New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-17

+ IRON The OREGON ENIGRASTs.-The Chicago
Democrat Of the I'd inst publishes the following letter
brought by DR.. White Indian agent, who with three
gentlemen, recently returned from Oregon
We now fifteen miles below Fort Boise, camped
for the night and all in good health and spirits We
have Travelled from Platte River in companies OF ir>rn
four TO fifteen in perfect safety. We have now made
both crossings OF Snake River and nd ourselves within
about three hundred iniles OF the valley u w Willamette
Doctor White says the people below viii rneetus at
the Daes with plenty OF boats and provisions TO take us
down and hatihere danger from the Indians If we
20 in companies OF ten Although we mad been
fold al Forts Hail aad Boise by the clerks Of the Hui
sons Bay Company that il was not only an almost i'm
psssble read but that the !ndars determined
oppose us-all of which Is untrue.
There appears be great anxiety the part OF the
EIudsons Bay Company TO turn many OF the Oregon
people California possible, and for that purpose
they have employed some OF the worst rascas N tue
mountains To intercept the emigrauts al Fort Hall, and
turn as many TO California they can, By telling them
there is no grass wood except Snake ltve on
the Oregon road-tha II ia utterly npassaOe
OF rocks and mountains and that snake River never has
can be tOrded With wagons all OF which we all know
is false.
on the other hand, they reported that the road to Cal
ornia is either up down river bottoms OF one eternal
pasture But, in Oregon, they say, 10. people "oG!d
starvc. il not for the cattle driven om California
and all for this. it is certain they paid premium for
all that by the company and demand also 81 - per
head Of the emgrants themselves, for pilot money In
this way 81 wagons belonging to the more tim!d and
e.ininded Of the people, have been led oil on that
road this season Your obedcut servant,
A. II THOMPSON.
p S-Let cmigrants leave Independence by the 20th
of April and no, in companies OF more than fifteen
wagons, and ten is still better.
FUGITIVE SLAyE.-The Concord IN. II Herald
of Freedom notices the arrival that place Of Slave
from New Orleans, whose master was Baptist Deacon
in that city He mas the Initials OF his masters name
branded into his right back hewn aud battered
with the whip and paddle and na;ks of leshot in
hs ep-a!l which he says inflicted by the master
himself His ankle also acerated by the shackle,
10 which were attached twelve feet OF chain and ball
that he dragged months in the rceswamps alter
he made his escape
ANTHEMS MEETING At RoCHEsTER.-A pub
lie meeting wgs held Rochester Saturday last, 10
rcmonstratc against the admission Of Texas into the
Unien as Il Slave State
THE WEATHER.-Thc mercury ranged from 4
to degrees below Springfield, Mass on the 18th
in Northampton about 10 III Greenfield the mercury
sank as low AS s. and in Albany from TO 6.
~ In the case OF the Commonwealth of Virginia
rs tie Citizens OF Ohio, apprehended the charge Of
carving of certain Slaves from virginia on Thursday,
al Richmond Mr.. Finton. (of Ohio) on the part OF the
defendants made very able speech H. w Leigh, Esq
his ssociate in behalf Of the State of Ohio will follow
him. and the will be concluded 10y the attorney
General, s. s Baxter.
EsS The Monongahela was rising at Pittsburgh
on the lOih inst Should have another day OF mild
weather (say5 the Chronic!e) navigation VIII pc re-
suucd.
All Fairfield Ne an entire block OF brick buildings
was consumed by fire on the Sh insi-orieuaed in The
shoe shop of o H. Hobrook. There but little nsuT
any ofthc properly.
At Manchester, Mass. on the 18th inst. fire broke
in the cabinet manufactures oi Allen Decher-loss
about So or 6000-partly covered by insurance.