Show will it amount to anything it may not be generally known that the month of the colorado belongs to mexico with this exception the river ja ia the propel ty of the united states s the mexican line extends thirty miles or cabolus bous ca over the outlet of an ami american i can river which is n navigable avi gable for a distance of four huddled hun decd and fifty miles milea it will be remembered that not lonz lone since a quantity of ammunition was taken h en from au an american vessel by ay certain french officiate officials it was thought at the time thal th atlady al an outrage hail had been committed upon an am american vessel in american waters but an examination has pr proved oved that the act none the less an vi outrage was committed in mexican wa our government acquired the territory na now nam m embraced within new mexico arizona anIU and utah tab by the treaty of hidalgo riad aai d it appears that oa outlet flout of the colorado river was overlooked in making up that document many years ago we did not own the mouth month of the mississippi and the purchase of the louisiana Terri territory tori ivas was the result it will become necessary forus for us to purchase tho outlet of the colorado for just now that river bids fair to be of great importance to utah and the territories fles lying on the the outlet of the colorado is is now within the domain of duke gwin lie he may if opportunity offers give us some trouble in regard to it we apprehend however that those having charge of the iho interests odthe government on this coast will give this ju question estion careful careful consideration and that no injury will resu I 1 t to us as it iv is bert certain alti ahat hit the united states awn cowning gowning ing all of tho the colorado except its cutlet bullet should alap own it the same argumenti menta that years ago applied to the mississippi now apply with equal force to the boorady v AT this time while the eastern people are agitating the petroleum question and realizing a immense profits from their investments therein the following lol lowing extract may not be uninteresting to our oui readers how is formed Foi ruED the pittsburg chronicle speculating on the formation of petroleum says k we may set it down is as an axiom axiom that nature is is not only capable ot of producing now nov all the articles that she has ever produced but that thai f phe ho is and will continue contini 63 to produce them until 1 she sub aitutis sti Ait tutta utes something better perhaps our meaning will be better understood by app yim t to it a single article suppose lor ansta instance nee we take bike the one in which we li biava ave vo 0 o deep an interest petroleum 1 this is known to be a hydrocarbon hydro da carbon abou composed of two gases these gates are primary elements incesti und and exhaust exhaustless less lo iu quantity oat ot of them by hydrogen drogen is st L constituent ot of water and ot ephise course austille aus tible its as the ocean the other is a constituent in all vegetable forms aurb ami in many of our rocks one hundred pounds of limestone lime limp stone when burned will weigh butr sixty pounds pound the part driven off is ear carbonic bonic acid underlying the old rock is a stratum of of unknown thick thickness tiegs but knoop to le upwards lip wards of ohe thousand teer feet in depth 1 I 1 he be water falling on the surface and percolar perc percolating olat ing through the ille porous rand stone that the oil rook rock becomes charged with sult bait potash saltpetre salt petre and other chemical ingredients and rea alies thy tho limit stone rock and decomposes it the carbon uniting t tp airo oiro farm r in oil while the oxygen is set free to tp ascend bend to the or unite with minerals and form the reverse or of this is seen in burning the he oil in a lamp the oxygen inthe at ino ionosphere sphere the carbon hy thia oil forming carbonic acid sandwith and with the hydrogen forming dorming water thus comple ting the circle is frequently iv a kad W alie oil become ex we may answer when the ocean isard asand not before v |