The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-25
From the San Francisco Mirror


In the present unsettled condition of affairs Of the
East, IL would be difficult, not to saw presumntno
Gus, TO offer anything in The shape of advice s tn
tne course to be pursued bv California in the event
~ IIsunion' put we may with perfect propriety in
uuge IN lew speculations as to what we MIGHT
w, were so decided cOntn ency to be forced mon
neF: removed some thousands of miles from the
"cu'e theatre OF contention, and thrown upop her
own resources hitherto to great an extent tbot
nef citizens have already learned To he indaras
Gent and self-reliant, this State has nevar va.
mounted IN position above the rank of her danan
eency. All laws in relation to her have been
framed IN such manner as to favor the mononolist
ana me Spectator, to the encouragement of The
industrious actual settler, and thus the means of
leaching the western slope of the Sierras has been
rendered uncertain, tedious, and unreasonably ex-
PensVe, and population has been retarded until it
Is almost TO be questioned whether the departures
oI each succeeding latter year do not outnumber
the arrivals
n win her unrivaled resources of soil and climate,
Eohiorhia should have to-day population of at
ieast million souls, when it does not reach half
a' amounts and this in the face of the circum-
SIM, r nay her mines alone adding yearly
Is VI at least nifty millions of dollars to the circu-
th,ts Heulum OF the world. The fact is undeniable
snat thlS amount, with much more which heino in
tractad f. we never hear of, is annually ex-
this golden lake Of o ILL.,, me only mode of keeping
Is ny constructing channels into which ~ @ ~.
ulse.'eu ,or the purpose of contributing TO- tbe
wants ana necessities of our own neopIa w INC
TO wall 1t up ani shut it out ent;reir fo. Al,
view OF the world, would be to adont sS. cue
policy more In accordance with the exact uen Vi
and usages of oriental nations than with customs
toms which obtain in a civilized age: bn, nb. Gus
are not permitted under the Constitution now 70
do, dissolution Of the Union would force us int
by stopping our supplies, at least Temporarily
from abroad, and obliging us to manufacture for
ourselves large proportion OF those articles which
now food our markets to such an extent as to seri
ousy interfere with our home industry This is
supposng that Cali might not become herself
point OF attack for some ambitious rival Left to
its resources, there be no doubt that in the
event of the threatened secession the entire Pacific
Coast, instead of being injured would be abundant
ly able to take care of ITSELF for this beloved land
of our common adoption comprises within herself
all the elements that go to make up the greatness
of a nation, and for her in the future there is no
such word as fail
O.. A letter from Bridgetown, Barbados, dated De-.
cember 2, says: The weather continues favorable;
the rains have scarcely been so heavy or frequent,
but there is no lack either of moisture or heat
Crops good Water works nearly completed, and
the supply will be inexhau.tible.
Mr. Lewis Briest, tor many years connected with
the Phils pha press local reporter, AID we'll
known a. a correspondent from Tren ton and other
places abroad, died on Saturday morning at bis
residence in that city,