The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-09

England ia the Crimea. But, az in any case that
proposal not could not be made to any Power
but France, our ! alton has a right TO be proud
Of the extent OF sacrifice which it makes to the
Europsab eonilibri m and to the peace Of the world
Are there in the world-even among those which
trumpet at every occasion their universal phil,n.
thropy and the principles OF high morality which
guide their policy-many nations which would have
resisted such grand temptation
France, even rising from the toughest trials,
understood that there was for her an element OF
grandeur and preponderaDce TAR superior 10 military
successes. with which sne had been surfeited during
the first fifteen years of this century. This new ele
ment essentially reposes on the sentiment and
respect Of justice, on the predomlnance
OF generous and liberal IDEAS All the
century.m Spain, in the M0rei, In Africa ana
IN the Crmea-have been wars of ideas and princi
pies and never wars of mercantile interests. These
are her titles rst to glory and afterwards the most
solid foundations of the confidence which the ma
tons and the governments have in her. and show in
emulation Of each other. Let us but have the good
sense to persevere in that line Of conduct and the
moral empire of the world far superior to the most
extensive material empire, will remain ours.
RUSSIAN SETTLEMENTS ON THE AMOOR
Nko aevsk CJrresponoeocs Of tho tisz,te st. Peters
bourg, trap slated for the NEW York HERALD
Three years ago trade did not even exist in this
country. Now lrkOutsk consumes coffee, sugar
segars, &c. arriving here not any longer via st Pc
tersburg and NijiiNovgOrod but via Nikoaevsk and
Nertchinsk. Irkoussk is, besides, not the only city
of Siberia which enjoys the benefit OF that external
trade The foreigners buy here our sables, our sqnr
rel and other precious skins, the price of which
has greatly increased since the opening or rather
the discovery of the navigation the Amoor
They have taken this year samples OF all
our other produce, and have carried them to
San Francisco, Boston, Hong Kong, &c. What will
it then be when this country, and generally the
Transbaikalli country will be more developed Al
ready iron has entered into competition
with that of America. which, it is true ~ not much
worked, but exists IN large quantities. That branch
of industry will undoubtedly acquire great deve'
lopement.
Agriculture ia also in excellent condition on the
AmOor. The greatest part of the river waters a
country the latitude Of whch IL the that Of
New Russia and Odessa. Here in Nikolaevsk,
we are under the latitude of Samara aud Penzo,
and although our climate much resembles that of St
Petersburg the regions watered by the river towards
the middle of is rum produce wild vine cork trees
herbs of three feet high and many other products OF
the temperate climates. And what river! Is there
another one in which steamer built in America,
and having crossed the oceans, has run up three
thousand kiometers from its mouth; or, in other
words, has been able TO winter at three thousand
kilometers from that mouth? The truth u.s. that the
Amoor alone offers such facilities for navigation.
Ii is true that the entrance Of that river is not
very easy. 1t forms three bars at its mouth but
there is always from twelve to fourteen English feet OF
water above them Foreign vessels of 500 tons enter
easily into the AMOR and during the war the fri
gate Aurora, which now lays ut Cronstadt, wintered
above Nikolaevsk.
Add To all these advantages the variety of the
climate of the Amoors basu its navgable tribu-
taries, such as Ingoda Onone, Chilka, Argoun Ka-
mara, Lei, BoureI, Soungari, Oronci, Soe &c, the
immensely of that rivers basin, its vicinity to the
coasts Of Corea and Petchil all the year free from
ice and you will be forced to acknowledge that the
AMOR is to play great role in the future.