The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-12

On said amount ler annGm il - ~ III
road is well managed. which, az r.
peuses raves forty 1--WE per cent Ok lts
but in this case, suppose enc halt oftae eargs are
saved, and can be counted clear prcht: 70 clear
profit oil $500 600 TO pay the interest,". business
must have 10 be done 70 twice that amonn., or sdd
OOOOCO pcr year Can q community OK oooo0o
so5is in the Pacific 90 an overland business the
very cost Of transporting which would exceed slti
600 eco? The foreign imports OF Iahtornia, py
land and ST in ls55, amounted 20 only p sol5i9;
The foreign exports 10 ~ 22i $685. total sl4iIo aio
81 eco ehl OF this consisted oil foreign produ which
Was sert TO other countries. IT. then, the entire va
iue Of the foreign commerce OF CALIFORNIA Is only
4oCc Geo. what was The price psaa o I9r carrying
goods If that commerce had consisted
wholly Of iron, beef, pork, -four and naval
stores, the cost OF ireighting It hither
and thiher would have been one-tenth Of the value
Of the articles carrei-say 81 100000. Had : con,
gistea OF blandy, it would have cut off s350,oOo; u
cloths, cotton OF silks, the freight woaid have
mounted 10 srah sum. hut the insigniacan'
ant of the commerce II the United States l. con-
eyed upon railroads; the great body OF it Is done
pom the ocean, the lakes, rivers, cenaL plank and
rayel roads. The sl4 eco 600 OF California com
Eelce for 1885, did not exceed probably IL 100000
opposing ,at The treignts in domestic goods to snd
r M California by shippers from the Atland: ports
I the United States, amounted TO teree lnunons,
he aggregate freghts cared would be bas iolr
four and a half Millions OF dol!sfs. Add
| to this the fares for all passengers 80 AMI
! frcn California, by sea and land, during
Re lest year the rgregste income from passengers
and freight tive high rates assumed nieit amoont
to five or six mishuns OF dollars. But small Dor
ton az this trade cosid be tsKen away som snip
pers sla even ii i could IT would hui go part way
10 support one raiiroa1 instead OF mar anhgSaeee'
a. is recommended by the majority Ell the CO malt
I tee.
TIE majority # ahe committee profess to believe
that larfe portion q The productions OF Edia ana
! Chsaa would reach the Uni,eo States by the coz
| tecipated railroad route. This Is fsI 4yous. 1t
vii cost as nuch 70 btinga ton o. mer ;nandse fr'n
Canton talcafta to san Franssco, as 70 oring II
< the lantic; and the expense OF bringing y ffom
| California TO Ney York b. rslroad would u at
hast three tzres as much IS the profit eX
ecot,d BY Ire merchant upon The Whole
vo,ege, as aow carried on. When raer-
.-handse can - conveyed ircH China, lro,l the
East lndes 10 New York am Boston, for sl2 80
yer ton, dis eG, is il 70 be SUPPOSED that sad mer
cbGncse VIII be sent from Cana and ladta ae Cali
lulDia, 10 be overland To New York az cost OF
$40 20 per ton? One railroad built as urged by
the majority, woulo require e. keep It IN Turning
oTcey, aud psy only simple interest upon hsst cost,
annual earai3gs to an amount Of not less than
s3S ,6C0oG0. II two such railroads should be built,
tie earnings would have3o reach SCI 100000; Ii
three. S00. s00, Goa sum OF Loney greSter, pro
taoly, than4s yearly earned by all the Skipping of
I all the oceans of the world.
! After showing the inpracdcability of the
/ proposed pan, Mr. K1sel inquiries whether
/ Congress he's the constitutional Authority con-
railroads or canals for the and coayeaenees Of
tie people? This power, he has satisfied himself,
tie constitution does not give TO Congress, by mpii
cation or otherwise. The ABOVE IS but very inper-
feet sketch Of the admirable report Of Mr. kdwell,
Just presented 10 Congress, on the important subject
OF railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Strong
efforts have been made to gss The subject cited upon
ahis session but there is hardly hope for it now as
Copg,ess has only about seven working days left.
MI. Van6ercil;s bill for carrying the mails is laid
b. for the session. The Senate was nearly u1ani
in refusing t. consider Il. IL is almost certain
that an effort Uan be made TO extend the Congress
fo- another week. The amount of business before it
Low, with It's Importance, woIld justify this exten
so1, il membeFS wo1ld not Use the time for buncomb
poS ieal speech-iaaking.
WAsHINGTcfr, August Ie, 1856
The Apgio Fyeach Alliance and its PTessa. Pros
peo.s-Spo,n, tie Iouchstonc2f its Peymcnence-
Gssat Britain playfng the gated States and
Cr5a agciast LAl;s Napoleox,s Spanish Projects
The Business before Ccngrsss, &c., &c.
There being little donbt, from the character
Ct the news lately received, that England is trying
10 checkTate Napoleon in his deGigns upon Spain,
the question Of the alliance conass up, and curl
osity aroused to know what has become Of It, aud
whether, under the present state OF things, II still
exists. Napoleon and Clarendon beth announced
that the allia,ce was entered into fo- the haaeas
and harmony among othec fhings-of Europe and
Eoropean sovs<uuients, ard that the 80 nations
wocd consult and act together for that END. Query:
Is TIC policy Of Trance in Spain just IN unison
with the wishes Of England? and has France Eng
land's approval fox what she is nov doing In her
at.emp. to overthrow the QueeLs government and
establish In It's stead : Napoleoaic dynasty. The
confidence expressed by Lord Palmerston, that
Napoleon would 10 nothing 10 mar the harmony ex-
lsljng between the two governments by armed
interference in the affairs OF Spaia, is all
very we'll as far az il goes; bot the premier omitted
10 acquaint Parliament that such interference had
tirfr.n taIh har NM
nert ar that i had already advised spain, ont OF
rnse disin,erestei enship, 10 dispose # the Island
Of Cuba to he United States, as means TO maintain
hsr government ard throne. Napoleon, on learning
this fact will have sufficient sagacity TO that his
old ally Is not only separated IRON him, or about 10
do so, lat that she ~ playing against him aud his
gurle both Spain and the United states in advising
The sale Of Cuba TO the latter Power.
SbCnld the Queen consent 10 open negotiations FOR
the sale Of Cuba with the United States II Il certain
that Napoleon viii oppose the movement, and this
fefSre he got through with it, than his pre-
sent design upon Spain. The fact, however, is
undoubted that England has made such pro-
possls 70 Spain, and will sustain her, should
sLe wish TO open negotiations with the United
States upon the subject 81 the sale. This affair, In
,be end promises difficulties 70 England and France
which might have been avoided IL France had not
designedly made the attempt to get the upper hand
Of her ncightor and rival, In her steaithy designs
upon spain.
Thus ends tic bosfted alliance which was to con-
o Europe and cut into pecemcal the United states.
There arc many important bills before the House
thai viii have 10 he passed FOR want OF time TO
act uIon them. The whole Of the coming week will
be tatenu in voting appopriations-at least 80 Il Is
supposed. The appropriations for this District have
been voted with readiness, and the Amoant il unu-
sually large Congress, judging FROM the past, has
Gully TO be applied to by certain classes In this neigh
bofhood fof money for improvements and u is sare
to be forthcoming. These men are mainly specaa
ors and the money spent s for the improvement OF
their property much il is for the beEeit OF the
pistlict.