Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-04-10
Value OF Oregon.

In he late admirable speech on the Oregon question.
Mr. McD4e caused 10 Be read from Mr. GTeenho's tpos
Oresan-a book will be remembered for toe
express purpose Of sustaining the American to the
Russian line and OF showing the importance ri sustaining
pre- ensons, by II necessary every inch OF the
disputed tsrrOry-,he annexed extract, describing the
territory south OF the 49ih parallel, and which unyeIs1
J. eonseded to be the tes' part OF O,egon:
The season, IN the courty the Pacific
extends from October TO Apf but the rains arc neither
frequent abundant and they rarely any other
period Vi the year, fine forming couutryg In the
valleys there e snow, farther north u i
mon. butt seldom Del long, except on the heights
Under such circumstances, II will be that little en-
ouurngement, u offered for the cultivation Of tins part Of
Oregon. Tie Of wood mus sso prove gr,atu bsa.
Gle settlement, this indispensable article can uny be
procured r distance up the north branch Of he
Columbia. from the Pacific region, with which the pas
ssges OF communication through the mountains few aud
difficult.
The county forher east between the Blue mountains
and the Rocky mountains appears TO be except IN very
lew small detached =, ab Outey unInhaJahc for tnO.e
who depend agriculture Tor subsistence. IL 10 ac
collection Of bare rocky mountain chains scpu'a by d.,
gorges, through which hcw the duced by the
melting Of the SHOWS the submits; Tor In the lover
grounds rain seldom falls any time. On borders u
tho Lewis and 81 tie ia ing into TO- ore val
eys and rrrire producing gfass FOR cac bit s the
empts to cuuyu- tie csCueHt 'geablf have failed chief
w. j. BELIEVED from The great ference the ienycra
lre between the DAY and the succeeding night, especially
the summer, which j. commonly not less tsn 81, snd
ton exceeds 80 degrees Of Fahrsnheirs hernone-
I Ter.
In n9ie appended % these 5escrip'i ms are the fol-
. Owing obs rysu0ns The Th,mpmcor was seen by
Wyot1 a. Fsu Hal the Lewis the 43d parable of
tufe. ~ the ire, zIr pYl the morning, uqd ~ De
gt''s Of Finr'ahe u ie miIoIe OF the day 10 Angus,
lfuss o-cuf nt this place il nearly every day M tue yelr
This. the ro.der win r,mcnbrr is 5c.cnpuon. Jy ,b.
Official Historian, OF tHlt portion Of the Oregon ierntoy
wt.r les south of the 49u p1f-r aud about the title J
which, consequently there s uH qate. il m-y we. be
a.ksr tins be ft, uu-t de-. g,'.u portion Of the North.
Western II Dorado must be the t-uptlons TO emf
grafton end settlement pr,-saf by tlc region farther
Nor'1yy int portion 'yius between tie para e- uf ~
aud 81, which In controversy between the United State,
snd Crest Britain and for 'no right possession 70 which
they orming Tor bsttel Mr. Grosnhow doscnb,s it
thus.
The territory north ri the lyl parallel OF iuu,uis. and
uOthwe-O thar drained by fue Columbia RIVER has been
ca led Ncw CALEDONIA BY the Brush fur ua.ers who fri
's'lb. shed ps' 900 Do beyond thc 50 pare In l-UG II
De- s'c'g land U su0st Ii mulg ua tJrt.yus rivers auI
.o. frozen over than tJufds Df the year. prosen.
tug scarcely single spot when any of the vegetables
used as food hy civilized people be produced. The
voter NE those iae country farther south, however.
ab u1i Boo feb, wHrh viii berries form uIo principal sup
. p'r Of naive population"
Inc Amsuoon people ore remarkable, We are sworc,
Tor their migratory hlbs-for their strange propensity,
even when surrounded by the comforts n fo to "pu no
stakes 30 pursuit Of imaginary advantages IN regions
Tar remote from the sp. Of their birth snd from the scene.
Of their childish sports and OF their moturer snIoymont
Bot notwithstanding, with oil their rowing predictions We
doubt w1eihsr the picture Of seuy and dcsOIaon drawn
by Mr. Gro'nhow could tsmp,he mo.t y,nurou OF them
- undertake journey through ON almost immsisura5e
wilderness, IN order TO reach the Land OF Promise -
Even Daniel Boone, who 1cvsy n-d from TIE sound
of tho seaep axe would, instead, have worshppcd "tbe
God T,,mmus," which Mr. Benton. many ye7r ago.
wisely susge'cd sb1u be erscsi on the summit II the
Rocky Mounain-, tho extreme limits Of our Contdrr-
scy j. country like thi. unnhs5tabIe by hunters.
worth pos essing not, worth Sighting IN, even
Il our ute to It "cosr ond objectionable No. In
opinion, ' obscure and doubtful Surely there can
be but one answer TO this question.