The daily union., 1852-11-25

his Secretary, in the penude OF their wisdom. had
deemed expedent seek in this matter the advice OF
Lucreia Mott Abbey Folsom any other OF The noto-
rous masculo feminine phanihropisls who nfest some
Of tho northern States Of this Union, the medical faculty
would be the last to carp at such exercise OF his
ecuve preogave, censure the eccentric prsdiIectons
of his excellencv .slaas as MEDICUS
tEss /. -a 81 f].- For the Union.
The Amazon and the Atlantic slopes OF South
America.-NO. A.
Bolivia has but one ea-port on the Pacific That is
Cobia an open roadstead and miserable village, at the
head OF the great desert of Atacama The land trans
poraion between this port and the agricultural districts
OF the republic rough, too tedious and too expen
sive ever to admit OF lis becoming commercial empo
rum. The direction in which Bolivia looks for an out
let TO market for her produce is along her navgable
courses that empty into the Amazon and then
down that to the sea, where the winds and the
currents are such as require that produce TO pass by
our doors.
Bolivia understands this, and her President has
pressed the desire draw closely the bonds
OF friendship, commerce. and navigation which are des-
tined to bind his country to this.
Bolivia, we have seen, owns navgable streams that
are tributary both TO the Amazon and La Plata. The
free air of heaven and the glad waters OF the earth
put here by the Almighty for the welbeng OF mankind
Use without exhaustion is the only condition annexed
by the laws OF the air and water being considered
Have not, therefore, Bolivia and the other nde-
pendent nations that own nsvigable streams empying
into the Amazon the La Plata, but which do not its
mouth, the right 10 follow and TO 'use without exhaus-
lion" each its own nayigable waters 10 the sea And
does the policy of commerce" require the enforce
ment OF that right, 80 far as il concerns any or all OF
these eight upland nations which may wish to trade with
us and the Of tho world through those natural chan
nels and commercial highways
This is one of the questions that propose TO
elder But before showing who II is that by japanese
policy here at doors shutting out from
the finest portions OF The world wish to show that the
free navigation OF the Amazon not abstraction but
that there are ihere in actual existence, all the ee
mens Of profitable large, and growing commerce, and
that therefore the question is one OF practical Importance
will therefore speak OF the productions oil this inter
es,ng-I had almost said cassc-land
In the Puma country OF Bolivia find the llama, the
yicuna, and the alpaca Immense hocks OF sheep feed
in its pastures and lie down upon its hills.
/ NV friend Lieutenant Gibbon, who about two years
ago was sent with Lieutenant Herndon by the Navy De-
par,ment 10 explore the Amazon from its sources TO its
mouth writes that it is woo.growing country; that
immense hocks OF sheep tended there. Indeed, be
says the country is over-popua'ed
Speaking few weeks since with northern manuiac-
turer upon this subject he informed that he had then
Just bought $1,000 worth OF this Puma WOOL which,
instead OF coming down the Amazon IN sight OF which
amos, was clipped, this japanese policy, that keeps
the mouth OF that river closed, bad compelled TO 20
nm into the region Of the clouds, in order that IL might
cross the Andes and reach the free OF the Pacific
lis voyage was then around CAPE Horn 10 Boston.
Chuouisaca or The city OF silver is situated, al
ready stated on the divide" between the Amazon and
The La Plata On one side the waters OF the Pilcamayo
flow south; on the other, those OF the Madeira flow
north on their way to the 'king OF rivers"
Near by Chuquisaca is Potosi Here pass from the
regions of gold and diamonds to those Of quicksilver
4 and silver.
Since the discovery OF the mines Of Poiosi there have
been extracted from them not less than srtten hundred
millions of d,iarst The vein is said 10 be rich
as ever was bat il is not worked for the OF
chanica force such as steam and the facilities OF com
merce alone give.
II is from the Atlantic slopes OF Bolivia that we get
the bark for the manufacture of quinne. The cnehona,
OF the Peruvian bark il is called, gathered there on
those navgable waercourses OF the Atlantic and taken
thence on the backs OF sheep and six hundred mills
across the Andes 10 the Pacific.
/ Two millions dollars worth OF this bark gathered
there the last year Does not this afford commercial
basis sufficient support navigation up the ANA
4 zon 10 Boliva Bolivia has there thrifty and indus
ous population OF million and half, whose
ca wants would be supplied by this route. One Of
her cities lPotos) has been supplied with water a, the
cost OF s300o,O0o to construct the works Can con-
merce with such people be an abstraction The pro.
ductions OF the eastern slopes Of Bolivia thus de-
scribed by Caslelnau:
"The prod uctions OF the country are great variety
Sugar cane which gathered eight months after plant,
ing is the staple of the province OF Cercado. Coffee.
successfully cultivated in this province, well as in that
of Chquto yields fut in two years alter being plant
ed requiring but the slightest The cacao, recently
introduced into these provinces, bears in three
four years at most. The amarind, which succeeds IN
the same localities but especially in the country OF Chi.
| quitos, requires five years.
Cotton yields annual crops: there are two species
l the white and the yellow.
"Tobacco grows, 90 70 speak, without cultivation in
the province OF Vale Grande IN which il ia the principal
article Of trade Indigo, OF which there three eu
ya,ed species and one Wild is equally abundant Mazs-
ripens in three months, without regard TO season. II is
cultivated particularly in the province OF Cecado
" The Cassada produces eight months after planting
There species OF 1.-THE one sweet the other
bitter the former s substitute for the potato and
fer bread itsefhe latter serves only TO make starch.
There are many varieties or species OF bananas which
produce year after planting. They cultivated
pecially in the province Of Cercado Two species Of
Irieewhite and redare cultivated, both IN the province
oi Cercado and Chqutos yielding crops every FIVE or ak