The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-26
OREGON.

We make the following lengthy extract from . very interesting letter h ihs iasas ssAse IsuraaI dated Oregon City, September ieih, lsl9. epn- saining much inior,nstsa respecting that fair and distant portion of our widely exteodsd territory: "The fall emigration has come in without any particular InsiIaP; bat ss supPcse they xiI write to their friends. all viii say about them fs sths. They look well in health, toagh aad hardy; the men have . rough appearance. and tse iadies do not lock u lhey had just come our Of 6znu b0xes But all this wiil ba changrd by few days rees. They sseEa pleased. and the children appear per spotly happy, aBG they are ss iFely and spsishliy as young anteoPesv
 have remained here sGmee iszf fsll. hsj some Of the good and enough of the tad Ut the nyia-s in the summer sf 'As. got scans gold and good many ehiIIs. Ths agSe and fever, or cEIlls aas fever. scarcely ever originais hsss. In the fall when the miasma from yyuf4 prsiFies and lewiands spread over the country-here ScEststion is dried ID, and the cir s pure aud insigonfing: sad while your atmosphere Is smoky and hazy, sn ordinary eye can pierce ours and become familiar wiih oI,- ieeis al a hundred miles cisisnt. Im1eed. st this aeason, the views presented about our country are Rrnnd, inspiring the soul Of man with noble eulo- tions-making him feel that he is not oisly sur. ran aded with Gods most beautiful, but his subli. meet works Nor does the eye tire at the sight. or the heart sate, st the wonders oi naiars In my
 
 tbing of the sceuery of this valley. How poor aad tame was that effortf
 Since left Iowa I have been prineipafly In Ore. gon; and have seen great changes hese. The gold discoveries iR California operated to cur injury as well as 10 our benefit. The injury. I think. hss past. These discoveries led Ou our population at first. and put anseHtre check 10 iJnproresnsnts- Floarshing iarns were ahandoasd for the moment Young men ceased 10 take posse sion and improve their claims. Buildings ia the process of erection were ieft unfinished. Wagons and teams were in demand, aud the population moved of in masses ss if The male population in some mighty exigeBcy had been called to bear their ceuatry's eagle amid the storm and strife of battle Bat there is now another change passing before The gold hun ters have returned to their homes aud occup iisns The farmer is again improving hts iand-. increAs- jag his stock sRd rendering home dekifs bic. Gold unless it can be made to sabServe these and other useful purposes, is of iitue worth. And after all labor is better than gold. It is that which is now beauiifyng this valley and preparing it for the hap py abooe Of a numerous population.
 The year came through last preceded the h. dian war. This was dark time for Oregon Bat our men, half armed and lily provided for, soon taught the sayages the inviacbe character of Anglo Saxon valor. These Indians. I venture 10 ssy will never again make war upon Oregon. Some vicious individuals may occasionally commit ouirages; but these will be promptly punished. Indaa tribes "a
  hold caipriLs when demanded by our authorities.
 Society is greatly in aivace here of what yoa may suppose In fact, it is the vo5y smallest DOT tea ot einigans who are not intelligent. aud fully understand the rights of others well as their own. II would mol be fair 10 class rrnigrsnts with those who in former tinirs nhasited the frontiers of the new States. Scarcely nay family comes here who are not fully up to the general standard of morality and education.
 have referred to the gratifying fact that our people are progressing with Improvements Oar farmers find that everythisg which we have for safe finds sure market at high prices. The crops the last season were fine, though iarge anddhis Tor the reason that tIe pFinciPsi farmers nb- sent ia California. Wheat is worth two dollars bushe potatoes. one dollar to one dollar and kiiy cents; turnips. ffty 10 seventy-ave cents; onions hve collars busael These last eau be raised here with great faciiiIy. Mir. Weiher5y. of Yam Hili. grew several hundred bushels, with little trouble besides blowing the land and sowing the seed- Thousands and thousands of bushels Of onions and other vegetables be sold here at the prices named; so tsiat. if they get gold as fas, io attending 10 their farming business as they can by digging in California, they 9aite sure 9f obtain ing II ia considerable quantities, and that with lar more comfort and pleasure to themselves. From the appearance of inc fields and the industry of the farmers in the eeunties in this seighbsFaoed, judge that we shall have mneh larger crops the
 
 crop. as you kGow, never fails here altogether Some seasons il yields better than others but il is never injured by blast, rast smut
 We are having some emigranis from California. Some come here 10 spend the winter. and others because of the rough fare there If these had teir families with them, have no doubt, they would stop for sy. Indeed, for some time, I think, we may expect our largest emigration from thence. We are looking ahead. here! We are expecting. in lew year. 10 he knocking al the door of Con- gress for admission into ths Uniou. You win bear Us there soon. What a misfortune that our gov ernment did not stand so their line--54, 407--We have eeded away couniry having immease com mercia advantages; all of it good as Maine; and the Island of Vancouver contains within herself sources for powerful State. What becsi0e of the doctrine that European colonies should not be pan- ted on American soil. when Vancouver was giyss up to British raPacily'