Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-01-27

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~ 81. 1859.
DIRECT FROM THE H0UITAINS.
ARRIVAL OF MAJ. cULBERTsoN.
INTERESTlHG COMMUNICATION.
Major ALExAxDER CrLBERrsox, . mem.
Der Of the Americas Fur Company, and
oss Of the most notsd and wsllinformed
frontiersmsn, arrived in Siesx City On
Wednesday last, direct from the head W.
ters Of the Missouri river, bringing With
him The highly interesting and cspitslly
written communication which follows, from
the pen Of gentlsGaa ss Fort Benton.
The Major also brought with him about
$1,000 in gold dust, which was taken out
Of the diegings on the "diyide between
the Missouri and Columbia rivers. The
head waters Of these two rivers, it will be
recollected, are but . short distance apart /;
% near, indeed, are they together, that
Maj. CULBEsrsox, q he informed Us,
drank water out Of the Missouri river. on
the east side Of the Rocky mountains, and
in half an hour afterwards drank out Of
the Columbia river on the Pacific Slope.
This is what is known a. Gov. Stevens
Pass, and is said to be the most feasible
route for . Railroad to the Pacific. The
gold in MAJOR C's possession is wbs. is gen
orally called round or lump gold, and the
average Of the pieces is sbon: the size Of
grain Of corn. 1t is not of q very Ene
quality, being worth about sl4 Or SIS per
ounce; but what il lacks in quality is made
up in quantity, as j. is said to exist in
that region in abundance. These mines
can be approached within . comparatively
short distance BY steamboats,, and we have
no doubt will be visited by crowds of 3D..
venturers during the coming season.
Major CuLBEKrsox was accom- panied by
Mr.. GALrrs, Of Fort Pierre, who informs
Us that the weather up the Missouri has
been Of the most delightful character du
ring the present winter, and canno. be sur.
passed BY any other coun.ry.
Editor siouz City Re sIster
Go Across the Rocky Msuntains.
On > beautiful clear. star light night
early in September i,he 9Th, believe, or
theresbouts,) old MICHAEL CHAxrAicxE, a
mountaineer Of twenty odd years expert.
epce. and man Of most excellent repu;e,
called our attention TO IN unusual visitor
among the stars that keep watch over af.
fairs here at Fo:t Benton. After scanning
various portions Of the heavens, our search
Was rewarded by the discovery Of . very
d'minu,ive bright spot in the north west,
which seemingly had luminous appen.
dage, or tail, as bng as mans hand.
This Was Immediately pronounced by
the most knowing ones to be q veritabls
Comet, yet no one was prepared for its
arrival By paragraphs ia the newspapers,
or announcement in the almanac, those
highly entertaining and instructive neces
saries Of civilization rarely If ever finding
their way among US. Still that il was in.
dubitably = sure enough comet all agreed.
and the wonder nongers of the country
were suddenly agape, being unanimosly
satisfied that its coming must portsnd
something particularly awful 10 man and
his affairs. e
The most popular opinion declared that
War, Pestilence and Famine would surely
attend the uncommon visitor, while no.
few entertained notion that its arrival
would be . signal for the retreat Of the
buffalo and other wild game others again
insisted that its presence indicated an ex
ceedingly severe winter. attended with un.
heard Of quantities Of snow and oil the
other usual paraphernslis Of The ice king,
while number Of the select--to be indie.
pendent and knowing, it may be-were
perfectly certain that the comet would in.
sure US mild, pleasant and open winter,
with peace, plenty and enjoy ment to the
hearts content.
Az an inhabitant Of Rome, ! felt pro
verb. bound to initiate the Romans, and
llthough could not exactly define what
unusual occurrences could, would. or should
follow in the wske of our ezra
ic friend, boldly and confidently insisted
hat something WAS sure to happen"
terrible, or otherwise.
The Comet Was first discovered here, rs
said, on or about the 9th September last,
its apparent position at dark being in the
north west, at . distance from the polar
,sar equal TO about twice the distance OF
hs point where the handle joins the we'll
known clipper" and its elevstion above
he horizon about one third that Of the
and from that time every one
~ss on the tip toe Of expectation to get
he first peep at the coming event, what
ever it might be.
Among the crowd | placed myself on
he look out, and VAS fortunate enough by
lint Of wskeful nights and = very restless