The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-22

lie Y Aso sa.ds provided for By the acl oil
.afs - = snnaress that lying between fol'
5he az I'll Mexico, 10 Tic Colorado Ii'ei, ".e1
',ahes, IL Il the Mslava which rlFef = s.'S
l'se f''ou sanaarv 81 California at that POM
s ~ required . be CONSTRUCTED a III ~ will be
= s,e the others, although 'he 80 socrs,arv
fa,n,ed under the direction ~ -. - mi
r H. interior. This road = apous ~ .atorua-
"a niles IN length, according 70 'e vi, tI,a
lion II gentlemen who are aea.lai',ss1 aaas.,,c.
,ranhv Of lie country. ana ~ s''e - hv
s3an - If which the $4,000 aPpfop'' Z. !. i'm.
,,ress i deemed TO be- suiheieia'- :, NJ
o.ts,t bv reason OF its connection "'.''
sour and Arkansas. ,s under
Esrly il Nav large body OF troops, u", -.
J, ,,a,d Of lieutenant onel Jonhsoh, .
aa.sl.r will start from the western Douiiha11
ss:s,a.,r; ~ the parallel Of 81, 70 run aiio
!. 81, III son,l,ern boundary Of Kansas 10 INC
= .ss s,ern boundary Of New Mexico Inc eoun.
o,er which that line passes is mostly pra'f's'
vel watercd. and presents but few obstacles -. -
travellers The wagons Necessary - III,
snnnIies for the troops, heavily iaaen =
nri,risions and stores. viii conpei Inc COM
pmander Of the party to improve we cfoss'h
If The streams and level steep descen's, 70
make a comparatively easy way tyr the sfaihs !.
Tins Il is coniectured, there VIII De eoo.
wagon way constructed from western hfssoa''
to the eastern boundary Of New Mexico. De-
fore reaching the latter the parallel OF o. cross
&c the GREAT trail leading from Independence
to Santa Re, or Albuquerque -
Fort Defiance is situated rom one huhu4e :.
and ffty to two hundred miles westward OF
.,a.o IF which their IS a
road over which the supplies Tor troops al Tue
fort have been transported, anu "hien / Pio.
nounced By officers Of the army. VINO pave
travelled over it, good wagon road. Dufins
a wear Of scarcity in New Mexico. the COMMAND
ant at that military post was eompenea 70 8
westward of the fort from one hundred ano
ffty TO two hundred miles to the villages inhao
| tied by the Moquia Indians, who raise larger
supplies of grain than they consunns, ana art
peaceable and inofensise. 49,,
Tins when the southern boundary line o
| Kansas shall have been surveyed, there VII
| be good wagon road on this route, #isnou
much labor. To these Indian villages, which
are only distant two hundred and fifty mile
| from tile terminus Of tie fort Defiance and 70
/ dorado wagon road i is expected that Orders
! will soon be given. and BY midsummer mel
en,pIoyed in its construction and thai the roae
can be constructed to the Colorado nFer am
the report OF the superintendent be received II
time to be represented to congress early IN ths
next session. sTz,
! From the vest bank Of the Colorado rive
| there is good grazing and water, aud It IS be
leyed hat the line OF road will proceed up th
/ Maiave river to its source near the Tagon pass
frt' r.I,n Frnrs, the head 0f tn
! Maiave river, through the Tagon pass l.
the San Joachim riser, has already been traV
! eled by wagons of the settlers IN The neIghbor
hood of that pass. On the line OF foad, iron
one hundred and fifty miles west oil Missouri
lies the country inhabited by the Cherokee LII
dams, who raise surplus OF all agriculture
products; and about one hundred miles east o
the River del Norte, the New Mexico settle
ments appear. ~ ~ ---5z
i Il is sand that this route can be travelled a
well in winter as in summer.
From these statements it appears that o.
next winter there will be good wagon roa'
to the State of California, irrespective OF th
other two-the Fort Kearney and I'll Paso-
for which the act of congress makes provision
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i THE DISCOVERY or THE AGE.-The new pat
ent quadrant, the invention of Thomas Hedge
cock, R. n, is Just now absorbing tho atten
ton of nautical and scientific men. 1t Is claim
ed that this curious instrument gives the ship
true position with or without the aid of the sun
moon, or stars; marks latitude and longitude a
any lime of night or day. by observation upo
a lamp or any other visible object; measure
horizontal angles with the most remarkable ia
cility and accuracy; renders entirely unncces
sary the use Of the old quadrant, the chrome
meter, the tables of logarilhms, and nautica
almanacs in the navigation OF ships; that, i
! fine, it has all the utility both in navigation AM
practical astronomy, of all the instruments no,
in use for that purpose, combined with the sin,
} plicity and certainty heretofore unknown
These are only few Of the advantage
claimed for this remarkable instrument, whie
has recently been tested by an officer Of ski
and experience, captain Henry French, Of GU
navy The official note OF that gentleman wi
give the best idea of the practical workings {
r the new instrument: r.g3 z.
NAVY ARD, Boston, Mass. March 10, 1885,
During the month of January last made
Journey to Albany, returning to Boston By wa
of New York and Springfield, expressly for tn
purpose Of verifying the results claimed to b
obtained by observations with Hedgecock'
patent quadrant.
! Before leaving Boston my observations wer
taken with the sun; arriving at night in Alba
,. nv, the moon was observed; at New Y ork, hav
; ing neither sun nor moon, | observed upon
r Gas lamp OF the Astor House; at Springfield
again used the sun: before leaving Boston, tn
two images of the sun were brought in eontae
= with parallel adjustments. At Albany, and s
each Of the other places. the images Of the SUI
moon, and gas lamp were found very niue
q separated, and when brought in parallel cor
+ tact, the distance indicated BY the instrurner
: gave the difference Of latitude and longitud
y between each place with remarkable degre
:, of exactness.s H. FRENCH, Commander. q. s.
!, If these facts be true as stated, there hi
~ been no discovery of equal importance sine
o the mariners compass. sisa.~ r.
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E Josiah Phelps, of Saline county, H., offe
). $1,000 reward for the apprehension of Jam'
: Fowler. WHO'S charged with having murdere
: Brady Phelps, at Gallatin, on the 10th ul
q Phelps was employed in a lawsuit against Fov