Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1842-07-16


yiew ~ llle establishment of Inc
81 military posts from The frontiers Of
| Missouri 10 ll,o mouth oflhc Columbia
dycL This expedition y connected
with the proposition nov before Ton
pftss, 10 occupy iho territory about Co
ltmbia nvef, vs. proposed by Doctor
Llnn's bill.
The great liver Platte u the most
direct line Of communication between
this country aud the mouth of tlle
Columbia, and lhat route Is known To
be practicable and casyi II therefore
becomes important 70 ascertain Tic
general character ofthnt river and the
adjacent country, and the facilities II
will 'bc likely IL alloid IN prosecuting
the contemplated settlements IN Ore.
con. THIS Southern Pass, or dc.
preston IN the Rocky Mounialns,is
pear the source OF the extreme west
ern branch of the river Platte, and
affords an easy passage for wagons
aud other wheel carriages, which have
frequently passed over the Mountains
upon that route, without difficulty or
delay aud it is important that the
latitude of this point should be aScer-
tanned, as il is thought that 1t will not
vary much from the line established
between the United States and Mex
ico, by the treaty with Spain of 1919.
If this Pass should fall south of that
line, (the 42d degree of north latitude)
it may become necessary to examine
the country north oft; the line oithe
Yellowstone, and south branch of the
Columbia, would, it is thought, afford
the next best route.
Lieut.. Fremont, is well supplied
with instruments for making aStro-
nomical observations; for fixing the
latitude and longitude Of important
points, and a Daguerreutype appa-
ratus, for taking views of important
points and scenes along the route and
if not obstructed in his operations by
large bands of wild, wandering lndi-
ans, which sometimes trouble small
parties passing through that region,
may be expected to impart much val
liable information to the Government
and to the country.-MiSSou. Rep.
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DuELLrNG-Dr. Fr0nkin When
! DR.. Franklin was in England, just
/ prior 70 the American Revolution, he
was one night in one of the Coffee
Houses of London, in company with
party of literary and scientific gen.
tlemen, who greatly admired his con-
verSational power, both for its strength
and originality. A stranger, who was
afflicted with most offensive odor
but liked the Doctors conversation
came into tue box where the party
were assembled. Franklin proposed
that his friends should remove to an
other box 10 escape the horrid smell
they did so, but the stranger followed
them-again, at the request of the DR.
they removed, and again he followed
when, Franklin's patience getting
thread-bare, he said to the stranger
that he would be obliged TO him not
f to follow them again, for his scent
was so offensive it could not be borne
He of the smell took it as a gross in
suit, and challenged the Doctor the
next morning, who replied, by say
ing to the offended party, that, eff
accept your challenge, we fight, ant
|, you kill me, shall in few days
smell as badly as you do now-it
; kill you, you will, If possible, smell
worse than you do at present; in mel
ther case can | see how any benef
, can result to ourselves or others, and
, therefore, decline the challenge"
CATOCHUS-AN APPALLING