The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-09
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PAolElc Cry, Oregon, Friday, Nov, 8, 1850.
/ have seated myself O.. the Pacific
coast, to give you some idea Of this
truly interesting country. The day
(Nov. 8, lat. 46 deg. north) is mild
and pleasant; the air is soft as Spring,
and invigorating; the leaves Of some
young thirty appie'trees, onthe verge
of Bakers Bay, are net tinged
with the frost. Probably there is
moi more healthy, agreeable, and
even temperature on the globe than
here at the mouth Of the Columbia
River no extreme of heat and cold.
l.cge Dire two entrances into the
tls mud IS IS l. ss,l,ar,issssi
sUut sfS ST.,
andf the only one by which ships
6f any considerable draft can enter
atlow tide. The mouth Of the river,
to athe unpractised in navigation,
P.esents quite formidable ap-
psarance az low tide. But tho danger
isnot SO great as it appears, The chief
difficulty is the necessity of waiting
for a favorable wind. AS you up.
proach the entrance Of the River,
your eyes are greeted with most
imposing and beautiful spectacle.
Mount st. Helana, in the form of
a sugar loaf, aud white as the spotless
snow, rises on your view --an emblem
ofinnoccnce, an ever during monu.
ment of silent e;oquencer-as though
it said to the dwellers on all the i'm.
rnenso prospect it overlooks, "Be
pure, be truthful and just, you will
be beautiful and happy"
AS you enter the mouth of the
River, on small peninsula formed
by the expansion of the River, in the
form Of a half moon into a large bay
(Baker's) and the Pacific, on the
north side is situated Pacific City
the embryo Gas many think) of the
Queen of tho West. The city was
commenced last March. The bay on
which it is located is spacious and
safe, as though Nature intended it
for the depot Of the extensive lumber
and agricultural regions of the Co.
lumbia Valley. A hotel which, when
finished, will cost twenty thousand
dollars. is nearly completed. A
large saw mill is already commenced,
and the site is already beginning to
to attract the attention Of the capital
lists. Almost every vessel is bring
ing into it the sturdy adventurcr.
It certainly has many advantages,
but you willssee it has also goodly
number of rivals. Across the River,
aud little higher up, is Clatsap
Plains, q low sandy district, but
remarkably productive in vegetables!
The claims here (mostly containing
n full section) arc nearly all occupied
They are now selling potatoes for four
dollars per bushel, and other vegc.
tables in proportion; consequently
the farmer is making his heap with
great rapidity.- And so it must
continue here for years to come.
There is no region that presents
brighter prospect to the agriculturst
than that about the mouth Of the
Columbia.
Astoria, also on the opposite side
of the river from Pacific City, is
situated about fifteen miles higher
mp. At present it is the only port OF
Oregon, except one. The Custom.
louso and distributing Post Office
are here. Gen. Adair, tho Port
Collector, has moved the Offices
about one mile higher up, and
commenced n new Astoria. Nature
has not b0en as profuSe Of her