, 1854-10-14

agents of Alvarez here are fitting out the
steamer Ben Franklin with cannon and am
unti0n to capture the war steamer fitting
out by Santa Anna, to convey the money
/ paid by our government under the recent
treaty with Mexico. Both steamers are
manned by Americans.
BY the receipt of St Louis papers this
evening, we have RECEIVED later dates from
Santa Fe.
Governor Young had concluded terms
with all the chiefs Of the Utahs, Walker
being at the head.
The health Of the country was excellent.
There had been an abundance of rain and
the harvesting was very fine.
Upward Of one hundred and fifty thou
sand head of cattle were driven this season
to California from the plains also, mum.
hers Of fine horses and mules, and large
ilocks of sheep.
Upwards of four thousand souls had ar
rived at Salt Lake City this season, and the
emigration hence to California had been
very light.
10 the eastward of Fort Kearney, vege-
tation had been destroyed by the drouth.
Santa Fee dates of August lst had
reached Independence, but nothing of in
tcrest had transpired.
! The country east Of Arkansas River was
parched with drouth. Beyond it the rains
had been abundant.
The crops in New Mexico were unusual
| ly good.
! There had been no trouble with the In
dians lately.
First Great Conquest OF the
Allies.
The vulgar adage of great cry and lit
| tie wooP seems thus far to sum up pretty
accurately the results Of the Anglo-F French
operations in the Baltic and Black Seas"
The cost of the fleece is, we must say, la
mentally disproportioned TO the returns.
The glory won will, however, make up for
the absence Of more solid advantages. The
Russian fleet, it is true, still lies safely en-
sconced behind the granite Notifications Of
Sebastopol, and the submarine batteries al
Cropstadt have as yet only astonished the
piscine inhabitants of its waters What OF
thatI There is time for everything; and
the allies like to play their great cards
first. What are the invasion of the Cri-
mca and the destruction of the outworks
Of st. Petersburg compared with the
coupe de force which has just shed so much
lustre on the arms of the coalition? The
Car and old Nesserode are no doubt by
this time Shivering in their shoes. The
doom of the Muscovite empire is sealed
for Bomarsund has surrendered!
We knew full well, notwithstanding the
impatience manifested by the radical por-
tion Of the English press, that Sir Charles
Napier could not have been all this time
idly beating about the Baltic, and scratch
ing his old shock wig, without hitting upon
some bright idea to retrieve his damaged
reputation. As procrastination is in the
eyes of the gallant old tar nearly equiva-
lent to dishonor, we expected that he
would make up for the time lost by some
brilliant achievment, eclipsing the glory of
his former feais. We have not been disap-
pointed. He has not, to be sure, cut out
the Russian feet at Cronstadt, nor blown
up the forlillcations Of Sweaborg, nor sent
Revel to the devil He has done much
more glorious thing-he has taken Bomar-
Sundl
But few Of our readers are probably
aware of the strategetical advantages Of
Bomarsund. If they were, they would at
once appreciate the Importance to the al
lies of this acquisition. We would en-
tighten them on the subject IL we could
but as We cannot, they must take the thing
for granted. They may rest assured how
ever, that the old hero Of Beyroot would
not have spent months meditating over the
enterprise il there was not something to be !
gained by it, Besides The advantage Of its
forming a sort of sentry box to the Gulf Of
Finland, Bomarsund is situated in first |
rate agricultural district. Now, We should
be sorry to insinuate that the admiral's
well known penchant for the pursuits Of
the farm yard had any influence in direct
ing his attention to this enterprise. He
may love cabbages well, but he loves his
duty better. A little Alland farm would
no doubt offer an agreeable occasional di-
versfcation of a long watch and ward in
the Baltic; but We are certain that such
an idea never entered his head. No, he |
took Bomarsund for the simplest Of all
possible reasons--namely, because it was
the only place takeable.
A fine tenOble position will Bomarsund
be in a polar winter When the straits of
Alandshaf on the one side, and those of
Watuskiftet on the other, are closed up by
ice, morning calls can be alternately ex-
changed with the Fins and Swedes-sup-
posing the Fins and Swedes to be in Wis
iting humor. The Gar himself may even
be tempted to drive across in his sledge to
see how his visitors are enjoying their
health under the rigors Of polar tempera-
turc. If he does not carry his politeness
to the extreme of insisting upon the Brit
ish Admiral and Gen. paraguay d'IIilliers
accompanying him back to st. Petersburg,