Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-24
IMPORTANT FROM RTsSIA

lMiORTANT IRON RUSSIA.
OPINION or rHE GAR THE IrAuAN QrEsTroN-ruT Al
LiANCE WIN FEUsstA-AN ELECTRIC rELTG ArH FEoN
MOSCOW TO 81. Louis.
The following letter, dated the 25th Of October. has
been received from St Petersburg:
While waiting the Of the Emperor political cir
ccS here occupied with the meeting which took place
az Bresau IL u supposed that the Emperor aud the
Prince Regent Of Prussia discussed an the poaI o,es
tons which at present occupy Europe but nothing has
tranpircd a. TO the res5lJ they may have adopted
n &, Ho mgserV hot,erer that Msy d,srs s rsg,dafis
Of those questions BY congress. We know that the En-
peror has never given opinion r against the ras to-
ration OF the in Princes and do believe that
has concluded any agreement which might under certain
crcum'tanccs embarrass him The policy OF Prince Al
eyis GortschakOn true Russian leans rather towards
France than towards Germany
The iorthcations the southern canal leading 10 Cron
sad are being increased this year The government had
aIocatcd a sum OF ESQ, for that purpose.
The Grand Duke Michael Grand Master Of the Artille
~, arrived At Moscow the day before Yesterday thence
he proceeded TO kooncna to inspect the arcnals aud
powder magazines.
gigantic plan suggested by Mr. Collins the rpitel
States Consul At Nichoaicn the Amoor is destined
to produce complete change OF relations between Eu
roTe aud the other parts Of the world IL t bc carried In
10 execution This project refers TO the establishment OF
an electric telegraph from Moscow through Behring's
straits aud Sitsa 90 S. Louie I'm The United States IN
fti' mnHHor drcsf cation r5If lf obtained
hc'ossH 50. Pe'ersbHrg and Nfv York The author OF
The plan would further extend another wire om Ki,cha
70 Pckin and thence through Slgh1cu 20 Ycddo and
lacodadi IN Japan. The length Of the proposed tclc-
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construction az E5opuOp. The expense Of maintaining
and repairing the wires is calculated by Mr. Collins at
100000 roubes annually, and The revenue AZ 100 600
roubcs dividend Of eight per cent to the shareho
err, II company be formed Mr. Collins l. present
on his way to ST. Petersburg where he hopes to find the
capital to carry out bis plan.
Commercial Affairs here have been completely stsrnnnt
since The failure Of the house OF AlcNiticn OF Moscow
and The retirement Of ". Scig The corn trnde with
foreign countries has been null for a long time past
Gu RE,pY roR TVS "CFNsrs MAx"-Ncvt wear will
occur the great dcccuuia Of the UiitoI State
made by the General Government Persons will be an.
pointed for locality n che States and Territorcs
90 gather statistics Of the inhabitants and Of an the a
rtcultura productions manufactures, SC Every cut-
vator viii be asked for concise accurate statement Of
land occupied by him, the number Of acres aud the
amount Of each crop raised during the year ending In
june. Those who were called upon n 1880 viii doubt.
less remember The difficulty experienced IN making up
an accurate report Of the various crops AZ hcse re-
ports viii be called for u june h will be ncccssary 10
give IN the crop gathered th year. aud the suggestion
that would make is that the cultivator write
down. while fresh IN his mind the number Of acres I'M
der cultivation including the wheat sc already gath.
cred. The number Of of each Kind the amount
per acre and the gross amount win be required The
milk products also, and the amount Of pork beef SC .
viii also, be asked for-fmerican AOricuffErisf