, 1853-01-22
The Late Snow Storm.

late snow storm dealt most impartially with
Oregon by g coming downs on all parts Of
the territory aud the papers from the Will
valley, northern California, &C., come TO us
with melancholy tidings of disastrous consc-
quenees attending il. The snow in the vi.
cinity of Portland is represented 10 have
fallen TO the depth Of two feet, and the mer-
curry in the thermometer, has been 10 with
in four degrees Of zero-the eoldrst wealth
er ever known in that part Of the country.
Sleighs and slcds had taken the place Of
wagons, carts, &c.,-ice had accumulated in
considerable quantities in the willamette
and Columbia rivers, and for time the
steamers were brought 10 " stand still, -
in consequence Of high waters, drift-wood,
ice and snowfall communication with this
part of the country, the upper Willamette,
&c., had been entirely cut of. East of the
Cascade mountains, IN the vicinity of the
Dails, the snow Is represented As having
been from four to Eve feet deep and as a
large quantity Of worn out immigrant stock
was purchased in that neighborhOOd last fall
with an object Of wintering there, an almost
total loss is anticipated On the Calapooya
mountains, the snow has fallen 10 the depth
Of ten feet completely shutting of all COM
munication from the mining districts with
the Willamette valley, and our California
papers speak Of the snow in some parts of
Shasta valley as being Eve feet, and on the
mountains from ten 10 twenty feet deep
Our last San Francisco and Sacramento pa
Pers are in a buz, in anticipation Of a gensr-
al overflow Of the Sacramento, and other
riyers-testifying to the universally Of the
storm, in both snow and rain, throughout
the entire extent Of The Pacific coast. We
are informed that great suffering has been
experienced in southern Oregon, not only
from the high price and scarcity Of provi-
sions, but from the extreme coldness Of the
weather, frozen limbs, &c. The ''oregoni-
an" Of a late date, records the death Of
young man named R. E. CUTLER, late Of
Keosauqua, Iowa, who was frozen in a small
boat which had become fast in the ice near
Cape Horn, on The Columbia river, and sew
eral of his companions escaped narrowly
fIom sharing the same fate. The stock Of
this years immigration have Perishsd by
thou ands, and almost everything has COM
bined to render the advent Of the immigra.
ton into tha. portion Of territory truly dis
couraging. ..
The people. Of oun own territory can
well congratulate themselves on haviAg es-
capped the serious consequences attending
the storm in other parts, with comparative
ly little loss, and suffering. As heretofore
remarked, we have been deprived Of but
triaing amount Of stock; and although the
weather here has been cOld--prOvisions high
and scarce, with an abundance Of snow, We.
have as yet been unable 10 hear Of any Sc
rious suffering in consequence. 1.u
Ills TO be hoped that the farmersof Ore
gon will never permit themselves 70 be Ia
ken by surprise by snow storm in future,
but that hereafter provision win be made
for stock, such as will secure their subsis-
tence IN my emergency. lts true ths, the
present has been an extraordinary winter, or
in other words, We have had about three
weeks Of toinfer tneaiAer, thus far, during
the RAINY SEASON, and may not be agsin
Tinted BY such another three weeks" for
years to come. But why not be consianIly
prepared for such an event, come when il
mayi Why not erect suitable sheds for
the safe keeping Of the straw, ehaf, vines,
and other articles Of PrOvender, such as Is
now annually suffered TO 60 to destruction I
II il Is no, required for the support Of stock
the next winter, II may be seriously de-
msnded At some subsequent iime-would
cost but little time Or irosble-be decidedly
cheaper than the feeding Of wHssT--and as
matter Of sAEEIE. might be kept on hand
at all times. Isba. 4ln.- hnG 2mlq NfI