The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-07-04

1 Ni"d'9 al tut ueualleu discoveries of [ INK n,
| Vancouver, t.e. New Hanover, Rev Corn.
wall, New Auftulk on the main and
ne islands of King George, Queen Char
ioite, aud Prince of Wales upon the cpas,.
There IS however, one iifng circnm-
stahee, al which we arr persuaded lis Inn
PtiiaI M4es'y vas i,,Gordui y lien he issu-
ed ms sweeping ukase, namcly-that the
whole country, from latitude 81 degrees
80 min, 10 the boundary Of The limited
'>tdtes IN latitude 4G degrees or hereabouts,
Is now, aud has long been, in the actual
possession of the British Northwest com
pany. The communication with this ,asl
territory is by the Peace River. W hirh. r, ~
ing tile Rocky Mountains from the west
ward, In lat. \. So degrees, and Ing.
l2i degrees W. falls into the Polar Sea by
The Mackenzie River. Thecountry behind
them, To the westward, has been named hy
the settlers New Caledonia, and is IN rX !.
tent, nom north 10 south, about 500 miles,
abd lroin east 10 west 100 nies. II is
described as very beautiful, ahoun,line in
me forests, rivers, aud magnificent lakes,
one al which Is moi leas than 800 mites in
circumference, surrounded by picturesque
mountains clothed To their very SUBMITS
With timber trees of the largest dimensions.
| From this lake, river falls To the west
| ward into the Pacific either into Port rs
sngion, or Observatory Inlet where Van
eonEer discovered the mouths of two
rivers, one IN lat 81 degrees II min.
the olher in 81 degrees 80 min. In the
summer season, II swarns With salmon,
from which the natives derive cuNsidcra-
bic part of their subsistence. The North
west Company have a post on its berders,
! IN ldt- 81 degrees 30 min n, long. l25
! degrees W., distant ahbut $50 miles from
the Observatory Inlet III Vancouver, the
head of which hes in lat. s. degrees II
min. \. long. l29 degrees ~ MIN. w,
where 10y this time, the United Company
ef the North west and Ilndson's Bay,
rave in all probability, formed an esiab-
iIshment, and thus opened direct commit
Dltion betwenn the Atlantic and the Pacific,
the whole way by water, with the eXccp.
ton ol IA very few miles across the high
lands which divide the sources ofthe rivers,
aud give them opposnc directions.
Thus then II Is oh, ious, that, as we have
actual possession of the SIX degrees of
coast usurped 10y Russia in her recent ma
nltesfn, her cldim To this part is perfectly
uugatory. inderd as We before observed,
the assumption must have heen matr Ia ut
ter ignorance utthr fact which is The less
surprising, US this par, Of the world remains
as yet, complete blink On our best and
latest charts"
| Such istle statement of the Quarterly
| Retlew--ahd without meaning 10 subscribe
to every part ol It ourselves, il certainly
| furnishes strong considerations Why Rus
sia should abandon her pretcnsious. Ue,
too, had strong rights on tue North Yves
tern coast, winch we could not tlnuh OF
yielding. We had MI the right which
Spain could give by defining 10 ltc Pacific
| the boundaries of Louisiana. Besides, the
usnrpalion Oh sea was as gross rs that on
Land. That Russia should pretend to shut
up an. Immense part of the ocean uorth of
| jlst degree of latitude, and within 100
miles Of it, is munstrous aud unjnstIliabc
| usurpaion.
lit be- true, ther, that Russia has aban-
doned her claim OF Jurisdiction, We shall
rejoice att. II will lie a proof that one
ray of ilsht and justice eau pierce the CT
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