The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-04
From, Oregon.

BY the way of California and the Isthmus we
have Oregon papers to the 23d of September. The
Oregon City Spectator, of that date, says the emf
grants were coming in rapidly. Snow had fallen
in the Cascades to the depth of nine ten inches
The emigrants, of whom there were some four
five thousand, with six hundred wagons, had suf-
fered much from cold and, in some instances, for
want OF provisions. The Snake Indians had also
given them trouble. The mining intelligence was
favorable, except that the miners in the Rogue River
region were occasionally moested by the Indians
Eighteen men had taken out Of Scott's river
1927 900 IN seventeen days after completing their
dam. One specimen weighed sufficient to be worth
one thousand and thirty dollars, and another over
nine hundred dollars. There said to be some
sickness among the miners, caused by exposure.
The steamer Sea Gull, on her way up, had
touched at Humboldt Bay, Trinidad, and Port Or
ford. The exploring party who had gone out
with view of finding road from Port Oxford to
the Rogue River country, had not returned The
Sea Gull afterwards went down with full freight
of various kinds Of produce and several passengers,
among whom were DIR. Dart and Messrs. Spaud-
ing and Parrish, route for Port Oxford, for the
purpose of effecting treaty with the Indians on
the coast below. The Orsgonian says:
eff those immigrants having families would
take the steamer from the Dalles, much unneces.
sary suffering would be avoided in crossing the
Cascade mountains. The road is bad at any time,
and the late rains have made them almost impas-
sable
The Oregonans, about the last week in August,
had like the people in the Atlantic States this
year, been troubled with the mosquitoes
The newspapers were discussing the Boomer
costume The Spectator sensibly thinks that any
| style of dress that has tendency to compromise
the modesty of a woman, or render her ridiculous
in the eyes of the public, SO as to provoke ribald
remarks, ought not to be adopted; and does not
fear that it will be by any sensible and refined la
dies.
| OF the coast survey in Oregon, we have the fol-
lowing interesting information from the Oregon
| Spectator of the Odd of September:
1.-TWO parties Of this corps have been stationed
for the last three months at Cape disappointment,
| for the purpose Of determining its geographical
position, and establishing site for the lighthouse
TO be erected there agrecaby to the act passed at
| the last session of Congress. The astronomical
party-George Davidson, chief, John Rockwell, as
sisant-has been occupied in determining the lati-
ude of the cape by zenith distances and the long-
| tude by moon culmiDations, also In ascertalning,
by series of magnetic observations, the variation
| of the compass. Meteorological observations have
also been taken every three hours during each day.
Unfavorable weather has detained the party much
| longer than was anticipated. The situation oil
| Cape Disappointment renders the exact determi-
| nation of its position matter of great importance
to the commerce of the country; and heretofore
the lack of properinstrumcnts, and the refinemens
in use by the survey, have rendered its determine
tion only approximate. The Typographical party
A. M Harrison, chief, James S. Lawson. assistant
has completed typographical survey of the cape,
together with Sand Island and Point Adams, the
maps of which have been sent to Washington A
site for the lighthouse has also been selected and
reported upon to the Department. Many changes
have been discovered Others Point Adams
| has, since the survey of Captain Wilkes, been
worn off by the action of the Sea to the extent, in
some places of half mile. The changes CON
stantly occurring at the mouth of the river will
render necessary occasional repetition of sur
veys."