New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-31
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Ihsye nov been upon The shorr. Pss-s saaad .o,ns
four months ard anti Of Lite days have FIJI bur le Of
the cscoebes scribeDd" hey nd the writing OF home
hners." VIII Oh task % sndss any crcum-
stances and which have written believe al postnrss
" ing under N. wagon. cramped up a. tbs wagon on the
horn OF my saddle &c, &C. and Sny need to eompiss
the series TO scribble lev lines standing on my head
bsve Ss you zee by the heading IL stterl taAsn
csim three miles below Olympia IL Is the side Of
PEdd's Inlet only half mile scross and bounded again
by Els Inlet which contains he dn-, oyster beds upon
he Sound put up at Quincy Brnk's vh.n Art
g. me In snd there remained uni grtw strong and sner
gttio sgan; when In company ~iih youag 0hiasn,
shsey Ensign crossed The by on saturday night msP
usng Ere wrapped up ourselves ON cur blankets and
had glorious sleep. skeDing IN The morning "laBed
prcpyie,ors"-such being the lsw ~ prsst al Pre- Sl
We have prt up snug little cabin through the windows
of which a. write the warm sun comes Streaming and
the south wind brings in the mumur q The waves upon The
beach ard the screening Of the guls a. they s~ooP
down upon the tosmy water doubtless olesk Mrch
with Won with US aihe time o the singing Of birds has
come" and the woods flied With the light OF the neg
born yerdure give full assurance that our spnug
here.
All this Oregon Is q beautiful country know Of no
place where msn could live sifh pleasure with
lass for the than here The Government re
cognzes his Unborn right 10 the so-"ms heritsg@
and gives him, ssge $50 of lsnd-only bindiag
him 10 ain upon il four years cuitvstng some little
every year II he wshess location ~here he can look out
upon the world OF waters herA upon the sound he has
before him where To- chooe-eher p where the fall
irg leaves have enriched the soil msyhap fr INJURIES
where the prs'rie stretches back smo't hm the very
beach inviting culturor where the belt OF timber
lines the margin Of the bay and msrgcs into the beautiful
prairie back.
.bbng tides ard ever musical niurmurng Of waves OF
self-to one born nlspd-worh many Disadvantages OF
location Here ut lock tue bay two or
shore see TIE little openings which oontsn the wee
cabins OF Brooks and my kind neghbor Mr.. Wyle, OF
whom only necessary 10 say he snbscribes TO The Ma
hohal Era. Upon the shores Indian camps. while
ar bfy
clear shy ever snow crowned not nake the huge giant
Il Is yellow and golden in the brsh, light seeming like
great of molten metal Some day its solitude viii be
broken by the sound Of the miners pick and shovel aud
many hearth at home will be gadden.d by tbs success Of
the unkempt parsonage. who Is only "mser here but
IN faroG land is an brother, ssddened by the
that the giant peak, with It's pure mantle Of white
his last resting pace There will DOUBLE -
be gold found al through the Cascade Rsnga aud already
the Portland papers the discovery Of gold upon
the head waters Of stream heading upon the east ds Of
Mt Ranor IL j. almost due east from here and beyondn
hes-homel
All this You win say is very beautiful and would look
well in picture bat man don't ca. with his eyes
Right but that Is the poetry Of thu pictures aud as even
bott lives cabbage, here Il the practical portion
Should take prairie claim, he can 20 at once TO
work putting In crops only be must enough money
keep things moving in the meanwhile IN the inter
walls must hire out helping wealthior ncighbor
clear his claim working at wood choIping. At which
even such town bred dminutiye atumy myself got
o. per day Should he take timbercd claim he do
dong-get some four or five together, aud gof
out hewn timber which has always sold heretofore for $40
per 100 feet costing ~ tor delivery by cstteputting In
crops ss he spare time foe clearing
Potatoes tbs most profitable, because the least
troublesome crop. They now are, aud have been ever
since my arrival 90 so per bushe The ordinary crop IL
500 bushels realizing $3.50 per acre. They will doabess
be lower next season, bat they will always oommsnd
good price, there shipped, and California
will always prices to rule high The farmers here
never pay any attention 10 them AFTER planting and ire
ou,ny the second year crop OF volunteers spring up
almost as full the first year. Some of the farmers
planting now, it beng their customary time, while others
do not plant until the last Of June Onions a. per
bushel Turmps here don't sell by the bushel, you
could not get more than one in measure.
There are splendid openings here for diaries Cheese
sells at Portland at 50 10 rs cents per pound Here ddoRt
sell at aH for the simplest In the world Butter Is
scarce here at 81 per pound yet the broad prAres
any number Of cattle could be- kept year after year. with
no outlay for feed the cutting stack Of hay
fear Of such winter the last known
here for years 80 says the old P.re Ricardo" at
The Mission" upon referring 10 his journal California
will always furnish market Tor butter and cheese; aud in
our growing trade with China, there telling what
hole these long queued Csesti may eat into products
To man Of capital the milling
seldom 10 be met with. steam mill upon the Sound
of itself for The hewn timber getting out
taken California and sawed into mber there because
vesselr cannot get cargoes here mills are go few in nun
Der At the falls OF De Shue river above Olympia Is the
only sawm upon this end Of the Sound runs by water
power and Is now rented ESQ per month The whole
concern, built when labor much higher cost t50OO
thus paying for tsef in six months Lumber has s0ld at
ESQ per NJ and neveress than s25 with steady demand
much greater than the supply The lumber IS ali sawn
variety of merchantabl, timber We possess.