The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-09

Markham Oss6ea- Progress of Settlement.
-, The Gpcss.ss, nav paper, pasai:hsa = Oyn.
Northern boundary, Of september 18th, gives W.
ety Of interesting information respecting that part
Of our Pacific possessions.
The first American settlers, north Of tho Columba
river, located themselves ON the prairies the
present town Of Olympia. in October, l845. They
we've fifteen days In making journey Of sixty miles
from tho Cowltx landing to toe Sound, being COM
PEELED to cut road through the heavily tiuberei
part OF the country In 1916. other settlement
were made, and the FIRST American grist MILL north
OF the Columbia, was crested; previous to which
time the inhabitansi were obliged TO subsst on boil
cd wheat, or grind 1t by hand mills. In 1877. the
first log cabin was built in Olympia, by Mr.. e syL
vester, Who now keeps an elegantly furnished hotel
in the place, which Is now u town Of some four or
five hundred inhabitants, the buildings embr acing
hotels, well filed stores, and various mechanic
shops. with two saw mills, and grist mill in the
vicinity.
In 1852, the present year, settlements are pro-
gressipg at Monticello. Cape Fiattery, and New
DuDginess, the latter named places being tho Sites
according to tho laws of Congress- for the erection
of light houses for the bene6s of the sound Cath
lanet, Nesqually, Vancouver, in short both tow
and country, north OF the Columbia, are advancing
at pace, in settlement and Improvement, but sell
dom equalled. and when tho embarrassing circum-
staDces attending transit to this soan;ry with IA
miles, stock, &c, are taken into consideration,
with the exception of the immgra ton into Cafor-
mis-, probably never surpassed in the history Of our
country.
The Columbian says roads have been cut out aud
improved, school houses have been erected the In
Dian canoe has been supplanted the waters Of the
Sound by our majestic briggs and 80 looners, which
are constantly floating up and down it's quiet boz
som, and now We want few thousand families of
this years immigration to come over aud reside
amongst U.s. as such accession would at present
be of almost ipcalculable benefit to our ne~ terri
tory, and prove highly advantageous to those who
may embrace the opportunity which is now pre-
sented We have plenty of every thing necessary for
koScf than 6Aua ia
collection.
The bark Brontes, Captain G. Thomas, sailed
for San Francisco, few days sin,e, with a full
cargo OF piles and square timber. Captain T. made
the passage from Cape Flsttery to San Francisco,
In july last, in four days, distance Of over eight
hundred miles.
Captain informs us that there is premium on
timber and lumber shipped from tho Sound, in the
San Francisco market, over that from the Columbia
river; that cargoes from the latter place cannot
be sold on the same day with those from the Sound
All our saw mills on the Sound are kept running
day and night and are entirely unAbe TO supply the
demand.
On Saturday last, the Rev. George Blsuchet, pre-
seDted us q head of cabbage. grown in the garden
OF Father Ricard, weighing twenty five pounds, and
measuring four feet seven inches in circumference
perfectly solid; and it makes q splendid nuck-a-
muck Who says tho soil of northern Oregon is un-
productive? As we are keeping bach" all speci-
mens Of like character will be thankfully
ceived and duly acknowledged. Come ahead with
your large cabbage, POTATOES, onions, watermesns,
apples, peaches, SO.
MIR John Edgar, who resides so me twelve miles
from this city, recently slaughtered bullock, only
eight months old, Weighing Eve hundred and twelve
pounds, net weight. Also, two sheep, weigh hing
one hundred and twenty. seven pounds caoh ore.
gen can challenge the world for superior in stock
raising
The collection district Of Puget's Sound was g.
Ranized in 1851. The officer is Simpson P Moses,
Collector Of Customs. 80, for the district, at
Olympia
Ships and briggs are advertised to sail direct for
China, (Horg kong,) London, and San Francisco,
from Olympia
The ques lion Of dividing Oregon, and organising
new Territory north OF the Columbia river, to DO
now bounded, contains, 10 square miles, moro than
five times much as the state of Missouri, six
times as much as Illinois, seven times much rs
Now York, and tive times much all of the New
fifty miles Of coast on the largest OCEAN in the
world