The new apportionment bill which has just been enacted gives to the States already erected in this region almost as many Representatives in Congress as all New England, and another decade will show that it has passed far in advance in wealth and population. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah from their mines alone have added more than two thousand millions of dollars to the world’s wealth, and are now yielding more than one-third of the annual product of gold and silver in the entire world. Two Pacific railways, the greatest feats of modern engineering, traversing the regions that were said to be “occupied with broken mountains and dreary wilds,” and “fit only for the restless hunter and wandering trapper,” have revolutionized the commerce of the world. England seeks Australia and New Zealand through the Golden Gate, and the productions of China and Japan flow to our magnificent harbors of the Pacific and cross the American continent on their way to supply the demands of Europe. The archæological discoveries in these regions disclose a prehistoric occupancy by a race that founded great cities and built palaces and temples, and who shall say, that, under the dominion of the Anglo Saxon, the glories of their antiquity may not be surpassed? Who shall say what mighty results shall flow from the contest which began when Gen. Taylor crossed the Nueces in the march to the Rio Grande? LIST OF BOOKS ON THE MEXICAN WAR. BRACKETT, A. G. “Gen. Lane’s Brigade in Central Mexico.” 1 vol., 12mo. Cincinnati. 1854. BROOKS, N. C. “History of the Mexican War.” 8vo. Baltimore. 1849. CARLETON, J. H. “Battle of Buena Vista.” 16mo. New York. 1848. CUTTS, J. M. “Conquest of California and New Mexico.” 12mo. Philadelphia. 1847. EDWARDS, F. S. “Campaign in New Mexico.” 12mo. Philadelphia. 1847. FROST, J. “Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War.” 8vo. Philadelphia. 1856. GIDDINGS, Major. “Campaign of Northern Mexico.” 12mo. New York. 1853. HENRY, W. S. “Campaign Sketches of War with Mexico.” 12mo. New York. 1847. HUGHES, J. T. “Doniphan’s Expedition.” 12mo. Cincinnati. 1848. JAY, W. “Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War.” 12mo. Boston. 1849. KENDALL, G. W. “Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition.” 2 vols., 12mo. New York. 1847. KENDALL, G. W. “The War between the United States and Mexico.” Royal folio. LIVERMORE, N. “War with Mexico Reviewed.” 12mo. Boston. 1850. New York. 1851. MANSFIELD, E. D. “Life and Services of Gen. Winfield Scott.” 12mo. New York. 1852. MEYER, BRANTZ. “Mexico.” 2 vols., 8mo. Hartford. 1853. RAMSEY, A. C. “The Other Side.” 12mo. New York. 1852. REYNOLDS, J. G. “Marine Corps in Mexico.” 8vo. New York. 1853. RICHARDSON, W. H. “Journal of a Soldier in Mexico.” 12mo. Baltimore. 1848. RICHARDSON, W. H.