Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-08-20
CARRoLLToN. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST %. 1915.

THIRD EXPLORING TOUR TO THE pa
!, oIFIc. - The expedition to the Rock
Mountains, under cnmmand Of Cant. !.
=. Fremont, Of the United States arm,
being the third exploring tour OF that OH
Ger, left Weslport on the 26th ult. Cap
Fremont Is assisted by two junior officer
q tho Typographical corps, aud employ
, eighty men. The design Of this expcdi
ton Ia to complete the surveys Of IN,
! plans and mountains intervening between
inc western boundary and the Pacific
heretofore partially accomplished by IN,
| exploring squadron and the Two former ex
pcdilions of Capt. Fremont. AS far as va
can learn,tais party will proceed 10 survey
me Arkansas river to its sources after
completing which, the party will be divid.
ed. One division viii then reiprn, by
way OF the head Of the Rio dol Nofc.
through The country of the Camanchc In
dams on the sources of Red river, and by
the lower waters of tho Arkansas. The
main division, under Capt. Fremont, will
cross the Colorado, complete the survey Of
the great Salt Lake, and penetrate. by The
waters Of hlary's river, (which flows west
wardly through Upper California, in the
vicinity, OF the AID parallel of latitude.
and Is lost IN lake al the eastern bass Of
the California mounlains.) It is believed
that, from a point on Mary's river, some
days Journey from its mouth, the head Of
the Sacramento may be reached in two
days travel. The Sacramento penetrntes
the main chain Of the California noun.
Ialns, and forms practical pass directly
to The Bay OF San Francisco. This is al.
ready known. Ii is also known that
practical route exists from the head Of The |
Sacramento, in a northery direction, by
the heads of the Kiamet, Chuttcs, and |
willamette rivers, on the Columbia. The |
route, then, by which Capt, Fremont bro.
poses TO penetrate 10 the Pacific, is tho
shortest and most direct from the lower
Missouri; Of this portion from The head Of
the Arkansas to the head Of tho Sacra.
men'o, about $50 miles ia distance, is as
yet unexplored by The white man, and ~
generally designated MS tho "great Cali.
orna desert" None Of its waters, OK
'epl the Colorado, reach the ocean; thew
ire absorbed or disappear By evaporation.
Alier passing the winter among the
American settlements o. Upper Cnliror.
mn, the exploring party will, ii the conn-
ry be found practicable, pass round by
he lower route from California, crossing
he Colorado below the " Great Canon.v ,
nd return to the Arkansas by the waters
! The ella and 81. Juan, large tribuia. !
les Of the lower Colorado, which have ,
heir sources west Of the mountains of !
'ew Mexico. This sketch coniemplntcs !,
onle Of five or six thousand miles. II
~ probably eyeniuaic in the discovery
new and straight road both 10 Orc. !
on and California, passing for the most 7
irt through our own territory, diminish. !
g the distance some three or four hun. 1
red miles, and the time two months.
he country to The right and left will be 9
Iamlned, and It's geography--at present ?
blank--somewhat understood. The i'm. D
'rtance OF these contemplated explora. =
ms rs very great; every confidence is re. y
sed 10 the energy and AGILITY of the o.
officer. We shall hope for
cir success, and look anxiousy for their Of
e return towards the close Of the wear nj
'lo. Western Erpositor. &c