New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-06
Cali(orn,aos 10 Arkansas.

The Up,on has letter from Fort Smith, dated
Feb. 49, from which we take toe follow
We shall muster here and at Van Barren about 1000
emigIsnts 4, e..
Mis.ouh and the Cherokee settlements Pack mules
will cost 50, and good saddle mule COZ wagons
cannot be purchased on Reasonable terms shIPn'h'
Al this time would b. a profitable lhVssltnehI insie
arc large stocks OF merchandise II Van Buren, where
mink the northern emgrant viii ind the best camp
ing grounds. IL would be useless 70 Drng n'ui. nls
sour mill. supply Van Buren, with large quanuues
The emf grant IL he by water (~hch IL the Dest
rou,e from the Ohio river, New OTiesns) should
hiring his bacon n he wants 10 have Dice article haoh
emigrsnt will need 100 los At least They Ougni 70
bdog All their weapons With them Our most iasnon'
Able will be the rife and f,kansos too'h P'cF
II emsrants are disposed 10 purcbase thei t"oes y.
Kentucky or Ohio their best pan VIII De ~ ihnu al
some point IN Missouri. say ~ Louis or suh Dst''I
1s,.po CIV Tney can 20 from Jefferson City 20 Van
Bu,er Ia seven dsys aud from - LOUIS IN zen oSys
and by wagons In twenty days from ~ LOUIS anu hsen
from Jefferson City The rosd $ asogo wesIsfn ,.',
road with some mouniaius Of incjnsideiabe slze 70
cross over However, thcr5 Ia pacHet-tbe seft 10
o-rpniny from CiDcnnsh 10 Little ROCK ana tne
packet Industry from Memphis 70 Lte toek, VIM 'oe
Della James NJ Day, aud others. are pylug between
ytttls Rock Van Buren, and Fcrt smith migrants VII
pay ais TO Van Buren, and Fort Smith from Cnchnau'
and about the same from Memphis. There Is also
mail line Of steamers running three tunes "etk nun
Nsoojeop a, the mouth Of the arksnsas 10 Little kock
Passage from the mouth 10 Van Buren, so onoid 'hs
travel be vastly increased the ooA's VIII De
also and there Will De greater cohipcu'on
which will bring the fare down 10 PROBABLY g 10 van
Buren,. n. ,,
Port Smith is only FIVE miles from Van Boren' bu,
tbnk the latter the best camping ground because me
soc,ety IL more permanently established iheIe are
number Of wealthy citizens aud 1t has large interior
trade At Fort smith have always more or lees Oi
discharges soldiers who are usually pHeo anu tue
people are n mixture of every nation
The people at Van Buren are mostly northern men,
and very industrious aud orderly
would advise every one having land warrants VINO
NAV be going 10 California not b. psrt Win mem 'ney
will be worth six times their value IN ,sihoinH, os
snop ma the land laws are extended that country
hut even now have learned that they command e5vV
IN gold dust The gold diggers would rather exchange
fo hern than risk the carriage Of the gold and cases
have already occurred where tho land warrant mas
cone hack from California and been resOld alter bsv-
Ing been used ia California to effect this exchange
Beside the Van Barren and Fort Smith Companies,
there is a company OF California migrants equPplns AT
Clafksyille in this State, aud also at Little hocK-
Among ali these eompaDes think 1t is likely that sew.
eral mack mule companies will be mustered OF % and
100 men each II will be the most expeditions ana oe
ghtful mode OF travel By the route proposoo by inc
Little Rock company, the time Tor performing hs UP
will not exceed 80 days This route is from Lite ROCK
TO Chapman's Trading house miles above the Noitn
fork OF the Canadian River thence to EdNardss lfsa
ioe house on Iit,e River thence directly between the
North and South forks Of the Canadian River 10 santa
Fs thence 90 the route Travelled by Gen. h-srny 10
the San Joaquin and Sacramento. Grass ana WaleI
abound ON this route mos, Of the year.
The frat election of Judicial ofhcers held IN Arksh
sas has Just TRANSFERRED. William Walker Esq 70 elect
"a In This Ds,rict Tor Circuit Judge, and William IL
Field in the Little Rock District. The vote every
where that politics have not to any extent en-
tered into the canvass ,
There 10 no Cholera at any point oil the Afksnsss
River.