American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-04-08
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The mississippi orihe Eastern rchttaent.S
The batfeFin,, down Of the walls Of Cln
ton by The Engllshs aud French. aud the
peaceful entrance into J,pan'bya American
ofioials, opens the portals of The Etst ito
the Inspection of, the world. and our eyes
are already daE6le9 at,fAs prospect fox = q
full development Of what has beeu-metsfy
stuats- HHmsrci4l;enieFprise in the North
Paci6c. In this connection shoufIf be no.
tel thp-lAte explorations ofthe Amoor ris-
er by ur. Collins. who cOmmwicates "a
very Interesting document upon the sui
isetto The New York Evening Posi-. Mr..
Coihus. OF California, isthe first American
who ever visited The Amoor. over which
he roWed. \ salad and iiSated twtnty-six
hundred miles: .
The AniooF river bears the same relation
to Central aud Southern Asia that The s.;
LSwrencs bears to the United States. AMI
has as many miles Of nayagable waters as
that river, together with all its tributary
great lakes. Mr. Collins crossed the whole
Of EaFope aud Asia. distance Of over IT,
900 miles. going half that distance from
Moscow TO IrkouIsk. the capital of Eastern
Sibera ina Sleigh drawn by post horses
and under the special aid and protection
.of the Governor General OF Eastern Sibe,
ria In the spring Of 1857 he set "ut FOR
lrkoutsk to cross the Stannoyoy mountains
the norlhernUost cfsthe two great chains
which traverse Asia from east 10 west, and
which divides the P.ci6a waters from
those which fall into the Northern ocean.
The Amoor river has current similar
to the Mississippi. and in many respects is
like that river. II is susceptible OF ship
navigation 1000 miles and steamboat navi.
cation 1000 miles. II emiies,o into the
Strait Of Tartar, about So deg, N. L and
about a thousand miles from llakodadi.
Japan. From the Amoor steamer would
TanfIo Shanghai in seven days, TO Canton
ln-nine days. and to San francisco in
eighteen days. Up this river, s)me two
Thousand miles. is country which is sup
posed 10 be subject to China, but at itt
mouth and alcng its course Russia holds
sway. The countries tributary TO tbs
Amoor have population Of about 10000
600. The upper portion Of t e Amoor is
mountainous, with plenty Of land sus
cepHhe OF cultivation: the middle portion
is oceSFied by vast plains susceptible oi
cultivation. and the portion next the sea is
mouutsaeous aud Heavily timbsred, but
cold snd not favorable 10 cultivation
The timber along the river is valuable; the
country produces grasses. grains. &c,
sastls. horses. sheep, goats are plenty. and
wild game valuable for furs an skins a
bound 10 the forests.
This river affords the only practical out
let for SiDenia. and by it. that country car
become a valuable auxiliary to the nations
of the earth. Particular facilities wer,
granted by The Rassian Government t'
Mr.. Collins ieE visiting Eastern Siberia
and an escort gave him. The Russian,
are particularly friendly with the Ameri
cans and disposed to encourage the Amer
isan enterprise on the Amoor. Al lh,
mouth OF the Amoor are already fou
American commercial houses, and tn
trade is so nsider 'hle. Mr.. Collins will
communicate the information gained b,
him TO our Government. :. fra