Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-10-27
ErFEcr OF WAR BsTwEEs ENGLAND

EpFEcr ORA WAR BsTwEEs ENGLAND
sNo Russia. One ofthe first incidents
in d war between England and RUSSIA
would be the extension of Srhish pow
sr over The Northwest portion of our
Caninent. IL ID no " occupied by rus
Sid chiefly as iur colony, from which
large amount Of this valuable mate
rial is annually taken aud exported 10
China. where il is used in exchange Tor
teas, silks, porceains, and few other
articles. The Russian establishment
on our Northwestern coasts are larger
md more important than are generally
supposed. New Archangel, the CAPT
tai, has about thousand Russians,
besides the ncighboring hamlcis of ma
i've Indians. Olher settlements up and
40 wn that coast number two, three, aud
four hundred Russians. The coasliny
trade is considerable, extending down
TO Oregon and California in one dircc-
Iioa and up to Behring's Straits in The
other. Their vessels trade regularly ~
the Sandwich Islands, and every year
several ships pass TO and fro between
Okotsk in Asia and the different Rus
sian American stations They also
Keep up a trade with china and the js-
lands directly on the moth Of Japan,
where they often touch, and TO which Il
naval expedllcn similar to THAI Of the
United States has lately been sent.
Formerly they had serious collisions
whh the Japanese about the possession
Of some CT those Northern Islands aud
It was finally settled tha, Ooroop should
he the boundary between them Evil
denily Russia has large designs and
expectations IN that part OF the world
Her dockyards on the Northwest Amer
lean coast annually launch number OF
valuable vessels, both sailing and
steaming and an American machiniSt
and engineer, Mr.. Moore, was engaged
there several years in instructlng the
young Russians how TO build steam
engines and steaming vessels Wheth-
er he ID there now we have not recent
iy heard. Certain il is that those
steamers were found remarkably scrr
vlceable as coasters; for the coast is
studded Tor some distance out with "A
deuce archipelago oflarge hi-! -!h islands,
whose intricate channels were often
difficult for sailing vessels. New Arch.
angel itself is situated on one OF these
large islands named Si.ka. The Brit
lsh also have steamers on that coast,
which ply chiefly in the fur business
between Vancouvcr's Island and New
Archa ngel.
In case Of war the great peculariiy
OF all those Russian possessions would
be that they are easily assaiIable by
sea. The British fleets, outnumbcrlng
and mastering the Russian, could with.
out special difficulty land sufficient for
ces there 10 capture every one Of those
possessions anu drive the Russians f ON
The contineut, but from tie Aleu'ean
and kurile islands. nearly all OF which
are more or less settled or frequenied by
Russians. Such an event would not
only sweep the rising Russian pow
er from that quarter Of the globe, but
give large accession TO British
strength and influence in the Pacific
ocean. Her possessions would then ex
tend from Oregon to Behring's Straits,
and across the Northern Pacific, along
the Aleutean and Kurlle Islands, down
TO Japan. All this, added TO her pres
ent Australian coast aud power in the
South, would make the position and in
nuencc Of England on the great Pacific
ocean Tar more important than it now is :.
How all this would affect our own III
terest il is not hard to loresce, and
clearly also our policy in the matter
would be evident. Our policy in such
warlke business between others is
peace for ourselves. This we have
hitherto secured to a remarkable de-.
gree, considering the length OF Or his
tory, and plainly to our very best ad-
vin;age. For the future we trust
we are to be guided not only by
the wise maxims, but by the happy ex-
perlence Of the past. Should the coun
tries we now speak Of change masters
and become British instead Of Russian,
probably our intercourse and our COM
merce with them would he greater and
more beneficial.
In Asia war between England and
Russia would be attended with no I'M
portant effects. Hindostan is 100 secure
and too distant TO be reached by Rus
sla as yet. In Europe the theatre Of
operations would be Oh the Black and
Baltic seas and on their coasts. but to
40 into the probnbe development in
these quarters must require more time
and space than we can al present bes.
tow Journal oil Comm, rec.
SUICIDE. TT Lomas Remington, We'd