Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-08-10
Prom gOreeon.


has EeceiFeda files of the Oregon Specta-
tor to the 10th Of December. These pa
pergconfain the. news ofthe country.
The United Stated .shr. Shark was lost
In the mouth the Columbia river about
the Est ofsoctober. In communication
from IL: Howison TO the. Spectator, he
says:f"Ihe hapless Shark was swept to
destruction by the overwhelming Strength
OF the tide, for the want Of a thorough
acquaintance with which he did not make
= due allowance. Instead of setting along
. the channel, as was supposed, its direc-
5tioD towards the breakers, where it car
s'Fied the Shark. She was total loss:
but the officers and crew were all saved"
j The Spectator does battle in behalf of
1.-THE Columbia river and its good name for
safety of navigation, insisting that its
channel is amply wide and deep, and that
. only ignorance or bad Management can
account for disasters to vessels coming in
ao"golbg out. lyobsa 'sss aaa isses
"a letter FROM. Quinn Thornton is
published in the Spectator of Dec. 10Th,
dated Settlement of the Rickerall, No,
slyember 3d. and giving an account ofthe
s'semigrants by the Southern route, "whom
Mr. Thornton had left Umpquah noun.
claims, sin want Of provisions.o They
must have provisions, or suffer. The
editor had learned that sufficient mum.
Ger OF horses with provisions had been
despatched from Champeog county to
Lring them ia. 9" eaf
The Legislature was then in session.
-Ehe Message ofthe Governor announces
the conclusion of the Oregon treaty; an.
hciPates that the laws of the United States
WILSON be extended over the territory;
says that the navigation ofthe Columbia
.rlyeris safe, with careful pilots; and con-
scludes as follows; "Another emigration
hascRossed the Rocky mountains, and
most of the party have arrived in the
settlements, About one hundred and ff>
ty-two wagons reached Oregon city early
nnthe season, via Mr.. BarloW's road thro'
the Cascade mountains. 81 aa' 20.
~ '''About one hundred wagons are on
their way,if they have not already arri-
we'd in the upper settlements, by a south.
-ern route; the difficulties attending che
opening a wagon road are very great, and
probably emigration falls short of last
years, probably not numbering more
than one thousand souls. This is &C.
counted for by a great part Of the emf.
grafton turning off 10 California; we trust
those who have come in among US may
have no cause to regret the decision that
brought them to Oregon,
II ans happy to say that the past year
has amply repaid the tiller's toll; our har-
vest has been abundant, and the season
gathering the crop was dry, enabling
che farmer TO secure the reward Of his
iabee, free from injury. ,,.S, 49,
al" Dasing the season, we have enjoyed
thrOughout our territory the blessings of
health" hs,as1sR ad ne Is s=- Lao. sos
- The project of . rail road to tne, Paci.
fic, seems to excite some interest in Ore
gon. The Spectator urges the legisla.
t0re to'take some action on the premises,
by memorial TO Congress, or approving
resolutions. II suggests also that Con-
gress be asked for a steam t0g to operate
atthe mouth of the Columbia. asr
"A Mr.. Lippincott, from the city of New
York, bad been. wounded in skirmish
with slhes Kalmet Indians. Two other
persons, one from Iowa and the other
from Mississippi, were killed in the same
affair. s,,.s, b.r.ra.,,.r 49,.
On the 4lh of November, an extra
from the office of the Spectator stirred up
the patriotism of the Oregonians with IT,
dings Of General TayloI's victories over
Arista, at Palo Alto and Resaca. Also
with the news of the ratification of the
Oregon boundary treaty. The only piece
of ordinance. owned by the territory, a
twelve FOUNDER, was forthwith. mounted
on the rocks, and a salute of 81 guns fred
in. honor of these events.
The following note, published in
California paper, was written by late
resident Of this city.-Mr. Keyes has
Travelled over many portions ofCalifornia,
and ought TO know something of the capa.
bilities Of tbatcountry. He is now, we
believe, in Oregon. s1aa. s9al or s5 ozsal
1dtbs Oregon Emf grdnts. arrived
atlihis place to-day, and at the request of
some friends, make this statement to
yeusconcerning California, and the opera
tom Of rHen there. Capt. Hastings left
the 4th ofaMay,, to meet the, company
framthe United States, for the purpose of
PeFsuading from their path, and en-.
ticing them to California. Now, this i
can say to you that, may hear Hastings
teaiof the wonders OF California, there is
sscarcity oGtimber and water: and though
the bills are set with oats and the vallies
with clover, il is oil short fed, as the sun
buEnsithe clover down by the 18th Of Jn-
ly,iand the stock have to live on. the seed
In the winter. have seen enough of
Oregon TO satisfy me that il is the best
grazing country of the two, and for agri.