The New York herald., 1869-09-16

from disease aud age from pain. COulu any
thing more be asked in the matter of climate
Secondly, the Alaskan rivers are broad,
shallow and rapid, and the seas deep and
TRANQUIL. And such marine treasures The
whale therein abounds, and the sea otter, the
fur SEAL hair seal and the walrus; and those
waters swarm with salmon, cod and other deli
cious fishes. From what he has seen he is
almost convert to the theory that the water
produces more for the sustenance of animal
life than the land. And the cloud-capped
towers, domes, castles and minarets, and
snow-covered cones and ridges Of those noun
tains are wonderful to behold and those glori-
ous forests of pines, cedars, expresses, frs and
larches are sight to see. Even the cotton
wood tree (the balm of Gilead) there grows to
such size that from single trunk canoe is
often made capable of bearing phalanx Of
sixty warriors. Think of that. And no beam,
or spar, or mast, or plank is ever required in
cannot furnish. And the native grasses up
there are first rate for cattle and horses. Such
is the island and coast section of Alaska and
from all that is known Of the great inland
Yukon valley it is much the same.
In the third place, the land animals of this
new purchase are worth something. They
include the elk and the deer in profusiOn--the
bear, the black, the grizzly, the cinnamon and
other varieties; mountain sheep, enormous
fellows, with rich feeces; the wolf and the
fox, in several varieties; the beaver, the otter,
the mink, the raccoon, the marten, the ermine,
the squirrel-gray, black, brown and flying.
1t is from these fur-bearing animals that the
Hudson Bay Company have become so rich
that no combination Of capital has yet been
found competent to buy them out
Next, with regard to the Alaskan ice crop.
1t has been failure in the coast ponds this
season; but in the glaciers (f that ice will dO)
there is liberal supply. In minerals, too,
Alaska is we'll supplied. Its copper mines are
an old story, and it has whole ranges of
mountains of iron, the very dust of which
adheres to the magnet. 1t has beds of coal
on the KootsnoO; and in other places placer
and gold quartz mining is carried on. With
such resources in the land and the water, with
q climate singularly salubrious, and with
scenery surprising in sublimity that of the
Alps, the Apennines, the Alleghanies or the
Rocky Mountains, Mr.. Seward expects q glo-
rious future for Alaska in its settlement and
development. The summer season in those
high latitudes is too short for much in the way
of farming and gardening but for fishermen,
hunters, lumbermen, miners and dealers in
ice Alaska is the Promised Land
We have given the substance of Mr..
Stewards report to the citizens of Sitka OF
the results of his observations as to the ma
terial resources Of Alaska. His political re-
1ections thereon are full of enthusiasm. From
all that he says we are inclined to think that
Alaska is a good bargain Mr.. Seward, how
ever, in his detour hardly touched the main
continental body Of Alaska. Therefore, we
hope that among the recommendations of Cen
eral Grants regular December message to Con
| gress he will recommend liberal appropria-
ton for scientific exploring expedition mex
summer Of this prodigious terra incognita BY
land and water. Mr.. Stewards glances alone
the coast will increase tho public desire tt
know all about the vast interior of Alaska.