Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-21

tlfQe ut for the ifaDsprtaron Of passengers, mails
ana freigh, aud For the proteeioa of coneaerce or
tAe endorsements Of treaties We shall thus establish
a commercial proteetorate over our sister republics
CT this continent
Gen Jerez informally called at the State Depart
ment this morning, bat did not communicate the
object Of his mission. BE is uudoubtly charged
with a special mission perhaps connected with me
Transit route in some way. 1t is hardiy.prooaole
that our RoTernment viii NEEDLE with these oppos
ing interests for the benefit of few sieeaJeetefs
in Wall street Our trade with all Central America
Is less than half amilion dollars and he feqie Is
absolutely necessary to the transaction o. onsi>
ness; and yet handful Of people and tWo.or three
competing transportation lines which had some
stock TO be gambled in, have succeeded ~ disuaot'
ing the attention Of two or three ADMINISTRATORS
and nearly precpitated US into war Whhe lAl
more important interests have suffered from want Of
he fostering care of government. There IS bra1li
a powerful nation, with whom We have comm
of twenty seven millions, and no steam iaeiilss
We trade nine millions with Mexico, sixty WIN Nu-
pa seven and half with Porto Rico, hye WIN nay
ii four aud a half with New Granada, hVe win
Venezuela one and quarter with Ursguay Jour
with the Argentine republic, six ana nan win win
Chilli and fifteen more witrthe West Indies, ahd YET
with all these countries our facilities are very lnpef
feet. Every guano island that 10 iouh1 Is ilnneul-
ately represented here, demanding, through TWO OF
three different claimants the protection Of govern
ment. Anything which offers basis on which to
form stock company is at once incorporates a,u
Congress besieged for assistance NOW, ShAe the
administration is fully determined to protect an Inc
interests of our citizens both at home ana abroad,
which are honest itis also quetoo well
aware Of its functions to allow itself 10 be made the
tool Of shrewd spectators ia fancy stocks or bogus
paper mail routes 1t will waste 10 more time in
such matters.
There is some talk Of the erection Of a new mill
iarv department on the Pacific, 10 be composed Of
the Territories Of Oregon cad Washington, leaving
the State of California in a department byttsef We
have plenty Of officers for The purpose, and II is
thought such distribution Of them will render their
services much more efficient. We have now in the
Walla- Walla country about one thousand men,
including garrisons, against whom there are about
three thousand warriors
An agent has been dispatched from WallaWalla
northward 10 Colville to treat with hostile tribes
and friendly ones, and report TO the Superintendent
The true state of affairs By the lime Gen Harvey
arrives there full Information Of the disposition Of
all the tribes may be expected to have been obtain
ed vigorous campaign will then be commenced
and carried against the hostile tribes till they
Weld or are driven from the country.
The New Grauadian Minister had an interview
with Secretary Cass this morning at the State De-
partment, aud communicated TO him the Cass IIerran
treaty as modified by The Congress Of that country.
There is only one alteration therein and not hree
as heretofore and that refers to the naval coal de-
pot But The treaty is accompanied BY two propo-
sdons in the nature of explanations.-ReV YORK.
Herald