New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-25

THE Tcpcgraplical aud Mining DepaT'alen. II Rs.
sia. TIE travellers were 20 embark At Bakoo -itu,-,
the Caspian IN y. lat 49,, early in tho sprinc q,
rs, fr Atrabad, and proceed Inland T. khogassan
Aeshed and Herat N Afsh.u stan; from thence ug,
ceed 20 Lake liaun"r, aud up the rver Ii, ,m.ara 4
possible as for AZ kandahsn ret iring W Norma All
I,zl 20 lsp.hau.
Although this enterprise is oston.iby OF . p--s,,
scc-tifc character. Il cannot lie doubted La ,.c
are political objects connected with L. A. a,v -
every stop # the route between the Caesar al ~,
bn.h Pc, s,ioi' N toe Ps'laS eo9niy lying cor
The Russians have another and more fi-ee. r,..,
io Eastern China via kigchta. king @,u.h AZ 49,
Bad A. and thence across the Great Deser. Of Oil
To- 'An, situated IN v la'. 4g' This is tie gres.
thor,ughiare 81 commerce whereby the ,ess M
and other manufactures Of China arr ifnoo-lsi o.
srd into knssia. II Is also the route in nqyi f,r,,
China ani Russia 10 the head sources and uo84I g
the AMOR RIVER empiying into tire sea ~ Ochot.k.
An American traveller Perry MeD Cori-s -
Commercial Agent the AMOR Rive- ~ - -,
pest year ilSJt-', performed an overland iorrr.y
from -. Pctersburg Ia the mouth of re- A. ., ,
Journey occupying one year. During his Journey.
Nj. Collins stopped iof souc time az k,a,i,. ~
hiamattschi These towns are located ~. 10 - -
Tie former j. inhabited by the Russians ana Il L..
ter by the Chinese. The boundary i'm 80 a.. . %'
nations runs between them. They sr- both wa'le5 -
ard fortified Az tois point all the legitimate trade -
the two countries : carried on 10 Mlama.tshn ~,
Chneec convey from the interior their teas aud ba
goods on bulCcks ard camcls, and 20 kiaehiA -
rQe
trade aud exchanges are made between .he... TO-
great rival nations. The trade which centers A. a.
point i estimated 10 amount tD over thirty mi. nj
ruuJles Yer arnum, or about $4,000 Goo
Nj Otto Esche, a German gentleman lo-merly j.,
business in San Francisco, has recently yis,ad ~.
hmoor River aud the country contiguous. He -aaslsS
Gastric Bay in the q a.. Of lartary, il rorth st,rd
~ deg. ~ nin, july H. iN1', and found tbene
SIN al Russian military post. From that place he me-
ce,d,d some twenty miles inland. To Lake ks Ia.
Like is sixty miles in length running in an ess.ey ara
wesery GireC ton, but too shallow u BE- naygated hv
any other than very light boats. II is encirced by
li'y but richly-woodcd country. Lake K.si connects
at lis western end by several arms, with the AMOR
which flows thence in northeast direction aud meets
the sea at a distance of 30 miles from that point
The lower portion of the Amor, or SGckhah-lia as
il is universally called is generally interspers with
numerous Islands, rather i, is divided into q number
If channels and It's valleyis very wide. The naygs-
tiOn is difficult, but is supposed the hes, channels
have not been discovered. All along the river from
Mareusky 10 the mouth, both sides Of the river,
there are numerous Outlook. native Villages and
also several small Russian settlements. There syery
little trade YET, and what there is c0nas.s chiefly
in supplying the inhabitants with foreign ue...~,',s
The Russian Government Is said 10 be liberia io set
tiers, and makes large grants of land To tho naGer
easy conditions.
The Society then adjourned.