New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-01

liver. FROM The SbilkA and Arg0on, wnicn
unite TO form the Amoor, and up to which point
the river is ayigabls for steamers, the Amoor il
to orm the boundary OF the two empires as far as
he junction Of the Oosooree, which flows into the
arnoor from the south at about the I35th degree
of east longitude. Below this point, at which the
An oor turns decidedly to the north, both banks OF
tie river, including the extensive peninsula be-
.x.eu the Amoor and the Channel of Tartary.
,p,ertsin to Russia. She also obtains, in con-
liberation Of allowing the Chinese to navigate the
Lower Amoor, a corresponding privilege to navi-
cate the Oosooree and the SOongaree the principal
.ou,bern tributaries of the Amoor, and howing
in heir whole course through Chinese territory.
About sixty miles up the Amoor. the Russians, four
year. ago, founded the town Of Nicoaievsk, with
the intention of making it the maritime caPi'al.
But the situation it seems, Is not satisfactory, ana
it is now proposed to transfer the maritime admin
i,,ratiop TO Msrinskii, two hundred miles further
I'M tho river where the Russians have . post be-
tween which and Nicolsieysk are already some
scattered Russian settlements But although 80
far from the sea BY the course Of the rver' whcn
runs nearly parallel with the coast, on which az
veil as on the opposite shore OF the great is'and
# S,shalien. the Russians have several stations,
.he distance over land from Murnskii 10 the Gull
Of Castries is only some twenty.four miles. 1t"
proposed to connect the tweponts BY railroad, 80
A. 10 make the Gulf of CastrieS the sea haroor oi
the new capital.
There are also scattered posts, future cities, per-
hsps, in embryo, along the middle and upper course
If the Amoor, at the functions or opposite the
mouths of the principal tributaries, the Oosooree
and Soongarce coming in from the south and the
Busei. the Zeiand the Komors from the north. The
pest opposite the mouth Of the Zei counts already
some dozens of houses, and has church in the
course of construction. II has been raised to the
rnrk of city, is to bear the name Of Biagovest-
cheysk, and is destined to be the seat OF govern
nent for the middle AmOOr.
From this place to the junction of the Shlks
and Arpoon, a distance Of six hundred miles,
there have been established during the year, posts
Of Cossacks, at some forty miles distance from
zach other. Two or three Government steam yes.
ssIs have established communication between diff.
ferent points of the Amoor. private association
his also been established for the navigation and
colonization of that river, which has its principal
Office at Irkoutsk. 1t is expected that the fertile
| districts on the Amoor, equally adapted for corn
and cattle, will become in time not only the grsnary
| of northern AMI eastern Siberia and Of Russian
| America, but mart for the supply of China and
.ISpsu, countries overstockrd with population, and
hardly able to produce sufficient food for their in.
habitants But it is insisted that, in order to OBJ
tain such valuable results, it will not do to rely
| upon Government colonization by regiments Of
! Cossacks with their families, according to the
metb:d hitherto practiced in Siberia, but that vol
an.sf emigrants must be attracted BY temporary
privileges and advantages
= Meanwhile efforts are on foot to extend steam
1nuviguion op tie great lake Baikal, on the
north shore of which, at its western end and near
tie outlet of the Yensci, the City Of 'rkoutsk il
situated Steam navigation was first introduced
on that lake as loug ago lS40, but of late years
there has been but 3 single vessel. This year,
upon expiration of the exclusive privilege origi-
nslly granted to those who set steam navigation on
fo.t, on enterprising merchant of 1rkoutsk has
taken the business in hand, and two new vessels
have been constructed, intended not Cnly for tho
naye .ton Of the lake bat for that of the Selenga
also, which flows into it from the south.