Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-02-10

generally good, and II is skifted and inter
spersed with groves of fine timber. As it
borders upon a rich gold region II mus,
eventually become densely ppplla,ed. As
yet. however, it contains no white settle.
men., but is occupied by The Rogue river
Indians, who have rendered Il the sea, oil
much trouble and suffering ffoinlheir depre.
dations.
There is no portion of the ffItory, and
indeed, may almost add of N0rld, bet,
ter adapted to grazing than thlt valley. Ia
exten, it is about fifty by thirty miles. Sur
rounded by mountains, the eye seldom rests
upon moro beautiful, pictutl lQue,an ro,
mantle spot. |. extends To- within few
miles of the boundary be,wee Oregon and
California. These valleys lie west ol
the Cascade mountains, and souih OF the
Columbia.
There are also many smal valleys, rich
and fertile, in this part of the Territory
affording good inducements q settlers, and
which no doubt will be speed occupied SO
soon as suitable protection Gao be extended
over Them by the Governmenl
A very interesting portion o Oregon lies
north of the Columbia, and iskcing RAPIDLY
settled. The Cowlilz, whicll rises in the
Cascade mountains, nor.h Of Iha Columbia,
runs through large tract AZ fine, arabic
land, entering the Columbia some forty Or
fifty miles from It's mouth.
A French settlement Of many years
growth, commences near thih river, about
thirty miles from its mouth, md now en-
braces some large and valuable farms
Americans also, have, withih The last six
years, settled between i, and he Chahales,
and are doing well. The coahiry is level
and fertile. and beautifully inlSrspersed with
prairies and timber.
The valley of the Chahale$is also fertile,
and we'll adapted to cuIdva,idlss Between II
and Puget Sound, the countrH is level and
well ,imbered, with occasio1a small prai.
ries. The Sound is one ofshe safest and
best harbors in the world. hafords fine
ship navigation into an impofsant portion Of
the territory. Surrounded sfge dis,
lricI Of country, rich in soil, with immense
forests of the fines, timber in the world; and
combining many advantages, agricultural
and commercial, i, is destined to be-, al no
distant day, one Of the most important points
on The Pacific coast. A low pass in the
Cascade mountains offers route for good
road from the Sound to Fort Wala. Wala,
on the Columbia. Such road would be
important for military purposes, and would
also be a great saving of distance and time
10 emigrants going 10 the Cowliz and Cha.
hales rivers, Puget's Sound, or to any other
point north Of the Columbia. A, present,
emigrants are compelled TO take the road
across the Cascade mountains, south of the
Columbia, to Oregon City, from whence ii
is as far, by road almost impossible, to
Puget Sound, as it would be from Wala.
Walla, by the road suggested.
There are, also, east Of the Cascade range,
north and south of the Columbia, now in
possession Of the Indians, large districts oil
country finely adapted to grazing, with oc.
casiOnal good tracts Of farming land, which
will, no doubt, ere long be occupied by the
whites.
Oregon City is situated at the Great Falls
of the Willamette. Steamboats, run daily
from This place TO Portland, and those of O
small class run daily up the river. above the
Falls, from thirty 10 fifty miles, and in some
instances, recently, as am informed, they
nave even gone up one hundred and fifty
miles. A small judicious expenditure would
render the river constantly navigable fol
such boats that distance.
The population of Oregon, including the
immigration Of the last season, is probably
twenty thousand. The immigration is rap.
idly increasing, owing not only 10 the natu
raj advantages of the country, but 10 the
liberal provisions made for actual settlers
by late law of Congress. By that law lib
eral donations OF land are made 10 all who
will settle on them previous TO the first day
of December, 1858. To single man one
hundred and sixty acres, and TO q married
man three hundred and twenty-one half in
his own right and the other half TO his wife
in her own right, upon condition that they
will live upon it and cultivate it for roul
years.
The population is Of substantial char.
acter, much better than is generally found
in new countries. The people are enter
prising, industrious, frugal and orderly
Many Of the earlier settlers have large vel
cultivated farms; indeed, agriculture every
where in the Territory may be said to be ir
flourishng condition, remarkably so for {
new country. California and the Sandwich
Islands afford markets and good prices fol
all our surplus products, and will undoub,