The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-16
From the N. 0. Picayune
PROGRESS OF RUSSIA.

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But far less re da'kable was it recognized b
Other nations in continental politics, than tn
progress which it has since made in all tha
constitutes the greatness of people.
Success has marked its career for two hun
lred years. No sooner had its struggle
wlfh Ii humans and Tailars ceased and i
emerged from the obscure cloud in which i
had been, up Ia that period, enveIoped thar
it began to be felt by all the Western States
The conquest of the Azof, the verthrow o
he Swedish monarch on the field Of Pu
.own, the bloody wars wi Turkey leading
on ;he triumph OF Ockzakow, Of IsmaiI, anC
If Adranopie seizure OF Georgia, the
acquisition OF WaIlachla and Moldavia, the
partition of Poland the suljugaIion of Llth
uania aud Finland, and that brilliant cam,
paign terminating in he occupation Of the
F ench capital have stamped its policy il. in
'leIibe character on the his ory OF The world
Every continental conflict has led to an exten
ON Of terrroIy, and added to its trophies
aud it now stretches its sceptre far over the
Caucasus, sweeps down 10 the foot of Mount
Ararat, aud bpgins to look out from the east
of ASA upon the Pacific.
From the time of Peter the Great, it ha.
r It aced no step made no modification of its
early policy. Steaily, under successive
ulers, it has advanced; as with single pur-
pose, b in1ing the wild tribes Of the great
Aslatic pateaus under its control, pushing
Us sou hern boundary towards The Danube,
building fleets and discplln ng armirso opening
communications between distant provinces,
and developing lis vast resources OF the field,
the forest aud the mine.
war with the combined forces of the
West neither brought exhaustion nor weak
ness. While England and France, amid the
blaze of burning Chinese villages, slowly
made tseir way to an audience OF the Ems
peror of the Flowely Kingdom Russia qui-
etly annexes the fertile region between the
Jablounai Mountains and the Amoo,, and,
placing its outposts within three days march
of Pekln, is enabled to whisper its mandates
in the very ear Of he Chinese Court.
The whole of this gigantic empire now ex-
hlbels the most energetic activity. Railroads,
on scale OF magnitude equal to that requir>
ed 10 connect the Mississippi and the Pacific;
tlufcatiop1 m the Baltic, the Black, the
Caspian, ana the Pacific coas $, uusu. passed
IN strength aud magnitude; canals conuec.-
ting navIgable streams in all parts OF the ma
ton; architectural adornmenls of ITS pencl-
pal cities that have not been eXcelleI since
Tie Caesars welding the tribute Of The world
for the establishment Of Rome; and, at The
same time, the working out Of a socI Il pro-
ben that wonld have conyulsed any othe
people with revolution, are a few Of the
signs of lis present vigor and It's astonishing
progress.
The wiIds Of Siberia regarded by the out
side world as an icy solitude where the mer
ciIess despotIsm of the Gar intiicts unheard
of crueIties on his refractory subjecls, has
lately given up some of its secrets; aud men
are astonished to learn that it is the bode
OF much civilization, of well constituted gov-
ernment, OF enterprise, and OF individual
that its mountains are ribbed
with precious metals and its plains mex
haustess in fertility; that, in the tar interior,
pn the waters of The Baikal and the borders
bt the Cnnese Empue, are extensive iacto-
Iies for the manufacture of arms and gun
powder, of linens and soolens, and wards for
he building of ships, and schools where
even the English language is taught; that
The teleg aph sends its swift message from
he far East to 81. Petersburg, so that for
weeks before news is heard IN Parliament
House from China, what the Czal is willin :
% communicate, is flashed from his capital to
London. A
He who r ads the record of lhe past, ana
knows the iudulnnabe euergF of the Russ
will acknowledge that this patton canuot long
b. shut out form the Pacific. Sixty miles
south Of her newly acquired Aslatic bounds
ry, lies one Of the finest ports in the world
This Russia will soon occupy, in spite of En-
gli-h and Frence diplomacy or armed inter
ventinn, aud commerce, rich beyond present
WI BIZ developed In the Pacific,
rom the opening of the valleys Of the Amool
and the terr o Is OF CHINA and OF J,pan.
The possession OF San francisco by The
United States gave the first impulse to Pa
afc trade. The appearance of Russia as a
great naval and commercial power, through
he Channel of rarlary and The Japan Sea,
will make he prophecy of Hertzen, that be-
weeu the shores of ASIA and North America
lie ocean would ere long. TEEN wth the mer-
,han1 ships of the world, splendid reality.
The bitterness with which the London
Times acknowledged the receipt of China
rews through ST. Petersburg, and lis preteu
led surprise scarcely concealing its indgna
Ion. on learning the dangerous advanI ages
acquired hy the near approach OF Russian
influence to the capitNl of that multitudn>
,us people, indicates that a vision Of the tu.
ure OF Russia, as unexpected as unwecome,
,as been revealed IL finds the giant of the
North, no less now than years age, march
up onwaid, as with the solemn tread of des
inv, to the accomplishment of its great
mission. att4ai 4
The extension Of Russia dominion over
he valleys OF the moor will prove great
,enefit to the United States. That Govern
nent has ever shown spirit Of good fellow
hip towards the American people, Our en-
erprse and commerce are invited to erter its
err tories. How rich field is about to be
pened that has hitherto been closed even to
Individual EXPLORATION. tie brief me.noir of