The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-11-23
RATES OF AnvEpnrsruo

Great basin: II leaps over the siIvery and
golden deposits OF the Sierra; drops down
into the delicious valley of the Sacramento.
ana only stops where the waters of that
river mlngle with those of the Pacific At
one extremity 1t listens to the roar of battle,
Win degree of perception far exceeding
thst OF the rock -hewn ear of the Sicilian ty--
rant. At the other it catches the bleatiugs
OF peaceful focks on the Coast Range. It
looks down upon the hardy teamster toiling
across the American Desert; the sentinel
pacing before his rude block house in the
mountain passes: diggers of gold in the
CoTd'ileras and California, diggers of silver
IN Nevada, and diggers Of coal in the Wah-
satch. 1t takes note of the Christian at his
deVolIons, the semi Mohammedan followers
OF the false prophet in Utah. pleading for
poly gamy; tee admirers of Confucius from
CHINA, gathered in to their heathen shrine;
the red Indian propitiatiDg his deities be-
fore rude images, by rude sacrifices and
ruder prayers. It embraces world in min
iature, such as no other country or aye
could present. from idolatry up to the "wor-
ship OF the Father in spirit and in truth"
from savageism to refinement every form
of industry, nearly every condition Of soci-
ETY. and every political idea, especially those
which may be considered Tie eziremes of
existence.
The whole continuous stretch of wire be.
tween Cape Race and San Francisco is
nearly five thousand miles. Its extremities
comprise seventy degrees of longitude, max
ing difference in time of more than four
and half hours. The agent at Cape Race
might send dispatch forward at set of sun.
and the news reach San Francisco while
that luminary was still above the horizon,
The state of the New York markets might
affect those of its future rival GU the Pacific
the same day.
BY this time the gold diggers on the
Yuba may be reading in their own journals
accounts of events which happened day
or two ago on the Potomac and the Usage.
Twenty years ago, few of our people knew
more of that country than they now do
about the Antlrtic continent; at present
they are placed in daily intercourse with
brothers and sons who have sought homes
and built cities in those untraversed wilds.
1t seems miraculous; but nil adnairari is
now the rule, and one must curb his senti-
ment of wonder.
What next? The innovation will not
stop at the Golden Gate. It is already look
ing northward in the direction Of Oregon,
Washington. British Columbia, and Russian
America. Il will pass along those shores
made interesting 10 many of us by perusing
the voyages of Captain Cook in days gone
by. 1t will advance to the strait on which
the first pages of the Wandering Jew"
open, and stopping there to lake breath for
moment, will step from island to island
in its passage. landing on the shores OF old
Asia; thence down the coast TO the mouth
Of the AMOR. or by the way of Kamtchatka
and the Kurile Islands TO Japan; up the
newly annexed Russian Amoor country to
Kiachta. Irkoutsk, Tomsk, Tobolsk, the
Oural Mountains, and Astrachan, To Odes-
sa, Moscow, and ST. Petersburg. Or. fol-
lowing the Japanese and the Yellow Sea
| coasts, it may enter South China, and pro-
coed to the newly acquired French prov
ince in the further peninsula of India;
thence through that country and Burmah
to HlndOostan, across that region, Belooch-
istaD, and Persia, to the Euphrates; thence
through Turkey to Southern Europe
Whichever way shall be preferred, or alto
| gether. the work of begirding the earth has
begun in earnest. and will be completed
probably within five years. 1t deserves
notice that the news has just reached this
country of the successful laying of deep
sea lire between the Island Of Malta and the
coast of Tripoli, thence onward to Alexan-
dria in Egypt-a destined prrt of ''Puck's
Girdle." doubtless, if it only continues
long enough in working orderly r.
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