Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-25

Tire OVERLAND MAIL RouTr-.Ths Or.
ploring party sent out under the auspices %
the Overland Mail Company for the purpose
OF an examination OF the routes for the earrt-'
age OF the Overland Mail from the valley ef,
the Mississippi to Ii. Pacific, via the Fl Pas-
so route, left this city on Saturday mesnine.
They took the Pacific Railroad TO Jsfsrssa,
City, from which point they are to eemmsnes
Immediately the work for which the sxpsai-n
ton was sent out. s..l.f -..8si.r..s .7s 1,-.,,s,
The party took with them complete eutht
for man and beast, and will pursue their march
with vigor. They are to examine mlnutely
the routes over which they travel, and will
make full and eopious notes OF syssythins
which can possibly be Of any interest or bsn-r
dition Of the soil, the roads, the Indian tribes,
the villages, streams, prairies, forests, the
prices OF animals, wages OF men, &c.
The general director OF the party Is Or. g.
w. Southwick Of Texas, q gentleman whsss
knowledge OF the country aud practical sT-
perience In business Of this kind, and al mat.
ters pertaining TO life on the Plains, will ss-s
able him to push forward the work with sias-
rity, and we congratulate the Company upss
their good fortune In having secured his, ssr-
vices. DR., 8. viii receive valuable assistebss
from Mr.. George W. Wood Of New rork, =
whose judgment and businsss gualihc atisns
are wen suited to an enterprise of this kin&
and will prove valuable member Of the eesYs =
The Secretary Ii Mr.. Charles p. Cole, Ter q
long time connected with the newspaper press
Of the State Of New York, and whose ability
as a writer and reporter are highly spoken. II
by the press In the vicinity where he rssidss. y
The party arc to proceed a. direct - pceei-
BILE TO FL passo or Fort Fillmore, on the RE
Grahde, at which point they expect ss assss &
similar party coming this way, which were tel
leave San Francisco about the hrst OF Jaan.
AIRY. '"''
We shall be able to give, from time to time,
an account of the progress Of the party, to-
gether with description, Of the country sna
incidents on the route.-St. Louis Repnbliena.
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The ALPAcA.--Since we noticed the inpe,-I
tstIon OF lot or alpaeas into this port, (says
the New York Tribune we have besn repest-n
edly asked, What are they good for W
The best proof that they are good for some
thing that'we can Furnish, we find In the fol- ,
"The largest single manufa eturing sstssL z
lishment In the world is now In opsratien at {
Saltaise, England, for the manufacture Of
cloth from the wool or hair Of the Alpaca
goat. The vastnsss Of this great WORK will
be seen from the following statement, which
applies to only one department: The weaving
shed contains Que thoasan Ind two hundred looms
the length 4 the shafting 10 nearly ten miles,
and weighs between elk and seven huhdred
tonsy the steam engines, required to werE
these shafts Sre equal to 1880 horse power,
and the looms In one department ave eapss3s 8
Of wearing thirty thousand yards, or nearly
eighteen miles Of alpaca cloth every day, asd
an aggregale length Of o6ss miles sf cloth an.
nualIy, The building covers sig acres Of
ground" VT
We cannot only raise the wool in this eswn.I
try, but can cover six times six aerss ef
ground with machinery and steam-powsr to
nauufa cture il, whenever the sovereign ruisrs
Of America discover that II would be far bst-..
ter to manufs eture our own wool than It u 70
import cloth. % isII ..,a.,snV519a p .s4 div
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