Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-10-26

morality, industry, and d. believe religion,
than you will sec any where There are good
many scattering Indians, but nothing 10 be
! feared from them.
The Hudson Bay Company exceed, in reali-
/ tv, the high character they sustain abroad for
! boncvolencc and friendship. settled in what
Is called Quality Plains, neer to small river
of that name, that heads between the WalIa-
mete and Columbia, and can easily be made
navigable near to where | live, emptying into
Willamette at the falls The country does not
admit Of farming near the Columbia or Walla-
mettc, on account OF chain Of mountains or
hills on their borders, for from six TO ten miles
wide, (though immensely tjmbered,) until You
get a good distance above the falls, and then
| the navigation is so difficult, 50 thought 1t
best to settle as near as | could to both rivers
in the most popuIous and popular part of the
county, where land will ultimately be very
! high, though ! had to 90 a little back from the
river, as the land was all occupied nearer, that
Is, the river prairie situations, though there viii
be good tlmbcrcd situations plenty next year, It
any Of YOU should choose them near the city Of
| A~torq. | am some twelve miles west Of
Wailamcttc and about the same from Columbia
/ Immediately opposite the most prominent busl-
| ness point on the Willamette, five miles above
! It's mouth, where Mr. Burnet and other gentle
men have selected for the big city. We can
sow wheat at any time between the Grst Of
/ September, and the first OF June, and make
good wheat. | could borrow land and sow
wheat now, but | shall not sow until spring, as
| can make plenty upon my own land. II |
had my little York plough and old Rock, could
Just SOW my wheat and plough it easy in the
| open prairie. The grass is getting to It's per-
| iection and will be good all the time.
| Bring plenty eff provisions, aud no heavy plum
der, as every necessary article can be purchas-
| ed here and they cannot be hauled. Bring an
axe but no other tooIs--lJO or l10 lbs. of -four,
! or its equivalent in meal for each mouth, eX-
| ccp, ia,ants, and 50 los Of bacon. Start if pos
sooner if you can; about twenty-five wagons
together is plenty, and ifyou have a large conf
pany, would recommend that you form sepa-
rate companies, and not keep very tarapart. 1t
is a long aad tiresome trip, bat patience and
perseverance will perform it, Work oxen,
COWS, or horses will hold out to Fort Hall, but
they will there have To be exchanged tor others
i mean work horses Bring all the cows and
Young cattle you can, but no calves, young
horses viii come well. Let your cooking tools
be tow and light"
Or IIour following is an account o
this wonderful discovery.
l. That this light is aGncto-electrical.
>. That it is produced by permanent mag
nets, which may be increased to any indefinite
extent. The apparatus now finishing by the
inventors or discoverers in this case will pos
sess twenty magnets
3 That it supplies light whose brilliancy
is insupportablc 10 the naked eye.
L. That tower Of adequate height will ena
bic ljga, to De dilTrsed all.over Cincinnati, c
qual, for all practical purposes, to that Of day.
3 That this light, when once set in opera
tion, will continue to illuminate without on,
cent ofadditional expense.
suppose this viii prove the greatest disco
very Of modern times. 1t is needless to ad,
how much it gratfes mc to state Cincinnati
Is the place, aud two of It's native sons, J. Mil
ton Sanders aud John Starr, the authors Of til,
discovery. Mr.. y. \. Sanders has gone on t,
Washington for letters Of patent, and on his re
turn public exhibitions will be made of its as