Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-10-15


The FATHER OF WATERs.-Ihe vastncss Of
the Mississippi River is thus given by cor
respondent of the News Letter, who writes
from Maiden Rock, Wisconsin.
While look out upon the river, three miles
wide ut this point, my mind seems 10 take In
AZ one grasp the magnitude of the stream.-
From TIE frozen regions of the North TO the
sunny South, it extends some 8, 100 miles, and.
with the Missouri, is 4 500 miles in length, IL
would reach from New York across tho At
lantlc, and extend from France TO Turkey, and
10 the Caspian Sea. Its average depth from
lts source in Lake Itasca, in Minnesota, TO its
delta in the Gulf OF Mexico, is fifty feet, and
Its width half mile. The trapper on the
upper mississippi can take the furs of the ami
mails that inhabit its sources, and exchange
them for the tropical fruits that are gathered
on the banks below. Slaves toll at one end Of
inns great thoroughfare, while the free red men
Of the forest roam at the other end The floods
are more than month in travelling from its
source TO It's delta. The total value OF steam.
srs anoat ON this river and its trit u.aries is
more tnan S6,OOO,OOO, and Numbers as many
US l,oOu-more than twice the entire steam
boat tonnage Of England, and equal to ali othcj
parts OF the Werld. IL drains an area Vi 4 100,
VOO square miles, which is Justly STYLED the
garden OF the world. II receives q Sc ore o
tributaries, tho least Of which are longer thar
the Wanted streams OF mighty empires. II
might furnish natural boundaries Tor all Eurone
and yet leave for every country a river large
than the Seine, 1t engulfs more every yea
than the revenue of many petty kingdoms, ant
rolls volume in whose depths the cathedra
oil ST. Paul could be sunk ont of sight.
oischafges IN one year more water than has
issued from the Tiber in five centuries i
swallows up fifty rivers, which have no name
SSeh oil which arc longer than the Thames
inc auuiiiCn OF the waters Of the Danube
hale 4.
gle reservoir tPepin,) 2,6U0 miles frmn In,
sea, the aayles of the world might safely ridt
AZ anchor. 1t washes the shores of 10 ro,var
tul States, end between its arms lies snorA ~,
20 more. 'i"'' 'O
In the Pennsylvania Legislature, Oh FRIDAY
the Senate passed the bill preyiOusly rnn. y.
ed and matured, in re ference to the susnpnsfn,
and resumption Of the banks. 1t extends m
time for resumption to the second MONDAY i
April, 1858. :
In the House, on Friday, the Committee
Thirteen on the Governors message reporte
relief bill, and were discharged. 1t leeallzr
the suspension until7March LIST, 1861. when n,
banks must resume, and sixty days atteryarf
must pay their deposits. Ii provides ior m
publication OF weekly statements by the bauI
Of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The bill W.
ordered to be printed.
CHKAP CoRN.-The Louisville Courier r.
ports sale OF new corn in that city on Satu
day at 90 cents per bushel, and says in ie
days II will probably be still lower. II al,
reports sales of corn in Oldham county, me-
the railroad, at 20 cents per bushel in tho feel
and rs cents per bushel delivered at Lagrang
Ky.
INVESTING IN VIRdINIA LANDs.-A Danve
correspondent of the Salem (Mass.) Gazet
says that within the last week several sh,
manufacturers in Danvers have made small /
yestments in Virginia lands, purchasing wa
rants for two hundred acres at the ratio
about 81 per acre, aud paying for them
shoes
There is great sugar crop in Cuba, and IL
price is beginning to come down In Havan
In spite of the obstinacy of holders. The dor
must give way.