, 1857-07-31

in the manufacture and sale OF lumber
Inasmueh as above We referred to the infe-
riOrity Of cotton wood for purposes of fen
cling, we deem it not out Of place here to
remark, that in the fences constructed by
the Puget Sound Agricultural Company,
ticeHfy-ScpeH years ago, the Oldest fencing in
the Territory, we are told that not a sin
gle rail, removed from the ground, has as
yet been found in q state Of decay. There
Is but little choice or difference between
fr and cedar, as to endurance, for fencing
purposes here. For numbering facilities
for the getting ont of heavy Square-timber,
magnihcent piles and mammoth ships
Spars, we feel safe in saying that this Ter
ritory oOHLd be made to stand unrivalled
BY any other portion Of the world. AID
when we take iato consideration the perfect
ease and safety with which vessels in any
number, and Of any tonnage, can enter our
inland sea Of two hundred miles in length,
and Tie safely at anchor in our innumerable
landlocked harbors, who is prepared to
say that, with proportionate share Of
capital and enterprise, any part Of the
world could become our successful rival
The strength Of a number Of spars taken
from this Territory were tested at the Navy
Yard, Mare Island, California, and We
have authority for saying that it was nscer-
tained that they would bear pressure Of
from 25 to 80 per cent. to the cubic inch,
more than any that had heretofore been
tested: But we are admonished that space
will not permit us to dwell longer on this
one subject
The correspondent of friend MoRRow
next goes on to say that Nebraska :" is too
oOld," ahd then draws, we doubt not, a very
truthful. but truly a very shuddering pic
ture as to the character of the past winter
there Now, IL the soil of Nebraska and
Kansas was as rich as the Mississippi val
ley-as productive as the valley. Of the
Nile or as rich as "Indias' self could
boast the intense cold and disagreeable
climate described, added to the inferior
quality and scarcity Of timber in those Ter
ritories, would form the strongest argu-
ment against their settlement in preference
- a
to this extreme northwest corner Of Uncle
Sans dominions, even did our Territory
mot possess one half the attractions which
L does And here we cannot refrain from
giving place to the following rather laugh
able paragraph, taken from the Cincinnati
Enquirer fully corroborative, as far as
climate is concerned, Of all that Mr.. Smith
says about Nebraska 1t reads as follows:
Virginia 5 gentleman man Whom we nst Yesterday, &
with view Of inSurins into the Practcablty Of in
~ informed Us that was tSs universal conviction Of
AZ u SS. sS1s NE SO
enough T. Kansas 70 keep the negroes from freezing
introduced into the territory il would take a least two
Ssrs aS1 Oh 'hem 70 procure wood to Keep
1t necessarily follows that in such a eli
mate, proyender must be provided for stock
Of all kinds. Hence II must be ipexpedi-
ent to raise large bands Of cattle or horses
herds Of sheep, or hogs, in any extraordi-
nary number or, IL such an undertaking
were attempted, it would require an unceas.
ing exercise Of muscle-in short-reouire
q vast expenditure of labor for the entire
year, for the cOnsummation Ito a com.
paratively limited extent at that). of that
one object. Now we do not pretend to
say that this Territory is anything like the
picture Of the Mahomedan's paradise. We
all know that we are annually subjected to
a succession Of rains for from three to FIVE
mouths frequently, at intervals from No
vember until May-althouUh. as a general
rule, February is very favorable month