The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-01-13
BRITISH MOVEMENTS IN,oREGoN.

BRITISH MOVEMENTS INsOREGON.
Our letters from Oregon state that the clerks
o, me English establishments at Fort Hail and
Fort Bulse-two positions near the point where
the roads to California and Oregon separate after
passing over the Rocky Observation-Disclosures
inc American emigrants reach these establish.
menis, represent TO them that the road to Ore0on
Is ''npasshle, that it is beset with Indians that
the country is miserably poor, but that California
Is everything that man can desire, in climate
roads. fertility, health sc.
These clerks are employed TO perform this
business by the Hudson's Bay Company. Tina,
company are apprehensive that the crowdny emf.
grants VIII soon pass over In the north of the Co
lumola, and will be in such force as not to he con
trolled by the company. Their transformations in
regard 10 the roads. &C., in Oregon, are known
10 be untrue; but they succeeded in INDUCING
some hity wagons and their occupants TO po 10
Cal''ornla-ior which the clerks were unduubted-
ly well paid
we want fort and troops near these British
establishments in the mountains
STYLoGRApHIc ENGRAvING-Th is the
name given 10 new method of drawing or en-
craving recently discovered and put in practice
nv Mr.. j. Y. Gresham. an artist of this civ
Few OF our readers, probably, are aware of the
immense labor necessary To produce maps and
", a.
surface Ike type. For many years past in Ger
many. France, England and the United States
many ingenious aud scientific men have made ex
perlmenis IN the hope of producing relief engrap
m%S by some shorter and less expensive process
than mat ct engraving them on wood The dis
c0very OF Siyography will answer the demand 81
long telt We have just seen vefy fine speci
men OF drawing done by this newly discovered
process and 1t gives us much pleasure to hear
testimony to lis beauty and perfection It has
mncn OF Tie character of good copper plate en-
craving, and no one would suspect IL To he the
production of letter press. The lines cross and
recross each other with all the clear and dis,inc,
sharpness, and the ease and freedom bere,of,re
ohiy ionnd IN the best copper plate work For
maps, architectural designs. and other similar
productions, II must be invaluable We do moi
know the meansby which the relief plate is made.
hut understand that the drawing is done with
style (hence the name ofstylography) on tablet
ana rom TINS drawing stereotype plate, i'm re
tJ, is obtained, giving fac smile of the lines
Drawn we look upon it as one of the most
wonderful discoveries of this age of improvement :;
and as 1t Will be of great utility in dissemna tnG
valuable information in cheap form, we hail lis
introduction with sincere pleasure
New MODES OF ExrINGUIHrNG FrREs.-Jn
SOME journal which we read the other day, a mode
HieS WIS suggested which
think important to be known Let means be pro.
vlded Tor closing all the windows and doors of tho
aouse on hire, air tight; the oxygen within is soon
consumed and the fire, having no supporter, goes
out OF course. Abetter method, and one gilmore ore
neral application is this :-Instead of fire enpines
1T very small expense, means may be kept ready
To create any of the gases which extinGush flame
Carbonlc acid can be made very cheap and instan-
tane0uSy. Have in one vessel sulphuric acid di
lnled with or 8 parts by weight of water. and
another containing the carbonate of lime: unite
lheSe, Immense quantities Of the gas are evolved
In an instant. Let this be thrown over the butn-
ing part, and, owing to its great specific gravity.
1t descends, and will extinguish the blaze almost
as effectuaIly as a river of water. This subject
IS certainly worthy the attention of Insurance
Companies, &c.-S. W. Chris. .Ady.
MORE OF THE MILLERIrEs.-Th Millerites
which we noticed few days since, having re
moved TO Brandt, and established themselves
there, party of some forty of the inhabitants ma ID
them visit, tarred and feathered some five ar
SIX, among them was elder Fenton the lead or
and the negro and his wife. This broke them mr.
ihere n party, also, we understand, had as
seInhled IN Collins, whose conduct was ch:arac
teIzed ny the same acts as heretofore noticed bnt
Inc inhabitants, at the last accounts determined
not to put up with such practices, and had re-
solved to break them up-legally if possible
forcIbly' IT they must.-Bufalo Pilot