, 1853-08-27
Our Country.

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California, and we have been favored with
the perusal of letter from Rev. WV. d.
ROCKER, of Carmel, Hamilton county, In
diana, whose age is three score and ien,"
all making searching inquiries concerning
our country. The latter crossed the plains
last season, seeking home for bis immense
posterity numbering forty,fve families, Wis
tied southern Oregon and being dissatisfied
Herewith, reported unfavorably to his
friends. lie now says the accounts he has
received OF the Puget Sound country pleases
him much, he regrets that he did not Come
in person and look at il, but says" | may
come among you next year, if | can sell
my property" Mr.. ROCKER is a venerable
soldier Of the cross, veteran in the MStho-
dist faith, and a patriarch indeed. The
fTosts of seventy winters have whiiened his
head, but the energy of The old man Of
prayer brought him over the plains, led him
through all southern Oregon, conducted him
safely home again to his numerous children,
grandchildren and great-grand children,
and if heaven spares him, will bring him
across the continent a second time 10 make
his family and himself comfortable and
happy in our delightful G palestine" Think
Of this, ye men Of middle age, and tell us if
you will ever repeat your saying, that " II
was only young I'd go to Puget Sound :"
Mr.. JONES tells US he has heard various
accounts Of our country. He inquiries con-
eerning fruit growing, dairying, &C., and
says he has been informed that we have
not more than ten or twelve acres of land
IN any one place that can be cultivated, the
remainder being bluffs and mountains that
scarcely green thing is 10 be seen here in
summer time, and that persons travelling
through our woods gel so covered with dust
that il is impossible to distinguish between
white man and black one" What fend
has invented this new bach of slande ? It
would be interesting to know, so that he
might be marked wherever he exists and in
suits the air OF Heaven with the breath Of
basesi calumny, and be abhorred as an OBJ
jecl Of universal disgust. He should be
Stunned and dIspised, and in the language
81 Mr.. Benton, "hs legs should never be
seen crossed under gentleman's lable." y
The complaints be makes have no founda-
tion whatever. We have an abundance of
unoccAPied Iicb lands, and all we ask in
their behalf is that they may be seen and
fairly tried. These lands are our prairies,
all of which, here and there dotted with
beautiful lakes abounding with trout, are so
skirted by cedar, FIR and oak timber, that
the SsttAer can soSVeDieDlly supply himself
with whatever quantities thereof he may
now or hereafter need. Along the magin
ofthe Sound and our magnificent bays, the
land is better than the prairies, and the tim
Der is Of itself reliable rource of fortune.
Here too are the fisheries 10 enrich all bay
side settlers who pcrseveSingly pursue them.
OF salmon, Goldfish, Aahbut, behring's, Roun-
SeTs. troat, perch, OolskiR, crabs, oysters,
clans, muscles, &C., &C., the supply ol
each kind IN its season is inexhanstable.-
The bottom lands comprising the valleys
Of our many beautiful, clear, rapid streams,
WIN compare IN quality with the best lands
IN the Western Siatos. OF those that have
been taken, aAd there is plenty left, forty
bushels of wheat per acre, and fifty 10 sixty
bushels Of oats is the yield of the present
year. The climate, mildcr than that Of
New York o. New Jersey, and compared
with which that Of Wisconsin is Siberian,
Is particularly adapted to the cWlture ol
fruits and flowers. Corn has not been lest
ed satisfactorily, and perhaps because suta-
bic seed has not yet been brought TO the
eeunt5y, and the proper season for planting
It here been aseertained. However, fami-
lies that have made the effort have succeed
ed in raising sufficient for theiT own pur.
poses Extensive davies shOHld be sstab-
hshed among us. Cattle find good psstu-
rage here throughout the entire year, and
the green grass may be seen without the aid
Of green glasses We may Tely upon but
ter and beef sustaining their present price.
for some years TO come, and Whenever a
good article of cheese may be made here il
will sell readily. But very little cheese
has been made in the country, and that sold
al ihs r0te Of fNy cents per pound. That
" dust in the woods" " does not exist, and
has never been heard of before. Our wood
lands are covered with good thick coat Of
saeumulalcd d.caycd and dscoying vsgola.