The daily union., 1852-11-28

changed in barrier. according Haeksl. the New Eog
land mechanic, IRON whom have bssa quoting for 100
pounds OF that drug shipment OF the return cargo is
thea made in the rude river craft OF ths country and this
100 pounds OF sarsapara. bought with four yards OF
"h-penny bit cotton. when II reaches the Amazon is
worth W IN Nauta. $40 so in Sabatnga. S25 Para.
and $50 at New York Liverpool The voyage has
been long, and tedious and round about one but the
profits are enormous.
Now, If Peru and Brazil instead of forcing commerce
with their interior provinces TO go around {" Robin
Hoods bow 10 get there. woud open ports of entry 10
all nations, and permit them TO the navigation OF the
Amazon the citizens and subjects of Peru and Brazil
instead OF getting four yards OF cotton for their 100
pounds Of sarsaparlla would get three four hundred
yards for il.
1t would be difficult to quote any example s-
kingly illustrative OF the advantages to Peru OF that
''poicy of commerce" which calls for the establishment
of port of entry at the head of navigation the Mar
eon the main trunk OF the Amazon in Peru is called
al Chasula the head OF navigation the Huallaga; al
the head OF navigation on the Ucayali and at Naua,
which is at the junction OF this last with the Amazon.
So Ecuador might establish ports of entry her side
OF the Amazon, at Bara. the navigation be unnter
rupted that far and If Barja belong her and at the
head of navigation of each OF her Amazonian rbu-
aries, the Pasaza. the Napo the Pntomayo. and the
apara though the head OF navigation of the last is per-
haps in New Granada.
Now. any Of these republics should declare such
places free ports 10 all the world or ports of entry TO
the OF all nations peace with them, surely
Brazil would not in this enlightened day. if an Ameri
can Engshman should wish TO wear his own flag
and 60 in his bottom under il trading voyage to
those poris-surey, say Brazil would at this day
attempt to play the part OF Japan and hinder those vessels
from passing by her doors 10 other parts of the world
The Pasaza, | am informed the authority of my
old friend General Vilam, the Secretary of State Of
Ecuador, is navgable nearly up to Quito; and il is well
mo- H.
riferous.
Tabahnga is the frontier post of Brazil on the ANA
zon Thence ascending, we have uninterrupted
gaton along the main trunk of The Amazon, which here
through the northern parts OF Peru, and not lar
from the southern boundary OF Ecuador for the distance
OF five or six hundred miles Thus steamboat may
reach the foot Of the Andes.
Lieutenant Herndon entered the Amazon four hundred
and sixty miles above the Brazilian boundary, and lie
thus describes the river there:
"The Amazon, where it receives the Hualaga, is five
hundred yards broad The march of this great river IN
its silent grandeur sublime but in the untamed might
Of its urbid waters they cut away lis banks, tore
down the gigantic denlzens OF the forests and built up
islands, il was awful 1t rolled through the wilderness
with stately and solemn air Its waters looked angry
suen and relentless, and the whole seem 10 awaken
emotions of and dread. such as caused by the
funeral soemnes, the minute gum the howl OF the wind
and the angry ossings of the waves, when all hands
are called 10 bury the dead in troubled sea-
Though the river not at its full, il reminded me
of our Mississippi at its opmost Hoods The waters are
quite muddy and quite turbd. but the Amazon lacked
the charm and the fascination which the plantation upon
the bank the city upon the bluff and the steamboat upon
the waerlend its fellow OF the North nevertheless
felt pleasure al its sight. had already travelled
hundred miles by wafer, and lanced that this powerful
stream would carry to the But The wa
ter travel was comparatively just begun; many weary
month e eapse ere should again look upon the IA
milar lace of the sea- and many time, whea and
wearied with the life, did exclsim, this river
seems interminabe.'
ats capacities for trade and commerce are inconceva
bly, great lis industrial future is The dazzling, and
to the touch OF steam settlement, aud cultivation, this
Trolling and its magnificent water. shed would start
up 10 display OF industrial results that would make the
valley Of the Amazon Of the enchanting regions
on the face of the earth.
"From its mountains you may dig silver iron, coal, cop
per, quicksilver, zinc, and I'm from the sands OF lis rb
uaries you may wash gold, diamonds, and precious
stones from Its forests you may gather drugs OF virtues
the spices of aroma the most exquisite. gums
and OF the most useful properties dyes of hues the
most brilliant, with cabinet and building woods OF the
finest polish and the most enduring texture. Its climate
is everlasting summer, and It's harvest perennial"
With this enchanting picture, and the hope that Lieut.
Herndoa will soon let have in full the report of his
wonderful voyage down the Amazon close this the an
tepenumate of my numbers. INCA.
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