Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-22

Rocky Mountains, makes all able recapi-
,ulallun OF IS hale hes been done by The
expeditions, and proves in geographical
discovery Capt. Freemonl has done much.
"He has shemn thaIsIhe Iransis across
The Rocky Mountains, particularly al the
southern pass, is comparatively easy:lhal
the proportions of absolutely barren
country is small, hal frum within one
hundred aud Fifty mllesyof the Missouri
frontier TO the Longitude Of Fnrt Lara
mle. (lOoa 40, J there iisin general, great
plent, Gialne iorlSSeIrly grass called
buffalo grass. Westward Of Laramie, for
a considerable dlslancesthe region is sandy
and appearautly sterlle,r and the place Of
grass is usurped by lhe. arlemisia; uIher
localities, wher.: tbefevis j detirirnry III
paslurage, are iouudSonsboln sities oI the
mounlains. These expeditions, however,
will furnish to trading caravans. or to cmi.
grating parties, a knowledge Of lhe most
practicable routes, where they may most
generally fnd susllnence5 5forlheir auImals.
and water aud fuel fortliemseIycs. The
DAD 10 Oregon will be madeeomparatlvIy
easy; and slIhough lhe>enagrant who cou
templates taking up his dine OF march 10
that distant reginn Oughtlo Oe apprlsed OF
and guarded agaiusl the dangers, the dill
ticull!es and The PrivaiIops lie will have
10 encounter, y he may be- chc cred by
the certainly he will meet with nothing
but what foresight aud pf1dence MAY III
g.eat measure prolect him from, aud
courage, frmness aud perseverance over
come.
''The great Salt Lake, the Bear river
valley, and The r7ers,f The valleys and the
mountains Of Upper California may be
said 10 be now first brought 10 the know
ledge oil civilized man by these expedl-
lions The correction of(urrser geograpb.
lcal errors with respectto the river Bueu
avertura we owe to Capi. Fseemoul, Tue
existence oi greal central plain oil basin III
Callurnla is established by him, rs IS ais"
The Impurtanl ict that there is no river
Of auy navlgable SIZE which has its outlet
directly in,o ne Pacific aud COMMUNICATES
~lth The western slope Of our cnntlnenl,
Except the Columbia, betseen fifty degrees
al nurtii id,luue sau The Gull Ui CaliiUrpu.
ln military point "i vlew lnrsc expedl
tlons point out ~hcre forts aud posts may
De ahvdu'ase"usly established. nIIh a
view 10 the sale occupancy sf The country
aud lhe prnIection ul the lnhabllanIs and
.tle tlaiet. lrum the Indian outrage, Or
lrum agsressiun, or loul interference Of
auy klnd' This We believe was the pro.
ics>euiy auIlurIzed oDJect ol CapI. FREQ
rnunt's expeditions; out his ardent and
acllve temperament, AMI his lows Of science
ard knuw iedse, couid not rest satisfied
WIN bare performance uf, prescribed du
ues. He as submitted 10 MS cUuutry
men ana he world, IN bis unprclerdIuS
and uudest narrative, vast bUdy oi bo
,anlcal, geological. meteorological InIor
malun. The soil and mineral wa'ers
nave been subjected 10 snalysls.--More
lnan luur hundred aud ,i,lrly astronomical
observations are recorded the latitude aud
longitude OF impor'aftsEiuls accurately
aud lhes sanons OF moun.
aims uscerlained. Survey OF: Capt.
t'ree,nunt from TIC scas9ward meels thai
ui Cap, Wilkes from The wesi ard, aud,
-u lar as Is requisite Tor imnie'ilate pracll-
I bic purposes. The t,ap -ot Oregon is
complete"
The objects OF Csptain frrmont's third
exploratory tour are, We believe, correciIy y
deia.led in The following paragraphs,
winch ne extract from late number Of
the Western (Mis,ourD EXposiur:
" Inc expedition TO the ROCKY Noun
lalns, under The command ul Captain J.
T.. Fremont, ul The u 5. Army, being
the lhru exploring lourul lhs' officer. ielt
Hes,purt on The 26In June. Captain
rrelnuu, is assisted by TWO juuIoi "tfi,ers
ul the Typographical Corps, aud employs
e. snly men. Inc design OF thu, expcdl
uun Is 10 complete The surveysnl Tie plains
and mouulalns intervening bel~ the
western boundary Of The pacific. hereto
lore partially accomplished by the ex-
plorlus squadron ani The I"p lormer ex'
i,ednluns ol Captain Frenunl.. As far as
ue can learn, Inis party will prncerd 10
survey TIE hrhdn-hs aver w i9 s"u''N,
after completing nnich the party will be
divided. One division IS ,lllhen return b!
way of lhe head oI the Rio dcI Nur'e,
through the country oi The talnanche In
dldns, on The sources Ui Ihs ted river, anu
BY the low waters Of The ARKANSAS. The
main division, under Captain Fremont,
will cross the Colorado. complete the
survey of The Great Salt Lake, aud pen
elrale by the waters of Mary's river
hich huws westwardly lhrnugi' Upper
California, in the vicinity ol the AID de
gree parallel OF latitude, and Is los IN
lake al the eastern base Of the California
Mountains. 1t i, believed thai liom il
point on Mary's river, somc days journey
from lis mouth, The head of lhe Sacramen-
to may be reached in TWO days travel =
The roule then which Captain Frrmon
proposes to penetrate 10 the Pac'hc IS the
shortest aud most direct from The lower
Missouri (: OF this tile portion from the
Arkansas to II head Of the Satramcnt"s,
about six hundred aud fifty miles in dis
laucc, is as yel urexplored by the white
man, aud generally degignuted as the
Great California Desert" N"ne oi il'
N, .t.rs evcept tho 4 nInrubO rra. h the