Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-11


il haue should he secured. as s.hie ny suita-
la survey and lspa regllcns. Mast ,f the valleys
watefed srfiisnlly larpe be rendered
very useful. Il would. ller infe, iss In lay III
The land 10 conformity IN The e tie bills and
streams which honnd aud drain the valleys.
sy-etn ot dfanrpe, which would also serure rriqa-
ton is absolutely necessary give value /, the giest
plain a tho SacIam"nlo and san Jupqun. THIS Wiley
extensive and level. thai II the rasspr through
IL 20 overflow their hanks, the min whIci,
ias IN winter wnud nder the greataf portion Of II
+ tit fr cultivation. The f,nnd,lion Of such system
only be established in the survey aud sale Of The
/ land.
/ THIS AN be done In laying ont eaots aud drains sf
suitable disin ces and proper rcctions and In icar
ing rlde mara Hs 10 e rrrts Tint then pp hare pien-
~ W room 10 increase Heif channels mhea Hrir uafers
shall he confined ,euhin Hf ~ by e,uba,iknlents n
II would bn we'll also to regulate the prize of III. m
lands ~ ns 10 meet 10 sne degree.'he expense II rain
lnr hem.
/ This system would. when au urunre shalt bpcome
pursuit IN California; make tins valley of he moat
beautiful aud productive porlnns Of the Union
COMMERCIAL RESOURCES
he commercial resources ot Cs rna nj present,
tonnded entirely on her mrailic trealH-her vast min
rtal 'reaaufes rrmanine nu yeped her fertile snii
almost wholly neglected. and this continne to be
the as lerg labor. employed rollrc'ing gold.
shall hr moro pr able hn IN any other pnIsuii which
con furnish he sieews of commerce. $3.50
The day IA pr h,hy not ds'an'. however, when her
minerals. especially the quicksilver mines, will bs cxten
sipely anl prof ably worked.
God Is The product Of The country md is inmed.
alrle available. in uncuned sat for all lIe purposes
# eNchlnu II il not ilrfo in other coun trs wrIe
the podac ihns of The earth and nd sent 10 markets
iorciRo omesic tn he exchanged Ior The precious
meals. oher articles of value There, gld no' only
supplies the medium u domestic tradc but VI foreign
, conuescr.
At fra vew this st t.,f things would seem to bc
uuavl vlthr IN extensive inteconrse with othet parts
ni ihe woild. h,cnse uf he of iregh's of
homc podHriion for The mum or Il vessels which
will aftlyc with supplies.
Those ycsacs. however making calculations
ufn cnfoors. will estimate tho entro nron of he voy
~ an lhe'r antw nj feighs. and bec me their
rya "lliog carriers iol comparatively small cnsida-
taliun. #Hf#'
This tendency in the OF irade. II wonll seem,
must make San Fanr4,p wa'ehonse for the supply 10
cert IN extent. II all tho ports VI ths Pacific Amer.
can Aslaiic. and the Islands
Almost every n'tcle now exported by III IN finds a
ready market IN California. md the establishment slf
min will hnoG ,heee al=o the silver bullion uniting
u than ten ulllans per nnnun, from tho west
cms, 4 MeNcn and, rerhnps, um1tely from Chill and
Peru. 10 be asslyed and cuinea.
Vessels hound round Cape lIorn, with carrors fir
kes on the American coa.i ofthe Pacific. can by ia.
,inu, advantage at the son Ia asl trade winds, and
"saodnq brand oil he Cppe," make the voyage 10 San
Francisco short time they 10 Valparas,
NJ any port south f Callfarn'n Vess Il have sailed
from our Atlantic ports San Francisco 10 sS than
hundred dry. and they hive been. than ia
.taoce oyet hundred aud twenty days in going frem
pau9ma 10 San Fmnc SEQ.
This as ,nshnp difference. in time AMI Distance was
caused by the of tho winds, aud the gut stream"
oi The Pacific. mentioned il my eni,ks on The climate
of California.
The vessels from our Atlantic ports took advantage
of the winds by seriug from The Cape ns far into tho
Pacific hQ enabled 10 take west ~ the gulf
slream IN sailing notihward thus avane themselves.
fist of he sputheasi then ot the northwest "sdes,"
ard avoiding oppnsinV cnrtenls.
The v,ssels IRON panamn were kept back by Gains.
ndv rse Winds ard currents Il will be perceived there
G,fr that there can be NJ induoement ella bound
round Cape lIotn, with mixed rted cargnes, to
stop al Napafnio. Calao, Gnyaqn. Or any oihor prt
The eolst became the espou o MI those places
will seek market ut San Francisco; and their supply u
merchand ST. return fic 1t. vii BE- de vered nj less
expense than il he by sells direct from Atlantic
p1t's. American European. This tndency of trade
10 cpncen. rate nj san Franosc, will ba udcd by the
cmts' ot exchange.
Coli dust IS worth hu ~ per ounc in Chilli lis
wofllr Is at The United States mint. II. ther FIRE,
merchant Mt Nnpafinsn has thousand in San
Fanclsco, received in pa men for lumber bey flour,
other pr nce, and desires an inv leo ogo"ds i1on
thr United States nr Europe he VIII gam 10000 at the
outset by senlua his gold New Yrk. besides saving
something the freight aud insurance, and nt least
one months interest.
The e,nnt, on the west ,ast &C America have
cxp,tts which fad market in China other par Of
Asa San Fr'pcsco will lhor fore become not only The
OF HES rXpos, but as1 OF The pr duets aph man
uiaclues Of lnda required IN exchange for them which
must be p,d for, principally. in gold 'n II dust:
Neither q III coin nor ii dust will answer an remit
lance 10 China. Gld. in Chlua Is npi currency in any
shape nor is it received in payment of Import duties, or
taxes On land. or the industry of the people.
The value Of pure gold in China Is not far from $l4
the ounce Hence the importers of mnnuiac'ure', and
products Of India na San Francisco viii remit The gold
coin or dust direct TO New Yok for investment in ser-
linz bills on London These bills will be sent to Lpn-
don and placed TO the credit of the Il IN in China from
whom the merchandise had been received and who. IN
learning of he remittance having forward 10 their a.
cents. viii draw sis months sight bull for the amount,
whirh will sell in Ch the rate of four shlllings,
and hr0 pence three pence per dollar.
have statement before me- from one oi the most en-
inent merchants aud bankers of New York, ho was for
many years engaged extensively in the India trade which
sh hai the ptof gain on ten th usand ounces VI
gold, thus RENTED, would be t34 i3i44 And that
the loss the same quantity, sent s..
| direc, TO China, would be l5,OUW
Total difference in profit and loss in favor of
The remittance To New York $1O.O34,44
II will thus be perceived that nature has 81 arranged
the winds and currents of the Pacific. and disposed at
her vas, treasures in ihs hills aid mountains ut Caor
MA ss to give the hafbo of san Francisco the contfo
Of The conmcrca If that rs far as II may De con-
oec,ed with the west coast of Amerlra. -
/ ihe al undOlht