The New York herald., 1850-12-09

which have been 80 destructive to the Cslifsraia
emlarass have driven Q team over tho arouseb
sIoeeeing twenty wagons, and always rememSer
70 AVOID shopevs towards the last end OF your jour
ney who will meet you with all manner Of stories.
ppoasy ne pS,pcss OF buying your cattle horse: and
they deserve The cost Of getting to the place Of
rendezvous will depend on the distance ffom tho
place Of starting From this place let Us count The
Suppose you pay $50 yoke for your oxen. .
high price along the frontier; Fveyokes would
cost you ESQ; a wagon well rigged, s75, good
making the sum total e425. Your provisions would
be 200 pounds of flour, and 100 pounds Of bacon -
every person. Then there would be coffee, tee.
swgai specs, nc ded ,sI aro Money Sy..a ms
enough Of each kind to last you through. Your
cows would furnish you with milk and but
and via-ictas to cost $780, which added TO 2the for
mer sum, would make $525. After you start you
will rarely have an occasion, and still more rarely
will be very likely to get through with all the stock
you start with. But let us make all due allowances
for losses by the way which we will suppose 20 bo
one yoke Of oxen, and then let US reckon up ater
you are through, without saying anything OF the
magnificent farm you are forthwith possessed OF.
Your four yoke Of oxen will be worth at least
900, your wagon 500, your American marc
estimates upon the whole The amount is S75e
But yeu have paid out but $525, 80 that you have
made e226 by the journey. Thus may be taken an
a fair illustration for ALL
! have thus, fellow-citizens, presented YOU the
case fairly, and without exaggeration. What Dc
you think Of il? took my own family to the coun-
try in l847, and by the overland route havo
never regretted il, and were back here with my
family, and know what now know, / would nei-
ther slumber nor sleep till had determined to 60,
nor would slacken my exertions till had reached
there. The inducements are unprecedented, and
the advantages are certain The country is an in-
vtDg one, in point of locality, health, fertility.
nc doman-free of charge to the settler invite
ou; her overfiowing Golfers are running over for
your reception, and her wide fields urge you to en-
terprise. You can come among US and enjoy life
and health to an unprecedented degree; you can
make fortunes for yourselves, and your postenty
after you; and when you have finished your course,
you will leave your children in a land that flows
with milk and honey-in a land OF educaton and
morals, of industry and enterprise, and in the gar
den Of the Pacific, where, looking out on her pla-
cid waters, they may nhale her breezes, and learn
TO measure the extent of their Improvements and
enterprises, by the vastness of that mighty ocean.
| here have to request, as l most earnestly do,
all papers throughout the United States 10 do Ore
this circular and also solicit all persons who feel
an interest in that country to request their avorts
paper TO do so. And for this act of generosity o.
the part of the conductors of the PRESS and On the
part of those who request II to be done, herewith
return, for myself, and for that hardy and noble
people represent, our sincere thanks
Very truly, your fellow. citizen,
SAMUEL r. THURsroN,
Delegate from Oregon.