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TOL. 1. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER; DEVOTED TO MTEKAEY, SCIJSSTIFIC, AGRKXXTUKAI, POLITICAL, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ONEIDA, MADISON COUNTY, N. Y., SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1852. NO. 22. ONEIDA TELEGRAPH be publishe d ever y Saturday at OneiJa , (De pot,) Madiso n Co. , K Y t>. H. FROST, Editor & Proprietor. A. K. EATON, Conductor of Scientific Dcparttnant. t >FFICE —No. 2, E MPIKK B LOCK, (up stati-s.) TERMS—One dolla r and Twenty-five Cents per annum, i n advance , to office and mai l subscribers , One Dollar and Fifty Cents, in advance, to Villuge •nbscribers, who receiv e thei r paper by th e Carrier Where te n o r mor e copiosar e sen t by mai l to on e office, the y will bo furnishe d a t One Dollar each , and th e perso n obtainin g the name s and sendin g us the money, shal l receive a cop y fo r his trouble . Where payment is delaye d beyond thre e month s twenty -five cents wil l b e charge d in additio n to tb e above rates , and fifty cents additiona l if delaye d beyond si x months . Good inducement s wil l b e offered to agent s to canvas* fo r subscribers . RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square, 8 Weeks , - - - - $1 00. \ \ 8 Months , 8 00, •« •' 8 .... 6,00. \ \ 1 Year, 8.00. mistaken teachers Lave cautioned, auJ still caution, the world against the stud) of the works of tbe God they worship, fearful of an overthrow of the religious prejudices of their fathers, whose ideas they would have substitu ted for the real and eternal truths of God, as they may be found enstamped upon all his works. But the present age is not to be held IU men tal bondage. People do, and will think and investigate for themselves, for they havo learn ed they are to answer for themselves for the use to which they have put that immortal tal ent, the living and eternal mind, so mysterious ly endowed with the faculty of reasoning and many as to the ex.stcnco and location of the i The Willamette .alley is hounded by the 1 small class also run dailv up the r.ver, above! Coo* Advice to California *-..... * -\\ - * ' - ' 1 ' \ \ - ' ' - - r grants. We copy and commend the following letter they have even gone up one hundrad and fifty to lhe attention of California emigrants. It miles. A small judicious expenditure would ! was n pl'ymc.an to the tf. Y.Evtnr render the river constantly navigable for such i Pos , ll 13 8 V'P , ,8,n &^ at lhe f « arful mor \ , •ttui-y IB uuunueu uy me smaii ciass aiso run uaiiv up tuo river, auove boulders of primitive rocks, or primitive for- Uast mountains on the west, and the Cascade 1 the Falls, from thirty t'o fitly miles, and in' mations, now found lying upon our fields, hilU 1 rj \o° on ''i^ eajt. The soil is excellent, and and mountains, in regions where no such rocks ^ 1 \ jt ' uu . rt Mlr P nhs ed, if equalled, by an v por- or formations are to be found as the existing ; l' r lth oV w^To T ad,l P^ t,ou ' t0 tli0 , ,. b ^ grow tli ot wheat, rye, and oats. Potatoes are rocks of the locality. I produced in great abundance, and are of a I boats that distance. Those who have seen such boulders Scatter- i superior quality ; while wheat is invariably a ed over the earth, and have pondered as in' wr , ta »» cro P su 4 ec t to none of the diseases , , , I,, , . and uncertainties peculiar to it in the States; darkness, upon the hills and moraines present- , t malum) s , oB i^ uauwj tlj0 grain „ alwa)s ed by the scenery bctore them by the loclur-' f„|l ; md plump, and the straiv unusually solid er's explanations, had their darkness dispelled . and elastic nnd not subject to fall In conso- and vision made cle;ir, as to the operativ o 1 oAicnee of'the cool, dry summers, and the en- „,!,,, i , l „ ,„ .i„. ..,-..1. , c lire absence of ram during the harvest season, means that were in.idj to bear in tins work, ot . . , , , 3 , , i the tanner is enabled to gather in his grain the creation I ~ b \ , without waste Late all who see aud appreciate the import-, 'fh The population of Oregon, including inimi-. gratton of the last seasou, is probably twenty thousand. The immigration is rapidly increas ing, owing not only to the natural advantages of the country, but to the liberal provisions made for actual settlers by a late law of Con gress. By that law liberal donations of lauds are made to all who will settle upon them pre- MOUS to the first day of December, 1853. To a -.ngle man one hundred aud sixty acres, and tality which tracks the emigrant who crosses the Isthmus, should not have attracted a larger share of public attention. There are few who have not hoard of instances of individuals who having arrived ut home in apparent health from California, have almost immediately sick ened and died v> ith the fatal Isthmus fever.— The same mortality frequently overtakes those who land on the shores of California. If phy sicians would make this fearful tendency to- disease and death a subject of study, much good might result to the public, and thou*-''\ thinking, to enable it to arrive at the great! auce of carl v education if we would have an Guiles in h n^,'^'^ hundred and twenty • auds of human lives would be saved truths of nature and revelation I intelligent people, Mr Edgerton Uk,< gr, U ' » sparseK -Titled throughout lN wlll)ie ex \ cilt ' ~™* h ] alf i\\'\ \' ght ,\ n ' J t,,W ^''f rs „ ,S ' W Kr °*' Cai \ Jan ' U ' 1852 ' An enlightened and reflecting audience can pains, as well •„ pleasure, in g,v the club 1 Mfln > 6n * «re\vet unoccupied which , baIf , to , \ ° WD \''V\ T [ ' . D ^ S \ w -- A low fl me ' , th : ou S h m °- . >, ,, u,c ^ , - a \ ' I ^ t ,. ii r . ,| ] i\ .. I ' , . | tion that they will Ino upon and cultivate it. diimi of your widely diflused journal, to pre- never s,t contentedly under the pretended | dren of the wc,n,ty the bcelit and 1-gl.t ,f | ^C;,? ^^0^ I ,;^ov:l \^1^ 1 ^ r ^'\ r ! ^ ~nportant facU to tJ. attentJ of teachings of an unthinking man. Teachers | his lectures Having beon a teacher for some ] e d by the hand of ailiivation^tforrabunduul! Tho P 0 ?\!\ 1 '\\ w of a substantial character, ' those who, wall the design of bettering their ci,^..i.i „i—i ... ' •- ' - •' - ' ; . ' much better than is generally found in new I condition, are constautly leaving the Atlantic should go ahead as leaders in the progress of j thirty-five year., he has acquired an elfectiv all moral and mental fields of labor, and A liberal discoun t made to thos e who advertis o ! ; | by th e year. All communication s mus t be pott-paid. when we find the ms]>ired writers of the Old 1 and rn 1 (Original ^netrij. pasturage for immense herds of cat-1 . ,_, ... . , , , . , „. .- . - and elliueut fncull\ of iinpartni\ instruction 1 tie- 1 vallev is mosllv prairie, skirted bv i coun t r: - s - people are enterprising, mdus- States for the U Dorado of the west. ' conmr,. i beautiful gr(,ve.s of t.mb'-r, while through iu ' tr,0U3 ' fru S ft1 ' « rJ erly. Many of the ear- 1 In performing this voyage few die or suffcr i v n- . i i- . , 1 • ceutre runs the Willami .ftH m..r ° | her settlers have large woll cultivated farms;iinuch on the Atlantic, lhe hurry and ex- and New Testaments to be profound moral j Illusion of th.'youag uuud. It is greatly to , wuiamctte river. . . h .... ' I - - - J37 \The following Poetry, published in part last week, was left unfinished,Jhrough a mis take of the compositor.. We ;1 fl |irefore insert it again and entire. For the Oueida Telegraph. The Murderer's Soliloquy. (Sentenced to tolttary confinement.) All alone,—al l alon e ' In a dungeo n dar k and dreary, Where the hours pass weary, weary, Where gloo m reignet h col d and dread ? Better slee p ami d the dead , 'Xeath a cold, unlettere d stone, Than dwell there alone—ulone . I ca n brave the cannon' s roar , tVluls t the death-shots thickl v pour, Oft I'v e closed in deadl y strife, Uecking not fur limb o r life ; Yet my courag e now is gone,— Not alone , no, not alone' Hoe! my hand s ore crimso n red , Oft imbued in guiltless blood, How thoso gor y forms would haun t me! How thei r hellish tongue s would taun t me, hhricking out wit h mockin g ton e Jla! ho' you'r e alone—alone' All nlon e ' Al l ulone ' Not on e rn y of hh-NK-d ligh t To illum e the l»»g, 1< n g n ght , Whiist th e circling rears pirss by' Let me o n the ncalfold die, <jiv e th e darknes s of the tomb , Not a cell alone , alone ' All nlone, all ulone 1 Not a voic e to choer th e gloo m That pervade s the livin g tomb , Nought to wake on echo'* soun d But the laughin g fiends around,—— But the dying shriek uu d grou n Of th e murdere d ? All alum- ' Fas t enclose d b y fou r damp walls , Where th e loathsome vipe r crnvvln, O'er th e fearful past to brood ' Nay, I'll wast e me withou t foo d To a ghastl y skeleton. E'er I'l l linge r there alone . AH alone , all alone ! to youth, and bringing it within the „ , ceutre runs the Willamette riv IT. • • .. ,,,„-, . The Uinpqua vulli'v is distant from the 1 \ lu - UCl -l agriculture every where in the Terrtto- M -'tenient ot crossing the Isthmus allow few to philosophers and naturalists, who opened the ; he regretted that all our children, and especial ! Willamette ibout twelve miles and is sepcra-1 r ^ ma > r bo suld to l,e,u 1 1 ' loul ' ls l lln if condition, | realize that anything seriously wrong is going, broadest field of inquiry into the works, p u vv- 1 ly those of our schooL, did not attend and 1 ted from it bv the Calapooe mountain It is remarl£au ') s \ e, ' r « II0W country-, California | in their systems. And almost without au er, and truths of God, it is d.tlicult to find an ' hear even word of the series of lectures. The ! * bout \'\^\»>'!«. m length, aud v'aries from <i'\l tl»c Sandwich Islands aft 'ord markets and ,'nqu.ry respecting the accommodations on apology for the stupid hostility winch many J lecturer v\ory kindly throwed the doors of ,„v,- 1 { >™ l \' \''\v-hie \ M I -S „, width. It is ' P r,CM f(,r . a \ our 8Ur P lus P Mduc ^ »» J I . B ° ANJ TH ° ALVAMEN > TU *! ^ TLCK<5TS \ ND ^ maint 'i -st to face scientific and philosophical in quiry. But enough of this. I am led to make 2>nce, to listen aud h-urii But the harvest was allowed to pa^s avvav tliese remarks from the manner the subject of !'>' too many of them, without their githering into their intcllivtii il g irnrr-i th >se crop* an 1 rich fruits, up m wlnJi they could h ive fed to their ple.u'.ne an 1 profit through their live tation open to all of tlicm, without moucv or i . I, u i , i ,,i . i , , -, } tin in a lK -s but little timber, yet abounds in a| Many of tho various religious denominn Geology was treated by Mr Edgerton, as rear nig mighty bulwarks in support of the truths of Scriptural Revelation and Christian philos ophy If thi- God of nature could thus be presented from the pulpit, as the same God who spoke to the prophets, and is revealed through the inspired of old, tho inquiring hear er would find attractive edification, where now he only hoars and sees the dogmas and preju dices of the darker ages, so repulsive to the emancipated mind of the present day. When will teachers learn the important truth that, if they would improve and instruct the world, they must be in the lead of those who would be taught from thi_u - hps. Mr Edgurton commenced by giving a lec ture in exposition of the Mosaical Account of the creation, and reconciling it with the reve latioiis disclosed by Geological re .searihes.— The light thus thrown upon tins -:ibj.-<'t, vv i- indeed most acceptable to evu y hearer who won! I understand, as wi II as read, Ins book of natural luxuriant growth <>f the richest grass.) tions have estabhbhed churches in the Territo- North aud South Umpqua river runs ry, to some one of which the majority of the through this valley, and forms a junction about \ settlers belong. Great interest has also been fortv miles from the buy of the same n.um.— j manifested by the people in the establishment of 1 he ( ntrance to this bay is found to be practi-' good schools\ and admirably have they succee- cal.le. as ninny ships and steamers have cross- 1 ded in their laudable efforts.' The Institute at loiigdiys. It was not until uoar the close of ' ihive aud-a-half fathoms ot water upon it,; Episcopal Chiircli.'aud the Academy at Tua- the lectures thai the people began fully to ap- \ \hour the aid of pilots, buoys, or light houses, j latin Plains, under the control of tho Presby- preciate their pnv ik-re. We are «.herishino- ' ^ ' L '! V sIl ^ Ilt uou ' lc \ ts > llolv c* or, have occurred | teriuns, are excellent and nourishing institu- th-it ho HilT.-,.M.rn ,n„-J ? , for tl'« ««»t ot suih improw'iiients. A port j tions. There also two female Institutes in th ,t he »ill i.-turn again lo our wl- „ f , ntry ha , bwn est . lblN | l( „j , u . ri , nm] On , pon ckv preciat the hop. lage WUM, W uh a.i U'i Jorstauding open to a ' pnatious have been made for a light house and ' smaTl towns have good'schooi j rt lrgioiis inspiration. He very ably explained ( the work and period of creation of the heaveua | 111<I the e irth, an I carried out tin- ^nlv r ition- ' al views tli.if\iaii be entertained by reasonable , iniiids, that the great vv.uk w is pert\.>i m-d hv i fixed, eternal, and now oper an <. law In .ml i ihroii.'li vvhieh (iod creates ui'l governs all I things. The IK hula- sy-teiu of the heavens, | laud the origin of the plaiietai v world as now I ' recogiu/ed and advocated by the leading su .1 Wis •u ti l pagi ders an hi, I.- an 1 ill • l,n ov im p nt.s t-> o h -li mid ri m.-nr.i'l v .i n of G • ,1.. a i 1 tills p Ige . i^'i'v rei'l by Mr E -lgerUm, 'e 1^ li hi, d r ivv -i f.-.nii it he er-i, wnh an oli'eet mid pleasure I m* • -ill wh o would be enhghl- i i I in >r illy . to hear him THOMAS B UlLOW itfSle up of a HvwcessnVns of h.UsTml U aU I xvlU unUouU(>J1 y for >' ears io coine - I bn *l e . . . , , , _ , . 1 ... 1 1 Often from four to six hundred are crawped together within the narrow limits of a steam er. On calling for the berth allotcd on the ticket, it cannot be found, or has been sold to half-a-dozen different men, or, at best, is but a miserable, disgusting shelf, situated in some' part of the ship where it is impossible to ren- i,i i - • , „ , . - • - - - , ,\-~\\ I tiluto or purify the air. Then ensue jangles T, .. . ' u- hmU . n B fr,,,n tUR '° to ! ?. ulem ' utu I er tl '° patronago of tbe Methodist J anJ ^ ( M berth3) 8nd tho food> w J hi( J is stinking beef, wormy bread, scanty water, <kc. There is, however, no reprieve, and passengers, particularly in tho steerage, are under the ne cessity of taking such accommodations a* they can get, or none at all. Tho* effect of all this is, that of those lear-' ing Panama, a fearful per ccntage die and are buried at sen. Of those sufficiently fortunate to arrive in San Francisco, nearly one-half are in an exhausted enchot state, which with the occurrence of ordinary exciting cause of dis ease, rarely fails to prostrate tho most robust' frames. Many go into tho hospitals of San Francisco, only to be carried thence to tbe> grave yard. Others go to the more remote inland towns, either to die among the strangers, or, at bast, to suffer a protracted illness, resulting in the> worst consequences to tho nervous system.—- Immediately on the arrival of the steamers, I am called to treat mora or less of those cases. Too often only to witness the utter uaelesinen of medical aid. Of the passengers who left Panama in the steamer Northerner, In her last trip, sixteen, were thrown overboard. Of the remainder, some twenty have since died in San Francisco* Portland, Lafnyette, and other i -e good schools. Indeed, they groat--r liberality, we in ty encourage him to teg signals. I are common in the country wherever tho pop- repeat his highly useful, instructive?scientific ' 1 ' l \ s l,ft . v ,i destined to bo an important illation will justify them. A grant of land . ii '. < i .i . point to the southern portion of Oregon , here ; was made bv tho last Congress for the endow- iind practicil lect ire. As long as the truth 'MI.. . <• ', , P, e . .i -. e I • i L 1 n will be the outlet for the produce of the L nip- 1 ment of a university—the site of which has rem mis, that su, nee and morality go baud in ^ , Jlla u ,\\,. }< lilK \ t t . onst ., lllt . n ,K, ] iere W1 || be its I been fixed by tho Territorial Legislature at hand, in inseparable fellowship, a people who 1 commercial city. Many pack trains are al- Marysville. The Indians immediately bordering on or near tho settlements are perfectly friendly and well-disposed, settlers have nothing to fear from them. Those upon Rogue rivor arc would uphold the latter, should freely and lib , ready employed in the transportation of goods erally encourage the former. Ignorance is the ' l\' ,A 1M ' ,ns fr \ ln lln * l' oillt to the \gold . e i i i i .1 . 0, !in\ l ^s' llogue, Chaste, und Scott Kivcrs. parent of vie, un-l knowledge tho prom .tor u . . . 1 II i i Kogiienv.r valley, which takes iU name of Mrt 'ic II we. would avoid the punish f r „ ni i|„ , n ,. r ,| );lt lmM( , s through it, is about ] troublesome to persons \passing^through their menu of the foriu.'r, an 1 re.ilud tho rewards seventy miles by the main travelled route from , country, and will probably continue so until n of tho latter we must encourage the dissemi- the Uinpqua. The valley is well watered by | garrison shall bo established to overawe and nation >>f k j profoim 1 w is'!• mi, .-in i ! ire to I K drawn only from the re.el itioii and 1 r \ v \ x i >w '...|,'e an 1 vvis .h .in The most uov er-fiihug streams , the soil is guiiernlly j kwp them in siijection. This I hope will soon mi. and the deepest know led re, S 0 '* 1 ' a \;' 11 13 \ k, 1 r,L \ 1 a \ J \'tor«|.ersed with i be .lon«% for their depredations u|»n travellers i?,d . gr '| VCS ' ll!K ' \\ '' 11 1 ' uriK ' rs u l'°\ \ bave already caused much trouble and suffer- ,,, , ,,,,,, , , /•>'\' ''n 1 ' \ 't inn-t ev i ntually bee.-me I i„g Thev nro upon the great throujrh-faro work, ot God , an 1 the Bible and nature ar, densely p .pul it..... \s j.-t. hovveve,-, it con ' from Oreg\.n to California ; a fork of which the o il v b > Ai to imp irt the nistiui tion One , t\\'-s no w lute settl. m. nt, but is occupied by , I ^K U to Kort Hall, being the road frequently ge of th • book of nature teaches tho won- j tl,u Hoguc. river Indians, who have rendered it , travelled by emigrants from that point to Ore- the seit i f i in li tiMiibl e and siilkring from I (T, m . their Th. r, led, I III I !apt-, | t , g ; itioi i, . p I entitle men of the world, the six days of crea ] Canastota, Maali 3di, lbo |tioii, and the day of rest, were exphnuod as , periods of vvoiks m the beginning in nowise Emigrants have the past year stiff, red con- j Sacramento and Stockton. And there are plenty more to bo seen crawling about the srreets, having moro tho appearance of dead than living men. Too much cannot be said in reprehension, of thoso companies who, in bold defiance of ir, HIM romauiK j sent , a n v nPC( , 3 ^ ar y f, ) r the m.-iintinance of Jail law aud human regard, continue to over- xu ills to within nVw miles of the , [)eaav ' KU j t ), 0 protection of tho lives and load their vessels, in many cases to the extent l.itween Oregon arjd California.— ^^ rlv „f U ersou* passing to and from Ore- of hundreds, beyond the limits of their ton t 'limited Ui, or being the commo.ily conceive 1 [days of twenty four hours. As much as pre jjudice may incline to hold on to the tradition interpretation of : arv l.l.-a of the eomm >n None to hea r an d non e to see, JCono to shur e my misery , Tear o n yea r toMovsl y puss Without friendl y word o r face f Let me to tho grave be born e , JS'ot a cell alone, alon e I All alone , all alone ! I s ther e augh t in silence drear Thnt shoul d strike m y hear t wit h fear ! Death and Hel l I've dared fo r pelf , What the n fenr I now ? Myself Mine own thought s po fearfu l grown, That I dare not dwel l alon e ' * * » Circular of Hon. Joseph Lane, Del egate from Oregon, in reference to the Settlement, Soil, and <U- matc of Oregon. Teiritorj. W vs'iisr. ,- ON , January 1, 1S.1J. T -ie grea' i.uiu'.el of let'er-. I urn constantly receiving, in iking iiiq'iiri.-s in ref. r. nee to the r .rntorv ..f Or.-g-MI , has itidu.\d me t-. . MI bo.lv in the f .mi ..I i i. ul ir, Mn.h information as is iisii ilv desired, that I may thus I - iibl .-d to fiir-u -h it more promptly and more in detail than i -hie attention to mv other pub -I\ ilie IVini, II. a. tent It I- de>l by m >.uit iii.s t! a more be iiiiilul, pi.In. spot. ll boundary „ These v.il'.vs all he west jof the li.- ieinio.v, aii.i . sl ,| lTa ii|\. frou. the 8nake Indian . iiios l add • I II„.«..MI ,tt. r the^it r,..| westof Fortllall, i/ing in.i n t! is v all . y In iv il li,i l.v tinny inile-,^ .'-.iirr.iiiii- y e »• Idoin rest s upon i i esi i t, who infest great r ..id west of fort Hull, and who are scattered o.,r a huge extent of Tcrriton through wliklith.) road passes. The eslab hshment of n garrison in their counli v, is cs Cascade a. I south of lhe (.'oluui'iia. I gun. A iiumbtr of euugrauts have, during f n»go or accommodations, the past season, been murdered b\ the ki.liaiis, I The spectacle presented at the landing of For tb e Oneida Telegraph . kSdgerton'a Lectures ou Geology. -)4R. E DITOU : I twenty four hours, the mind instinctively feels a sustaining pleasure from lhe views and sci entific comments and e\pl nations of the lec- !turer j l'assiiig from the labors of reconciling Ge ology with the scriptural accounts, the lecturer he duties wo ill allow me, were I to endeavor ! passed on to Geology proper. I l \ * * ritt.-n \\ «•;«•'' 1 '\'I'^' I ', ' , , , 1 this course wnl not be considered discourteous From an igneous stato of the earth, ho pxss- , . , , r r . :_,.„..„,„„,, r ,..,u . ' 1 to my corr^.-poii Icnts, tor. in pursuing it, I will ed to the first crustacean or primitive forma- J ini „... cjf.vtinlly and satisfactorily serve them, | tions, and from formation to formation, system | which is my chief desire. ' to svstem, and period to period, down to tho Oregon is a mountainous country, inter present tunc and condition of the earth. i -per»od \ith m my extensive, rich, and beauti- The unstrat.lied and stratified rocks were fully «'«' Uilll \' lv ' 1 b > Cu|,J - r ,,ro &lr0 ' l, \ H ; • , having tlt'.ir sources among its snovv-ila>J j explained, even to the plain and easy co.npre- j mounlail|s _ It M exceedingly healthy—no - i heusion of children , and the progressive chain f coun try is more so. The atmJsphtio is pur.. 1 of animal existence was traced from the monad . and the climate delightful, especially during mount mi-, '1 ',. re are also i„-inv M II; ,|| V alley s. rich and and -, nnm . of tlleir animft | 8 an j J thcr I)ro . )e rtv I iJio steamers in San Francisco, is often shock- fern .-. ,ri tin- put of the ferritin v, u/lordiug ^ Jen l|)( , m Emigrants should ever-! mg to every feeling of humanity. The p«*v. .gi«>d ill.lucc-lii. ills I\ seiners, nnd \huh no - 1 = •> - .. *. | doubt will be -p -i -ii Iv .upiod so soon as 'suitable pi'oti ( t'oll ( ,n extended overtln.ui by the (ioveniim nf A very iuU.re-ting pirti.ev of Oregon lies uoiih of tho Coliiiiil.ii, and is being rapidly s. ttl.il. The Con lit/, whidi r.scs m the Cas- Ci -li- m .untaiiis. l.ort .i ot lhe Columbia, runs tliri.ugh a I irg. ti i. I of .-inl.|. I m,|, i -ntu ng tho Coliiuilna some f'>rtv or lift\ mih-s from its mouth. ; A I- rend, suilr.ii. nt.... ,.. uu years growth. ^ r^aJv't!^ ie .ive JoseiTh^n t'lio I f ' nv hoav 7 fines would ^n^' tu « m commences near tlu, nv.r, about thirty miles m ^ & ^ hy , h(? , fellow beings ci»e great care and prudence in passing through this district of country, aud they should re member that it is essential to their safety, np on all parts of this road, that m no case should they suffer rhenisvlvcs to bo taken by surprise, or at least advantage had of thorn by the Indians, for tho leant curelessnoss, or want f proper precaution often seriously endaugers -engor lists, with appended notes, as published in the journals, are uo guide m arriving at the. truth in the ens?. The fact is notorious, that the Golden Gate m her last trip brought up ox-er thirteen hun dred passengers, and yet she publishes the small h'gure of eight hundred. Tho authorities should look to these things. tin. sahty of nol only their property but thou. nnd visit the offenders with the extreme pen- liv^s. ally of die law. Thoy are so greedy that the*. Tln.se who oont. tnplate emigrating to Ore »'b rllt « f \II decenoy npd humanity. A . . I O _ O .1 f*..... 1. G n — u . l. l 1 £. «..^l « from Us mouth, and now and valuable fauns within the last six years, and the Chahnh-s, nnd are countrv is level, an ml.races some . , , lr,, \ first dfiv of Muv Americans also, nave, ppg^^j si til. d letvveeu it ^ blankets for bedding, doing well lhe . 6 prope Ox tennis are mm h to be i nowever uavmg seen uunureus perioral UM ProvisioiiB for the trip, nnd auffi jouniey to California with impunity and often, •dding. with such tools on . w,lh ^noht to health, I conclude that thister- wondcrfully. However, having seen hundreds perform the j to tho mammoth, and from the microscopal; the summer. From April to November there | Souni] , . . r , , „ ', ly as are necessary to repair a waggon should | nblu '»«\tahtv is unnecessary. With this con- fertile and beautifully in ^ ma|i ^ ^ ^ ^ vlc , lon ^ Wlll 8ay to th( ^ ^ho wdl consider tersp,rsed with pruuu-s and timber , Rn(1 of nmmuulUon> The • m * a and receive word, of advice from many, who lhe vallev of the Chahales is also fertile. , nm i'tedious one, and all xvl, > undertake 1 hnvo P aul (lear for l J 1 0 *h»flo. norer leave and well ad ,picd to i uluvutioii., Between it lt ,|, ust a ^ to om i m . 0 f Rll „ UPi privntwnt, I H ° me ' ,f V°^ M ^ without sufficient means to au.lPuget ftouud, the country is level and mi (1 ], an ] BU L j wo uld advise evorv person. I l ,rocuro incidental oomforta, contmuaHy bear- well timbered, with occasional small j .rames ] r t , pasl ^. corn p Iin y, to proc'ure p„|. i »>g m mind, that in passing from » cool to » i, one of the safest and hest liar - . i J . t Ii , ,„ _„ _,.. t „,,„. f ^ th* ^>er, on tho subject of the lectures lately dehv- 1 animal world 'ered by Mr- Edgerton, on Geology, at our vil J The various formations of the various Geo- Tage. This important science is now awakon- j logical periods, wore inte-restingly explained, |— 1 i, a i . l m Lacm.l .rentle bree/e blows' \ \' , \V\',\''»\\ M , mer\s Emigrants' Guide. It correctly lays infusoriie of the deeply buried rocks of the j » 1 ^\\'u? rol ^ ^^N^h lt,e vv n' ' ,n \ \ rl ' L li affonl3 fln « 8,,i r ,\ avl ! down the fords across the streams, tho ca.np- 1 - '=' ' - ' alm ' 1 1 ° rp tU \ V * ^'tion into an important portion of the Terr. •, mK md a]i0 tl)C laces w ,, pf(J ' torv. Surrounded by a large district of coun- ...-.=>.. try, rich in soil, with immense forests of the finest timber m the world; and combining Allow me lo say a word, through your pa- [earth, to the living throngs of the now active', ^ramy, but mild, for, during this sea son, warm South winds constantly prevail. The country is well watered, and tho soil very fertile, and well adapted to the growth of W the inquiring world to its wonders and and most especially so were the caldferous and i all die small grams, grasses, potatoes, and oth- *, to i / I cr culinary vegetables—all yielding most abun- V ' 8dom - i carboniferous formations, about which th re | J Cpp ^ IndlRU corn / w h,ch is not regar- t|arkpess on the subject has heretofore oov- 1 has been so much speculation among Geolo i ^ - ft 8UCC0SS f u i cr0 p. Many of the hills ered tho minds of the people, as the waters gists. The geology of the various parts ofi an( ] mountains are covered with inexhaustable' •cover the ocean bed. T;ho timid and tbe su-! tho earth, of Europe and America, and of the ] forests of fine limber,^ and genarally fir and 'perstitious feared to seek the wisdom of God j several States of tho Union, was dwelt upon in his works, apprehonsive that tho voice which j by him and explained to his hearers. many a.lv milages, agricultural aud commercial, it is destined to be, at Dodwtant day, one of the most important pointiwi the Pacific coast. A lqw pass in the Cascade mountains offers a route for a good road from the Sound to Fort wood, and water can be found, flo article not necessary forfhe)oum«y should betaken, as there is great danger of over-loading and breaking down the teams. Dry goods, groceries, furniture, and farming utensils, of all kinds, are abundant in Oregon, and no one should think of taking such things I can- speaks in Revelations from tho wonders of the earth, would teach an infidelity destructive of Christianity. Tbe same veil of prejudice has -hidden the mental vision, and still darkens the understanding of many that onco forbade the sstudy of the starry heavens. Ignorance is the parent of superstition and spiritual cowardice, and as long as men will live pitiable slaves to I on another branch of his subject superstition, and deny themselves the heaven- [one lecture on the drift period. uot, and do not pretend to do justice to Mr. Edgerton in this article, for neither time nor space will admit.- But as a listener to his lec tures, who would seek to have his merits known, I feel justified, if not called upon, to write what I do. But, before concluding, I mint say a word Ho gave cedar. Those forests frequently skirt tho wal leys and streams. As Is well known, the Columbia is the on ly groat river on the Pacific slope, and stretch es from the seacoast to the Rocky Mountains. From its mouth to the Cascades, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles, there is an uninterrupted navigation for vessels of the Walla-Walla, on the Columbia. Such a road I w ' tn them. It must not, however, bo sup- wonld bo important for military purposes, and | poaed that no inoonreiiioncies are to be exper- would also bo a groat saving of distance'and j '«n c e<i by emigrant* nftor they arrive there.— time to emigrants going to tho Cowliw an j; These are always incident to the settlement of Chahales rivers, Puget/s Sound, or to any n(MV ™ u \ lries . especially for tho first year,but other point north of the Columbia, At pes-1 t ' l0 7 ar f f,MVer ,n Oregon than nro usual in ent, emigrants are compelled to take the road I the settling of new territories, across the Cascade Mountains, south of Col- ' umbin, to Oregoq City, from whence it is as far, by a road almost impassable, P> Pug ^et JOSEPH LANK 4SyIf the people of tho State of New largest size. The Willamette empties into the 1 Sound aj it would be from Walla-Walla by ; York co«*Ki kave looked in upon tho Assembly born privileges of free investigation, they will be aubjecU of mental darkno38, and if pretend ed teachers of either-the sciences or the Scrip tures, they will be \Wind leaders of the blind.\ \ am led to make this remark, because some This lecture was practically Interesting, es pecially to all who had not studied Geology so as to be fantiliar with the accepted theo- tries of the pretpiiclay. ' It removed the ignorance and doubts of Columbia about ninety miles from its mouth. | the road suggested^ This river is also navigable for the largest ves- 1 There are, also, east of the Cascade range, sels to Portland, fifteen miles from its mouth,] north and south of tho Columbia, now irt pos- and many havo ascended as high as Milwau-, session of the Indians, largo districts of coun- kie, seven miles further, At the risk of some liujejrepetition it may not be deemed improper or unnecessary to give a more detailed and minute description of the vallev of this and ?ome of the other'of the AVillainotte. Steamboats run daily streams of Oregon I from this place v> Portlr-nd, and those of a try finely adapted to grazing, with occasional •tod tracts of farming land, whfcfc wih\ w d^ubt, e*e k>ng be ooeupiai ay tne wsriUs, • Oregon City is situated on the Great Falls Chamber on Saturday morning, they would have been astonished at the evidences before them of what their representatives h«d beenl doing on the night prerions. Brandy bOttlev champaign bottles, in gre^pwfcic* ^^J^^^^^^SS^S illustrated the desks and trfb UWerthrougbout the? Hall. Tbey might have rartfcietriijht Bacchus b*4 com* ag*i«y at*4 h*W^oW of'lb* most extensive revels in the Legislative Halls of the Empire State.— State Register. hot climate, a powerful ellbrt onsues on the part of the vital forces, to nd the system of the superabundant combustible material the blood. And that excitowent of the B^rs. vous sysfem—violent muscular ex,orefe©r«-in- temperare use of ardent spirits—highl^ttisJr*^' luting food* &c produce vk>le«t(ermeaAe^ejn( resuiiing, iu many cases, indocomPOeiti^iv^MKt putrefaction of the- vital fluids. Person% Uuie affected are ev?n dead while yetliVipii anper- entlv well. - Never bo exposed to the direct my» •fslfei-'\ sun. When an awning it not to b* l|»fl'«eel. f an umbrella. Take no exerciee wlif^rj duces any sensible »c«el«ra^em of t tie j Avoid, by all means, anythmglike M'-'~ Observe regularity in eating wd& s \void all fatty smith*! foed.j ^dr -sWI tho country v 1 1 «.tfi NearjLv^erery article of »tf^*aif|ft1» t arid all tarinaceoju suvjatyoev are wb^lsyene, Kevet Utce % alberage'pMsage on a'^sesner, when roa hsVe y ikf Aonto%li«n«|W be- cre^irtied,' il^weiiMe to aVntd lk. ;r IfW e»4r, by. m} 'cot^u^m •< mstwlw***^' a»m»timces, you t^ld-M^WWiWWi off the coast of California, COTiWWi «n to guard against the cold, swt/fW*^ *WK
