, 1867-01-04

the relative merits of the Natehees and Sno.
qaA,mie Passes, and returned report 10 favor
Of the former ..-.l |-- -.'
BIS ''startling" announcement that .'ths pop.
uiAuon OF this side Of the mountains cannot in
crease until road Is made across the Cascade
Aountaans' by which immigrants can come in,
ID quite as hattering to the ability Of our E4.
tern>siders as it is the reverse to tb. benediets
OF clam and oysterdom, and is somewhat in
eopnict With the theorits formerly advanced by
psychologists. But notwithstanding the fact Of
the Hdlculousness of the proposition to open
the pass with S2000 there is a feeling OF rivalry
existing between the people of the di ifferent sec.
tions along the TSOund that has scared the
Governor followers, even 10 the Legislature
The down>Sounders want the SnoqualInie Pass
opened, and the people Of "Iother snd" favor the
Matches and the skirmishing that is going on
between the two parties would be intere sting to
an outsider, but for the fact that they seem
about TO compromise now upon the ground that
the Legislature shalt vote to appropriate from
the desr peoples pockets money enough 10
open aId improve all the roads aud rivers this
side of the Mountains. A person who has never
been in this God>forsaken country cannot well
appreciate the enormity of such al underta,
king blt will assert, that were our popula,
ton ten lines what it is and the ideas of these
men carried out to the full extent, the people of
the Territory would be taxed for the uext thou,
sand years at the rate of ten mills per aunum
for all their property before the werk would be
completed II is proposed "for a starter" now.
to vote oily tea or fifteen thousand dollars for
these purposes, thereby placing the Territory
that much in debt, aud increasing the taxes
about six mills. The members from Clarke,
Walla Walla, Skamania and Stevens couuties
will oppose the measure, with what success re-
mains to to seen.
In tha n If
are made to vote for the counties east of tue
Mountains appropriations in proportion TO the
amount o. taxes they pay into the Territorial
Treasury the idea is hoOted at once and after
listening II these men talk one cannot resist the
idea that lhe people here look upon those on
our side Of the Mountains just as a hunter
would upon dog-valuable only to them so
long AS we serve their purposes, without other
remuneration than such as they choose to give.
demand FOR anything else would be met in
the same spirit with which they would greet q
whining cur that crossed their paths-"Git out,
you son-ofa.gun !'
Ii there b. one person in our county who can
visit this place during the session of the Legs-
lature and witness tue se6shness of the people
here ID regard to their own section, aud thea re-
turn aad be unwilling to "slough off" from
them, even though it be to g into Oregon, he
Is eattled to nuch more credit tor the "y,rtue of
lOroedTduce tuah any Que OF "our tOlkS now
here cln claim. But doa't put ms down yet as
among the Oregon anuexttl0nists When it is
positively determined that we ctnnot have II
new Territory framed cat OF Eastern Oregon
aad Nashis 60, sui titrV NV. -II--.-r
theal viii be wIllIag 10 chIose the least-nucR
The tIst-of the eSls, And 90 to Oregon but
unti then, can "see it plain that we have
mud more to gaia by the formation Of new
TtriJOry.
H,n. b. L. Sharpitein left for home on Mon
day. HIS departure Is much regretted by our
detegatIOn here, AS be WAS one Of the most ac
tive of tue menoers aud his assistance inValu>
able
Il'ormation has reached here from Washing
ton that Hon. Geo. Z. Cole will soon receive II
as Governor OF this Territory The
nam, Of Hol. s D. Sni,h, of Wdla Walls, Is
also mentioned ia connection with the IndiA
Slpsrntendancy. The officials here are tremb
ling. Few will mourn their dep srture when the
oIIcal Ak falls. Secretary Evans and Collector
Moore are among the excepted, and the former
gentleman is among the few who have never
"chnged base" apon the nigger question, and
followed the radicals in their "lGbyrInthIan
EanIpulations."
When look at my seven pages OF manuscript, |
an reminded of how much more valuable
shori COMMUNICATIONS are than long ones, and,
promising more anon, | will say,
Yours, &c, MAJOR.