The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-16

that would cost man from . TO so dollars day 10
keep soul and body together and the comfortable pros
pect o. getting an arrow through tho mdrih bay
onetted by. Brtisher the dssuisc OF an indian f
all these overcome there as yet no reliable
don't think shall start Cor 'i ne m nuas' ,u.
yet. The express man who came down says he did
not give any one any advice on the subject bat leave
every 70 make up his mind for hp.el DO just a.
he pteases. those who don't find sd they may make
up their minds TO find something else. have doubt
but they II see the elephant TO the tip Of his probsc
Oregon Is constantly aud steadily increasing wealth
prosperity and filling up with steady good population
No part OF California that have seen exhibit, a.
dences Of good stat of society this little village beg
their pa rdon-ts large tosn OF Portland. On the west
bank a the Willamette the main street parallel with the
river ard high above all danger OF food and lined
both sides with two aud three story brcs and frame
stores and houses with two three steamers snortng
nie several churches here two seminaes, and many
pretty girls, lovely and fat babies you find
in any village on the North river in old Connecticut
Gu the arrival OF the steamer IL the ga
to see the HfaAiD The express companies run Gnclc
Sans mails all out Of sight and them il the principal
dependence for Don't You thlnk they have such
splendid arrangements at the Post Once Department as
30 have mail from san Francisco to Asorin twice
MONTH and though the same steamer comes IN here 10
Portland, YET there is no contract with the company
bring the mail any farther than Astoria As an accom-
modation the captain OF the Columbia brings up the
bags for this pnce. All the mails for Fort Vancouver
aud above on the Columbia remain dowa there, nj
Astoria, nearly week and then come up a
up country mail has gone and here the mail lays
two weeks more, aud after expressmen hunters travel
efs ana rumor have got all the the country,
the old horse comes along and axes the old papers and
the letters 80 the unfortunate recpienis Why sir all
the entcrprising in Oregon aud Washington Terri
tories get their letters by the express companies pay
twenty Eve or afty ceuts dollar, aud often two dol
lars apiece for them. TACT, sir, any here
tell you Then there's Avery the post Office special aaent
for these two Territories, and he lives keeps hpsclf
hall way up TO the Rocky mountains and not heard Of
down this In six months lie pockets his salary
from government and buys mccs trade and spec
out oil the runor OF the gold discoveries Altogether
he makes a very good thing Of H. OF course, Judge
Campbell knows nothing OF II II he did II would pro-
baby make no difference whatever.
Crops In this Territory and the Territory OF Washing
ton adjoining are promising we'll Wheat is about ready
to cut and, except being struck with rust little in
places will be good yield Green corn has ius come
ON TO the tables OF the Orcgonians They do make
great deal OF the corn crop here II IL little too cold
country for Indian to be profitable crop. hut you
ought 70 see the apples grown here never saw such
fruit in my life. II were 10 tell you how large have
secn apples here, you would politely request to put
the name OF Munchauscn at the bottom Of my letter
blanit do either.