XlCIlU-UllCUm -.UHUUU.
a. lPIP5fslL
" To tub KrrtCAuy and vrum v m v ok vocti
INuis, a (Jiivmunmkvt ren tii. whom: is
lMM)Mini.K." )'lliinln.
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it'vn m
JIM, It), I 61.
WKMBmiY FVCSIXlf,
llofftto Illvor nnd Detcliutea Vagon.rPl)m drain ii to fr'cetully tint It can be
lloau.
On Monday of tins wk we were culW
upon by penlUincn of llw wrly who had
llimhy btfaro reiuriieil from nn f xploru -
Honnnd survey nf the route from des -
chutes lo ltone stiver, travelwl last jear
nv jiesn. wwnqij .tv, iiirum .vrnmii,
I... l... l...... X"... 1fl.. t l.t.tl
.loliu Sessions nml ntlten'. Wp Ixive been
lavorvu with n copy of their fxlet!rs!
report, from which wo glean the inform i
lion conlaiued in this nrlleU. The jfcirly
t-owlited of Mirs. .lolin five, .lolui .S.
Miller, Isaac (Vwiunt, Tho. Oontlant,
las. t.iymon, Illiaui Abbott, .f. II. Wrls
Uy, J. II. ll!l, ami I). I). Mnnifer. civ
il enpineer. They started from the firm
ofThos. Constant, on the morning of May i roveIInj( nboill n inUv.t ,K.y oame upon n
19th, thence tu the farm ol Mr. T.ltalney. llWllllfl, iralriet c0tafuinp several hun
.vliero there Is a poo.1 natural mi! i thenoo , lff() ,lcrWi wJ n m)U BrowlIl of
to Trail Urcelc Imt wry lilllo work U re-1 .,, covtr Ir(n, ,',, ,vinicm
lulral to put Ihc rmul in pod oomlltlon, hfWi ni, lheIr mlmU ,mfl ln fine con
iKMvlly loadeil tram havlnp nt various i)jUoi j, Wll, ngin ,y t10 p.,ny, that
ibtHM imhc.1 over It i froin Ihtnoe tlw iwr-! k. mmtnn nf ,14 llnfortnnato Iiironl
iyproc.tdiiIttnkC.,-cl.ttml thence lo , w(, ht ,, rMni concealment,
the farm of Mr. Clw. Hrown. on thu river .. ,M u-tnUt ,,,,, n, wo, ianm)i
notion., where they ca.npe.1 Mr tl night.
iwiinwion insunoe irom I laley i-erry, IH,,. .,.. ..i lin ,iM .,, side of Hie
lailt. Irftivinir camp next niornlr at 6
('clod.-, within I lire mll they came to n
wry abrupt hill, called by Mr. Abbolt,
(!u fa I)rMl." ( named after a (Jay.
use horse of hie, Hint rolled dawn the hill,
with Win pound of venison on Ids buck.
Tho Inquire thinks llwt If lie had put .'100
pounds moro on Ida Uek. ho woukl have
been able lo climb tho hill without difll
cnliy.) It wns conceded by ull that this
hill was the most difficult part of the route.
It will require 1.10 yardu of prndlnp, with
llftecn or tiunty yardsofslato rook which
miy rrrpilro bUstlnp. From tkneo the
Hull folloini the bank of Iho river one
mile, croHos Hutli creek bottom, thenoe
alonp Iho river bank rino-hnlf tulle, ascend
ii bluir, with on easy pride to n bench,
thence over rolling ground down to tho
river bottom, where It cro Lost creek,
thence willi good trmeliog o the ranch
of Mr. Abbot, at Flounce Jtock. Ounicl
nt 12 o'clock ; dlitanco from llrowns,
right wile. Four of the parly went hunt
ing, and each man brought a deer into
(ximp. .Mr. Comtunt says a hundred deer
were in sight nt one time.
Xe.xt morning commenced Iho ascent oTt
Flounce Hock mountain, the dividing ridge
nf lipmliv.ifprj T Wr VnAb n...l T...... (
- -- - -- un. ll"Ul'
Iliver. Tho ascent to Ihc summit Is uni
form and gradual ; from thence Hie trail
leads around tha head of n dry ravine,
along n ridgo aoo yards, und thence down
a rldgo to extensive table land. Distance
from foot of monntaln to table land, two
miles. This bench is about five miles long
and one mile wldij. It is watered by sv.
ernl small stream', and ,n number of desir
able farms might be located upon If. Fol
lowing n good natural road over the bench
for five miles, the trail runs, Into heavy,
though open, fir and plno limber. Here
the prty camped, within half a mile of the
river, and took dinner, after which they
wnet down to tho rlv.er lo devise means for
crossing. They found, tho stttam twenty,
seven feet wide at the narrowest point, with
bluff bed roek banks, from twenty-four to
thirty feet hlgh.jpn eaeJi'sUe. For n hun
drwl yards, through this jiod-roclc channel,
the water ran with a swift, plunging cur
rent, and in n, perfect sheet of foam: but
It does not nnnenr that evtn iinrino ii,!
great Hoods or ,1831-2. It ww over two feet j,y northwest course from Union branch to
above Us proper cJiannel. A substantial icon's Cascades. Descended to the
bridge can bo constructed at this place, river, crossed two streams from ten to flf
above high water raarj,-, o,t, very little ex- ,fc f wjd9 nnl tw0 -fee, .lecp.j vmpel
tense, ilhono ax, they nearly completed (opposite a bold spur of the Umpqua moun-
!ill,.oni!oj ,rilmJ, Ten men, In twoilnn.
, cnii IiiiIM n bridge lli.it will ntwvernll pnr-J
' ports for tho'ientan, I' rom Abbot's ranch
to the river, tlclit mile?.
On Friday, the !22d,'tho cnmpanyivrnl
down tfi (hi; river nml completed the bridi -
in hnlf nil hour. The river run Ihroujth 11
Umbon-d vnllev from live to six mile wide,
'Thcmlddlo Mill smith fork. run Into the
north furl; (lha niiin stream), about two
1 miln betmv the bridge. The main stream
keeps cloo to the foot or tho mountain on
the west fMiMind runs In n curve. As
ynt npprnach elllicr stream, Iho l.iwl Kent
ly slope to Iho h-inks, 'I'lwn? Is some very
lie.ivy timber In the valley, but It will not
Intcrfen with the construction of n wagon
road, ns it Is scallcrlnp. An nndrr&rnwth
f llr, pine and chieknpln, which III place
w very thick, will bo troublesome. The
iWlj , pmjw mono, and ooiiMqusnily
drv n noon ns t hi mow Is tnt tnl. I lie
irnveleil olplit months In llw jwr. Tin- down nlnnp tho tdo of the blnfl' In iho!
( fllKenti ,,0gt, ,,u lCnVy, is o prodii.il creek, nnd up the liliifTnn Iho oppoMlc side. '
M () 1e aUn(Hi imrwrccptilil. On return- Three-fmirths of a mile further they round
' . In .,.. tmnA .. iniiinn.lnnntlier small slreiim. where lhev'camnl
, , mi,1Wli in niin( itieni mt Iho val-
,, ,i ,. ,.i i)V ttrtV of nMjn
.1
,, . .. ncooriiinov .iarif. iwurlyin prudual ascent of n mountain spur to u
., ,., n.,lM ,i,n Miu.. 'i'.rfl mll
rronl ((l0 tlvci.( ,, t0 ,1,, muddy
nnd difllonlt lo crow. The country is
qullo flat, and llw current of all the I
iircams sluraUh. Half n mile further.!
uiino to another slouph. and cumptt).
On tliellh. crosd Iho main Mrmm,
nnd within n in Ho and a half found another.
which thov bridged: crnstlnc which, nnd
, aiml ,x n1w wl of w bri
1. ..,.. ..,., u..i ir.i, win, nimr dull.
valley,
an trail, crossed n small
treem culled
Ssquiw C'retlt, and cnmpii).
On Monday, Iho 2nth, nfier attempting
to scale a spur of the Cascades, they came I
la iisow, whloli increuHsl In depth lo such
an cxlent that they concluded lo nlwnden
Dili route. They accordingly returmd to
lo the valley and camped. A bear and
countless numbers of deers were seen at
this camp. Xo grass could bo found for (
tho animals. j
Karlyon Tuwdiy morning returned to I
old camp to get grass for animal?. Atlmon hud truly nnd correctly represented
moon, Mr. I layman and others reported l the country to litem, and that ugood.ibori
they had found nn old camp of the return-
Ing parly of last fall. The pirty conclu
ded tn go to that camp, width they found
located on a bench of tho mountain, in an
opsn elude of several hundred acres, upou
which tho grass was short nnd thick.
On the 27th, n brtdgo was made over
the middle fork. Grossing tha stream, the
party traveled over bench land for one
. mile, crossed n small stream, und thence
through u strip of thick timber lo Love's
l'ralrle. an onen. nlne-tlmbcrcd bench, one
nn,i ne hulfmlli wide aud one mile long.
Xumcrous old camps show this to have
been a favorite resort of the Indians, 'f ho
party traveled along the base of tho moun
tain through open timber, nnd camped near
a small stream that sinks in thu valley, and
In an open plado hall n mllo wide and one
mile long. They named the placo "Orassy
Hollow."
Thursday, 28th, they started up tho val
ley from Ornssy Hollow, cutting out n
trail ns they went. For n mllo they kept
close to the mountain, crossing several
small stream?, which will bo dry later in
Iho season j Iho valley then widening out,
the trail leaves Iho foot of the moun
tain, and passes out into the valley through
a strip of heavy timber; Iheoco upon
open glade, covered with grass and brnsh,
for ono mile, when they came in full view
of Union Teak ; thence descended In bot
tom lund, throngh which runs Union
branch duo west ucross Iho valley. Tho
banks of this stream aro bluff on each side,
and are about twenty fret high. J)istanco
from Grassy Hollow, five miles.
Friday, 29th Tho trail runs n north
tnins, which hero terminate. Tho bluir
banks of the river nro finy feet lilph, nnd
Iho water rushes by In foaming torrent
Grasi on thu bJtlnm very good. Two
mile from Union brunch.
At iin early hour on Saturday com
' incnecd n prnllmil nieent nlonjr n high
blnll'tn table luml above. Fur n distance
of two nttloA nbove the (Jasmin, Ihn river
Ims it fhi(f(lli cnrrcnl,npMrenlly cnu'ed
from tin; bluff lux-hip slid into tin rivtr. i
eomtilctelv filling tho bed from bank to
bank with trees. From thu bluff bank
which rices two hundred feet nbove the
wnier, run be seen, In clous proximity to
weh oilier, two pyramid shaped rock on
the summit of Iho Unipqun Miwe, that
lower hundred of feet nbnvo tho surround
lop mountains. Keeplnp n northeast
course for four miles from l.it camp, tho
' parly mine to nu abrupt canon, lflO feel
deep by .100 ncross. Onlnjt up this cafton
i Inilrn inllc, lliey crossal over on .Miller
ivitiirat wapau ro.ul n bench 'thai winds
forllifnlsht. Distance Inivdetl. Ilvo miles,
On Hie moriiliif of llio lllsl. they made,
. .
, beneh I keerilnu .iloiuf lids until Ihev cro.
I e.1 n small sln-ani and procmlnl one-half-
mllo, lliey desecnileil to n itrenm ten fi-ot
wide ami one foot deep. Again ascended
to table land, nnd kept uloup tho b.iw
I of the mountain for two mid one-half
I iiiIIm, criwsed Mrrnm similar to Iho one
last mentioned, nude another nscvnl lo tit
mo lan.i ami Iihiihi an open uiaiio or sever
al hundred acres, covered with grass.
Here I If mountains npieareil to IiccNhIiip
In, the vnlley not beinp mnro than three
miles wide. The river is about a mile west
of, nml rum piraM with, tho stream last
mentioned. Camped nt twelve o'clock.
After dinner n number of Iho pirly start
ed In po lliroupli the kiss. A couplo of
hours after their dparlun' it commenced
i , ralnlnt'.und oontinun.vith short InlcrvaU
I until dark.
I Mnmlm- .d.nn
lit, It rained all day,
The scouting party returned, and reimriiM
the country nliem! to be similar to that
over which they hud ulruidy passed, with
but two (mall streums between them and
the summit, and gradual uiccnt all the way
Mr. I.iyman say they were within hnlf a
nillo nf tho summit. Thu pats is similar
to Iho South I'jm through tho Knclcy
Mountains. Had It not ruined to Ineos-
sanity, the exploring party would have
pono clear through tho pass ; but as It was
the party satMlod themselves) that Mr. Lay-
wagon rond through wus entirely practlcn-
iilo ami feasible. I lie company express
themselves ns under many obligations to
Mr. Laymon for his very valuable services
on ihe trip. The whole length of tho val
ley Is very straight, and were it not that
the slieams hud cut their way through tho
bench lands, there would bo no perceptible
assent over tho whole diitnnco to the sum
mit. Xear the summit or tho pass, small j
patches of snow wero found In the tdo or.
tho tree?. JVevIous estimates have greatly
over-rated
tho distance, it now being "ri.fi -i '.'. ""' '! '' "" ',1 ,"K
, , ,,,,,, ... or July M. 'Iho public generally uro u
ascertained that Iho distance vlud to attend.
nulla clearly
from Jacksonville lo the summit is not
oer seventy miles. Any grade required ,
I
for n road can be had nt any of tho streams
nbovo the bridge. It Is all n pumice-stone j
... .! ...II, l. II .T..I...I 1 ...t. I
sou, anil win uu vvrj i'jjiijt mucu. j.utn-,
liy lor tno uear peep?.' ine company nave
nAl ln.iln.l nni fntl lirtil.rna tr fi'Trfl nn I
the proposed road.
Wo herewith give, in full, the engineer's
report :
KXOINKRIt'd IlEl-OnT.
litpotl of a wrvi of the proposed Rogue
Jtiver nnd l)ac!iulct HVigon Jload. nnd
aUo the estimated cost of conslructiiiy
the tame.
Tho points upon which wo took tho
grade arc as follows : Kile Creek Hill,
east side nf the creek. 50 rods, with an as
cent or 18 inches to Ihc rod, or one foot In
11 1 earth, with n very little looso rock ex
cavation. Klk Point, 40 rods side hill,
very littlo descent ; earth and loose rock ex
cavation, (jut' Defeat. 3C rods with a de
scent of 18 Inches to the rod, and -10 rods
with a descent of 21 inches to tho rod in
all, 73 rods ; earth loose nnd solid rock
excavation. This is Ilia most difficult part
of tho whole road. Lost Creek Hill. C2
rods with a descent of 18 inches to tho
rod ; earth and loose rock excavation.
Flounce Dock, OC rods, with an nscent of
18 Indies tp the rod, and .'12 rods level
grade, side Mil, and 88 rods witj) n descent,
of lC'.j inches aod less to the rod, makiog
In all 21C rods j earth nnd loose rock ex
cavation. This Includes nll'lha inAints upon which
'Ltto clnhlshcibjlhc tfraiV, and nlso nil thu
most ililllcillt point 'on tno rpuu.
JUTIHXTKrtTnsV OK COWIttfOTIOM. ,
till.' OreefcilHH nml Vi.liiW'. "1 tyi' iforfc
rimwiiV tun:.. ..:... . I" " "
Gill's IMiiit t " "
t.t CV-k Tint ') " "
l-'lotinen Itnok '.'Ill) '
lli'lttcon Out'n IKIVnt and
Lost CriH-lc Hi" " "
Ollirr inlntn not mctillfinnl M " "
i Hull. Hue
i.riiiKc, eiiiiiin;
and removing lop nnd
lini'h. and oratllna nhm u
llicbrldKo 300 ' "
Maklnplnnll VM " "
I). I). MttsnKii, Engineer.
Invlns tho Iist Orct-lc Caftan, on their
return, on Tuesday nf Ial wcilc, Mr. Mil
Icr killed a Inrpe black bear.
Willi the nbnvo " plain unvarnished
.statement nf furls." can the cllizensof this
valley hesitate In pivinp their nld nnd eti
cniirnpcmcnt In this wagon road prnjtct?
That wo preotly nerd n pood wupon road
lo tho mlncn east of the motintalin.nll con-
wh. Hire, then, Is u short routu over
which It lias been clearly ascertained that
n pntd wutrnn ronili-an bo buill, at a very
trilling expense. Why not lake hold of
mu rnierprie ni once, ami pusn n inrnueji
.1 . f. . ...!
' to coiiiiilellnn within one or two months?
It um lie done, nml II restn witii our own
peoplo to decide whether they will continue
In I io shut out from thu markets of the
northern pnld lleldj. Wu should net
j promptly.
.Mountain IUnhkih. Thu officers nf
this company have recelvu) their coiuinis
sIoik, ami the organisation Is now perfect
cd. Tho following aru thuollicers :
Commissioned ofllccn Ivan 1). Apple
gate. Captain ; Jiiiiics Thornton, 1st l.leu
tciKint; Christlin F. lllakc, 2d I.leutcn
nut. Xon-commissloned officers N". L.
l.tc, 1st Sergeant ; L. II. Applcgate, 2d ;
M Mtckclsoii, .'Id j 0. A. Hleurnt tth ; (J.
W. Fordycc, fith. Kber Hnicry, 1st Cor
poral ; Dennis llishop, 2d ; It. llobinson,
!ld ; Jcwu 0. Uunyurd,.tth ; L. CoUur, fith.
Match Kaok. On Monday of this week
there was u very spirited rnco over the
llybeo track, bittwecn Mr. Ad. llellms
horso "N'cbraska Hill," and Mr. Chrlsman'
gray mare, '-Mary Thompwn ;" mllo hiiils,
best three In live, for 8100 sluices. The
rueo was closely contested, ami is said tn
have been thu most Jnlcrwllng of any run
on the course this season. Old " Nebraska
Hill" won tho first three heuU In good
time 1 MO; 1.-.1U.,' ; lflP..
NEWTO-JJAY.
J. QASTON.
(wir tu llcwl A Uton)
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Iacksonvim.k, OnKiio.v.
Hpeclul ntteullon ulvt-n tn collodion
cascw. Juno 10, 1HUX -II)
L'OUKTir f JULY 11AJLL ft,
-AT TIIK-
u. s.
lIOTKf,, JACKSONVILLE,'
OX THE KVUIXil tr
JULY THIRD, 1863.
rpm: undersigned announces to tho pleas,
L uru-lnvliig public, that he will piro a
LOUIS HOUND, Frop'r.
'Tuclonvllle. June 0, 180.1. Jnclllld
A MUM C'RQ'A'n V
BALL!
fl
1 '
j.
cv
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at Tins-
JLOGAN HOUSE.,
Wnhlo, Josephine Co,, Ogn.
rrMIE proprietor of Iho Logan House, itr.
JL T. It. Thorpe, cordially Invito bis
friends and the public guuerully, to attend
n ball, to be given at hU liouw.', on tho even
ing of July :td,
Kloor ilauagers Wm. M. Kvans, Win.
I.I ud.
COUUtTTKK Or INVITATION'.
Waldo (Jco. Ii. Logau, Ralph I. ForlCB.
Kerbyvllle-JIJavId Kendall, Edward Lo
laiu, .Itliouso James Randall, James Trum
bull. llrlgg'ii Precinct Thomas Floyd, Fraok
Corbus.
Happy Camp-Henry Doollttlo, P. n.
i uveicr
Waldo, Juno C. 18C3.
JnolOtd
FAMILY GHOOKUIKS at
l1 imADimitY & WAD1VS.
WILLOW HABV WA00N8 nt
V HKAItilUItY &WADKS.
TJiKY, WlNliSAND'nUANUy"
1' ut IJRADUUKY & WADDS.
oHBinn
BRADBURY & WADE,
.JACKSONVILLE,
KrrftLo'idnttll.o tfa Xt.otn.lX
- HKMI.VII IN-
DRY GOODS,
aLOTHXNTG,
MOOTS & SMOE.S,
PASTCY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
Tobacco & Segars,
PRODUCE,
IIAHDWAUK.
tiLASRWAUH.
OUKKNSWATtR
WOODKNWAlti:,
MINERS' TOOLS,
All of which will bo sold nt low prices,
for OASH.ordrtiruhlo l'ltODUCK.
&
AUK NOW HKC'KIVINC. A
Largo & Well-Solectod
STOCK OF
Spring & Summer
G-OODS,
NEW STYLES DItESS
AXD
Millinery Good
Fancy and Staple
33jry CSrOocaLEj
CARPETING,
Oil Cloth, "Wall Papor,
MEN ANJ) BOYS'
Spring & Summer
CLOTi-irisra,
HATS AND CAPS!
AND ALSO A
riuv Assortment of
Ladios, Mbn and Boys'
Boots and Shoes !
OWtimIXANI)ASHLAXI
3EC('KM.M?-.S(
Will bo supplied with a Good Asssorlmcnt
STAPLE 1KB FANCY GOODS
Which will be sold at
JACKSONVILLE IUUCES.
PHOTOGRAPH ALUUMS nt
WUDUUKY & WADE'S.
SAN FRAN01SC0 Woolen Mills.
Ulanhets, Overshirts and Army Cloth,
at HUADIJUUY ic WADK'S.
STATIONERY & ULANK HOOKS
at HRADnUUY A WADK'S.
FINK CIGARS AND TOHACCO
nt DRADUUHY A WADK'S.
WOOD AND WILLOW WARH
ut DRADDURY k WADK'S.
TpiKTKASot
DIUDUURY & WADK'S.
IB
ULLY for
DRADnUUY ,t WAPK.