal. The nayig alton OF the ST.
LswIerce River below Osdcasburgh
would quickly he improved to admit the
largest craft that could PISS the csnal at
the talls. Would not this reduce freights
more than one cent per bushels The Falls
Canal would let the The shipping Of all
| the upper lakes pass down to Ogdcns.
burgh, where their cargoes could be sent
by rail into New Englaud-.he distsuce
being comparatively short and the road
slready built. Would this competing
outlet for Western products be worth
nothinge Has the Gazette considered
tic fleet Of The competition OF the Mon
trial and the Ogdensburgh.New Eng
land routes to market on the cost OF
f1eighfs from Buffalo to New York ria
the Erie Canale I: evidently has not,
but talks at random, Influenced ouly by
hostility to Chicago and blinded by pre-
iudice 10 the tacls Of the case. Sooner
or later the Niagara Falls Ship Canal
must br constructed The bill for that
purpose would have passed the House last
week had it not been for the prevailing
telling in Congress to vote no subsidies to
canals OF railways ut this session, but to
walt until the national finances are
placed or better footing and the na-
lionA credit stands higher in the money
markets Of the world.
The Louisville Canal would doubles:
be of SONG commercial sdvautage to
grip Of territory along the Ohio River
!, as itwculd allow larger class of boats y
cscerd that stream for q few weeks cact
. SEASON th.n can 90 through the existing
canal. The navigation Of the 0 MO abov
Louisville, and, indeed, aboVe the confld
> euce of the Green River, is not suitab]
:, for toa1s Of the larger class, excep: for
:, t1icf period in The spring ard fall Of eac
:. year. In winter the upper portion OF ID
y y Ohio is frozen over and in summer It
:. nearly dry, and only small boats, drawln
:" & few inches of water, can crawl over i
manifold shadows and rap:ds. The OH
is ESSENTIALLY "thundcr gusl" slrcar
- = II runs through lilly, broken, ha1
=. mountsinora country, and oil its a1lucn
~ Iun through hillside, broken countr
~ In consequence Of this peculiar confo
- nation, the ra,rs and melting SHOWS ru
4 acwn the dccliyitics in ffightful tloot
- nyc,fowiug The banks of the creeks al
w. rivers, and sweeping everything beta
them. Hence it is that Cincinnati is a
:, uually submerged and its inhabitants q
;. compelled to fly ior their lives to the {
~ isccnt hills, and up the sidesot ihclr"p
~ peudicular parks" while below them,
tcn miles an hour, rushes, surgcs q
=, swecps an angry yellow Hood sixty
~ seventy feet in depth, its surface cover
~ ~ with dwellings, barns, mllls, corn'cri
~ ~. smoke-housea, lencc.rails, lumber. /
-, ~ and grain stacks, bridges, and all the
E lris Of floating property.
~, In q few days this destruct
~, [ dcluge Of water suddenly subsi'
Nv Wv shrirks into insignifcance,
m the awful flood Of ycste1e
mc that would float the Great Easter
am. loaded down to her hurricane deck,
all tomorrow scarcely bear o coal ba
its The torrents which descended from
ord steep hi|l.sides quickly run dry, and
,o;s great velocity Of the main stream
pre. veys all the water to the Mississippi
ncc few wetkE, aud for the rest Of
r;od year the channel consists OF bars, raj
ION. pools and shadows.
init It Is this kind OF absurd naviga
and which our Cincinnati cotemporary
The Yates above the chain Of great lake3
rent their outlet, the mighty st. Lawrence
n its demands that large drafts Ehsll be dl
nose on the National Ire sury to make C:
rant a1cupd rapids for frst-class ssca1
IS to which 1t hopes to lure up that trca'
an a Gus stream as far as the ex,Queen
ya1e where they must, probably. remain
un- aground until they take the mex; t
racts which will bear then, if not to forl
main at least to navleable water. The a
nike tlon Of the Gazette, and those for wh
, IS. speaka, overleaps itself, They
rand undertaken too much when they att
assed to canal and lock the Ohio R;veret p
t the cost, and TO defeat the Nssgara
1re In Canal, list 1t may benefit the conn
OF the millions who use the Nor
,stion Lskes.
7ilcge TIE SUFFRAGE AMENDMEN1
char The House Of Representatives, OF
tC9 OF | ry1av naescf7 hV the constitutions