New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08
oRrCON As 1T Is.

- fs-ms houfes, bans, orchsIds, std Sdeea'ebdiIg
6.he. To-day, We are Territory; 20 morrow, We
.h.ll be State. We nave reclaimed d country from
v,ldr.,s and have made i 'esm Eitn every comfort
Ard luxury Of civilization. Oar people t'estte the
bresth Of energy Nothing cao keep us back; we
are coward ard forward. TeGIlsssly mee,iug FL
sutee; boldly overwhelming all opposition, e: !. cone
fftm what quarter it may. With the gree; Pactc On
cur west viii it's islsI d. China, &c 10 cay
eur products, sDd TO create commerce; The Golden
State seuih the Rocky Mountains east, and cur
ester, Washington, rorto. What al extent OF eour-
nv Whist various sCeres-bgh mOuotaGs, rugged
bills, prsues, vsleys foIe.ts, fpr!ogs, and bat,
enough. The best is yet TO come. We are knocking
ct the door of Congress for admission az q State
Free State! Yes, not ike poor, bleeding Kausss;"
but with Constitution net forced No. We have
chosen fer ourselves. No President, Administration,
has gsgkee us, Lor clicked Ne down TIL our 6.ckeLed
=, scb- have ,peSed toe vile stuff from them! o
KAneas thou witt be remembered.
CLIMATE OF OREGON
Oregon hes singular climate q very Irregular one.
We have but two ssasons-;ee re-, n Winter ara
Spring, TIE dry IN Summer end F4i. TIE We. season
is cloudy, ioggy damp, drlzzy. With d south we'd.
The nth VIA brings CCuds !ogs scd rain Ine -an
N ge<ersly EOt heavy sometimes 4 ms som7tcnes
bgSteIs, aD5, consequently, tnuEGers sometimes.
TIE Atmosphere is very pure, ard tae:e are
no vaDois 20 bum up; tie fOks tb0ye, therefore,
have Io:bipg TO quarrel sbou. There IL no Usish
malaria either. Oice 10 while, the wild pops T0nnd
20 the Iorth il Winter; then have SLOW cold end
sleet the ground freezes, the waters freeze, the
boys tbste, put on our cloass aud the fire teeIs
good. Our climate wares With the altitude. 10 tie
valleys the flowers are blooming tae hlf, Il )ol
ard the breeze is freeh-aDd high above t1e
tniDs have on their Winters Iight-csp. VITA. a siH'
gusr country Here it is warm there !: s cool d
Ger, al tEov. When Il is vet here,
"l il we, usn, wet,
Wet as wa:.T'
The dry season is peasart IRE north wini tlcws
mostly now, and as the eOuth wind briggs vet, tie
north wiId brings dry. Occasionally, we have ran
during the dry season, June July OccssioGtl y
We have dry weather in December and January, but
more frequently in February. There is, however, no
certainty in our when il is the vet
ven may expect rain, sid you will be sp. to getit 90
The of the dry season. When we have no north
wind in Winter, grass grows flowers are oi.en
seen ID February and straw berries IN Marco; but I
Iorth vivid prevails, bad Winter ana & backward
Spring follow. TIE south wind is salvation in
Winter snd the usIth wind IN SGmmsr keeps the CIR
cool and pure. So much for climate. Now 'or ;Ae
SOIL OF OREGON.
This il more difficult task; for there il every ku6
eoIt and description here We will divide sne soils
into three knds-tbe hill or redyellOw soil, the prai
RE dark brown soil, the black OF bottom col. And
first Of the bill coil.
There is no fact more firmly established than that
soil is decOnposed rocks commDgled with vegetable
and animal matter and that the richness Of the SOL
depends in great measure on the kinds OF rocks
IT.
hca, aumina, m8gnesa and iron. Silica and iron sre
very abundaDt-toO much We have to counter.
act their influence by manures especially fCr some
kinds Of frultuees. Lime, unfortunately for us, is
very Hydrste Of iron aDOunds IN cur hi
lard, particularly in tie valleys. Scious, slGmisous
and slluvial mails found al through our hills.
Bog nsnganese pervades our low land, and allu
wal mari beneath IL ID large quantities.. There are
some acee Of inusoia in those rich 10 fa;s where,
po doubt, water CLce stood or lakes were. Hydrate
Of iron is in respect-it TO our p!ows,
60 that powDs is toilsome. II there was mo1e con-
elOuerkIe sandstone It would counteract this lnu-
tnoe ard make the soil better. There are many bowl
ders, erta:ic blOcke 10 doubt brought here during
the glscc-, aqueous period and are genersIy gray
v6Cke and eranne very seldom cOngomer8ie. There
are uot enough Of them have had much influence IN
forming the fCil. TIE hill soil hight, lOOs3 veiy
u GLOW and quite rch aud is from enc to three feet
deep. Il is Liable - dry cut, unless deeply pl)wed,
ana ofen too. 1t 10 only second ate l.ho, except
for fruit trees, as they do not WinterkM nor are
injured by FROST The hills exhibit volcanic action.
Old pieces OF lava, scoIla and cinders cover our
hs, or lets. Even TIE very ea1th LOOKS Es Il II
had been burned, and certaiIly hss been. That TIE
elements had "terrble war here, s clear The stoos
or rocks If our nils basaltc, rock mai d bowl
deIs; ana III places gray sandst me on tle sides
of steep, big hills and are in the tertiary s,Iats
IoUg time ago when those big sn) peaks, Cd HOOD,
Jefferson, Helen's Nanai or Nar,er AID tae pretty
Three ssters, who seem TO eau sgsinst one another
like three pretty guls-they sre lovely. grand, ma
jestic-but | haze Big golGs-l cay long tine az,
when these mcuutans Numbered forth VI imes u TIRE
and fame end lave dsrksning the heavens aud eask-
ing earth, this must have been rlous country frr
a Dl.ad man, for, If he Couldn't see he could feel!
The plGiie, or dark brown soil: Hne prares 81 this
county are very good lard; cot no Never The ~.
This sUil deficient IN none Of TIE eiemcl ate, either
organic or inorganic. Lime is not very plenUiilly
dlsI bu;sd but far ia the Hill laud, snS,
no dCuot, 10 the greater quantity Of lni.scr.a for
have doubt that cur prair.es were once akes; It
even eur Iich pralrles are improved by msnuEes.
Scientific and practical Knowledge bier ded - AL We
want become thorough agEicul.urlstS hJ!t1-
euuTists.
Now for the black or bottom soils. These gre found
AT the foot of bg hills, lite Branches al
creeke anc are " black tar, rich cream This
is the pes, land in this country or indeed ia any
try IL possesses enough OF inorganic and 81
game matter than any other soil whatever. Fruit
tress grains, roots, &c, grow extraordinarily well On
it; AID there Is not enough OF tbs cursed nydraie
Of iron to make the pos stick std gun up. O-e feels
comfO able TO plow . have sixty OF lsui #
the black boit' soil; II 1t oars gro6 siDe feet n,
wheat e.gbt-but don't want 70 tel any big yarns
This black land IS ca care0HS green sand aud dn1rs
mar. and il properly alavi=l s)l. There other
soils, as white Clay soil, gravel sol, Grd-enousl.
Now for
FRUITS OF OREGON.
Here are. We can beat tie world gto1r-
fruit WITH : and y AID q TO- spples ana ; aAt
bid 10. pears, We can me ill.," Yes, Sir, Oregon
for fui, forever! Oregon is youog orchard; aad
hut. gro ~ltg Eil be our iG.ure business.
IhVse kinds of apples requiring much lime pnos-
phates, &c, CO not do 60 well those requiring les
Ire Green Newtown IS almost a failure; tAe Yellow
NewtoFB, Esopus SpitzeIberg Rhcde Island Greer.
ing, feok peasant, ana some Others, Do only mode
rstey well cur eiursl sos bu when ,b, ,roner ell
eueH;s ee applied they grow vigorously and pgoiuse
fine apples. These trees require mich me- ~ I,,e.
pore .dus', asoes ana manure, as well as very rich
dry lsnd, ard gcod cultivation. Toe best apo-s far
market, TO sell, 70 eat, 10 keep, are the Y,loq Nm,
town White Winter PesIm.io and the Nine S-n
The Esopus SpitzeDberg, Baldwin, M,nnoa.,. Vs,.
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