The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-22
From Oregon TO tho States.

A friend has handed us u copy oil the
Portland, (OrgcG Commercial, Of january
Goth, containing q letter written by Joseph
Castor, Esq, All Orcgonian now in WASH
ington, formerly We believe q citizen Of
Belmont county. Some extracts from it
descriptive Of Oregon md the country be-
tween here and there, will be found rcAda-
bic:
There arc 50 many matters Of interest
10 attract the attention and afford subjects
for interesting correspondence on trip
from tho Pacific TO tho Atlantic, that any
general notice must, Of necessity, hc de-
SultOry and unsatisfactory. But I know
of nothing that will so well illustrate the
greatness Of ourcOuntry, or tho vastnGSs
Of its empire, than such u trip. Within
it is included every variety of soil and
climate, and every stage and condition Of
physical and agricultural development and
prosperity. Leaving the roses and straw
berries III full feather ut Portland on De-
Ccnlber list, (Which, however, is exception
MI VIC found olcandGrs, gGrIniums, &C.,
lleiying the climate at San Francisco
while from Dutch Flat to Omaha lrc'I.
ry waste OF SHOW aud struggling Stunted
trees struggled with the clements, in II
landscape anything but inviting. And
from tho NicOlsOn pavcmCnts Of Portland,
and Our handsome blocks Of brick and
iron, TO the mud and filth Of Omaha, the
SCOT and smoke Of Pittsburgh, the rush
and hustle Of New York, the beautiful
villas Of Philadelphia, and the National
architecture Of Washington, stretching
over line Of near four thousand miles,
We find not only everything tlat can be
devised by energy and necessity to sub.
due the llcO Of d continent, but also all
TINT can be suggested by uIste and refine
mGnt for comfort, elegance or amusement.
The great agent for the accomplishment
Of these grand results Of labor and knOwl-
edge, and for tho carrying on Of such vast
and. complicated industries, is InInllestly
the modern railway.
found the overland railroad not only u
good, but tic best rOad. taking all things
together, on tho "trip. There Is such beau
tilUl and grand scenery along the route
from Sacramento to Cheyenne, but the
spring time, and more leisure, Is nCCcssa-
ny 10 get MI ttlea Of md appreciate it,
than Is afforded by the railroad company
at this season. COP
/ Settlements arc stretching ont along the
road from the Missouri river, with vary
ing SUCCESS, according 10 tho chances Of.
fcrcd; willie tho mining Of coal has alrcN-
dy commenced in tho Black Hills, with
good prospects for the future. The Platte
Valley is rapidly filling up, and 1t seems
n little surprising that many Of our old
Oregon farmers should have passed over
this same valley twenty years ngO under
tho impression II was worthless. The
then supposed barren, Is COrntiCld now.
Omaha Is busy, growing town, the
best advertised place In America, (thapks
TO George Francis TminO butt very mud.
dy place, destitute Of decent sidewalk
or Il paSsable street, (Which George FrAn-
els will please take notice of having one
street railroad, ten thousand people, with
land selling nj ono thousand dollars per
NcrG three miles from town, and corner
lots In proportion.
r. The States Of Missouri, Iowa and ILL.
n0ls, are fIst becoming the busy centres Of
vast wcalth-thcy have good founda.
ton in the rich soil.
The first feature Of the country this side
Of the Missouri, likely to attract tho atten-
ton OF m old Orcgoni0n, Is tho dead ap'
pcarance Of everything something like u
general Sunday on the Taco Of nature.
This exists only In Imagination, and not
In fact for the whole country Is full Of life
and prosperity. Tho absence Of our green
fir forests, and tie want Of plank walks