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THE COLUMBIAN. E 1
ULYMPLL H'ma'r SOI'NI), o. 'l'. E
‘ hnlurdny. Dec-u-luber 95. 195‘). E
Jumping Claims—Required mod {I
lfication of the Oregon Land H
Low—Abuses, ‘9O. 3|
()ne of the nro~t disreputable practices:
that We can pns-iivly t-onCeive of, ari~ing un- ii
der color of ltgnhly, is that of cluim jump- l'
ing gent‘t‘ally, but more hp -ciall_v as occur-I
ring among-:1 young unmarried men—men
eharrice, laborers, kc., and which is of such .
frequent occurrence in Oregon—rewiring ‘
lrut rt‘Cflttly in the southern portion of the ‘
territory, in one instance at least, most fa- ‘
tally to all partirs intv'h'slt't]. ‘
The immigrant coming amongst us with r
his family and sleek—himself Wearicd, and 1
his team worn out from the effects offntigrtc, l
exposure and labor, incurred in their [‘l'tl
lilclt'd journey from the states, is glad to‘
tiud a resting place and St'ek repose at thel
first convenient and eligible location at l
which he nray arrive; and should he tind‘
a deserted claim, rlr-sirnhly situated, no blame
could justiy be attached to “jumping " um‘
der the circurrrstsrrccr. the agricultural andr
stock-growing wants and improvement of
our tt't ritory being infinitely superior to that
of priority of claim, or any other considera
tion thnt could possibly be urged.
We are no apoligirt for those who retain
a nominal possession of claims—without cul
tivation and improvement, and merely for
the sake of future gain. The evils of spec
ulation in the public lands ot the western
status has for years proved most disastrous
to their growth, and acted as an incubus up
on their rising greatness, and we would be
t'sr from the advocacy of am policy. calcu
lated to produce similar results in Oregon.
The'entire freedom of the public lands to
ac ual settlers, or at least government exac
ttokrcstrlctcd to bsrcly enough to meet the
necessary expenses for thd support of land
t ofioes, surveys, kc, under wholesome reg
ulations, is all the consideration to which,
as we conceive, government should justly
lay claim. without seeking to make the rev;
cuue arising from the sales thereof, the means
of dct'raying the expenses of any other dc
partrnent of government. Laws cannot he
framed to apply with too much force against
speculators, nor too lenient in their chance
tor with regard to actual settlers.
But while we most heartily depricats the
use of the public lands as a means of spec
ulation, the practice of “jumping." claims
amongst young men, without families, is no
less deserving of condemnation. and not. on-:
frequently committed under such aggrava
ting circumstances, as to justify, if possible,
the notion of n “ vigilance committee," for
their summary and unecremonious ejectment
—causing each dishonorable “ jumping ”
intruder .to sign a husky “ quit claim” to
his unjust ownership. Why should such
practices pre'ail AT ALL amongst the young
men of northern Oregon! The country is
large, and all the unoccupied lands will not
be taken'possession of for the next five years,
and why should the claim and improvement
of a mechanic or a laborer, who may have
abandoned it for s time for the purpose of
following his pursuit—using his utmost eu
deavon to provide the necessary means for
making it. his future pernrsntnt location,
be " jumped” by another, when perhaps he
is surrounded by claims equally valuable!
[to is justified by a technicality in the landl
law, to be sure, yet what honorable citirn
would desire to be the neighbor of such a
person, unless nutplo satisfaction should be
rendered to the injured party?
As with the close of the coming year
will expire the present donation set, and as
but comparatively a small proportion ol the
lands of northern Oregon have yet Leen oc
cupied, it must be a matter of great. proli
ortudo with those who design to emigrate
to this territory at some future time from
the states, noless than it is to our own citi
sens, that tho time allotted for settlement
under the provisions of the donationnot be
extetsndod, and the land law so modified as
to allow a patent toissoe or ones: to theptsr
chaser upon the payment of a required sum
into the treasury of a United States’ land of
fice. The land law as n rs, has no doubt
proved. in many respects, most beneficial
and salutary to the well-being of Oregon.
but we believe it is generally conceded um,
the time has now come when a median.“
of the' character referred to, is required at
the hands of congress. Such “mum
would enable the farmer and stock W i
to choose his election between occupancy
and the payment in money of a givensrsm.
This would do away with all claim "jump.
ing"—-it would sfl'ord the mechanic, labor.
or, 5a., an opportunity to secure a future
home, and in the meantime permit them to
pursue their visitatit'e svoestisns, in scour
:$-_.___._.__Wfim ~
ing the mean- for the purchase of stock,
and run-Ling such improvemL-nu,u necessiq
ty and convwicnce may rrquirc, and at the
inure limo prove in no wise delrirncntul lo
‘lhc saith-merit of the territory. Fur Ihc‘
first few years of the immigration to this
icountry, it consisled almofl exclmiwly ofl
ifamilies-Jarmers from the slum. and to
them the land law was peculiarly advanta-g
geous, without any of its present oijfl‘lia’i
Ibis featun-t being particularly apparent-1
iNow, immigration) compriml proportion-1
late admixture of entorpri>ing young menil
ieducatcd in urioul purruits, but in meat in» ‘
‘ntauces \iilhout the mum to embark at
ionce, advahilgcouaiy, a: agriculturalials; Ind
it is to be hopcdthnl hereafter congress will
‘take some measure: in placing this chm of
lour citizrns on wmelhing like an cquniity
with the comparatively wuithy farmer:
[with whom they Iccomplny. A further
turodification in the land Luv is required,
[which will discriminate more favorably in
behalf of widow and children than is :1
present afl'urded, and, in short, improve-
menu therein are 33 essentially neceuary u
are improvements in our new Ind highly It
(rut-live territory.
One at the “ nnms" of the land law—
palplblt,and highly diecrcditable to persons
,who avail themlelvos of the discrepancy of
‘itn provi=ions, is the practice, of too fre
qucnl occurrence, of person: “king valua—
ble limbercd claims along the Sound, Ind
after lecuring, converting into piles, lquaro
timber, &c., all the mast desirable portion
for foreign use, ABANDON them, for lOmc new ‘
localities for the same object—without im-‘
provement, and greatly detracting from their
value when finally occupied by permanent
nettlers. In this way, the whole country
along the Sound might be culled over, with
out being in any way ndvnntngeou- to the
country, but on the contrary prove high—
ly detrimental to it: future interests. Thin
is a uncle: of speculation, too, connected
with the public llndl, Iglinll which, con
gran should alert 1 prompt interferencer
end by mitnble modification in tho lend
law, the better ldlpl it to the onwud pro
greu of our country.
The Mull !—tho mum
A few weeks ago, all the pnpcra on the
Willamette contained bitter complaints with
regard to the non-arrival, when due, of the
until from the states, per steamer “ Colum
bis "—thc provoking irregularity. and min
ton disregard of the public nccommodntion
which the company contracting to supply
Oregon with the mail nunil'cats in the dis
charge of its duty. and the rccltloas and at.‘
most ruthless manner in which the service is
performed throughout the territory. ‘
Believing tho prcas of southern Oregon
to have been perfectly justified in their
strictures on the subject alluded to, and be
fore the matter betomer cold—with a de
sire to keep the abuses practiced by cott
trnctors, and others, connected with mnil
arrangements in Oregon, before the people,
with the hope that those hn'ving authority in
the premises may be induced to take due
notice thereof, and interpose s reformation,
we would beg leave to introduce the griev
once! of northern Oregon by stating that
the loot mail from the Willamette, brought
to this post-otfico the “Stuntman " of De- ‘
cemlwr 4th, (which should have arrived the
week previoua,) and two letters 3- all told ! 1
And why isthist We understand that the l
lnmil carrier on the Cowlita river is ill the ‘
lhabit of receiving and taking the_ntnii from 1
Rsnier on Monday afternoon, instead of 1
Tuesday morning, as required by the con-i
tract. The stesmor “ Whitoomh,” which‘
carries the msil from Portland to Ranier,‘
does not arrive st the lost named place. un
til lnte on Mondsy evening, and consequent
ly all the mnil mutter for northern Oregont
to DETAINED a't' Rsrurn ran. ONE WEEK]
nnt rain! This daily is both illegalsnd in
tolerable, snd we appeal in beltslt of our cit
izens to the Postal Agent of Oregon for I ‘
remedy ; and if notdirectly in his power to!
“ford it, that he will use hia influence with 3
the deputrnent for thst object.
The Pacific Mnil Stenm Ship Company’s}
steamer “ Columbia,” her chested us out of
our mail matter for n trout-n It a stretch.
several times, by neglecting to leave our
mailot Ranier. A gentleman who was I
pessenger on board that Van :1, on a recent
trip down the Columbia river, informs us, I
that on arriving It Ranier the sliip'a boat
was lowered end dispatched ashore for some
I pascngers. Soon sfter the boat shchd at! ;
rout the ship‘s side. one of the crew in
formed the osptsin thst the mail had not
been sent; to which the captain replied—'
“ NEVER MIND—IT is TOO LATE".
—and of course our sil matter took a
pleasure excursion to SE!) Francisco. Asl
to tho “tnwuunrrr ” in the mil wr
vice from San: Francisco to Oregon, that.
should not be a matterot' surprise, as the 3
company receive from Uncle Sam, oer t
$550,000 V! annum, for carrying the uni] .
)fmfl New orlr to Attorin, sud conunqneut- i
Lv cannot srronn to he wont punctual. l
A Steamer on the Cowlitz River.‘
: The Citizt'n‘ of Lewis County appear to‘;
have become thoroughly nt’uust'ti to the im-'
penance of having an improved and lpcedy‘
‘mcans of communication Lvtwecu the Coa
lumbia river and the intt-rior of Northern,
|Oregon, not only by owning out a wagoni
road up the nut side of the CuWlitz viver,l
'Lul through the organimtiuu of a company;
:for the Conrtrut-tiun ul' «1‘ suitable steamer‘
lto ply hetwmvn Fox’s landing, on the CO-;
'lumLin, to that of th » t‘owlitz—a distance,
lof nbout thirty-four mileL In the Eat men-E
itiuned project, Wk‘ lnm- the satisfaction of
‘being informed, and Ltkt- pleasure loin-1
nounce, that Mr. J. R. ht 5505-, ”511., Our
iot‘ northern Orrgon's mm! om rgelic, omen:
II pri.~ing and minimum! citizens has takeu‘
.fln interest, and that I pt-liliuu will be pm‘
dented to the lt-gislature at its present m
icion, uniting for a charter, and organintion
lof the “Cowlitz Steamboat Company,” to|
Ibo endowed with certain privileges, and I'-
serving to that body the power of fixing the
Iratu of freight, am, subject to allemtion
and amendment, from year to year, :1 the
dilcrclion 6f Ihe lefiislnture. We have nu-
Ihority for maxing 1 ml .1 steamboat pmpcrly
adapted, can be made to run between the|
point: designated at least six month: in eve
ry year, and the favomblu auspice. under
which the formation ofacompany has been
COquM‘lJCtd, and the thorough going char-
Icter of the men who will comprile it, gives
every assurance, it'thc project is atoll pne
tienhle, that no undue quantity of “gnu"
will be expended, or unnecessary lime con
sumed in its completion.
The people of northern Oregon. Ind the
territory generally. at all unqnainted with
the almost utter impossibility of communi
cation, It this semen of the year, between
the two division. of the territory, must. re
joice ll the prospect of having I thorough
fare opened up, by rte-m on Well In by a
mod, from the Columbia river; and we have
every assurance that the people of Lewis,
with tho “ aid and comfort" of the citizeus‘
of neighboring countiu, will push the mad‘
through without dolly. ‘
We have heard it intimated from I high-l
1y respectable quarter, lhlt the lrgillalive‘
assembly, at it: prelont lurion, will be pe-‘
tioncd, in the moat urgent manner, for aid
in the improvement of road: in southern or-,
egon genrnlly, but more erpeciully thosci
lending into lhc Rogue river Amt Shnsll min,
in; diutricll; and on our citinena would lie
centrily be levied upon in common with the
people of the whole territory for u propor
tionate rhnre of contributions for improve
ments in that direction, in which they have
no immediate interest, and which would
never be tmclcd by thom-—should the leg
irllture deem it necesslry to make appro
priations {or territorial roads, northern 01-
iegon nn ncumn an a main, thnt provi
ision be nude to lid it: cilizenl in the com»
tpletion of the load up the Cowlitz river, It
lu only I day In pouible.‘ The legislatun
:(aflnol fail to Icknowledgo the JUSTICE of
>lhe proposed demand, and we hope will not
ls° [at foigct its duty to tho people at large,
‘11: to overlook, or refuse to Iccede to thin
;moat import-ht Ind necessary public enter
;prisn. .
If the wont: ofour scuthcrn neighbors re
quire tho repair or construction of new
I roads lending into the mining regime It thel
‘expcnso of the unitary, we of the north
lcan urge nt lent no strong n clnim for the ex
! penditure within our limit: of A portion of
‘die public money an any part of Oregon.
;A road up the Cowlitx river in demanded
[for the conVcniencc of the military station
lberc—for facilitating the commercial and
increasing general intercourse between the
turn divisions or the country, and Ibovo ull,
for the comfortable ulmiseion of penuanent
Ilclllel’s amongst us. The completion of the'
proposed road, would prove a matter of .1
much importance to the people eouth of the
Columbia river an it Would to us. and equally
in much '0 u thoroughf-ren for which we are
jiuformetl they will petition, in the direction
‘Ol Rogue river and Shula. Will the leg
lielature tnko mi. moor nnder impartial .d
--iviaemertt!
..-—‘_—
S- We lam from “19 Sun ancilco
“ Time: and Tsucript," tint I light-house
ii. lo be erected ‘ronhwim in lhe vicinity oi
Ilut oi‘y—ihc 6m on this portion of the
Pacific coast. Alto, from the same source,
glint the Imounl of California‘s indebtedness
ii: but lime over l million and I quarter—l
In: and.
_._.___
fiOur hat Cnlifornin pater- Ipnk in‘
the mm! flnltcring manneroll 9 rich rcwlrd
Ifl‘orded by the minu to the laborer: Iherea
in, throughout the flute generally. The‘
ruins hue been extremely propitious thu
far this sewn. 1
’ fi-Miu Kn: Hus, Ihe celebrated
jcaululria, has recently arrived“ Sun Fraud
‘ciloo, Ind made-her debut in l concoct I“
Plbo Americln Theatre. , 1
Editon’ Table. I
U’T'l‘he “rcwurm” of “our table”
hch been completely from-u up,for the
ldbl week. We shall expect a perfect in
umlutiuu when a thaw (1:15 in, and are pre
pan-d to “stand from under."
lei-In consequence of the extreme in-!
clemency of the weather oflual wreck—tho
11mm! ilupuaznlllfl character of the road be
:lwn'n lhil place and Cowlitz landing, the
‘mail from southern Oregon was detained
[two day: beyond its usual lime of arrival at
' (his office.
HZ? A sraumn named David Clarina na
ti‘K' of Sweden, and attached to the crew
of the ship ‘- Thracian,” loading a short
dimncc below this place, had his leg hor
ribly broken in two places below lhe knee,
on Tuesday lau, by the falling of I upar,
which he was assisting to take aboard that
lvesncl.
r S” “'e no under obliption- to our 3qu
and highly ulcemed member of the legis
jula‘urc, “on. I. N.En:r, for the names of
‘luhacribcrs lo the “Columbinn” recently
I forwarded. Also, on the lame Icon, to Co].
is. P. Mosu, collector of custom: 0! this
‘ pon, during hi: recent visit. 0» the Wilhm
‘ me. We hope, ere long, to be able to en
' rol among". (ho hum. of our subscribers,
* mlny independent THINKING nnd Acnuo
' residents of muthern Oregon.
:0- The reccnl bad weather has cut In
unusual gloom over our little community, and
11l kinds of basins; in lnnuctcd with clou
ed doon, and around comfort-bio stores.
We regrcl to learn that the manufacture of
lumber nt our mills his been uriomly lln'
pedcd from the inability of penons engaged
lo secure an Idequate supply of logs. W ork~
ing cattle must be fed, these times, Ind time
must be con-unicd in procuring provinder.
We hope by next Week to be able to In
nounce an improvement in the weather.
[9' A friend of our: who wu present at
a privnto party. giving mlnifcetntionl in
“ rpirituel nppingl,” recently in San Fren
cieco, relates rt good story respecting rere
lltionl mldc lo ono of the gentlemen com
prieing it. Dr. -——:;, who, by the way.
has n buelneu connexion in this place, was
made a “ medium,” and commenced con
vomtion with the spirit a: follow: : “Whoac
epirit are you i” in nmwer to whiéh the lpil
it ceueed to in written—“ your guardian nn
gel." The inquiry mo than luhmmgd by
lhc Dr.—“ who in my guerdien engel ?" and
nceired I reply in anlwer—“rur: DEVIL E”
The party immediately resolved itself into a
“ horu~leugh," end the doctor couidered
hiu-ult‘ badly “sow."
(I? Do our farmers know the price:
which all kindl of produce command It this
place? And further—do they know that
nnle- our mullet is more liberally supplied
than heretofore, there il imminent denger
that our citizens will eventually have to re~l
sort again to ”clam-bank!” end nlmon,‘
to Imp the pence between soul and body;
lOnly think of .20 per cwt. for flour; 14
‘to 16 cents per lb. for beef; 20 for pork;
3] 00 for butter; 81 50 per bushel for po
tltocl,end 84 00 for onions! We ate were
tlut the [ends no It present very bad,
but hope Imi- I alight improvement in the
weather to are our farmers rolling in with
full loads ol the above mentioned Articles.
We Ilsa hope to hem- n determination on the
part of our fern-ten to double the extent of
their crepe the'coming you.
I H‘ We no euthorised Ind requested by
the collector of culloml, to stale, during his
recent absence. from Olympil, he he: been
informed, that certain gentlemen who Inv
elLd up and down tho Sound in the revenue
boots, were charged plunge money by tho
,oarrmen. The collector bu never lolerli
led lnything of Ihe kind, and if those who
were charged will make their cases known‘
to the collector, he will require the oamnen
‘to refund. Owing to the «unity and un
‘ ccmimy of "Importation on the Sound, the
public want: have been Ind are considered
by coileclor Moles. and the vacant lenls:
whcn any in lhe revenue boats. whilst going
or coming on government bunineu, have
been, and on us: To ALL.
[G’ The recent llrge Ihipmenu of ham
be: to the San Francisco mukal hu clued t
mwrinl decline from former mu. Oregon
pine, lqull’! in now quoled It 855 per M.;
oak phnk, $20.); pine, 870; thingies, .20
per M.
0:?" Aceorrfing toi- calculation in the}
” Nation-l lntelligencer," Illa cam: of
1950, in the United Stiles, will be 379,~
(”7,030. That will be lomelhing ol I leap
from our present populnlion 23,144,126,
but it will be remembered the our popuh.
lion in 1800, was only 5,805,952.
FBavsnu Sum-13. Esq, his been
appointed collector for the pot! of San Fun.
cisco, wire 'l‘. Bvsnn KIM, resignad.
About the Weather. ’
in the last number of the “ Colombian ”I
we stated that “the snow fell on Sunday
night and Monday last, (l2th and 13th 1
insta.,) to the depth of near six inchea,” &c. 1
Although we maintain to have told the truth ‘
lax far as stated in reference thereto, we do i
not pretend to the told the wuou: irulh--‘
‘neither had the snow ceased falling at the,
time the paragraph referred to was put in,
type. As we trust the storm is now-over,‘
iand “ a better time is coming"—and as wel
[do not wish to conceal any facts either in,
praise of lending to disparage northern Obi
egon, or knowingly mislead persons at s'
distance in matters about which they have a
'right to expect correct information, we will
Iproceed to tell the balance of the story b
lremarking that from the 12111 inst. up 0
ithe present, we have had some very extra
' ordinary weather—admirably calculated, for
the time being, to he peculiarly discourag
ing to newly arrived immigrants, and give
them an unfavorable impression of thin pun
. of the country; and as eve are informed
the Willamette valley has been placed in
the “ mine awful fix,” and as “misery
lore: company.” We can congratulate each
other that it ll no worse, and that there is
a prospect ahead of looking over the present
storm, to the mild spring and beautiful aum
ruer of the courting year. Cheer up then,
all ye of drooping apirita—rememher that
“ the darkest hour precedeth day.”
t The average depth of snow in this vicin
‘ ity can he put down at. seventeen inchea—on
* some prairies more. and on others much
leu; and we are told by some gentlemen
' just arrived from the Cowlilz, that in some
' places in that neighborhood, the snow mean-i
i urcd TWENTY-SIX inchea in depth. The}
' long continuance of the storm give. almost
‘ pOsiiive evidence that no portion of Oregon
- has escaped, and the ttock in many pane.
' particularly such as have crossed the plains
this season will hive been subjected to greet
sum-ring, if no worse, end such of the im
mignlion u may have been living in tentn
will hIVc ehnrcd keenly the distress of their
faithful unimehr. Should the snow contiue
to rennin on the ground for any comidera
ble length of time, we cannot but expect to
hear of a great loan of etock, and have on
unumal scarcity ot’ poor beef in our meat
market.
In conclusion we hove authority for any
ing that the weather for the hut the week
hubeen more severe then ever known for
the lat three years in northern Oregon—l
the mercury in Fahrenheit’s thermometcr‘
baring frequently been as low to 20 de«
grcee,|nd on Thursday and Fridny morning:
it stood at 14 dog. above zero.
P. S. Since the above wu in type, the
snow has fallen to the depth of about run:
rear—the weuher continuing cold, choudy
cndthrentening. The lind he: been from
the north ever since the etorm commenced.
*—
Tu: harsLATI'RI.—-rrom priute 'nd
vice: received from the rent of government
dated December Bth-the day It'ter the
meeting of the emmhly—we learn thnt the
legislature had done nothing but to vote
down the opening of the' Immbly by pray
er—qdopt n remintion, requiring the clerk
of each house to order copier of each new
pepcr printed in the territory, for the nee
of each member, llld receive end refer to
appropriate committees, levernl petitions,
to. The Inpreme court me in aeolian ct
Sclem, with the pro-peel of n continuance
for come time. The legislature did not
meet on the filth—thanksgiving day.
Busineu in Snlorn in said to be repidly
increneing, and the! benutithl town site in
{crowded with stronger: Ind immigrnnu.—
‘Thcre Ire a few clninu left in norther or
iegon, which it might. be well for not” of
‘the letter to come over and Loon n- u
1-0011 or convenient. i
fi-We loam from lho “ swam-n”
that the government bark “Anita " Cup
‘ Inin Belchur, went uhorse neu' l‘on Or
fin‘d, on Ihe 29th of October lat, and was
completely wrecked, but no lives lost. I
if?‘ The severe alarm of wind and now
on Wendeaday night, cnuhed in the roof.
and blew over lhe fume 01' lbs large bowl-‘
‘ing Illey of J. Plums, of thin plea.—
j Forlunaiely, no person wa- in tho nlley a!
flu Lime, Ind the Injury extended no further.
___.__
[l3" We ham um the Australia gold
mines continue lo Moreno in richness Ind
qunulily, end that further discoveries were
making in I“ directions. Provivionl of I”
kind: were scarce Ind high, and it we:
Ihought llm Inge import-Liam would be
required to meet the demmd ol the [tenant
emigruion. l
‘ (G. The “ N Iliunnl lmolligoncor ” In
} nounceslhlt Commodore Cndwnlhdor Ring
lgold, U. S. Navy, hu been Ippointrd to the
; command of the expodilion “ to explore Ind
Isurvey 1h Chin. nnd Juan San, Behring
Straits, Ind the route Io Ind from Califor
nia Ind China,” and which is in lowa] pro
gress of orguninlion and equipmenl.
l The Dewamtlh Country.
DEWAMISII Kmart, Dec. 10, 1852.
I Messrs. Editors—Will you permit Inc,
through the columm of the “ Columbiln,"
to ray 8 word to those who are deliroul to
rattle thelnsclVEl and obtain good location.
in Northern Oregon 3 There are hundred;
of the immigration of the precent moon
‘ who are desirous to settle within our limits,
and make {or them-elves and families com.
‘fortable homer, but being strangers. know
‘tllOl where to stop, neither have they the
means to prospect the cnuutry.
| To such I would lay, it' you can he suited
in Northern Oregon, you need not look fur
},ther than the Dew-mish river. The land
gon this river in of the belt quality and very
,pmductive, Is you, Measu. Editors, can
testify, having been presented with some
rpceimunl of it. productions. The llud on
tie river in mostly bottom land, covered
Ilh white maple, vine maple, cotton wood,
‘ alder, crab apple, &c., and is easily cleared,
and whett once prepared for tllliug in worth
‘ twice as much as the prairie lnnd. Them
in plenty of fir Ind cedlr timber back from
. the river from one half of l mile to a mile,
'| with pointe occurionally putting down to
the rim t‘. The river is tiaVigahle u fl! u
I the forks, 12 miles from its mouth, Ind how
I much farther [am not able to lay. 'l’he
, water is excellent. The land in mostly
r claimed on both rides for kix miles from its
mouth. Above there are a few claim: to.
’ ken, hut hundreds ol elmice 0995 yet vacant.
l The right hand fork takes’ the name of
. White river. and there are any qunntit of
’ good claims on either side. At the fluke
‘ there is a fine town site, and the day in not
for dirtant when it. as well u the river
nlove. will be settled. I am led to this
- opinion from the fact. that the whole sur
‘ rounding country will admit of a lime aet
‘ tlement. Seattle ll destined to rank high
among towns of importance in Northern
1 Oregon. It is situated on the hay, two
9 miles from the mouth ofthc river. A. Item
saw mill is soon to be erected. A Ihnrt
2 distance from the river and connected with
t it is n large like from 40 to 60 mile: in
length, Ind front 2 to 10 miles wide, eur
) rounded with good hml‘ Only two clliiul
’- are yet taken on the lnkc.
5 The inhabitants in the Dewamieh vicini-
(y are anxioua to have lhe country settle,
and will go with the immigrant at. my time
to show him the country. To that, then,
who desire coon locations, perm“ me Igain
to ny,pass not by the Dewamish river.
Respectfully you".
‘ S. S. Glow.
‘ Misvrr: MscuamstL—Thcrc is n chcr.
ry-stone at. the Salem (Msu.,) Museum
which contains one dozen silver spoons.—
’l‘he stone, itself, is at the ordinary size,
but the spoon: are no smell that their shape
and finish can only be well distinguished by
‘ the microscope. Here is the result otim.
- mensevlshor, for no decidedly useful pur
, pose ; and there are thousands ofothcr nh~
_ jects in the world, fashioned by ingenuity,
the value of which, in a utilitarian Deltas,
' may be quite as intlifl‘crunl.
I Dr. Oliver gives an account in his Philo
sophicul Transactions, hy-the-wymt‘a cher
‘ ry-stone, on which were curve one ltun~
(lord and twrnty-four heads. l 0 distinctly
that the naked eye could distinguish thou
belonging to popes and kings. by ths mitres
and crowns. it was brought in Prussia for
SISOO, and thence conveyed to Engbnd,
when: it wss considered In object of so
much vulue, that itsoiossessinn wu disput~
rd, and became the ject of a suit in chan‘
cery. This stone Dr. 0‘ saw in 1687.
in more remote times still, no account is
giverr if an ivory chm-int, constructed by
Mermccidcl. which was so small that I ll]
could cover it with his wing; Ilsa nahip ot
the some matrinl, which could be hidden
with the wing of: bee.
Pliny, too, tells us that Homer's Illittd,
which is fifteen thousand verses, was writ
ten in so small I spsce as to be contained in
a nut shell ; while Elia mentions on artist
who wrote a rlistich in letters of ld, and
enclosed it in the rind of. kernolggl corn.
But the Hsrren MS. mentions a grater cu
riosity than stay of the above ; it being noth
in more nor teas thsn the Bible written by
one Petra lees—s Chancery clerk—in so
small a hook tint. it could be enclosed with
in tho shell of In English walnut. D'lneli
gives an account of many other similar or
plain to that of Bales.
There is a drawing of the hand ofChlt’les
11. iu the library of St John's College,o:-
lford, wholly composed of minute written
characters, which, It s sin-ll diam, 19-
‘ mnhle the lines of an engraving. The host!
and nail” are said to contain the had of
Psalms, the Creed. Ind tho lord's .
Agun, in the British Museum. is n t
of Queen Anne, not much big-rt the
hand. On this drawing. srs s twitter 0!
lines and scratches, which it is snorted, in
clude the entire contents of s thin folio.
SENSIILI: 10 was Lat—The urn-uh”
n the Aculrm in thin pl“: hue I dob-z
--ing pooh-li. ’K‘hn III! nation baton it
wan: “ W oulifc uhoukflwuvod input!!-
once. thn of the mother or the wife 7”—
After a lug!- msjorily had ulna-d Illu
ulvn in furl?! than; Ill'nhvib, & IMO
ch: about I m our ‘ 'ln
‘ nudpwith I very cunning ~l3} (him
aid; I wouldn’t: I‘d Inn my when
km. in ms to 1010 my vita I could (it
women—[Caldo Gmlte.
‘ Tn: Exauan hnouAa—Auoldinc
to Meet“ cnlcusliom, it. in prohbio "ill the
English is ahead, lbs in of sixty mil
lion: of hum-n beingu, “(flat Ibo number
in nugmeming It a cnnlinuully incmsil‘
nlio.
Fool. and obuiulo Seep]. uh hwy
lich. ' ‘ q '