Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-04-09
Thc new world of ,hc north

......l west. ..,.
Anariiclo with the above tide, by Lorin
Blodgcu, publshed in the National Intel
hgenCer, contains some curious lacts'cOn-
cerning tho climate Of the vast regions in
the northwestern portion of the North
American continent. 1t is not sufficiently
impressed on The public mind says Mr..
Blodgclt, that tho entire Pacific coast with
IN the United States compares in winter
with the same lauiludes in Europe, and
is much warmer lhan the Atlantic coast.
Not only the extreme limit at the 19Ih
parallel is warmer than Washington FOR
the winter, but distance like that from
Paris 70 Aberdeen in Scotland must be |
passed over beyond our extreme limit at
the North Of Puyei's Sound to find win |
ter as cold as that Of the city of Washing |
ton. The winter at Puget's Sound is war;
mer than that at Paris, by degree and
half--ihe mean temperature nj the form,
er pracc being 80 l-2 . +; and the winter
at Stika is warmer than that Of Washing !
ton, notwithstanding there is difference
Of IS degrees Of latitude, or nearly 1880
miles. These facts signify immense ca
pacities for occupation Of Our Pacific coast,
and advantages for the development Of
immense industrial and commercial inter-
ests. The furs, timber, ice, SC, Of the
Russian possessions, and the golden treo
sure of California have already inaugera-
ted commerce which is but the harbn-
ger of the future, brilliant for mercantile
enterprise. ''''' '"
The interior Of the northwest, too has
vast tracts Of salubrious aud fe tile terri
tory, admirably adapted to the wants Of
mon, although difficult Of access, and con.
iaiuipg, likewise, sterile and unpromising
! desegls. Says Mr., BlodgeiE
-, Inlhe in.erior, the public appreciation
VI the climate has been greatly at fault.-
|, Na peculiarly Of confgpralion, which
ee:..;gia e. il no eler part Of the temperate lat
I titude3, il grows ,wrrn.or IN going noftt !.
ward in the interior. Itrequired ages to
convince .ihe hon-migrat3fy anciehls that
1.-The heat decreased towards the yorh, or
10 discover ibis apparently selF-eyident
law. Here, however, It Is again at
fault, and dhe pyramid building Egyptian
would find confirmation Of his original
philosophy. From Fort Massachusetts,
at the limit Of the cultivable portion of
| New Mexico, at 81 l-27 north latitude,
Ebe plains Of the Saskatchewan, ia Cana
da, At the 52l parallel, the mean temper
ature and The culiivable capacity steadily
increase, On the Platte il is warmer aud
.. more cultiyable than on the upper Rio
Grande; on the Missouri, at For. Benton
it is superior 10 the Platte, and on the Sas-
kalchewan the country is better on the
whole than on the Mssopri.g A.
! Most Of this difference is due 10 differ
ence Of altitude, yet nearly half Of ii may
be assigned TO exterior Chronological eau
ses, those which reduce the temperature
Of the eastern sides Of the continents and
increase the mean temperature Of the wes-
! tern sides. In regard TO altitude; Fort
Massachusetts, is $500 feet above the sea;
! For Laramie on the Platte, 1900; For,
Benton, on the Missouri, 2600 feet and
. the country Of the Saskatchewan scarcely
: 1000 feet above the sea. Al these points
: lie in prairie districts; yet the prsiries Of
! the Saskatchewan and Assineboin are
!, equal, if not superior to The others Ia fer
ltiliIy. Here isa line curying ftecn de-
= grees Of latitude. or almost the oquiyalehI
} of the coast of the Atlantic States, or
7 the distahce from New Orleans to Lake
" Superior, which represents new habiia'
J, lie country nearly Identical il climate
y As Chronological fact simply; ihis IS a
: N ,st Interesting condition; bat its siynili
] cance is much more than point Of science
: It IS the definition Of region ofequal val
ue for settlement over this immense ex
= tent; when it has been supposed tha
Il the North must necessarily be nninhatiI
/" able"
!. Al Kasan on tie Volga, in Central Rus
% sra is country celebrated for its grain ca
a. tiyation, and 1t is very much like N
I country Of saskatchewan in every res
le pect .1 I..I .lF f
Dhl From these statements il appears IN;
AL there are yet immense regions OF attfa'
Nv tive cornlry within the limits Of the In
as ted S,atesand the territories 10 the NorI
be awaiting the onward march Of vi.izatio
he and from the n pidity with which an acuN
ye and enterprising population is pressing ~
ns on the unsettled lands of the West, not
of grea, many years will elspse ere l,hO'
a regions will become the seats ol ne
oa States aud oommunilies, and resomd w
ar the hum of civil zed llfe. Kansas, n
m. braska, Minueseta. are Lut the stsppll
ne stones 10 these regio IS. and through tho
Ted territories wiA paer the lllas Of e.aigr
he lion when high rjys and railroads So
lbs have lcen bnb,
al m. --fT '
in r'1~ To De scnHoio that we have tt
ore heaHingE h.a necessary for as 70