New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-20
OREGON.

We have adyices from Oregon to Nov. l3.
The Legislative Assembly was TO convene at
Salem on the 9th of December.
The Oregonian saysit has commenced refining
in earnest
The emigration 10 Puget's Sound is reGkc-
sented az being very large.
The II. s. Senate having laid all the LEAN
treaties in Oregon upon the table Mr. Dart the agent for
that State has been directed by the Department at home
make more unless absolutely necessary ~ procure
peace with the Indians in the Territory.
The total valuation upon which taxes have
been assessed in Washington County, Oregon IL
Sll45,57.
Meetings were being held and energetic
taken by the citizens OF Portland for the
lief Of immigrants.
Tie Oregonian gives the following description
of coal bank on "skookum Chunk branch Of Chick
alees on Pugets Sound
The coal bed IL situated about fifteen miles from Olys
pa, and the route to appears quite feasible for rs
road. The coal rests strata of indurated sand, end
consistsr of two feet nine inches OF very compact
coal second, six inches soft tale third twelve inches
coal fourth four inches very line sand NTH, three feet
inches Of very fine coal Above the coal " strata
eight feet In thickness OF ndurated sand IN which
marine shels abound The dip of the sVata IL about
foot in four. Mr. r. explored il for more than half
mile md from the best Information he could obtain, IL
extends several miles on the bank OF the creek. The
coal appears TO be OF the kind denomnated semibit-
umnOue
DR0wNED-A young man named Weymouth
was drowned in Rogue River short time since, In the
rapids near Evons Bridge Mr. Weymouth crossed the
plans this season lie was from the State Of Maine aud
wss about twenty four years ofsge.
KnLED.-John +. D0dsOn, OF Buffalo Grove,
Oge Co, H. was killed by the Blackieet Indians, at
Fort Owen Sept ID.
Two wharis are being constructed on the Co
umba River one 81 Helens by the p. NJ >. !. o.
pany and the other by Mr. Fox at his place Opposite
the Cowlitz River The immigration stu continues To
pour in the Dalles reporting near thousand wagons
stll behind and that there great deal OF suffering
for wsEt Of provisions.
A Pleasant Hill dane Coz correspondent Of
The Saesmda that company Of seven men, who
started from Port Bots via Diamond Peak about three
months ago have been heard o and fears enter
tanned that they have been murdered by the Indians
They were proysioned for fifty days only and expeoed
to make the trip inside OF that time
IMMIGRArIos-Messrs Thompson and Norris
Of the Relief Committee have recently returned from
the Dallfs Cascades and Willow Creek They report
that the immigrants had nearly all got far rs the Dial
les Their opinion Ia that there thousand yet
between the Cascade and the John Days River. They
soy that there plenty Of provisions on tho roufe
There bat lite sickness among those oehnd-fnost
that exists being the Cascade They ao report that
Messrs Whitcomb snd Jennings had returned 10 tne
DaIles and had distributed their relief 1ney met NJ
Afeek between the Cascade and Dalles pusnng on WIN
the supplies and they anticipated no great suffering
Seventeen deaths had taken place at the Dsiies "n
few weeks They speak Ia most favorable terms OF t"'
great p,ass OF the Immigrants lo'e3"ni"n'