New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-23
Oregon Items.

Mr. George Walns Of this city AMI four other
persons. have been making explorations upon The
Pacific coast southwark from the mouth OF ihe C0ium
ois- Ihey found portion Of country shout hlsmuSs
Bay which pleased them very much and 81 the party
took claims there The Bay several miles in extent
and Is mouth quite usrr0w Five streams s5ouudin :
with hsh empty into the 5sy and The hsy furnishes
abundance OF choice clans Mr.. Wsling informs u.
that they discovered several p-aries snt varying
from nat A mile 70 three miles wide. snt six or eight
miles In lcngth sni that the Indians say there : 4
large prairie % the south
From gentlemen as, srrived IN this city learn thsi
Col Ford and party have returned % this valley WITH
oct having accomplished the exploration 0f The Clsmet
Rogues snd Umgqus valleys Our informant states At
the failure . attributed q tbs want o ssucieu guide
We regret the failure Of the expedition
The Of growing crops In Oregon are estimated
- De double those Of any former year snd i admit
ted the crops look better thsu IN any previous
An abundant harvest = anticipated from the present
cron sufficient O. supply sn immigration OF $1,000
We understand from cierent sources that very pure
copper snd lead ore found 10 the neghborhood OF
CoWlliz River between the Columbia and get sound
A gentleman residing In the Cow.tz settlement has q
copper tobsccobox Manufactured from she virgin ore
without smelling
Bmminous coal. obtained from the Covlitz. "a being
used 81 the furnace "a tbs city. and pronounced very
good.
Several Of the Dsa. indians have arrived IN this city
for protection. s they say. u IS SAID ihst they have
been stripped Of their property by the hostile Indians
because they were friendly 70 the whites
vessels ~ the mouth OF the Columbia River il g sup
posed By many abroad q be unsafe and dangerous OF
entrance That this river Ike many others has sand
bars 10 rs vide mouth, Is true snd that such river
IN such country. now does aud always will sf0rd =
channel sufficiently broad snd deep i0r the sale en-
trance Of the largest vessels, under charge Of Puot
who 10 acquainted with ia channel = equally true.
For about year and half last past Mr. G. Reeve,
under the authority OF the Provisional Government OF
Oregon has discharged the duties OF bar pilot for the
mouth Of the river during which time not the sis ate.t
accident has occurred. Mr.. Reeve expresses his vii
hngness 10 take out and bring In vessels ~ Al tmes
believing that Il Is perfectly safe 20 do
Most OF the claims taken In Oregon are comprised
chiefly OF prairie and but think the day s not TAR
distant when the timbered snjs of this country will be
ged TO be quite equal II not superior 10 the
praires IN richness snd prOducuveness Of soil One
thug Is quite certan-the high umbered and Is never
wet In Winter but that II, Is suitable for powlns.
while the prairie land becomes too wet In that season
for advantageous blowing We have seen a. good crop.
and thrifty iruittrees growing upon the high tim
bered lands are often seen Oregon Is probably an
exception TO every other country upon the gooe-eYen
her mountains are covered with rich, deep, black
mould and with nutritious grass unless prevented by
the growth Of dense forests
We have been but a few months In oregon, but we
have been here a sufficient length of time 70 know that
the Winters In Oregon are not accompanied with 10
cessant rains and have also verified the Truth
Of statement. frequently made. but not generally
credited the Northern states viz that the grasses IN
Oregon remain green during the Winter These
do, large portion of the entire territory from and In
Guiding the valleys up 10 'he region OF perpetual snow
the mountains, they are truly source OF invaluable
wealth Probably there Is country upon the face Of
the earth that BY nature affords such ready facilities
for grazing that portion Of Oregon lying between
the Cascades and Blue Mountains known IS the Middle
Country Wool growers on the hills of Vermont
Western Masschusetts and New ork and in Northern
Ohio have realized some proht from their sheep when
compelled to feed them hay and grain from four to nye
months IN the year
In the middle country Of Oregon, now almost unin
habited by the white man bounteous Nature has over
spread thicky from 10000 10 10000 square miles viii
rich, luxursnt grasses upon which alone sheep cattle
and horses subsist throughout the year. Any inme
would regard half dozen and dozen sheep as
trng cepital II Is yet Ia any OF the grazing dis
tcis Of Oregon not already oyerstockcd they consti
tute capital which with little attention 10 70 years
from their natural increase would make their possesso
a wealthy Wool can be transported from here g
England cheap as from several Of the states and We
that the time Is not far distant when the valleys
the plains and the mountains Of Oregon will resounc
with the bleatng Of sheep.