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Cmritr and V m! aad Mr. lehaaj, of tha MleUtan Firmer. From tba great number of per. .tjaat expeetad to ba pretest at tba great ,t y tair, eoma 01 loea) will be likely not to " farm m .ll OCT The Waablngioo, Capt. Murrty owner, leaving Oregon City on Thursday Utt, made a trip up the Willimette at Wgn at Cincinnati, which it a short di. Unco above Salem, 00 :ba La Creole about 900 yardt from it mouth. Sho eeerae to have bad no difficulty in making tnatouunce. in going up, tlieWtahloo. too ateendedlho Yamhill aa far aa Day. "fcaj .wlpweour Informtnt ttatea, all on board r.Yavapeived with tba trreaiett tav Parater it Taylor. .wpneeew.ei ueytoa.N Taey remained at tbia place nam tbanWtt morning, when the raaamed bar trip spkka river, and ar- .Friday. Tba,Bbjfltai" wat .brought intomiOtltioa.aadtbe WatbJaglon'a ar. Hl ,m kindly greeted by tba eUIaeak. Wood dco. were plaetd at tba Captain 'a command free of charge. After retnaiolna about 10 hum i R.. lem, tbo proceedad up tba river to Clncln. nail, of which A. C. R. Shear it proprie. tor. Thla town, though small, U titua. led in one of tba meat beautiful and fcr. ffJf-'0 Ottgoo. There art aome apUndld larme Jjotalag it. lu impor. iaaee u a ' mnini u t.i Ji K;tato BoUca, tad jt daaUaad to become, ;??? "HM'H.Mta. The 1 and bmtllahtr af bf r sskaw B (, , - . a ITaT .-. ssrar " CflJ'i T a!.1"" awavaaaajre in ma O'JdsBxati iatxaa. Mr. aasaat kVaanuJ uVaatjadtutia brail tba tea IfshaLn... rrF tbty thWtka itaama muab eradlt for lb 1- .atttranataaaaaaaxauy. v l t WjaaArita.-T1i.ra bta btaa V- ..- ISaakaala4 'ari.m.L.l .. as T7. w m mm) 1 j in. .a JW1UO V, OH ; .'tha OatiiatWa rivtr.otrlsd CiM.n,.n Wijfs.:- ',ayV wan." "a ,wa wwnia, KaHirQ W BvPi'Ptmai. aaaamaaaarajaaa rrr V Sl IW'H.'' .4 - Wtwl jrWf. fHftf tttVMyndhiibl TUTIIMl 'It'll wp"'H ef nbatdeilr. tookUeeoa at itatMMtk lTth alt., between the Rogue aVivar MIim aad a part of the Mounted RMee, M fat number, uadtr Major Keer. ny'a aemaaed, (the Major bttag with tBMI hi the mumimsO, at a place celt adjhi4e Rook, on Rogue River, mom '.a or II wllei east or the usually traveled road. 9 ' -tvttw raaethd at thla place hi eeaanmrawo me my wereyrtaj ' mVafc'ftomwMhlhyeoMiBctdrirIo upon he RIBemen. A conflict itumed In wMeb mm 11 Indian were kiiled and nWly mnm wouadad. . Of the whit, Lie. Stewart wa kllld and another eaV ear, net named, lataH to have been mor. it. Stewart la tear. are pan or att furtberdiedultirei 1 rantovad. .The In. are taid to have eviaoad great bold. Wa have been favored with the eabjoia. ad aaeouat of tba Agbt from LleW. C. E. ?rvlaai . v- D.m . I..-. A 1U Dua Sie On lha lTtb iaet., Major Rearaey'e cooimahd fought tba Rogue River Indiana. Captalna Jama Stewart aad Peak were severely wovuded ; Cant. Stewart aurvlved until the next day, the 18th. There wta 00J Cher man tlUkllv wounded. Among irjalnJIana there wara tame 90 or S3 killed number of wound. ad unknown. All well. In htate. It Your, die, C. E. IRVINE, Lt.R.M.RIflee,U.8.A. 63" The Bark CullorM, Corning Mat ter, owned by Meaart. Abernethy, Clark Sz Co., of thla city, baa road the quickest trip that hat ever been made between N York and Attorla, being only 110 daya out. The Culloma experience tome heavy weather during tho voyage, but arrived here in safety. She It now at the foot of the rapid, discharging her cargo, which la all owned 'by the firm, tbarbrii inal eott of whiab amounta to aome $100,000 1 the largeetTprobably, that bat ever arrived in the country. Tba Cullo. ma came direct from New York, without toaohingat aay of tbo porta of California. TJ aamaiojfcra aatrMrdiaary fctdaoe. media ta tsptewhantarftbaluiartei. - h waa not only well selected,,, but baa been shipped to tip top" order. Merchants and othera would do well to look at our advertising columns, where they can se a more full description of this immense cargo. Sine writing the above, Capt. Corning haa furnished ua wlih the following report: Dark Culloma.Coroing, of Oregon City; 300 tona icaliter ; tailed from New York January 3ltt; arrived off the Columbia 00 the 20th ulrr, making the passage In M0 days from New York direct. During the paaeage ba experienced utueh light and calm weather. 'The C. bring 13 pastengera, "and bat a full cargo for Geo. Abernethy it Co. 09 The " Kalmasoo Gaulle" (Dem.) Ibua bellows lit parting compltmenlaon the Michigan Legislature which has jutt ad. journed. Gen. Cast teem to havo been very popular with the Legislalure they having. t hi request, abrncated the rules of Inttrucuons adopted by a previous Leg islature : " The oreateit curto that the people of Micnigan nare ever naa inmctea on mem, haa been their Legislature. Corrupt and uoacrupuloua from tbo beginning, It haa grown mora to, 11 possible, down to tho present time. If a patriotlu and Imneit man happens logel there, ho it overborn by numbers, and his conn plea scoffed and laughed at. Of all Leg. islature ever assembled In the Slate, llie lata rvno wat lha weakest and probably lha easiest corrupted. We hope Governor Barrv will tea lha members all In flsl. lyhack" bafora be calls them togtthar again." . The " Milwaukea Sentinel" is of oplo- kri that ' Michigan it not lb only Slato In which the Legislature It a 'curt to It.' Th people of Oregon havo witnessed aome quek thing la Legislation tha congre gate wfidom oflbe laat Legislature would nl 10 beat." Tha account that havo retched ely fromlh mluss are anythUg but raging to tha lover or the ptaeiou metal. Tba walr In lha dry digging haa o muob dJtppard that ll It diOculi ta make aoytklag mora tbaa txptnaa. Tha health of all lha dU!ag la reported 10 ba good. Bat one awa h ld to hav1 dlad, up to tba mlddbi if If ay, from dsaaaaa. Savtral havadiad fram wou'oda noalvad by attaeha Cram tha ladUa. Oy The river hMow the foil hi fallen tome 1) Inobet ht'th tat) B or t day. Ntvlgattontxttoaybj'ttfll anbnpeded, (here being eoma 10 foat vfaiafln the obtnnel on tha rphW.uTha rlvtV I getllsiJow abov tb fall. X c. i Wa.atril Ami MmatawatuNwilMMJ lowtag report af tha (wrdgnHMaaj rayjali lor sjeaaoa. ran wawmM n aaiaaea rirl aMtoa will ba1 aaaneedtmafcr'wa Had la tka Sprlagfeld (III.) Joanttt thai name arepbrtd kalowt .A' Oiaaaa Emmianti mom BtnaMaM Cobktt. Wa have bean aa vat uaahiab nhuln1 tUt at tka ladlstdual ream Mat obtain' a IM or the wditinuan rramiaai coawy, aad ladlaaOraak, Manard tiaaty, ko have laft Ihk aprlM fcr Oragoa. Wa keaatadaraa waaaaU Uiaaemaaay raaak thi UiMuri rivar. , Wa siva tba of.tJM haada of iuaHlaa at wa hava tMatouUktataamt ,1 R.v. I. A. PowaH, David Nawi torn,', rt Noah Rwall, Robert Alexaader, - b. r. ntnoanj .t W. 8. Ilumy, .', Franklin Yocaafcin Jcaapa trvfsjjanva, W. UHurobill, William Riddle. JamaaYoeum, 'i,J ChriatUn flil ' Simon Lucas, a. U. Nenon, Elbwa Taaaar, A Wa 1 ma Tba' aa wilt bt aaew, are among artt ai Foa Oaxaon. Dariag tba aat.'fw day t about tftaaa wtgoat,ooMatalag elgm ar ten femtllea an rouia for Oregon, have paaaad through this city. The emigrant are irom ino lowev pan 01 laamaon ana 81. Clair counties, and art composed in part of thefhmlllatbf Meesrt. IntTe.Jtck. ana Skienar, Pevtoo, and Bell. "JW nro. eeed beaoa lo bound) RluSt, and from there will strike lor Oregon City. Success attend them In their loos and nerilout journey. 4ftt (IT.) Trlegrapk. (fST " Wottward (he march of empire take lit way." Forty.aeven families,' with their retinue of wagon drawn by Urge ox team, a Urge drove of hone, and said to be 9000 head of cattle, pasted through hero last week on their line of march for Oregon. RutktiUt (IIL) TtU rgrink. rox uaxcot. soeperignty trains ntvt created the Eaglo Point Parry, la., bound for Oregon, thit spring. About 30 learns bava pasted through Iowa CilV, bound for California. .Vifveato Smliul. Forty persons arrived at 81. Loula, on Thursday firming, 00 their way' to Ore,. toa.SfrliiffliIll.)Jmnmt. -" ' ter Tba llootler, on' Mtndty last, broke one of her wheqlt again betawen this city and Dayton. Captain While baa purchased an iateratt in tha Heoaiar Tba new proprietora aontemptate the engiaa and Mayael VIVfarTa MaJTlPJOOsJf HV OMnOto fcr Bro. Dryer, did you too lha Cullo ma pais Portland on bar war no lo this city I Can you not report the departures lor above T It akr nanatt, eh ! DxciDEDLr Tall Mr. Goodrich, re. ' tiding In the neighborhood of Day ion, ha sent ut a bunch, or Wheat numbering 84 siaixs, mo growth otonw berry, tba Ion est of which maaturet 7f fret. It i taid lhal the whole flJdd. containing; nln or ten ores, would probably avtrtge nearly OCT The "Main Street House" of thla city, haa changed landlords. Tbeophllua Mctiruder, ia the new proprletoi 1 09 The Pekln, a large ship belonging to tts Hudson' Bsv Company, haa ar. rived at Columbia City direct from Eu rope. 1 09" We are under oblieatlons to Todd it Co. for States papers sovorat hour In advanco of the mail. Mr. Ferguwi of ihe Willamtle, and urejrory, win accept our thanks for like favor. (fir The Timti reiltralea lit 000 v lo tions of tho necessity for an immediate or ganization of the nartlfs. The anruiiMDts It adduces In support ol It have foiled lo oonrinco us, however, of it advantaga ai mis cany uay. 1 ne inxoretu ot-iaa country arc, a. it were, a unll, 4tfc neraleaoC the pleas could bo snaraMVJI tably emi mpioyea, in our opinion, in gtvtag 1 full history of ihe country', , it nature! produot, and devhjtig a more aaurce, lit natural product, and devbjMg way and meant lo bring into raqulalrhat It Immente water-power, and turnlna to account Ihe great forests that bedeck the country. We are willing, Bro, Waterf man. lo enter upon tha dutle of an exno- oent of lha parly, when lha period ihalj.1 nave arnveu 10 render 11 01 utility to our country,; oui not until men. , & Tho Fourth of July, ll teems, I 10 pat oir lie re without any publio demon strailon on the part of our citizen, to rat mlod ibn young of Ihe land of that memo rable event whloh save birth 10 American Indtbondtnco. The Denote In other nanf ..1." 1. .... T.i. ii ...f. 01 ina sarnwry are qum anva roinaim portaooa ef lha oooaalon, and appear da Urmiatd lo otlabral It In tba old fashion ed way. We rejoice 101 tea, though for removed from the But, euch nuulfstta-' lion of patriotism. It will .bow 10 iba people at a distance that Oregon Is Amar. loan m heart, aympathy and aotloo,,iJtd that tbay dallghi to boner ihe day upon which our liberties wera Droolaimed and our independence established, So mote it 0. Oir The mall for California and lh Staut will olcee oa Monday lb 0th inal,' a!tXt(lBBttta4BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB - gwr ; aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaariwaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasri aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, ip is isi was iisniiia wwmvwmrTnrmmwimmaim I mw 'miirrr i n i . . . " iB' i'w 1 ; :. 1-1 . ,--. i -- . r. . I ": - "" T."' ,o irnil.., VWtn. I ABB9TIB- saiaaa iiasha. tmim r. .inai I an aawaaaair aa aBBBaras.iBBi aasaaak usa i aaira ana as a wamwim ufc. ir.. I a iL-rtiTB . iwientav aarytiagaoi watar. 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Mtb M d. at oomaared with New pjaBpaatwiay,lM,iajnJ , ;() "tf" ijwy itw H any, will uompare exactly with any varl. ry in the State. .N-' With thn ataldanoe of an Intelligent friend, I have made out the following firoaabiy, imperieot catalogue, which may nttraal alraagtrt, ef lha limber in Ore. goat Spruce, abundant. - Fir. do. ' Hemlock, moat plenty near the mouth ot the uoiumbia. Oregon Dogwood. Yew Tree. Soft Maple, makoe line furniture. Vine' Maple. Illaok Otk, rembllnc Black Jack of the otttet. White Oak. Laurel, growa a tree sometimes two feet In diameter, and very bard. .Wild Cherry, fruit small, red, and bit ter. Sweet Elder, arows to the site of 1 man's leg, or larger. Alder, grows large trrrt, some 01 whirn will make three or lour saw. lots, l manu factured into furniture, wood soft and ten der. Black Ash. v.itV nt... ..1 .i...-.i.-t Several vari'ttlea it the Mannolla. of11 which tha Cotton Tree and Balm of Gil. cad art taott abundant. The tajier abound for up Ike Willamette, and It the prlncl pi timber on tha Umatilla : the wood I of a yellowish cut, and c it 1 used tor turmture. Cedar. resemble tba low both but the fruit la more acid and make an excellent tart. A hlh bush blue-berry, acid ; also a variety on butlir night oMrn feet high, the fruit pink color, acid. Currant, bleuom red or pink, beautl. ful. Cranbury, tame aa in tha Stale. Gootberries, fruit large, several varie. lies. Salmon Berries, resembling Ratp-ber. k... ...!. I..... .1.....1... .j- 1 ..j .. ...-v.. ...(-..,. -..- a" uST.3: 'J",?" fe largo aa a man't leg. Pruil aweel and nutriciou'a. Blaokbarry, vine like, on the ground, similar 10 dew berries, fruit abundant. 8tlal tlerrv. aver.nrecn. bush tha size of blue-berry, but moro firm and erect. Fruit In cluster, tweet, resembling aweel applea, abundant. liaxei, large aa I lie KnijIUh. Orrsou Grape, so called. Is not a crane. but resembles the grape in slxo and ap- Ccarxtico, growa on a slock, la not valua. le, thouah sometimes used hv the Indi ans. There ar probably no native grape In Oregon. , Crab ;;! fruit very small, seedy, and bluer, but Is said lo make excellent preserves. Tee Urge. Chotk Cherry, fruit large, about the size of the Manilla Cherry, from which, wnen cooxcu, 11 win noi ne ntttinguisneo. Moat of the native fruit of Oregon are aW, but large and plentiful. Vegetation, Wjlh acarcoan exception, acquire a much htwer growth thanln tba State. "--" 1J 2 , BcRXLox. Tliere tcom lo be, In aatay ofour newer State, a most unfound. aj'prejudloe gaining ground against this ai'Breiudloe oalnlntr around aira mtful and entertaining cits of people, which all good men (tnd women) should frown -down at once.. We notice amona other reoonl attacka upon them thai the r lorwe i,egitiatiire naa had before it a propoellton to lax them one dollar a head lor tchool -purposes, wlih a proviso that any on should bo exempt from the lax, who would sallsry lha county Commit aionere, that no female within twenty mlletof hla realdenoe, would be willing to marry mm. Turaiange. This law f enaoted would operate ae verely In Oregon, where ihtre are ao many baehelor from necemlty. The on. ly oonArmed old baehelor wa know of In Ihe pan, I tb calloue hearted editor of ihe TnWwho aay ha ha neither lime nor Inclloallon to attend to the ladle, We pity hi (iSr A a-entleintn havlna heard that a bachelor editor wa about to elaaga hi quirter, ald lo hlmt Is It powlblt that your folk think of moving I" Our con. temporary replied "When I move my family moveti and whir my hai it' on "tri sniMtiimnlim and la er hanl. -"". V " " 1 " 'iw niswusw nrnus TsWtaataaaall ihf Mlaaaaaal fiii 1 1 I an I fat iwr latT Ml WM aaataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaT -tltMsaTT rwi an I JMJ ' my bout I thlegUd, I '! i Wara (aaaUttat .Cei'Tlcbaaar, tnaater af tba' ate Mr Sea UuiL on Ma lad trip down IM wa bam tVom tbb Ortatmm. landed amia cite men. on a litda (aland la the Rfgue river country. Captain Tfohtnor pro. ceeded down tbo coaat 10 California for the purpose of Increasing the number of lilt jiarty, lo procure provisions, etc., InlenJ. Ing to return Immediately and form a act. tleinrnt here, which bo named Point Or. ford. Tho Capt. had aet tho tlnrf for re. turning on the 8M of June. The Sea Gull being detalnel, Captain Tlchannr boanhit the Ctilumbia and returned In Point Orford at the expected lime the 33d ull. On Hearing the point, no certain-vlalble algn of tho while' aajety could be dla. cerued. Captain Le lloy", of the atramor Columbia, and Captain Tlchenor, acooiii. iianled by alx or eight other persons, went In search of the men. The party landed at the head of the itlaiid j no men weie to' be found ; the pilot bread, potatoes, tud tome of Ihe carpenter toolt left lu pot itttlaa of .tba ainjwara found strewed maf'j by Ibis Hsaausvaa irraa ll men had r- In I01X. stflSi Muk nuno.-lrom wbion Ihar flbalvrti aome clue to what had taken place. What re late lo tho aflalr i lu these word' 1 11 Camp Klrkpalrlck : We arrived at our pott on Ihe Sth of June. Our party numbered Omen. Wo made our poet on a email island, (t wi.t accessible only at one point. The Otli the Indian commenced an attack al about'?! lu the morning. The Indiana nnmbered soiuo 33. Wa first discharged our foul pounder i it made a aad havoo amoug ihcm. Then wt fought hand to hand they then retreated to Ihe Milt, letting 18 or SOdvad on the fitld. We had Ihree mrn wounJrd, uuo hail an arrow In his brrati, auolhvr one through hit ear, mjself hail 0110 ihrough my neck. 10. Todty un hata hsd no trouble, ltlh. Wo are prepared lo meet them; no expect to hate a hard fight iu a few hours. These Indians are perfvet detllt. Yesterday evemhing wmt oil siii'iulh ; lo.day tho U s done nun thing in which I did not agree that w, by teat. Ing camp with only three men lu protect the ixwl. They were in great dtngtrol Ihe Indians gcllhiK belwrvn I htm and the ctnin, but by go.xl luck they did not." The tbovo account is supposed to havo been written by Capt. Kljrltpairlck. There fur,b.er ccouw .'. I'" "kalbo other '"" T", fr ,w.?"Vn """ f' hM containing Ihe following new particular) titer speaking of lotting "oil" the 4 noumcr, it aava t " In Ihe meanllma llm rllU. commenced playing among them; 'lluv aay killed two with one ball. Tha fight lasted about three hours, when tba lodl- Patrick atrtngthemng post We then cainedutvn (nm tha ton to tlm base of the Island again, where ho no ticed that tho sand was iliuch trampled, tnd lhal aevertl large atonra had been flung upon It, io s 10 cover a space of about five fori s.,unre. ll itruik us that some one was burled there, and ac ord. 7 lire ssnors lormmg 11m boats crew " ...vimini, rcnwseij me uting inrir oar as shorcls, stones and sand, and nl ihe depth of a foot '-M-J of... Indian 'w.a found, rwho bid hero allot thouuh tho head with a nne nan. inero being no further traces 10 guito u ai n.at spoi, Capt. Tlchenor, wlih two others, itltrmrd with rifles (30 shooters,) went up the hlllt spoken ol In the Journal, lo recoiinelire. No tract of Indiana were seen, but a letter sheet filled en four tides waa found, which gave a mere detailed account or ihe affair, altlio', unfortunately, ll breaks off lu tho In the morn interesting part, ll is aa followa i " Wo landedihls morning and look po. session of a small itlarul detached from tho main land by a ntiruw passago of about 100 yards in width, ll Is drv and t-tiv of access at low tide. We took our pro. visions up and made nur encampment on Ihe top of Iho Island. We entertained aomo fears of tho Indiana, who began to gather along the beach In considerable number, so we mado preparations lo do- fend our camp. Wo planlnd our four pounder to ta to rake the passage to the bottom' of the hill, thero, being but one passage that a .tenon could tpiirotch lire lop ol Ihe Island by. It rained all day to day. whloh rehdercd ll verv unnlrtssm The Indian appttred friendly at first, and allowed aome dlatillou lo trade wlih usj but when they sty Iho irsseldoptrl, they grew saucy and ordered u off, and when they found lhal wa would noi v they all vamosed. We found It neceaaa. ry lo keep up a guard lo watoh their manouvrc. "Juno 10. We wero amu! from cur slumbers ihia morning at an early hour by by the guard, with the Intelligence that ine imitan wero collecting on the beach. Thev came un front lownrfU tk mnntli of Rogue Klver, and nero lh nlllt 1 nare wero about 40 or Ibem on lb ground at tun up ; they appeared quite auoyv I noticed that Ihsy wr all bet. ler armed than when here the day before. They ttruak up a fire about' 100 yardt from our came, and held a kind r .mnn. ell of war, which oontltted In oounolllnc M.1.1. sbmI. m.Lah ..J m I . .. ". .. "" irequeniiy mere would ba from two to three of them dtno Inaand WhUtllna? round al a rntlnii. hi. aapptluj lhlr JoW.Mring at evry turn Jljey made, Thea manmuvra laded auoui nau annotirj during this time they were iolnd bv sevtrtl mhan. n,-i K?iid 'srrt I"- W,W "'r W' Joined bv. 19 other ktmtU'sin.i.ji. . Urge etnoe. Thre wtr tern fow uaWtwIih them, wboiurtadaad ran off. .sww menr inen Began 10 approaon ua. Thara.waralwo or three of ua enl pari of Iba-w.y down lha hill and raatlonad tbemta haapaT, but they were bant for a fight. They aamt up threatening they would un at. wa than retired ta tka lop of lb hill, wber wa bad our gaa M. Honed. They atlll followed ut and 'wanted lo ' break Ihrough Into samp. One. of Ibem who appeared lo ba a leader among tbaai, telaed hold of a gun belonging to eaa of our company anil tried 10 wrt it from him 1 thty ' Hera tho journal whloh tppeart la hava Uen regularly kepi beginning al Port, land, al the data of Juut 0th, tuddtnly euda." "S The rty of nine, tuppoted lo hava been murdered, are from Oregon, most f them from about Portland. ter The Wlltamttt la expected up lo OregonCity lo-dty, She I to bring lha Fire cJuipany of (VrtlaTid on a visit to this city. AVjIrt Company la a new thing w bo) llmlTawaken our clllxrns lolhe importtno at forming a company her. PwAtu UaLtiAD. A.carrriagsitaJ. af lha ItengOr Mercury write fronrnavy Bay, under date of March HO, that the road it lo be opened In June lo (latun, tnd In August or September lo tiergona. Owing to the crookrdnet of lha Chagrtt lliver, lbs distance from Cbagre to Uor. gona by water le 4A miles 1 but by nil. road from Navy Bay, lb dittano It only 90 mllea. I'M Um HtscUtor. Ms. Bursal .Sir Having teen, a abort lima aiaca, a reiurst fnywopls residing In dlaerenl ' part of the country to writ you deeerip. lion of lb same, I have concluded lo give you a small sketch of Lexington and lh? Clatsop Plains, which, if you deem wor thy, )ou can publish. Our ptaco (Lexington) Is small. It I not a cily, nor do we make any pretention a In ll belngaiivh ,' but wa think her that our location for a small portion of lha, business of the country Iscnuallv at good as many of the would bo cities ofOregon. In Iho first place I will stale whsro Lexington It situated, and what ar tba pruapects for a village. It Isdald out on Ihe west bank nf ihe rifclpperuown creek, Iwn mile from ittinouthar.d rdnejnlle from Astoria, tnd lies In a southeasterly direction, two miles from the Columbia river, and two miles from the a shorn tha Clttton (Mains lying between lb vll. lage and the beach. rWU plain are about one mile wide and filt. ii milea long, x lending south along tna beach from lha mouth of the Columbia river. A lara portion of ihaat Plain ia in a high Mala af literate muoa mora 1 k laaJ. la fiaxlattea b the most Vnnmnt. em i.lac lo gt to water, there being a good road from the Plain lo it. fhe ftkippernown it large enough lo admit a light draft ttotinbost as high aa Lexlng. ton without any difficulty. The weather during lha aummer Is delightful ; ihe aea bnrze blowing fresh from Ihe ocean more or less otcry day ; tccotnpauird occa. lontlly with rrfrrihlng showers, glvlna vivacity and hralih 10 tha iiihabltanta. Thero is a pott office ettablithtd her, tod m niriii) man irom Aslori. Persons of leisure and money might find It greatly to their advantage loaptnd a few month of the hot wealhtr here they could enjoy (he luxury of lb rfrh Ing set hritezci. There It noi, probably, another place In Oregon that can afford the tame Inducement for enjoying Ufa in 7,7' ll?!' ,re ,0 U huni Ik dalnlieanfllfe buttor. cheese, and milk of the best quality, tnd all lha other com. forts that 1 an be found in Oregen. The farmers here are at arcommodalln a you will find auvwhar. Tn ...... a. airing ll, tha oceaa offers a good plio for ".iiiii. 1 ' K II Fur lh, Hncltw. Aioai.t, 0. T., Junes, 1851. Ms. ScUNmLvi I tupposo you have had communicated to you ihe rraull ofiho election In Clatsop County, so I need not rem-st li. Ti,..i... lion weni oif finely tt this place, no event wL-urrniK 10 mar 1 11c good rccl'ns tlwtv existing here. y livery bodv waa glad to hayr, an 1 portunlly to throw in a vote for eld Jo, Iho Laat lhal haa no turn In'hlm. At eleven o'clock, a. m tho troop at thin nstltit naa statilaL.1 iin.la iL. 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