Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-12-24

they may be, for it has tttas5 saldbri- d
Gus climate, an excellent soil, well ems ID
bered, and wa,eAh withSfine rivers and I
excellent springs, frees from bilious dis O.
eases and ihe.fever and agues and also1 v
from. those puinonafy complaints which [
prevail in the Northefh States-and in v
beauty and ;gFand sllr Of scenery will e
hear aaconpaTt III t|l any portion of
The globe, especiall ms w aiiamette
Valley.
But, do your numerous readers en- :
ouire, has i: no disadvantages! answer,
yes, many, which, however, are Of apo
Iticaz nature; and while the Independ-
snt Oregon Colony with whom | trav.
elIed to the Willamette Valley, wished {
me to express 10 their friends in the
West, their hearty thanks for the live
" interest they have manifested in
bringing the question before Congress, ;
they earnestly solicit Of the people OF
the United States, that they would urge
upon Congress, the ensuing winter. TO
act efficiently in their behalf, by extend
inc the Jurisdiction of the United States
over the ,ohole of Oregon. And permit
me here 10 remark, that this is the u,
Unanimous expression Of the citizens OF
Oregon, and the Legislature has sent
memorial to G. ongress, by DR.. E. White,
who accompanies me, praying for the
, same; they feel the more solicltude on
/. the subject, from the fact that during
the last spring the Hudson's Bay Com
pany were busiIy employed, In repair
Ing Fort Vancouver, erected two oas'
5 t,ons, and have mounted two pieces OF
i, cannon thorc; and Fort Hall is also be-
t ing enlarged. .o
t; have a store at Oregon City, alter re-
!; ceiving the Inaugural address OF the
u President, declaring that 'our right 10
y Oregon is clear and unquestlonable,
j refused to take wheat Of the settlers Tor
goods and 10 pay up their accounts,
al which gaverise to many suspicious ana
y, no little uneasiness among the seutefs
e, in the Valley, though all was qu'c'
c, when left Oregon City, which was OF
as the 10th of August last.
We DR.. McLaugh ghlin, who is very corte
I'D Gus, intelligent and generous man, Q
C, great wealth, and chief factor OF the Ii
I'd B. Co., has possession of the sight o
so Oregon City, one mile square; Mr.. Fl
| mitinger, a trader in that Company,
:" mile square adjoining il, lying just a
er bovc; David DcLaughlin, member G
in H, B. Co., another east of his fathers
he adjoining the claim embracing the city
- | mention these facts, to let the peopl
ch of the United States know that while
in is advocated by such men as DAME
ess Webster, that we can negotiate wit
er. England in regard to the settlement
Ire Oregon, by offering her again the pa
hit; aIIel of 49, N. latitude as their norther
hIy boundary, that the H. B. Co. talk an
the act otherwise in Oregon.
md Tha, England will never give up OF
inch of land north of the Columbia,
the she can helpit is very certain; and L
he Mclaughlin last spring went SO lar
his even 10 cause q tree to be cut dou
ook ,ph,ch had the initials of an America
Of citizens name on it, and threw 1t IN
the Columbia, and also a log cabin WI
he it, because it was built on the north 81
ght of the Columbia riusr, near Fort Va
my couver. But he has not been able
hee, keep all off from the north side OF Il
noble river, which is discovered to
ter, in connection with its fine trlbutarl
,yes with the excellent land on their borde
cad! and its proximity to Puget Sound,
ruly most valuable position Of Oregon. 5.
ted. eral families from Andrew CO., M
auIt have located on the moth side, and
n a. know bv the name Of 'Simson's Set
Vid- ment,' But while the H. b. 20. use
means in their power to prevent
settlement of Americans on the ~
the Colambia. they do not hesitate
Soil appropriate and possess every va'ua
snon town site on the south side, to the gr
,1n,, ,1n" de,riment of Ameri IAN enterprIs'
ta R,;; such as Dr.. LaughIin's great flour
No nsr; mill at Oregon City-his ferry WI
M, ment runs in opposition to Hugh Burns's'
;,n,', 1'e" honest and worthy mechanic. formt
~, ,nro of Platte City, Mo.-and Joseph
ad e' LaughIin's ferry (his SOM on Yam
I5 river-and his forbidding road TO
laid out by the Commissioners aappo
Using ed by the oregon AGs;s'asII' ;.'io i.Iand N
ckey regon C'ty 10 70 the L;.;'. ;.;"sas as" nnd
,gton owned oy Amelioan u, 1 "'.ahe .,Snre sa;d @
man. was desired to be mad,, and exer
;zens his influence, through his imm
state wealth, to control every election IN
pring country. or;sed at
/. Gil But, sir, am no! 81, Pi.. PI.o;,v
i am McLaughlin's 'unbridled audac'.y, y.
those he remarked to me 'as' ~ n os, Mr.
II ~ tha nOlnlOn lIldt tiV hNse