The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-22

burning sensation In the mouth that bitterly repented
having tasted IT,
In the province are gathered in great abundance aap
qiunquna bark, sarssparla Vanilla roueou copahu pe-
oacuanha, caoutchoue, copal. &c.
Dye woods. cabinetwoods, and building timber
abound The Inhabitants gather with great quant
Ties OF gums, roots and barks which they attribute med
eioai virtues OF every kind At several points in the de-
panment, especially in the provinces Of Vale Gnde and
CofdieIa found iron, and OF mercury Gold Is
found Ia the province OF Ceroado, the Pueblo de San
Aasia Mines OF silver worked in the mountains Of
Cochus by the Jesu Don Sebastian Raneos, whilst he
was governor Of Chquitos announced the government
that diamonds of very hne water had been found ia The
brooks about Santa Corazon."
Two officers of our navy (LieutenaHts Herndon and
Gibbon) have been despatched exploring expedl-
ton down the valley OF The Amazon. One of these
Lieutenant Hemdon. has returned and will venture
the prediction that his report (now in the hands OF The
public prnteD will fully sustain the apparently exrava-
CANT accounts of other writer's
Now this magnificent region lies just at our door
The scientific deductions of Lieutenant Maury have es.
tabIshed the following proposition
the Atlantic ports of the United States the half
way stations between the mouth OF the Amazon and all the
markets of the earth The trade winds and the great equa
toal al the Atlantic have placed the commercial
mouth OF Amazon in the Florida pass, where they have
placed that of the Mississippi These two magnificent
rivers unite leet, and pour their wealth along
shores"
Why is it. then, that the enterprise OF American com
has failed TO penetrate into these fertile regions
the valleys OF the Amazon and la Plata-and TO harvest
something of their aboandng wealth In pursuit Of
new adventures, the American merchant shrnks not
from the obstacles Of Nature; but the barriers erected
by the stupid ignorance and tyranny OF man more
formidable and insurmountable The navigation Of the
Am azon and Ia Plata has been under the control OF
blind and selfish despotism, which shrinks from the
contact of commerce from the enemy that is to
break the spell OF its power, and to set free the
victims of its oppression Franca, the tyrant of Pa.
raguay, and Rosas, the dictator of the Argentine
public. put an embargo on the navigation of the La
Plata and its tributaries, while the Emperor OF Brazil
blocked up the mouth of the Amazon Thus have the
resources of the rich valleys of South America been de-
caying and wasting under the evil influence of Japan
ese policy But the dragon that guards the is
not nvinclble. The fall of Rosas has thrown open the
waters of La Plata the indignant sentiment of the civ
zed world will raise the blockade of the Amazon
The wealth of continent must not be boarded the
most productive region of the earth be closed
against the and enjoyment of man. The harvest must
be gathered. The desire OF commerce longer be
baked The time is at hand when American enterprise
will break down the barriers which doom the arest spot,
of creation solitude and nutiliy and invite the world
participate in the enjoyment of the choicest bounes Of
Nature and to aid in reducing the service of man an
unpsopled wilderness and waste OF wealth The first
step is already taken the consummation will speedily
follow In the New York Courier and Enquirer of the
10th we read
Something will under this days sun. A
steamer will leave with clearance for the
public OF Paraguay destination yet had by
sell sailing from North American En- Topean port She
goes for the purpose Of carrying regular trade the
Rio de la Plata aad the Paraguay river. between Monte
video and Assumption distance OF eleven hundred miles,
yet uversed by craft of any description She
will perform regular monthly trip between the cities,
carrying passengers and freight, and will be the
opening commercial commun isation-which has
yet exstedwith all the tbutaes oil the Rio de Ia Plata,
comprising Of three hundred thousand square
leagues Of territory, rich in articles of commercial
change. The FL Paraguay by has been fit
ted especially for this service, and sauncher craft than
she now is could hardly be found. She is two hundred
feet in length by wenty-seven in BREADTH and has cyn.
der of orty-eight feet with eleven feet stroke. Her
manding officer Lieutenant s. Badw in of the United
States navy. She takes with her twenty-five passengers
and one hundred and eighty Of COAL but will stop for
further supplies Granada in the Windwafd islands, at
Pernambuco and Montevidso and her running lime
sumpcon will probably be about twentyeight days. In
goes co pleey adapted for her destined service, and
as human sagacy can guaranty success sho has that
guaranty"