The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
An lmuIeilse Undertaking.

An lmuIense Undertaking.
The Scientific American, in calling
attuntiou 70 the statement OF All I;nl-
ian journal that the r. cent visit Of the
Ri Sian Gar to the Southern part Of
lis empire b j particular refer, nee to
the p,cj oted juuc'i"n Of the the Cas-
p,aa Sea with the Blnok Sea, says:
"rbe entire lergth of the canal
would De eix huudred and ,hi,ty Rus
sian versts, about foar hund, ed miles,
through tho munmt,in ohain tc be
p.e' ced oniy meAsuI es eight veissa, or
about Eve miles. 1t is calculated
that th,t .t~o thousand laborers,
sill have to be employ cd for fully six
yeors in order to complete the under,
taking. Qnite apart from the di.cct
commercial advantages which would
result from the completion of this
canal, it would serve to replenish the
Caspian Sea with water, highly i'm.
portunt consideration. DuliDg the
last decade, aud even longer a remar.
kaho eduction Of water was notic~
ed, 80 much so thut the 6nul extiuc-
tl"n, that is e8>ication Of the sea was
arprehcpded Tho re.ult would not
only be malarious in the extreme, but
also destructive Of u great source Of
wealth, namely, the sturgeon, eterlct,
aud seal 6sheries. Many thousand
persons are ut preseut employed in
there fisheries (chiefly Mt Astrak.
han.) by whom eight hundred thous.
and pounds Of oavier alone are an
hually obtaiued. An insurance of
Water supply to those persons would,
therefore, give renewed stimu~
ius to their local enterprise,
though the same may not be
nearly as important as the effect on
commerce at large"
Mr.. David A. Wells, of Connecti.
out, who has figured the Radical
party out of very many bad scrapcs
during the last ten years, is unable
to discover why paalns should be-
sung to Gen. GRANTS administration
fur having reduced the national debt
some three hundred millions of doll
lars. He says,
.lf the fact Of having paid $780,.
G49,7G2 Of deot in the three years
from March !. 1860 to March |, 1872
constitutes a special debt Of gratitude
from the people 10 the existing ad.
mih'stratiop, the measure ofgratitude
due to Andrew J ,hrson's adu.iuistra-
tlon, which actualIy reduced the n..
honal debt i'll three years and seven
months by the sum Of at least $40.
236,oO0, ought to be on the same
principle at least double"
Charles Francis adams on Buyonet Rule.
In connection with the favorable
mention IF the name Of Charles Fan.
els Adams for the Liberal nomination.
the Cincinnati Enquirer (DemocraticI
quotes from his letter to the Pitts.
burg Convention of January, 1871, as
follows
When President jackson said othe
p"ion shall be preserved" he never
contemplated the use Of bayonots in
controlling the iormis of collecting the
general suffrage. Our .fety az = ma.
non lies IN going hack to The first
principles, ind forgetting that force
mas been Sesortcl to as u painful ne
G. shty to pre- erve them. What was
u litter DIedlcine should not be turn,
ed into daily food.
Yhe U"ited Stutes prisoners oonfin.
cd ut the House uf Correction. iu
Chnrp" Of Li-u,ouan Callahan, OF
the Third Artillery, are reported as.
being az comfortably situated a. Can
be expected under the circunt tanoes
and the prison is kept sorupulon.ly
oIean and neat in every respeov. Yes,
terday th're we're religious ser. ices
for the benefit Of the prisoners, con.
Quoted :! In tue morning BY Rov. DR..
S"ith and in the evening by Rev. J.
l.. Girardeau, D. D. There was an
additional arrival yesterday morning
OF seven prisoners from York and two
from Chester County. Another pris.
oner, j. W. Wilkes, Of Chester ooun. a
tty, Was being brought to the CITY, but
Jumped from the train soon after IL
Ieft brInohville and made his escape,
- Char. News.
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