Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-01

'OREGoN-RoUTE TO THE MOUTH Oh
THE COLuhiBIA.-The increasing interest man
e>isn IN different sections Of the country. in regard
To lhisnen aud extensive field Tor adventure and
nierpsize. dues not, perhaps. ovctote the value u
It's arqnis ton. whether viewed In ref reEce ~ the
produeiiNeness Of a large pnron vi is sol-iis
mineral wealth AMI wuIer power-iis Iur trade.
fisheries. AID the extensive conmrrcr. of which u
villa tao very distant day become the medium
ir"m The East indies, aud China aud the Isles el
The Pacific.
Ia leuer. addressed BY Amos IIolioa, TO the
lliur of tile ChillfCulhc (Oht A|VerIisrr Ne Iin
sspe valuab IuioTInathhn ia reference T.. the
length und cunpatiiite pracIicabihiy OF u route.
pursued by Lewis aud Clarke, aud That taken toy
mir Samuel Parker. an Amrriran miSsiouafy IN tho
Oregon Territory. acruss the R.:cky mouna,u,, the
maui ia "l the rver Columbia. From the cUnlu I.
enre al thu Missouri und Mississippi rivers the dts
lance travelled over 10y NeSSrs Lewis aud Clara. Io
The mouth Oi the Cniumbi,. is. according TO their
own e~tnai' three thousand five huIr,r, aud fifty
five miles. They follow Il the Missouri up {" the
ialls ui that river. IN 'usand five hundred and
seventy five miles. thence acriss Tremendous 'uIi.
iaIs. which for sIly miles covered with eternal
snows. passtbe only ia summer. irHn July To Sept.
int ssive three hundred and G'r'y miles Iu the
igable waiers Of the C,o,kopIskr, aud down tins
seventy 1--WE miles Ia Lewis river. one hundred
aud hiy iOur mile ahovr lie Jpnc.iOn " IIh the Co
lumbia. which in lis cOur.e thence to the Pacific
Ocean. lrayrrses dIsIance oi four hundred and
/ thirteen miles.
| The route pursued by Mr Parker. thnush up.
wards of fureen hundred miles shurier Than that ol
Lewis md Clark, Is still some three hundred miles
longer than the direct accessible route to the
mouth Of the Couml ia River. Mr. Parker lett the
Missouri al Council d uffs aud directed has cnursc
urross The North Fork OF the Platte To- the Sweet
| wniet. aud south csrrv. through the great South
| n L. D
JUST above our line uf sei'a atiin from McHic",-a
valley eighty miles long aud from five { IowenIy
wide. whose Hscent Is gradual. that It Is only
WI experiencing the vrrIann IN The ten peraiurt
of The atmosphere, aIrI viewing the siupeniuus 1,
the left eighteen Ihnusrrd feet ia elevation. rubc,
IA clouds and crowned with diidcms OF snow, tia
the traveller becomes conscious of ri5eTsing Thu
mighty barrier. The distlnce from the junction o
| the kanzas Nth the Missouri. across The SOuiLerr
fork Of e Plate. and through u,is great SOuIhe ru
pas - the nuvighbe waIers OF the Columbia. il
| alpIni the Is from Council BInfs three hun
dred miles above the mouth Of the Klnzlz To IlIn,r
wn;ers; ard by This last rouc. the distance lrun :
Louis the mouth Of iIe Columbia wou i be re Iu
| sed TO less than eI ghlceu hundred miles.
Mr. llnIIon is an enthusiast IA relation to Oregon
and intent upon early develOpcment Of It's re
sources aud capa rIltes. is examining The adaptation
Of these routes "ih the obstruction aud establish
meni of rail road HIS scheme embraces the dls
iaure intervening between New York aud China
Cunneci New York mud ST Louis, eight hundred
miles. 10y railway; then from the navignble water
Of the Missouri al the month uf the Kat zas, Gun
81 net n rail rad eight hundred miles Il
the navignhle Of the Columbia. at tie o
81 6OOOOO0 (S2OOOO per mil - aud you shall IN VI
| a line ui direct communication between New Yur
aud China. eight thousand one hundred mi les
SIX thousand five hundr,d OF gable ~nIer. an,
Of rairuud sixteen hundred,-lo be passed over il
twenty nine thirty days. applying TO the one IN,
Steamboat speed now made across The AIlanuc. ant
to the other The speed eIsti: 6 on our eastern Raj
roads.-N y Jour. of Com.