New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-16
The Wrstern Eapeaition.

Tho Western GApt'1'ipA.
The correspondent OF the N. y. ficaEune,
whites to that paper as follows Concerning the
PROGRESS of the expedition to Oregon, oil which
he is member: He dates at
CA,rg WIlt,Aa SSAwHsELsvp
Missouri Territory, slay ~ .s''s
Rockwell, the Mormon, Upon whom rests the
strong imputation OF having attempted the assas-
sination of Ex-Governor Boys, is now IN P:ison.
He is a man of fair proportions and good looks
apparently about twenty-eight or thirty Ills eye
has in it something between cunning and insam-
~ but YOU look in vain for any indication OF tlc
desperate and determined villain. lie was laugh
ing oyously during the whole period OF our visit,
and replied in merry, nonsenscal manner out
without wit or point 10 such questions as We put
to him. His appearance would rather convey The
impression off rash and hcadIong enthusiast. than
that of u cold and contemplatiye scoundrei. Ills
light and frivolous manner, we are told, has marx,
ed him ever since his arrest; whether assumed
or real it may, perhaps be difficult to determine
lie was heavily ironed. and when we moved 10
30 he quietly descended TO his cell along with MS
only companion, Watson. The Alormcns VINO
were supposed to have been gathering about In
dependcnce to effect the release OF this man, have
either dispersed or arc carrying on their opera
tons so secretly to excite no attention. ior 1T
tie mention at all Is now made OF tie SUBJECT
We have had whole week Of storms since
ptchipr our tents at tbs cncampment, and some
of them of really terrific violence nc o'hef
n;cht nan was killed By lightning In an en-
campment of Oregon settlers, only lew hlies
from here. From the towns Of independence and
Westport caravans are moving every Gay iof 'iiat
vast and beautiful region of continent that Is
LINT. Ia.r
The sound of :.holy bel! even 20 meet the distant
mutlcring of Pacific surge.
We met in the town of independence that young
+" Adams ), of Connecticut, who figured somewhat
conspicuousv in Rhode Island, at the time of the
Dorr excitement He had Just returned, with a
sinclc companions from Fort La Rance, or la
RANGES Fork, small stream emptying into the
north fork of the Platte He is man Of about
81 or %. good-looking, and full ofcnthuslasm.-
He still warns into great heat when speaking OF
the Rhode Island affair Much of the time since
his absence in the mountains he has spent among
the Sioux, and their language he has studied with
treat industry and aptitude. We left hun IN In
dependence. VI. =. +
BRITIsI INEXPERIENCED LIBERIA.-Ihe pfnl-
adephia Colonization Herald states that Eng
Gsh cupidity'' is hankering after Liberia. ~
new map of Africa has been got out, on which
claim is laid to large portion OF the Liberia
territory. Mr.. Arrowsmith, the royal gcographer,
told an associate of the Editor OF the Herald,
that the map was commanded by high authority
The article concludes with stating that Com
mittce of Parliament, who have been taking tes-
timonv the past year as TO Liberia, are gathering
all the testimony they can adverse TO the rights
Of the present Governors, and that the Report OF
the Committee recommends to the British Gov
eminent the construction Of fortress in the very
heart of Liberia. The writer says:-
I" The fate of the Niger expedition has disspa-
ted the dreams Of the commercial aggrandlze
ment INDUCED by Britain, previous TO the failure
of that udo-phllanthroplc specuatlon Llbe-
ne now offers the mcst safe direct and desirable
access to the great valley of the Niger; and we
much fear that tic Unsuitable rapacity of Eng
land viii disregard Every obstacle to her obtain
ing for her starving manufacturers and clanorouS
merchants the monopoly of that important mar
ket. We have hitherto addressed our appeals to
the phllanthropst and the Christian. We now
earnestly commend this important subject to the
most serious consideration of the American pat
riot and statesman
j. a Mexican paper gives the following sum-
mary of casualties IN the United States during
what has passed of this year less than four
months,) as collected from the New York papers
We do not know how exact it IS, but we will
copy it, as estimate which it may be worth
while to make annually in our future statistics :
$ Houses burnt 414, with a loss Of s., 657, I00
Murders. So Suicides, G5. Accidental deaths,
675; of which 294 were by drowning, 40 by fires
"a by fire arms imprudently handled "a by light
ming, 40 by falls from horseback, 6 by the clothes
taking fire; probably "a large part Of the remain
der were by steamboat explosions
Col. JoMNsoS.-A letter in the Richmond En-
qurer thus speaks of Col. JOHNSON
" Another opinion is, that Old 1ecunseh is to
give us some trouble. 1t is in vain to conceal it,
that he is now making considerable impression in
his favor wherever he goes. And he is really in
earnest. He is going for the Presidency with all
his might. And he is Ike Paddy's scolding wife,
he keeps on a-keepng on Ihave just received
d letter from Pennsy lvania one from New-IIamp-
shire, one from kentucky, and one from Mis-
souri, and they all aude to the fact, that the old
Colonel is making portentous Roadway"
u The city is fast filing up with strangers,
n anticipation of the glorious 18th. All the
Eastern boats come full. The Charter Oak had
upwards of 800 passengers this morning from
Portland Two hundred being part of the New
England delegation from the city Of New York;
have applied for quarters at the United States Ho
tel. :. Mime host y said he did not know how he
could accommodate them. The answer was,
" We are coming" Boston Trans, Tuesday.
a MuRDEREss TO BE CAuGur-A wealthy cti.
zen of Paisley, Scotland was poisoned by his
wife, just before the sailing of the Acadia, the
woman escaping to New-York by packet-slip
government messenger came out in the AGA
dia, to arrest her when the ship arrives She will
be delivered over to the British authorities, in ac
cordance with the terms of the late treaty