The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-08
ROUTE TO OREGON AND CAIIFORN,,

Lieut.. Fremont gives the f'IInwIng account Of
the route IN Oregon aud California =
" Fne Great South Pass in The r. ,cky Moun
ialnS. ON l' road to OREGON is IN n ,rtb latitude
AZ deg u, 81, and ia longitude 81 deg. ST. 50
W eSt from Washington. or lUJ deg 81. 50 W4Sl
"t Ot'"w'rh. being directly opposite The dunn
ions ut the Tartar princes nI NIrlhern Euron.
The cdinate is mt much under than IN The s,u
position IN the Eastern hemisphere On the ION
"t August. at sunrise, Cnpl Frrmunl'S rhprm,m
riet InnIraed So deg (fahremirIr y Water lr,z.
~ his camp during Tie night. and fires were no
cess1ry i"f comfort, The summit uf the Grea, Pass
near which he enchmppJ, being seven thousand
ireI ahuye The level rt the sea- The ascent nm
either side uf the Pass Is So gradual as to ne al
nS lmpeTeplIhle. The rumIe offers ureat G,cL
lies i"I the "UiStfuclIon ol Il rail road and The
lime is not lar distant when the spires teas, silks
q" ASA and India VIII come la the Atlantic S,s,a.
by this route. Speaking of tins renarkahle pas
Capt. FrermnI says: - IL in M ma n,rr reseu
hles The places To which the Term IL community an.
plIed-nothlng at the gorge like character ami
winding aNctniS "i the Allegheny pa ,sts in Anne
RIGA nothing OF the great ST. Bernard and SIM
pon PaSsrS IN Europe. Approaching il from the
mouth oi the Sweet Water, a sandy plain onn
hundred and twenty miles long, il crndncrs, nv a
gradual and regular ascent, to The summit ob,mt
seven thousand ieel above he sea and the trav
a
UISome ascents. suddenly inIs hIlaself an III.
waters which il,A Z, the Pacific O. loan / ,,.
agreeably disappointed in the character of I'm.
streams IN this (Wesi) side of the rld5e -
stead of tile creeks, which description had led IN.
To expect, find bold broad streams, with three err
lUur ieet wafer, with rapid current The C,,k
on which we are encAuped is upwards uf = bun
dred ieet wide, tlinbeied with groves aud tck.fs
ut lie low wIIip" II appears that the pay,va
bic streams n Ming into the AanIic. al,nns,
join similar MYERS howlpg into the Pacific. the
portage BENG less TITAN Two huodred nIesa'
SINGULAR PHESoMESA The renorkabI..
columns ct gas which 4 shurl tine since bnrs,
it"m Tie sail wells ct The upper district of The
kana"ha odllhes' have entirely failed, and what
Is more astonishing, Ihf salt water has disappear
I'd ;Iung With thrm. 81 Complete has bpen the
failure that, IN some nstancrs, The pfoprierors
have abandoned iheir lurpdrrs The yriIe, sn,,
gests the following explanation: In tie district
NJ thegaS wells The bonug has been So derp tHat
strata at Limestone have been rpached as Is pray
ed by the TACT that pieces If slalactti la We been
thrown To- The surface by the Columns Of vas. #
l>noi improbable that The sail water has sunk down
aud disappeared through fssures Of the Limestone
rock. hich has been lnuS reached by the unc0m-
mon pitt Of buflog 49, Ledger.
The Gas OF THE SALT WeLts-Tb.
Charleston (Kaoa~ha) Republican, corrpc1s the
statement udde by ou cUrrp, pondpnt. that th,.
2aS oI Tie Salt rtQloO, - hich had Drcone sn role
nattd. nd blrwn cut" The Rcpuollca,,
STATES that lle extraordinary column winch han
inr three mouths ISSUED from Mpssrs. Drksns.r,.
& Sl'frwbniy' veil. had - blown out - I'M
~ says lhele are sui iufnacps worked ~ hole or
10 paI' ny gas and one we'll WIN gUOd water