Freeman's champion., 1858-07-29
Arizona--A New Field Of Adventure.

vi dil Ine noW LeIIll0Ta6S OF DtuL0S
that are yet to be organized and built
up within the limits OF our public do
main, none are destined to be richer
or more Influential than those loom
ing up in the future On the slope of
the Pacific.
Among the new Territories there
to be formed, no one occupies so
prominent position, and no where
is there a more iaviting field for en-
terprise and adventure than the tract
Of country proposed to be organized
under the name of Arizona.
Its geographical position, with the
Gulf of California stretching up to it
on the South West, and two naviga-
BILE streams--the Gila and Colorado
with their large and numerous trib-
utaries traversing it in every direct
ion, and emptying into the Gulf;
with Sonora On the South and Cali
iornia on the West; with its vast
mineral resources, and its diversity
of climate, and soil susceptible Of
the highest cultivation, insure its be-
ing not only commercial, but also o
most wealthy and influential State.
AS a mineral State, it will proba-
bly, be our richest.
Its silver mines are inexhaustible,
and unequalled, perhaps, in the world.
In the Plaza Of Tucson, a flourishing
town in the Messilla Valley, is a
block Of copper that weighs ton and
a half, taken from the mines adjacent
to that place. Iron, lead, and coal,
showed in different parts of this Ter
ritory, while the gold regions now
occupied by the Apache tribe of In
dians, are believed by the Mexicans
and handed down by Indian and Span
ish traditions to be the ones unsuc-
cessfully sought after by that daring
adventurer, Cortez, and from which
Montezuma obtained his great
treasures.
A diversity of climate prevails in
the Territory, tempered as it may be
by the mountains, beautiful valleys,
and most magnificent st cams.
This Territory will undoubtedly be
organized at the next session of the
present Congress, in which event an
emigration to this new field of adven-
ture will commence in the spring, and
continue in number, excelled only by
the early emigration to California
This Territory will rapidly fill up,
and be ready for admission into the
Union as State long before some of
her more Northern sister territories
that have already been organized.
We hear occasionally of the form
alton of parties, here and there in the
States, for the purpose of an expedi-
tion to this Territory during the sea-
son. Whether these parties have
started or not we are not informed.
One party is now organizing at this
city, under the direction of Mr.. j. II.
st. Matthews.
This party will start early in Au-
gust, and it will be composed of a
company Of picked men. Mr.. st.
Matthews informs us that he is pre-
pared to take out in his wagons few
passengers, on the most reasonable
terms. More definite information
concerning this expedition can be OBJ
tanned by applying to Mr.. st. Mat
thews, at his rooms in the Western
Exchange, McGco's Addition,
We are we'll aware that in New
England, New York, Ohio, Ken
lucky, Pennsylvania, the Western
and Southern States, there are thous-
ands of young men and families Just
on the eve Of emigrating somswGcrc,
and we have no hesitancy in saying
that this Territory of Arizona will
prove to DO almost another Califor-
MIA, and that emigration will be di-
rectod towards the valleys of the Gila
md Colorado.--Ransds City Journal
ef Commerce.