Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-12-25

distance OF $500 mlles-greater than the
length Of any other river in the world save
,onc-at its mouth $50 miles wide--.it dis,
charges iiselfinto the Caribbean Sea under.
the Line. Up to the very base Of the
Andes. it is navigable for vessels Of the
largest class. The Pennsylvania "a might
60 there.
A natural canal through the Caciquiari
connects it with the 0rincco. 1t drains
aud fcr,ilizes plains covering TWO millions
q square miles. 1t receives from the
North and the South innuhietable tributa-
ries, afording. it is said, an internal naviga-
ton Of not less than 10 or $4,000 miles in
extent. 1t flows East along parallel Of
latitude passing over steppe aficrsteppe, in
beautiful unbrokcn succession and through
allthc climates and all the sdils--with their
capacities Of production--thet are TO be
found between he'regions If Everlasting
summer and perpetual snow.
Its valley is the place of production for
India ru,ber,an article ofcorhmcrce which
has no parallel, as to the increase OF de-
mand for it, save il the History Of cot
ton, since the invention of the cotton gin.
Boandless forests Of the Saringa tree are
found upon its banks; and the expectation
Of this gum from the mouth of the river, ID
daily becoming business ofgrea,cr value,
extent and importance.
The Sugar Cane. ,sr the most luxuri-
ant growth is found there. and it requires
to be planted but once in 20 years. Coffee,
Tobacco, Rice, Indigo. 'Cocoa and Cotton,
are produced there in great profusion,
"with drugs Of virtues The most rare, dyes,
of hucs the most brilliant, and spices Of
aroma the most exquisite"
Here. aeiM rs. along the Sea shore, veg
citation stands back, separated from the
water, by the battle ground between the
waves and the land There, tile forces of
the vegetable kingdom march down for the
fight, to III, very waterts edge. A storm
ariscs-rhc waves beat back The vcgeta-
ton, and cover it with sands and Sea
shcls-but, in few days, tile vegetation a.
gain comes forth, and plants its foot upon the
water, and pushes its advanced pests, in
lines Of green, far into the Sea. The lilies
Of that valley attdin such gigantic vigor
and proportions that single icaf'iyiil float
man.
Peruvian bark, Cascarilla and Cinchona
as the Spaniards call IL, is found in the
valley Of the Amazon, and no where else.
It's cut from the banks of its tributaries,
packed upon the backs Of Peruvian sheep,
thus carried beyond the Andes 600 miles
TO the Pacific, and there the Serooh, which
at the place Of production, was ofi'y worth
a few pence, commands from $50 to $T00.
1t is now brought around Cape Horn,
and the trade in its present state is worth
more than half million annually. If
steam should iorcei,s way up the Amezon,
1t would pass l,y our doors.
On the Stcppes of the Andes there are
'hocks of sheep of the finest and rarest
wool, yet scarcely worth the 'sbcaring on
account Of the difficulty Of getting to mar
kct.
In the valley of the Amazon. are mines
of silver and gold of mmcnscyicld. There
too are found and wrought the grea, quick
al IS Il q
'd rmonds, gems and precious stones.
Men Of scsence who have'comparcd the
climates Of India and Amazoriia are of
opinion that in tie latter are to be found
both soil and climate suitable for the pro
'duction of every Spice, Gum, Resin and
drug that is grown in tic East.
The Great King of Rivers" is ready,
at the bidding of the South to pay It tyiJ-
ute, and to pour the boundless treasures Of
this magnificent valley at its feet Nay. at
the bidding Of tie South, the king Of
. River" and the Father Of waters'-ihc
one flowing South from the Rocky Noun
tains through many parallels Of latitude.
and the Other flowing Eas, from the a ndcs
through the regions Of perpetual snow and
perpetual summer. are ready with the aid
of the winds and currents OF The Sen, TO
mingle the diversified products borne upon
their bosoms, and pour them into the
'c ,mntet lap of the South A glance
at the map win show that an effort, only
"a timely efort-on he pert of the South is
all that is necessary to secure the prize.
Nature has scoopcd out the land in
Central America. and cut tie continent
nearly in two, that she might place be-
tween the mouths of the Amazon and the
Mississippi, the Gulf of Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea, two sheets of water, twin
basins. which form the great commercial
lap of The South. They receive the drain
age Of all the rivers OF note in both CONT
neuts, save the La Plata on the South, the
Columbia, on the West, and the St. Law
renee and those Of tire Atlantic Sca-board
on the East The great equatorial cur
rent which begins in the Indian Ocean,
doubles the Cape of Good Hope, sweeps
by the mouth Of tho Amazon, and after
traversing the Caribbean Sea and The Gulf
Of Mexico, meets with the Gulf stream.
and places the commercial outlet of the
Amazon almost as much in the Florida
pass as is the mouth of the Mississippi it
self.
If a tree were cut down from the sour
ees Of the Missouri, in the Rocky Noun
sains, and another from the sides of the