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Mouth ot that line. If poaitiv* «vMMM wrc 1
wanting with regard to any part of the in
terior plain* an*TM the 4Mb parallel, it
cookl not reoaonably ba inferred that they
were waatinjr in an aik<|n«t«' supply or at
iDoaphrrie moisture.
With these facta of clinatnlogical capaci
ty established, a* the whole U nor and »ig
n'iflcawe of American research on this point
clearly ahow», it may l« ea*v to ond'-rstanil
tin - description* of thow who havn travclref
tla-rr. ana to connect tlie norm* bat imm/fro
aceounta yet written. It i« moat *uri<ri*mg
that no little is known of the (treat island*,
ami the long line of eoaat from Puget*
Hound to .Sitka, ample aa it* rcaourec* mu*t
be erven for recruiting the transit < omtmTce
of tba Pacific, imlepemlcut of ita immenaa
intrinaic value. To the region Imreleritig
tlie northern Pacific the finest inarilime [s>
aitiona belong throujthoot ita entire extent,
and no part of the w<*t of Europe ex<**d*
it in tha advantage of finable climata, fi r
tile toil, era) commercial acixxmibility ot the
cnaat. The western sloj*' of tlie llucky
Mountain ayatem may Ik: included a* a purl
of this maritime region, emhraeinir an im
menae area from tin: 4f»th to the (filth imral
|e| ami fire degree* of longitude in wnlt>.—
The cultirable aiirfaro of tliia iliatriet can
not be mooli ban than lltrtt hunJiol tluamnul
opiate mil ft.
Kelt I* the area of tlm plain* Knat of
tlie Korky Mountain*—not le** remarka
ble than the flrat for the absence of atten
tion heretofore given to ita intrinaic value
a* a prodnctlve and cultivable region, with
in eaay reach of emigration. This ia u
wedge *h*|*xl tract, ten degree* of longitude
in width *t it* baar, along the 47th parallel,
lodined northweatward to conform to the
(rend of tlie Itoeky Mountaina, and term'
nating not far from the (firth parallel in a
nirmw line, which atill extend* along the
Mackenzie for throe or four ilcgrce* of lati
tuile, id a climate barely tolerable, laird
Selkirk began hi* effort* at colonization here
a* early a* IhO'i. and from personal know
Italge he then claimed lor tin* tract a rapa
city to support thirty million* of inhabitant*.
All the grain* of the ciail temperate luti
tuiie* are produced abundantly'. Indian
corn may Ik: grown on Imth branch** of the
Saskatchewan, and the graasol the plain* •*
•insrulsrly abundant and rich. Not only in
tie: earliest period of ctploration of tw-ae
plain*, tint now, they are the gnat resort
lor buffalo herd*, which, with the domestic
herd*, ami liorwH of the Indiana and the
coloniats, remain on them and at their wood
land iMirdera through the your. The aitnple
fact of tlie prnonce of there* Vuat herd* of
wild callki on plain* at so high n latitude is
amplu proof of the elimatolngi -ul and pro
ductiVf capacity of tie* rounUy. *tf these
plain* and tlH’ir wmsllaud horiiera the vain
aide aitrfaiv* lltea*nre* fully fir* humltnl
Ihoumwl ojiui rt milti.
In variona parts of the prexwut work, ref
rrencr-s have (sail modi) to the leading tori
dents ol natural capacity and of actual
growth ia Urn N'urthwcaterndistrict* It I*
not necessary to reja-at them hero an<l the
• - „* •>„>.. . m mu') .'e dirert attention
of the TerrlbopOHllt in that quarter, as one
.early the greatest Hold in which j
"it advantages await the use of e vlli j
tw) nation*. The reason for mind of the |
previous and present neglect of this region '
lies in mistaken view* of ita climate and the I
Jecnllaritie* of much ol the Istko Mopcrinr
istriet are aiteb a* to per|)etuatc the inis '
take. With the unusual severity of the lust
two or three winter* there, it ams-nra in
credible that the country ut the Went, rising
towards the Itockv Mountains, should I*-
less severe, tint the vast plain risin very '
little. Port Union is but ‘.MH>O had above
thu sen, and Fort lieutuii but b'.tfiMi, though '
Ifi* of longilmk) duo west of tlm plain at :
thu *ourcc* of the Miasissippi at Ifionfftt
Much of it drellnes In altitude northwist 1
ward, imterd, toward the northern lakw '
basin* and Hudson's Hay Tlm Increase of
temperature westward, is <|nitv us rapid as it |
is southward to New Mexico, and tlm IV I
uillc border* at the fiOth parallel are milder
ia winter th*n Santa Fe. In every coisll- '
tion forming thu basis of national wealth
the continental mass lying westward and
mirth westward from lake Superior is li*r
more valuable than th* interior in lower Ut
itudea, of which Salt I akcand I'pjmr New
Mexico are thv prominent known districts. '
Thu history of this Northwestern district
ha* unusual interest, also, though tlm detail*
are meagre. French trader* ranged the fi r
tiki plain* of Ited river and the Saskatch*
wan nearly two eenturies since. »ml the rich
trad*' in hire and pellrie* has for so raa
ny year* Is-en constantly gallicr»sl from
the surrounding trad* through that ** a
mitral area. This occupation w»x coeval
with the Spanish oeeu|i*tion of New Metl
co *nd ('alifnrtiiu. and fait for tin* pernicious
view*entailed by the fur trufiic *s to them'
(vanity of preacrvlng It as * wilderness, it
would long *lnce have bix-n o|»'ti<xl to colo
nisation. Hie Hudson * lUv and North
wret companies hail a gigantic contest for
poaseMSion, after the Frvnrh had giren way
to Hritish dominion In Canada. and both
three companies at last concentrated their
itrvngth on effort* to pnaerve thu wilder
nrea, and to crush tlm infant colony of I<r*rtl
Selkirk.
The whole apace herein ikwignaUxf, the
Northwest i*. however, the joint possession
of the Unitavl States *ed tireat Hritain, not
only In Territorial title, but in all th< inci
dent* of d'-Tvlnpinent its commercial and
industrial capacity is gigantic, ami one which
it ia the highest interest ot both govern
ment* to bring out at th* eurln-sl moment.
The illustration of the sunnier ami win- (
ter climate* lor the country north of the
fifith parallel is given, though wiih !•-*» fid
new than eould T* deslnxl, on tin isothermal
and rain charts for the temperate latitude*
of Utth cnatiaents. The here mad
may be traced there in a geucrai way , but
a map on a more ample »< ale, representing
the now unknown plains of the Ycliow-ton.*,
and the' southern Saskatchewan, und lb.
equally important Pacific dadrii’t* north >.|
Vancouver's Island, ami with * full g< .1
phicol detail. where so much is now \ *g-i, ,y
placnl. is much to be desirv'il For t!<
•mall oumtier of point* olwcrvid sb->v* the
4Ath parallel, the statistic* are very weil
uiatribatrd to d>fmu tlw climate.
• * * • The condition* ixisting in
SUPPLEMENT TO TIIE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.
thi* in.mc use a nn dererve a distinct in »i
--m* nt, and partit ularly the import*.. « ol
the great channel of *<<•»•*» through Jaike
Huj*'ri*r attm lic* tlie higbiat intercut to the
definition of it* peculiar climaU-. in severe
winters, tlie rnwit formidable ke barriers are
interposed ov>t a portion of it* surface. *«
the ie* remain* late and in large fit-ids and
tnuMies at the estslern end of Like Kt - in
tls: same easea—in both lake* tlm wisbru
oml larger portions is-ing fro- from olatrui
lion* at n ifatc ronch earlier
a, 11,,n stiil H**n«llou or giniol anil
XswrlM sjns Ksik IMfci-r.
The stearn ferne* which havu lately b»vti
esiablistM*! between Kngfai-i him! America,
arc prcehieinp important eflnct* in Imth
emmtries. 'I lieaeeffitet* have Ix-eti strikingly
exhibited in tin; jirini'iit financial eris.-t *He<-v
ing both countries. Tba monetary rvvul
sion ahead, conwxpicnt M|K»n tin: panic here,
reveal* tlm fact that tba commerce of Amer
ica has risen to* rank of the llrnl im|K>rlaiu*:
in the affairs of the world. Among tic
iicMt signilicsnl fai ls in the late erixis, i* tie'
ri>e of the rate of interest in hngland. At
first sight, this might son to lu favorable
to Ist interest* Hut in the long run, it will
not lie mi. It is the competition of America
which h«* brought tins nlKint. In new
eountries, money will always Isar a higher
rate of interest than in on old ot*'. And if
there is js'rfect ws urity arid confidence,
money will flow to the point where it will
produce the gri-atest revenue. The staid
and willed buxineas of l.nghuid isdislurlad
by American competition. For what will
be tlm vlliet ? Aii immediate increase of
the cost of every article of production, in
which lliere is a rivalry, in tlm manufacture*
of Knglnnd and America. What we want
in this country, text fa for our manufactnnug
and our commercial interests, is an aeeuimi
latum of capital, tiivau* that, ami we stmll
command the commerce of the world. W e
have not. as yet, capital enough to withstand
linetiiulions, urnl thus loei|uali/e prieist over
a long series of years.
In new countries, the rale of Interest is
always r»in|i*raUvely high. In the raw
Stales, ten, twenty, and sometime* thirty
|s r cent, is readily given for the use nt
money. There is no manufactures, there i*
no trade or comns-nv that will yield *uoh a
profit. And hence,so little of the cominer
eial difficulties of the Atlantic .State* and
eilie*. And just as the new Slate* react on
the old, doe* America react on Kngland.—
And what will lie tlm consi:i|uenc»' 1 F.ng
fish capital will more and more seek Aneri
can investment. The rate of interest may
deelins smmwhat as eupital aecumnlnU-e.
but tti t umulution ol capital U c* Is stability
arid permanence, und stability and (s'lnia
lienee mvite the investment ol eupital. Ihe
time will come whi'ii Ktiglishmen will follow
their own capital, and manufacturer* Hu m
Hclna will find that they can pursue their
oh* tm*iit''xx here to greater advantage than
st home.
The pro*|* rity o i.ngluisl is only relative,
it arts)-* from the fact that she is in odvulicc !
of tlm rest of the world iu civilization and
tlx* mechanic arts. Slie ha* not tlm true ba
sis ol national' ..voi |s-uo» «**i i -ullii'u iit
breath ol soil to -iirttain her own pnpuiutin,
< ’nt |mr oil from all intercourse with foreign
nations and her |topu!utiim would starve
firing all other imtioiH up to her standard
of civilization, industry mid niei li.iuieul -kill
lint! is. let .ih<m all iiiainil'.o tore liir them
si Iv.* and her wealth would consume away
und her |*>w.i and im|s.rlauee wouid d.-
clitte.
Not so Uit with our country. The ele
ments of our prosperity are native and in
trinsii. We have an almost unlimited
bmidtli of the most uingnitiecnt soil on
earth We have bread in aliimet limitless
supplies Wo liave everything that England
hit* IkwiK Tlie only things in aliiili she
has the advantage of us are tb** elieitpn -oof
lulmr and the low rate of interest, lit other
words, we want u d. nsir |Kvjiulation and a
greater accumulation of capital la not ev
ery your remedying ladlt these tk fects ’ Is
not the increase by emigration Va t, and lliat
by the laws <vf multiplication still more
rapid 1
In in rhaiiieid ingenuity, in the iuvcutiou
of lalair saving niaehilte*, we certainly sur
pass any nation that has ever existed Our
j’tttent Office at Washington hour* wit ass
of lloa. Our inventions, t.si, are vital in
their character to the pros|s rity of a |ss>ple.
Our cotton gin*, our mowing, reaping,
and thrasliing maibita's nltai will they
net achieve to rla a|B-n tiasl and - bulling '
Another immervu- advantage wliiiti we have
incur ron«|*'tltlon with England i* our 'ns*
doni front a national debt 'lhat England
stand* up under her iiumen-s lead as si.e
dare is tlie wonder of tba World. The very
idew of a debt of of |von nds at- r
ling t* jwrlcetly appaloig , y< t this is tl e
weight xlte has to carry in tlie ra e with us
her territory, too. small and incapable of
e.x|*ui.sion our* vast in extent and cupel c
ot inervose t»y annexation, till it embrace* n
whole eontiovnt. It is not dilflruit to sc
how the rontret must terminate. H!i Sun.
'lr. Rl«lr> *• rwltsll
A few dav* iinee wo published a very
graphic sketch of "The f.ittie li-ant" —we
now prremt ion pevn/onf.oneof hi* fiv. Mi
ItlOl KM
Higlrr is attoM Snajuehaitn* lumU'rmv"
acenstomsd to running lumber down flu’
river in tic roughest weather, and mingtiug
os a right gisai f> liovv with the wtM and
outspvvken b.sly of m< u who do the hard
work ol that lalwirum* bmino* No rag
gvd rultman never fluttenxi of a March Jay
in more tattered it> xpivssibi.* than be, t
trumpixl ahmg the b'W path in a tit -re shock
inglv bad hat. Ho jon are the utxn has l y
long usage bvvomc |ierh*ctly indura .>i to
hard knock*. Tl*' oampkxion ol hi* mo d
ita* sym|<athi*Mi with tire rough sxper-n.v
of hLs phvnieal being; #nd knowing that i -
can tanr m re than other martyrs, he h is
thrown himoelf into the breach, iaten lh> r
outrageously iiek-si ai»| is the only ntxn »!"
lu* not fouisl it out. The simplicity of h
iharactrr i» charming He is a legitimate
pedmell of tl*' dud . i « which tills l/s iv
f.s'o rid>K n Mato las for many year* e:
sn to represent lu-r in the national council*,
tis-ir cajwa'ity for g.*«l ts ing extremely lim
iUst, while their prom'm-s* to ..vil knows m>
brnusla
( uhltti
Hit inhabitants of tin* Unlderi Htate, we
os* by fairs paper*, are getting more and
inure' XCited against flic (Ihitv.ao. and -*,
rinu* diftienitiea were appretiended on this
jHittit. In Australia, the same d ftV-tillv *\-
ist<-d. and it had tss-n nonlvcd at \ tori*
that if tin: Legislature did not ( rov. l .>r
the *|*sxly removal of the (Juniu s to -
other port ion of the t .'ojooy, tliat lh* tr im
mediate rjretinixit wouid is' prfs'ie.i.d
with. W’lH-rts Ua s< Chiuoinen were to **"
sent to is not stated, nor doe* it seem wry
clear that tie re i« any partim iar j>ortinn of
Australia that they could settle iu by tle-ra
selves withnot interfering with the Hritish
Colonists.
It s*s-ms rather itard. at first view, tonne
minrepluinted w itli tie: < 'hirtess-, to force tie m
ufi in a eortvr in thi* manner, but their Imr
ril#!*- d< morulizatioii and thorough rascality
won brings down upon lie-tit the irntred ol
any decent mix* of human Icings that eome
in contact with them. We must here men
tion that, as a general rule, uo Ohiuamau
pretending to ihe rlightest degree! of nw
sjss'tability ever leave* the " Central I' low
erv Isind " for another.
'!ti/<!•♦* Prrmli l*r»-as
The Earn I‘reur, lately tli« organ ol w hat
we' might call the lfi publirun party, if there
wa* anything of the name, has just been sas
js'udixl lor writing an article much t.aj fr-.v
ami jirngrewfive to suit the despotic ta-tesnt
thu pn wot ruler* ol the Ereneh [s <>ple -
Titc following is the article thut las d t<r
mintd the miittsl rial council to tah" tics
step :
*• There lias existed for several montlis m t "
pukin' mind a vs>ruu terror, win. h vurlxvs. very
sttvuti.r ukservur, and Wliieli a few days sue s
w." |oillit* .| to us slievidei,.:,! o' the muio-ta! .i
t>l« revival of |oildlo spirit. I fir hour of de .
siv# aettoii I* now evidently at hand Die
protilemx that prt-eieeupy the potiticai vr.nid
sie simplifying themselves ; the |„,»i.o-u* ol the
leaders are trm rd out. sad political part - nr
pressing closer in ea h otiier and eoiiating up
their slrength. l'he war of prioeiplas Is iimf.-
aril re than ever; d deeply 11;.' tutes ttedni-rt
arid Itelgiutu, an I the laid that w,» iaveiluntai I v
ial.l' ia tlie tiiunipli of oai friends in Tulin sc I
It asseis, is a proof that the f*M'dniotitcx< c. t
Iteigisns are not slooe lot, rested m it. It ee-.-ms
as it we beard from one e-i.diK burupe to the
other, s voice cm . to us- Hixo and tie d.-my !
Are we to r. mam deal lottos mysterious vo .
For writing this bold sentence amongst 1
others, thu I’ieite was Misjt* ndtsl for tvyo i
inimtlis; and, aithough Fringe N*|'om:on.
who identifies himxell, npixirenlly with the
Ills ml parly, has indeavored to remove the
ban, on condition that, tlie paper should is:
published merely a* n lib rary ahcct, yet
his exertion* have tss-ri frulth-os. The
ground* of his app al xv re, that some live
humhrxl |« rsoas, from editur to devil, who
in duded in tins prtiacripliou. We say that
Frincn ,Y . »oi kom itp/turcuf.'i/ identifii* |mii
s*'lf XVitti the Ills lid party, at* .' vye -n • - .v.-J
virtslly, lor till! mere pr tcu.e of holding
opinions either of oue kind or unoilit r. und"r
the sway of t|a< Emperor who vv.aiid *end
him to grill in A'/crla ut a moments uolice,
is [s rleetly ridiculous. There must he u litie
ral party, ul some sort or another, and it so j
pit-uses tlie Emperor tlml the Er.mx' lionld !
lie (lie head of it, its la-tug intinitety less
likely to a*d thv Heine on lire by nny really
Ittierul agitation, than any oi.e el~ ’1 lie
Euri* paju-rs, und utnongst them the f it net
llt I’m IS. with which M. IIK lilKUlles lilts
lately Iseome io-o. iatix| , t ie V. sis)
others, ueixirding to all ueeonnts, are torm
ing thcuiM'lvi 1 into an opp' ition [art;,
against tin' miniatrv. and n u ll s hojied
from them by those who fancy that French
men I'ttll Is' jiolltictatis, without g, till / fe/r
mont. ! on the solois t of Me-rty
It would ill twconi* ns who enjoy the
fretst government in tin* world, and the
lea si tram, lied by form* and ccmiiotm *, to
Stay that u country is uot til to govern itself
unless it apjs'arvxl trout the p'.ou pa.-.w of
history that »uolt were tliee.e e Hut it is
*o What the future of Fr*i e tanv !k: it
i* impos*ibk> for tlx* wutest read r id his
tory to prophi -V . i'ltt ill,' II- ll.try that has
has had .-o many und *uclt severe 1, ut in
government, und >'*n o'a.l tle"u without *p
jsiixnt efß'et, slid remams mi historical
enigma.
A* a sirgulnrantithesis tot < late rt ot
d »|H*ti*in. or |wcntal autie.ri'v. ; . hever
we rkiHW to call it, e,f the l rv; , i Empe
ror. we prewtut a picture c.' the t', e.nt n*
Moa*v iu hitiMcif, utekr ti.- -uu<' govern
meat, whom we shall style
tiik H*rrtv.<T ax* tv fKx.v, x.
The Count, who hx* jmt reiiira-v! frem
Kltsiix. on ojat.ipg the !x»t . ol the
Corp* I/g.siatif, thus g*t . r * ,u* tor
his own happitasta ;n the fis'. g sentence :
"tienttem - . I am hvppv xt i,,v»e'f
core none «iik ; von. an I | a ! at I *ing
*j[»oi i'll r I to in * ehx.r, espr . ~ the
, *ti* VI ■ -! V: A, -II*.U t -ayt, w it-h
V,.nr *ppi,.t>w: ,n It XjK g-re, v_ noirsa
IV-rr t, /.V,i* 10.4.' uf yvrxi, -,x* .wet «,.. W. ..
14*41-4 4.444 *4 4,4% gif*.;, W»<( IMS. .'W*;. (4*
140* 4(1 l*< rtsia. e*. mid «»fsx'•*- '*>- . wx
f- X* u f'mmt ''
I'ree d -euo. -u, itsh-svl I . wl.ai a pitch
si *., ik gradation, fur the «, 'o' holding
iiffiee. n .-: Corp* I/'.. • f '.are de
. nd.xl w'v ti it iwtivt* » H *'i .re o! an
liaUxe the rhvsb.iuivnlaile ■ ay u rrupu
iiius oilv u'urer. the jdi-ud : • f a Km
|« ir, . , .*{ os he M perm :*’d l j y the
fruit*of nt« nr.ls.utiilevl »»ar \v mu Mr
Sjt tie' tyrant of l*oilv'. y* Hail
Hchvvl return'*! irem his '>- i» t«> b i»kn,
to id* wretckHucholar* a half-yearly eusbau
w ut goite thro*igh in this manner :
•‘Boys, | have tiecn to t.ott.lon. artel have re
turned to toy (amity end you, v* strong au-I aa
wi ll a* i-ver."
"A' Confiug to half warty rustotn. the t.ova
gave three fcuhle cheer* st this refreshing iu
telligenee such elteerx! Sigh* of . xtra
strength will* th- chdl On."
I It course, we don’t for a moment, pretend
to my tha’ the Emperirr is tlie Sipicont of
tlie C’otjm la-gialatif, but wt '.vouid wager a
trifle thut it want* but the opportunity to
turn tin? rimers of that bisly info groans.
Tlie t |.el- Hits Vfi I,lxl*oll.
The highest kits) ol courage ut that iia.- d
upon the moral principle, whore a js r-ou
expo*.-* himself to danger Irom which wi
tlmr honor nor glory, m the common ui.eej*-
talioo of the words, are to be drawn, and
where there is m> excitrnmnt of conflict to
sustain the action. Of ouch a nature is the
Imroism ol the young King of Portugal, a*
lately displayvxl m the epidemic that has
ruvugrel I .islsui and tru ken b rror into the
In •art* of it* inhabitants. The particulars
we compile from a French journal. It i
truly u ami sight, this epidemic, but one
more afflicting still is the attitude of the
cliissc* in comfortable rircuiuidance*, and of
the arLstocraey, iu tlie face of this public
affliction. From the time the epidemic ap
peared, in the month of ftepteinb- r last, all
those whom urgent business or scantiness
of moan* did not confine t%> Lisbon, 1!, d lo
wanls ( infra, HiTiilral, %ic., without to
tksiting on tlie moral eih et thut this precipi
tate eniigratiou would produce upon the
population, of more than 10,000 i*crs"m-.
floverniiient should have tuki-n ineuaure*
of severer precaution to hinder public fune
tiiinurie* tlietnwlve* from yielding t<* the
general jiunii'. itiit what is difficult to ex
plain is tin' condin-t ol tie: clergy iu their
too feeble effort* in [irevemiug the flight
ol Iheaacoward*, and in affording the conso
lation* and succor of religion to the flock
coutukxl to llaiir tare. It is said here that
nothing whs wanting tint an express ami
formal order of the King to recul to hi*
duty the I'.ir.llo.il Patriarch of the Indies,
Frimate of l’orit gd, who retired to h s
Seminary of Santareni. The Caiximui wa*
attaekixi ny the scourge, and his funeral
took pine" without pomp or ceremony. Hut
fortunately we have, iu opposition to tlie
hireling who loveth lint the flock, • th" gom)
shepll'Til who watches over Ins sheep." The
title of this gms| shepherd, we must COnli'xS.
Itelongs to the young King, I>on I'koko.
vvluwe self denial,, m-rgy und sang front are
beyond all praise. What a noble example
tins King off re nt the »ge of twenty! und
what, a grand lesson he give* to the grand
dignitaries of ins court and of tin- Portu
g' ■wo aristoeraey.
Tlie moral efiect prisfiteed’ oy fit’s ii.'.v .b.n t
Ita* lasui immenw'. 'l'he jsxtpie of I .Lhurt
will never forget Ins pati rmil devotion, and
it bliss. % aVo tlie King regent I*on I'krxan
l>o, who aceotnpanits every day his Maj- sty
m his walks iu the midst of the w etiuiis el
tlie city, most visited by the iliseue, anil iu
his altcnihtneettiHUt the hospital*. Attraet
•%t by the “Jiectaek’ of there* two princes,
many high jsTsonages h.ivv r* grett.xl tl , ir
timidity, and have again taken their places
by their prim e whom they should never have
ipiitfixl. The gri ater mtmls rot Ihe tt.em
ts'rs of the i.'ortes - inte im n of those who
set out on tiieir travel* 0. ’ ire the outbreak
of tlm epidemic, l.mi fell ,t a point of honor
to partake the iiu- g> r with their brave sov
- reign Their return t- I i*b<
fully coulributed to r .uiimat ■ tln-ir dejected
spirit* For remie time past u sensible ini
proveimnt hits taken phieo, and tiie cures
arx* tweoming more freijttt nt. 'ln the mean
time, tlie courage, l. t us ratlur oy, the he
r -isiii of the Kmg d'K-s uot for an instant
flag: but a short time siihx' his Majesty was
-ix'u to enter an hospital !-sided wi : lt fiver
i -tricken patients, ami whom the gr-atrr pact
l of the sttsuii inH had .|es»rte.h Many im
valid* remained witbxiut stnvor Tl King
approat he.) the conehe*. and «t izing s’tdden
ly a soldi r. bugler of on,' of his regiments,
{ hi' foidid It ill ill Iti.x anus and with a tint)
but kutil Toi **. a«idrvK«**i In clieerlully—
tV.me, mv fri nl. courage, you will net
: .lie vi t , .i.urige.and 1 am s ire that I shad
. aga.n 1: tr :!„ :• rwi >. your trumpet la
in a'h the windows of my palace.
The bugler moved by this a-ldres* »e»'u:
to regain l x streng'h.ojwmxl hi* •'} > au-I
sitti-id on the you:, r pe nee, who hud j ..%xxi
h.m on i:os bid. mid presrexl his la.nd*
I" I- ks to *hi« i't.,vi;r»cfini! and t i'a’t t:-
•it-iis he r,<»iv '.tire bugler met..'., j f-om
hat tm at. ut *:nl i* tn a fair way of nvi.very
,'liere' iiicLx nr. w,-, hiw>wn oi. l • -aUd by
•WfV i,e ;rl the.* tie- {► - j wt.-' l-we
, t 'hr k tg. lr by iropere lion, believe th"
v,i gprn x* "'ho was only - ;ncd by h.>
c ursge and sj- rit • ( devotn.as i-'iog in*
v lirer.i ..’ f at loss i*f ! -' in l.isboo. hah
%r 'o h i* lee n tstimat" ! at 1 in 71.
There' are tl Chirac • re-ven daily par* r*.
v tri-ftrii
tii rtixxi month.i<*. I he aggregate eireuia
-;. iis about U.rxv ha' drxxi tt.-Hisajiilc
Ti.-re are re-ve» iv publican p.M»T* ia ti..'
•ty of (Jhtcagt. limy mt'.*« have a h*rl
I.IHi of it.
4 . _
*
JANUARY 14 1858.
Tli« Trrtllory of AillouU.
IV people living within the proposed .
i new Territory of A rizonia. have lately bad
i on election for Iterate to fongnws. and
have retimed Umt. Mowitr as their choice
' for that office. Licit. M' »kt hi* prepared
| a memoir of thi* new Territory, which he
propose* to submit to Congress at an eativ
day. According to thil memoir, the n>w
Tcrrirory will embrace t>o.ooo square miles,
aid contains within its border* tiie three
I Urgent riven on the continent west of the
Mississippi—the Rio Grande, Gila, and Col
! urado of the West. The Gadsden purchase
is attached, by the act of Congress, to New
Mexico. At the time of its acquisition
1 then- was scarcely any population. The
1 Apache Indian, nuperior in strength to the
Mexican, had gradually extirpated every
trace of civilization, and roam <l, imiiileT
rupted. sole |io»se*»r of what was once a
thriving ami populous Spanish province.'—
Tlia imputation is at present not far from
I eight thousand, and is rapidly increasing.—
The Mellissa Valley mid the Rio tirande
arc the most populous, contain! i* about five
1 'housund people.
A i taoniu aliounda in Mineral wealth.
agree in the ffuteinent that, the Territory
j Las iiiimeme resource* in silver and copper.
: Tins whole region, according to Col. Rsorv's
report, twin* with the precious metivs.--
The agricultural reaourc s are miflicicnt to
; snstain a large mining population and nfibrd
abundant supplies for the •. • : : iiuiigrutl .
which will follo'f the development of i*s
; mineral wealth. Cotton, wheat ami coni
[ abound in the Gila valley, which is more
than four hundred miles ill length, and cun-
I with proper exertion?, be made to produce
! plentiful crop*. The valley of the Santa
Cnt* is one hundred miles long, of tie rich
est land. AH the fruits known to a South
ern clime ure produced hue in great abund
utiee. The otlier valleys, w hich ure innu
merable, are capable of sustaining large
population*.
The greater portion o! the lands on the l
Santa Cruz and San Pedro rivers are cov
ered by Mexican tides, and many of tin**' '
I again by squatter claims. Ihe land titlen
must be settled c.im.ii some definite bus:*, bv '
1 Congr*>*. No protection, cither civil or ;
military, is extendi d over a great portion of I
| tho Territory. Tins checks the d.-ve-lop
mi nt of all her resource*—not why to her
, own injury, but that of California and tk' j
Atlantic States, by withholding u market
' lor her productions and the bullion which
I bii" is in,!y üble to supply to an extent cor
responding to the labor employed in <*!►-
| twining it.
A thriving commerce has already sprung (
up between Arizona nud Sail Francisco.
| Two at earners tind active employment in this
• trade. T.W Territory is attracting Amiri
cull settlers, und the inert pcvmitiipg p" r - ;
; tious cf it am rapidly tilliiig up. Rut its
present condition is deplorable in the ex
treme. Throughout the whole country
there is no redress for crime or civil injuries.
’no courts, no laws, no magistrate. ’I he es
tablishment of a firm government then-,
will extend the protection of the United
Statist over American citiz.ns resident in
the adjoining Mexican province*. The pro
tevtioii is most ure.Tilly demanded. lh<
Mormon w.tr has clos'd the great emigrant
road to Cnliforr.iu bih! Oregon over th<
South Pa s ui.d !» dt Ink" A alley I ■
o|»‘n only the route through Arizona, which
is by fur the most practicable at ail sioson
iof the 'ear. It is urged that the closing ot
th" South Pass route by the Mormon diffi
culty, furnishes a strong argument iu favor
of the early organisation ol the Territory,
und that fifty thousand sou's will move to
wards t> ■ Pacific early in the Spring if the
route is opened to a secure passage.
»-|wi fr hilitjintMili.
Ttaj shipment* Iro n Ni w \'.>rk and
Boston fort'n m.inth of P 'S! ndier. including
•7*0.000 Irmu the last named p irt by t'.o
Canard steamer, w< r>- a.- follows, ti e jomi- ,
cipal d.'stiimtion l>. ing Kngtan I
. From New York. tT.- l'.i. >
Kr on ooston *,it.'i.uoo
Total *10,03.1.1*00 '
The *pwke reserve in the Ranks i f •
two chic*, after tiie foregoing heavy vapor*
demand, is as foilows
Xcw d uk. |.4.n.;t.iio •. . .
B. 1.180.15H1 1,, .till
Total f:*i.»'::' mi 111,-, l.co"
The gsin oft.-r shipping •lOA'i.l <» u and
resuming specie payment* in full, dur » t : .,
months, is •J.-4ot*.lH)o. As rr.., *i i ■ can
as readily V spared to Knctand in -I ..rv.
without bringing d «n the Rank r-'-irv • in
the two cit’ns Is w thirty ntika ,s d< i.ars,
It is doubtful, lew ever, w nether, after the
sl ipuv nt t.' it AV’oilin'- iv, by the P'Tsia.
* (to embrare the dsn isn dividends r• eg
a -rvail.' the ,i m*r.d will r-ntinne ~n
large a t ale.
lttsunderiittH.Jth.it tbs* venerable Je
st «h tjci vtis w r ting a life of John ( t '. is v
Afav «•. i that ail tie* vulatninivu p*;.*.s
I ft by th" iatt'-r Lava tm placed to i:i.»
ha. si. fiff at purpose it s thought that
pa-‘. it !eii.-i, oif the w *rk *ll Nt ready
?• rpn atioti iu February.
Il'tnk* lit
To rh« 'i-inor* of line Ptowt*? D«in'*r t
AVe I'ntirely agn:-e with the articles in
your paper on the currency question. AAc
believe that if the Government of the
L’nitisJ ritales, in its early history, had pre
venti-d entirely the i.-.-ue of bank notes,
much of tiie mischief that has occurred by
feu-‘ii panics” as that through which we
liave pa-*ol might have Imu prevented. —
But, unfortunately, iu the early history of
the country this whole subject was Ml to
the action of the different .States. The
power which the general government once
held has now virtually passed to the States,
and President Buchanan himself, though
ivally ulwavs in favor of a hard money cur
rency, virtually couceti s. in his last nwse
aage, that wc can now only I*ok to the
Stut s for a reform in the currency. Wc
would bo glad if there was any hope that a
reform would be made by the d ll rent State
Is-gtHlatures. A few Stats*? like Izmihiana,
and Missonri, and lowa, have refusal to
allow bank issues of any kind. Louisiana
and Missouri have both rcocntly passed
banking laws. No bank issues have yet
ap]*.*arcd in lowa, and probably no State
in the Union is so cunsM with irresponsible
batik issues us Jowa. ltubuque ha- its liar
bor i irrency in spite of the laws, and a!-
most every town in the State has its local
shin pi asters that will not puss ton miles
from tie "ir place of issue. Cook, Sakoext
A < 0., fed other banker?, have literally
flooded the State of lowa w ith Nebraska
currency, and though tin* whole people b.--
lieve it, in most cases, to lw valueless, still
it is iu th< ir hands, und they give it curren
cy I localise they h > i that they mnst take it
or go without, or receive :■- unetlimg worse.
Their only choice is local idimplasters, Ne*-
braska currency, or nothing. The jxs.ple
o'' lowa have found out their mistake, and
have voted to imetul their Constitution irnd
create ii banking law.
It i* precisely twin Minnesota. We*must
either crnite Minnesota State currency for
our own use. or wo shall only be a place for
tiie circulation f»r the ri lire.' eiirreuey of
other Slates, if the bunkers of St. l’aul
had ad given erislit to Nelirnsku currency,
our whole 'I i rritory would have bet n flood
ed with it. The currency is now hi scarce
that City and County Scrip is made to gii,
hi cause tin re is so httle else. Minneapolis
and St. Anthony ure fiHid with nothing but
shinplasters of the vi ry worst hio.l, und uu
le-s we have it General Law. this kind of
mischief w ill certainly inert im*. Such a
law, we believe, i* requirtd in the present
emergency. The question is not between
gold and silver and bank noU; currency in
Minnesota. On tlm' point we would not
liisitate to decide*. The question is between
a currency like* Wisconsin, that will cir
culate and lx; known to be worth ils face,
and shinpiosters, which in many case* are
really worth nott.‘.''g The whole credit ot
Wisconsin currency rests upon ritejecsritie*
deposited at Madison.
If the R inks of \Vi*cnti*in, tiedav, were
calks! on for the gold for their issues, u t
Vuff bank? in the State ei nlil rispond. if
the AVi-ron-iu and Illinois banks had been
oldignl to have redeenn d th* i: notis iu t. iii
i ago during the lute junic,then l nr- not tin
bunk? in tn.ith States 1 nt what would have
is. n disert**!'ed. F.rtry man who knows
an.thing of 'unking in the-e State? knows
that tiie* crulit of Illirioisstid AA'isconsin Cur
rtri 'y r.sis tisday, not on tiie gold in the
(M ilts of the bunk*, but on tin* st. K-ks and
bond? ' v which the. are seeiind. nml which
are trie .< si? tnt,r. - i f gi h\ i n theStatc de
partment. When gold is .worth five p«'r
is'tit. preui'iitii throughout tiie whole North
we*t, it i? <’*- to expictthnt fwnker?
will issue '■ :i rwicv. unless they are protect'd
from mxi ie l demand f r large ,-utns aceuuiu
luii.i tor that purpo- ■. It s furtlie interest
of the people to secure f' - n -< ivi* from lo*«.
and thm i neonr.ige tl •• Banker to keep 1 ;s
enrren y • •.iatloti and n t heard it fir
feur that the gold may. at any moment, Jk*
ile'."-iMI d i 1 I,'ffi-ie. I'ibje. ted to h"S
I * o*: s •-h .v " nud * tie* question of
i." id lu-.s a fiction, and it is only left for ns
t > avail c.r- Ivin of the Im.st pian that rc
ir •'••,«. 1 > ■ ctiriti'* i i AYisonsin and
!. :• »V'* • in trii*l ill t! • worst tii . s,
r.iiil. '"in it found aim <t n*c>?»la* g. ii,
1/1 n 'general hanking law tisn be passed,
t i.e -,g V* t ritii’s in Htoc|;s t ' liederiiWi 1
with t' * State Tr “i-'tr. r nn* ■ for the re
d'-tripti *not the
I- is lls- gr ind If., .re c: each » h*w.
bo i if t:..*t is siiiTi-.ii .I• v guard d tl * oth*r
•- V
would pi .' t y 1 i"* m< :tb> ra! a*4
ti * i.rT r : nts for th** - *'•*•< of v* <1
i'irr»; v Min- -oianot* - win re ilend.
AV'e ib.nk the pro\ i. n t.ircoiv, MintMu-s
--ta stock, nt par >« a g'»*d « ~ and
that that !»w of it- i w i i always k<* p
err S-„ ■ k- a* |>ar. Nji is can doubt
at V u b't.ih for any umount Cmt
may b 1 wiled Wi'! be a -a .. ol- - for bark
i-g We irl.eve a tianl.ing iaw
tsisßed by our pr rent l/.' -iaiure. wni give
',,s a million of ie ears o: ih vs » ap.lal d :r
--inr tm pr* *< ti’ vi;*,-. i .w ii f pu* *il
to cay our il l*'- and w..iti t;.-• t,r.. *ar
again fix'd, we • a., be ireet hxpp to a
general r* •nu t.,. p!*<s m t,.e wtio.e car
rency qiwstion, I'.