The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-15

drove 1--WE yokes Of 10 1917, drawing twenty hun
wagon road which your correspondent carelessly men
toned either but better and 2 different one Besides
snsss ns sams mountains from Nssqaay TO and
another one, through the same range fur so1h Of Noun
Hood and still another, called tho southern route leading
hrough the celebrated canon say nothing otheI
passes which time and the observation will disco
while The language Of Captain Wilkes concerning he same
place. as follows Speaking Of the Cascades tho Captain
takes sorhwad. and pwards of foo niles is
paatively marrow four hundred and fifty yards wide fs
carscy o your again defined He makes
the Cascades five miles, Captain Wilkes two, little
soa % seuy na
suppose that road i,npossbs to be
And =. personal Interview with Captain Wilkes on this
rer TO the construction Of railroad even, from the Daes
down the Coambia Cascades and thence 70 Pugeps
egon Now sir what credit should the public give your
as % other parts q his letter. when the as
have FRs @rsr Ss,sys hmssa whsn he
In the section being about leave the
" was the frsttime had clear view, the whole coun-
try having been enveoped Ia thick smoke since
reached i ill this time" BY his confessions, there
ron the Grand Rounds to the Daes he could moi
for the smoke that enveloped Il But thick that
year. satisfied that his mentai piston enveoped by
= smoke still more d.n1 But will leave this part Of his
letter.
Now, Mr. Editor, | wish you to undersand that your
correspondent, the time he wrote, had part Of
sssniisth pari Of The whole He evidently the
saw no portion Of the community who pretend 70 make
farming their business The very lew people that nhabi,
Of The river Catsop excepted are mostly engaged in n,-
berng, and do their attention agricul
seen none Of the and
Of the people,. Yet he makes bold to say, epery
s.Agrcurure has been entirely abandoned. The faest
farms here have not raised fifty dollars worth Of produce
are a. false as asf Itself The as ger portions o male
population, above IL have been to the mines but
ssher untrue And ,ha. sgricniure has been entirely
abandoned Is still alse On the other hand, It IS
enough raised and harpsaed in Oregon, ia the Of
ls9 70 feed the population the coming ysar The assei-
ar Ss oss gey s
that the wheat fields in Oregon, this last season, averaged
70 the q
tells you that -four worth there 8 ~ baIre perhaps he
any % o,e sa hp ha
ieds in most 1saacss, harvested Now, sir, five
bushels Of osson whea. VIII make barrel Of frst,rais
Jacob Spores If Inn county had fy Of wheat
s T. s as % vsa
five bushels barrel $50 barrels Of -four This, al Si
per barrel would be worth $500 Now, hceUer near 90
apnts. "'''' : ''''' 'p0N''' -
The fact worthy Of notice is sander Governor
Lane Speaking OF his message, he tells yoa that Gov
Lane he had earned) 'had right delivr his
sage. and fas Ict he (iov aware Of t after
calculated present Gov l. unenvabe light
but is The law, organizing the territorial gov
eminent said nothing about the governors comnunicai
by message with the Legislature. IL ncher enJoined npon
tue governor this duy prohibited It was thought to
be probable oversight Ia the law and, inasmtich as
was a om coeva the existence of States and
Territories Governor Lane thought advisable course
communicate by message, and acted accordngr But
that the whole DH understood by aim, and had
besn sqHenty talked OF by him, ioWg before the assembling
of the legislature. Is true 10 my knowledge.
sadly disappointed In the character oil the people oil tnis
new county. expected find active, industrious, and
thrifty class but general fact the is the
They all seem TO settle down on anticipation" &c. !
know not how 10 treat this better remind
your readers ,ha the slanderes credbry for veraciy
should be judged OF by the correctness Of his
=, Ss sood psoo Of wo have
with their Interests and TO the cause of truth ITSELF
70 brand sse w e oss
active, and thrifty class OF people, as body. cannot be
found within the whole compass Of the States than are 70
be iound In Oregoa. The people Of Oregon for steady
habits for their high moral tone thairevas In community
there, o their general intelligence and natural capacities
undsstand their and haTdihood, Tor their
love OF liberty of bican Institutions and their con.
and ardent devotion the Republic and the unity OF
the Unon will proudly compare with like number, taken
as they coe IA any section the United States whatever.
And, being assure you they wii look With bsconna
contempt upon the SANDERS oil htr,d Jadas, writing from
Brsh ft exced by the fumes OF Brsh pins aud most
probably impellel by the thirty piece, Of atpU"
tell. yea. an n1 .sod bar seiosins
tirey mouth, excepting about quarter of a
river will your correspondents galt1 s 10 fact
brsguartos consequenuy he has the truth 10 this
case as nearly Is to and faction watch Is better
tsn he has usually done. But to sh The mouth oil that
river all right here letter from os oil The most success
fol vgatofs on the Pacific coasts
PonrLAsp, August 3, 1919.
request oeceni date, reached asking simple
,ne Columbia and Willamette rivers answer just
say during four have been saias most Of the
OF vesses from Oregon TO the Sandwich
California; pilot Of vessels owned
chartered by myselfs during which time have stood my own pilot
have crossed trtyfye and In
each month in the year and since my voyage
detained three days time for chance 20 get oui OF
In neither do believe there three
detained forty days Bakers bay for chance (as then
tbough &c, sea, during which time, believe,
should have gone had been alone But Of the Hudson
nay Company ships there, and the captain said he thought ~
time until getting BY delay, about surveying the
and then out ahead, and much
me have and come 10 under almost every
have beat and in tack for TACK with the WIND
ahead have come In al midnig and IN thick os weather
and meyer Eve faoms water the bar Of the
Columbia eeYe vessels lost here were lost cafessy
purposey and, rhe believe ne Columbia easy g access
OF New York Amer crossing the one oi he
most easy nayigaed have been affords good beating
channel with less than three athoms water rs mr up e ,he
willamette and latter river never less than twelve
feet water have been surprised United States
idea OF these rvers from them having
located the house and distributing post once h,on
submit would leave BE- IN the middle Of Delaware nay ana
be compelled my the vessel and cargo would be both
regularly surveyed baqyed out with
advantage Of good and expeenced pilots believe .se 20 20
twenty miles; this place being the lower
of the principal settlements In the Territory and the mead o.
have no doubt ffom the increase Of trade Of
The country these WILL before the expiration OF many
ee fairly nd being Of great advantage N
prise and trade win footing here IN paff