New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-14
OREGON.

The p. NJ. steamer Columbia, captain Lam
arrived on the 10Th ulf from Oregon VIZ t ~ .
Mail. She left Astoria ON ihe .sn ~ gsle, On
rienced during the passage series y . $50 So 49,
the upward TIP of the Coiuinola. t;Ia s,s5;n,
miles above Astoria one OF the seaneu, no sauns
near the bow port was Zen overheard and was
d,o-ne6 ,.bonr eyery means were used TO save him.
Can't Dan On Earning the circumstances OF me case
from some Of the sesmen "no uas,aa 'ao ~
ta.rndipz 10 bring him TO Gan Francisco for
,;si TIE night before the steamer eft Portland, the
tostswsn broke out Of confinement and escaped Tne
.s;,,es OF Portland were notified of his escape and
o,sed 70 sppreheDd him If possible, and retain him
- ss.stody until the return OF the steamer
By Tie Columbia we have full files of The
Overcsias Times and The Sa,esnadn down 10 the lst
only though the ship lett on the 7th
The steamer Lot Whitconb, engaged upon
the Columbia River, sunk about miles above Portland
on the 9th December and is supposed 70 be toai ios
The weather experienced in Oregon during
the last two weeks IN December was the coolest ever
before known in the country.
Snow had fallen at Portland to the depth Of
one foot, sud the mercury for xix days stood below
freezing point - -,
This unusually cold weather, together with
the large quantity Of fallen cannot fail to destroy
large proportion Of the stock throughout the country
particuisrly among the immigrant ca tie. We have
eard Of large number dying in our Immediate neigh
borhood But few of the farmers have had the precau-
ton TO provide fodder for their stock during the winter
sible 70 conjecture with any degree OF certainty how
much loss will be sustaned at different points, among
the large herds Of cattle but it must be very great
The Columbia River was so much blocked up
with Ice that navigation had been almost entirely
pended for the space Of ten days.
Communication with the mining districts had
been cut of by the snow and storms. IL Is said that
snow fell TO the depth Of ten feet On the Calapouya
Mountains.
Sleighing, or rather shedding has become
quite fashionable 10 our Of late, and our ears
have been frequently greeted with the s0qnd o. the
merry jnelng sleigh bells. lOregoman.
A man named r. +. Cutler, from Iowa, was
frozen to death In a small which had become fast
in the ice on the Columbia River. Another immigrant
was frozen TO death about two miles from Dayton,
Ysmhiu County His hoiy was found on the Prairie on
the following dsy His name was Gates, and he emf
grated from Iowa.
The Legislative Assembly was in session, de-
batting the subject of opening emgrant road from the
pses 10 Sandy Creek, and the erection of Peniten-
tiary at Astoria
The weather to WHICH we alluded last week,
has now become moro, Oregon-lke, and the snow has
almost entirely disappear cd, There seemed t. be
struggle for the mastery for several days between the
northern and southern winds but at last the South pre-
vailed and we again find ourselves enjoy ing comfort
able weather, cave little Oregon dampness common
q, this season OF the year. Statesman
The people of Oregon were suffering severely
from the scarcity and high prices Of all kinds of Prov
sions
The Times OF the lst OF January gives the
following picture:
Hon PaIcEs Flour il selling at ELS and eco pcr
100 lbs. htrc. Our mlcrs arc paying 60 and 81 per
bushe for wheat and th,r Ia very ue 70 be obtained
ut that price Potatoes command SO 50per bush. beef
and pork is worth II and IS cents per b. butter 81
H. eggp 81 10 81 50 per dozen aud nearly everything
else in the muckamack line IL in proportion. We learn
that large number Of cattle sud hogs had died from
the effects Of the late storm, while many that have sur
yived have become reduced in esh not to present
very palsfabe appearance But we suppose they
swill have 80 the butchers say, and they
ne only ones who have any say about il. All poor
devil of boarder has to do 10 what s before
him. The coming few months promise tight times in
the eating line In Oregon We anticipate that -four will
be brought here from the sufes via San Francisco
This state Of things Ia peculiarly hard upon the ul
II igrans.