The New York herald., 1867-04-12

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almost unaaimous vote of ths ssnats There
were only two members voting against It.
Messrs. Fessenden and Ferry. The only earnest
argument in opposition, as It appears, was ffom
Mr.. Fesssnden, and his objections may be readily
answered. His constituents are interested in
the Northeastern codfsheries, and he IL there
fore naturally jealous Of the competition threat
ened in the Northwestern cod6sheries of
Russian Am erica, "dopping with fish" But
we are to pay ten million two hundred thou
sand dollars in American gold for about four
hundred and fifty thousand square miles Of
Russian territory, mainland, islands and inlets
included.
So much we know. We perceive, too, from
the map before us, that, excepting narrow
selvage Of islands and inlets and ridge Of
basaltic mountains, running along the sea-
coast from ffty-four forty up to sixty, the whole
Of this purchase lies above the sixtieth degree
Of north latitude, or within the latitudes Of
Greenland. The soil Of Greenland, except .
| few patches, has never, since the creation Of
man, been exposed to the sun. How il It,
then, with Russian Americaf They say that
its climate Is a. different from that Of Green
pitiless frozen coast Of Labrador, lying In the
same latitudes. And whyf Because, a. the
wonderful Gulf Stream, which, flowing ont
| from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf Of
Mexico between Florida and Cuba, crosses the
Atlantic obliquely and envelopes and warns
the British Islands, 90 Russian America IL
similarly affected from the Pacific Ocean. Nor
ID this all . theory for we know that In
Oregon, as far north as Newfoundland, the
winters are softer than in New York city.
North Of the equator the prevailing winds from
| the west have much to do with the matter Of
climate. Here they strike US always cold aud
dry from the snow-covered Rocky Mountains,
while to the Pacific slope and to Western
Europe they come soft and warm from the
ocean.
The climate, then, Of Russian America is
rather that of Norway and Sweden than that of
Greenland. But we want to know something
more of this new purchase. What sort Of o
new country is it, and what are Its products
and resourcesf Its seacoast swarms with wal
ruses, sea lions and various other species Of
the seal family Its inlets, bays and rivers
abound with Goldfish and salmon, and the neigh
boring ocean is famous whaling ground. The
products Of this new country are the hardy
timber trees Of the frozen north, fur-bearing
animals, white, blue and black foxes, white
bears, musk oxen, reindeer, Esquimaux and
Indians Furthermore, 1t has been recently
discovered that on the Kvichpak Russian
America is watered by one Of the largest
rivers Of North America, only exceeded in
length by the Mississippi, including the Mis-
souri,, and by the Mackenzie, with the sources
Of which those Of the Kvichpak are inter
locked among the Rocky Mountains. This
Kvichpak, they say, can be navigated by
steamers for at least thousand miles, which
indicates champaign country to that ex xtent
vancouver's Island (British) is rich in coal
and so are said to be our new batch of islands
lying above Vancouver along the coast up Ia
Mount ST. Elias; and why sboDld neY act De
4 This Is AL that we can tell Of this new EN-
pirc, in area more than twice the size o
France. II is scanty exhibit the meres
thread Of skeleton outline; but IL is all tha
! we have. What, then, is first wanted and de