The daily union., 1852-11-05
The River plate.

The
The recent measure OF the Buenos Ayrean govern
ment throwing open the river Plate ana us giea' uDu
aries 10 The commerce OF the world, promises 10 be OF
importance to the interests OF trade IN general IRON The
extent and character OF the regions which wi no" DC
accessible. A Buenos AyTes letter OF September !,
speaking OF this event, says
:. But the crowning measure is decree, published
YESTERDAY Matchmaking our foreign custom houses open
ing the rivers Plate, Parana, and Uruguay 10 all ioeeh
flags from and after the lst OF October next es'aOlsh
ing branch custom houses Tor the despatch OF ioIesn
vessels at the Salado and Bahia Blanca 10 The SCUM OF
this province, at Concepelon Uruguay and al the nos
sario Paana, Getty OIL and CorIienles, IN the river
rama Vessels ascending these MYERS must no' DC ieoS -
than 100 tons register and must touch al the isidhu
Martin Garcia where the expenses are hAeu at 'e,y
moderate rate. Besides this depose is PROVIDED ~ ,ns
custom houses of Buenos Ayes ior eN1 ioh"s iii ,ho o
liquors in wood and for eighteen months ioi an oe,
ancles OF merchandise This places us on iooupg OF
equality with Monteyideo. and u peace anu oiuei ale
maintained we may expect RAPID extension OF our
i ed that the National Congress will assem-
be early in this month"; and appearances at present are
ali in favor OF successful issue. IL rs tae that con-
siderable proportion OF ke Buenos Ayrean community
continues Disconnected and suky but there IS no uenS
iog resisting the positive reforms brought
and with the ecia OF liberal constitution Tor ihe IepuDc,
we consider the triumph OF General UIquiza almost GER
tain. ~ sp,
BY the recognition OF the Independence OF Paraguay,
and the voluntary opening OF the interior rivers 10 al
foreign flags, the objects OF the English and french mis-
sons completely anticipated II - probable lha 81,
Charles Holham may shortly proceed 70 PARAGUAY, anu
we can ioesee difficulty in amicaby setllng al me
pending or projected negotiations In short our hopes
Of pacific and permanent organization are now san
gune. God grant they may not be DISAPPOINTED! !!
The important light in which the opening OF The nver
Plate is viewed in England is indicated in the following
extracts from an editorial on the subject in the London
News of October ls:
The importance of the decree of Urquza can hardly
be ovcraled II literally fulhls the original design OF the
Spaniads in first ascending the Plate, which was to find
nd Starr putp IN hp
cic than the voyage round Cape Horn and Will grad
uay open up and vast countries TO European com.
merce European settlement and European CIVILIZATION
II is, indeed impossible TO glance at the map without
being strnck al the manifest Importance OF the flae IN
commercial point of view. Along coast OF 1000 miles
il is the only of communicating with all those vasi
regions in me interior bounded by Brazil the east, and
by the Andes The west II is the highway to the Ban
da Oriental 10 all the provinces OF The Argentine Coned-
Grafton, Paraguay, the State of Bolivia and to
great part of Peru All these fine countries are waered
and drained by host OF streams which, gradually uni
ting, at last flow into the Parana and the Uruguay and
they their confluence above the island OF Martin Gar
cia form the great estuary known the Plata Hitherto
these upper streams amor or less navgable, and rival
ling the Mississippi and Missouri IN extent, have peen
closed foreign shipping, and native shipping on them
there is little or none The ordinary traffic OF the coun-
tries they water is still carried by caravans or in
troops and great the cost OF this mode OF travel,
that Sir Woodbine Parish calculates the expense OF four
teen wagons going from Buenos Ayres 10 Saa and back
less than f 0oo and the time occupied in the jour
ney al from ten 10 twelve months.
1t the policy OF Rosas with view to the aggran-
dizement of himself aud Buenos Ayres, 10 keep these
upper rivers closed Ufquza, however, with wiser IN.
stlnc,s has reversed that policy and thrown them open
to all the world and gradually may anticipate having
steam navigation penetrating 10 Paraguay-perhaps even
ascending by the VormeIo or the Pcomayo INTO BOLIVIA
for ii is by CATION only that full advantage can
be taken of this decree and OF The treaty which Uiquza
has formed with Paraguay, No doubt there are at times
serious difficulties and obsructions IN the navigation ol
the Parana TO Correntes, where receives the Tyer
Paraguay, but none so serious as may not be safely
ncountefed and overcome The British steamer Alecto,
OF Two hundred horse power, and eight hundred tons
burden under favorable circumstances made the voyage
IRON Montevideo 10 Correntes and back, full 1000
miles, in thirty nine days But floating on the Par
aguay, there is uninterrupted inland navigation
through nearly nineteen degrees OF latitude mud
bottom, without a rock or stone to impede the pas
sage.
Already our trade with these countries considerable
though carried by the costly Intervention OF Buenos
Ayres and Montevideo. With the exception OF Chile,
the Plate is the most valuable market opened
10 by the emancipation OF The Spanish colonies and
when il recollected that during the last twenty four
years the Plate has been subjected 10 no less than three
bockades-each lasting nearly three years, and more
than eight in ait is matter rather of surprise than
any other feeling that exports thither should reach
million annually. Under the influence oil free navlga
ton and moderate import duties, II can hardly be doubted
that they will go on gradually increasing
AT present, however, 1t must be recoeced by our mer
chants that the population OF these countries is not great
and the probability is that since Their emancipation IRON
the Spanish il has seriously declined IN the upper
States Of the Argentine Confederation But The tendency
OF UTquiza's policy is 10 attract immigration from the
southern countries OF Europe lheTe has long been a
disposition the part of the Basque provinces OF Spain
send hther their surplus population, and to the op
pressed people OF Italy the plains OF the Argentine Con.
federation may yet furnish and happier homes. With
peace and tranquility, too, population will soon recover
itself, even without such additions.
New and great prospects are, clear opening on
these couniries-popects TO which England especially
has deep interest in giving every encouragement not,
however, by medding 10. and making and marrng, their
domestic concerns, but by following The wiser example
by Brandgyng substantial evidence OF her desire 10
them fouushng and prosperous, whilst letting them
md hN fheir