The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-03


education is attended TO. He is now in the city Of
Washington.
We have passed rapidly over the journey from
Utah lake TO the town Of Kansas; but, like eve
ry page of the report it is full Of interesting and
curious matter, which will amply repay the time OF
the attentive reader.
We have now followed our intrepid explorer
throughout the whole Of his long, perlous, and IN
teresting journey, and have brought him safely
home again to the banks Of the Missouri. He had
travelled about $500 miles, without case OF sick-
in his partyunless II be from the effects oil the
terrible pass Of the Sierra, which, however, were
temporary, and from which the party soon recover
ed; and with the loss only of two men--one by the
Indians, and one by the careless handling OF gun.
At the end of the report is an interesting table OF
distances from the Kansas to Fort Vancouver, and
from the "Dalles Of the Columbia" to the Missouri,
exhibiting the journey of each day.
There several appendices TO the report The
first, a. from Professor Hall, of New York, upon
the nature of the geological formations" OF the
route of the expedition, occupying nine pages The
second OBJ from the same professor "upon the Or
ganic remains" which were collected, occupying
seven pages. Appendix c., upon the plants Of the
expedition, is by Professor Torrey and occupies ten
pages. Then follow the Astronomical observa-
tions,o and some remarks upon the map. He Is In
debted TO Captain Wilkes for the longtudes OF Fort
Vancouver and of Nueva Helvetia, which enable
him to connect the operations of Capt. Wilkes upon
the coast of the Pacific with his own OF the Interior
The coast line OF the Pacific sis laid down accord
ing the survey of Vancouver; and the bay Of San
Francisco is reduced from copy of a manuscript
map of detailed survey, in the possession of Mr..
Suffer-"
The map which accompanies the report, is, as
once before remarked, combination of the results
Of the first and second expeditions. BY the first
expedition, he determined 66 attitudes, and 80
longitudes The longtudes are given in time,
as well as in the arc, and collected in tab
ular form, at the end Of the report, with the To-
cal name of every astronomical station. BY Me
second expedition, he determined Iii attitudes and
81 longitudes. These are also annexed to the Sec
ond report, in tabular form, similar to that of the
first. Them to each of these reports Captain Ere
mont has added the observations themselves, by
which any one examine the phenomena used;
the series number of observations; and, if
they think proper, recalculate and verify the re-
suits. We also find in his reports list and descrip-
ton of his instruments, by which also the judgment
of the experienced will be aided in deciding upon
the confidence due to his map. The map is pro-
tracted upon Flamsteed's modified projection These
expositions of Captain Fremont are compliments
ry to his candor as to his intelligence, and will re-
ceive from the scientific world the praise they 30
justly merit
The report then concludes with a table Of ''mete-
geological observations during the Journey" which
occupies "a pages.
OF THE MAP.
The map extends from the Missouri river to the
Pacific ocean. IL embraces about three degrees of
latitude between the Missouri and the Rocky noun
tans, and about five degrees oflatude of the Rocky
mountain region exhibiting the course of the "Ne-
braska," (Plaue,D and its two principal "akes" to
their sources, and the course and "forks' of the
Kansas. His various routes in the region of the
Rocky mountains are also designated upon the map,
and the topography of those routes. From the
Rocky mountains, the map exhibits bis route to
Fort Vancouver; from thence to "Nueva Helvetia;"
from thence TO the "Spanish trai;" from thence to
"Utah lake, and thence, by the passes of the Rocky
mountains home. Throughout all this extent, the
route of the journey is plainly indicated upon the
map, and easily followed; and the characteristic to-
Biography of the country, as sketched from actual
observation, is also upon the map. One Of the sin
guar beauties of the map, and one of its great
it's, is, that it exhibits only what was actually deter
mined and seen; and thus carries upon the face of
it evidence of authenticity deserving of all praise
To the map is added baromethc profile from the
Missouri to Fort Vancouver--a new and highly in
teresting feature in knowledge of the physical
geography of that country. And as the ''meieoro-
logical register" of the report gives all the elements
from which this profile was made, it will enable
those who are fond of curious and laborous calcu-
lations, to verify the profile at every station.
If our reader will cast his eye upon the map, he
will observe an immense blank between the Rocky
mountain region and the Sierra of California. This
blank is the great unknown basin Of which Captain
Fremont frequently speaks, and which he s so de-
sirous to explore. What are its peculiarites, by
whom and by what numbers it is inhabited, we do
not know; for yet, we believe, the foot Of white
man has NOT penetrated it, II is rich field for the
explorer, and will amply reward, by its rare discov
cries, whoever shall hft the veil which now hangs
over it. 1.
WING TRADES AND MEXICAN BLUS-
TIERS, UNITING AG AINST THE PRESENT