, 1853-08-13


communicate, ltat our road party working
castwardly are succeeding beyond all eXpec-
iation. A note from Mr.. f. J. ALLEN 10
A. W. AlooEE, Esq, dated August 7lh,
Away up White River" says: "We are
going it like fire, making good time-doing
much better than ! expected" We gather
from The note that up to the date thereof,
the one party had opened TwENrY-slx Mills
Of road. This is admirable, and will, We
think, be crowned with complete success
Nothing has OF late been heard of Mr.
KRrLY, but we hope that his progress west
wardly has Jeen at such rate as will ena-
bic both parties b meet somewhere near the
centre Of tno work merit 'ee3k, and announce
to ea5h other the entire completion thereof
This viii Of course be the result, as the en-
tire route was previously viewed with great
exactncss, from one extremity to the other,
by the very men now experimenting the
construction Of the road. Prepare then,
say we, prepare ye men of Washington 10
throw up your hats, and huzzah most lusIi-
lyl We are triumPhing o'er the tyranny
and envy of an elder sister, from whose ca
ger clutches we have recently been deliver
ed, and whose greedy jealousy follows and
pursues Us e'en unto the very goal of our
success. This disposition she manifesis un-
der cover oia pretended suaviiy. A heavy
heart aDd bister spirit are encased within
the form that bows with such obsequious-
ness, whilst we leave her in the distance
and move onward and upward in our course.
Here, where nature has done her utmost
wonders, in praise Of which all uuprejudic-
ed men are everywhere shouting aloud, and
where destiny has evidently determined that
the Queen of Empire on the Pacific shall
be enthroned, our every effort in the cause
Of advancement is victorious to our hearts
content. Our lot being cast in such land,
and in the midst Of such an auspicious state
Of things, IS cause for mutual and general
congratulaiion and rejoicing. Fortune fa-
vors US, and our star is in the ascendant. -
Ere the ides Of October, the advance portion
Of the great column of immigration will be
resting from their toilsome pilgrimage on
the hospitable shores of Puget Sound, where
delicious and healthful breezes tanning across
the broad bosom Of Old Ocean, will give
sweet restoration 10 their exhausted frames.
The immense mass Of the human cloud will
then be rolling itself into the comfortable
quarters prepared for them along the high
ways and by-ways, and in all the inhabited
nooks and corners in the Territory. OF
course we shall all be well prepared 10 re-
ceive them with sincere encouragement in
10 comfortable homes, and to furnish through
the winter and spring an abundant subsist-
ence Of wholesome provisions for men WON
en-, children, and stock. We hope the ad-
vice We gave two months ago, 10 prepare
for the immigration, has been adopted
Worse than criminal will be those, if any,
who have neglected so important matter
Open your hearts, your houses, your lard
ers, your granarieS, your barns, and your
broad pastures. The immigrants will pay
you with money and labor, and their hearts
will leap within them to express their deep
sense of true gratitude. This is and will be
our true picture, from which'we for a mo-
ment glance aside ere concluding, to give our
readers the benefit of glimpse at what is
going on in Oregon.
Whilst we are now more confident than
ever the people Of Oregon are in utter des-
pondepcY Their efforts are all fruilless,
and their plans only serve 10 be laughed at
Many Of them thought the humbug hue and
sry about "gold on the Saniiam " would
induce US all to abandon Oar homes and rush
towards Salem. But no the men Of Wash
ingtOn Territory arc made of sterner stuff.
Next comes information that they have semi
report abroad upon the plains, saying that
"merely the eastern entrance on the route
10 the Sound has been opened, and that our
plan IS 10 gel the immigration started in this
direction, and then make them cut their
way through" This invention is loo ri
dieulous 10 be regarded in any other. EghI
Than piece of silly sport. We place il on
the same shelf with those old yarns about
sandy deserts, mud mountains, &C., SC, and
give the following from the Salem " Slatrs-
man > of the 26lh ut, which will show
plainly the defeat Of all hi hopes. for the
present year.
No Co Wcannomcarastwc we K on tL,