New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-13
1ORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 49, SHEET

tduil, winch HIfedny bttn once enlarged Tor the
purpose Of passing vessels Of 200 uns and is under
survey by the State Of New York for second enlarge
mcnt, to pass vessels Of 800 tuns The vessels called
canal boats now navigating the canal exceed 900
In number and IL p0ced In line would be than 80
miles in length.
The barrels Of wheat and four alone carried by the
canal 10 the Hudson River.
In lel2.........lI.s9a In Isse..........3 1885
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similar enlargement 10 also proposed for the canal
connecting Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River
mhen both the works are completed, a barrel 81
nom cnn be carried from ST. Louis TO NewYork nearly
lou ACROSS the continent, for fifty cents, OF tun
from Tie Iron Mountain Of Missouri for S. The
moderate portion OF tho cereals that deoceDds the
ikes, placed IN barrels Of five bushels each and side
10y SIDE would form line FIVE thousand miles long.
re Whole crop If placed in barrels, would enciroe the
gooe. such is Its present magnitude. We leave II TO
statistical science to discern aud trnly estimate the
lu'uIo ono result IL, at ali events apparent. gem
eGh famine Ii now impossible; for America, X ncCes
sary can feed Europe for centuries to come. Let tie
h1eslndn and phlllntbropist ponder well the magni-
tuae VI The fact und all It's far reaching consequence
political social. and mora-in the increased industry.
e Increased happiness end tie assured peace Of tie
~. The great mctalliferous region Of the American
Union is found between the Missouri River and the
| I.tifo Ocean. This grand division Of Ito Republic
embraces little than half OF its whole rental
breadth Portland In Maine is The meridian 100 west
from Greenwich Lcavenworth, on the Missouri River.
i IN s5'; and San Francisco. on the Pacific in 1852 By
these continental landmarks tho western metalfer.
our section Is found t. eDrace $50 and The oastcTn d.
MlSeOuil Gnu the Atlantic Port
and 2 Of our total territorial breadth Of so Of ong
| tute
IL has been the principal work and Office Of tho Amer
lean people. since tho foundation OF their Government
70 cary tho machinery OF civilization westward from
thc Atlantic to the Missouri the great cnnfnent OF the
Mississippi so FAR tho means Of rapid intorconnu
ncatluh ere concerned. the WORK nav be said 10 be
eompIsLea. ioI locomotive engine can now viii
out interruption from Portland 10 the Missouri rtrikint
Il At St. Joseph Just below the foleth parallel of l
tude. In TIE twenty years preceding loco network
~ railways u. 1876 miles In length was corsl,uoted
having the terminus Of the most western Link on the
Missouri River The total cost 81 49, $50 se9 Of
which $50 500 65i Wa expended la the decade between
$50 and leo. The American Government AMI people
had become Of The great peouuinry. comuorcil
and political results Of connecting the with the
fooGproducng Interior by adequate steam oommunioa-
tioDs. Bat the higher and none difficult problem
then presenoed ofrepeatng the effort scale stu
more grand and continental. Of winning victories sili
mors aIjuous over Nature; of encouDLerlng and sab
Gring the massive mountain rrnges inicrposed by the
proonaibn Of the Cord erns Of Our sister cont incnt
through tie ccucr Of North msrica. rising. at
THOR lowest points Of depression far above tie ghest
peaks " tho Atlantic Sto,os.
| The Government feeling tie VITAL naiionel import
anco Of closely connecting the States OF tho Atlantic
and Of the Mississippi with the Pnoifc with ri! practi
cable dispatch has vigorously cxerted its power. On
bregk u tho exiting instruction aud notw Outstanding
the necessity ol calling into the field moro than half
million Of men ~ enforce tic national authority Con
gIcss passed act FOR Incorporating The Union Pa
clio Ralsny Company" and appToprleted so. COO
la the bonds Of tho United States with large grants II
land 10 aid the work directing ~ 10 IN commenced NJ
le roth meridian Of longitude but with four branches
extending 20 tho Missouri Eiver. Tho necessary sur
vcys the n0unieD roasrs are now IN Iiivs pro-
gTss Gnd the contraction OI tlscasoTn div oD lord
ns westward fFo The month ofrhc Kausas River o. the
NUon. has In.ly CONNER cd. THE whoh OF That
Gvi9r inclsas tia. part Of The limo vest OF tie OJh
meridian 70 30 loot q BE Rocky Mountains Is on
nearly level pin and i singgiay easy q construction
Z, vy,tern ed I stntc TIE reSst grominssns pun; Of
Lac s ll ~ hs TeIs s C GOTsrsor "a /. from
g. 90 ooo 10 10000 The gold Is thcro extracted
y sfasass sSshp 4. from no 1nar' IN Fs,a II a
! from tie Mis.onn TO eheef!y carry the Mc"ssary
! miners with their machinery end SUPPLIES The Dis,
tsrco TO bat point Nil he abort go mics. Which VIII
Le passed. Ia q hours. When completed as IL easily
IN, Le. within the Leis tIcc years Il YIN orsn the
.or .ueh eIodnI of miners the country has nc
siace the frat discoveries IN California, to which
The American pcol'c rushed with such s'ldity hehI
dem eircupg.v ssilns Cap. II N 20 reach tie seems
! VI Attraction.
Meanwhile. a corresponding movement Inns con-
menoed on the Paoihc, in vigorously prosecuting tho
cous,rucbn Of the railway eastward from The ~
san Francisco. which viii err. the Sierra Me-
vnda at elevation Of sbont 1000 fe-, on ie eastern
ne N California I'm tie lh parallel u iorsi;ude ard
hcrr descend INTO tho 1cfriory OF Nevada Il the itch
silver mine. 81 Washos.
Itis not yrt possible "a csns;e with any accuracy
tie e1iont Of thetc deposits Of go od silver but Trey
ar. nj eAfy known t. exist at very numerous ~el--
in and bet the Rocky Mountains ard the Sierra
Nevada. NOT Ia mention
In California rscD, which continue 70 pour out Their
volumes Of gold affect whether FOR good or H. tic
financial condition Of the civilized world. During tie
Last six uftbs gold hos heea obtained IN such quaint
tir, from the sands II the Snake River and other con-
tn.ns of a.. Co lmba River ss TO attract moro an
0cI persons 90 that remote portion Of our metnher-
Qua interior The products OF thoso stfeams alone FOR
tte present year hr. estimaiedat &c. eo.Or' ~
Me Comrnission.r Of Tho General Land oilcc IN ~
of.csl report VI tho 18th December. lso2, sDies Us
follows;
of tte Ufffai S.ateq In
tho western portion Of the Continent stretches from tho
s9h degree % north laudo AID Puget sound. 10 The
so 80 parallel and nom the d degree Of longitude
west II Greenwich. 10 tho Pacific Ocean embracing
portions ~ Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, all 81 New
Mexico with Arizona Utfh, Neyads Californi ia, DC.
.on and WaShingo Territories. II may he designated
AZ curnurihng " degrees Of latitude or breadth ol
100 miles from north 10 south md Of nearly equal
loagltidIal extension, making an area OF mole than
milton square niles
vast relion IL travcrsea from north 20 south,
Ar.t on tie PGciGc side. by ,he Sierra Nevada aud
Cascade Mountains. then by the nue and Hnmeo'tti
on tho cast By The double ranges OF tie Rock; Noun
ttns embracing the Wahsatch and Wind River
hahn and the Sicrrn Mndre. stretching longtldnaly
ana ~ lateral spurs. crossed and linked together ~ IN
,ervcning rd .cs connecting tie whole system by I'VE
/ finrher 81 sa.ns each being nearly surrounded By
mountains mud watorcd BY mountain streems aud
Slows thereby interpreting tbs immense territory
win bodies Of agricultural lands ul TO tie support
not only OF minors bu, Of a dense Population" -,
"Ih,fo uountnins," he continues, are n'frsny
,toek,d with Minerals, gold ari silver being inter-
siersed Ga lrolus!On over this immense SUR &C. ana
dily brought 70 light by discoveries. In eddl-
lion 10 tie deposits q god and silver various seet.oi
of the Who'll, region rich IN precious stones marble
ryusnm salt tn qplchnIYet. asphsltum eoal ron;
o3sucr eel mineral aud meleinu. thermal, AID cod
! springs and streams ,.>,,.,....,.,,
The ylcd oftlo precious metals alone o. mi. region
VII not AL below ono hundred millions OF dollars w,
nrrscn year, end it WIN nnsmolt glih t,o mcte"se u
foundation Tor centuries 10 cCme.' "Mihln Ten years
n ihs annual product ~ these mines VIII reach TWO
LIundred nnlions " dollars IN .ho precious hetaa'
rI In coal iron tn, lend. quicksilver and copper
"tn ~ 800 .gf tIes.