Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-03-26
From the Journal DIES Debats. |

The mos, remar kable of the dav in the order Of ma
eria facts. that which is calculated exercise
weIIhy influence on the economical interest of society,"
is unqueSonahy the discovery and working of the aur
ferrous districts of California We have already exam
med that branch Of the subject which refers the metal
lie circulation. Let advert To another less i'm
porant. The gold mines of the Rocky Mountains pro
duc've as they shown To be to The seekers of gold
will not bear frnm 1.-THE on of wealth avail
able in the immense and fertile valley which extends
over space Of 900 kilnneters in length and 50 in
brea 18th between the Sierra Nevada and the Californian
co1st
There is another of wealth in that region about
10 be increased and extended, which will be
tain. more durable, and worthy too of the effrts
human activity we allude TO the commercial enter
prses to which this event, sudden and unforeseen
canno fail To give extraordinary impulse in country
magnlfcenly situated for maritime trade, with golden
prospects, but which rp the present day has remained
almost wholly untxplored by the mercantile navies Of
Europe.
| BY of those admirable Secrets which suddenly
modify and regulate the deslines of Nations Providence
has decTeed that tins c"untry-a treasure lying dormant
and lost in the hands of the indopnt Mexicans-shoud
or suddenly transferred the hands of the iabnrus and
understandable ''Yankee" The very dav following that
on which the Anglo Sax plant their feet that
ancient SPANISH possession, source # gold-a very
Pactn'us,' whose depths unathomable. and whose
limits are envevoped in mysterys the first fruit v the
conquest
I1tlt i ullu WIFI WncN lne CHteu States VIII ne
able to deray the expenses Of the Mexican war thou
sand times Now is this an il >uaied and barren
fact Certainly not. This country is doubt about
to undergo RAPID ransfugnai ion the forests and
primitive prairies Of Illinois ard ndIana underwent
few years ago Jealous, active and enerprlsing peo
pie are Fastening thlther from all partshe plncero
already covered with colonies Of eUgants. who fill
ing the val'ev Of San Francisco with tents, camps and
forts, which will speedily become villages, towns, and
cities.
En'erprsng Americans have traced the streets of a
new CITY at San Francisco and commenced the erection
of some houses. Hotels heinz built schools will fol-
low the chapel will appear and the exchange will
close the procession. From the disorder present
stoned by the gold evpr-lhe AMI sacra fcn,cs-vilI
gradually issue under the organizing Influence of the A
necan G,vernnent,a regular order of lhings-the ful-
dalton of the family, and the establishment of he pIlnci-
piles Of association and property business will be carried
on the working Of the mines will require the aid OF me
chanca science, if in Iced such be required for labur
which consIst.ln raking the earth with pckaxe and
ahour, nSenSlby passing from the extraction Of gold
The cultivation Of The earth and The raising Of rcu ural
produce. still more valuable II wealIh-a new
stale Will arise from the soil which but yesterday was
dpprpulated desert.
If We examine the map Of he western hemisphere we
shall find that If all the countries Of the tive Americas
the district Of California is that which by lis projection
into the Pacific most nearly approach's the
group Of Islands with which hat is scattered i'm
pntant dePls of The whale fisheries and The trade
ct China, JAPAN The Philippines, and Oceaua. Let Us
them alnIt-What is more than probable at present
that the American Union has lis eye and its hands
MeXcn let lis admit that the cutting If the lsthmus of
Panama has ceased to be scientific theory and
alb be realized and idea may be conceived of
the Immense lmpprauce of such ports Monterey anl
San Francisco 10 The trade Of therwo worlds il the
hands Of the Americans Ii is evident that nvinators
once put in possession OF The passage queslo-, will
cad Of seeking il Chill At NaIparaisu-tlat is 10 say,
al the extremity OF South America resting place 10
which they necessarily conducted by the passage
round Care Ilurn-will tend TO concentrate a nearer
shore. richer and in elise proximity % the Of
America the Gulf Of Mexcn the Of the Antilles that
is TO say, The great Of the American ard European
custom.
Monterey already carries certain trade there ar
rived al that port in the last half Of 1917 26 vessels ex-
elusive of IA whaers Of kinds and the total val
Of the operations effected in the port during the same
wear amounted nearly five millions (nf francs y San
Francisco, situate at the bottom of bay u kiometers
long by 10 broad, is Of the finest harbours in the
world. 1t received in 1913 Is three masrd vessels Got
which 10 were Amercan), and 81 vessels from Canton
and the Sandwich Island.
The coast of Upper California seems therefra. likely
to become the theatre Of great enterprises. We shall
New York Of the west start up there, and that
distant period.