Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-08

.iae. 70 the farmers door; of the district school
houses. where yonng Ambition climbs his line
ladder. and boyish Genius plumss his bali hedged
wings -, d.
a.. xssL. and weighing go pounds il tied 10 q
sake Checking him With = cart Whip when too
NJ. vful. the owner frelies fearlessly with young
Brsin when Lol, Monser resided IN Californis
che also kep, grizzly AZ household pet At
Jacksonville. Jackson eoanty, We learn that a
fortunate miner has taken out s20S within the
last twenty four hours The placer diggings Of
this county yield $50 900 monthly. Az Rock
Point We cross Rogue river upon an excellent
wooden toll brldge A rival bridge owner, three
mile below. made his structure free. and for a
time took all the travel Bot this original jacob
bought all the land on Evans creek, six mile 70
the eastward and running parallel with the river.
al its only fordabe point; fenced up the ford and
then bridged the creek, charging toll there for
both streams Discom6ted BY this shrevd ma :
rpaver. the rival retired from the contest.
Local histories and traditions abound. We ride
all day pom old military road construeted oy
Fighting Joe Hooker. !" when captain IN the
army. Cross-Jump of. J oe Greek, where, durin
the Indian war Of 1854, Joe Lane vas pursued
in ride for life, BY savage. when bis men
shouting. Jump off, Joe. he oeeysd and was
saved Pass six BIT Rancho" whose owner
mounted the scaffold where an Indian was about
to be hanged. and dunned the victim for SIX bits
rs cents1 Leland Post Office, Josephine county
and Grave Creek ell commemorate Josephine
Leland. whose body the Indians disnterred and
mutilatsd. Seven of the ssyages who did 1t were
sfterward killed and buried near the outraged
grave.
AT midnight pass the farm of ex-senator 10.
Lane, whose disloy atty has made him the deades.
of politicians In Douglas county, sslf-invited
guests. we breakfastsd With Jesse Applegate, an
old and entertaining pioneer, who came here In
IS43, and was most influential In shaping the
political character Of Oregon He asserts that
the Tribune, which before the Overland Tele.
graph. circulated here more widely than any
other journal home or distant, saved the State TO
freedom and to loyalty Upon his farm, and the
adjacent ones Of his children. embracing 5000
acres. Mr.. Apologize subssts 100 cattle and
! 900 sheep he has sold s. 900 worth oil
besves In a single year. His rick contains l2O
tons OF hay. already kept three years for bis
sheep, through winters so mild as not to re
quire it.
From the summit Of the Calapoota Mountains
we look down upon Eugene City and the grea'
Willamette Vallcy-its wide e1panse Of meadow
and grain field dotted with grove. OF dropping
oaks, its pleas ant homes empowered and shaded
its shining rivers darkly fringed with slender
pines. This valley, 6fiy miles by one hundred
Is the garden Of Oregon, containing one-half oil
It's entire population, which numbers about
100000 souls, Ii impresses me as the hnes
farming region I ever saw. excepting, possibly
the country of the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian
Territory, south Of Kansas We reach Salem
the pleasant Capital OF the State. pass down the
Willamette in a little steamer; at Oregon City
debark to ride a mile in mule car upon
wooden railway past the ragged. picturesque
falls which, with their eternal cloud Of mist
wind across the broad river; take another
steamer and So reach the young metropolis
From Sacramento to Portland, 642 miles, S5t
exclusive OF meals; six days and three nights.
A. ID. r..