The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-10


of our country. A glance upon the map, It
is true, will show that more than one-halt of
it is as yet, uncultivated and uninhabited
The vast regions west of the Missouri are
comparatively untouched; but even with
reference to some of the older States there
are prevalent only the vaguest ideas as to their
condition and capacities. How many people
at the East are aware that It's State of Illi-
nois is already the fourth State in the Union
in population, and by the census of 1870 may
be found to be the thirdP And yet, as the
traveller whrls across the broad prairies by
any Of the numerous lines of railway ira
versing the State, it will seem to him that
not one acre in a hundred of the land is
under cultivation. The same number OF in
habitants to the square mile that Massachu-
sets has would give Illinois population of
nearly nine millions. ...
Missouri is now the seventh State in the
Union as to population. She is probably re-
ceiving, at the present time, a larger immgra-
ton than any OF the other S ates. She has a
soil as productive as that of Illinois, iron ore
in as great abundance as Pennsylvania, coal
f! underlying the whole State, rich mines of
lead, and inexhaustlble springs of salt. The
Mississippi river skirts her eastern boundary;
the Missouri washes halt of her western
border and traverses the entire State two
great lines OF railway span her territory from
. east to west, while a third penetrates towards
the southwest, and a fourth to the northwest;
and her commercial metropolis is already the
oh, nj cif Of fho
has an imperial domain larger than all the
New England States combined, a half larger
than Pennsylvania, almost as large as New
York, New Jersey, and Maryland-its re-
sources are unrivalled, and its capacity for
sustaining dense population is not exceeded
by that of any other State. Give it g popuIa-
ton per square mile equal to that of Pennsyl-
vania, and it would have more than tour mil
lions of inhabitants; equal to that of Massa-
cbusetts, and it would have over ten mil
lionSl
Such facts as these are food for thought.
They show us where the preponderating
material and political power of the country
will ere long be located. Westward the
Star OF Empire lakes its way" -.t
Admission of ColOrado-Her Population.
WE see it stated that the population of Colo
RADIO is "barely fifteen thousand" and that the
bill for its admission as Stale is to be vetoed
on that ground. Colorado polled last Novem-
ber 1858 votes. The ratio OF voters to popu-
lation all over the country, in 1860, was nearly
one 10 seven. According to this vote. Colo
RADIO would have a population of about $4,000.
She furnished several fine regiments to the
United States service during the war, and no
soldiers in the Western Department were
better or braver than hers. .t
1t has never been the practice, in the ad-
mission of new States, to insist upon any
fixed standard OF population. The vote OF
Colorado last fall was larger than that of
Nevada. There is q great clamor in GER
tain quarters for the admission of Florida,
among other States, just now; yet Florida
polled last fall, at an election for Governor,
less than 1000 votes Her whole free population,
in 1860, was less than $4,000. 1t might be
wei Ito lay down the rule that no States shall
be admitted into the Union unless they have
population emitting them to at least lone
member OF Congress; but the rule should be
a Uniform one, and apply to all cases. We
apprehend that if Colorado is kept out now.
it will be from political considerations prima-
rily, and not from want of population.
ADMIRAL NUNEz's REPoRT.-The report
of the Spanish Admiral NUNEz is but another
veriflcation of the old proverb, that there are
two sides to every question. The first reports
that we heard of the b lmbardment OF Valpa-
raiso were all strongly biassed in favor of
Chill; and it was very natural that our
people should sympathize rather with
struggling republic, even if in the-wrong,
than with an old monarchy so tyrannical as
that OF Spain. But the account of the diff
Guilty, as given by Admiral NUNEz, unless
utterly false, throws ona new light the discus
sion. For instance, he states of the Ameri-
can Minister
"He insisted, nevertheless, in proposing an.
! other plan, which was that | should write
manifest, stain that since nothing could pre-.
| vent the bombardment, ] would dessl ald
spare Valparaiso. The Commodore thought
| that such an act OF generosity would be aoprp
| ciated by the Government or Chill, which would
then declare its readiness to accede to my de.
mands. MY reply was, that although by so
| doing would incur the heaviest responsibility
| stlll tor the sake OF peace, would accept the
| proposition, provided member of the Chiliau
| Government would guarantee to me personally
in the presence OF the American Minister, that
| my proceeding would be appreciated and re-
cIprocated. The proposal of the Commodore
was nevertheless rudely rejected by Chilli"
Making allowance tor the national prejudice