New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-03
FROM WESTERN TEXAS.
~ n,,reral Empsre-C Capabilities OF the BIC
oA. rrarde-- Highway 10 skS siiyes Regions
steamers for tae Defense of this Frontier
River. rv p.ss 1,Iv % 1es0


River. u,c,y pass. July q, 1880.
prom the borders of toe great Lakes to the
.ho,o. Of the Pacific, from the copper cliffs OF
sunsrior to the sparkling sands OF California
.t,afcbes broad mineral zone, across the enure
b,.,d,b Of the continent at its widest point Even
Under the developments Of its crude infancy, Sae
sx.ao. value and variety of its productions, battle
Tho bo!aess calculatorE and none may presume -
compute the highest capabilities OF this Vass nin'
arsl empire Coal, Iron, Copper, Lead OF 600 III
4hA abundance with which VARIOUS osAtes ara
ornvned. would either of them have been esteemed
4. hi,rdou's boast and wealth in the Old World,
and taken together, even In this great hepuoic,
sbay must immediately rank as an extenalve ana
distincs National interest Like the Commercials
&he Manufacturing, the Southern and the Northern
Agricultural interests, Mining will make it's OWE
separate and magnificent contribution to the
National wealth, and, like each OF them, demand
the guardian and impartial care OF the National
Legislation. Asking DO fayoritism and needing no
exclusive fosterage, it will demand that the setpe
,oents il ere ates and the roads TO them, sdan Do
snlv nrotected. and that mail and ether intercon-
munication shall not be omitted in brleb tnat lse
Territorial minority and the independents riSnss Oh
Its mature age shall receive the care sod respect.
corresponding to It's weight and Importance Ia 'ne
Union. ...o.ath oil
thg uembers of the Union in one unbreakaoe
circle this mineral zone bands the ccnHhehs o. T
head snd confluence Of eli the great afsenSS' Aho
Lakes carry its various tributes 70 me h''auetc OF
circulate them as reqaired among tae dta'n ote'es'
The Missouri Though that section Is hardly Ia Us
daysn--the Upper Mississippi and tho OHIO each
10 Of nra al
Rio Bravo del Eorte indents the land OF Silver,
and with the rivers last named offers an open
highway from the Mining regions TO the Mexican
GUlf. The ella carries its golden sands to tue
Gulf Of California, and thu Sacramento pours ner
shipi q freightB into the Pacific Ocean Thus this
magic belt of ore.land, sweeping from the far
North East to the extreme WeBt, outlets IN
every sea that bounds tho continent, and gathering
M and interlockpg in her bosom the sourcea oi
our mightiest wafer courses, she Will allow no MAD
fanaticiam TO rend them asunder, aud divorce tne
rivers outlet from the parent fountain. The
Mining Country buys OF ali and seis to all, ana
ehere fore it has direct and pressing lnteresf III
keeping the peace among the coniederated slasefs
of the Union. And when she s older, she wEt en-
force more senable ways.
Among the last known, and Toast heard OF in the
,lst Of mining Hecsions is that on and west ot the
Upper Rio Grande. There is no more doubt OF the
OVERLOOKING riches Of the Silver regions in this di.
recton than of the placerS OF California but hither-
to it has been sealed book to the white race.
There was 20 highway to it known except By
difficult land route swarmiDg with Indian enemies,
and the task of shortening it by better surveys and
more efficient defenses has gone on but tardiy un-
s now The Treaty with Mexico opened to us tho
peaceful exploration Of the Rio Grande, aud it IL
now escertaned that steamers ascond to the
gates of the Mining country. When steamers
como Indians disappear, and the frontier is safe for
settlement.
Harry Love reports but one obstacle-the Island
Rapids near PreAidu de Rio Grande-and that OBJ
stacle is easy Of remedy, and then there is thous
and miles Of navigation, This covers THAI long
range of frontier with the cheap and effective de-
tense Of a few economical steamers, aud unlocka
TO us the Silver mines on its higher sources. Santa
Fe and California are brought a thousand miles
nearer to the navigation this side OF their serras by
their late explorations, and only two broken links
nro TO be made whole &c unite this Mineral Region
in o connected chain from the Pacific to the Atau'
tic snd the Northern lakes The unexplored Cen
trslia between the 9ia and Colorado CT the w est,
will vet unite California and Northern Texes-the
Pacific and the GQf-in close embrace. Ii Ne
brssks is alao endowed with like Mineral gltts, as
there are acme faint indications they are lnhedto
Missouri Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Lakes In
continuous line which again desoends the Lakes
and radiates TO the Atlantic through the Coal aud
Iron States
This line dieoloses almost every mineral known
10 Commerce and the Arts, and as the Mining IN.
aerest will help to employ and make more produc-
tive all cur other National interests, they are all In
terested in clearing the path and projecting the
opsrations of the profitable buyer and seller. The
highway to the silver region has this and other
claims to careful attention. AS measure oil oor-
der defense and as an inlet to new domain Of eK
haustless resources, steamers should be placed on
the Rio Grande to traverse its whole navISaoie eX
tent Fort Duncan at Eagle Pass is the only mill
tary post on the river from Caredo to Paso del
Norte, distance of sight or nine hundred miles.
1t is garrisoned by the skeletons OF four companies
who have among them but three officers These
officers are certainly able and energetic but what
can this force do with 80 many hundred miles of
wild frontier in the possession Of hos;ile lndanS}
1t seems to be manife8t duty TO the country and
She settlements that are willing to sentinel these
border outposss, to give as mail communication
with the sea board and lend US more generously
the ass OF our Gag while we open path through
mountains of silver TO the rivers OF gold the 9TH
er aide. OoRA MONTGOMERY,
INSTRUMENTATION Observation-Disclosures
Correspondence of The Tribune
MONTREAL, Tburfday, August g
yhe ruins in the neghborhood of Craig and St,
Lawrence ste, caused by the last fire, attract
crowds of the curious but regretto say that there
are few symptoms of rebuilding, though the season
here compes such work to be performed before
November, when the frost sets in. The last Are
will be more fel i'll pecuniary point of sense by
tbs middle classes, than any We have yet had
The citizens are getting up pablo meeting to
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but few, however, anticipate any benefit from the
demonstration The Corporation have not power
20 interlict wooden buildings in the suburbs, and
So viii rot vyidsn the straetR within the CITY