The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-24

ranged 1t is most fortunate, not to say providen
tial, that this sudden demand on the resources an
| people of the Union comedies with the Celtic i'm
| migration, which more than supplies the places Q
the Californian adventurers Ii is fortunate for tn
/ States, and fortunate for the immigrants, who tn
| vacancies ready made for them TO step into. 5,
far from the States suffering any Inconvenience
| from the immense yearly addition to their people
and so far from the new arrivals finding themselve'
| in the way Michigan alone would easily give hold
| ings and occupation TO the whole European mm
| grafton.
| When the New World is spoken of, il is common
ly forgotten that there is newer world still, just
! presenting itself 10 our notice and interest. The
| Pacific is full Of beautiful islands, and inhabited
| generally by harmless and ,ractabe races. West
of it lie the civilized but inhospitable empires OF
| China and Japan, the Indian Archipelago, and the
Blush colonies of Australia and New Zealand.
It's eastern limit is the narrow strip of coast under
that vast chain Of mountains, which has been APP
| proprately called the back bone of the world.
| Hitherto distance and Other obstacles have pre-
vented European civilization from assuming its pro-
per ascendsncy in and on both sides of the Pacific.
| Yet there cannot be greater work, or one worth
| Ter of this age. The Atlantic is now to Europe
what the Mediterranean was to the ancients,
| and il remains 10 render the Pacific an inland
sea- Ii is not dominion or political ascendancy
we are thinking of, but science, arts, manners,
and religion. The great difficulty hitherto
| has been the unatractve character and
position of the western coast of America,
the rugged bar of the Andes, at Panama.
and the stormy circuit of Cape Horn. But time
or Providence, has cut the knot. The same gilt
terng bride that drew all Spain to South and Cen
trail America three centuries ago, and thus acted
so important part in the peopng of the world
now performs like office in drawing the popua-
ton Of the States like an overfowing stream, over
the Isthmus to the western shore of North America
Once settled there even if gold should fail last
they will find other and better employment. The
Pacific will soon be fringed with cities speaking our
tongue, possessing our religion, and obeyng laws
he nen NH Snrn | I I. lnnas ia hrt
hat British and Anglo American influence should
Iervade that great ocean, and soften the inveterate
jealousy of China and Japan. Our route to AUS
Iralia end New Zealand will be shortened by some
thousand miles and these settlements will soon
trade with coast, opposite to them, the distance
Of few weeks sail, and stretching almost from
the Arctic to the Antartic Zone. Already there
many ships from the ports of China, from Auck-
land, and from Sydney, in the harbor CT San Fran
cisco.
Happily California, and thew hole coast of the
Pacific, possess other recommendations than the
seductive, and, il is said, shortlived possession of
gold. Some of our biologists have laid down,
from the example of the gold-washng in the Oural
Mountains, and the long exhaused gold mines and
Avers of Europe that the accessible supply of gold
in California is very limited, and is recruited by
the ordinary operations of nature 1t may be so,
but the produce of the paceras continues to in
crease new beds OF gold, one richer than another,
are cont inually announced; new methods are
tried with success the skilful and industrious
of their booty; and il is surmsed that by the
time the great prizes shall have been taken, the
search itself will be reduced to a certain average,
such as will amply remunerate large population
of gold-hunters. For many years, then, we think
there is very little doubt that California will
tinue to attracrithose who wish royal road to
wealth, and will reward them, if not with the very
object of their search, at least with comfortable
home in fertile country, under genial atmos-
phere and on the schores of the vast and populous
Pacific.
Settlement OF the Greek Question.
The Noureii,sfe de MarseiAes of Friday the 10th
inst, contains the official correspondence between
Mr.. Wyse and the Greek Minister, NJ Londos, who
accepts the terms demanded by Mr.. Wyse.
The Greek question is thus defintively settled.
Mr. Wyse demanded thatjthe Greek Minister
should apologize for the insult to the boats crew of
her Majesty's ship the Fantome.
The English Minister accepts los, O6S drachmas,
$4,000 for Mr.. Finlay, G5OO sterling for M. Paci,
fico, whose claims upon Portugal are to be referred
10 the government of that country.
The Greek government agrees to deposit l50, 900
drachmas security for the settlement OF nj. Pac-
fisco's claims upon Portugal .
Switzerland.
A letter from Berne, in the Unirers, written on
the day of the elections, says -" This the day
when the Bemese people are called on to pronounce
their judgment on the regime which has oppressed
Switzerland, and particularly the Catholic party,
for SO many years. We shall not know the general
result Of the elections for some days. To-day
merely inform you Of the elections of Porentruy.
Grand Council ell, without exception, have been
chosen from the Conservative and Catholic party.
The electoral sembly Of the town Of Porentruy,
which had two members to elect, was disturbed
by the Radicals who, finding themselves in a mi
norty, had recourse to their ordinary weapon-vo-
lence. The meeting was obliged TO be removed to
another place, where everything passed of quietly
| and the TWO members chosen were those who also
| do honor 10 the college which elected them. The
| Radicals, however, succeeded in electing M.
Stockman, whose name has been for the last twen-
" years associated with all. the casmities which
have befallen Catholic Switzerland--ihe man of
clubs and secret societies"
The Suisse, of Berne of the 9th instant, SAYS
"The elections took place yesterday in the whole
canton. AT Beme, the Government party has OBJ
tanned only a third of the votes. Such has been
the case generally in the electoral circles for
leagues round the capitals about 30 elections known
yesterday evening, belong almost all to the Opposi-
| ton. To-day nearly all the elections are known.
The Grand Council being composed OF ~ depu-
ties the majority is III. The Opposition reckons
ITO or Ill. However, amongst the deputies
whom the regime attributes TO Itself, are some
whom the Opposition may accept, particularly IN
the Jura. There are in both camps many men
belonging 10 the party decidedly democratic and
liberal. A majority OF that kind may therefore be
hoped for. Some disturbance has taken place in
the electoral circles Of Gegenstorf and Schwarzen
burg. IL is said that the Government party, seeing
itself in a minority, has thrown obstacles IN the
way Of the elections. In the Jura, the opposition
has had the advantage IN many circles. Moutier
is particularly named, where the success appeared
assured to the Government list. At Delemont,
MN. Carn and Greppin, the Candidates OF the
Moderate opinion, have failedi eight or ten votes
were only wanting to them. The result is the work
Of the Stockmanian committee, presided over by
NM Feune, Heitsch, and Villemain. This frac-
ton, pretended Radical, has joined the Ultramon-
tanes. NM Nouvion and Scatter have been elect
ed We cannot, from want Of space, give to-day
the list Of the returns for the capital. They all
belong to the Opposition"
The Corn Trade Of England.
lFrom the London Mercantile Gazette, May 101
Though no harm may ultimately result from the