, 1853-02-05


Indian oceans, and terrible has been the suf-
fcring which many have been compelled to
undergo A large proportion having arri-
we'd on this remote sunset side of the eonsi-
uent with slender means, have been taken
BY surprise with the recent Storm, when TO
labor was impossible, and al time, tOO'
when provisions were worth almost their
weight in gold, and the California press have
detailed the consequent suffering as painful
in the extreme. A few remorseIess specu'
lators in the means Of life, at San Francis
co, and other cities in California, controlled
the market for time, and drew within their
unhallowed Golfers, the precious treasures,
hard earned by sweat and labor, for mole
ty Of food. Transportation 10 many Of the
mines was cut off by food and storm, and
The fate of many Of the operators is yet un-
known. At others, indignation meetings
spoke loud and long the inhuman baseness
Of the unjust extOrtion, while others were
entirely deserted by the rugged laborer. the
better to afford the privilege ofbreathing "
to the aged, the woman, and the helpless.
The valleys Of California were literally in
undated, whilst on the mountains, noun
tains of snow had fsllen-its rivers swelled
beyond their banks, rendering The work of
destruction almost complete. Thousands Of
head of stock, including horses, mules, cat
tie, sheep and hogs were swept away hun
dreds of tons of hay, and in many instan-
ccs houses, Improvements Of all kinds have
been destroyed; growing vegetable crops,
too, have shared a common fate, or been
rendered nearly valuelsss by the length o.
time they had been submerged. j.
Nor did Oregon, or any part Of the Pa
cifc coast, from the Straits Of Fuca to the
lsIhmus, escape the general wreck of mat
ter" In Oregon, the departure Of an un-
precedented depth Of snow was fastened by
heavy and incessant rains, making furious
the various streams and rivers that sweep
our valleys, and carrying to destruction much
gamered grain, stored provisions, and many
valuable improvements! During the deep
snow to which we have referred, hundreds
head of hogs and cattle were " lamished BY
degress;" and besides all, in Oregon, too, the
highly favored and the fertile Oregon, in
many portions, its inhabitants have been
heard to cry aloud for BREAD for proven
der to keep their stock from STARVING !
Will not the farmers of the territory 10 fu-
ture, profit by the experience of the crisil
through which we all have Just emerged ?
A home market at their very door. As
good foreign market as the world can
boast--as good soil, and notwithstanding
he storm Of the present winter, the effects
Of which we have just been deploring, as
fair climate as any could desire where
health Is universal, what stronger incentive
can the farmer possibly have 10 @tilI the
willing land" The lumbeTman must b
fedAthe miner must be fed-the merchant,
meshanic and labOrer must be fed, and cam,
mero must be fed. Do the farmers of nor
thern Oregon desire to become wealthy l.
Thea prspaetO IEED them, besides future
heavy immigration. Let il not be said in
future that our BREAD has been supplied US
frOn. a-loreign port, through our OWN neg
lect and idleaesS. California and the IslandI
Of the sea, will be glad 10 take the surplus,
and the surplus Of ten thousand additional
farms. The land is here" Without money
and without price" Come and take your
choice. f,l 81 r..'G.t .'
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