Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-11-19
Fom the Independence mo. .)Expositor
CHEERING NEWS FROM OREGON

Ef6m the Independence (M0 .)EXp0Sl'oF'
CHEERING NEWS FROM OREGON.
Nv the return Of our fellow citizen
William Gilpin, who arrived from The
mouth of the Columbia river on the 22G
instant, we have cheering news from Ore
con Territory, the mountains and from
New Mexico Mr. GIlpin past the winter
amongst the American settlements Of the
v allameuS Sand the adjacent sea coast,
which he describes as enjoying the most
buoyant prosperity when he left them in
April last.
The emigrant party Of 1913, (Which lie
accompanied) arrived at their destination
in November last, alter having raTed and
overcome unparalleled dangers and d'tfi
CuIies from the savages, from thirst,
from hunger, crossing p1rched, treeless
plains, herce angry rivers, and iorcIng
their wagons through thousand miles OF
mountains declared impossible by the
most experienced guides and vOyOgeurS.
Pushing onward, unappalled by any OBJ
siacle, these brave pioneers have c0m-
pIeted wagon road from one ocean to
The other, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, through the heart Of our national
territory. This accession has swelled
the American population oiOregon TO up,
wards of Two thousand. They have form
ed for themselves a government, elect
Executive and Legislative officers, est alb
llshed ours nf justice and record OF
land titles. Farms frackle the magnif,
cent plains, towns are springlng up al
convenient point upon the rivers, dozen
excellent mills supply lumber and flour
for hume usa and export, the fisheries
are not neglected, aud the lands are sur.
veyed. A college, numerous 8 ools and
several churches sre scattering education
amongst tho young. Money has beeh
sent TO NewYo,k for printing press and
steam engine. Cattle and sock Of all
kinds are accumulating and RAPIDLY IN
Creasing under mild climate and unraih
lug pastures. Provisions Of all kinds are
abundant or The most excellent quality
and mOdO rate prices.
Eoioyng genial temperature through
oui The year, blessed wit domestic plehly,
encompassed bq magnificent scenery,
mems minds arc elated with The brilliant
prospects with which the horizon around
them beams. Fertile lands Of vas: extent
the majestlc forests that shroud tho noun.
lalns scanned with lumblina streams, great
navigabls rivers swarInng with myriads
ci fish; and above oil, that mighty ocean
in front Of them, whose farhesi waves
balhe the Asialic shores and lis ten thOn.
sand islNuhs-al these remind them
momentafily that their little settlement
is the seed from which shall grow
/ mighty people, great al home, whose
ships shall descend to the half torpid
millions Of The Oriental world and stir in /,
10 activity thu infinite material 0f com
merce which stagnaIes in those sleepy ro.
Qions. If any sadness clouds their pros.
pects, Ii is a vexaiion at the frigid and
uRrelOnhng Neglect by the National Gov.
ernmeai, OF patriotic settlement SO re-
mote, isolated, and exposed, and yet so
slender in the number OF lis defenders .--
Theso settlers are American in heart and
blond, with both arms open 10 receive
such Of their fellow citizens as may imi-
tate their brilliant example and join them
upon the shores of the Psclfc.
i MIR Gipin passed the trading fort OI
Bridge s. Vasques on the 10Th OfAugust.
The fort is ono hundred miles west OF
Green river und exactly halt way from
Independence 10 the Wallamelle. The
, American trappers scattered amongst the
! mountains, had there collected TO meet
the emigrants, Of las. spring an advanced
party OF thirty Of whom, with their wag-
sons and cattle passed on the 18th, two
days later than The emigration Of the pre-.
ceding year, two larger companies behind
under Gen. Gillian and Cof, Ford pass.
ed subsequently and all id good time 10