November.
2
THE WEST SHORE.
George h. Carry, who wai once its editor, haa en
abled in to pn-Kent norae fact and fljurei curi
oui, amutluft and iiitoresti tig upon tho subject in
hand, which will entertain while they mitruct the
man of vim leuuuiv u tins duy. We find in the
copy of the Sjactntor of January 7. 1847, a itute
iDutitof tlif whont product of the preceding year
for the wliolo area now embraced in the great
Willamette vulley, the Weit Side and Columbia
rlrer count ir, Clackamas and Clatsop, and all of
Washington Territory between the Columbia and
1'ugel Sound. It ia as follows :
Chumpoog County 00,000 bushels.
Tualatin " 30,000
Yamhill 21,000 "
Polk " 1.0,000 "
Cltuikumiu, Vancouver, Clatsop
and Luwis Counties 25,000 "
Total 150,000
Of this total product the estimated surplus was
60,0UO bushdi, Thn population at that time could
not have been fur from 8,000 souls, counting
alieui, hid f-bread, ami Indiana who lived in the
settlements or in aoiiiowlutt civilised condition.
The Araenciu whito population wu about 4,000,
At the election for Governor, in June, 1HI7, the
total vote wan 1,071, and it is fair to estimate that,
as the proportion of adult males to the number of
women mid children at that day was much in ex
cess of whnt it is now, and the ratio of rotors to
non-voters much loss, tho total population must
have approximated vry nearly the figure we give
above, uii'l in (his twtiiuulo wo are supported by
good authority from pioueur citizena. The homo
ooimuiiiptimi of whuut was then, we may safely
reckon, much larger per capita than at present, ba
rium the supply of other essential articles of food
was materially Ipu, In fact, beef and venison
and wliuut (boilml) ami salmon (in season), were
the staph of fowl of that primitivo period, and
mob fli'ur wu not so commonly to bo hod in re
inoto regions en account of tho lack of grist mills
nud the difUmltios whii-h uiturposod in its trans
porlatitm to far-off localities.
We have nIkiwii what woa the wheat product of
nearly thirty years ago, of the rust area
out of winch Unit sin been curved half of Wash
iiiglini Territory, and the remainder now com
prises the counties on this side of tho California
Hangi', from (Mm CWadea to the l'acitlo. The
statement of Mhi; Bivos no idea of the average
yield per aero, nor oi tho nereoge under cultiva
tion. Hut thn ooiiwion was evidently not at-
tributuble to the editor, who seems to have been
folly nwiiku to the inipurtanco of tho dovolopment
of ih T.-rritory in agrlciiltunil and other points
of view at that r-arly day. He remarks that
"Umagniw KvullHutlj' well throughout tho Tor-
nlory ; and he forewiw with au intelligence and
areiirai-y of judm-nt in these days boinir realixtxl
that : In tho space of a few year, at soon as if
rowth i mule an of,jrt, we shall have another
great and important Htaple In the article of Jlomji
the culture of whii h Inu been already fairly tested
ni inn ctuniy with tiio moat gratifying rosults."
With eorriH't prohitle tuiud did editor Curry
further say Hint: Uiq cultivation of Tolmceo,
1 which litid been tried with ujuivouil suuceu will
hardly uiford Kiiiticienl encyuragemeut to more ox
teiiHuo twraihius." lint ho wrote confidently,
nud Miuudly, too, in prophecy, as tho demonstra
tion U now amply Winn us: "Only give Oregon
hut a fnir clntiue, and her nimmoreo will yot
whiten Hie wave of tho I Villi- nd lml inn oceans."
He milit aUo hiivo nthkd tho Atlantic. For,
in.-K hr h hhihI hi lmly nud uiilinishod article,"
s lu linn., It clMnrirrini the now very valuable
statement of facts which lie then gave and the
"iugil!:irly eorreel prvdu-t ioni lt. thou put forth,
to grand and gratifying position lias Oregon
Mivwii mid ndvLimed in the realm of Agriculture
and in thu broad elinmit-ls of Commerce. Instead
of a total prodm-t of Ul.iH.Kl Luahrla of wheat out
w,",n ' '"""' surplus of 40,000 bushels,
niesoi u, iliuetu-, the 1'nip.iua, and
, priHiiu-o yearly aintreiraU ni
nearly .i,(HM.o.w bushels, of which more thaa four
sulhi i. eKiH.rt,sl in the grain to Kuroet or, mauu
f .cmred into flur, is shipiKnl to the various porta
of the li. itle an I the Chin and Indian seas, to
the Atlantic aide, and to the Tinted Kingdom.
And li .1 i. ,HH ially mtttl.r tf .,rjd u wt M
of I'roHl to our produeers, this wheat rank as the
liue.t in the wmld , the yield per acre is greater
than 1 tl,t of any other of the States of the U uioii, fa
man. ,is u, lUw fcro f(lI tMJ fartH o (h
soil knd the eirtdlemt of their wheat.
AitTveaWy to the aauguiue prediction of the Ore
gon (My S, ,atM. ot ,he j, ajoj,, a,
tlu. ..f Onvv ni.tciK-e as a settled Territory
' Mate, thirty yem i equivalent to more
Ihai, a wtulv , lhj A,Uutt) M
aliva.ly iHwm, to be con-
aidervd a an i,11yilUnt .i.-j w bu U,
.ur-escd..,,,. u, 0
leon.tratl. Much uf our low. wri l.u
-U a.l.ptrj fo, wheat cultu, g,, u
tumcl to more ptiubl. mm ltt a. pu'
coarse wools of Oregon have become noted and
favorites in the great wool marts of the Atlantic
Coast.
Then come our great Lumbering trade, our un
equaled Salmon fisheries, and our growing and in
creasing manufacturing enterprises Iron Mines,
Iron Works, Woolen Factories, Machine Shops,
Furniture Manufactories, Ship Yards, Flouring,
Oil, Paper, and other Mills and the very lucrative
and extensive lines of ocean and river steam
navigation, the outgoing and home traffic in which
sailing vessels are engaged, and the Jriprovement
wrought in internal transportation by means of
lines of railway, all so far in advance of what
even the moat sanguine, the most prophetic, and
the most extravagant in hopefulness, among the
Pioneers of 1815, could have conjured or antici
pated would so soon have come to fruition. Wo
copy from the advertisements in the Spectator the
following quaint and humorous notice to all con
earned, which will in itself beat reveal the .situa
tion so far as the navigation interest! of the
Territory were then involved
Passengers' Own Line,
rpllK 8UBHCR1HKH BEOS LEAVE TO IN-
1 form tlifl DIlliIlK llnil lin him urnll Kiiiillr'it
Ul.llllll'il mill tfrt'im'il fill) lii'M In. ft mwl l. r run.
ulng bnuU, MOUUI, and HKN KUAN KLIN,
now In port for freighter charter, which will ply
rt-lflllitrlv tiplween nrnirnn fitv ami f'lmmiuistr
iK ffmU,by paylnir W cents sped, or Jl
the i
the Went Sid
'"llb th" mm to be a slut-
in the market ,hia yr the superirito
the produi , .veaiually o,n tu way to lucra.
five trade. And another alapW not so Muck as
drvamwt of. lurdly, in the primitivt days, already
now w,ik Wltuite di-pute. the title u, pwwi.
U-uce in our Stale -that of Wool. lvre the
Sjwiiuh Merinos, the hanlivr ll.m n.i
tralian Cot.w,ws and UuUrahim, and the '
tanaaa,or from Vermont and New York, tin.
they dj where else em to do, and the line and
i'..
in uiu irni-H. roriiicr nui'H win oo oosei veu
po-soetiitent can board with llio Captain, by Jimlitig
inelrown )rovlMloin.
V II I'll .ulllvln l.nt.l. rt flii.tnv4i.WA la
th biiutH will do the sume
Aliril ). 1M . HllltT. NKWK : .
ltare Old Huh Nwll I" H wna knnn
after them, down to the elose of his eventful life, a
few years ago. He claimed to have brought across
we necKy mountains, tn IBIU, the Hrst wagon
over seen on this Western Slope of the Continent,
ami aimost an tne years oi bis manhood life had
bean naixnil in Ornirnn nt him ninmnu..
spot onoe so noted, now quite unknown, except to
uiv owes, lunamwnu among us. rnoae who re-
memher tho stunlv nhl Pinnnav will .n
his spirit of humor in the description of his boats,
in uie grain proviso lor passages, in the regula
tions which hedire the honor of twunlitio mith
the Captain, ana in tho ambiguous wording of his
n:uirement u w punctuality in tne nota bent
Ma much like stout old Captain Edward Cuttle's
"So help me Ood and so I wou'tl"
The traveler of this day, as he ascends the beau
tiful rivor from above Oregon City, will ask:
"Whore Is ChatnpooH?" He will be told it !
practically, a place of the past. In Old Bob New
ell's day, it ranked next to Oregon City in im
portance. Then, there was no Portland, and
Salem was little more than the MthnJi-t i
Tho Willamette, above Champoeg, was navigated
wiy uy nnocs, auu irom Uregon City to Astoria
woa a route without a itminincr..,n ...
the river'a wild banks, innocent of , settlement or
nanitation oi the whites, but possessed or roamed
over or used m finliinu it.it L.... t.v' ii..
tnls of Indians. Andit was to Oregon City or
mi laiicouver-uie only other trade depot above
Astoria, which wu not then a nnrt of .tnt.nn. .
supply.-that tho ono or two ships fitted out each
yoar from England with goods to the Hudson llay
Company, or the les regular ships that wen sent
from Atlantic ports to supply the Miasions, or
upon trailing ventures, in those early times came
to discharire carso and fiiuht i ik f.. ..j
peltry which thut constituted the chief if not tho
.i. ui upon irom uregon -now enjoying
an exiwrt traffic of several millions per annum.
Chamimeg, a sort of ancient Tyre yet hardly to
be likened to a modern Soor-of Oregon, withstood
the flood of the winter of 1N.V-ft.-t .i.ink .
away several of its largest and best located build
ingi for business uses, but it was the more dis
astrous, terrible flood of December, 1801, which
wwneu ami wiped out of existence almost as
ruthlessly aa did the llmt Alh.n,i. u. ........
ami barren the ancient city of the Tyriane. Ouly
v... wr two nousea nign up and far back from its
bank upon the river mark thejsite where the busy
place ouee stood, and yet there had been houses
there not built upon tho sand, but on the solid
rock. The reaiatlnia w.tr. in it..;, f...... v
wept them as the hurricane sweeps the frail
oi me open piain, and to thu day no hand
has eniraired to iinui h i... ri
poeg will be itself again. Above the desolated
tu-ii mm, on mil whereon be so loved in his
life tolwam and make bis point of outliok, in a
favorite spot, repose all that is mortal of Old Cap-
v "wen, ana as prom his (rave we look
down ttpon the dreary Ut whik . ...
fcne of his busiest days and boisterous rollicking.
j whenever he sailed bis -well eaulk'd, gumm'd
and greas'd shades of the Ancient Manner, what
way to serv a boat-to gum and grease her !"
light draft and fast running boats, the Mogul and
Ben Franklin," let ui drop a tear to the memory
of the rcugb and.ready old Pioneer, and, with the
regret that if the phuinii ia powerless to spring up
tfain ia a fresh Champoeg. miosis the Joyful re
aVeliou. to make all of us the gladder, that there
ha been built up a Portland, now the emporium of
this Northwest Coast, the richest jewel in the got.
den crown of Oregon, whose wealth is more in sub. ,
j "lance than in abut, mere solid to build upon than
i .ly te display, j wboss more prosperous
future U as aasurlhv.M. . .
judKinenl as is the p.tulate that the richest soil is I
the esort substantial and enduring wealth. And. I
wr towns and cities upon a
mtr to grow downward with the river's flow
even u Ih.y upward flourish in cond.tion, so now
ia it from Portland to Oregon City, and from here,
too, to every other river town, to every ocean port,
domeatic or foreign, that boats and ships and
steamers sail or depart on short trips or long
voyages. And the prophet of the Spectator of
187, we are glad to say, still Uvea to witness the
soundness of bis prognostications in Pioneer days
expressed.
AN UNFORTUNATE RESEMBLANCE.
By Lieut. Grahame.
Some years ago, while journeying through
welcomed by many of the English officers
stauoneu in inula, ami many were me gay
tvirtioe ur AnimiH tmrtlifr and the dar
ing hunts we had in the jungles alter "big
It C .L. 1 1 . J .U. .i
game, irum uie eiepuaiu uuwu iu uie u
cer.
My most intimate companion among
a --LI- r-n " T - T -
uiiAC uuuic icuuws was lie i.utc, a
young Englishman of wealth, and a hand-
vnm. BttlnHil man ac hrav as a linn nnrl
with too great kindness of heart his great
est mini.
T huH l.l'nn tn nim q Inltor nf inlFndi.linn
from his mother and sister, whom I had
otten met in England in their own lordly
home, and O&car hnr wotrnmpH mn a.
though I had been a brother, and ere many
uuure we were warm menus.
Fond of the hunt, he had organized a
tramn to the iumrle fnr mv cnprinl hnifi
so he said, and a gay party of us started to
trail to weir lair tne wild ocastsol the lorcst.
We were encamped in a lovely spot, and
all care and trouble was banished, and de
lightfully the hours swept by, until one eve
ning Oscar asked me if I feared to risk a
ridp with him ttirnitcrli (Iia jnnirlas n. I.a
was anxious to present me to a friend.
wonuenng wnat inena ne could have in
that nilt Of tTlP. WAV nluro T AmrArll, iivar.t-
ed, and westarted, well mounted and armed,
anu witn an inuian guide, a tall, surly fel
low, with a face such as one would natural
ly believe belonged to Judas Iscariot.
Arriving at a lonely defile, 1 was surpris
ed to suddenly discover a dozen natives
bound from the woodside and rush towards
lHa 1 treaelierv !" rripd D..- nnJ
he spurred towards the tall guide, who, be
ing on fool, nimbly snranir auitU anr) n,rn;.l
ed the charge, while he quickly leveled a
snuri eiepnant gun .tie carried, directly at the
ui my menu.
itody I had drawn my revolver, and
inj ndy I fired, and not a second too soon,
foV as the Indian guide fell, he drew his
trigger, and I saw Oscar reel in his saddle.
Without a groan the guide fell in his
tracks, and spurring foreward, 1 was along
side of mv friend, whn .till knntliic .nl,li
though his left arm hung nervously at his
side.
In the mean lime. i)ia lvmd nf Tnn
had fired upon us, but, fortunately, without
harm, and the death of their leader, the
guide, for such we afterwards found out
that he was. atvncareH tn Hmnnii,. i.Am
and we boldly charged through their line. '
" ' us turn ana charge back for
camp," 1 cried, drawing rein.
iio, no; i am badly wounded, and the
nlace I seek is onlv l.nlf n miu -i..i.
come, "and Oscar and mvselfrode rapidly
on, while he continued:
"I have long had doubts of that guide;
he was bribed to do as he did, and I know
whom by,"
A short gallop, and we suddenly came
upon a bungalow, surrounded by a stock
ade fence, where scattered here and there
near bv. were half a )n.An mn r
a similar kind.
It was a belter cl.i nf im,nt-.. .
tlian those often met uith in i.u, 1
presented the appearance of a comfortable
"v. tunny uuiue.
Aiding Oscar to dismount, who was
weak from lne- nf hlnn,i ... . i .
-., .v iuiiicu iu en
ter the cottage, when we were confronted
u- a most ueautitul creature, one whose ex
quisite lovelines. almnt tnnb i 1.
in. uicaui
away, and caused me moinenurily to for-
tjci nit wuunueu iriend.
That She hail Initinn Mt t . .
, , . w" -"ww iii ucr veins i
discovered by her olive-tinted cheek and
black hair and eyes, and that she also had
an equal amount ol the blood of Uie Sason
Her costume ua Piir-nw. . . .
Ung robe oj purest white linen, falling in
graceful fold, around her superb form and
with the eiceniinn nf.n ;... L , ' .
.... , . wmu in ncr
midnight hair, the wore no ornament of any
With amcioua far .h nn r 1
said, in Englisl, that had just the tinge 'of an
"Oh. OsiMr vnn miu-.. I .. . .
t. i . ' ' "r nun; and 1
heard tirmg in the jungle."
. m wounded. Naima, but I hope not
I H.U l,;m ,,n .lr nA Collin. l - ,
...... p, a.., m.i.nij, sug.
denly cried the maiden, and just in time I
caught Oscar in my arms, for he had faint.
. J t I t UI 1
eu irom iuss ui uiuuu.
It was weeks ere Oscar De Luce left that
little bungalow home, and through his suf
fering I remained with him; but, through
all, his devoted nurse was Nanita, whose
history I learned from the lips of my friend.
She was the daughter of an English ofl
Acer, a colonel of Dragoons, who had mar
ried an Indian princess some twenty year,
before, and carried her to his home in
England.
But the colonel had, shortly after his re
turn home, been thrown from his horse and
killed, and the Indian wife had sighed to
rAtnrn tn hnr nntiirA lunr! an1 litl Inn.
v.n... w ..... .U.1U, U..U UU UUIIC SO,
accompanied by her only child, the little
iuuua.
That her daughter might have every ad
vantage of an English education, the moth
er had passed most of her time in Bombay,
but, by the death of her father, who was
chief of his tribe, she had been compelled
to spend at least two months in the coun
try looking after the welfare of her people.
In Bombay Oscar De Luce had met
Nanita, and had loved her, while she had
returned his passion with an equal regard.
But among Oscar's many rivals for the
hand of the beautiful Nanita was a French
man, or, that is, he was the son of a French
gentleman who had married an English
noble lady, and her influence had secured
for their boy an appointment in the Eng
lish armv.
1 he name of this young officer was Ber
tram De Villers, and he was a tall, well-
mrmAn fpllnw u-ith an Pnrvi;..!. nk..:
. . .,, , ngun pinsiljue,
but decidedly French face.
Hp Ua 3 trnnA enrt nt falln I
. 0w vi ivnun nucu hoi
crossed in arnrini" hut lmrlmv vn:.
I l - -I' """'B 'AilllA null
all the abandon of a trench nature, he had
lasen a aeauiy natred toward Oscar De
ijui.c, ma auutessiui rival.
Of tliA hllntino' narlu tn tl.n n
, ,v n t""v juugic Ber
tram De villers had formed one ; and
knowinc well the pnnnlrv hnmn r t
o """. ui Manila,
he had again sought her, and offered his
hand, heart and fortune, to be again re
fused. The next night the attack had been made
UDOn Oscar. And hnlh Iia an1 Mnl.-
.... i-iaiiiut were
confident that it had been instigated by De
Villers, though the noble young English-1
man determined not to make his belief?
public, but wait until his recovery, and then
personally charge the accusation against
him.
At last Oscar waa nnnA mnr !... ir
t IHWII. llllllMJll,
and meeting De Villers at the club one
evening, upon our return to the city, he
walked up to him, leaning upon my arm,
and said quietly,
" You have not congratulated me, Cap
tain De Villers, upon my recovery."
TllC face nf 1!frlram H. 7:ll-- . t
.. . -..., c iners mrneu
ashen pale as he replied,
nor do 1 intend to, for there is no man
Whom I Wnillil ntk , A-l .1 .
- ....v, ut;uu man you,
Oscar De Luce!" '
" Ahal and it is not your fault that I am
not. after the anarlt vnn hrlluj Tn J:
...n.u .iiuians to
make upon me, not having the courage to
" By heaven, you shall not throw that in
my teethl" cried De Villers, as he turned
and walked away.
Half an hour'aftpr a (r;anA r .i . .
v. ..,tuu ui uie irate
Z DaTii'0 De1.L1,cew1 challenge
from De Villers, winch was at once accent-
T- V I askln me t0 a i Ihe affair
in his behalf.
1 consented, as a matter of course, and
the next morning the two lovers of Nanita
met upon the duelling field.
It Was a Short, .harn anl fi , .
Uh .pier, ,ad De'vnieW' waT
wounded bv Osr.. n. r . vciciy
fcre De illers recovered De Luce mar-
ad "ed or
tneland. havino-tae rm-j u:
u.y,t ' -b.u ma commission,
T
1 W"0 vears ty-icca.! j ,
' S?,'" Lon(Jo". 'he real "Hub of
Not na vi no Imvi-J i . ....
. o in-oiu uum my old Iriend
yscar since I left India I A
home :,and sent in my card.
A few mnmoni. nn i i .
the mm a - r vrxu' ana ne entered
errEngladneiKh,ed ' -"And
you are ust in iim. u t.
heidm-ieV,,,erS,
natl is he here now?"
for hA hi . i 'arch hare,
Nanita -"" "! me lor mam- ng
plain conle uP-stairs and I will ex
I fnltnu-aul f
how vTn .i. " ""nly. wondering
offLTi Z and dlshinS yo"
man of . ". imo staid-lwkini
man of dignihed bearing, while his lon