Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-19

SoulntfhiS 10 Tic great Oregon cmigrant trail,
which we intersccted on the 9th day-,hc
Instance being one hundred and twenty miles
from ~Lcavenworth. We had the pleasing
prospect OF one ot the numerous carayals on
ITS winding way, as we n.ared the Trail
Since then we have passed four companies.
Each company Is generally divided into frac-
mons oil about 30 wagons each. following NJ
the distance oi about hall a days march apart.
Each company has its regular constitution
us executive OH 'ers, a captains. sub-captains.
and judges. They cncaInp and move with
military regularity, and form a carrc (snuare)
with their wagons to enclose their cattle at
night. | have been surprised at the remdrku-
o'y select appearance nj the cmigrants. All
seemed highly respectable many rich. They
are mostly IN families, with som, few extra
Young men, seeking their fortunes aud wives
IN onSon. The wagons are generally good
aud strong, fitted up 80 as To i, comiorIsblr
habitations. They have also tents for the
young men and stronger boys. All seem
cheefiul'he men contented, aud the women
udy. Sometimes YOU see the Young women
RIDING and neutrality-suspicious. walking with
an elastic step, that betokcns freedom, from
all hardship. They have some articles of FUR
niture, and have plenty of butter and milk on
the route. One party-of forty six wagons
alone had fifteen hundred mich cows and OK
en- Our coming among them has given seem.
ing confidence
Our officers and SELLERS mix with them,
WIN MAJ friendly and considerate feeling due
,oourt fellow citizens enigrating boldly tn new
homes IN a distant land. II Oregon is filled
up with only such material as this. il will in
deed be a choice gem III this Union. Not one
oil these parties has liquor with it,. lomitted
10 mention that their marches average twelve
miles per day. From what | have learned
from several oi them, | should say that the ex-
pehse, per grown person, of getting to Ore
gon, must be less than twenty dollars-which
sum Is fully made up on every head of stock
driven TO Oregon. OF the thousands of cattle
OF the emiSrants, we have only seen two oxen
dead on the road and those died of the muir
ram. You now and then find calves that have
gwen out, but very few. As this emigration
ana the territory OF Oregon form topics OF
such interest at present, | hope, dear sir, YOU
VIII excuse my SO long dwelling upon them.
The number of souls in the parties already
passed by US, amount to about one thousand.
Here are many parties ahead and many vet
To start from Missouri. Yesterdays march
was our most trying one. We had had bad
grass the night before and, with our half fed
animals, had TO pass the great dividing ridge
between the Little Blue and Platte rivers
This Is eighteen miles across, from water 10
water. We found ourselves somewhat unex-
pectedly on it, and had TO make (circuitouslv)
a thirty mile march. Twenty-twoto twenty.
five Is our usual daily distance, now that we
are on the beaten trail. Night before last.
Lieutenant franklin, of the typographical en-
Sineers, came up, having started from Leaven-
worth on the afternoon of the 23d; and thus
making two hundred and seventeen miles in
1--WE days and a part of one, travelling on the
unknown prairies. As his instruments were
a days march in the rear, the Colonel left him
hve picked men. and two good pack mules to
bring them up. His previous escort were to
return To Lcavenworth-being men whose
time is nearly out. Major Wharton cleft at
Fort Leavenworth) did not give us credit for
the rate of our marching.
Yesterday we met yillainous looking
Pawnees returning from their spring buffalo
hunt. l hope, dear sir, on my return, 10 send
you some results of my own"
#One OF the objects Of tive expedition. as
was sometime since stated in the :, Union"
IOfilcial information has been received at
the War office dow to the 81 of June, repre-
senting that tn. expedition was "making good
progress, having reached the junction oi the
North and South forks of the Platte-about
800 miles from Fort Lcavenworth, on the
Missouri
-, EXPLOSION OPSrEAM BOlLERS.-Wc
look with the deepest interest upon every in
ventlon calculated To control The mighty agen-
cy OF steam, and we learn with pleasure, that
DR.. William Mckendall Wright, OF the CITY of
Pittsburgh, has discovered a most ingenious
philosophical Instrument, to note the degrees
oil heat and pressure of Steam Boilers. from the
boiling point To that OF danger. This instru-
ment ~ receiving the attention of the scientific
and practical men in every quarter, Ia whom
II has been presented, and is likely to place DIR.
wright amongst the most ingenious inventors
OF tins inventive age.
The indicating Safety Guard of DIR. WRIGHT
has been made the subject of an elegant and
elaborate report by the Committee on Patents
OF the House of Representatives of the last
Congress and of a select Committee of the
House OF Representatives of the Legislature of
pennsylvania.
IN machine is equally applicable to the
Boilers OF Steamboats,, and of Locomotives.
and indicates accurately, all the intermediate
degrees oi temperature, from the boiling point
upwards; and as the degrees of temperat1re and
pressure are co-relative, the Engineer is ena-
bled to keep up a steady pace, to save the
waste OF fuel and TO know to a certainty. that
the pressure on his boiler is within the point of
entire safety.
10 hdiiIpduSd ld SteamOoatS and Machines
marking with delicacy and accuracy all the in
ternediate degrees of temperature, il is of in
calculablc value, as regulating the speed .paug.
ing the consumption of fuel, aud indicating
the approach as well as the presence of danger
with unerring certainty and vigour. What
satisfaction must it give to the Engineer to
nave before him a pointer tracing with nice
accuracy on a dial every degree of pressure ON
his bollerand what confidence must passengers
feel who know that such an invention is i'm
use2
To this invention is attached a whistle TO
warn the Engineer that he is approaching TOO
closely the point of danger-and to il may be-
attached, if required AN apparatus for throwing
up the safety valve and letting off steam. and
a re-adjusting lever by which il may be r..set
without any aid from the Engineer.
We believe the time will shortly come when
no Locomotive OF Steamboat will be without
ihis invaluable apparatus, and that the first in
curry OF every passenger will be for Wriehts