Smyrna times., 1858-11-25
The Overland Route,

!. MT. Farwell, OF the AuG CGt!C )TR5G who ar
q rived IN st. Louis on the 9th inst, by MIR. But
e terheld's train, communicates to the RepuLLi.
r can the following description of the route:
The road up to within fifteen miles of Los
Angeles was very good. On the pass here
winch is about two and half miles in length,
the people OF Los Angeles expended about s, 900
dollars IN improving IT, to induce the mail com-
pany 10 adopt that route. AT Kern river, the
road was bad for short distance; a0ain at
Iemecula the road began to grow bad and con-
tInues so until San Felipe or DEVILS Canon is
reached. Ten miles from the latter place the
the road enters the Desert; about eighteen
miles further on is new station, called
Palm Springs, from the fact that until recently
palm trees grew in the vicinity. The next sta
ton is at CafIsacrck, a sma stream of water
strongly lmpregnated with sulphur Indians
wen is the next EStallOn. Along this portion
CT the read the dust is very bad, being strongly
oI an alkaline nature, it Is offensive TO the SMELL
ahd very irritating 90 the skin. Al Alma the
succeeding station, few days before our trav-
eler arrived the men having charge of mail
! LETT the wagon and undertook to get it IbrouoL
on horseback to the next station. In a tornado
which overlook them on the road one of the
men lost his hat, on getting down to get which.
ms horse took fright and ran away. His COM
panlon dropped his blankets. and in endeavor-
ing to get them lost his horse likewise, but sue
ceeded in saving the mails, which he carried
on foot TO the next station, the Indian Wells on
the Yuma.
Although but few yards distant from each
other IN the storm, the sand was so thick that
they were unable to see, and thus became sep |
arated. The one who was left behind remain |
ed lost on the desert for three days and three |
nights, and would have persisted with thirst |
bad he not discovered a brokeu-down bullock |
which some emigrans had left by The wavside
He succeeded IN killing the animal with his
knife; he drank It's blood, by which means he .
saved his life. lie was rescued by men sent
out from the station in search of hlm
Passing several unlnportant stations. Mr..
Furwell arrived at Fort Yuma Seventeen
miles from this Fort are the rewly discovered
gold mines of Arizona. From inquiries made
here he ascerlaIned that miners, OF which there
we're about hundred at work, were making
from seven TO forty dollars per day 1t was re
ported that the diTgngs were much richer il
the hills above the present mines, but large
band OF hostile Indians Of the Tonto Apachcs
tribe were encamped there, and it was moi
deemed prudent TO prospect In that direction
until the Indians were run Off which they hoped
to be able TO do in short time. The next sta
ton worthy OF notice is FIlilbu>er Camp, about
fifty miles from the dIggings 1t Is thus namca
from the fast that Henry Crabbe and his com.
panlons, who were supposed to have designs on
Sonora, were killed by the Mcxcans Til, |
rext place is Tucson, a Spanish town of some L
our hundred inhabitants. At this place the,
were warned to look out for the ADaches, who
were reported TO be enCamped some distance {
ahead. About one hundred and seventy miles
rom Tucson found four hundred Apachas en-
;amped for the winter. The Indians slow ed !
10 signs of hostility.
Two hundred miles from this place is the Il
hlembries river, little branch OF the CHA "
leaving this they came on to the Mesila val "
ey, where they first struck the RIO Del Nortc 4
'assing Ill Paso, the next place OF note cached "
vas Sierra Guecho. AT tins point are several .
natural tanks in the solid rock, which were sup
'osed TO contain sufficient water for the mail 8
rains passing this point. On the arrival of the !"
ma here, it discovered that the tanks had u
rome dry, and water had TO be hau led distance -
i thirty miles for the mules. 1t was found on !,
XamInng the tanks, that they could be made u
o contain sufficient water to supply the whole u
rains. If, however, water sufficient can not ht
roYided here, the route will be changed to
hat of old San Antonio trail, fifty miles longer i
han the present route, but more level aud af-
Irdlng more water.
At the next station, thirty-six miles further eI
u, tnere are natural reservoirs winch nave al w
o gone dry, aud to which water had been haul ol
d at distance of thirty miles Several Ind- e'
n signs were seen in this vicinity. The road "
very bad, being sandy and rocky, alternately O'
'ext station, Guadaloupd, eighteen miles DIS
INT. -Four miles beyond this is the Plnery, VI
here grove of pine trees, the only Ores to 10
z met with oH the road, is found. Next stop q'
ing place is the Pages river. sixty miles from Dc
he PInery. From this place there is stretch IN
hfiy-tOur miles without change of teams - u
eavIng lIOrSehead, the route stretches across ca
he LlanO Estacado, or staked Plain, the most h'
eauttuI portion of the route, the road being as th
ard and level as a barn floor. They travelled
yer this place, distance of eighty miles, with
Ut water, except what was carried in Il keg til
IT the use Of passengers-Ibe mules having ca
one. The large herds of deer and antelope ra
nd Hocks of fowls led to the inference that eff
lere must be water on the Llano in opposition CO
} the generally received idea in respect there "
J. The first water reached on the Llano is at
le head of the Little COncho river.
TYPROGRAPHICAL ERRoRs.-One of our ex- G,
langes says, Z" the Wife crop of Gasconade CO e,
TO-, this year, is estimated at $4,000 CALLS in
he wine crop is referred TO, but $4,000 gals
Ill make good crop of wives, notwllhsland-
". 90 90
The Hartford Times, noticing the death of W, w
n editor, says, " he was hig minded gentle '"
IAN. and pungent writer" Perhaps he was ~ ~
stump speaker of the high-winded school of ~ ~
iatOry. W ="
a locofoco editor says. "the democracy are r. p
cked like a band of brothers," instead of -
mixed; and another says, "we have ,cet the