Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-29

Hiram Ross and is publ ,hed in the Milwau-
kls Courier oi the 18th instant -
" WitLAMEr FALLS, OREGoH
October u. ISIS.
laulvcd here on the 18th day of the present
month, having been on the way Isl DAYS from
In dependence. Missouri. which was at least
one month longer than were the last years
company cf cmigrlnts This was owing to
the unusual rains that fell during the first two
months after our departure from Missouri.
My health Is gcul AMI has been during the
whole route. The health of the small PARTY
that accompanied me is also good. The last
thousand miles no interruption from the In
dams took place, nor did even shower of
rain fall To lay the dust.
None of the families have vet arrived. The
for most are expected TO reach this neighbor-
hood IN about a week. The last range of
mountains. called the Cascades. have never
been p; s. 1t with wagons We were five DAYS
passing over this range nj mountains and
fund it b far the most difficult aud fatigng
part of the journey. both for ourselves and
our horses. The mountains extend tn Within
a lew miles ol this place. The range runs
nearly north AMI south. The Willamet is on
the west de OF the mountains. The Column
b;a breaks through from east tn west i, has
a number OF dangerous passes. and two falls
that cannot b. passed by the lightest canoe.
Our families. wagons and baggage were car
red around the falls; the portagcs however
are not lengthy.
| The settlements of this territory appear to
he IN good aud prosperous condition. Even
the last years emigrants. some of whom have
not been more than nine or ten months on
their new farms, have plenty for themselves
and some To- spare To their countrymen now
o the way. OF bread, beef fish. and potatoes
OF Il superior kind. we have plenty. The three
| first mentioned articles are exported The
brig Columbia is now freighted with wheat
amt flour, and will sill in IA few days for the
Sandwich Islands. A proiia lie trade with the
Islands Is already commenced. From us they
receive wheat, flour, beef, pork and lumber
In return we receive from them British, Chi
nese and American manufactured articles, and
molasscs, sugar, coffee and rice, the growth Of
the Islands
Standing in the door of my present lodgings.
can count sixty two buildings. They form
the present village OF the city of Oregon
| Timber aud lumber lay scattered about for ma
NY buildings, say eight or ten. Several other
villages Gone or two OF them have seen) have
some pretensions TO future greatness, but are
quite small as yet
! The Hudson Bay Company transact nearly
all the foreign and domestic trade. The com
pany derive great profit from the business. and
at the same time accommodate the inhabitants
| OF the Territory, who are all agricultur,lists
and mechanics, without capital sufficient for
commercial pursuits. On our arrival we found
the country dry and parched. We have re-
Gently hal week of warm rainy weather.
The grass has commenced springng up and
looks much like your Wisconsin prairies in
| May. The leaves OF such trees as shed their
foliage are yellow and beginning to fall. The
X nd' shedding the leaf are oak, species of
maple, aloe, box-wood, hazel. elder, &c, all
small and scrubby, compared To those in the
States except elder and alder, which here grow
quite large. notwithstanding the ease with
! which the neccssaries of life are acquired. |
never saw more disconnected community.
owing principally TO natural disposition. -
Nearly all, like myself, having been of a ro-
! wing disconnected character before leaving
their eastern homes. The long tiresome trip
from the States, has taught them what they
are capable OF performing and enduring. They
talk OF removing TO the Islands, California.
C!hh and other parts oi South America with
as much composure as YOU in Wisconsin talk
OF removing to Indiana or Michigan.
Almost the first man met on nv arrival.
was, J. NJ Weir, formerly of Indiana, who
served with me in the Rangers. also hear
oil Lancaster Clyman, who is married and set
tied some 10 or 30 miles up the Willamet |
expect to see him this week. 1t is said that
he is doing well.
You recollect the large stories we used 10
hear respecting the immense size and height OF
lumber IN this country. The largest timber
nave seen Is AN evergreen of the fir kind. -
One tree that measured few DAYS since. is
SIX ieet 1our inches in diameter and 26S fee,
! long. The tree was fcllcd with an axe last
sumner The fir is of two kinds. white and
red; both good SSr timber and lumber, and
generally split ", making the neatest rail
itnces have ever seen ii has the appearance
OF being durable. This is the season for sow.
ing wheat; all the farmers are busily EMPLOYED
IL ma wing been heretofore too dry TO sprout the
gram. The farmer can sow wheat from An.
! gust until June, with certainty of reaping a
lar compensation for his labor. The straw
oil wheat sown in May grows very short which
renders II difficult to harvest. That sown early
and IN good order grows large and long. meas
unng D or q feet, and i'll some extraordinar,
cases IL has been known to measure z feet In
length, with proportional length of head
The grain or berry of all that | have seen i.
remarkable for its round, plump form.
Inc small Canada corn comes to perfection
oats likewise grow well Irish potatoes are Of
line quality and yield abundantly. Tn,
streams am toll never freeze over. nor doe.
the snow cover the ground more than three OF
Tour days at any one time during the winter
The open or prairie valleys are small, almost
all The uplands are covered thickly with the
ioitiest fir. The earth is thickly covered will
boys undcrbrush, and the male fern called b,
som" brake. 1t grows in many places up tc
my shoulders, and so thick that found il i'm
possible IN some instances to break through il
] have crowded all could on one shrc
which send by Mr. Perkins, of the brig Co
lunbia, bound to Odhoo ON the Sandwich Is
lands, whence hope it will find it's way b,
the whaiers 10 Boston or some other port il
The states. You may not hear from me AGAR
until ] reach California. JAS. CtyvtS
MR.. MCLANE'S MISSION. Mr.. McT,ane'
Mission TO England is said to b. conciliatory
The London Economist saws its object is /,
submit "a particular proposition" and tn,
Mercury of The 5thsays-
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