Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-25

representation in the Senate. We cannot be accused
OF party feeling IN urging this point and regret The
omission in and the of perseverance in
The other. Ii should be decided at once whether our
Government is liable, from the operations Of our sys
tenn, to present incomplete and dsionted features in
its organization, that the remedy may be at once ap
Piled Commercial.
The Navigation of the Amazon and Plata
Rivers.
The Washington Union OF Thursday morning fur
nIshes the following interesting, as well important
information in relation to recent events that will throw
open 10 the commerce of our country an immense and
fertile region of South America:
The last arrival from South America brings us the
gratifying intelligence that BeZu, the heightened
President OF Bolivia by decree of January 27;h 1853
has thrown open all the Bolivian tributaries of the
Amaze n and La Plata that are navigahle 10 the com
meIce of the world, and offered reward of len thou
sand dollars 10 the of the first steamer that
shall reach any Of these tributaries either by the
La PLATA or the Amazon.
Lieut. Gbbon, who was sent out about two vpars
ago with Lieut. tIerndon, United States Navy TO ex-
plore the Amazon from It's to lis mouth has
just arrived. We have had The pleasure of convers-
ing with hIm upon the subj ect Of this most interest
ing expedition.
are thus thrown open TO the commerce of all nations
and describes hat whole reg ion of the most
beautiful, productive, and finest countries on the face
OF the earth. In his opinion there now materi-
DIS eHouSh tHeTe 10 give rise 10 commerce OF several
millions OF dollars year, and that a commerce of
this value would spring mp the moment free transit
ls secured for it up and down the Amazon, through
the territories of Brazil.
Considering the large space which that region of
country has of late been made TO occupy in the public
mind in this hemisphere by the publication of the
& Inca" and other papers with regard to it, by The
cent exploration of it by officers of the American Ma
wy we regard this action of the Bolivian government
as subject of public congrauation.
From this Decree we think will commence new
| era for the Spanish republics Of South America
The revolution which the free navigation of the
Amazon and lis tributaries and of the La Plata and
lis tributaries is TO make in the commerce Of those
republics will be greater than that which the COM
merce of Europe underwent in consequence of the
passage OF EaSCO de Cana around the Cape of Good
| Hope.
Lieutenant Gbbon has, he informs u.s. list Of TO-
600 abandoned silver mines in that country, many of
them upon this shed. The silver ore has been
taken from the veins until the miners reached the
ter, and them for the want of the of drainage,
most of these mines have been abandoned.
/ The machinery heretofore used in the drainage OF
those mines was on y such, readers should bear
in mind, could be transported upon the backs of
mules from the seashOre across the Andes With the
Amazon open, it may be taken by almost 10 the
very spot where is wanting, and of tn en-
with the ability to procure larger machinery, this de-
cree may be expected 10 give new impulse 10 the
working OF the silver mines of Potos and elsewhere
The Eureka Observation-Disclosures If True.
We have received, says the San Francisco Herald
Il communication descr ptve Of this remarkable stone
which was found within two miles of Columbia in
Tuolumne county 1t is 10 be exhibited in Stockton
and this city for shert time previous TO the departure
of the owner for New York. Our correspondent IN
fo that il has been carefully and scientifically
tested by Dr. F. Banks, graduate of the Medica
University of Louisiana. who pronounces il, beyonc
all doubt, TO be diamond of very quality 1t Is
said to be larger than the crown diamond of Eng enc
which is valued al ten mIIliOns'of dollars. We are
informed, by gentleman who has seen it, that II Il
about the size of pigeons egg but 1t 49, OF course
Still in the rough. Should this turn out to be true III
value will be enormous and new source of houndies
wealth open 10 our miners for this Of course cannot
be the only stone of the kind in the country Dia
mond mines are as well defined rs gold mines.
INTERESTING ExpED1T1oN-The New York Cou
rer of Saturday says:
Something new will occur under this days -
A steamer will leave waters with clearance TO
the Re public of Paraguay, destination never We
had by any vessel sailing from any North American
or European port She goes for the purpose of car
ryng on a regular trade the Rio de Ia Plata an
Paraguay River. between MontevideO and Assenclon
distance of eleven hundred miles, never yet traVer
!, sed by II steam craft of any dcscrip ton. She Wi
e perform regular monthly trip between the tw
cities, carrying passengers and freight and Will b
: the means of opening commercial communicate
: which has yet existed-w!th all the trlou
taries of the RIO de la Plata, comprising an exten
of three hundred thousand square leagues of terrific
q rv, rich in articles of commercial exchange Ih
steamer EI Paraguay by name has been fitted cSrf
. calv for this service and sauncher craft than sh
: now is could hardly be found. She is two hundre
feet in length bv twenty seven in breadth, ana n"
cylinder of forty ght feet. with eleven feet stroke
II Her commanding officer is 1t. A S. Baldwin, OF tn
u S. Navy She takes with her 25 passengers an
j. 1870 tons Of coal but will stop for further supple
" at Grenada, in the Windward Islands at Pernamo'
e co. and at Montevdeo and her running time to AZ
d sencion will probably be about twenty-cight day
J. In every respect both in construction and equip
o ment, she goes completely adapted for her destIne
J. service and so far human sagaclty can g"aran'
= success, she has that guaranty. -. !,
u We take pleasure in saying that the credit OF II
expedition which starts to-day under such tavorab
l. auspices is due almost entirely to Edward A Ho
y kins ESQ the U. s. Consul for Paraguay.
IS The Philadelphia Bulletin of Thursday relates tt
y following:
81 THE ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.-John Aspden' who
sudden death on Monday was noticed in our column
"a to be buried this afternoon. MIR. Aspen was OF
m of the English claimants of the immense estate lie
nv Matthias Aspden. Before the case was decide
nv the Sunreme Court in favor of the Amerlc;
heirs the latter proposed the deceased to compr
ms mise the matter and offered to pay him the sum
r. S25OOOO to relinqush his claim this ne re1nseu
in do and the decision of the Court cut him Oh VIII
a, out farthiag. On Monday morning the estate "
Ike divided between the heirs at law, and almost IN
same moment John Aspden fell dead, at a tavern
ed Carriers Alley cf disease of the heart supposed
have been induced by disappointment and morunc
t;or At the time of his death his pockets contain
a. solitary cent his entire fortune To-day I
ho man who might have been the possessor OF quar-
&; IF million of dollars, will be borne to hs gra
as from an obscure part OF Inc cls!rlc' u