New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-22
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buryport Mass.
Oregon Territory. October ~ !sii.
r.rrvrrp FRIEND: In the outset OF my journey
hove had great labor and difficulty, but GOT along
;,bour accident. or further loss than tllro VINE
,,.,a,, all had except ms mules. bilt affi''u
here safe and in good health, on she -o'h q! @eP
,emfer OF the last year. VIC encampcd on me hrs'
ncht Of our arrival on the banks OF the CiacHItus'
WLnr started for this country did not intend To
,,'- L,, ,hen knew nothing oi Oregon. But |
now, tell Won friend McLsne, that nothing c0u III
dr,c ,r ,o leave this country and return, tor mere
,ya l,,vs hcal and every tns else that can render
a reasonable man happy. When Afst looked upon
the falls here said 10 myself, this Is INC 'cc io'
mo There were then but four houses "A company
-, s,,,lsrs were binding IL Saw-uil! on one side o
rho Rock Islands in the river. They have since
hu;,t lnrcc Touring MILL and IN place OF Tour houses
we have now Fifty, and before the hrSt OF may heA'
will be 100. This may seem strange, ou' II IS tsHe.
Lois that was offered for 50 cannot now he Ooo=u'
for one thousand dollars The country improves
in ILL., manner .n- every man in the colony works
hurJ. There is no new country IN Tie "nrId
that is in such state OF prosperity rs oregon. ne
main reason Is, VIC have no TIRE water here. hh'e
been here oiie summer and have had an oppof'uih-
" Of seeing he harvest winch was the oeS5 ete'
s,y | do wish | could send YOU sample OF 'ie
,hc Iorrr pretty white wheat OF this country. but
in fact every thing put in the ground grows IN Ike
manner There is no county Ike tins Tor iurhleF,
nor no place where man can i've so easy
We lad meeting on The 'io"r,h' OF July 10 or
sanizc and form code OF laws whc" "s uo.,,
and the Iowa laws adopted All civil officers and
members of the Legislature, nine IN number, we've
nIcc,nd 81. # Uncle Sam don't watch over US, we
! will do IL ourselves
!, word for the last company. Young Rogers
the printer son OF Peter Rogers Esq, and TWO ot'i-
crs GOT here or the ith inst. Hyde and Dougher'E
shortly after Ii the company would start a. tief
sbouJ they could all get here by the lst OF sep
tonb,r hone vou will tell them how TO come
Each man should bring good light wagon; nothing
in il but provisions, and OF this but four times The
amount they use nj home III four months. They
si,nJ d;snosc ol-burn all their old stuff which is
III FIR nolhns on this Journey but 10 break The wag-
ous and kill the animals. Good oxen TO the wagons
If they use the horses they bring III THIS wav thes
wo Mt get here. Not one out o fifty has got here OF
horses used for draught. There IS no danger from
/ Indians at all The last company saw nonc IN The
monrrains | would mention that John VI. Cush-
/ Ing. of Newturyport, has store here, and sends
/ shin here every tall. send this letter BY one who
sails for home tomorrow. My regards TO ALL Tell
orr friends not 10 abandon US We arc lew, BAT we
are Americans. Your friend, HUGH BURNS.
The following is the conclusion OF Il letter da
ted Oct ~, received at ST. LOUIS
1--WE have also had trouble about land claims,
and have the prospect, ol course, oil nhcn more
| as The country becomes more tickly settled. IN
|
form n government OF our own, and haze accord
ingly adopted the Constitution and laws oil the Ter
ri;sry ol Iowa, with various alterations ana nidi-
tons have chosen an executive committee OF three
viz: A. Beers d. Hill, and J. Gale; Supreme
.Iudge, Russell: Il Secretary OF the Territory, q.
". lie Breton; Justices of the Peace, II high She
riff, Il legislative committee, &c. NC. We have
| also a local and general temperance society, oi
which the Rev Jason Lee is President, and | have
the honor OF being Secretary. | am also re-
coricr ana clerk OF the Court, and these Offices,
| wih my ether u'ocaiiohs, VIII Keep me very huch
coniined.'
The tide of emigration continues to force iiscll
across the Great Western Desert and penetrate
the crcvices and labyrinths of the Rocky Mouu-
tains, to spread itself the shores OF the Pacific
'Thc Missourian"- published on the very frontier
and outpost of civilization--has the following:
We are informed bv the editor OF the Platte Ar
rus who is now in this city, that Gen. Z. Gillian,
aud his Oregon Emf. rating Company, are encamPcd
on The southern side OF The Missouri river, opposite
Ia Chapcrs landing. Mr.. M'Lanc informs us that
this point is an excellent one for emigranis TO cross
| the Missouri. There is good ferry and II Ii but
ten miles above ST. Joseph's by the rverroad Gcn
Giam's company viii start about the hrst oil May
TIE LEpRosy IN New. B RUNswicK.-We learn
from the last Mramachi Cleaner that Medical
.
dcryy and Gordon, have been investigating the
nature, origin and extent of the frgh,lul and
loathsomc disease now existing at Tracade, Tab
isintac and Ncguack. These gentlemen have
decided that the disease is the Greek E!cphantia-
sis not the Ecphantlasls OF the Arabians, but
the leprosy of the middle ages, of that description
which the French designate the Tubcrcuar, and
which ragged over nearly every part OF Europe be-
tween the tenth and sixteenth centuries. The
disease is contagious and no person IN this Pro-
vince who has been unfortunate enough TO con-
tract it has US yet been cured The medical gen.
tlcmen say that the disease has 10 affinity 10
scrofua, and that the idea Of its having arisen
from the poor diet of the French settlers, or from
filthy habits, is not correct, as they found it OK
sting in some of the ccanest dwellings,, and
among the most respectable families The dis
ease appears to have spread rapidly during the
past year, and the Commissioners have seen up
wards Of twenty cases, all of which they traced
to one source. 81. John paper
MYSTERIOUS Camden Wilcox Plain
dcalcr, publishes a communication from DIR. II.
Curtis, of Rock West, on the Alabama River.
l. states that his negroes found a barrel drifting
down the river, and opening 1t, discovered hu-
man body. Several portions Of it were missing,
and they had the appearance OF having been cut
away by keen instrument. 1t was evidently
OF the male sex. The cask was a common
whshey barrel it had been inspected at New
Orleans, and branded Louis, KY, and was mark
ed in written letters, j. P.
The Doctor thought the body was subject
prepared for dissection. With this impression, 1t
vas buried without inquest being held on 1t.
Moas MoRmoNs-The Maid OF Iowa arrived
Yesterday evening, having been more Than iisc
weeks on voyage irom New Orleans up. She
broke her Shaft three times on the way, and had
to lie by She had on board ZIG English eni.
grants, all Mormons, bound to Nauvos. large
portion of them were women, boys, girls aud small
child rem. Three children were born on the boat
on her way from New Orleans to ST. Louis.
ST. Louis New Era.
FREs-Thc woods in Dartmouth, Mass,
caught fire on Wednesday and burned nearly all
nuht sweeping over wide tract, partially de-