The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-07
from the laucnrd journal,
TERRITORIES or THE UNITED
STATES.

STATES.
short iimo previous Ia tho adjournment
Of Congress and before the admission Of Cal
linrnia asa State, gentleman in Whshing-'
ton hirniRhod the geographical statistics Of
our territorial domain, The general iguor-
ancc on this subject, viii render tha abstract
We make acceptable a. our READERS,
Our possessions on the Pacific eKteud
IRON the Rpth a. the s2i dcgree north lau-
tff'iri FtvinT n ErHbuHrr tgUU fuitrg IN ienpth,
while on an average the territory reaches
back into the iHtorior about 25u milef, IN
cluding an area of almost one million siN
hundred thousand square miles,
Oregon iH bounded by the 29th degree Of
latitude pn the north, by tho Pacific on the
Wcst hy the lnUky Mountains on the east
and California on the houthi ad contains ~
area Of ~ 400 square miles, or II equal to.
- States the size Of New Hampshire.
California, now "a State Of the Union r.
bounded ~ Oregon on the north the Farifir
ou the west, McNico on the South, aud the
aiEzg EE1'liyi-
ing territory ui i'a,j6a square miles or
eighteen Times ANlurpr a. New Hampshire,
Utah, az Dcscrct as tlic Alormons call IL,
is bounded hy California on the west, by the
A'th degree Of latitude on the south los llgth
degree Of longitude ON the cast, aud Oregon
ou the north The territory embraces g5,-
nOO squaic miles, or thirteen tmcs the terri
tory Of New Hampshire
The Colorado territory Is a section OF the
country, bouudrd upon the lower west por-
ton los thc lower eastern boundary Of Cali
ioruia and the Colorado river, and the -uuth
by the dividing line between McNicn aud the
l'uitcd States, On the east hy the Sierra Ma
drr, or Nratvrn huii- ui Mrsi,',,. and on tlt,.
north 10y Ihc curved ridge, or a,th degree
ol huiudr, which constitutes the southern
boundary Ui l'tth, until the line cNtcud- to
the i2d degree OF longitude, and j. farther
bounded north hy the same. This territory
covers an area ot 22j,'li squarv miles, or II
a, large aN 20 States ui the size at ~ llamu-
rhlrc' lhr whole or the greater part of this
territory was Incorporated with California
upon the admission of tlat STATE into the
Union.
New McNico, ~ defined before the final
settlement by the compromise, which took
from IL $4,000 square miles, j. bounded unon
the west by the territory oC Culcradn, ~ the
south 10y The 32d degree OF latitude. on the
cast 10y The one hundry,iil degree tot lonpi.
i'i'l" and ''n the north L, the A-A A,,-,-- river
aud Ill lgmcg of North latitude. La arca
hrlntc Tho cnmprumi-e was lln.nnu auuurc
milcs, as reduced hy that act il - about Sb,-
600, or nine times the size Of New llAmp-
shire aud twice the size 81 New Y ork.
The Indian Territory. on which. besides
the saNag" tribes, the civilized aud christian
iz"d ChcroLcos and Choctaws are located j.
bounded 0n the south by tho Arkansas river
fhcncc ~ n straight line south 10 the Red ri,-
cr' which bounds IL remotely near the aIth
degree Of latitude, on the west of the Red
river ON the north hv Nebraska and on the
east 10y thr States of Arkansas and Missouri
lhn territory embraces 900 -,tuarCnntcs
or 2 states rqual to New Hampshire
Nebraska is hound on the west hy the cast
crn limits of Orcgou~and upper angle OF New
Mexico, on the north hv the igth dcnrcc nr
1utdic, Ior INC dividing the United States
from Canada,) on the south by the Indian
Territory, and on the east hy the State of
Iowa and Territory Of Minnesota II com
prchcnds 100000 square miles, or AN area
largcr than so States the size of New Hamp-
shire.
tlucznl1- Lnundcl- u,anl- tlaa-1rlsst Ia No..
braska, on the south by the State of Iowa.
and ON the east by the State of Wisconsin
aud Lake Superior on the North bv the di.
yidng linr between the United States and
tanada-i2d degree of latitude, including a
territory of 100000 square miles. being equal
to clovcmStatcs of the size Of New lIamp-
shire, or r~o aud onc-ha1T the size OF New
York.
The aggregate of these Territories is one
million sly hundred and two thousand five
hundred aud iorty-one square miles, equal to
more than one half of the whole of Europe
which contains three millions and one half
of square miles Europe contains 80 inhab-
ltauts 20 square mile with an equal dcsti-
NY these territories alone would contain
population of 10000, 900; with the pcpu-
Iousncss of Massachusetts, the population
would exceed 100000, 900, or two thirds of
the entire population of Europe.
There is cause for devout thanksgiving
IN The TACT that the whole of this vast domain
is destined to bc the home of the free The
entire seaboard. extending moro than 1900
miles, IS SECURED to aeracc Of free men: never
shall the groan ofthc slave or the clanking
Of his chains bc borne upon the brcczes of
the Paccf
If in common minds these views of nation
al greatness are fitted to inspire sentiments
of pride and cNutation, how much more to
arouse christian men to their coming duties
and call forth the energies and resources OF
the churches to plant these territories with
the institutions of learning and religion as
fast as tho population advances, and make
them what our pious and far seeing ancestry
made New England No nation has so great
q work to do; not one has equal ability to do
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