, 1858-12-03
Gan HarneH-MnIlary ThOroughfares, ed

Gen. Harney-MIlltary ThOrOughiares, etc.
In another column Of to-day's paper will
be found the late order Of the gallant and
meritorions officer whose name is above,
throwing open for settlement, It is under
stood, that district in Oregon aud Wash
ington Territories, east Of the Cascade
mountains, aud outside Of Indian aud Mill
tary reservations, known as the Indian
country. The authority that interdieted
the formation Of settlements there, and
drove from thsir Improvements the pioneer
adventurers in that direction, We have ever
regarded as an arbitrary assumption, If not
an unwarrantable abuse, and the order re-
ferred to, meets with the spontaneous,
universal appreciation of the citizens Of both
territories.
That il is the intention and determine
ton Of the veteran and popular military
commandant alluded to, to inaugurate a
new. and entirely different mOdns operaHdi'
in the military management of this district,
is not only foreshadowcd in his late order,
but will be made more fully apparent, we
are led to believe, ia the future develop
ments Of his poIicy-his residence being
within our territory, he will have superior
advantages Of knowing the wants Of our
people, and mistering to the interests Of
his district, which were not enjoyed by his
predecessors, resident at Benecia, Califor-
MIA.
We learn Of Chief Justice McFADDEx, of
this Territory, that it is the purpose Of Gen.
HARNEY, through the agency of the U. s.
troops under his command, to open as
nearly as practicable, direct line of over
land communication between the various
military posts within the district. During
some portions of the winter season, the
Columbia river, both above and below Ft.
Vancouver, is usually blocked up more or
less with ice, rendering the transportation
Of men, munitions Of war, &C., from head
quarters to other posts, impracticable. To
obviate this, Judge McFADDEN informs us,
II is the design Of Gen. HARSEY to open
military throughfares, through the aid Of
the service, connecting the Columbia river
with Puget Sound, Fl. Vancouver with the
Dalles-uniting all the military posts in a
common chain of communication. The
value to these territories that would attach
In the consummation Of such a project, is
too obvious to require comment or explain
alton. And whilst the prosecution Of this
enterprise is going on, Judge McF. further
states that it is the determination Of Gen
II. to afford a strong aud yigilant military
protection, the coming season, to the immi-
grant trails leading into these territories.
With this assurance, the region Of country
between the Rocky aud Cascade mountains
win be dsarmed Of its former terror to the
immigrants to these shores, and compar-
ative security Of life and property antici-
pa,ed
We have heretofore referred to the mill
tary reputation of Gen, HARNEY, but that
was unnecessary, as his many years of
active service, and various brilliant deeds
Of noble daring have long since made his
name familiag1to all our readers. His
name is identified with, and belongs to the
history Of our country and in after time,
the stirring scenes and associations connect
ed with it, will take rank. beyond which,
no "brevet" can be conferred, amongst the
chiyalry Of the present age. We feel safe
fIin saying, that had he been The Chief of the
Military Department of the Pacific three
years ago, the settlement of the country
east Of the Cascades would never have been
linterdicted, and millions Of dollars would
have been saved to the government, in the
prompt crushing out Of Indian hostilities
at that time