Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-22
ATTRACTIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS THE 1t

ATTRACTIONS FOR lMMlGRANTS.- THE Lon
don Telegraph refers i'll 4 long article to Gov.
ll.fords glowing account Of the mineral
wealth Of Arizona. and the still more marvel
l"us narratives Of Mr. Ross Browne, formerly
| t'nited States mining commissioner to the west
of the Rocky Mountains, and of the English
man, DR.. Bell II have seen, says recent
traveller across that bountiful region, slice
ru! utf from the side Of one OF these mountains
81! silver, aud the metal thus disclosed remind
ll me of the shop windows in Paris which dis
play the workmanship Of the Orfeyrere Chris,
ioAe, gStening along the backs Of a thousand
accumulated silver spoons. In the report
which has lately been made to the United
States Congress by Mr. RoSsiter Raymond,
who is the successor of Mr. Ross Browne, We
are told that during tho last ten years the ter
ritnry of Arizona has yielded III average OF one
million dollars, or E2O0, 900 annually, in pre-
ciurls metals and that, with proper protection
!or life and property, and upon the conStruc.
ton of the Southern Pacific railroad, 1t would
soon Weld AS large Il return from It's mineral
resources us any section of the Cuion, while i:
has much more agricultural land than Is usual
i; supposed, and its pastoral districts for feed
ins sheep and cattle are unsurpassed As Tor
.h,. climate, it is described as being no less
bany than the breath of ali !Andalusian
summer, no less hracing than the atmo>-
rl;.rc of Ktntish hop-ticld. The heat
;,!thou"h extreme in the middle OF the
,luv, is not felt 50 much us far lower readings
ii .hc thermometer i'll London and Paris from
the sparkling and elastic dIyncSs OF the air
No Arizoniau ever thinks Of going TO ell with
,ui! one or two blankets to cover him. To say
,he truth, the mountain breeze which blows
across Arizona from the Monte Diablo range
aI.. the Pacific coast, aud is met by answer
ins bicezes waited down from Pixies Peak and
;i,. highlands OF Colorado and New Mexico,
makes the summer climate of this delicious re-
~inn.
Having given this attractive picture, the
Telegraph proceeds to consider why it is that
th,. sad aud down trotten toilers for daily bread
in England do not struggle and econoul>e in or
der TO Inv up ClU or cl2, and, forgetting l.un-
don and its misery, throw themselves across
III. Atlantic to take possession Of such favor
,,l land The answer, is conveyed in two brief
woris-the Indians, The Telegraph, on the
authority of Mr. Ross Brownies book, gives
the Arizona Indians a terrible character,
They are described as the largest, tercest anal
most trracherous tribe OF Indians that the
American continent now shelters. Saint
ring litc they lead who have such ncghbors
hear. But if the laborers of England are SO
afraid of the red men, why not direct them to
tie fertile and temperate regions ol Maryland
Virginia, and the other Southern States where
there is such demand for labor, and where
they would find, in addition to greater iaclIl-
ties for the support Of their families. all the
appliances and comforts Of an Old civilization
Nr are they as afraid OF black men and hu-
liluy AS of red Indians? II they can be- per.
>,ladrd to make the experiment, they will find
tho South As safe i;'r life and property AS Eng
abundant - Ruh. NnN.