Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-01-17


boun,es Of Providence, seems favored with
that abundance which would enable her to
feed the millions Of Great Britain, while this
very element Of increased power and independ-
ence on the part Of the United States, must il.
ducs peaceable admission Of her rights.
ALBANY Argus.
THs Carson TaADr.-Ths last intelligence
informs 10 that there are now two packets
running between Oregon City and Honolulu.
one Of the Sand wich Islands. One of these 10
an American packet, and the other belongs 10
the Hudson Bay company. This fact 10 the
initial Of one Of the greatest commercial revo-
lutions which the world has seen. Look at
the map. Fix your points at Liverpool, Bos-
ton, ST. Louis, Oregon City and Canton
Then calculate the freight and slime required
| by bale Of goods transported around Cape
Horn to Canton. Then take the same bale Of
goods by steam car from Boston to Oregon
City. and then BY steam packet from Oregon
TO Canton. II the goods 60 from England,
BY Cape Horn. il will save ten thousand
miles 10 take them across tho American CONT
nen,! II they 20 from the United States
there is saving Of two thirds Of the whole
distance! Tho trade Of the United States
will take that course, provided the communi.
cation is by steam, no one can doubt. 1t is
vain to talk about the Panama route il you can
60 by steam to Oregon.
What in thirty three years (she average gen.
era,on) will be the effect Of turning the Pa
ci6c trade across the continent! In that time
the population Of the United States will be
| fifty millions, and it's commercial marine the
greatest in The world. The ports of China
and ito vast trade are and will be opened to all
nations. The waters Of the Pacific are com.
| paratively smooth and the voyage SAFE. What
does the reader imagine will be the effect of
pouring the trade Of the United States and its
| fifty millions Of people, active, Ingenious, and
industrious, across the continent Of America,
upon the ancient fields Of Asia! Vast, In
deed. will be the revolution in commerce, and
equally great will be the revolution in the
civilization of AHA. All this may appear to
| some az dream. but it 10 necessity Of com.
merce, science and art. I, will happen, as
certain 90 the United States continue to grow.
| In ancient Asia and in modern Asia, the in.
ternai trade of those continents was carried on
by caravans. Some Of the largest cities in
Asia wero built up by the caravan trade. The
tinent Of America 10 the same thing az there
existed. only carrying on tina. trade BY steam.
When this nation looks out across the Pa.
ci6c on the fields Of Asia, a crisis will shave
come in the worlds affairs, like that grand
catastrophe which took place when the blue.
eyed German and hungry Goth looked down
upon the beautiful plains Of Italy. The hour
will have come for mighty changes in the hu.
man family.
These things must take place, and they
will soon come-before another generation has
expired-and America-these United States
will be the grand instrument in all tho worlds
future revolu.ions.-[Cin. Chron.
CALlroax,A.- Mexican department. Of
California is now attracting much attention
from the people Of Grea, Britain, France, and
the United States. l. has a rich soil and
fine climate, and seems to be destined by its
situation, harbors and proximity to Asia, 10
have large influence, at some period, upon
the worlds commerce and politics. The Brit.
means Of checking tho territorial agersndze-
ment Of the United States, and will endeavor
to acquire it, probably, by the foreclosure Of
mortgages held III England upon q portion of
the soil. In the spring Of 1887 the entire fund.
ed debt OF Mexico was consolidated, by an ar.
| rangement made by her minister with the
London house Of Lizard, & Co., who received
from the Mexican Government ono half the
amount OF existing bonds in new bonds of the
consolidated fund, and the other half in bond
warrants on the vacant lands in various depart-
ments, including California, at the rate Of four
acres for each pound sterling. The payment
Of the debt, so secured, would become more
certain, If the department were annexed to the
United States, SO that no just argument can
be drawn from the existence Of these mortgages
in favor of its transfer 10 Great Britain. Such
an event would be important 10 the United
States, since it would cut % off from an easy
and independent access to the ports Of Asia.
with their exhaustlsss riches. The N. York
Courier and Enquirer lately contained letter
from Mr.. Gushing on this subject, and lays it
down as an axiom. "to be defended By ,Oar, If
necessary. that # Merico ceases to o,0n Cdlifor-
MA. It must become an integral part Of tie Uni
ted Stoles.-( Philadelphia American.
COMMERCIAL PRosPrcTs.-The commercial
prospects Of the United States at the present
time are brilliant and glorious il the extreme,
There is nothing to create the slightest rufle
on the broad surface, except in the Oregon
question, which 10 beginning to throw every
thing into confusion. If all questions between
this country and England were settled, there
would be an unbounded rise in commercial
prosperity-but Oregon is the little black
cloud that threatens a storm.--[N. Y. Herald.
MISSISSIPPI AGAINST THE WoRLp.-A lady
in Marion County has given birth to eight
children-four pair Of twins-the Oldest Of
which are not four years Of age, to wit: twins
in ~, '43, "a. 45-six girls and two BOYS
-sl in perfect state Of salubsity."