Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1869 — General Robert Anderson. [ARTICLE]

General Robert Anderson.

The hero of Fort Sumpter has been turned out in his old age, like a worn-out horse, to die on the commons. He has served his country long and well. We read that he has been compelled by his necessities to sell his library and go and live in Europe. Is there no list of subscribers for a house for him? Why does the intensely reStewart, the friendly Washburne* and all the other patriots who rushed to Grant’s call for a house, not respond? Because there is no money in the Hero of Fort Sumpter. lie ha* no offices to give. If he were President, or General oC the Army, he w-ould be overwhelmed with presents of houses and money by the Stewarts, Bories and other political present-makers. — Esiroy, It is proposed to' unite Scotland and Ireland by a tunnel, starting on the Irish side from a point mid* Way between Cushendgu and Cushendall, on the coast of Antrim, and on the Scotch side at Glenstroue, trom whence it would run through the head of the Mull of Cantyrc, The total length of tho tunnel would be fourteen miles three furlongs, and it is said that tlieground through winch it would have to be made is exactly suited for tunneling operations, and the sandstone for lining it can bd lrad in any quantity on the Irish side. It is proposed to oon-truot the tunnel for a single line only, the extreme depth being twenty-one feet, and the clear width at the level ot the rails fifteen feet. It is proposed, however, to lay down three lines of rails to accommodate wide and narrow guage carriages. The time estimated for completing the tunnel is about six years, and the coat four and a quarter millions of pounds. To pay a dividend of five per cent, the road should earn for-ty-two pounds per ratio per week. A - veteran toper been reading a 6eries of articles on liquor adulteration in New York —the analysis pf the liquors showing an average of about sixty-five parts of water to thirty-five of spirits. “They don’t give the spirits a fair chance,” said the aged baeohaual; “thoy'l keep on looling with *»ter till it depopulates the earth again”

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