Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1869 — The Pacific Railroad. [ARTICLE]

The Pacific Railroad.

Another stupendous work of American enterprise has been completed! The great Pacific Railway is in running order! The last spike was driven last Monday, at half put twelve o’clock Utah time, or two o’clock at this mcrutian.— A public celebration was h«8 in Chicago in honor of the event, and a large concourse of people assembled to take part in the ceremonies. In the evening spoeehes were made at Library* Hall by Vice President Colfax, ex-Lieutensnt Governor Baoss, Mayor Rios, and others.— We take the following extract from Mr. Colfax's speech: •‘lt is indeed a day of national rejoietof • . It should be a day of ustionsl thanksgiving, for the on-looking world will recognise that it is Amencan industry and American energy, tireless and indefatigable, which has sent the iron horse speeding over th. vast slopes of this continent, until it approaches the State on the Pacific coast whose mountains are amber and whose sand is gold. “It is, indeed, more than a day of rejoicing. It tea bridal day in America. To-day we of the east, wed the young bride of 20 years, ‘the Queen of the Pacific,’ aa she advances in her white robes of silver and her golden coronet. And as we clasp her, as we never clasped l>er before; and we shall clasp her as a faithful bride until time eliall close, and until this nation shall cease to stand—os she comes to us today in her silver robes and with her golden coronet sparkling upon her forehead, she brings to ua a* dowry more than queenly, more than princely. It te a dowry of wealth which she brings in her hands. Go with me to that vast region of the west. From the Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean, 1,200 miles in width, from the British line on the north to the Mexican line on the south, 8,000 miles in length, 1,000,(100 aqnsrw mile*, with gll the mineral area, rich in every direction. In mountain and river, in vailey and ravine, and we oj>en Our eyes upon these golden and silver seams forced into this molten rock when the Creator spoke the word. “But this fair bride brings to us from the Pacific her dowry of commerce in her hands. Have you reflected that, on that Pacific sea, we are the only nation fronting it of the civilized and commercial nations of the world ? “We hold in our hands there, with our already inaugurated steam lines, the commerce of that vastest ocean of the world. The commerce of those great nation, fronting upon it, by which India by the rude process of her caravans, has poured wealth, in all ages past, into the lap of eveiy country that ever obtained her trade. And I remember quite well that, long ago, it was written in the past, those who command the sea command the trade of the world; those who command the trade of the world command the richeqpf the world; and those who command the riches of the world command the world itself. “She brings to us, too, a dowry of climate as well. There, in that strange compound, the tropical and temperate zones seem to be united ; the olive and thevine in the same garden with the peach and the cherry; with nature here in her seasons of rest, but there never resting, ever exuberant, ever vigorous, ever fructifying, with strawberries every month in the year, and with blooming out-door gardens from December to Debember; (nte is the dowry of climate we have received to-day as part ano parcel of our inheritance. “But there te a dowry she brings to us to-day more valuable to us, as a union. than wealth, or commerce, or climate; it te the dowry of national strength, which is the one thing needed to round out and consolidate, and strengthen this great and growing republic of ours. Have you ever reflected that when thou regions were far from ua, almost inaccessible by our armies, by our munitions of war, by our supplies, that that Pacific coast, proudly as she boasts of her wealth, was the most vulnerable spot of this republic? The nations .of the old world had their struggle there, upon that coast, and every one who shared In the responsibilities of government at Washington understood very well that whenever we should quarrel with a foreign country, with no means, es reaching our Pacific coast there would be their point of (attack. Thank God that day is pasi?t The completion, to-day, of this great road enables us in time of emergency, or national or local peril, to send ouf‘ trnnting thousands to heir rritef.”

HFTIrt IMh Anrendfaent wffl be voted on tomorrow at two o’clock, if the Democratic* members do not bolt Y* • UT Hon. Anson Wolcott will please accept our thanks for Adjutant General Tarrell’a Reports—sight volumes. feM The Stark county Ledger has changed hands. The new proprietors have improved its appearance fifty per cent.4«ty only ieruiug a half •he*. << j l - _ tSrPeter.’ Jforieri JforiWy for May is to hand. Every professional or amateur musician should subscribe for it .Mr. Ludd Hopkins says it is the best Musical Magazine published in the United States. Published by J. L. Peters, 128 Broadway, N. T.. (P. O. Box 0429), at 23 per year. Single copies SOcta. Indianapolis Jowraol, Sentinel and Jftrror, are all taking an active interest in the proposed Railroad from Indianapolis to Chicago rid Frankfort, Delphi, Monticello and Rensselaer, and are urging the, advantages of the route to the people of Indianapolis. From them we learn that leading wealthy men of Marion county have pledged a liberal assistance to the enterprise. EBPThe Kentland 6ta«rifc, of May Bth, contains a half-column communication from Rensselaer under date of “May 30th,” and over the signature of “Do,” in which are several reflections upon the credulity of the people hereabouts, in general, ana one or two ungracious and exaggerated inuenfloes against individuals, together with an impassioned invocation to imposters “to spare us.” “Do” should nave learned before this these three truths: Exaggeration weakens argument. Ridicule cannot destroy facts. Inuendoea will not eradicate error. . And a fourth might be pondered: “It m a dirtv bird that befouls its own nest.” tdtf The Monticello Herald of the 7th says: “A dog was seen In town bn Wednesday which gave evidence of hydrophobia; the dog was shot, but not killed. Hydrophobia is extensively raging in many places and. a sharp watch should be kept on the canine specie..” Hydrophobia would have a good time taking the two or three thousand dogs around Rensselaer.

HF*S«»»tor Mortoa i. bow atH. Loom ia Indiaaapolift . Potatoes mH for )4 ceoto a boshel atMiohigun City. Messrs. Hawkins dk Sager have built thirteen nsw houses at Kenthteid. this season, already. It is said that the Cuban insurgents yre receiving largs reinforcements of men ami war material from this eotmtry. The Spanish consul at New York is looking after the filiibusters who are preparing to make a raid on Cuba. The North Eastern Indiana Conference of the M. E. Church, at its recent session, passed a resolution by a unanimous vote, requesting all its members to abstain from the use of tobacco. They should have included opium.