Butte record., 1854-07-01
LATER FROrT OREGON.


\ movement for the permanent orsaniza-
tion Of an Agricultural Society has been per
fected in Washington county.
Ex-Governor John P. Gaines, Of Oregon,
has arrived AT Portland.
The organization of q competent Fire De
partment is the subject ol considerable dis
cussion in the Oregon papers.
little child of Dr. D. D. Stevenson, resid-
ing about four miles from Oregon city, was
burned 20 death II few days since while lis
mother was shsent III the garden. The child
had escaped into an adjoiaIng, and was found
lying On the floor, dead.
The Supreme Court has been in session a;
Oregon CITY during the last Two weeks ending
June 24th. The bench is composed ot Chief
Justice Williams, and O.ney AID Dea1y. As
sociato justices.
There have been 2 few cases involving CON
siderable public interest decided We under
stand that the Court, IN two Instances, held
that in cases Of sales Of land claims and i'm
provenents, parties are held to their contracts
in one case he Court incidentally express
ed the 0 r. zion that the pre-emption laws are
not applicable to Oregon. The recent refusal
OF the Land Department to grant patents 10
the proprietors Of the Portland Land Claim.
seems thetetUrc unauthorized by law, in the
The practice in Oregon under the new code,
viii bring nearly all the business of the DIS
trict Court into the Supreme Court, as the
Judges may reserve all questions 10 Oe argued
and settled. This will tend to bring abod.
uniformity and consistency, at least.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY We recently mnde
a short trip up the Willamette valley as far
as Salem. we we're surprised we'll as
pleased to witnes. the chaEye which one short
year has wrought IN the appearance Of the
country, Gu either side q the river. The
wheat and spring crops LOOK reInarkab DE we'll
and are very extensive, much more 50 than We
had any idea. There Is also = large ansouR:
OF Aew ground being p,ougaed " preparatory
to sowing fail crops, Farm houses have been
built in great numbers. farms enlarged, orch.
ards planted, roads improved, and i general
appearance Of industry manifest Oh the whole
route The farmers in the Willamette Valley
appear to have awakened from u sort Of Kip
Van Wiukle Sleep and. have gone to work
with determination TO become exporters n
place If jIHporterS, which is the sure road 10
wealth and happiness. Success attend them
in their enterprise auI industry .-OTegoH-
2aR.
\ correspondent of the Oregon Times thus
speaks Of tie existence OF coal in Oregon -
Tertiary coal exists in vast beds on the Cow
bitumous coal occurs on the Rocky Mouutaina.
near the Ration Pass, in latitude - deg. 10
sec, and longitude l04 deg. 50 sec. while Col
Fremont reports inconsiderable beds Of coas
near Muddy River, in latitude IL deg, aG1
longitude IL deg. But the most prohtabls
bed of coal with which am acquaintsd, Is si.-
uated on or near the banks OF a creek, about
fifteen miles below Rainier, on tho Columbia
River. The surface earth IS OF a brown red
cast, occasionally covered, IN patches with
yellow flowers. A little below the surface is q
species Of sulphurous corbonifeorous matter
resembling coal, but not the genuine article
itself. Below this are alternate layers Of grav-
el, rcd sandstone, called frcestone, the red
color of which is caused by the rcd oxide CT
iron being mixed in its formation and, deeper
yet, the true coal is found. Capitalists, farm
ers, and others, might unite their Deaus, and
the wooden country of Oregon prove u means
Of enriching its inhabitants by its minerals.
and, as yet, hardly known wealth. On tho
Upper Columbia there Is a vast CXteut Of cOat
beds, but | have not tested the coal Of that re
gion, and cannot write 81 decisively regect.ns
it.
New coal mines are reported to have been
discovered at Goose Bay. The coal is thought
10 be far superior to any yet found there.-lt
burns freely, with bright fame, leaving lit
tie ashes snd no cinder
Ripe Oregon cherries are selling IN this city
at twelve and half cents per dozen. They
are deliclohs fruit, but have two extremes--
a fno taste and fine price.
TIE WEATHER THAT old oracle. the "old-
est inhabtant," says surch weather as 10
have experienced during the present season.
mas never before been known. Scarcely day
has passed during the last month without
shower Of rain. The crops, however, we're
aeve, better, and promise a large yiell
We learn that Capt. Hedges, Of yne steamer
Uaiiamet, is now al work preparing ways to
launch this fine steamer over she Falls a Or
egon Gty;-OregoRiau
The Democrats have been successful through
ont the whole Territory with trifing excep-
tons.
The Statesman thus speaks of the members
elect to the Legislature =
Twenty OF the twenty-five Democrats cleo
ted by counties heard from were in favor of o
State Convention, and 50 declared themselves
before the people who elected them. Tho 9TH
er two are understood to he in f.vor Of tho
movement next year. If the question has
failed, OF which we cannot judge by present
returUs, we shall MOIST our fag-''.4gdinst di-
rtston Of the Ieryitory-.tor Convention In
1862
GOLD ON THE TAK1MA.-From gentleman
,ust III from the Dalles Of the Columbia, we
learn that about 20 persons are now engaged
in mining on The Yakima, with some success,
Indian relations quiet in that direction
Statesman.