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About Oregon spectator. (Oregon City, O.T. [i.e. Or.]) 1846-1855 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1850)
f.'J f V V.TUtti- i ijM ajfr ' i. i. ... . mm CBmI -ii . .... THE SPECTATOR ORRUONCITYi THURSDAY, MAY S, lr?l0. nm - --ii"- - 4rrf"Jgt-r-i T Ad nttrpMsf company bin taken heU of the beautiful town lit at lb Caseed on tin Colu. Utfkai they f av hJ U tnmyed and laid out o a km and lib rl teal. This la. btyood all oue. tlon, on cf Um moat commanding lava telet In Oregon. It Ii situated it Um extrtm head of navigation for Octaa vtsttla, and any vestal that can saU ea th Colombia, "can reach th town of Catted. It It thought lhattbe amount of ullabte bad in tha vlcinlly or tbt town, will b found t- ti moea mora sttntiv than bu been tonally sup posed. Ptrteat who have beta eo tha pound, aa aura uathat all tJoeaj tha baa of tha mountain, fracaCaacad to 81 Iltltna, Ultra apjaaaoy btau tifal aad fertlW, though niejl, valleV&mlaenlly ujtedt. agricultural pursuits, while Uie tdjtcenl high laaee em pMlryiUreilo pasturage. Than an ah exttatlv hydraulic privglges connected with thla town set, giving a ehene for eitensive maeofeetariug apirallaaa, whan to want of tha country aaail mjulra It Bat Um mala Uiiitf which laada aa to believe that Cateada will ha a popabua town la a very ftw ytart, la hi position aa tha grand dapot of the wholo trad of mlda and upper Oregon. Afttr tha port ago of Um Cascades, tha Columbia la navigable for tuara boata to tha Dalles, a distance of forty miles- Caacade will then bo Kn lo bo Ilia ml heatt throogh which two-third of tba lifa-blood of Ore a moat flow. Wo caaaot mora appropriately than oa tha pre- tat occasion fu!mi a purpooa whieb wo have enter taiaad for am time, of rafening lo tha mourcra tad tpitai of middle Oregon. ThU term I ap Bad to that portloo of eoantry lying between the Caacadt and Blue rxtouattiav, a region eumcltnily largt, and possessed of a tUBcirnt amount of nttu. ml retoorcea, to constitut It a largo and populous State. It baa on of the moat genial and heatrcn bieaatd climatee In the world. It wlntero are mild and Ita nmmcr not tullry. Ilia not subject to the fog and homid atmosphere which characterise lha lower region. The whole region ia intenperced with highly fertile and productive fanning districts, while near ly the whole it one magnificent putura field, lu the farming districts nearly a'l the productions of an American farm hare been cultivated and found lo yield admirably in alt, and in how Utilise the yield waa extraordinary. llmlghlproparly,however,be remarked, that lo develops the agricultural and paatoral reeourcee of this whole region, a system of hnabandry in many respects different from that practiced in the Stales,- would neccMrdy'bave to to adopted. But the system adapted to thia region jt aa well calculated to expand the mind and Invig orate the body, that it clothes it with a charm far tranacendiag that of the ordinary fanner. And aa to ItaaetUement, we liare entirely too much of the "peogrttsive'1 in our compoahioa to tnppone, for one moment, that the mighty tide of emigration which ia destined to flow into Oregon, will long remain confined to the atrip of land I) lag between the Cat- cade and the Ocean. Indeed, nothing but the Waiilatpu massacre and the consequent war, hai prevented the eetUement of a large colony on the UrJUt, near the western base of lha Blue roouu- Ther are alto mineral resources In this rrglcn, eotVitnt to impart corteoquence lo an)' country. It is waQ known UiatFiatina abounds. Hpecimentof other mineral substances have been eihlUled here, and among them gold from Ihe tfpekan cwintry. And Um belief la strong in Uils valley among thoa who have had eipericnce and opportunitiea for observation that raid will be found abundantly on Burnt and Powder, rivers. Should this supposition with reference to Die abundance of gold In that re gion be verified, no earthly power can atay the set tlement of that country. Th imaginary seclusion of that region will van ish before the ascending sun of civilization. Steam boata and rail road 1 will soon aualhlltte all the ob stacle la th way of Ingress and ogres to and from that country and eccr a passage for it products tolb great Ocean. And though Um lower region may become densely peopled ind abound In wealth, yet In the meantime th middle region will be fill ing up and ila rosourceSjdevelopcd, and a Urge and flourishing Slate wlQ occupy Uie epao of that beau tiful country. FaMIe necltttg Pilotamgc noatli of the Celambla. On Monday afternoon last a meeting of Uia clli itne of Oreiroa city convened lu Gov. Lane' of fice, lo dstuo and esecut some arrangement by arhich la secure the continued service of Captain f sWMtvie eass tvtv at"J s.viwhhii nun wa asntaJ Charles White a Pilot at the mouth of the C'olurn. bla. Gen. A. L. Lovejoy in Ihe Chair. (eu. John Adair, Collector at Asloria,and Cant. McAnbur, of the If. H. Nary, who I at present engaged la tho survey of our coast, being called on addressed lha meellug. A subscription paper wa then presented, read and subscriptions made for the object, contemplated. On meAloii, a tUe of lhaiiks was tendered to Cap tain Charles White, for his intrepidity and dillctnce at Pilot tt the moutii of the CulutmVa ; and also cipreeslng the earnest l-fi or the meeting lhal lie should remain in hit present useful and praisewor thy office. , TIm above sketch U published hy order of Uit meeting. A. U LOVEJOY Chairman. W. Dluk, Secretary. We have given above a rather Informal sketch of the proceeding! of a meeting which wai attended 1-v geedly mimlst ef our riHitiit, We rannol W 11 Um mailer peas without ioait dls)tVslleBittfc. TtwmctaHartrarea ay Um aaalaawa via aaV draaaad tha rnsij, were to tha edaWt that, Cast Whet ompeaaaaloa' wa entirely laadsaaate to tka tervtt, and had theralbfa avtaflaiata to abaan doohlepoat as PiM that thereby ciat eonuuarea would b moat eerleuely Injured and that further mo. It Uof lh moat vital Interest that Capt While alMaU be there to eeaduct the MaU Steamer to As toria Immediately oa her arrival (Should aay ao cldeal happen to lb Steamer on'lbelr arrival her It would put Oregon back ten yean la lb career of Improvement and prosperity. The object of the present movement U In view of the above 'acta to endeavor lo raise the Says and means by which to indue t'apt Whit lo remain. Wa do hope our uillient will do themselves Iwaoroei Uila aceaaiou. null m1 malt Kenlc.' We publish to-day, two eels of propeeala far tba mail aervk In thla Territory, and we deem a few remarks failed for to prevent a mUumlerslandlng. Tha feeder will observa by a reference lo the third comma of the tint page of lha paper, that Mr Thurstcei, In hie letter to tier. Lane and others, seyaf"Th adraitiarroeat for prornsala to cany the mail will b tent n atvd pubUafhed la th Ore gon rtptclatoC Ac By lb last mall we received a? copy of th "Republic," th government orgaa at Washington city, containing the advertisement re ferred lo, and the portion relative lo Oregon were marked. TheportloBs marked w publish below. By a eomparieoB of Ihe two sells if mall routes, It will be seen that they clash liislroost every rerprct 80 far aa the convenience and accommodation of the peopl am concerned, we distinctly prefer Mr. Inadale'e arranpmrut of the unites, rsrept that from Portland to Yam 1 1 ill, which subjects all in tercourse between this city aiul Yam Hall to un reasonable delay. In order that Um whole matter nuy be Wily understood, we further stale that .Mr. taiwlahi, by virtue cf lib office aa postal agent, hat power Ii put hi rentes In onentioa, until the contract are dm cepted and service ordered en the rouirs atithorh .rf I., .ei f ns. Anil here is Hie i-int re. .miring vigilance on th. pan of .he c.i.reP. of this , " 1 .. . city. If the roules propoe ed by csngrrsa do not go into eir-ctthrn Mr. Ia will remain In foic and the lulercourv between this ell and Ynm Iln'.' hnlM permanently 1J. emUna-men, or the round about mule by way or ronland. W 1 "'" " ,MISJ,nas are I.eM without any prus do hope the business men of Ihn clly will awake ,,., f rlr,( fM Jie hule -Is-iwltloneilsting to suu oesur ineniteives otiore everiiung Is taken awa) that will ensure prosperity. Before closing we make two more suggestions, and having called the attention of the people to Hie matter, we leave tint public to act for Itself. The Portal Agent has ao.power to appoint deputy pott trusters, and tins who act under such appoint" menta act without due authority. The other tr matk it that the Postal Agent canrot, without "pr ofiler from the P. M.Oenrral, create a IVstrihutln; ran umce. itisbopeu, However, in atllou t the Department at Washington on Ihe subject, will be received by next maiL W. bone lha routes itfonoted Lr the ApeiilTJi'l ' be Uken. and Ihe temporary aerviro conten.4ate.l, be performed; but we still more fervently h. w the permsl roules wUI abo be tsken on such lemn SZT'ZZ' .1 ""V,"" i' 1, Trtm'n,rfhock 01 llio ITIatlu, A latloa. V, 111 not th gentlemen addrewd by Mr.TI1ur.10n, ... ... . ,. ,h,r MnJ bv ,. act oa bit suggestion and give this subject ita pro per direction. norotat roa citavoa the msil in the state wa, aissoiat, axn ii iirsor axn oataoVTaa- KiToaiEs. Proposals for earning Iho mails of Ihe I'niln! Stales from Ihe 1st d) of July, Isill, ti Ihe 30th of June, Ifil, inclusive, In IheStatesof Mulligan, Indiana, llliuols, Wiwonsiii, Iowa, aud Missouri, m M.ri.lfl.v. Iwlil.Wk. Il I lunia. w iwitaiw- in and In .Minnesota anu irregon I emtones, will In received at the Contract Office of Ihe Tout Offict Department, in Ihe city of Warluogtou, until It) A.M. of llie Ifi'h day of April. IMU, ttolwdccid. ed by the Ulli day of .Muy, 1H30,) on Ihe routes and in the manner and lime herein specified, via s (The routes proposed to bo lei, were published in our Is paper, and are hem omitted. form for Bid ahtti natkangt frtm adrrrrTss- stent it dialoNpfteWly M t7aVr. e "I (or we, aa Ihe ease may be) bert writ the name or nainca In full of here stale Ihe reaidenoi ar rcsidiincre hereby propose lo carry the mail ou No. from to as often ae the advertisement requires, ia Ihe time stated in ' Ihe schedules, and by the fojlovi Ing mode of con- veynuee, 10-wiw iitro tiate Jiow 11 alio be con veyed, for the annuul sum of 9 " Dated Form iif a Guaranty la arramptnj nth lid. "'J he undersigned here insert the nam of lha itrantor or guarantors guaranties thai, here lu- rt the iiaitio of bidder or namea of bidders, as lha guarantor case may be, If hi for their) Wd tot carniuir Ihe sort mall from lo" be accepted by .. - - - -. .. . - . ". . Ihe Postmtiter (.'enersl, ihall enter Into an obliga tion prior to in nn.1 usy 01 July neii, with good and sufficient securities, lu perform Uie service pro- pusea. Dattd Ftrm Vtrlijtealf. t,:ZxZZZZo"i!lZ "."rnedarn wbkir! Ilia undersigned, wsimaier or cerll- and able to make good their guaranty. Ualeel WaMUKtllMK. Wo art perml'ied lo mak the following apict frtm a letter received by agenltemau In Ihls eily. from a gentleman at Stilacewin, who is with 11 Ihe best of authority. "We have had quite an rscitement among our Millers for Ihe last few da), caused by Ihe aeiiure of the Hudson's Hay Company's schooner which piles botween this pltct and Victoria, for smug, gling. The vessel waa selied by Capt, Hill, U. S. A., commanding nt tins post." Cayttso itliinlnre'r. Got I.ene list rctamed from tho Dalles, bring ing with him three of the Cayt'te murderers. Two others are in custody, and are etpeetrd here In a few days. The lime of their trial Is not yet fired, but 1 there Is no prison in which lhy reti lm re. cutely confined, ills exceedingly dralrsble Hint Iheyj ihou'd have their trial st Ihe earliest pos-ihls t iil. TIM IXtelaUre Aaaaaatklr. , W hop h wiU b bora In' Mtod that nu Maaday U Um day eel for tba assembling of la IsifUatai. U,viswofUieBMJiyllrslaUvrv. ad, wary aval afgat lobe lyaajid' Aasi fram th oonfuaed oaaidltlau of MratafwRwy hwa eaaalag Ibemtebe luopsratlva for good to Um country, there are mallnrtof pressing Impattanoo cattlagfor Immediate legblaUv action. Th Oevernor, aftar loag and persevering ebuil, ha aecurad a portion of th murderers of Dr. Whitman and ether, and they ar promised an early trial, but (1 will require aa Act of Igislalure to aulhotlio a erosion of Court for that purpoM. Kuiihrnnoro, If thla aeeslsa doee net coavvne there can bo no other meetlag hereaf ter wlldeut a special act of Congress, autliotlilng The can- Is tlieiefor urgeut and every mem. t tl le In hlesplao. TrlltlcUd Bay. The grand eiclleme nt In Kan KraneUco, is for Trinidad Hay. (laid has been found lu abundance ouTilulty lier. Heverat vesaela have sailed to that Ilav slid a new town la cemmeaced, which f course In lu dy will eclipse every thing ela On the fifth dj after the arrival of lha first set tler," eu election was held for Alcalde, and IOC votes wen lulled. Two fisme, three log and a variety of tent houses were up on election day. Krow CalllorwlaTearj Wnrkets. W have San Pranciseo papers of April 1st, Jrorn which it appear lhal trade Is In a vasrllallng condition, and price much lower lhan they ar her. The Flour uiatkel Ii dull. Ptock on baud large, chiefly Chlllan-iiioled at 8 4'jrewt for Chill, and 7 a V per l-W. for Oregon. Beef, mess, $7 a 0 per bid. Mrs folk per LU. Q'li a is. Il-wts and Shoes abundant and cheap. I'ofT.e In good demand slock light prices ou th adraitcr Rio 17 criils per lb. l.iMsta. t'ommen $3A a 30 per M. Ameri; fan pt'dri a I IX). Kliiagies 8.1 a G per M. The following from the Altat'uliftnia,we com- mend t Hie notice ofrit readers! ' , "l ' td- "j Very 1,1- . Iln ltt.eii i rpecwalinn; 111" wans of the eon. 1 h (n(r iU) ,l( d ( lll lliwlrt umoeXed a, hu-'ders tary '" r"cr- ""' '""' 'h'Kh rales ' ! C' ')' ! il w,n 'l"l,r" till lower. Kales of H,!-J.Jll.if: trrcl InnM ngs, while m-"J am .-- llutter. iiu-eiior. 7A a !-0 rfiltt per lb. Hugsr, Mnnilit bionn, I.1 i-U. Ilrtxll w .' U3ct.,dolitvHU, IC els. Crutlied, rrflned white and loaf, at 30 to 3J ct. Uold dost, lu coin, 012 73 to IC-iln trade, $1C ""rsi ItMs-rls-ra .tanalsa. The vrhole ilelachtiKiit of troops have letumed from the pun-uil of the dsaerters, bringing tome -ivtntreii desertm mitli I hem. This band when -- - - met were return..., and In Ihe most mUreabb. and ismwuoj ennunron. 111 reroa.uuer, uiuiy-i.it number, hsd lusd. a canoe, and erased the I Klamath, and thuseecaped. Ilut il is pr.Ue Ussy I "H "' ban-U of friend to fall Into Ihe arms of l',rrid dealh by tttn ation. by persons claiming to be owners in the Stock of the l'miting Association to which tills office be. I longs, Willi reference lo Hit proprietorship of Ihe j concern 5 and to all, wo reply thai our dutlee are conhned eiclmirtly to Ihe editorial department, and therefore the stockholders mutt adjust the ,.tiun f pmia-ielorshw among Iheiisvlvce. !! L 1 IQ-The reader will find the statements of our As'0.1 correspondenl, under our conmercial bead, unusually Interesting this week. The raainmalionof A. .M.Shott,for the murder of Dr. D. tj'aidner, has rrsullrd In Short's acipiillal, on the gfouiid.of juallfiaUe homicide. Clny'a Campromltc. The follouing oro Mr. Clay's Compro mise ltesolutions, Introduced in the Sen. ate on Tuesday, Jan. SB. It bvinrr desirable for tlm peace, con cord.ntid harmony of tho Union of these KlitKa, to settle and adjust amicably all qucitiluuv of controversy between them, arising out of tho Institution of Slavery, upon a fuirerjimllty and just basis, there- lure j , , j, 8U, Jtesohcd, Thai California, with lc boundaries, ouslii, uiion her an. ' plication, lo bo njlinlltcil as 0110 of tho 1. ..... S'taicn of llils Union, without iho impo. hltion by Connrtun of any restriction lo tlm exclusion or introduction of Slavery within thoso boundaries. iid, lttkolved, That as Slavery doca not exist by law itrul I not likely lo be Introduced into llicao territories acquired tr U. United Staten from. tl... Uepullllo of Mexico, it in inexpedient to provide, by law, either for lu introduction into, or its exclusion from any part ol Iho said terri tory; and that appropriate Territorial (juvcrnmrntH ought to bo established, by Congrcnt, in all of I lie said territories, not aisluncd an tho boundaries of this pro. povtl Slalo of California, without Iho abolition of any restriction or condition on tha Mihjcct of Slavery. lid, Ilcrolvetl, That tho western boun riary of the Htulo of Texas ought to bo fixed on tho Itio del Norte, commencing ono inarlmi league from its mouth, and running up that river to Iho southern lino of Ntttr Mexico, tlienco with that lino caslwardly, ami continuing in tho anmn dlretilon, lo Ilin lino bh rslalillsnerl De iwrcn ihr United Smics nud Spain, not including liny portion of New Mexico, whether lying 'n the er.Jt or west of that . fivnr. .J at l.WI II T.l.-.utJ. 4tb';ilcMlttj. Tint It k prapoMd lo th 8rta or'TMM, thai tba Unlltd Mate will provlda hi the pyc: tt all that portion of all th legltlmat aml, publio dobta ortrtatoiMorititJ prior to ll annexation to tha United Stktta, and for which tha dull of foreign Import wore pledged by the aald Siaio to He and. (lore, not eioevdlng tha turn of dollare, In oontlderatlon of tho dull aa pttdgod, having beeq no (auger applicable to thai object after 'the said aiuieialletij but having thenoeforvyart) become payable lo the t'nlioJ State ; and upon the con dlllou also, that the aaid State ebal(, by toitio eolouiu and authenllo aot of her LrKlalatitrp, or of a CwiVootleo, rellnquleh to 1I10 JJnllrd Satee any, claim .which it ha to any part of New Mexico. Oth, Hrsolvod, That it t ioeaTpedlent to aiMiiisli aiavery in 1110 uturiot or uoium- bla, walle thai Inttltullon oonilnura toei. 1st In the Hlale of Maryland, without tha consent of the people of the Dlitriol, and without juat compensation to tho owner of alave within the Dlatriol. tltli, HeaoUed, That il ii expedient lu nruhlbltwilhln the District tho alave trade, In slave brought into It from Slates or places bovoml iho limits of tho District, either to be sold therein, as inerchandisp, orlobe transported to other markets, with out the District of Columbia. 7tli, itcsolvcd, That more eiTectual pro vision ought to be made by law, according lo tho requirements of the constitution, for tho restitution and delivery of person bound to service or labor, In any State, who may escape intotMty other Slate or Territory of this Union. 6th, HrtnUeil, That Congress ha no power to prohibit or obstruct the tiaile in Sluvrn betu'een lha SlnvcliolilitiR Slates, ami that thu aitmitsinn or rxclmion of Slaves brought frmn one into, mother of ilium, depenja (.'.tclutirtly uion llieir un'11 parllculur laa. ( Tltti fiillotvin;; vomnicntt arcN frum tlm New York Triluno 1 The lentlinr fiMture in tlic iMtlli;eliio of the pt w" k it Mr. (.'lay'a New Com proiniic, Liaicd ii'i a rriii-s nf nsol -lions Introduced by him in tlm Senate 11 Tuesday Jan. '-'!.' Hntinr laldoter um week, they werp again tnkrn up tly I foro yealcnlny, ami KirslMnitJ by' M. Clay In nn clriUent and clnUuntr nr-i. ,nvl;'. I lii proportion is an ainu-al.lr or ranrTenik'11 1' 'he controverted points bo. I ween tlio ni."'1'1 Bld "nth " llie- aheOrU tnu nucr'lan 1)1 J'-averr. Illtlirti re Hut loll maintain ''i ailmiii-n of f !.- t.irnia nan Stall?. fftO flOMIBll icalrirtl ,U I retpcctlng tlm exclusion or intrwiuctiurt 1 1 . , ., 1.. . ..,.1 it-... . 01 j.uman imiure. in - . - I rltorlal Bovornmenla in llm frritiiiea ac ...... i-.v" .... - iiuireU from Mexico, without l'uiih.ii. 1 he.- remainder provide for the rJei.nM' of tho v-cirn boundary of Texas on Hn llio del Norte, fiout if at luniilh lo Ihu toutliern line of New Mexico, rt Ineliid ing any Kirlioii uf tbe lutler ; ami lliat Congrt-st shall pay such debts of Texan as wcro kccurnl prior to annexation by pledged duties on foreign (iimde, Texas l"ii reliuquiihlhurefiir all clainv over New Mexicoalto, that it is iuexpeilitnt to abolish slavery In llio District of Coluni. bla while that institution exists In the State of .Muryluud, but prohibiting thu slave trado iu tho District and finally, that provision should bo inadii by Cungre-'aa for Iho more effectual restitution of run. away chattels: aud that Congress linn no power to prohibit Iho trade In tluu-i be. twccli dilii.Tent sluvrlioltliiig Mate. In supporting theto resolutions, Mr. Clay avows hit object to bo thut of conciliation nnd compromise, afirding a platform whereupon both tecum may unite. Hit speeches have produced a powerful sen sation throughout llio country as well a dpon tho floor of tho Senate. Kegs riling the fulc of tho resolutions in cither House, It is yet impossible lo conjecture Tim Inrtlier consideration uf the subjeel wa postponed in Iho Senate on Tuesday until tho succeeding day. Tha President has Irantintitrd lo Con gress tho correspondence between tho government at Washington and the Mill tary authorities at Saiita l-'c, and also lhal between tho government and Ihe au lltnritieH of Texas in regard to the boun. dory question. The messago whioh ao. companleajhcm reiterate the opinion that Iho question of Jurisdiction in New Mex. ico Is onu for the deoiaion of Congress, rather than that of iho Executive. A resolution ofTorod on 1I10 last day of December by Mr. Hoot Instructing tho committee on Territories to report bills for territorial governments, prohibitory of nlavury, for all that territory lying east, ward ofCollfornta which ha been acquir od by treaty with Mexico waa called up in Iho Houio on Monday last, and lm mediately tabled by a volo of 105 to 78. Twenty.soven northern men wereabeenl, whilo thirty-two who were present yoled to lay on tha (able. OatooN Cur, April 80, 1850. To the Editor of the Ortgon Spectator, Sib Aalhero appears lobe much ex. oltcment and Interest expressed bv the people of Oregon on the subjeel of Trln llv Hay, I deem It well to date them la already a settlement there bv the people, or California; a town Is laid ofT and nfli for r.f the penee, 1 w elertcl. The 1st.