Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-02-01

ans besides being of the most hazardous and adyen
exploits Of the day promises TO add essentially 10 our
knowledge OF that and important region His report has
yet been published though learn that he is closely
gagged in preparation 1t will be quite volumnous, and will
contain maps and full descriptions Of the country through
which he passed et
We fnd meantime, among the documents which accom-
panied the Message Of the Acting President in the report from
the Typographical Bureau the War Department. out
line Of his route and indications of the nature and inn
portance of the explorations which he made He left West
port the frontier of Missouri, June ls43, proceeded
the mouth Of the Kansas river and thence up the Repub
can In consequence of the many mpedmens offered to
his progress by the swollen of the river he divided the
party leaving Mr. Fitzpatrick with twenty and the
heavier baggage and proceeded himself with fifteen and
two carriages through fertile and well-waered country to
the upper Of the Republican, from which he crossed to
the south fork of the Platte Nebraska, and reached ST.
Vains Fort under Longs Peak, the 4th Of July The
height of this peaka shoot from the Rocky Mountains
named after Capt Longs stated at u, 500 feet Thence
Lieut. Fremont continued along the mountains southwark
and arrived July 18th the Arkansas river at the mouth Of
the Fonane qu bout" Surveying this river and remain
ing day Pixies Springs he assembled the eastern branch
its head and again reached St. Vans Fort on the 23d
meeting Mr. Fitzpatrick who had arrived the 18th, and
had spent the time in reftting.
goth, Lieutenant crossing the broad plain which extends
from the river the foot of the mountains passed through
the chain into the Lorraine pains and encamped in the
" weetwater Valley" the 9th Of August Thence,
ing the mountains by the South Pass he descended into the
valley of the Colorado in the immediate vicinity Of the head
of the Yellow Stone which flows into the Missouri the
Arkansas, which joins the Mississippi Lcws river, which
flows into the Columbia and the Colorado, which rolls into
the South Pacific Ocean In the midst of frozen mountains
he here upon the spot which great part of
North American continent On the Sd Of September he
reached the great Salt Lake, the outlet of Bear river
and spent week exploring the northern portion Of this in
land No survey Of it had ever before been made none
of its islands visited astronomical observations made and
short nothing beyond the fact Of its existence had been
known Here he remained days. and reached Fort Hall
the 18th of September Mr. Fitzpatrick had arrived few
days BEFORE and both detained by sormsunt the GATH
On that day the journey resumed, and continued along
the Oregon road Boise post the Hudson Bay Copa
ny which reached October g. On the Goth of October he
arrived Fort Nez Perce the Columbia and the 4th
Of November encamped the missionary station of the Daes
He continued his survey by Fort Vancouver and then
returned to the Dales
On the 18th of November, in the midst of storm, he
set out his return The day sunset the thermoe
ter two degrees below He continued to travel along
western base OF the snowy of the Cascade mountains
until December 10, when he arrived at Klamath Lake Thence
his the south and continually obstructed
by parallel ranges of mountains, covered with snow
after range of which he crossed until his animals gave and
further progress eastward stopped This region
extraordinary interest," having before been ayersed
and his animals being entirely unable to proceed further
that direction he determined the great Californian
mountains, called the Sierra Mrada," which lay between
him and the hay Of San Francisco All the month of Febru
to tDenty feet Deep Early March he descended from these
icy regions the perpetual spring of the valley the Sacra
mento where he entertained with great hospitality by
Mexican gentlemen. They remained there about ter
weeks and then proceeded up the valley Of the Joaquin
recrossng the Sierra very beautiful pass to the south On
the 2lst Of April they struck the Spanish trail from Pueblo dc
los Angeles TO Santa Fe and continued their journey along
this rough winding, and difficult road, until arriving
the mountains the Colorado where they turned the
northeast and encamped Browns Hole, June s, 1874.
Then crossing Colorado they reached the Rocky Noun
by way of the Yampa river crossing the ridge the
head Of the river they assembled the north fork the Nebraska
the New Park ccrossed the mountains to the Old Park
and then pursued pass into lower gap of the
mountains On the 30h of June they reached the Arkansas
on the ID Of July they Bens Fort and again started
on the 9Th continuing down the Arkansas crossing to the
Smoky Hill fork of the Kansasolowng that to the
Republican fork the ridge the Santa Fe
they encamped the mouth of the Kansas the 3st of las
i July.
An inspection of the map will show this to have been one
of the longest and difficult explorations of the age
Under all ccunstancesn the weather. and during
the utmost prvaons, astronomical and other observations
were omitted and careful record of the whole
made and preserved The sketches of the country
upon the determination Of 100 positions by astronomical OBJ
servatons fail TO be in the highest degree
interesting and instructive The flora of the country sac
to be exceedingly rich and varied and in this department
thought that the results of the journey will justify supple
Il mentay volume Mchaux's sylvia Americana. The expo
don regarded having been the highest degree
cessu and look forward to the publication of Lieutenan
Fremons report with great interest The head Of the Topo
graphical Bureau thinks that another expedition would b.
highly useful complete the survey and suggests that should
United States the year.
Il DEraLcArIos AT ALpASr.-The Albany Atlas contains
an account of the defcaon of A. H. LoyErT the The
Commercial Bank Albany, the of S34 524 90
Attention called to his accounts by letter from Buffalo
through the post office, and the Cashier and Directors mme
dately called upon him for his accounts He confessed thu
defacaon informed the officers Of Its amount and exhibited
memorandum which he had kept Of it. He
and is in custody His suretes in the of So
his brother j. L. Love and Joel r. Wing of Albany Tn,
ebezzement is said to have been going for number
years. having originated in purchasing lottery tickets The
, institution will not be affected.
$ ARoosrooK CouNrr.-The Bangor (Me.) Wing speak,
Of the apdy with which this county, formed of the LONG
dsputcd territory been settled The land equal TO thu