Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-12
The Hudson Bay Company and the New
Ell Dorado

1 Ia OOfau0G
/ We live in extraordinary age In these our
modern days. as great a pr,'gress is made in p"pu'
latiug hitherto desolatc regions Of the world ~
| would in other times have occupied eentueics.-
| And whether the cnterprisng spirit Of settlement
| he It muated by conque f.nnne xntion the gree
| Of goil-still the cry j. oarard. Towns and ci-
ties start into existence as If nv magic coast
that within a brief peri ID were Stunned by na,i-
gators on account Of their rocky dangers and sier
| lie desolation now furnish narts for trnfhc, and
are enriched by ports in their chief harbors. ii
We are asked for examples, it may be replied that
two decades have scarcely passed away, since Tex
rs, California. New Mexico, Kansas and Utah
have been called into active existence on ths SIDE
Of the Atlantic, while Australia, in the other hem
isphere, has been elevated from penal colony
| into great nation, And now, another vast tract
Of country is bursting into blossom and will soon
bear fruit-the fruit Of ,hS liesperides! Wemenn
New Caledonia, or rather the domain of the lIud-
son Bay Company in America. Whatever may
he said Of the auri sacrd flames, and however much
it may have boon denounced by moraIists. yet it
is now proving q useful spring Of human actvity.
for il bids fair to people another very large por-
ton Of North America. after the mort approved
style If founding California, and causing that au-
riferous land to flourish But it 10 not pres
eDt purpose to dwell at length on this branch Of
the sub ect, and we therefore proceed to consider
for moment. the title and charters of the Ilu lson
Bay Company now falling monopoly. For
nearly two bundled years they have possessed tho
land, but they found not it's subterranean trcasi
ros. l. not this fact n telling commentary upon
the benumbing influence of national monopolies
Their first charter with boundaries not ,ey
clearly defined, but capable Of very elastic con-
strnctou. was granted by King Charles ii, A. ID.
1910 For II long period, the Company confined
themselves and their available possessions to n
small strip of land the south and west coasts Of
Hudson Bay. And 1t is somewhat singular, that
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granted in 1926, by Louis XlII-and even recog
nzcd by England at tho Treaty of Ryswick.-
But the Gall organization proved mplee
failure. One Of the coalitions expected from the
Hudson Bay Company was m attempt -
discover Northwest passage-a new OPEN
ing to the Pacific. But this was nconscnicnt,
and therefore neglected IN TITO for half a century,
and then only hushed mp, not satisfied, by II
few feeble aud intellectual efforts. The Company
confined their exertinns TO peltries chiefly -furs
and fish were indeed their principal .iicles Of
trade and export for in agriculture they did not
excel. Yet Jealous and exclusive were they.
that they prevented any exploration of their great
region by travellers as far as possible and impo-
sed such disabilities on strange settlers ainoun-
ted almost TO nm Introduction. Thus tho aiming
and other rich resources Of that portion 81 The
continent remained undcvcloped and ge4crn.ly,
the Company dc .triLel both the climate a;G su.!
IN SO nhosptabe aud undesirable, that Strangers
We're reluctant c,cn 10 visit the monopoly ridden
districts In To- a number of British tralers
formed the North West Company, the hoalquar
,ers of which at Montreal. They cnpi ycl
ABOUT five thousand men, and ranged the crnti-
ncnt ~ hunters AID trappers, from the Columbia
River to Lake Su .erior. But all this Tract the
Hudson Buy Company claimed and warned off
the new Corners. Several sanguinary conflicts
took place, and at length in 1921, ntter the North
West establishment had been duly brbcl. the
two companies united nn}or the charter of the
former. The fur trade EMPLOYS about one humid
red Thousand men very probably, the articles
given u the Indians in exchange for their peltries
being blankets beds aud smcracks of ali kinds.
The Indians within their limits amount t. about
sixty-three Thousand souls, according the
recent Parliamentary Report. But tie disco
very Of gold On Fraser and Thompson rivers
bids fair to change the very face OF thinss
am ing oar northern ncighb ,rs 1elS of
thousands If men nre poulIng into Tie new
FL Dorado and searching the sandS Of that modern
lactolus, Eraser H,er,) wheredarms, aud villa
ecS. and towns may shortly he expected to dot the
barren wastes, ~ we'll IA The rich but now uncul-
tivatcd meadows,a' the bidding Of Putus, 1t is
very fortunate con ua,tipn Of cirsums taners that
int nj the me of this gram! discovery OF the most
precious of metals Is made. the sceptre is about to
d1art from the mnpnpnlists. In a word TIE Char
Ter otNe UudSoa Boy Company rW crpire in May,
1899. IL will not no renewed, as a ministerial
declaration has been made in the B-iti.h Parlia-
mcn to the effect that in future. the management
at tint portion Of the North American cnntinent
will be taken in baud by the Imperial Government.
and that it will be regarded in the light of any
other English Colony, with rights. privileges, and
institutions, snch ms are ehioycd by Canada at the
present time. PhRudeiptia Inquirer.
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CrRiors STORY Some nine years ago, Mr..
Watson, hook seller in Newcastle Market. sold
copy Of G,aiby'> Family Bilie in three goodly
l. las. To n customer who presented the appear
aurc nfn hard-wurking decent man. and had al
times before that pickle up volume, az it suited
him. tron Mr. Watson's sail always pay ing for it
very honestly. On this occasion he remarked,
that he was unable 10 pay ut that particular time.
but he would pay. The price was 81. l0s The
bookseller liked the appearance of his customer,
and let him have the volumes Three years al
forwards, Mr.. Watson was lakng IL walk ote day
when the person who bought his Goadby rec "
nzed him. and mentioning with some regret that
he had not been fortunate enough to lie able 10
pay for his bible yet, but said Il am honest
man, and wil' The next thing that Mr. Wat
son heard OF him, that he gone to Australia.
and from that time all traces Of the purchaser If
his Bible disappeared. a few evenings n5o he
was in his usual place in the market. when sun
burnt stranger made up To him, in a ieasant
voice, with the salutation ''Fm come to pay YOU
for the Bible bought nine wears since, it WAS Il
/ los, think" lie had arrived in Newcastle,
| from Au>t,aliu about five o'clock, and it was nny
ten minutes aiicr five, when he thus wiped uut his
| debt
DESTROYING ElGHrt-o>r IHorsANp DoLl,Rs 10
| SPITE his SoN--A correspondent of the J. ni il
| Times relates the following sory--ir story it a--
| locating the parties IN Vienna. Strange things
| happen frequently in tn, 'ull conntry
\ few days aco Baron Siiierstein died he -