New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-05


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Interesting Account Of the Oregon Country.
The editor Of the Ga'eaI DAILY Afr,rtissr, III
was srsti6ed 70 hear. fes days ago, FROM his old
friend, Israel Mitchell who, in hi. declining age.
bring. up on the shores Of the Pacific. Mr.. Mitch
ell loss everything he hsd in getting there. bul
his life and that OF his family were spared Those
rho know him will ask ~ vouchers for the strict
integrity Of his statements KS letter b. dated
PORTLAND May 20. lss9.
We let lows On the l5ih Of Apri and arrived At
/ vancouver the Il of November. 81 The trst part
of ihe Journey pleasant the latter psrt hard and
tedious A. ~e approach near the Mountains, the cat
te begin o. DIE posoned by the mineral waters Theif
dry without putreiscton, pure is the
air. No fes mosquitoes We soon came o the
ssersgus lakes. which are great curiosity In the
season, these lakes strong lye shallow, snc
from 100 wards 10 3O0 miles In circumference When
! the dry approaches these lskes dry up, and
saerstus formed two three inches deep, white as
snow and good for sll the purposes Of the common
! .alerstus AZ the head OF Sweet Water, We ascend
hill ssy 500 ieet In two miles and on the great di
vide bet~-en iae Mississippi snd the Pacific.
In few mills We came to ne Pacific Spring, which
emoti~s ts waters into the COsrsno Ia due time W.
come he sods SPRING., which ara great eurosiuH,
There number. oi h~m rising Just 20 the level
II the surface and many DINERS furmnx stone 0%shs
for themselves, snd n-ng Two or three icrt nigh some
running of With a strong current and All tr~rvescng
precisely the s0ds OF the shops Here the signs oi
I volcanic seton are very apparent In travelling down
snake River, constantly seeing strange sight-
Immense cascades, boiling springs bot springs enasns
of xungui.hrd volcanoes, SC. When W. come 10 IN
ID L. on ihe Columbis, We sec where that rvrr hsr
cut for itself chHune IN the solid rock from niy 1
three hundred feet drep, through which the stream
rolls and foam. with great r-pidty ~ the Cascade
Falls. this mehty river descends aoout twenty rst 10
tna distance OF tnrre or four miles.
From the tot of these Falls 70 the mouth oi the
willamette or vancouver there IL current oi shout
three miles sn hour when not sfectsd by the td- -
Astoria the mouth Of toe river, 10 destined 10 be-
the Nex.York of Orezon, while Portland the Wills
m-tte 10 o. be the AOsnythe hes oi ship navigation
Thirty fect water from this place 10 the ocean can
always be- obsin.d-xcept in two places. one II the
mouth of the Willamette, and the other littls up
low water and low tide. there only nine feet
The tide sfscts four or nve feet th-t every day
vessel may come la drawing u ie~t wster oregon
City by nature. Ia equal ia water power 20 what TO
chester has been msde by art river twice the sifr
of Rock River. p1urs down three different channels,
cut solid rock, 80 Or ~ ieet Islands formed he
tween those channels which mach aery may b.
rrrcted Above the Falls, the valley wid-us out into
extensive plains the most productive In "hest mink
Of any Earth Our great export however, 10 umoef
our forests are ineshausuDle; our water power In
nense. our market ant Increasing 10 !. no~
worth from $40 90 So per thosssnd owing 70 thr god
discoveries iu California snd will always b. worth e9
] Tor svyOrtaOn tO the sl-nds There arr uvu'op pi
% chip Bavis suOn
Each Of the three great division. Of Oregon have their
peeuisriue. The E,.s is almost desert, destitute OF
umber burnt by excessive drOuths, snd the sOii Il
wholly ~ vncauic fOrmafiOn-lzva lescbed ashes, &c
Th- Blue Mount,in. however have much good land
.nd timber, and will day, doubt, oe inhabited
! by healthy and happy people. Middle Oregon IL \
good soil. Ia z-nerz snt the oest grazing country
suppose on earth, though apparently not half 90 luNu
risnt =. tbe Mississippi Valley. The grss IL more nu
trious snd In mzDy places is 90 thek a. ~ iorm
/ mat ,khf "a ~
seems Ike walking over bed and there s one snd
=. .st a. brine Timber hosever Is scarce. Much Of
the country will lie waste but Il will pasture millions
Of stock and many o the Indians count Their
horses by hundreds, n nOt by thousands
The Nicdlr District /. bounded the west by tn
Ca.cad~ MOUNTAINS which are covered sith umoer OF
which YOU can have idea Pine, Red, Yellow and
White Fr Hsmiock Spruce, Cedar, &c rice Ia straight
and uniform trunks a. thr sht Of lO % 10 -et ln
many instances u the drst limos and then tHperug OO
80 i-et sharp point Az other places the hmo-
. | commence n-arer the ground The most remark ksole
ande, growth i the Vnr Nsple IL grows In punches
bunch containing nve or ten shoots ci me size ol
smsu. thigh They grow Ten nieen feet hign, thrn
down and grow into the ground gain, branch out
again and continue 70 rryest the process rendering
u impossible 70 pass through on horseback and som-
times on foot have literally cra~isd through
,ne and OF been on the ground hundreds Of y-rds
and sometimes have not o~en soe 10 see the sfo1nd 80
thick the under growth below nor see any object ~
feet from me On any side These cA.-' srs y
there many places Of miles In extent IN the
nei zaoornood Of ths most dense settlements W have
where the foot Of the white man never uod Western
Oregon hss never YET been, 20 any great extent es
por-d OF the travel from place 20 place being oy
water.
4 Tne great valley Of the Willamette pronounced Wa.
aa-ete scceuung the second sy-ole) l. mostly beau
uf4i prairi- There 10 cOnsderaoie timber, and ~nat
, are here termed learn and oak openings The learn
Openings are the dre hss ked the greater por-
uou of ne timber and the esrn has grown up % me
5sirmeut Of All other herbs and sr-sse' Ine OAK
openings are covered With grass, - with you There
. = very Mltle Land 10 West Oregon even tnr
mountain lanos are good soil Tree o rocH a4a 81
dom very st-ep Ike al mountain countries tnsfe u
much good water. mill tee s5o1nc The quantity ni
4. ..sinE uro@r 10 irnrn-ns- There are msny places
n where verify believe l0O0 logs msy b. cut from an
.cre that Will average 20 eet 70 the loz Ho@ Tor
moment east your eye % oar market. China Austria
La. .gt Al the 10 ands Of the Pacific, almost d-su
tut VI rmoer and rely sOne on Oregon Tor supplies
J. Our facilities for manufacturing are unFaed on r-ftn
L Our stock srs-d and istied With less labor thar ina
D, of sny other country OF health and Energy IN
knosn In the M.sssppi Fsley 10 * perieneed - O1i
4 rn.Dtanis and nj GIT and should - happy pro
pie; 6ut tns vsrirty oi t~mPuns 1ef.u.s en- g.oy
70 choose ~hers % oc.te, and there 10 epnuns
e change Of business There 10 great want 81 caYitai
:. ltti- compeuuon- Were able 70 give yOa me nan,
Der 0f producers cur exports ~ouli exceed o-e
they e4r,ed $50 for every ABLE BODIED Whit uA- ci
zrn 10 Oregon Know Of more than l3V0 barrel. 9
= u a1ur h.vsx been shiyD-s 500 90 bet " lgmo-f
: Loo barrels Of salmon and l-rSe quantity o ouusf
cheese &c The prOdaets Of lsts more rnsn dogo I'd
tb.t OF say former yezr and thOse Of l:fs ~oud %
douot have exceeded IT, bad not the gold mania orok
e our and nearly tep0pul-ed the county About tnfee
q flurrrs u the population are sOn- % tne Mines
!. S- however nsve returned % curvzt~ tbsir f-r
n0.t OF wnon !Btrnc 70 a. osck sz.in- Ine q1snuii
Of coin and rod IN the eountry hs< become - zr-s
. rh.t every thng 10 hsn good l-ooring msn zes ~
uer rorth. Large farms deserted, and even mill
lie IDLE Our printers gone, and The papers stop
J, u~d Our 05c-fs sr- zOne and cur Courts stoppes
= sl.o TIE machinery u ls~ and sorcrnnrnr 10 lsis
a.. de- and eOunry 10 exposed % he indiana with
on, sny projection. Gov lane and l2 Is crsxooc
: ar. here-the rest deserted OF California
OF tie ehnst- can Ouiy cay, that tre winter ~ 4
ana - nid and pleasant compared with sry nsy
> s>-n though said - b dryer and colder asgs
y ~rrc come 1o~ers, and grass grew al ~nt<r :
sg 10 lS4s aud ~ the winter cold ssgsl fol
> TIE south part of k-ntgcky Tsna-s.ce The al.
u-tt- River az Portland iroze for TWO or thre'
asys me srss nas, Dr. hsLsssha ssys, Tar ~ years