Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-17
The Valley OF tho Rio tsran,,e..iss Value,

t'ncnt u Al present attracting some attrutjou,
md is an object Of some Interest, ,c tho peor,c
OF the United States, the following rrnsrks
from the N. y. Delta, with regard 10 i,s re-
sources, may not come amiss:
One fact Of vital importance should ,,c kcr,
in mind. that tho Rio dol Nor,e is ,n br urea,
pnhlic highway, lrs9ing from the Gull Of Mex
leo far up into the interior Of the northern pto
vinces Of Mexico. From its mouth 10 Camar.
70, n distance by water of iOO miles, it is now
at It's lowest s'nge navignble for boats draw wing
three feet; from Cnmargo TO rrcsido de Rio
Grnnde. with very little improvement, Of the
"b,rs," as they arc called boat- drawing two To
two aud hslftect can run nt all seasuns ui the
year, hereby giving water comununcat ION Of
nearly 1000 miles Merchandise has hereto
fore found ns way into tho rich mining districts
of Chihuahua, durango, and Tacatprns. by the
route of St. Louis and Santa f., hy land trans.
por,niion of from 1900 to 1000 miles. Nov.
by opening This communication, they are ironp hi,
within n short dis,ance--,he fsrhes, of not
over 800 miles.
Another impor,nnt feature of this valley is.
Of cotton. cane, and corn. Cotton grows spon-
tnncouslv. and without cultivation and tho
far.tamcd valley of the Wabash" canno: pro,
duce better corn than that grown by the semi.
barbarous Mexicans, whose only plough is a
crooked stick, and WIN scarcely. if ever, use
the hoe. Now, what, Ie, me ask, would it be
in the hands of an industrious and enlightened
people, II would become a paradise, compar
ed to it's situation under the Mexican govern
ment. But the most important features of the
country east OF the Sierra Madre are it's rich
silver, copper, lead, iron, and caol, and other
minerals. lf the present wnr should cos, the
United States one hundred millions, ! predict,
from what knowledge ! have Of the country,
tina, she would he amply and fully repaid by
the possession of the district OF country lying
between the Rio Grande and the Sierra Mcdrr,
which heretofore has been Of l,ulc or no value
to Mexico; being continually subject Ia the
irruptions Of the Cnmancies and other ruthless
tribes, who have in grco, measure trpopula
ted the country. carrying their deprcda'ions Ia
the immediate vicinity OF their large ctles--oi
Zacateas. Durango. &c.-whhout molestation.
One word on the subject Of the boundary that
is to be: If the Rio Gel Norte is taken as the
line, it will require an army ot 10000 men To
hold il inviolate from the incursions OF the diff
fcrent be nds of robbers, who ever have conlinu.
ed to rove over this country. Bn, if line com,
menccs near Tamp'co and tull"ws III. range oI
mountains passing South of SalluIln 10 tn.
S,errn Msdrc, the country can b. hel, by s'ns ]
force aud a, one quarter oi the expense; t"r o.!
that will be necessary, is 10 siatnn 4 small force
at Tampico, and at the diiercn, passes of III,
ius, and they arc under control.
News FROM THE VoLriGuERs = We receive,
yesterday, letter frpm gentleman attached Il
Capt Barnard's company Of Vol'igrur-, da'e'
Steamb at Germantown. Ohio River, April 3d
and that corps, "a well as that Of Capt. Biddlr
is composed of our own citizens, We lay bciur'
our readers the contcn's--
1--WE left Philsdrlphis on Friday morning
March 27th, and arrived at Harrisburg at q u
clock in the evening. We to"k canal boats AM
proceeded Immediately on our route. Our boa
passed that containing Capt. Biddle's Company
and arrived some hours before it. Without de
lay we left in the cars, and were rapidly con
vcyed over the mountains, Captain B,ddle nrri
wed too late to accompany us, and he rrmaine'
until the next morning. We took the cana
boat at Iuhns,own at o O'Clock in the evening
aud reached Pitsburg on Tuesday afternoon, a
2o'c,uck. We were marched ON board of rh
stesmbos, Germantown, being The fret compa
ny tha, embarked under the i'm regimen, law
aud lirst company arriving a, ritsbursh.
Capt. IRVINE Company, from i.cwis'own, an,
Captain Moore's Company, from Bedford, hrr
lninei Us. Capt. Barnard was honored wit
.hc command fthe de;achmen, To New Orleans
4, is composed Of aW men, all of whom are fos
athletic men, and the officers without a sinel
exception. gentleman in the strict sense OF th
term. A better command could not possibl
have been selected. We leh on the following
morning at II o'clock, and are now at Wells
vile The men are all in the enj yment of goo
health, appear 10 be perfectly satisfied, and ar
disposed to give no unnecessary trouble. AnS
,her detachment, under command of Csptai
Merric, composed of his dragrons, from Bait
more, Captain Bddle's and Captsin Howard
corps, :he latter also from Baltimore, took the
departure at the same time from Pit,sbnrg, q
board of the steamboat Dominion. Phil. Ledl