The Nevada journal., 1854-03-10

: Punch and Judy exhibitions of the pres
: ent performers on our Macquarie stree
boards, we should soon have the whole civ
> lliSed world electrified and delighted at tn
peaceful birth and establishment as wei
as the glorious promise, of one of the might
lest empires of the future on the face of tn
earth.
:, Brother Jonathan Rules the Wov,s.-
The time was, when all nations accorded
7 to Great Britain the privilege to proclaim
, that
Britannia rules the waves,
upon every ocean and every sea, and ir
, almost every portion Of the globe, it has
been the custom for AdmiraIs and Com
manders to assume that
Her home was on the mountain wave,
Her pathway Oh the deep"
I Edmund Burke, one Of the most ilus-
trious statesmen, said of her in his dav,
that the g Sun never sets upon her terri
tories-that her military posts were dotted
around the entire globe, and that their
morning drum beat, following the course
of the sun, sent forth continued strains O.
the martial airs of England. " Recent
events in the maritime struggles of the
principal commercial States of the world,
have led her own statesmen to regard the
| United States as not only being neck and
neck with her in contest for the com
merce of the world but some of them
have had candor enough to acknowledge
that we have outstripped her. A large
portion of her commerce is now carried
on by the clipper ships of Brother Jona-
than. We have beaten her in our sailing
vessels on the ocean, and our steaHers
upon the same element and if we mistake
not, we shall be in a few years, SO far in
advance of her as to be regarded, even by
her own statesmen, as the most successful
and Aourishing commercial power in the
world.
The settlement of California has pro-
duced wonderful changes in the commerce
and navigation of the Pacific. We have
no doubt that in three or four years we
shall have the largest commercial feet of
any nation upon this Ocean. Should the
expedition to Japan under Commodore
Perry prove successful, as we have no
doubt it will, we shall add to our commerce
on this Ocean, q vast amount of trade
which we are not now in possession Of
The Sandwich Islands must soon become
an integral part of the American Union {;
while Australia must In few years be-
come an independent state, whose COM
merce, we shall have, perhaps, as much
control Of as Great Britain. In the mean
time our trade with the numerous islands
of the Pacific, the Indian Archipelago and
the China seas, must be vastly enlarged.
To show what opinion the people of Aus
tralia have of the progress of the United
States in commerce and ship-building, we
copy the following article from a late
number Of the Empire published in Sidney.
In the age of progressiveness, the
great want of the age has been speedy
ard safe communication between distant
countries. 1t has been felt that frequent
intercommunication of ideas and ne ws,
tends to preserve friendly relations with
ather countries, and assists tc open out
enterprise.
"The supremacy Of the seas, and the
commercial ascendency, which is an in
tegral part OF it, must inevitably ret with
that nation whose ships are the feetest,
whose intercourse shall be spread widest
over the world. The Americans have
long been considered terribly aggressive
people, but it would be we'll for those con-
cerned to look at her commercial agrees
iveness.
"Ever since the discovery of the Cali
fornia treasure, and the addition Of the
Eureka State to the Union, she has beer
building the largest, feetest, and the no.
blest ships in the world; already she has
secured, by means of her crack clippers,
large trade with China, and now enjoys a
considerable share of the carrying trade TO
Europe thence.
"Her ships swarm in the Pacific, her
| flag waves in every sea, and she bids fair
unless we make some gigantic efforts, to
assume the position of the first maritime
state of the world. The late triumph Of
the yacht America has opened the eyes of
our chief builders at home, to the super lor
skill evinced by the Americans in ship
building, and that defea. has produced a
spirit of nautical rivalry which bids fair to
prevent our younger brother from taking
away our commercial sceptre. S r..
| Courier.
A Coop JoKE.-The recent duel BE-
tween two well-known professional gen
tlemen" at +" Mormon Island F" with rifles,
and all that, seems to have been sham
The party represented to have been 'slight
ly wounded /" in the affair is decidedly
waggish character, and the hostile meeting
was got up for the purpose of feigning a
serious result, and thereby getting rid o.
aspreeing gentleman, whose presence there
was irksome. lhe meeting actually tool
place as was represented, but with unshot'
ted double barrel fowling pieces, at thirty
q