The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-12-05

There to be great uncertainty to the geograph
ca position Of certain hitherto insignificant places which
have lately become Of great importance to the world Such
especially the with the Of Hers stated by the
British journals bs the frontier of Csba province
situated the of the great river Scnde formerly
the Indus. We have before a map appended to
the quaro edition of the Travels Of Jonas Hanway Brit
sh merchant Of high standing and agent Of what was
known the Russian Company Of London Merchants in
coporaed by act of Parliament in 1888 for the purpose
ofopening trade with Persia through the Caspian
1t entitled "A map OF Persia with the frontier
and the greatest part of Turkey taken from the map
Monsieur De Lsle,D &c Mr. Hanway spent upwards Of
year exploring the Caspian and its borders visited the
camp of Nadir schah the famous usurpe and saw much
Of the interior Of Persia and the reputation of De
LIse geograPher well known the literary and sci
enifc world.
this map is correct Herat so far from being on the
frontier Of Cabu stated in the British journals Is some
eight ten degrees distant Between Cabul and the
province Of Khorasan Of which Herat Is the capital
the entire breadth of the kingdom Of Kandahar nervene
making distance OF some FIVE hundred miles from the
borders Of Cabu the of Hera which is placed by
De LIsls precisely in longitude go degrees east This
brings it ncon,estaby within the limits of the province
Of Khonsn which has always been considered part Of the
kingdom Of Persia
1t true the map Of NJ De LIsle was projected more
than century ago, and great changes may have taken
place since that time in those fractions little States almost
always in anarchy and revolution We know little Of
these except through the medium Of the British press and
Its anonymous correspondents and Great Britain Is too
deeply interested 10 the Of the petty princes Of Asia
to be implicitly depended for the truth Of these rss-
tons In the United States occasionally hear Of them
but they come distant in which We have no
concern and Into whose truth have motive to In
qure As just stated they receive their and color
ing exclusively through the interested medium Of The
British prsss The present Of Hndostan Persia and
generally throughout the East has neither historians
newspsp correspondents place before the world
their side Of the picture and IL they had their language
only known TO few officers and servants Of the East
India Company from whom nothing h to expected but
what sul The views Of that sordid graspng monopoly
These gentlemen hare summary way Of disposing Of the
native princes Of hese obscure and distant regions They
can thcn rebels, and treat them accordingly
II h. however, very possible that Dost Moharmed the
esve o. Great Britain and successor the King Of the
Mosquitoes in the good gruces Of my Lord Pamerstop,
may have extended bis conquests the kingdom Of
kandahar into the province Of Khorasan since The visit
Mr. Hsnvay to Persia But do not remember ever to
have heard read Of such exploit We presume this
second Kouli Khan Is nothing than tool Of the
East India Company to assist in peckng hole in Persia
for the old rat 10 burrow in Por The present Great B-
tain will take him under her protection" and guaranty
the possession Of Hera any other place Il may be des
rabs for her take possession Of at any future period
But We shall doubt Of these days hear that poor
Dost has rebeIled" and gone the way Of all flesh when
the chestnut got out Of the FIRE the caspsw viii take It's
place