Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-02-15

road. connecting Shoalwaier Bay with
Baker, Bay and Gray's Uarbor, we
have ever seen on the Pacific coast.
There j, regular weekly mail run
ming between Astoria and that place,
Ivy way o. >hoalwa'er Bay and the
Chehalis. There is no plea>anter eli
mate to b. found in this Territory.
The winter months are stormy and
rather unpleasant on the coast, but
eight months of the year are most de-
iiyl.trul. Those who want 10 enjoy all
the advantages AMI iGXurics of the sea
coast. without any of it. disadvantage-,
have only TO settle in OLYMPIA or it,
vicinity.
Asa genera! ding our winters are
rainy. will hut little SNOW or freezing
weather. and where the grass is not
..ri:c,l too close III the summer. stock
viii live without feeling - all, hu: !;
Is a risky business not To- provide thirty
or sixty day, feed for stock every fall.
vi who have neglected ~ do this lat
fall vii! loose their stock this winter.
it being the longest and most severe
that la, occurred in the country for
the last thirty wears. tn ground hav-
Ing been covered with snow from one
to three feet deep since December I'd
till now. and on two mornings in Jan
uary The thermometer WAS down To two
degrees below zero. Finer slcighng
was never had in any country than we
have had for the last eight weeks, and
the weather has generally been just
cold enough to keep the snow from
melting until the last few days. 1t is
now rapidly disappearing, and we cx-
pcct to have Il February and March as
warm and pleasant as an Iowa May
and June. Generally, our worst months
for musketoes are February and March,
but they arc by no means troublesome
then.
We anticipate a terrible destruction
of stock, especially cast of the mount
aims, where we understand the winter
has beel very severe; and we fear We
shall! hear Of great suffering among the
miners, who rushed in late in the fall
without proper provision for the winter.
The last questions our friend, Mr.. G.
Bcal, asks: docs farming pay we'll p
"And would you make it your home
from choice, after knowing what YOU
do about it, arc answered by the
prices current we have given, and the
fact that we have no desire to live any
where in the world but Olympia.
Various other questions in relation
to our productions, number of counties,
&C., &C., are answered by the report of
our Territorial Auditor, which we en-
close with our paper to Mr.. Bcal. We
hope he will be satisfied with our an
swcrs to his heterogeneous, and that
we shall next fall or sooner have
the pleasure of taking him and his
friends by the hand and welcoming
them and their families to our Terri
tory.
Next summer will be most propi-
tious season for emigrHnts to come into
the country. Labor of all kinds will
be high, while living will be compara-
lively cheap, resulting from the rush to
our new gold fields and the large sur
plus of bread stulis in California; and
we advise all that have enough to raise
an outfit to get here with to come.
~ We publish elsewhere communication
from our late Asst. Adjutant General relative
to an editorial in a recent number Of the Port
land .ideertiser, ridiculng Mr.. Johnson's
proclamation. Probably some Of our readers
may consider the Generals language ra'h-
er violent. and slightly personal; but let such
consider that Curry is not only abusive to-
wards General johnson, but that that respect
ed female the " first born and flares. offspring
of freedom" has been the recipient Of share
of his malignant ISLANDERS. Gen. johnson Is
nc; disposed to Curry tavorby allowing these
ISLANDERS IN % unrcbukcd; but while We adj
niir- his irankn-ss, We must suggcs; that the
idrcrf'ser man only merits his disnifcd con-
tempt.