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Is expected when all are brought within
sixty days sail over the smoothest and
safest ocean Of Earthp AZ Y.
As to nay opinion whether any action
will be taken favorable to Oregon the pres
ent session, as have so lately arrived, I
must, at present, be excused from ventuf-
ing to give one. zaia# 'Att n n


As to whether any part Of Oregon will
be surrendered, know nothing. and, Of
course, can say nothing; but would to Hea-
ven, that all felt as easy with the matter,
where il lies as do. /.


At the close Of my yesterdays number,
! descended from the mouniain into the
valley, and now invite attention 10 the co,n-
ty. as it appeared in our march still far
ther in southerly direction.


The woodland, shrubbery, and herbage,
continued much Of the same desert .fi, n ex-
cepting that the laurelinc. eased, tho black
oak o. occasionally appeared, and in he high
er district { 9 chink pin presented it>elfto
view; but the woody districts gradually
lessen, wli..s the verdant plains widen and
expand ploportionaiely. as1s ts5a


Al twelve o'clock on certain day, after
passing beautiful living stream rising
from corresponding vale, we were great
" struck and surprised with the extent
AMI splendor Of a battle-ground, covered
with flowers and dotted with an occasional
fir and oak spread out before us.


As we advanced still further up, the at
traction increased continually, tilt one day;
about the 2 III Of July, near the upper end
Of the valley, passing out from woody
va e, after having csossed Mckenzie's fork,
we opened and entered upon valley of
still greater extent and beauty than We had
any where beheld. One cried out, as We
were rapturously gazing round. sThis i
Paradise in blooR." "No," said another,
cit is the land Of Canaan;'' to which all
agreed. Ard it will probably 60 BY that
name to the end Of time, embracing the
whole district, commencing thirty-fye miles
above the Oregon Institute, and extending
to the upper end Of the valley. In the
midst Of this valley is thrown up mound
Of thousand feet high, upon which, through
scattering oaks and fir, over an agreeable
surface, we rode 70 the summit, tied our
horses, and looked abroad upon the en-
chanting scenery spread out before US, a.
far as the eye could reach. -'.'''


Never in my life was 20 much excited
Or 50 charmed with the scenery Of nature.
Sir, have twice sailed around Cape Horn,
through the Pacific, touching At the Sand
witch Islands, &c., to the mouth Of The Co
lumbia River; / have as often passed
through the continent BY land from near
the shores Of the Pacific to the verge Of the
Atlantic; in my course, | twice passed
through the luxuriant and splendid valley
Of the Mississippi, and visited or touched
at sixteen Of these United States; but no
where else, out Of this valley, have / wit
messed prospects and scepsiy, rus a.s'au-
tior. a,si Ns-avJ-, Con- parable with this


In this sentiment the whole party Joined
with me--each declaring he was bound for
the land of Canaan. ibi


~,-s ELIJAH WHITE


WAsH;ScTos, Dec. 20, l845. 81 7sa