New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-31
favorable to agricultural pursuits. Along TINS ron,

i' 10 ryrnoso Of protec,ion and commnnieA-
ton are being establ shed, 70 tht IN WIS me, ~
well as upon Tie AMOR, communication VII, DC iau
With he whole interior TO the Russian EMPIRE
mis- shsolntely ncloses the IGrtars on three siacs
and cuts III II oil from any communication Wlth .i'e
sea North East or West, excepting through huSs'''"
possessions. -, ,o,v c,tv
/, further appears from this report that new ci.y
called Soinsk on the right bank Of the Amour, n'p
heen Lid ont DUNG the las. year the RUSSIAN
Governnent has made considerable progress III TEL
euaphc communication eastward from ha|au'
line has been extended 10 Perm, and wiii mos PiIo-
ally be opeaed TO Omsk. in Western siberia VIC 9
coming String. This Last point is 1Uo hiieS ''' "a
s. Petersburg or the route TO the AMOR. -,
Tie Dircc,or-in- Chief OF Public Ways and hniid
ip9s Adit ten Cheikin, in wiring TO Mr. Coihhe,
In November last, gives some interesting lAc's III
clarion TO the progress Of telegraphic comnunlCa-
tions in which he saws: " lnceed the union OF Tue
oId and the New-World we must expect 10 see
eyecnted and obtained by way of the Pacific Ocean,
which in NY opinion, VIII soon appear 10 oe 'S s
ooly practicafe route, and which alone can st.:iy
the general expectation particularly as the kusslai
Goyerureut offers 20 many indncenen's Dy its sas'
plan OF telegraphs begun ana 10 DC 'aiiieu '''
out intermissiOn through SiDeria' A., IN ooo
There are ALREADY in operation rore thah ~o'Voo
vents and with branches, almost 3ooUo VeTt'si VI
which in tie last three years, thofe nave or.
sfru,ted 10 Geo yerlts With brneoes extending az
r,ot ~ Ot1 vers,s Beside all these Ines There are
~ ,1ore IN he constructed different points, par
c,a,l imnoraut to the interests Of the interior o,
Tn view Of this telegraph project, Leut.-Coi Ro-
manof visited the United States during the Antun
lie holds The position OF Cher Oh Ieles.apns aU1
Eastern Siberia" under the direction Of tie Gov
crnor General Col. Romauoi spent some months IN
examining Our telegraph iaes, and IN gaining all The
information posi- 10 in rcglr 10 The construction
and working Of long lines in orr Western country.
lie il now on his return TO Russia, whence ne VIII
proceed overland to the AMOR.
4 norton Of the wire and other material have al
ready been shipped by 10 the Amoor, where Col.
Romanon will commence the connection OF the
Amoor section Of the line TO meet tue kazan Anioor
line ~ il progresses eastward through Siberia.
Within the present year the Pacific line has been
opened to san Francisco, uniting Cape Race WIN
he Pacific a distance of 1900 miles. Ruasla pro
gressinp from the west toward the east, proposes to
reach the Pacific 1T tie AInOor thus the two great
Powers-Russia and America-wll aoon stand tele-
graphically TO face looking across the interYen
ing ocean.
eonyereinq lines; but the probability is that within
The mex, wear measures will be taken that will lead
TO the organization OF Company upon the basis OF
reunion Of the two systems, RUSSIA aud America,
crossing either al Behring'S Straits or on q me Oh
come of the numerous Islands that dot the interyen.
ing waters of the North Pole, between ASIA and
America.
II this gap were filed, the whole world would be
placed in Ielegraphic union by an Overland roule,
without the necessity OF crossing to Europe ny thc
route Of the lost Atlantic cable, or the proposed
Greenland route.
II his connecting link should be constructed by
behring's Straits the three continents would be
united h line having but 40 miles Of sea 10 cross,
which consequently would insure the most reliable
and cheapest mode Of union. lie whole me ueihs
lana line, excepting the crossing OF bshrine .
Straits would insure il against all doubts and acci-
ian ~ 1 seY
and easy Of repair and injection.
Fifteen vessels have entered the AMOR during the
rear, with asserted cargoes OF nerchandise stores
provisions and matefiGls for tie Government iho
Government has large hotIlls OF email armed steam
en- TO the number OF six, which Fly or the AMOR,
carrying the mails and Government connors; tLey
are also engaged in making explorations along we
chores or in penoTatiDg the tributary waters Oh te
AMOR and occasionally transport private meFci an
diss During the year six private merchant steamers
have engaged In the navigation o. tie Amoor. Thee
vessels. No they ascend the AMOR and tributaries,
will gradually develop the commerce OF vast in-
terror which can only BE- reached aud rendered GER
tain and profitable by the employment oil steam veg
sels.
second shipment Of Tartar aud Boctrian cameis
/rom,lts BlriraGH,j has taken place from the
AMOR 10 San Francsco. II is Understood that they
are To be employed in the silvermning districts Of
Nevada which country il IN many respects similar
10 the region on the head waters OF The AMOR,
where the-e auimals are raised IN great numbers,
and suited by the acclimaiiou OF centuries TO the
.t.pre. and mountains Of North Eastern ASIA.
Other interesting statements are included in the
r,por,. embracing IA physicl view of the Amoor
Basu the ginseng and rhuharb productions, ana the
great commercial opening of the Amoor.
Never in the history Of newly acquired distant
countries by any European naiion has there been
equal progress IL we have seen On the Amoor.
The fret American ship entered the Amor in
1856 and in that year The first organized settlements
were set on foot BY Russia
No foreigner outside Of Russia, Mr.. Collins SAYS,
had ever seen the Amoor fran its sources 10 the
until accomplished the journey myself. Nor was
"A foreigner ever permitted before 10 wat tire Amoor
country, either by Chnese or Russian authority.
Consequently IL ID very new country ana the Tact
thai we now have a number Of American merchants
and merchant steamboats, upon the Amoor proves
that somebody has discovered It's value IN CONNER
cial point Of view.
In another place Mr.. Collins says: al know OF no
country ON the face of the globe where greater re-
suits are TO be obtained by equal means employed
than in Northeastern Asia The oPeniug OF II 10
far has cost our Government nothing and If 1.-THE
of the money expended OF Japan, however bene-
fetal were expended on the AMOR, the advantages
gained would lot certainly be proportionate to tie
outlsy.'
A letter received at the State Department from C.
ID. Williams. esq, Acting L. y. Consul az itankow
China dated October ~ 1861, says, that the Vice
ROY Partial, and all under officials, well ss the
Chinese people throughout the Province tiiupeh
have continually manifested the most friendly dis
position toward myself ms well ia ali American citi-
gems who have ether yised rosided within It's
boundaries; and IT il matter which record with
qualification that not single instance Of dlscord
either with the people or officials has occurred since
the opening of this port The letter also satos that
during TIE past Fix months the port has been visited
by some thirty American steamers and American
sailing crafts from Shanghai, with cargoes OF i'm
ports native and foreign goods, taking in return full
cargoes of teas and native produce.
Speakng Of the papings or rebels the writer