The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-07


ence of her o{t naval officers. The Baltic
II ct numbers = ships of the line, and several
smaller vessels without counting gun. boate.
her hotills IN he Caspian sea has been in
creased, and al is creating respectable naval
force in Easte Sibe ia, and ct the mouth of
the river Awo?.
The Bi N Railroad to the Pacific.
A writer u ,he London Times, recounting
the advantag = of railroad across this Cont
nent in the .=.tish dominions, states that the
time from l. spool to Fraser river, ola Pana-
ma, is thirty g,ae days, while via Halifax and
Pacific raj : ed it would not be over seven
teen days. ,ecouver's Island is also nearer
to Canton, c ~. by over 5000 miles, than is
Panama, an Australia by over 1000 miles.
Ten days Il efore would be saved between
England an australia by the northern route.
The Times ar adds:
"The ad ltagesr to Great Britain which
would sccru consequent upon the entire SER
vice being T ormed through British territory,
are beyonds calculation. The construction Of
the railway, aid not merely open up to cult
walton q laI territory of British North Amer
lea hitherto lmost unemployed, but it would
open up to Il. cultvators of the soil in that ter
ritory and il Canada means of transit to all
the markets. of the Pacific, and an open pas.
sage TO the Chinese seas, and to our possessions
in the East indies. In every aspect, whether
viewed polit cally, socially, or commercially,
the ESTABLISH psent of the proposed railway
would give progressive impulse to the affairs
of the worla which in its results would eclipse
anything VA ch has been witnessed even amid
the extraoI insry development of the present
century. J ft the railway will infallibly be
made, is as sHain as that now is the time to un.
dertake it. CT does not require to be prophet
to predict IA when the resources of British
Columbia . July opened up, and communi-
cation estsl gsiled between the Atlantic and the
Pacific, the :, .sill be ample traffic for dozen
steamers bryce as the Great Eastern, on
both ocean The British empire has now the
opportunity # securing that position which it
has hithert occupied without dispute, - the
greatest co psrcial nation in the world. Our
transatlsnt brethren are boldly competing with
us for this s,Vereignty, and events point to the
Pacific as future theatre of the struggle.
An artic in the London Nesc Quarterly Re-
view, which ttscks the French policy towards
Turkey, hf~ ,sused much sensation in France.
1t bitterly .putes most unworthy conduct to
France, In secretly protracting the war that
Russia hal ,ade, ostensibly against the Otto
man Emp The writer, acknowledging the
influence j ace exercises in the present diff
cult situstias of the Porte, especially in the sf-
fairs of Mos enegro, concludes by saying that
Turkey is 81 4 only because they do not wish
to permit hss to govern herself.
The Government of Russia is substituting
metallic currency for paper money throughout
the Empire, Sixty millions of paper money
have been ei,eady called in and cancelled, but
it appears : ct a complete reform is to take
Coz
ration is es, mated at 100 millions of roubles,
three-fourtha of which, it is said will be fur
nished by direct loan.
The way . which Harwitz beat Morphy at
chess, in iris, is described as follows, in an
English pal Or
"Harwif won first move, and proposed to
play the iug's gambit,' which the Yankee
accepted. iorphy sacrificed knight for
terrific attst &, which, with an inferior antago-
nist must esve succeeded. Harwitz made
firm deferGs, and remained after the shock
with queer And four pswns to queen and one.
By admirs % marosuvring. the Prussian sue
cesded in nforcing an exchange of queens,
which deci I'd Morphy to resign"
from California.
The ste ner Moses Taylor arrived at New
I Ork vest lay AFTERNOON from AsplnWall, with
San Fran co dates to the 9Th, and three hun
dred passt ,ers.
The ele, Oh, which took place on lst Sep
TENDER, BIZ resulted in the success of the Ad-
ministratio Democratic State ticket, by from
5000 to IL. 100 majority. Joseph G.. Baldwin
has been {. ,cted Associate Justice of the Su
preme Coar$; A. R. Meloney, Comptroller.
The Aaa California says that the election
is comFete vindication of Mr.. Buchansn's
Kansas policy. The Democratic majority in
the Legs sture is twenty-five. The candidates
for Congfess of the Donglas wing of the De-
mocracy asd no opposition, as the Legislature at
its last saesioD passed q law postponing the
election ems year. The Administration Demo
Gratis therefore made no nominations.
In San Francisco, the whole of the Peoples
ticket, for he local officers, had been elected,
with Rel ablican delegation to the State Leg.
islature.
duel as fought on Angel Island, opposite
San FraE 'vco, on the 2lst August, between
George z an Johnston and W. /. Ferguson.
The form ia an Administration editor, and
the latter. enator for Sacramento, and Doug.
las politf IN. After repeated fires, with pis-
tolls, at 81 PAGES, Ferguson vas shot in the
thigh, br king the bone. The other party
was scrat ed on the wrist BY stray bullet
Johnston rs formerly q member of the State
Lsgislatu .:
The g erument of the United States has
commend q suit in the U. 8. District Court
for the ~ Almaden Quicksilver Mines
These m 8 are valued at many millions of
dollars. is charged that the title under
which the resent possessors hold it is forged
one.
Il FIRE * place at the town of Indian Dig.
gipgs, e. Dorado county, about midnight of
the 9th August, by which the entire bust
net ports of the town was consumed. The
loe'i is est lated ct upwards of $4,000.
Dates On Victoria, Vancouver leland, are
to eth 4 gust, and from Fort Hope, Fraser
rio Or, to agust 23d. The principal item of
ne vs. is : , threatened breaking ont of Sc.
nc as war etween the Indians and the miners.
Susine, was very dull at Victoria, and prop
ertg there ad greatly deprecated in value. A
few of tb, who went up to Fraser river, and
large ni 1bsr of those who proceeded no fur
tbfr than 7ictoria and Bellingham Bay, have
returned California.
Dates I i'm Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, are
to 7th A gust. On the 9th July, the first
whaler o. he season, the George Rowland,
Capt. POI roy, arrived at Honolulu. She re-
ports favc able news from the whaling feet on
the Cod k whaling ground. There is no
otter nee OF importance from the Islands.
Senior ,sldia had been elected Governor of
Psnama l,400 majority over the ministerial
cal didat The election, contrary to expecta-
tea, pas j off quietly.
r)ates 10 Valparaiso to August Is report
pc zee pr. iling throughout Chill. Bolivia had
re- uced army one.hah
ten. J. aar, the American Minister, had ar.
rit I'd in yts Rica.
ehera l. nothing important from Nicaragua.
tt Uni.f States vessels Savannah and Sara.
tot q wer, t San Juan. The Plymouth sailed