Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-19

ano comprises an areteYceeding million of square mile
soo osene we Ave, between attitudes north 2s0 ar
anu onsiudes $50, Of London, the inar
basins Of the Caspian a Ars comprising one million eg
nunoed thousand squsrees or about the one twenty
part OF the whole land sea Of the earth. On the BeIo.
noun'ans, separating heBasns Of Aral and the Yakau
sources OF the Wolga TO those Of the Amoo river Th
western section between TIN sources of the Yarkand an
Woga contain more than twothirds of the whole surface
.ne space under review and phsps fourhs Of the hab
table area the eastern part, great excess desert whc
feature operates far ecctu,y to morav and
separate Northern and Southern Asia from each other tha
would sea tenfod its breadth This eastern section ais
has considerably greater extension from west to east houe
with less breadth from north to south
Another view, not alone extremely interesting but bpbl
Important in human history opens to us from the Beoor sum
mlts lat 4Oo N. Here the bounds where the power
China or Eastern Asia has Penetrated or very nearly mid
| from the Helespont or Yellow Sea.
Mentally standing on the Beloor Mountains, lat 42o NJ
and looking eastward, would have before us Little Bucha
a or Chinese Tukesan Of those interior detached ba
SINS so Characteristic OF the great regions of Central Asia
wn the beloor Mountains vest and fanked on the nortl
by the Thyan Khan and the south by the Kuen Luer
Mountains In the intermediate space and ow eastward
the various streams forming the Yakand river which, ae
course OF about one thousand miles, s lost gradually il
small lakes or sandy deserts
Norhward of Little Bachsria and separated from !, bv
the Thysn Khan Mountains spreads region vaguely knows
to US under the terms Soongsria, Turkesan and Lt,b
buchaa with others still more obscure Darky as are those
known to the far distant people Of Europe and Ams
was from those shadowy ecesses that long inter
walls OF me have issued barbarous and wsrke bordes who
nave imprinted deep and sangunay pages on the hsory
western Asia and Eastern Europe Though in all proba-
Dity amongst the most early inhabited by man. this i'm
mense interior Of Asia remains region OF mystery; as much
not more so than many large Of Africa Australia
and America yet unknown impeectly explored These
remarks apply to confined surface They embrace from
the eastern shore OF the Caspian to the sources Of the
IVo nf shinoo M.cl
between the fountains of the rivers Of Northern and Southern
ASIA space extensive than all Europe non Russian
When however, we turn from general 10 specific views il
must be carefully noticed that the western part il far from
desert The space between the fountains of the Indus and
those OF the rysh branch Of the Oby and in the same a
tudes with Southern Europe and Asia Minor and on space
as extensive France and Spain taken together spreads
habltable surface from which r flows though in its
-'"ding in streams.
The Beoor Mountains however strange as may seem,
when we reach their summs and have passed over rather
more than three thousand miles, we have only rom
Novogorod the linen, the md-extent OF the
under review Setting out from the Beoor Mountains and
yancnq easwards we have about three thou
N>--o s<--i-I;a-the inter-
sand more miles to reach western uIau..-...- n,
mediate space being what geogsphers have designated the
great Mongolian Desert.
Though the fountains Of the Irysh Oby, Yeniesey and
Lena the great rivers Of Northern Asa, rise the north
en border Of the Desert Mongolia do those Of the Indus
southern and the Amoor of Mandchua the eastern bor
der, it is inadmissibe to fix definite boundary either Of
these sides. In regard to extent two millions and half Of
square miles would be admissible. The whole data would
sustain estimate of five and half millions Of square Eng
sh miles for the entire interior region OF Europe and ASIA
having water communication with the Of the EARTH
ought to be promised that extending the term desert
mean unpfoducve stery, and thus applying to the very
remarkable central region Of Europe aud ASIA would lead to
very conclusions The greatest part Of the Euro
A Of of
and peoPed On the European part christianity and its
compartments prevail, and many millions there, in the
enjoyment OF civilization, with large portion Of its richest
benefits And to these observations may add that in
other point of view is this section remarkable than in
forming the eastern boundary of chrsendom East of the
Caspian sea- on the great interior region, and beyond to
the Pacific ocean, christians strangers To the south
spreads Persia under the provincial Of Khorazin,
Mazanderan, rac Adem Kherman Segestan, and others
still more obscure The space between the Caspian and Ara
seas bears the vague Of Turcomana from that of
ton who for the last six centuries have engraven their
deep on the tablets Of history
With very narrow intervening border along the Arabian
sea- and extending northward from lat 2so to 500 in
other WORDS from approach to the water OF the Indian
ocean, through upwards of fifteen hundred miles to the south
ern border Of Asiac Russia, have vaguely located ue
but real in themselves and coeva with all Of time, the
of which in records provincial names east Of the
Caspian sea- and westward of the Beloor Mountains such
Beochsan Cabul, Hera Great Bucharia Khva, Khokan,
TuRKEsTAN, Badakshan, Khorazn, &C. These countries
and Northern Africa have noushed nations, who have from
time to time ovepowerd the greatly numerous but much
less warke nations of the and western pennsuar
parts Of the continent must be here understood that
though under different names they really only the
and western parts Of the same continent.
would appear, review Of the earth, connected with
the history Of nations that the outer and more less penn
suar deas and banks Of rivers and nsuar pas
congena to the rise, progress and civilization of mankind
and, in Brief to the perpetuiy Of human society China
and japan the EASTERN and all Europe the western side
Of the continent afford strong data to sustain the
theory These great sections were, all historical times
first peoped they the first and most enduring theatres
which social and intellectual life have gained and preserved
their most bene6cent and enduring pre-eminence.
Were man, to appear with the requisite requirements Of
mparay, grasp thought knowledge Of and proper e
Of the grandeur of the subject in all it's detais-pecu
MARY MEANS and powers of patient investigation with those
Of physical endurance and who would apply all his
work dedicated 10 the geography and national history Of
the central regions Europe and Asawere these views
realized, mankind would have given to them the most nap
precaby valuable yet to be bestowed by genius
human reason. WILLIAM DARBY.
WASHINGTON, JULr 8, 1851.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE New HAVEN RAILRoAD.-An
accident occurred the New Haven railroad Wednesday
afternoon which resulted in the serious injury Of number
of persons, although fortunately lives lost The
three o'clock accommodation train from New York, consist
of had within about of