Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-05
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Ge5bit we MAKE u tie following:
TnE ntp,os hay oosr.>Ys rrRRI1oRY
The London Times. bclorc awakening To the i'm.
rorfance Of the reported gold discoveries in the
HUDSON BAY tomra1v's Territory, Tx up the
cudgels against thu" who urged the Go,crninent
q open the Territory IA colonization, and, with n
strange degree Of conf ence. argued tina, tho ter
ritory was unfit for cultivation. Referring Ia the
deputation which awaited ON Lord Derby the
Times said:
The object OF the depuation to get rid If
the Hudson Bay Company, Ia overthrow it, char
e.. and t. open the vast tract Of land which ii
occupies To the enterprise OF the people If these l.
lands. The speakers and the address, which DIZZY
presented enlarged with great force on the I'M
mcnse value Of the country. its agricultural capa-
blitic1, its herds Of butfalocs. its mineral It's
h-h, its fnrs, and complained apparently with un-
answerablc ustness Of the cruelty IF sluting ~
this earthly paradise, aud consigning it to the
Hudson Bay Company. whose fiery sword turn
ing every way, drives away the crowds who seek
admission Ia It's precincts aud seek in vain. No
statement can be more precious, and vet patient
inquiry into the facts of the case has convinced ~
thai ~ statement can be more untrue and no COLI
clusion more utterly false prepostcrous.
Now, II happens that the deputation were
right. And the Times is wrong; but let take hr
description which the London oracle gives to the
Territory:
Tic climate of the ITudson's Bay Territories is
cxcc"lngiy severe. much more severe we believe
than any pnrt Of Europe, except some portions of
Russia In the greatest part of the territory III"
land only thaws at the surface, and remains for
ever frozen beneath. BY far the larger portion is
cxeee lingly barren. covered only with IA stuntcl
vegetation, aud even the more fertile portions, by
the banks II lakes and rivers. suffer much from
want Of iuel and are exposed 10 summer FROST.
winch rem Ter the crops exceedingly precrrious--
- poor ave tine re.ourccs of the country that it
li,,ah IN nm .l,ity ffnI q Il
dlefs who have beer, seat to the Red River settle
ment i'll order 10 preserve peace and order. 1t l..
III fact, m American Siberia owing II the vast
Accommodations If ice. winch choke up aud ch!ll Iii"
coat Of the bays 10y which the northeast coasts Of
the American continent are 50 deeply perforated.
The country as inaccessible as 1t IL lnhospitabIe.
How the thousands e cmigrans pouring into
the Territory from California would laugh Mt the
ignorance Of the Times If they saw this Do rip
ton. To make the article more ridiculous II =
prciared with arc remarks about &c ograph-
iral errors:
a curious list Nigh, /" made ef he l4ral anl
reagrap hieal errors 81 English s.atesips#l. LID
tae'crcnSh is -nii /, have gwen NJ Jat,t tfr
Ddteh bertn," lie could mt It'd 1t GA th' r1ar.
nad did not ilke II conie-, III, :..uorast, 70. n,t
ri Derby hm-si fell iii,p s53nr rather sra H.
rlrers with md Il The ir'l!nea ti Tahhiit.
These aud mlnS similar ine. IN, tnai m.2l'
io quoted -h,ul put rs "a "Gr gunr,. scalis,
hlstp g,n,rdi, oaoa> aua lie ~ plra,ioa al = "A
cipies, however e4gnd to eascs Tie cxael trHlsoi
which we have II / as, cltainel
Certainly, the Times should hereafter avoid
nasty generalization" TIE Hudson Bay tgm-
panys territory embraces 900. Wlu square miles
and extends from cur Northwestern boundary -
the Frozen Ocean. Large portions of il are,
course. barren and nl,,pn .hle. bat the lines
ia II, "hastr generalization falls into the erea,
c.r5. Of applying to the whole description
=, .ts.al, u Inn. ,t,l
southwestern r,rt45ns OF Ia" territory are adup
ted t. agricultural purposes and the climate -
far from Icing ttat 81 II Siberia. But. 10 cap
the climax Of ign,r.nce. the Times conclude.
that
In this remote si'untion. without the possihili
~ I'll importing "a any con l.crablc scale. or ex-
ls,r,lng anS sim, luI / tile articles Of great ,ann
such as tngs. whA Iu,,u, cm'.lt exist to form
rpsony, aud what possibility If supporting il even
ii It wctc formed! When We look at it narrowly
The hing i SIMPLY prcr"steron-, and we d" not
believe thar the notion las ever been seriously Gu
t"rfa.nrd The ntJcrt Is, wcheArAr, hatever may
he put forward l. eipak it, the desire to compete
with the lludson'~ Bay Company III heirlucratiyc
traffic in tuts.
When the Time, hear OF 10000 imcric-ns being
in the Tcrr''or1.u Will probably remove the fur
thai has been drawn u,er its eyes. and see great
empire IN New Caledonia.
Tho Case of Lady Bulwer Lytton.
From tie London New
W. publish below letter from Mr. Robert Lyt-
t'n the son oi Sir Edwar! Buwcr .ytton and La
d. Lytton, which fully corrohurates the statement
ma r n few day siuce. We rejui,e that com
premise has taken pluc" and great public sean
dad been avoided Lady l.ytton is said To be per
icrtly satisfied with the arrangements that have
been made.
h He Eil'or ofhis Observer
SIR- A. the son OF Lady Rulwer IIttou with