New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-07
OREGON.
Pusst,s Sound and the NeishasrinS tcnnh,
soil, Prodacts, &e.-AdrantAges Of 'H'
sound and Harder.


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The place f-1r. whlch WIT. IS sraaied aoa5 -
ta,d Of Puget. sound Here IS \ an 0e'n-'-.-
% P1rets Sound COMPANY. oon1.nosa n -
ari suppo-.ed principal, by gentlemen q i1e Il 10
.7,..Bav Cor1r.nv. Wee; nj potatoes Hs c1i
tv,f.d n.,e ts,1zh VIII iess .lccess M. O. oDe
,.a-es OILY few niles distant, TheT, ne 'o-
much more ferrls TIE -sG5es o; besu'''-I par
and. e,oay tue SQUAD. be.wsez ne nouns % -
og,gv I'D P.-.lioY. Rrcr, and extend n ea''
s,o,, twenty or twenty-five rnles- ere oineHy 1'el
9. Das-nra-e ~ aerls. consisting C. 800 7orss''
.-g9 ,es. cattle. 1000 sa.ep, and Few hogs
The district Of country sbove in1l-aicd, 'nd en-
l-,-.- about so5 square niles, 8 tnat which 10
addition u the Cov..z Farm IS c-a-Iaed under ne
O-e,,, T-s.tv e. ,h, Puccts Sound Company
T. 9etrr5be 10 Limits more particularly, Il !. bound
"a On tho Vest b. Pu-eis Sound. o. the North By
49,. p,,sn-o-. yer on the South by tle Els1la-ly
Rfver. md on the East rs a. InaC.nary Inc is
tan, about twenty i've niles sron Puget sound
Nothing perhaps can exceed tie beauty and
sofetv Of plg--s Sound Admiralty Inlet. and
Hoods Canal They are large enough % admit o.
a. the Aeefs % tic word anchJrIL- N them 81 The
same rine. There = nothing % pre- e. them from
bang naviga.e1 by tue largar. ships o. var.
tide u eighteen feet With many other natural .acA-
rcs render the construction oil docks Or ,ac repair
0l vessels easy and comparatively inexpensive.
Al several places along the shores there arc marrow
ndsnisiions VIDE enough at then opening To ad-
-gt OF two vessels entering n ~ same Tine, and
havinz sn,l creeks flowing IL at the bead. Inc
entrance being secured BY wsl ana gate, vessels
could enter upon he tde. Beng once 30. ami toe
GATE closed tie water rom the stream flowing into
j. would raise The vesscl 20 ~ required A-hi.
An ,l-Dos' lneyhsus'ib.e supply q. cedar and ~
OF superior quslifv grow in Tho immediate wen
..v. There is likewise - abundance Of good oak
Or knee timber Added 70 all tbs. there ,rs al
many places 2 'ong the shoes - uuoxoeled water
power for ss-vn2 ship lumber. In .aort, there !.
nowhere on the Pscihc Coast , pl.~- a''ordinR 80
navy important facilities for building and repairing
ships, a. the waters Of Hood Canal, Admiralty
Inlet aud Pugels Sound. They can be- defended,
Likewise. " m great ease end littlo expense The
entrance 10 pugets Sound .. by . place called tie
Na11w. which srs only one ml9 r.ds. A sula
ioruhcatlon on each shore would etT-c tuslv com
naad IT, The entrance % Hoojs Can.l s only
about two mics wide To-t.fca'o1s on each s.de
would keep out III whole navy cf the BRUSH en-.
pre- Tire portage between the tou'h en1of Hoods
Canal end Puget. sound q p-rh,ps css th,n ;h-e-
niles The climate Of tie surrounding country s
pleasant, and the sol generally productive.
With I'll these advantages, above thos. POS
.ssse1 BY the Bay o' San Francisco IN Cpp-r Cali
fornis it is remarkable that they should have a.
tr.ctsd 20 l...e attention The oHcer' sent 20 tie
Pscifc coast by th- General Government previou,
20 the discovery o. gold California, md since the
time Of Commodore WIkess survey Of P1gets
Sound Admiralty ln,ot and HOODS Cans, have con
fined their operations " Caiiijrli., where, during
the Mexican WAY. they pefoh.-ci grazing farms
and town lots, and thus became directly interested
r. r.kns such approximations respecting the b!
o. san Francisco as would probably induce tlc
General Government TO build docks ~ San Fran
cisco and 70 establish a naval station ther.. Since
the time Of the discovery OF god in California the
acquisition Of this precious mets.eera 70 have ,b
sorbed the attention Of both the Government and
the people Of tho United States Tho few oficers
cot directly connected with the Territorial Govern
ment who have been ordered 10 proceed TO Ore
yon, have al terminated their journey in CaliiorIia
qad have gone to dig gold. or have commenced
'pecuating n town property. Rowland Aspin
walls :tesmer' have never entered tie Columbia
aad the Mail is sent BY transient SSH vessels, snd
NJ very irregular inte-vals.
The foreRoingisct. VII show some o. The reasons
why on. beautiful hs rbors hare bsen neglected by
the Government Yours. Sc.
ACHILLES DE HARLEY