, 1857-07-31

permitted 70 peruse letter written to Hon.
VIZ N. MOhROW, Of Sawamish county, by
one Of his old friends and scquaintenee-
SAnUEr. SurH-at present resident near
Eagene City, Logan Co., Nebraska Terri
tory. Having had permission from Mr.. N.
to make a few extracts from the letter re-
referred to-the election being over, and
the excitement consequent thereon having
been Gained into q kind Of quiet, VIC do not
know that we could more advantageously
employ column or two Of this issue, than
By contrasting the relative advantages Of
Washington and Nebraska Territories for
agricultural pursnits, as to which is the
most desirable aud inviting, as far as eli.
mate, health, natural advantages, &C., are
eoncerned-as home for the farmer, tue
trAdesman, the collier, the lumberman, or
as haven, upon our waters, for the fishing
smaeks Of the Atlantic-rivelling, as we
conld, in the products Of the "briny deep"
any portion Of the known world.
Herr are the extracts referred to-
The letter is dated February 18th, 1861 :
~Eugsns clry, Logan County, Nebraska Territory,
h one hnndred and lrn. Or one hundred and fifteen
miles above Council Blum This is pretty good
country, bat timber Is scarce. There Is 90 timber In
he bottoms worthy Of notice except cotton WOOD
Out N he bus and the margins Of small streams,
there are occasional patches Of stnnted oak, walnut,
ash, &c-, but not halt enough 10 make the country
sstis up - Il would II timber plenty.aad Lhsn
4 To- oaid Last winter the Ice three feet thick
On he Missouri river. do not know how thick It Is
thl winter, but there Is more snow this winter than
=
aThis 4 ihc wofst winter have ever seen--having
bcln sqocenon, every few days, Of The most horrh
e,s. er,,lns. asEl9g s5owJstorms imaginable; ING
and lum six inches to twenty OF thirty feet deep on
he bluls and In the canyons
~Pr1Vilions arc desrer here than with you. Corn
e worth 800 per hashel corn-meal from g Is TO
afoS nnur $50 per cNt pork, Qrozen hog from
70 . 70 cents perib potatoes frOm - 80 10 90 per
balhel, and other pr0dncia In proportion.
Il bad thought of taking trip 10 look At your
country. M sapposo all .he good lands In yOur Ter
As We intend to address ourselves in this
article more particularly to the people on
the "other side Of the land, !" Ito use com
mon nautical expression. where our paper,
considering our remOteness, has quite con-
siderable circulation. than to the citizens
Of the Territory itsclf, who are fully as con
Versant with the facts which may follow in
this connection as we are ourselves, we will
take . hasty review Of the above extracts,
for the benefit Of our foragn North Amer
icaa euigratag brethren.
In the 6Fst place, then. It seems that but
q meager allotment Of timber has been
vouchsafsd 70 Nebraska that it is most
lamsnsably scarce; that with the exception
Of cotton wood, ell other kinds arc In
"stun,ed patches &c. We see then, at
the outset that Nebrasks, (and nearly the
same thing may be said Of Kansas) is de-
prived Of one very essential element Of
wealth, as well as presenting an insupera-
bic barrier to . eompaeted, or . close con
tiguity Of settlement Our readers know
fun well that cotton wood Is Of little value,
except for fuel. and that fencing construc-
ted therefrOm, viii decay and be rendered
useless in the course Of two or three years.
Although the people Of our Territory have
no occasion TO pride themselves upou the
growth. or the quantity Of oak which it
contains. yet We can justly infer that We
have Is nnch-as large. and Of as good .
quality as Nebraska or Kansas. But II
We cannot boast concerning any other tim
Dor. We can safely defy the universal world
to outstrip in girdle, length. or quality, our
magnificent forests Of 6r and cedar and
cannot fOrbear. in this place, from again
alluding to the fact, that spArs have been
procured from Puget Sound for the supply,
not only Of the United States navy, but
siAo the navies Of France, and England /;
that NessrG GRESEAN CRENNY, mer-
chants, and timber and lumber dealers,
McDcueughs Island. Puget Sound, some
time since, got ont cargo of spars for the
French navy. (Per contract which were
pronounced the largest natural ones which
the world had ever produced. After bling
dressed eigh square. some Of them measured
fiosnty-thre inches IN diameter at he buff
carrying tiAl ME 10 TIE distance of ftOeaty
or thirty Jeat, and bang one AHadred and
treAty 10 one hHndrod and thirty feel IN
length!
And whilst making allusions to articles
Published in former numbers of this paper,
We hope to be pardoned for recurring to
the fact, that on the shores of Puget Sound.
the Straits Of San Juan de Fuca, in their
various bays aud inlets, or in close proxim-
hy TO their waters, there are erected from
twenty to twenty-five saw-mills-some Eve
o. six being propelled by steam-one of
which, lat Tekalst Port Gamble, Hoods
canal } we are credibly informed, mannfae-