New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-04
CLIMBER OF COMMERCE.

IMPORTANT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN REGARD
TO THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF lnh I r Drs-
Terry GROUNDS BY THE UNITED STA 10 no
REFUSAL OF THE STREET COMMIsoloNEn 49,. ~
APPOINT A PERSON TO JOIN WITH olhEho
IN INVESTIGATING ALLEGED FRAUDS IN ms
OFFICE - ADDRESS OF Dr. AlNiN'0' W
OREGON. ...
The Chamber of Commerce OF TINS Guy he'
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock the HON. WIN N
IN the chair After reading the minutes OF the previous
.,o hon Geo Opdyke read the following reso-
luton: -. r.o,,.
9G purchase aT q the batter, and other P"
Pis, d That this subject be referred 70 special eoT R ES
instructions report at the next meeting oil 'ue NuS0 ' IF
spi expeieney Of such sale aud purchase
Mfr Opdyke spoke in support Of his notion urging that
tho Government should make the purchase OF 'he
grounds and build upon the site hreproo buildings ana
that the National Leedss . iIr and tbe nation
The resolution was carried and the toloWihglaneun
sDacioi committee Messrs George Opdyke F. A Cohk
inc r : IgthrOp II. W. Weston, and X L. Buck
The Secretary Of the Chamber then Tead cOhhunlca
ton from the Citizens appointing rcpeSe
tative to investigate IN competition Win % co. Inc
TO be selected by this Chamber, anG ,UHH PC'S"H " o
named by the Street Commissioner. the Charges OF cor
ruption preferred against SAID street comm 3
Association, in compliance with the above terms, was
William w. Wood esq conmnnlG9ii9n was received
from the Street Commissioner, o. W. McINa' esq' Ic
flsug TO nominate IA representative ,,., .. ,no
Dr. Atkinson Of oregon was now introduced TO tlGG
the members OF the Chamber for their courtesy IN giving
him business hour Of the day. The speaker uhel su
that he would cal the attention OF his audience 10 9
inDortance of the north. western coast OF the Uncd
States and that he would toch upon the IcSUuiDos %
ans said he. fine right of discovery first for Americans
had discovered the Columbia River; the iGht OF
United states Mi the territory west OF the Mississippi
Daniel Webster, in his argument upon me selte. i
of the bOuudary-lne question, lald the above tmte
points down as points OF lhleTnaIonu law, i lno
Fur Companies land clam 10 ue 'vI,hIpi3'
don The Northwest Company ana inc S"Ulh NtHaV
Company with which Mr. AstOr hod 81 much 10 40 me
Hudsons Bay Company grew 80 po"o'' M,d -, f b
of forts across the ocean, that IL cIoW"cu GU, 5
others and claimed the Territory NJ AsIot S
10 further national interests but with htIc success III
Whitman Of Ithaca in this state, went among 'He I9
missionary he was deIeiuhcu tna' oTar
belong 40 the United States ana he was ihthlu
W. tr",yu as carly ns ls0 y The Hudsons Bay Com
pay. They employed Swans, OotahIsts' hliici' -
and sccu lie men 10 90 out aud examine thc country ~
Was . IN those days that 10 wagon could cross the
mountains 10 the Columbia River. The British Govern
mcut WAS anxious TO spread this report AT t' same to
rnc The coouzin, ol The territory by British cgidits
/ pr Whitman saw with alarm that unless something
was done quickly by the United states, oregon Nu"ii
De- lost TO us. Oue day while al dinner al lori H'"I
brigade aud at the same time said, English cmgrtns
are crossing the mountains An Lrgsh oAeti lsI1t,
made tue following relnaTk, "AmcuCa may whistle, Iui
uuN the country is ours" d. W llhdIi Hu"c'cI "'5
discouraged, and, in mid inter- Le e4I {,,
cold and hunger lie reached Washington atu ~ -
upon Mir Webster, who then secretary 81 stare 10
encourage grafton, but the Secretary refused saying
that he had learned that 81 Was Impossible Tor tmt.'l
wagons 20 reach the COLUMBIA liver ~ VCoIh ~,
SON, the English Governor, had s1 assured hli anu O'I
/ he about 10 trJdc OIL the territory I"l
the Newfoundland hshers In despair lItsueI. - va
was appealed 10 by Nj. Whitman and after 5.eAHb 70
him. the President sdd lac would Lot allow tho tcfoI!
20 be barterod away II Mr.. Whitman could prove WHAT
he had said by conducting parry uI emls d,s across 10
the Columbia Departing Oh hs mission "'1 WI i
started with 1905 cuigrIuts nom tue Missouri hlltI
Difficulties met them at almost every poiut' hut they
finally reached the river lhey AT once P4ot''u u ~ w
game Provisional Government ana elected NOR ON
GERS, and George Abernehy' esq, formerly Ne".AeIa
merchant chosen Governor since lhdt u'y DINroh
has gone steadily on DR. Whitman Was murdered, with
Is other Americans, by Indians, said to be 30 the interest
Of the HudsOns Bay Company God SAW III. III ms pro-
the Territories Of Oregon and California belonged lo Ho
United states. God Hd the eLtItr.ns CON
for us A great tide Of immigration flowed
In from every cline and every o OF the sca-and great
was grand To see now soon lil mass g,.'lo " N ~
became Americanized lAppauseI ito Was lnahhlu Tor
every election held ia mat state 10 matter VINO Vac
elected II made those VINO were strangers OeHeNe lht
they had personal interest IN the Government OF the
state aud he glad of ~. No thought Of separation
from the Union was mere, ilpdU,tl tAe hcHtS Vl w
men away of. the estcTu border, warmed IN TIE
struggle for nationality aud their spirits rose ana Iri
with the nations victory defeat. The speaker then
its climate mentioned Alaska a~ being iIC in coal, I'm
Der copper aud probably -odaud mat lac bt yea IL was
10 also important ~ depot for whale fishermen.
According TO Gen. HaIeck have 1880 miles oi sea
coast on tho Pacihc side The three great Tahi9"os
across the continent would 90 great thgs 10 NcNt"pt
the resources Of those states aud Territories There Was
no need Of any conflict between them. There would De
work enough for both. The Northern PaClnc Railroad
made the markets OF Asia nearer by 300 miles. Oregon
abOuuds iu fine grasses and has the gdndest belt on
timber running across "a of any other STATE IN the
Union. The speaker then retired amid apVlausC.
+. A. COukug esq, proposed that vote % thanks be
gwen Dr. Atkinson and tuat copy OF hls address Dc
flied I'm the archives OF the CHAMBER. Carried After
winch, Tic Chamber Adjourned
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