The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-13


advisable TO depart from the usual in such matters
and 10 publ sh this letter also, TO 20 with the
STRANGE OF the British and French representatives.
ent servant. LUTHER SEVERANCE.
His Excellency RoBEar CaICHroN WYLLrE, Minister
! OF Foreign Relations. &C., &c.
! From the Missouri Republican.
News from the Territory or Washington, go.
We had !hs pleasure Yesterday evening Of meeting MIR.
Sound via Salt Lake and Independence, where he ar
rived with the United States mail on the goth ult look
Mr. Winthrop a The Oregon Dass on the y Of Sep
tember, and on his route met and passed great many
emigranis with their families. stock, &c. He estimates
the number OF persons at Elk thousand They gem
orally getting along WE'LL in good health. and their stock
in the main, was in good condition. He thinks the most
of them will reach the Columbia river before severe
weather sets in. In the valley OF the Columbia and
its tributaries the crops good, and the emigranis
would lind sufficient supply OF provisions upon their
| arrival.
the Territory OF Washington. in view OF its organiza
lion. large portion was directed 10 Pugsrs Sound,
where The lumber trade is carried very extensively
Along the Sound there IS but little farming land except
| in the Cowlitz valley and upon Whdby's island On
this island number Of farmers have settled, and Mr..
saw very hne wheat and other crops raised upon new
and fresh. broken lands.
| The British colony on Vancouvers Island was making
but slow and doubtful progress Two causes were op-
Grating against the coonisls Oae the Russian poll
cy, which permitted only the purchase of home goods.
and the other the monopoly which is claimed and
csed by the Hudson Bay Company. The coloniss
sell TO the Russians, for they draw everything that
necessity does not compel them to purchase elsewhere
from their own country, and the Hudson Bay Company
hold monopoly and control over the products Of every
colonsl The colonis is but lessee OF the Company
Many of the inhabants OF the island anxious be
q annexed" to the United States.
Mr. w. describes the Territory Of Washington, from
| Pugeis Sound across the Cascade mountains, as
heavily numbered country. chiefly with the Oregon FIR.
which, 10 some localities. grows very aRe There are
scattered praries and come dry barens between the
pFedW 6nAn
Of trap rock. and scantily wooded with oaks. Across
the mountains is open rolling prairie country, with
! small and hinly wooded valleys-water everywhere
abundant To the north OF this, and in the country
cupied by the Flat Head lndians there is timber,
and the country is admirably adapted or settlements
The Indians in Washington Territory friendly, and
4 those on Pugers Sound may be said TO be civilized.
They constant with the whites farm
ing and ra.slng potatoes, which, with the salmon, cons
| tute their food
The emsran,s had partially succeeded during the past
summer, in csltng road through the pass Of the Cas-
cade mountains, TO the north OF Noun, Rainier Mr.
Wis,hrop through this pass, and met Capt McCle
Ian and his party. Capt. Nee. is acting in conjunction
with Gov Stevens, who this summer eIt ST. Paul TO ex
ploe the northern route for railroad. Capt McC had
been exploring the Cascade mountains, from the Coum-
bla river TO the parallel OF latitude ~ deg. 10 find prac
cable route across the Cascade mountains They left
the Columbia barracks columbia river) on the 17th
July and cut their way with difficulty through the heavy
timber TO the mountains They had found pass al the
base OF Mount ST Helena, and between that and
Mount Rainier Capt McC. did not think the pass on
the north OF Rainier, called the Mach Cheese" was prac
cable for railroad. It was his purpose to proceed
still further north. Mr. Winthrop, from his own knowl.
edge oil the country and the best information he could
collect from persona nost acquainted with it, believes
that the best for road will be found north OF
Mount Baker, and the frontier boundary line.
Capt McCs party all well, but had been compelled
TO send in 10 Fort Siulacom (Pugers Sound) for pfo-
visions. From the Fathead village, al the base of
the Rocky mountains 10 the base OF the Cascades,
there is no difficulty in finding route for a railroad
But the Cascade mountains present the great obsa-
nahomish passes until late in June-the mountains
are rugged, lofty, and heavily tmbered, and the valleys
OF the by which they entered sometimes run
into canons The result OF these exploring parties in
search of route for railroad will develop many ne W
and important facts in relation to the geography OF the
country.
Mr. Winthrop in by the way OF Salt Lake, and
left there in the mail stage On their way in they over
took Mr. James Bridger Uhe founder Of BfidGes forty
at the Devils Ga,e on his way TO the United States
He WILL we rHs be here in few days to tell his own
tale As Mr. w learned the story, Brdger was accused
Of selling ammunition. guns, &c, to the Indians who
are at war with the Mormons, and thereupon party OF
forty or more sent from Salt Lake by Governor
Young to arrest him Being appxed Of their approach
be took The mountains not TO Green river as we here
ofoe stated but in the vcinyD where he could watch
all the OF his pursuers His pursuers arrived
at the FORT took possession OF it, and lived upon his cat
lie and provisions some days; but finding the pursuit.
lpro6lless, returned home Bridget when he thought il
safe was Joined by his wife and children. and they
now on their way 10, and will probably reach Wesipo
next week. sH
The mail party found buffalo 10 abundance ~ low
down this side OF the Big Bne The snow the 25tf
ult was four inches deep on the Namaha