Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Oregon” in article 11 of The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1860., [Electronic resource]:
... of about fifteen miles an hour, and is expected to reach the eastern terminus of the California telegraph in five days. There the news will be taken up and telegraphed to all parts of California and Oregon immediately.
By this means the result of Tuesday's election should be communicated to our Pacific neighbors in eight days from the time of the election.
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