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About Oregon spectator. (Oregon City, O.T. [i.e. Or.]) 1846-1855 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1847)
Wf ? WSSSi MfTM Amoaf the volnnteera was a "gentleman's !-- fill1 private, who heartily Molt 'of wtoy?(wwfthcrt mud, and no shelter, first ; ta Ms captain with his complaints, but if with no particular sympathy, re. I to have a talk with Geaeral Taylor MttMlf. Arrived at the commander's quar , fen, tt6aoeral waa pointed out to him, but ' Wwml tareduleus. "That old fel. low antral Taylor f Nonsense 1" Satitfi. ad, Mwaver, that such was even the case, he SMWaaad up and rather patronizingly, open. rf hai httetaees. vHkAmA ' Taylor I believo?" "Tea sir' i "Wail, General, I'm devilish glad to sec yon wattdeed!" The General returned theaivflky. '. ' Geijer1t you'll excuse me, but since I've " jai IttMil've been doing all I could for you ' '' IWrv, Indeed ; but the fact is, the accom etttdfjitafare' very bad are, indeed ; mud, atr!' ssttsmlry mud t-i'bleeged to lie down in it, actually ; and the fact is, General, I'm a MMtiemaa'a son, and not used to it !" - Tfce General no doubt deeply impressed with the fact of having a gentleman's son in hi army, expressed his regret that such an. Boyaaces should ever exist, under any cir- cuawtances, in a civilized army. "Well but, 'General, what am I to do 7" "Why, .really, I don't know, unless you take ay place. ' "Well, bow, that's civil 'tis indeed. Of course don't mean to turn you out, but a few fours' sleep a cot or a bunk, or anything weuld be so refreshing! Your place where kit, General?" , Oh, just drop down anywhere about ' Well,," drawled tho Major, waving his hand somowhat,in the stylo of Julius Cassar, " Ala don't cost enough to suit me," and with a swing of grandeur no,left the store. BjBSteBBBBBBBBB THE SPECTATOR. Ota U COURT, KDITOR W. T. IIUDMff, HUNT. Oregon City, Nov. 11, IN IT. L To CoamsrosutNTs. Wc shall give our earliest attention to our correspondent, and several article which hare been on hand mim time, shall have a place in our next Wasiiinotonian. An adjourned meeting of the "Washfngtonian Temperance Society" will be held at tho City Hotel on Saturday evening next. At Home. Aftrr nn aWnro of three weeks, in wilich wo havo been engaged in taking a look at the country about the mouth of tho Columbia, wo find Mkctckc el OrefteH, No. 4. Atroau. After rawMing asd senuaaaag ahag Uw beach of the bay.Hu ladeatallsa o( the Cfitoabia river below Tongue petal, and the cliskeiag threagh Uio Interlac ed bruih ta Um Ar-cowred ridges of the ssoualain to avoid prrclpitotle btuffii sad tho encroachment of the flood tWc, we found ounelf at the end of a morning' tiresome .walk on a knoll near tho river bank, that some thirty odd yean ago constituted tho foundation of one of the bastions of Fort Astoria. There are Utile evidences remaining of the once strong poet thai guarded an infant trade In iU dangeroui adventure In the heart of the wide wilderness. Change ha laid violent hinds Mipon the atockadea and bastions, and ) tlie milduea of trosu-piciou peace with the cornuco pia of the humble and mora useful art, have convert ed Into more agreeable. Ibmt the hanih appeaiance of other time. Astoria or Fort George, a it was called aftrr it fell Into English hand during the lout war Ilia early history of which has been so ndmirably told by our distinguished coiiutrymau Washington Irving, is as yet but a small settlement, but its favorable site mill 1111-ni-rous advantage incliuo us to the Ix'licf that it will one day 1k the home of a Urge and prosperous poni lution. We would not cb i! ne Astoria to the single claim of Messrs. Shivery and Welsh, for it must en rompamiii its growth, the seaward jutting point, tlie roinmanding heights, the gentle s1ojh:s and plcu-unt vales from "Young Bay" to "Toiiguo Point." This In our next sketch wa design lo speak somewhat of our explorations, nnd a new and unsettled country on the northern side of the mouth of the Columbia. longer than we had anticipated, yet not half long nough to satisfy us in our explorations. Wo have seen much that has gratified us and Uiat which has 4,nnfif..t 1,4 till,, miifit, rtf tit., KiMrf iMriinti nf flrm.... I , , . . ' .... cilitate the development of it resources. I" Jl U.UVII11U. twill III1IU IU IIIUV nv PIIU1I MHO pleasure in laying before our reader such sketches of ourself at home and at our pott ngaiu, in the enjoy- . ., , . . .1 -. . ,. ., , , ........ iinust bo k natural consequence of tho situation of that, men! of health and cheerful spirits. We were rone . , .... ... t , , , ,1 . picco of country, constituting as it does, ut various pe- longer than we had anticipated, yet not half long 0- , , . , , , . . . . , . .' nvds of the year, u tolerably guod harbor for rlu(piiig. Tho requirements of rommerce and its connection therewith Will ncccMiarily mould its diameter and fu here any place about COinp Will answer!" our liUle travel as we trust may not he entirely imin The look which tho "gentleman's son" terreiting. Our indebtcdncw to our friends Mr. Hud gave tho General was rattier peculiar. , ,u our publisher, and Dr. Trigg for their attentioun to "Well, no wonder tltey call you KOUyll the Spectator during our ubsencc we take this op- and Ready I' " said he ; and amid tlie smiles of all but "Rough and Heady" litmscll, tin "'gentleman's son" return to take his chanoo of the weather. Reveille. A Quakes with a littlk or old Adam. A young man, the son of a wealthy and res pectable Quaker, of Pcnn. enlisted a few days' sinoe with Lieut. McClay, tho gentle, avialy recruiting officer flow in this city. The next day fats father came to see him, ''Joseph," said tho old gentleman, "was thee flober when thee consented to take up carnal weapons?" Yes sir-ce I wasn't anything else," responded the son. "Here is some aaoney, Joseph," rejoined the father, without cravings musclo of his hard features, "and when thee gets on the field of battle, tlioii wilt bear in mind that Anthony Wayne was n Pennsylvaman, and that thou art my son. Sosa departed portunily to acknowledge. Sudden Death. Lat evening, about dark, Yki.-laii-cc, the principal chief of the Indians living on the opposite bank of the river, walked ast pur office, and when opposite Mr. M'Kintcy's residence, fell sud denly to tho ground and al'r.xt inunediutely exjitred. Upou inquiry, we learned that ho bad had a quarrel with a white man just previously, and it is presumed that the excitement incident thereto, or uu unlucky blow received therein, was the occasion of death. More Immigrants. Soutiikb.n Kovtk. Two more companies of immigrants, one of t-levin and the other of sixteen wagons huve arrived by tho Southern route. They surprised the icople at tho hcud of the valley by rolling iuto tho Kcttlemeuts before they were known to j 1e on tho road. They had halted in the neighborhood . ., of the Forlw of tho Willamette. Their leunm ure The m.l alxnit this tection nf the country is very good, and its productive qualllicn are fully terted by ubundaut croj. We might instance tluwi of .Messrs. Shortew, Welnli. Col. M'Clure, and others. Among nui'iy pleasant things Ihut altrnctrd our notice, we were glad to observe that our fellow-citizen who have reltled in and around Astoria, appeared to lie Inghly fatiilcd with their situation and pruHpecL. Truly, thin is a huppy circumstance, for " a rolling stone gathers no mM,' and no settler should undertake ti plant his stake without carefully considering his rhances for con-' teutment and satisfaction. Alter poising a few happy 1 hours in the agreeable society of tho hospitable Asto-1 riuna, wc proceeded across " Young' Hay" to visit the famous 1 ClJkTMr Thins. ' We quickly ascended the "Skiianoiin,"niid niece, fully accomplished the s'iely of crocks and lunis tie corny to its navigation, und lauded Iwit milen from its mouth, nt the residence of Mr. Raymond, a gentleman of intelligence, iiuhtr' and en!crpric, wlionrmed to "buckle" to labor with Ihut determination which uniiM nsuie succei. Onward we went for a couple of iiiil-a through a " m-rk of woods," and reached th comrneiicetnciit of the " l'luiiiH." It was a itleasaiit r Til a a a ... a ..i-i -. TmitrmmmniwMi 1 n ii insui a-j;iriri 11 nn i risinsi ni ying, wiiiiouianuuier worufuie oiu inun -r-- - - h - , ,,, . . , . f ., . , , . , Trenton News. I collie wcro sto'en by the Indians, otherwise they ej.- ? , ,. , .... MTcmvn &. j ird mil tiisin Ihu 0111 and seaward-stretching country I ', ., , , 1 .,, , bewjisil us, with iLi mug looking fiinn hom.-t mid nil ' the call e sea nn? wrro kied. ' 7 " . .. . Extbaobdinaby. We wcro 1 Ul. .., h ,.., ,.. :. ..oitt.ZrZT "t,,1, w ".v ",w ,,c,,"", "r '"""y '" p"""1 1.1. U T V I'VI I1IU1 X. -- MI1V '. Vllllilll 1 US I I .. COOLMESS much amused the other day with tho "Mu- jorV' story of his first adventure in jewelry, j to due time, tho "Major" got married, as till vouns folks are bound to do, and in course 1 of time he found himself in New Orleans with an extra hundred dollars in his pocket. Determined to do things up handsomely in the way of presenting his wife with homo costly present, ho marched into a jewelry store, resolved to spend thirty or forty dol other number. Coin WriTiiKu. 1'ur tho lui.t few dayn we have been experiencing uniuually cold weather for this sea son of tlie year regular blasts from the vicinity of i. . . 1 . .. 1 . -L- .1.1... V. . - jars lor tnniceis, unuer uio ueiusiun uiem )5., 40 0ri Tuesday night ice was formed about our sum so enormous would buy "everything vicinity of th ihicknes. ur three fourth of nu inch. and more too." Tho ever altenti yo d.frk We rule it lo be out of the order of things and contra- waited on his summons, and handed out a I 0 Imturc tmt the npjJfoaclling willU!r ihoi),d Tanety. of the "low prices," varying from u g wvcrc Mw iast waK one dollar to fifty. Tho "Major" examined 1 the assortment with a critical eye, felt of his . , on n . j 11 : i'i .....-:. ..i' A Ltoimioiir. on Crr. DutrroiNTMEST. Our lorty dollars wih a grandiloquent air, and 1 M , w:wl -t,?n vnlv fannvin.s ihni ' fel,ov, citixs-oa nt the Mouthofthe Columbia aro unx- 1. ..M ,K ,, ..S.lh .. Hl,rV, tM,." ' iou to K1 tt "''wry lighlhouro constructed upon it would reach up as high as "throe tetm The clerk placed upon tho glass case two BBorooco covered boxes, which,' upon Itcing opened, presented a variety of necklaces d finger rings. The "Major" eyed the Afilleotion in a very critical manner, and mid that he would take "the largest bbx," demanded the price while pulling out bis wul let.- - ffYou cari," aaid the clerk with solemn ity, "have that box for ten thousand dollars." Internally the Major" felt astonished ; outside he was cool as a cucumber the price lutd gone 'over his pile' and his expectations, just nlnb thousand niuo hundred und seventy. five dollars. With atangfroid that sunk into the heart of tho clerk, ho said : "Is that tho highest priced jowelry you havo in your store t" The clork eaid it was just then." iM'tiiiw. Uit tin tifil bM'itl runt ttrliirmj I lis f itifwnii forty wagons on Uiis road. , . '., ., ' . , . .. .. . .ate luM evening, ufter tl.r nlwve was nut in ti-pe, , , ,, . ,,., . , , . , , , . . ' . :' would sinvll im smel. Mhc settlement known ns wo received a k'ttrr eontuiiiing somo interesting fuels . , ... 1 , ., , , "fluthop, eAtcnds along the roast nlwut luinty-five concerning Ihu travil of tho two companies ubore ., ... ...,,. ... menlioiil, which we aro construinid to defer to an- , , . ,, . .. nu(.i.i--iiiiiii ui iiiAuiiiimiy ;riuu,vuvef(;ii iiuen ur gen tle " divides" ii though tho waved of Ihe ea, 08 Ihey rolled landward, I1t.1l been suddenly Iruiu formed intn productive Miil truv ersu it lungthwirc. lietween these " divides" ure the plains, or vulleys, of various hreudlh, and the hand of art, uwisting nature, huu made them beautiful 111 llm prolific1 growth of the necessaries of; life. Wild clover and liulricious grumes cover Ihu ele- vulions and valleys, which alTurd unfailing Misieuunce to large bands of cattle that aro coutinuully roaming ut largo over them, and ure a -cerium profit to their owner. Back near tho border of the forest uro ex tensive cranberry marshes, which, in the proiwr season, furnish abundunt supplies of this mit deiirublo deli cacy ; indeed, ulrnosl every settler there has his cran berry patch upon his claim. We could tell much of Ihe prodiiclivenew, of tho Clatsop soil did wo deem it essential; wo could nay thut wo hud oecn the largest kind of potatoes, and "lieajn" of them, raised with but tittle labor and attention one of which, taken without any selection from a heap of audi, we find weigh two pound, und tueamires over teu inches In length, and four inches through. Tur nip, reader, a large round a you hat, (wo don't care how lurge a brim your hat ha,) and wo had almost said oilier thing in proportion. Well, whilst Clatsop produce her abundant crop, she can boast particular ly of her vegetables, part of acargoof which the bark Whiton has taken lo regalo the poor Califomian up. on, and paid down the reody - rhino" for them. It the people of Clatsop go on In improving, and avoid the trouble-creating administration of Lynch-law, und they will, moat assuredly, enjoy a high degree of prosperity. Cape Disappointment, believing, and very correctly too we think, that such an achievm'ent would greatly forward the interests of Oregon. In furtherance of this object they have started a nubcription paper and have already subscribed two hundred dollur. It I contemplated that the expeaeT of the work required will not exceed six hundred dollars, a f la only intend ed to answer temporary purposes, under the convic tion that the United Slates, upon the extension of her jurisdiction, will most certainly erect a good and sub. ktantlal work of the kind upon the Cupe, which Uie purpose of commerce will assuredly demand. The subscription paper, wherelu tho undertaking is more fully explained, may be een ut this office. Wo should think that at least three hundred do'lar, ono half of Ihe contemptuted expense, might be obtained In tho seven remaining counties ; this I all that Clatsop do. tire, and If more should bo required her citizens will tnako it up themselves. Lvt roa OriicK. It would nppeur really that some uf our good fellow cilixsn have lot their wit and are running mad for office. Sum will have Aoi on whether or no, and wo understand that one of our dialinguished funcliuuarira has gone to the Bute In two ships thai another, after receiving s.nn thou sand eWlar worth ot the real ")ellow hoys," started Intlie height of desperaliuii in a Chinook canoe lo go around along tlie coast, iu order lu head off Ibe onn on board of two ships that one of tho member of Ilia late "Yamhill Convention" Intend crossing Ihe Moun tains on snow-shore and 1 sum of being In at the death Uiat wo ourselr had gone tbitber.iiu as much as wo were absent at the month of the river j well ! really, we might have gone had we fouud ships, ca noes, or snow -shoes disengaged. . Mkijvxi'iiolv AmursT. On Saturday morning the 30lh nit., a voting man named Henry Wallace, In the enil:' of our nIoI Mr. Itecve, was drowned hi the Columbia nver below Tongue (KiiuL He in com uny with Mr. John Kdmund, on t ho evening of the day previous started from I'ott Ceorgein a sail boat for the puriuM of going to the vriM-1 which were at that time passing through Tongue Point ChannoL . During the sevno stonn of the morning of Ihe 3Utli ult their lsat was casmrd, they succeeded however in regaining it, but I'ltne live or mx hour sjlerward Mr. Wallnee from exhaustion, we i'upjioo, could act maintain his hold upon the hunt and wo drowned Ther ww n very heavy sea prevailing at the time and the ihirkneKi of tin- storm, which continued until the next diy, concent" il tho ilutrewMiigciri.'iiinstaiie.r from view. Mr. I'dniiinds, on the boat drilled by Fort Ccorge, with the tide, -everal times, until, fortunately, on the Monday morning following, olsiut day break, he succeeded in getting In shore near 'Wilson's ware, house, lie had barely strength siifiieient to eliabtn him to reach Astoria, wheru he remamed with III' friend for K.uie time 111 n very critical Ntuation. Wc arc hnppv to state that our Isstiufoniiatioti.asure us of hUrecovir). Wmu os Dr.tiocsAr ' It appears that some of our friends were pleased during our absence to doubt our being a democrat. When the occasion calls for it it will be time sufficient to test our democracy. In the mean time wa assure our readers be Ihey iluimals ur whig, protcstant , at catholics, American, BawtWi, French, Scotch, Irish or Dntrh, that we wiU'eniJeat or to do our duty in making them a newspaper and in giving lliemiin idea, if pilule, of whatever Is guing on of any necnnr.t in liie various parts of this busy anil fractious world, iiudiu return for which wo as), their iindividrd stiptairl. .Tlilltnry'l'ivstt oii.tluOroKon Rontn. I'miii the following it will be rren Ihut (iovern-in'-n t are at last taking ilepj to runrtmet Military ll on the route t Oregmi. "Iletter lato than nev er," jet better that it were not done than only half done. W.vit Dnwr.TMf vr, March 111, 1817. Sir: I urn iii-druclid by tho President to P'l'W'.it that yii will caimo to he rniseil in ilu tiinlc of .Mivniri, nnd organized nt tin ittilicst pnicticnhli' per'nxl, to jrvu during tlir tntrwilh Mexico, tiiileHK rxxinor dimjhurg. rd, one Ilegimctit of Mounted Volunteers, to consist of 1. Colonel, 1 Lieiitenuiit Colonel, 1 Major, 1 Adjutant :i Lieutenant iu ml dition to tho Lieutenants of Coiuimnios, 1 Sergeant Major i Non-com. 1 (lnurtoriiinster Sorgeant, '" ihissiniicd 1 l'riiiciinl Mitsiuian, yStnll. 2 Chief Jiuglers, and 10 Courjiatiies, citeli of which to consist of 1 Captain; 1 First Lieutenant, 2 Second Lieutenants, 4 SergeuutH, 4 Corporals, ,. 2 Ruglers, I lilacksmilh mid Kurrier, and 80 Privates. Should tho number of privates, on bring mustered, not full below sixty four oflectivu men por company, that number will lie received. You aro requested to designate same, con venient placo of rendezvous, (rcgard-4pJng had to the faeilitit'fl of transportation, to tho placo of destination,) for tun several coin paniesi as fuU as thoy shall bo nrganiod, and whero they will ho further orgnnlzctl into a Regiment. Tho Regiment " bo inspect, od and mustered into servico by an oflicc or d ( Field k StulT. t I 4 ;. h4 1 t A 1 (I