The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-04-21
oaEG oN-rNrEREsrING LETTER.


We find the following letter from the Su
perntendent of Indian Atf,irs of Oregon, IN
the Cleveland Herald
WAsHINGroS, Nj irch %, 1859.
DEAR SIR: There has been ftrwarded t.
nae from Oregon, the letter of T.. ii. Thayer,
Eos, With yours attached, asking questl ms
relative to Oregon.
| regret extremely, that my time is much
taken up while in tins CITY that | cannot 90 as
much into d, tall on this snbject | otherwise
would be inclined to do, as have goad reason
to believe that there are but few white men
living that have seen as much OF Oregon as |
have.
1t was believed when | left, that there would
within one year, be- inhabitants enough 10 enti
tie Oregon to become State. Steps have al
ready been taken to this end.
Oregon, spoken OF aohoie, is an open
prairie county without TIMBER. S.ill all tina,
part of it lying ives, of the Cascad, noun ANS
Is perhaps three fourths of it covered thickiy
with timber, growing very tall and straisht-n
is mos y species Ut fir-there IS much white
cedar, some yellow pine-no Whit pine.
The Ill is very good for VIII at and Other
grains, corn exc'pted) as Well as for fruit
OF every kind that Will grow in northern eli.
mate.
The prospects for the farmers in O.cgon are
better than IN any other portion of country with
which am acquainted. La that, labor OF every
kind commands big h prIc.s There are never
theess, many thai are Idle liz the towns-sncd
as doctors, lawyers, clerks, spectators and
gamblers-talented lawyers, however, are dong
well
The mercantile business is everywhere over
do e-largc quantities o! goods sold at auction
in San Francisco, California are daily shipped
20 Oregon, and there sold for less, I'm many
cases, J than the same could be bought for III
New York. Besides this, large cargots Of goods
| are sent there by eastern Shippers, and sold at
ruinous losses TO the owners. As so IN as the
merchants Of Oregon are permitted to order he
goods that are wanted in the country, then, and
not TIL tn n, a healthy state Of things exist,
connected with merchandise.
The lumber business of immense value to
Oregon. Say to your friend from Name, that,
persons well acquainted with -mill, who are
water power of Oregon is immense-it is great
er, think, than that of any State in the U ion.
Ca the large streams, however, it is very expen-
sve using 1t, on account of the great rise and
fall in those streams, IN the rainy and dry sea-
| sons. The present number of saw mills in
! Oregon is about one hundred.
| there are no first rate Touring mills, al
tn ugh there are one or two that cost enough
20 be good
Large quantities Of flour and potatoes are
sent to California from Oregon, as well as i'm
nense numbers Of hogs, and poultry, besides
butter and eggs are items In their exports.
The climate OF Oregon is more mild than any
other part Of the United States in the same laii-
tude. There was snow or freezing weather
la winter. The grass was green all WINTER
and cattle were in better CONDITION in the sprin.
h n in the fall before; and this, too, wiihou
food, except grass. Hundreds of thousands OF
horses are raised in upper Oregon without evel
tast .ng any other food except grass.
My time Will not al Nv Inc 10 g, further into
detail, only TO say that the Cost Of going to Ore
g n considerable, either III tue or money
l tax about five months t. go by land, ane
" bout forty days by the steamers-hrst cab.l
pass ,ge costs aouut five hundred dolars-steer
age ABOUT three hundred.
The mail steamers go once IN two weeks from
San. Francisco to Oregon and back.
have the honor 10 remain,
Your ob't servant.
ANSON DART,
Super dent Indian Affairs for Oregon.
| ] A HARRIS Cleveland Ohio,