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Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 54, 10 August 1853, Page 3

NELSON.

\V mnl<(i the following cx 1 1 acts from the EmmihiT.f.li lSthult. I'll- bnqui- Ciioai«inii nirifcd (in TiiC'-day !a»t in Inil aat fur Melbourne, in search of a cargo of produce, We rcrrivcil no pnpen by iho mnil, lint linve I'oen favnnrcd by a friend wi'h a copy of thp Ar L ni to the lOih of June- The commctrml int,-l« ligrnce rintatntd in thin pnper i* very fc^nty, b .t w am told that onti wcit «nld tho piccccding •I iy 11«. C(l. a builul. linnn and bucon ,v lid. lo Is -111. pi i- II), rhce<e 10.1. to In. 2. There in no pneo qiren for flour or wheat; but we have beard thnl ftuur is down to j£9 a ton in the Mcllmuriie market, in cocuquencu of the 1 irgc importationg nliich lind recently taken place there. By tlie i.xme paper wo learn lhat Cnpt. John Whytc, Iftta mnntcr of the liiviiiciblr- and formerly commander of the Olympus and Berkshire emigrant »hipn to this port, wai one ol tno pntucngi r« whom lives ncrc lust by the wrcdv of the Mo umentil City stvanicr, In her ]ia,Bagc from Melbourne to b)(lnry, Yestcultiy, being the dit nppoinli'd for the nominrvUiii of Canilidilci for the olfiee of Supoiintcnilr.nt, nnd ill ti bi'ing til'j first clci-iion in this ProTinro under our New Constitution, n lur, e body uf persons bibi milled on tha orcaaion , not<viih • landing llic Unfavoruhle Mute of the weather. Hustings lind been orcrtrd in front of the Court llnuic, and by twelve oYlork ibr rcfi|i(ciiTe cjiii« didntiß n ud t liu ir fnciuU wen- tit tlicn pint. Tho Sherill, n. W.ilmslcy I^q , who hud been appointed Deputy lirturiiini; Officer, Ii tii g ri ad llio wru., J. VV. Siut.in Ev|., ".is propo.cd by Dr M. nro nnd nornndnl l.y Mr. C,.||m< , F J, I ie E'q »ns Dinpnscd by Mr. b.l.imlcr., un 1 B. \V. Stnfford X q. was | r. po,cd by Mr. i:iliolt and ic(Oud<d by Mr. Nixon. Alur tlic ciimliilalei and llieir friituh hud addressed the nictiiig nt some length, o «hnw nl h>in<li wns inkrn, which was giTcn in fuvouf of Mr. Stafford. A pol was then demanded, on the pirt of the other candidate, and tho election wni dcilmcd to conic off on Monday the Ist of August. The whole nf the buiiuess, He me glad to say wni condnetcd with perfect good temper mid in a manner highly creditable to all partial.

TELEGRAPH TO TIIF PACIFIC. [' From the New York Tribune."] A memorial wai pre«Pnted to the Uuitrd Slit • Senato in Jnnuary, asking for it grant of 1,500,000 ocrci of land to be locnti.il along the line ol telcgr.iph itliii.li tiif mem nalitts prnposc to build betwren Si" Lnuis a,.d St. Ftnuci-ci, by way of the Suit Luke City. The proje^eni contemplate a 'übt(.r,nii i an line, with tcsiiiit! tube* crery fito, nnd work nf station! ctcry one hundred inilm ihrnughiiut the route. Tlio distance from St. Limit to St. Frand'ico, by way of Salt Lake city uelßg about 2,100 milei, ihcre will cuimequeutly

•"T^Ta3^^^,.%~»V->>-^^r>JJUaßg^la£SK"StXuSW he twenlyfour of thcie siationn on the route, oach tettleilby f<milic» furnishing aneuclus lo' io ninny towns at no distant day. nnd serving, from the first day of their occupation as halting places, fur the num'rous c.ira»nns of emigrants that arc constantly traversing th« great prairies of the Wnt, bttween St. L >vis and ihe tborcs of tho Pacific The ndrantnge of the umlcrUkiiifr even from this p int of view, cun hardly be over estimated, lint il will also open to tlie market an almost unlimited amount of land along the line of tbo proposed «r»nt which ii now lyn g waste mid trodden only by tho foot of the Indian in pursuit of game or the hoof of the buffalo, nnd ilitis be the mi am of adding n large sum to the revenues of the country. The nieiiioriiilutii propose tc gi>c to tlio G vcrnment in n turn for the craul, tho rinht f. r ever to trans, mit, fice of charge orer tin ir lino, all i fficial despatches und communications with the preference over all others; «nd they stipulate in addition, that, if at any timo aficr the line is opened, cease to operate it for the. tpucc of six months, the said lin« with nil its appurtenances, shall be forfeited to the Government. The projectors of thii vast enterpriio ask for no money bui simply for a grant of land— laud which at present is worth nothing, and will not he for a century to come, except through tbc npency of this or Rome, similar undertukiiii;. — And this boon Is asked for on conditions nnd i.tipulntion, that make It not only safe to grant it, but 'in view of all the accruing immediate nnd pror-pcrlive advnntngesi absolutely a profitable invcstniint for Ooveinmcnt, Among theic ndvantni;i'it that of having at nil limes nnd cs|ccially in I.ii of wur a eh nnel uf instuntaneous ronimuinc.iiioo, In t wen the Atlnntic son-bo ud anil the ■>' nre> nl 1 Ii >■ I'lictfic. nrc 100 curious to net d in ni^ii i cut, .mil us \n [inrt.iißc is too urea- to be incuiuied by ihe value of n few acres i of woithless land. To the meichnut hnd buhinc ■ ' man, to every one who hns Ir en 's in California or Oregon , iti iniponrmce is ■ q inlly obviou'. The mode o( constructi n of tlic pmposrtl lino will jive to it a prr'iiatience, n compiirativi cxi'mpilon from intrri ujil ion, nnd an i (lieu ncy, at all lii..es «iul all wrnthcrs, that can ha .utniiitd in no oilier wiy. The men who are ready to build it and risk thdr inmity on its nucrcis , are no thcorl'ts, but prnclicil men, who aro already cngnucd in the tc-legrHphu' biiHinean, nnd thoroughly nc<iii iintril with its operations fli well na its pccuniiry nft'nirn and having counted the cost carefully nnd i lonely, they are willing to risk their own fortunes and rrputntions on the rsitult.

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