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About Oregon spectator. (Oregon City, O.T. [i.e. Or.]) 1846-1855 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1846)
incut by. ft toll upon the good that ass over it Iron one foreign country to another. Oth. It will make republic of the Islands midway of the Pacific, and revolutionize the despotism of China, To rum and Japan. 10th. It will concentrate the oomnu :ce of the world upon our shores, and pour the wealth of other nations into the lap of our countrv. 1 1th. It v ill enable u magnetic Telegraph o be safely extended alone; its line and make ARRIVAL OF EMIGRANTS. Some fifteen or sixteen emigrant have arrived, hav ing performed the laat put of their journey with pack hones. They ftate that between 300 and 400 wag gon mutt bo near the Dall at this time, and nothing extraordinary preventing, they will probably arrive at Oregon City about tho 25th initant. Mr. Barlow hs, gene to meet them In order to conduct them safely over his road. They itatc that between .100 and 600 wag goni that were bound to Oregon and California, were J counted after leaving the states. They think that t a chain of instantaneous communicati n be-' between 50 and 100 waggons followed Mr. Hastings tween Boston and Urcirou (Jitv Europe. We shall toon have a monthly mail route established between Oregon and the States, for the speedy conveyance of intelligence from one portion of the continent to tho other. If any person in our co i.-mitfty have beendiasntLsiled with Oregon because the country U new, let them now banish discontent and I encouraged with our happy and cheering pros pccU. talned by crall, cunning nud disbouesty, than loeiidnr the fatigues, privations and laborious enterprise of com ing to Oregon. A strict and uniform attention to some business of profit and general or individual benefit, in connection with cheerfulness and civility of manner, peculiarly characterizes tho people of Oregon Al though gathered from the various portions t thn Un ion, tho Amoia'unsiu Oregon urn one people. A pm vuiling desiro to educate, tu refine, to moralitii uiul ennoble tho rising otiiprmg uf these Imtily uiul iiidu i tnou pioneers of tho " far went," i every where run- Bs Rail Road to Orcqon. Chimerical and improba ble as the ultimate accomplishment of n work mi de sirable inav nDtMiir In some individuals in uiir cmimiu- n.ty. yet we are of the unequivocal belief, that thi ' -I'-l moinfcrtcd. Kuglislnchiiob are ntablish. d to California. Gov. Boggs, (formerly Governor of now remote and isolated count r. will, not many venrs ""d warmly supported in Ihu dillereiit settlemeiil in Missouri) and family, aro in the company coming to hence', be intimately connected with tho nourishing ""' " ,lla,,,e,,c N Mcy "M education und a tlm.l Tor Oregon. It it reported that one family m the company and populous statos'ond territories lying east nf tho ,,,u Kr,ll,rnl diffusion ut lueful knuvvudge. is on tin bringing a hive and swarm "of bees to Oregon. ' Rocky Mountains, bv n railroad extending from the ' Malice. Oregon is rapidly ruing in mtolli-flu.il. im.i These emigrants state that between f00 uiul COO novigoble waters on the Pacific, to nine commercial "' l,ol";al "lul commercial unjiuitJiite. vvaggofh accompanied with Mormon crossed over tho , nnd business point in the fertile Valley of thn Morns- .rv or tiik VumwK of mi Noil. .- '. in. tiver ut Si. Joseph, bound for Oregon. Hut it is pre- wppi. It i, mainly on account of Us commercial nd- When I.irut W.ssJworth arrived here with the uitrlli sinned that they will not arrive here Huh season. vantages, tluK Orecon is attracting the attention of .,,. ,.,, .i... ...,. i,.i l,,l ........lUtl, I,..uH-moI T H P S P V P T A rP 0 W JMitUry Post bftWVCIl OrvROll Ulld ,hp B""11' commercial nations of the earth, and csn- Cugrrsji, a gem-rul und eiilhiwnstic feeling of rep... 137 - tllC United Mlnlesi. I cinlly of England. Our enlightened statesmen nr. nig penaded Ihe ii(ir.- r.imitiiiiiil). Tin former A hill has passed through both house of Congress. OTBng IO lotr "'" n-ame, tnai inn moiiin oi me Kiuim ,ml ,u.l shroud, d the muni ut mun llimugli authorizing and requiring the President of the United ' Colu"bia river or Tnget Sound m ultimately to become . apprehension thut Congress would tuke nuihrisivn Stales to establish military posts between Oregon and "IR,lmrr ' ,r:,aP """ me i iinru rMni.-s mm uctiun ihmi imiwrtuiil in. a.ur.-s vilull all. ling tin J. H.t VIIMI, I'll. Oregon City. ScptouilHii 3, I Hid. ARRIVAL OF OREGON EMIGRANTS- Hie Slates, at proper distances from each other, r.nl Hium. and the entire East India island. The I'm- ,j,..i unit fntur.. int.i.-tr of Uii. infant rolonv. was xews rno.n tiij: r. stati. FnMiR of tin Xotirc Kill Some of the Oreguii emigrant ot lMli, armed at and safety ot future emigrants. Oregon Citv on tin- 'J:tli ot August also a . ital to raise an army of mounted ritlemenl to be distribul-d i ,cu ",,p" ""w ",nnUj,,ne seconii commercial ami irnu- complete ly dirpell.-d. Tin- t-ilueiw cvp" N-r.l a vvisii and .stationed at these ditTerent post for the security ' inB lm,io" on ,l" Si"!- nly a few veart more will jmbhcl) to muiufist their ebullition. of j..) on tin- a I eiapsc, ooiore me win raiiK loremmt anu migiiiiesi oi , kM,n. Afconlmgl) our mirth) .Mu)or A. I. l.ovc. ! the nations whose hiH und steiimboats ride tijun the j,., l,.n,. orders t ,w. ,, BJiitf of h-vi n gun liii-il 1'hom-i: rs cik ir. The general tune of the !....- .1 . ft I ... . .. ofiicer. Lieut. Wooilworth. who ii connected with the " 7 " , , 7 " u,mt(u,B WUN, '" "' "ra"- l"" r,'l'"-" " Iron, a mm- .im.l.-r . am.uii In-longing t.. tin- .it) i oi U.S. Nmv. crossed ou-r the ckv .Mount mw in ""l"';"'""1"'"1 ""' "e...geuce mm tra.tr between the t'nite.l States ami foreign nation... ,,11.,,,, w,-h was ,,r..m.th N-rlrmeil. The fn. nfMitn'tru it1i tli fun rtflisit- fTnnf lit inn II tln.1 1 tirwi tu 4 lr. V I liMtll null llli ''mi t.im' in' i v -iiiim iw wn . . tt . ,. .... con. hnvin.' Miter, for the muadroii, which were left on r0MM,,a,lu's' w:u oxceeu.ngly watliKe. I lie general jJui,,,,, ,,a. The e.-onoin) and utility of ra.lroa.li ,lmi(,g ., i. Uuk. of Hie dlamittr m, r. and .. the V. S. Sch'r Shar I. uml rwulit'nrlli hntntrht nu IiImuhI fMtwrv i ' ' c.itiiV.ififnrt riir?itirtiti! ntn-ift fltu unln..nt sif tl n4li. .t .t t . . i i i of C a u v b-ou , It of d i . lu" "" b,mdar" h"e f reBOn' CUM be M Waf hM My pendI upward, of ,r,V , .f W" " ' ' "'" "' " f '" of April, and as lie l).ouglitpaiT. ol dales up totlw .,.,.,..,.,..,. , ' '...' .. , , , filler, m tlr.-nm who haw r. fi.M . mmv Her ""- - -"""' m "" """ '"i" uouar m ine couniruciiou oi more uiuii ix nuiitirtu - . . llie.oticc Hill liadpawdUirougli the lloiLHe of Kep-( w, U- conducted upon the moM economical and e. lr, Slut. , Hag was hoi.l..! ii.n u lull lil-il ,l. for the Niuadroii, winch we'e let! on "" i""u- " "; " ; v. .. uiuuiiik mi uu- nanus me iiiuiin .! ii i, nun .rk Ivu.g in the Columbia river , P""" " iu ,,,e e,PIw -as. that if the mV(. j,,,,, ab.mdantls and succrfully attested h tin- BMII r., , ,l.,m .) ...un.al. .! . :,. . ti.ih.eH. ami sal .rough't ufil-H of pa.wrsfro.il van-' l'-s-.Sena,e loId al'o pas the Nolice Hill, and no ,terprimg and enlightened c.tii.-ns of the extern ,.It.,lu, Mad.d il..-.i,t.iu ...mii..n..i 1st of Mav, a far as Tort Hall, but bv ncculent tl.ev , , T " ", "'" "" "" """--; ',"" " "" m ine cinsir ...,,; u.i.ft . r..rt H..n 1 1 ,.,.,..' ' the succeeding arrival of news from the I. Mate. ,,, f railroad, all ol whirl, expenditure is allor.lmg ,au": aml wn l'""" "!"' "'" ""'" "f ,,,,M- lM,rM"" coiu-ulerably abated the belligerent and warlike feel- , BI1 unexpected advance of H-rcentogn sis yarly profit. '""" ' '""'U a"''l U'W" "' our ren.muu.iN. .ng engendered by the former intelligence, by avmr- 4BW york has expended nearlv as much capitnl in tin- '" " "" ' "' ,:"1 "".".' mg them that neither the Senate nor Mr. Vol would cnnMract.on of railroads, and has i.earlv as manv "-'" '"'lo.du.l !,. w sV s tin- uinai ami ii , I thr loifri or,w ,rw of inl,e3"bl" eleniiiiieil upon claiming the whole of miM completed, as the whole of New Knglaud Anil I""!" r,,'of tl"K r":""- Sl,tl' L',""1"c, "' "'" ,,'f:'" the hs of papers rici-ied "!S0"' bl" " lho colllrar"' W01,M Jub!iilIy be in- yrt ,rr march is onward, and an increnv-d ,p,nl of uW v "! ",,r B,rtM" '" " ',-Ml "" ''J'" wero unfortunately left at l'ort Hall. He declares that one newspaper left by accident al Fort Hail, con tained the news of the final pa.sr.age ol the bill through tho Senate, girtnt; (treat Hnlmn the tr'uirrd trm' noticr of the trrminatw vrrgon. .. t- none.- in ...e m-s u, j.a-.s vi-wu ,.....:. ... . ... , .' ,,, ... .Is I. nd. nn . ., ,t Wuuld Ih for a I, .. 1 , .,. tl.mii.rh hr kin.lni. nf I l.Mlt WuHlwcrlli ll.nt ll.e k '""' """ "''" "'' IIIKraillV ail.l e.iniCSIIIf W lit IIIIS sICCleri oi eiiierpriv. through .he hin.lncss ol l.u ut. Moodwortli, tlu.t tin ,..,,,.,., i ,.. ,i ......... .. .. ....... u'. nnd mc.m nfai.l in .u lr-1 n..!. av.rs I.. h.iII. o Great llnta.n. pa's- "J1 -v.. ...... v .. .... .." si is iiauy nugmemeu among ine eniigmrni-.i rapuimsi oi parallel, as ine line oi mutual compromise. The of those Males, upon this important subject. IVnn- "' ' " ""'"l '""'"". ...s..u... Knghsh government have been Bilciilly. )et actively ,yvania. Ohio, and manv other middle and w.-tem w,:l' "" '"l" " t-'I-.-:i.n....H.,e tin-l..lfi!.n.-:1t..f ih engaged in refitting their navy and war steamer, and , stBlCH, haw expended within the last few war, iii.ii l,,v, wlm '' h ,u lf" ' '"" " l! f"r "" '" '" !'! ""1 " preparing for oien hostilities, provided the United millions of dolliimm making Iminlreds of miles of rail- fu" ol all ; :.t..i i.ku-:.. . wlnu U...r uim .iUIivmi Slates hhould not sufficiently concede to her arrogant road within their own lm.it,. Th. n i at tins ini.mi-ni ',!' "'" "' '""-' '" "' ""' ""1" '""' "' U'r4 "'- requisitiom. She has ulso stimulated Me.co to acts I a greater and more irrrpreMblc thirM to invert capi- ol ojwn aggression upji the Mate and w..pIof lexas. ta in railroad Mocks within the Mates, than was ever bill requiring notice to be given to t.reat linta.n. pas ed through the House of Ueprct-cn'ativc by a vote of three to one. hen the news of the passuge ot tin notice bill through Ine House reached Ijuglniid. great oomtcmution and excitement prevailed throughout the whole kingdom. The prices of foreign exchange immediately fell in the market from 1 to 1J r cent, and the war feeling arux- and spread quickly in the various departments of commercial enterprise Tl e opinion universally e.prcd b the lint h press up- laws which ll.ev now iiiti.iir.g. u have tio.at'd. Tin v w.ll liml thut t.iL.ug the lav.-into llmr .'an Recent intelligence brought as by tin- nrnv.il of the j previously exhibited. Our nation's rap.dlv increasing ,ul"1" w'" lr"1 '" '" a"i'""r l"",,p "f ",,1'", H,i" lute -migrants, . uiifirm- us in this belief t.ud jkisiIioii. trade with China and the Cast Indies, is'caiiMiig the al""", " l,,w -"''"'"'B I--l'- "" M.chvv. miycall ore the denrture ol tin- rotiiing -migration from Mtatesman, th capitalist and the political iconom.M, Mates IiLst hpriug, actual hostile c-ngagcmeiitK in ' to begin intcnselv to In lie-fore the- doubling Cape Horn, and making n vovnge of five nscquncc- ntclligene, uilhr. -ard to the , J A'""!"'. pi had been taken prirnejU tll, whIrh m.Bit b,, reu.li! nccmpW.-tl in tin- ; ','!,'',;J;r;,;,;: '' ;''' ir71,,,I""- ',' ?"" " "11' ! of the northern uLd-n- I.m. either by a,0r a''.d -" '-' - 1 by .he ! .f , vvo or two and a half month. a .... nriiu-q..,!, which I. a.N .,,....,,-,.. .... , , .' ,,. Mexican General, to MirrendertheLrwtrms. Thisiiile-I- V believe in the nrarlirabihlv nnd utility of tin- ' l""u" '"'"""A'. . tiegotmtion, or bv u direr! expression of Con- . - !... ... uu hui..i. .umiuj u.iu uinnv ui uu ugenco Firvaii rapiuij iiiroiiguoui im- Koutiic-ni ittia construction of a railroad, running from some coinmer- I rom tin-.ew orl, ( our., r .mil Kiiqiurer, M irrh.'ll. westeni stotc-H, and previouslv to lhedeartureef the cial and hiicinem place on Ihe Missouri river, westward Mall Route tO OrOgOtl. cou.ii-g emigration fro-u the St..t N it was supposed ' through tho .South I'as. to terminrto either ut tin- Mu. 5. T: to Orcoi. is re.oim... iwl,-l hv tl... Srimtr Cnmmiltee un I'mt (Mirer.. In tln-ir r-irt pears to have been, that if tin- Senate ol the United ,i .l,l,l r.L , .1 i.e.. I..M. .I...r...... ,"t':,lau's " lng. actual hostile engagements in to begin intensely to Uk for some shorter, more ero iii i e. . i i . i . i . . war between the United States und Mexico hud really ' noniic.ii and expeditious roulo imon which to ercie . i WOllId llO left to Llllllanil, but kUCC-e-Sh.ul Il(.i'otiatlOII 111 j iwuuui umi ufnumum umio ujkiu Kiiiui iim i. Kim relation to a satisfactory settlement ol tin- boundary , c''t,,ct'1' . " '. Hie Amcncan general for reciprocity of trade L-twee,, these d.lU-rent ,Hnt ol .. ., . , . 1 1 i . "i texas-, wild ii.iW) men, had been surrounded and hem line, or, if no successi ul negotiation could be entered , , ,,,. . . ,. . ' . . .1 ... I.,' III. (II ....... ..f .l.rt MAVl..n.. I..... .....1 ...fn cfil ilnef i.rv til l.r.ll. t.nrl.e. V':ir n.l.T Im. fli. 1...... ' ....W .M...U.V.J .- .... ,.- - - ... voidable consequ settlemeiit riuccesnful ncgotuition, or by a direct expre gres-s in defining on what pirullelour northern hue shall run, has not yet reach. l us; but our doubts arc now sufficiently cxjiellt-d to convince i-s that the tilth degree nf parallel will be tin- definite Inn- ultimately agreed ujhju both by Grout llriluiii and the United Stated. Thomas II. Heiitou, iiiuversaliv known u.s the champion nnd defender of the Uuite.l Mali -.' rlaim to Oregon for the last twenty-five ears. in connection with Calhoun, Webber, Crittenden and many other distinguished stati-Mu. n m the Senate, advocate strong ly nnd forcibly the final settlement of the ljuiidnr line on the -lllth degr.e of parallel, (ie-n. Case nud Mr. Atchison advocate as strongly for .11 degrees 40 llUIUltl-f. What course Jlr. l'olk will pursuo ii)fn tho Oregon question in relation to the buiindnrv hue, is vet un known to ns. Some of the papers ulledge, that he will bo swave-d by Col. Ile-iiton and others to negotiate unci the m.ijo.'ilv ol Hit- rilwe us ol (Jregon. e ran safi l sav, Unit no lerr.torv evir settl. d bv the I mini Stall s, ever presented as m-u.-i able i cuiiimiuiiiv, as ibe m Itltiin-uts m thn Willamette v .(!! . Iium Hit, commercial intercoms, than lln- tedious processor '"".-'ki..... i .in-.r - p-n. n. the laws, when it .omm Horn men ol imIIii-iht, that 10,000 volunteers would iiniiii ih.itcly enlist them selves in tho service of the United Slates, to march against the Mexic-m army. Tin- number of 1:J00 volunteers was raised iu the city of St. Ixmis. Hnlist incuts from thu Stales of Missouri. Arkansas and Iajii- isinii.i were very numerous. It is not lo bo pr'-siuncd uaus, nroinerwiso, running conliguo'-s in wr. vviut- "'" nmmiutr on imi iiilin-r.. in lln-ir r-nt man's .Mission, to terminate nt I'licet round. Its I. r- ' "0 ''"",!'.l ""' Alii.-ncau H,puliiliou of ()re llt miiiati.mntthe Dalls would require tho constrm lion of a suon r.-inai anuonr or iwoiuckhui untv asraue i ails tl-ir friends in III.: I mti d Slules. for steamlroat iiavigalion. According lo Ihe best. nother reason mi which the r.rnm.m u.liition is 10,111111, and they Ihmi. it no mom than mt that Ih.-w p-ople- should enjoy Un- uieiuiN o coimmiuicitioii Willi reliable reports, no formidable obstructions present tln-m- ',-"'' U;M'H "' " .railing inten-str. ol ..ur r.-opl.t in that Mexico would thus wantonly haxar.l a destructive I selves, preventing the conMruetioi, of n railroad I,.- ,"r rtm .'? I !Ij. Tii'nniY '" i 1 '"'''''" ".""". 1 r. .,, r lillll. liml ellllllOV .lll.llllil Itletl. m.fl it i.n .......I I ti-sselh would touch al and r.-eive mlvices irom meiit of the United States, h becoming jealous of her power, and being desirous to cntablish lho Lnlaner of I potter system on this continent, may possibly unite I Itllll F'iTtlinH III tlm s.CASt nf .. 4. .!.....!. tt... compromise with Great ilntain for the 49th degr.- b ' '""- "u" -- " Other, sup,. ,hat ho w-,11 count, nance no further m- ! rW""? V""1 f Wr '"'P rePuW,c' " lrt gotiation o,l,e subjrrt. The present nsp,ct of thing, i 0,,,r Bvcrnment maintain ngh.s whatever may bo indicate that lln.- question will be, if it has not nlr ud H i been, fmnlly and amicably settled by negotiation be- Orkco.n. Oregon is the principal topic of inquiry ... .. .1... ...... - ....!. It.. . r ... ... - ....... .. . .. '" anu convcreuuon inrougnoui j.urojK) and me-rictr Xo political subject has involved and elicited so much public interest and discussion within the lost twenty years, both in Europe and America, aa tho settlement of ihe Oregon question. Lot none of our fellow citi zens deceive themselves by imagining that tho United States' people and government havo forgotten them. Tho democracy of the States is sensitively and con stantly nwakc, sounding their voices in tho public streets, in public meetings, and in the legislative halls, udvocuting warmly tho public and privuto interests 'of tho citizens of Oregon. Tho public nowDpopew aro literally filled with discussions on the Oregon question. Oregon is destined to become ono of the central point of trade, and conmcrcial ifltercoiuw between AjU and war between her own government and tin- United tween Dr. Whitman's) Mission and Pugrt .Sound. We route w.-n- established, tlu-s. Suite, without the direct instigation and countenance i predict, thut within less than ten vears, a work mhii.il'- . "" mouth of lln- Columbia n of Ungland. Trance ulso, in consequence of the nd-1 nificcnt nnd Btupcndoiis iu its nature, and so unpurlarit ,'1" l'11"1, ' " "I""-(bought dial lln) gr.-nt rrnt-r. uf mission of Texas into tho Union, and thn unprecc- ! and iu,eful iu its results, will be commenced either bv CTllT1' "I'5' I'1", ,V,,,,C' r","u ","1 . . . ,.,., . , (' I'Usl Juu.es Would pat liv that roule. dented fx-aceful extension of lho territory ond govern- (he United Stales' government, or by some rumiielrnt And Hie greatest ndvaulagc of si.rl. uu urrange- capitalists adequate to its accomplishment. Iu thn irn-ni, i( is reires-iited, ih to In- m Ibe strengthening of mcuii lime, Jot us progress steadily and persrvrringK ' "' '"l"" "' union iieiveen in.. M-opir o un- i.ust and with our own internal improvements. 1'. S. Since the nbovo wus in type, wo have receiv- tho West Ihr ilifiusioii of inlorim.lion conreruiiii' lho country, lho promotion ol emigration thither and tho ultimate control of lho vast trade ol Ihe I'.tnlic. Upon cd through the kindu.su of Lieut. Wood worth, u this subject lho refsirt um-s this fuicible language: iwcen tho twuguvirumonb. at lho parallel of 40. Sai.k or nin Lai-ncii Hy order of Copt. Howi- son, tho Launch which was left at the mouth of the Columbia by Com. Wilkes, was sold on Thursday, tho 20th ult., to Mr. Shelly, who designs to havo her re paired and employed for a pilot hoat at tho mouth of (he Columbia. Mr. Shelly pal 150 dollars in cash for her. Jah. UuRSfcn. Some person unknown, on 'he night of tho 16th ult., set on lire- il(. juil in Ore gon City, and it was burned lo the- ground. Tho Gov ernor has oil'ered 100 reward for un information given which shall result in Ihu conviction of tho per son or peoont. concerned in Ecttiug tiro to tho jail. pamphlet printed in Now York, in which Ihe practi cability of such a project is clearly discussed. Sociktv in Orkoon. Gratified with (Im iwnrr, tranquility nnd prosperity with which our infant country is blessed, we feel unfeigned pleasure iu an nouncing to Ihu world, that tho social, moral, political and religious state of society in Oregon, is at leust as elevated and enlightened a can be witnessed in any of the territorial or frontier settlement cast of tho Ttocky Mountain. Tnie it i, that we cannot triumphantly boast of un equal posecasion of external refinement in gaudy apparel and fashionable formalities of etiquotto which i exhibited in the Atlantic states and cities, but wo can successfully vio with them in habit of in dustry, temperance, friendly and social intercourse, Wo have tut few ra loafers In Oregon they, choosing rather to tarry in tho more populous settle tlemeata in the cute, where a livelihood caa bo ob- " As uu ngriculliirul country, when comnared wild tho valley of the, Mississippi, it is probable that tho Oregon may be considered of minor importance. An ii manufacturing country, with Us unlimited wuter power, it will, when (he Kipiilatiou becomes dense, Im of moro imjiortunoe ; but both Ihesn (ogrther lire of but little importance to lho United Stalls when com pared with tho giguntic murilime und commercial puwer that must, in tho nuluro of things, noon grow up on ll,o shores of the north I'ucili,:, should it bo in hubiledby tho enterprising people ol "thin country. The trude and commerce of six hundred million of people, about three-fourth of the whole population of the globe, is nearly us convenient to Ihe mouth of tho Columbia as the trade of Europe is to New York. Tho center of the valley of thn Mississippi is nearly an convenient to lho (rude of the Pacific a it is to that ot tho Atlantic Tim vast commerco that now exists,, and must grow much greater, will nurture und upimrt many hundreds of thousands of seamen, who, wliilo they spread over the Pacific with the commerce of Ihrce-foutths of the world, will have their homea among tho high aountaiiui of Oregon, toe their oflbcticaa