The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-14

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49, GIDEON & co. Washington, d. C.
m Washingtoa Territory.
The CoIsssbis~, a spnghtly and vigorous weekly
newspaper printed 1t Olympia, probably the flu
ture capital Of Waahington Tsrritory,) is be-
fore US, Of the dates Of May 7th, l4th, and 2lst.
It is conducted by T. F.. McELaoY and j. j.
BEEsE. We look upon it with wonder, giving
evidence as it does Of the existence Of every thing
required in that far-of region to constitute
newspaper, and consequently q city.
| In its issue Of the 7th the Colun,bias, says:
| . The recent enactment of the law to establish
the Territory of WASHINGTON has given new,
gallant, dashng, sparkling, and ponderous mo-
mentum to the march and swagger of progress
hereabouts: During our poor dependency upon
the cold charities Of Oregon we were crowded,
cramPed, crushed, and imposed upon in every
possible way and on oil occasions. The shipping
OF the great Puget Sound consisted of one little
schooner and three dilapidated old briggs. They
brought US our only supplies, the most intolerable
trash from the San Francisco auctions. Our re-
presentation in the Oregon Legislature was but
a pittance of what we were entitled to. We had
no territorial roads; and of the many public build
| ings provided for by Congress- not one was given
to our northern half of the then Territory. No
charter could be obtained by enterprising citi
Gems to concentrate their means and efforts for the
public welfare. Our limited population was kept
small by the desperately hostile measures of our
neighbors. Every conceivable bug-bear, mud
mountains, barren lands, &c., &c., was conjured
up to disgust alright the would-be settler north
OF the Columbia. Our condition to some would
have seemed hopeless, but there was no despair
ing Our faith, defined in the good book as being
the substance of things hoped for, and the evil
dence of things not seen, kept us comforted and
strong. The winter of our discomfort is passed
and gone.
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mills one lath and one Touring -mill-all in
operation. We have semi-mont6ly mail COM
municatiOn with the States, weekly with Ore
g0n, line of sail-boats between the head and the
mouth of Admiralty inlet, and military express
between Olympia and Fort Steilacoom, via
Fort Nisqually. Our Indians are perfectly do
Gle, and of great service to the community, both
as boatmen on the sound and laborers on shore.
Fine fourishng farms by hundreds are being es-
tablished in all directions. Our rich prairies are
being ploughed, fenced, and planted. The wheat
sown last fall exhibits luxuriant thrftiness and
seems to smile assurance Of heavy purses after
harvest. The commerce of the Sound has in
creased many fold in the past year. We have
just cause to be proud of our fine fleet of ships,
barques, briggs, and schooners, driving brisk
trade, alike beneficial to the country and them
selves. Our towns springing forward with
busting alacrity. Houses are erected as though
a magician babe them rise Merchants with well
assorted stocks are placing themselves at al
points convenient to the people. Families are
thronging into the country and making their per-
manent abOdes. Society is improving. The
many little focks of children here and there are
being provided with good schools. Ministers are
amongst us, churches are organizing, and divine
services are regularly performed. Verify, our
affairs are wondrousy and advantageously
changed
In its succeeding number the Columbian says
"As a State in the American Union, our nu-
lucrative strength and maritime importance will
be seen and felt in the National Councils. Our
Senators and Representatives, will demand and
obtain our due appreciation. We shall partci-
pate in the honors Of cabinet positions, and APP
pointments to the foreign missions on the Pacific,
and the distinction of a citizen of the new STATE
potentary to Japan OF China win be of itself a
gladdening compliment to the State and bril-
liant and durable honor to the citizen. Society
here will vie with the most intellectual and re-
fined of the choicest places Of the earth. Our
well-attended affairs and schools, our colleges of
learning, our large cities with thronging and
thriving populations, our sprightly neat villages
with their soul soliciting church bells will be among
the causes of our pride and satisfaction. Our ca
loric, electromagnetic, and steam vessels navi-
eating Puget Sound and the Columbia river, and
with huge flying clipper ships, and thousand Of
the small craft now in use, conveying our i'm
mense foreign and domestic commerce, and the
| five hundred whalers of the North Pacific will
arrive and depart without our special wonder
We shall enjoy direct and reliable mail facilities
and instantaneous telegraphic communication
around the entire globe. Notifications and an
arsenal military asylum and marine hospital,
a navy yard and dry dock, lighthouses, fog sig
nails, and all of the usual provisions made BY
Government will be appropriately located for the
public protection and welfare. Agriculture, mill
ing, manufacturing, and all of the various branches
of husband-y and the mechanic arts will be profit
ably employed; and so of all the professions,
save that Of medicine. This, and we hope it
ever may be, the least encouraging country in
chrstendom for doctors
'sOf the Indians now in our midst and around
us in every direction, and in large numbers, but
miserable remnant will remain; and they, con-
fined within such narrow limits MS Government
may allot to them in some obscure locality, will
ultimately succeed in dragging out to the bitter
end their wretched existence Our friends from
across the plains will be able to to through
the Cascade barrier by direct route, probably by
railroad, save vast amount of irksome travel,
and enter Washington without having to plod
along with oxen, or pass through Oregon and pay
'foH ut the gate. A trip to tho States, to Europe,
or to the East Indies will be no more of a task
than man may deem il to be to pack his trunk
and bcstow himself in car or on board flying
watcr-craf. The Pacific railroad will then be
completed, and if the main trunk does not come
to the Sound, as it evidently should, branch
WILL and two-thirds of tho commerce over the
continent, including the great East India trade,
and the transportation of the proceeds of the
whale fishery, will be ours. The lesser lines Of
railroad throughout our then State will have en-
trely superseded our present mode of travel and
receiving and forwarding supplies. Distant places
and persons will be brought near unto each other
as neighborhoods and neighbors. Sociability will
prevail, because all will be prospecting. Peace
with all foreign nations will be our condition, be-
cause the power of our Republic will be such as
to force them into the belief that amicable rela-
uxxyill ha forf their interest. The
people of all commercial countries will come seek
ing our timber and ships spars. Our fisheries
will be found capable of meeting the wants of a
hemisphere. Our coal will give employment to