The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12

n the vicss Of the whites - . remuneration; and
to lst They have great many strange habsss aud
mpersttions, peculiar 70 the Indians ON this cosst
which would make An interesting chapter Ct some
ether time. The only plan that can be adopted TO
tendent, Me- Palmer, IL to eiyilize and citiEenize
them. His plan is TO settle them On reserve, teach
them to farm, &C., and then make citizens OF them.
TO do this, viii require large appropriations, and
that IL something which the government seems I'M
them kicked about from pillar TO post and NOT have
. place allowed them upon which to erect their
miserable huts, without being liable to be driven
away by tie avaricious WI ties at any moment. Very
frequently they are denied the privilege to bury
their dead on the ground set apart and used by
them for that purpose, nom tiue. immemoda veri-
~, the blood Of the Indian cries aloud HON the
ground for vengeance against this nation.
]. W. Davis, our last Governor, has written his
farewell ADDRESS, and left the country He s,ys in
his vsledctory that domestic affairs compelled him
TO that step. But the politicians say that ne vas
ashamed OF his company here. How that could be,
they being all members OF General Pierce's politi
cal family, az well himself Is for them to make
ont: IL Is rumored here that General Adair, our
Collector at this port stands good chance for the
vacancy. He no doubt would make good Governor,
better than new i'm oortation, % he knows by
experience what our wants are, and his or some
other residents appointment would save the ex-
penfe Of sending Governor out. But that is not
the way they do business AZ Washington Is We have
already found ont TO our cost.
Crops OF AL kinds are excellent. The imm,gra-
ton need not be uneasy in regard to provisions.
There Is large surplus Of produce this season,
which will probably rot the hands Of the farmers
There are too many faIners in proportion TO the
population. Whether this has resulted from Uncle
Sans hberasty In giving Us all farm" or from
the high price of produce keres lfere psid is prob
lem for political economists 10 solve. There is ore
thing certain-we shall all have enough TO eat for
the next twelve months, and plenty to spare for al
New and rich gold mines have been discovered
on branch Of the Columbia. Persons just from
there report the prospecting to be % high eighty
cents to the pan, and plenty of such dirt. Miners
with proper TOOLS and washers are making SO Der
Gay to the man. Small steamers run up 20 point
near the mines. IL is now believed that there Is
gold in both ranges of mountains all along the
Columbia, and prospectors are out in search Tor it
accordingly.
Lieutenant Alden and associates, of the United
States Coast Survey, have at length completed the
survey Of the mouth Of the Columbia river, and with
their chart masters of vessels viii have nothing TO
fear in coming Ia or going out Of this hitherto diff
fcnlt harbor. All we want here now is additional
appropriation or two for lighthouses forti6cadons
and marine hospitals, and then we are prepared for
almost any emergency, peace or war.
The amendments made BIZ the last Congress to
the Oregon donation land law arc received with uni
versal favor and the procure Of the passage of
these amendments by Cen. Lane, has elevated him
very much in the'0pinion Of the people-hardly
enough, though, fea-, to insure his re- election.
The immigration Is getting IN without much loss
or suffering. The whole lumber coming overland
to Oregon this season win be near 7o00 Of the bone
and sinew of the land, thank God. This, added to
the present population: will make about $4,000
souls, Of the best in the Union, for Oregon.
No community is made up of q more substantial
people. They are, the great bulk of them, hardy
enterprlsiDg men, and their families from tie back
woods and the frontiers of the "great West" which
1saoH ffon hmm cd mil, Ia tt1 ook ce
men who have weathered the hardships, the priva.
tions, the deserts and the indians of the overland
journey, with their wives and little ones are the
men--
THE brave high. minded men,
To constitute state.''
They are the men qualified to act and carry ont the
sublime doctrine ct "equatter sovereignty. Oregon
IN fact, is Young America with his sleeves rolled
end. And the women who have accompanied their
sturdy husbands over the plains and mountains to
this beautiful country are only such women az the
frontiers Of the Mississippi valley can produce God
bless them for the hardships and the drudgery
which they undergo, as the active and courageous
pioneers Of our c0uDtrys progress and prosperity!
They ale heroines, whose unrecorted noble deeds
have resulted 10 these United States Ia greater
achievements than half our warrior heroes aud all
eur noisy politicians rave accomplished, MI put to-
gether. From the shores Of the Pacific, Mr. Editor,
greet You across the Union on the coast OF ID ,
Atlantic, in health 10 the noble pioneer women Of
Oregon. May they continue, as they are doing, to
replenish the earth.
The massacre of eight men and the csptu y Of
several women and children, by the Snake and Mes
perces indians have called down the vengeaucs OF
our people upon those ferocous ssvages, aud terri.
be viii be our revenge, than probable 10 the
extent of the complete examination of those
tribes. We have lately leaned tat the Indians
murdered and burned the women, after first abusing
them in the mos. flemish manner. They also
burned the children to Death. The chances now
ere that the "mapifts s destiny OF lniians is
to be "wiped out" ac ordiug to the policy OF
Kit Carson. Surely, we shall DO avenged.
The people Of Washington Territory are much
eevsted by the prospect Of the Pacss railroad ter
minus being fxed at Puget's sound. am aifra..sd
that they are counting the chicks before they are
hatctcd. Governor Stephens Is an able man, vet
be can hardly be able to cope with Fremont, backed
mp by old Bullion, young Bullion, and all the bull
hon OF the South. The steamer Major Tom pkins
called in to Astoria the other day, on her way M
TO Pueets sound. She is intended % tow boat FOR
the Sound and other purposes there. Shoaiva.er
bay 10 TO have bu0ys Ct the expense OF government
TO mark the channel. This bay in Washington Is
the only oyster fishery along the coast, and hence
It's mportaI ce. II is about twenty miles north of
the Columbia, ID Thirty miles long, and has q fine
farming country around it. In my next will tell
you about our bays inlets, harbors, volcanic morn
tains, auriferous regions, productions, &c.
CUMrUx.