, 1852-09-25

The olympia House" Messrs. CIam-
bers, Bal and Shazcr, locatsd on The Sound
sometime during this year. Same year,
the iirsi saw mill on Puget Sound was erect
ed at Ihe falls Of De Shutes river, by Col.
Simmons and friends.
In June, 1S42, Rev. Father RcarJ cs-
tablished the Roman Catholic Mission Of
ST. Joscphs, on Budd's Inlet, one mile and
a half below Olympia. A few families
were added 10 The settlements this year.
In lS49, the brig "Orbil," " Gom San
Francisco, put into Budl's Inlet for loal
of piles; thi, was the opening o. the lumber
trade on the Sound.
In 1850, the first frame house wa erect-
ed in 0lympia-the present Custom House
ln autumn Of this year, the first settlement
was made on Whidby's Island, by Col /.
n. Ebey. Warbassport, al Cowlilz landing,
was also laid out, and improvements made
by Mr.. Z. D. Warbass, during this YEAR
At Cascade city, same year, Hon. F. A.
Chenoweth, and subsequently,, the Mcss,s.
Bradford, Dishop, Bush, and others, have
made some very Necessary and important
Improvements.
In 1851, Port Stcilacoom was established
by Capt. l.. Dalch-Port Townsend by
Messrs. Bachelor and Plummer, but more
recently improved by Messrs. Peltygroye,
Hastings and Wilson-New York by Mr.
Lowe, and Steilacoom City by J. D. Chap
man.
In 1s52-the present year, settlements
are progressing at Monticello, Cape Flaitc-
ry and New Dunginess--the latter named
places being the sites, according 10 the laws
Of congress for The erection of Lighthouses
for the benefit Of The Sound Cathlamet,
Nesqually, Vancouver--in short both town
and country north of the Columbia, are ad-
vancing at pace in settlement and i'm
provement but seldom equalled, and when
The embarrassing circumstances attending ?
transit to this country with families, stock,
&c, are taken into consderation-wilhl the
exception OF ibe immigration into Califof-
nia-probably never surpassed in the histo-
~ of our country.
The present fourishing town of Olym-
pia, which, but two years ago was adorned but
by one solitary frame building, can now be
counted by twenties--embracing hotels,
well filled stores, and various mechanic
shops, with two splendid saw mills and a
gris mill in its immediate vicinity.
Al WarbasspOrt saw and grist mill have
been erected and are in active operation, and
a Store and tavern opened for the aecommo-
dation of that neighborhood and the travel
ling public. At Sleilacoom there is another
saw mill owned. by Mr.. Chambers, and ano-
ther splendid grist mill is in progress Of
erection by Mr.. Armstrong, on the Chic
keeles. Roads have been cut out and i'm
proved--school houses have been ereced-
the Indian canoe has been supplanted on The
waters of the Sound by our majestic brigs
and sehooners, which are constantly floating
up and down lis quiet bosom, and now we
want few thousand families of this years
immigration to come over and reside AMONGST
us, as such an accession would at present be
Of almost incalculabe benefit to our new
territory, and prove highly advantageous to
those who may embrace the opportunity
which is now presented. We have plenty Of
every thing necessary foB your subsistence,
and The choicest lands await your selection.
We will let the foregoing contrast, as 10
what the Puget Sound country ,oas, seven
years ago, and what it now is, suffice for the
present.