Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-16

Hve Days from ride Water, Oregon
to st. Louis via TT. Benton-Vash-
ing Alive to tns New Route.
IoaT WALLA WALLA, Washington Ter,
December -, 1861.
Mn. EDITOR Having been solicited by
several citizens Of the Valley, Colvilie, and
the mining region adj acent; to ascertain
through the medium OF the Repu6licoa,
the prospec: of there being established a
permanent annual steam communication
between Fort Benton-lhe head OF ua,i-
CATION on the M;ssouri---and st. Louis. |
know of no better mode of arriving at the
required information, than 70 give you q
short synopsis Of our present prospects in
an agricultural and mineral point Of view.
Our present and prospective population,
and the universal disposition to encourage
the thorough organization of the Northeru
route via Fort Benton 10 St. Louis, there
by entlclng response from the enterpgi-
sing projectors Of the line. Now tina. we
have q complete mountain road from the
Missouri to The head OF navigation on the
Columbia, and that Commodore Chouteau
has demonstrated the practicabi,ity OF
steam communication vita Fort Benton,
nothing is required at this end Of the line
but an assurance from the AGsSrs Chou
teau, or whoever NAV establish the line.
what their PLANS are "a regard to the de,
parture from Fort Benton aunaalIy-.neir
charges for freight and passengers to st.
Louis. Hundreds from Washington Ter
rjtory, Oxgon and British Columbia, w0u!G
gladly aval. themselves OF this route. pro
vided they were assured authoritatiyel7
that the Company would he prepared to
forward say irom one hundred to three
hundred this season. and annually thereaf.
ter large increase on III. number wuuiI
naturally follow have been requested
70 ascertain, also, whether f4n.!ne. eau or
would be taNeu from St Louis 10 For:
Benton, and the rates Of passage. From
tne interest manifested herrabouts, ny the
emigration Of ate wears. 1 am satisfied
two Or three steamers would lind iu.l
freight and a crowded passenger list if it
were generally known THAI the lue was
permanently established, and the rates OF
passage meet the expectations OF our eli
zeus And | cannot see any difficulty in
satisfying the public that this must he,
and is. tar mere eXreGitious and encun6m.
ica than the Isthnus or overland routes.
Fort Benton can be reached fir m tide
water aud che Pacific from eight to Twelve
DAYS from Walla WaIa aud vicinity in
SIX DAYS; from Fort CD!yIlle and the ex.
tensive mining region adjoining that pest.
in FIVE days: from the Mes Pcrces country,
the new extensive cold fields lately dis, oy.
FRASER river, and the mining regions abore
on that river in British Columbia, in ten
to ittsn 1avs: from Southern Oregon in
twelve DAYS, aud from San Francisco
(coastwise) via. the Colulob,a river, in four.
teen DAYS. The time. believe, from For;
Benton to St. LoSis, can be made within
twenty days. The advantages of this
roats are too Numerous to mention in Getail,
Suffice it for the present purpose, 10 assure
oil interested, that in an economical point
of view, it has no competition. In res
pect to climate, its whole line of travel
from the Pacific to ST. Louis is within ten
degrees Of latitude. 3S degrees to e de.
grees, and at season OF III. wear bes,
calculated to make il a perfect pleasure
trip instead of an onereus one. always ex.
perienced by sea or overland. you have
the comforts Of a Mississippi steamer,
trayersing q salgbrious route for > 500
miles, arriving at The highest altitude Is
degrees in July, thence 500 mics By land
either By carriage or horse back, to WnlIa
Walta Valley. or JJU mills 10 Coiviils
Valley. Of the WAGON road lust completed
bg the Government, under tie surerlat4n-
Il Of | Hall -
bat QUE sentiment prevailing with ,hyae
who have traversed The road, !. IS with0u.
exception, the hest mountain road that
has taus far been thrown open to me plb.
lie. Lieut. Mulau has succeeded beyond
the afpectalons Of his most sanruIns
friends in this enterprise, and the Govern
ment has already arailel themselves Of the
advantages Of this new route. At a low
estimate, having been over most OF tho
ground myself, there will be, next June
aud JaIv, in this vaiey. ut CltgiIle and the
mines tributary to tAcso points, together
with settlements in Butter Root VALLEY.
come SIX to eirht thousand inhabitants.
al! within five hundred and Fifty miles Of
fort Beutya. In Oregon, Washington
Territory and British Columbia. within
radius Of nine hundred miles of Fort Ben
t.a, not Including Southern OREGON, there
is fully ninety thousand Inhabitants, To
this rerion of country this oorthern route
offers unusual facilities. and thew arr eager
IN assist in Grva,nniro il kn1,i., fan
we'll the nl,inate hauafts that must sccr,e
IN All classes and Tho different anternr;sas
connected esna.ia1lv to that norfion Of the
c,f,,trv lri,a, aa.i If tho C,so,da Nlo,,.