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trerm Tvo Doizars per annrnn in advance
Xtvertutf'nnt9i inserted at $1 per square for the first,
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AGRICUL
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Jroinj the American Farmer, s
WQftK FOR SEPTEMBER...
, As auftimii hag again, in the revolutions
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grain vvith the substance used. When this I ton I ..Li:il -L- - W t i . " -- f
TVT 1 . .. . f ' .XT I ' t ' - v 4..uvuli luwmgciiwr., , . .
ji lA.'. iii iti r t a i i r m
Tricullurist Ishould fiP.t h"mtP o!4 most 1i
l td work to fu;lfil those obligations of duty
which it niay jmpose ; and while he may
be thus jjnged, let him .see, that what-'
erer he riay iavc done, shall be well done,
inddonc in set son, as he may rest assured,
that suc less i r h is calli rig very material !y
depends jpor t ie observance of theie'rules.
;lapwjf)aping:ju grain,
Eenshould spare no pains to ha ve ficcpy
ploughed ; to 'see that there be no balks
uehdd;; and that. it be thoroughly
is done, the seed Will bd ready for sowing;
o more Vheat must be taken 6ut of, the
i t t ' i mail Liiii iiR snivn aqah
of the idasorts, come, iLis meet thAtavetV iKlmnM k li.JL i , .. . .
w . i i ii. r j i w M j.i taKtn i n nnrrn. ir in aa
not more than about three inches deen.-
x nevia7T0). an;d roller should follow the
plough; Secdjthus prepared andrpntin,
xvillbesldel bemg exemptfrom smut, come
"Up quicker grpw, more rapidl', and, of
-2!f5'Tn.f f ai" mucu better series
yviriter thaiiwould 'such
smayU owji without; preparationrand
therefore b bctter hble to withstand1 the
fleets of ffostij and thaws. : A 1
; ri?e.--Tis grajp, if not already sown,
should be r)ut Jin as early this month as
possible-, arfd jvith a view of'providin"'
pasture, in eary. spring for the in-lamb
left unto
pulverized J tjy
and harrow
creed of thoe
latwn possess
make steri
either the drag, or roller,
Although we are not of the
who belie ve7 that' pulvcri-
jssesjs the power of . a panacearto
erMcisjiils produce luxurtalrit crops.
we are iree io j com ess, that we do believe
yield in
this wil
ewes, it wobld
are to b
hrcriis o;
grounds
tract an
their uses, th'4
of being
ianv. whetlip.r nnnr ririr?lC
a greatly augmented jratio, and
be the more readily conceded bv
the thinkinsri farmer, when he reflets thnt
in the a6sre, Xhe r, Aixesn,
e lopnu most, U not all of the ele-
fertility, and that by having his
in a state the best adapted to at-
d appropriate theseelements to
, nip ueiter cnance win ne stand
profited by t hese fruitful sources
'cenrichment,; Again, by deep tilth knd
minute subdivision orjhc soil, thej, root o
the planls (raVeJa bed prepared,' which, in
stead of fofle ring any impedimeht to their
.embedding themselves beyond the reach
pi trostspbeyond Jhe influence of sudden
freezing: s and tavings--encoura3 their
expansion, arid j increases the pasture on
which tbey Mjrtl.v
-With this introduction, we will tdrn our
attention td sce what should first claim our
notice. j
I ; Prepdraiio of the Wheat ground. In
addition to! AVhat we . have already said
liipon th s sujject,;wef will remark, that
me soon
be p
ception
there be
be well to give it a sufli-
rgrdund intended for wheat shall
d sjt rid p lit in ord e r fo r the re
seed, thd better chance will
of the crop being a good lone, as
the ground once rradr and in good tilth,
the farrrier., "trjajr choose his own time for
wwmg, ?. Ana; we wourd wish to impress
this fact bpohjjhe
mind of the wheat grow'
er thil uxl$nnds are not ada.ntnrl tn Ih
raccesstiii growing ot J he wheat crop, as
, they nevbr fail to exert a pernicious influ-
fnce upon tli6 plants in the alternations
! !pnng,at)d
fal vegc
the root
I Hods, afe
; ater.
... .
I uiUMtltf
l rtillzinr top-dressinghould the
ground notf be fin good hearth FrorrTex-
perience Ave are prepalred toay. thaUhe
eating do wU Rve in early spring does not
materially,fif at all, interiere with the pro
duct of grain.
preparation $ the See J.--We would ad
vjse that sled ye be submitted to a'sim-
ilar soak a thlt recommended forwheat,
as should it answer no othefendaiAvould
facilitate germihation, andcause the plants
to grovot vigorously and encourage the
formation of roots, and thus prevent what
is termed winttfr killing. The ground al-
coming
Now-don't tell him1
y
u ve nad
r
(Uen enters.) C IVe had ai piece of
cake; you can't have any. j ;
Ben. Yes I will ; mother cive me a
piece. ; - ; (.-
,JI.-TTnere. take that ; it seems as if I
never could keep a bit of any thing in the
l9ase. ,YQu see.sir, (to the chijd) if you
get any thing next time. v - I J
' - ";""."v 1 UU4U . i ve nad ! a piece J
Youn Sister. Oh, I want some too.
I C-Well, you bawl, and motheFll give
CAPTAIN FREMONTIS ; SECOND
expxoring expedition: i
lotted to Itft
ould be ploughed in abou
three inchls iri -depth, when the cround
should be IiarroWedv and afterwards rolled
nor wou d ve consider our work wel
done unless wd sowed a few bushels of
lime and ahesjto the acre, say 5 of each,
unless the oil had been previously limed
orasneti. I, I , , -v.
Quantitiiqf Seed to the acre A bushel
of Rye shodld a ways be sown to the acre.
In the selection pare should be observed to
get the best secdJhat can be obtainedand
if possible fliat Which was grown at some
distance from ypur own neighborhood.
of the weair tduring winter arid early
atiori
!.!,
it is impossible thathealth.
can be; carried on, where
of thri plants, during those pe-
aiid descent
d in masses of mud and
pesjjles good ploughing and fine1
essential that wheat fields should
ecurpd bj judiciously arranged water
vs, at intervals of some sixteen feet
apart, so constructed, and so levelled,' as
tbattheivati5;U;y
b' pass Aflj aid be conducted to jewing
grains akind the field, of sufHcicritdepth
ay. It
V. i' i .
wunainff m
should be bl
now tirti
f est pi
i
t.
an is, to
t.
urrows.
1
detection
to
receive" and convey it a
wdulo be better that fields a-
k superahundanc&xt moisture
nd-drained ; but as there is
6 left for such Jabor, the next
6 as ve have advised a-
ove, prbvide them ' amply with sufficient
if the
of the Secd.-Too much care
annot be taken in the choice of varieties.
10 select! those which combinW thn. nnnl!.
early maturity, goodx flouring pro-
ties of
Grant 7wrriborn's "Omnion
lors. Those consummate blockheads, ba
chelors, ther to must join in the hue and
cry to deface and defame the most haii.
tiful part of creation. Conscious that they
are running contrarv to nil In we Knmn
anfl divinef they come forth with hard
words in place of argument44 that they
are not. au e. lsav. thfit' " tr ennnrf a
wife ; whvit costs you more in six months
for the todqtes Jou drink, and the tabacco
you use and givje away, (two articles you
can well disperise with, andean arfiVI
that your fathers ne ver saw,) than it would
raue to support a sensible woman a twelve
month. HMhit hangs creation on his
nm, and feeds her at his board He that
hears the l-ounfe 4-avehscry, will never
suffer the young yanhees to starve. When
j-oji have got enough to buy furniture, you
will then g) to housekeeping and marry.
Here the $wl ojth(e air will teach you
in the Sprifig h looks out his, mate ; he
has not now a stick or a straw towards
housekeepilig together they gather the
sticks and jstravs, and in a few days a
dwelling is prepared for the young. But
the bachelrs inj everything put the cart
before the Jiorse always wrong end fore
most, withlherrj. -
They say, " a they get a nest, they look
for a bird;thusjrunning quite crossgrainv
jed in the Alee of nature.
When I ivas worth $ 150, 1 married.
My wife earned thirty-one and a quarter
cents with her needle, I earned se vent v-
five cents 5ith my hammer; yet I never
iu luis uay Was wiinout a Joat oi bread
and ashilliag ; you have heard how Law-
-a U)ve &ick Widow. A young! widow
of Boston, ;of most respectable family, has
fallen desperately in love with! a Mr.
Bragge of New York, who has already a
wife and one child. The widow is deter
mined to have Mr. B.. and h 9 sin f'usplno .
ted him, that he has been arrested by his
aon his family. One of the widow's rt.
ters to Mr, B. is given in the New York
papers, itie letter concludes hus:
My dear Henry, if the old wont an will
go, ana you teli me she is crone. II am d.
termined to co to New Yorlr-LUth;
shall prevent me. Whn t.nii r U
dear Henrv? Shall T -K!rr, U 7 i
should think ifshe was deserted, she wonld
sooner go, or feel willirig to do 4d. Per
haps she thinks she can yet persuade you
tolive with her. I am sure she will find
herself mistaken once in her lifefl
- 'Mr. Bragge continues in prisorij in de-
muu oi qnuing sureties in the suhl of five
"m,7,v mwiioio. iu pruMue iornis wire and
family. Tbe affair is a remarkable one
throughout, and has created considerable
excitement among the friends of be re
spective parties. j
As good as if it were jEsop.Tie Nan
tucket Islander says the following story
was lately told by a reformed inebriate.
as an apology for much of the! Jblly of
ui uiiuarus ; - i
" " A mouse ranging about a brewery,
happening to fall into a vat of beer, was
lniminent dangerof drovvningand appeal
ed to a cat to help him out. The! cat re
plied, " It is a foolish reauest. for as soon
... - ... . r
as i get you out I shall eat you.? The
mouse piteously replied, that fate! would
be better than to be drowned in beer. Th
cat lifted him out, but the fumei of the
beer caused puss to sneeze : and the mousp.
took refuge in his hole: The oat; nlld
the mouse to come out "you sir,! did you
not promise that I should eat you ?"
" Ah P replied the mouse. " but voii know-
I teas in liquor at that time !" N
t We have derived much satisfaction and
information from an attentive perusal of
the narrative of the second expedition of
inis enterprising and talented ouhg o&i
cer. Our opinion respecting Captain Fre
mont's peculiar fitness lor the position he
w'as placed in has been already expressed.
The manner in which he conducted! this
second expedition, amidst scenes of diffi
culty and danger far ; exceeding those
which attended the former one ; the high
ly satisfactory way in which he has dis
charged all the duties and accomplished
all the purposes comtemplated ; and the
successful issue to his perilous undertak
ing achieved by his courage, his skill, his
sound judgment, and, we will add, his hu
manity, his correct sense of moral obliga
tion and love of right, entitle him to the
highest praise.
j Capt. Fxemont departed on his second
expedition! from the little town of Kansas,
on the Missouri frontier, on the 29lh of
May,- 1843. His party consisted princi
pally of Creole and Canadian French, and
Americans amounting in all to thirty
nine men i among whom were several of
those who had accompanied him on his
former tour. Mr. Thomas Fit zpatrick was
selected as the guide, and Mr. Charles
Preuss was associated with the expedition
in the same capacity as before. The par
ty were armed generally with Hall's car
bines, ands were furnished with a brass
twelve pound howitzer. The camp equip
age and provisions were transported in
twelve carts, each drawn by two -nules,
and a light covered-wagon, mounted on
springs, conveyed the instruments.
the celebrated Springs, from "which the
Boiling Springs' River takes its name, arid
gi ves the following graphic sketchiof their
Iocalit' : ' "' . j .
ti
Losing the camp to fllov tlowly, I rode
id n the afternoon in search of th springs.
ood Spunk. In the Woonsocket Pat
riot we notice the advertisement of Mrs.
Mary Irons, wherein she crives old Irons
such a dose as will not set wrelli on his
stomach. Mary is an ironer and crimper,
as the good-for-nothing Arthur has proba-.
bly long ago found out : Ii
" Whereas. Arthur Irons has seen fit f o
advertise me as leaving his bed and board.
carrying ofThis children, &c.; therefore I
nereoy give notice, to all who may feel in
terested in the matter that said (Arthur
Irons, since his ma rri ace. has hadineither
bed nor board which? was not purchased
.nun my money ; finat ail the tdnnture
which I tboW away4 1 purchased and paid
for myself ; that he had no money which
did not belong to me ; and as to getting
trusted on his account, he cannot get trust
ed himself where he is known ; that I can
belter maintain myself than he can; and
that I prefer living alone to living with a
rum jug
MARY IRONS."
Berlin L Ja : -JJ:,.. r-
-...o,, tiiiup j csjsiitiicc oi ino iiy ; nor
'Jould less dare be observed in procuring
fta bestaridi eje mest seed which c.an be
t'c irorn all extraneous matters, so tbat !
sowmg ,it; theeahh may-nol be filled
P prfiirdiSyut,a seed wheat shbuld
well vashed in clean water, so that all
flightier grains, and tersccds of weeds;
be f) larifried offVr Toensure thisthe
cat s6uf4 hk put ; i nto a hothead, in
ia t qTntil-eS &t a timo 1 kePt stirred,
ji 1 1 ?f ynpc re grains; and 'extraneous
lers rriajr Jbe floated to the top. This
:Wl(lt(ca
erernoyed, and the water, which should.
rieTpdd bejjan house-keeping; the inven
tory, was true ; jye had but three chairs,
u j j ran qPr need ; yu may bave a
hundred. yt you can only sit on on&at a
timer; Had lmy life to begin anewand
Negro mode of advertising. -jbn the
huge pile of brick in front of the old
Washington - Hall, were consmeuonslv
r - " " m 1
lowinc
"To make the exploration as useful as pos
sihle, I determined," says Capt. Fremont, in
V.IIIUHI111Y wiiii my general instructions, to va
ry the mute! to the Rockv Mountains from thM
followed in the year 1842. The route then was
ip the valley of ihe Kansas river, and m th
head of the Arkansas, and to some pass in the
mountains, if any could be found, at the sniirrp
of thai river.
" By making this deviation from the former
route, the problem of a new road to Oregon and
California, in a climate more genial, might be
solved, and i better knowledge obtained of an
important river and the country it drained, while
the great object of the expedition would find its
point of commencement at the termination nf
the former, whicli was at that great gate in the
ridge of the Rocky Mountains called the South
' ass, and on the lofty peak of the mountain
which overlooks it, deemed the highest peak in
the ridge, and from the opposite sides of which
four great rivers take their rise, and flow to the
Pacific or the) Mississippi."
The route appears to have been for
many da3s: through a pleasant and level
prairie country, intersected with numer
ous streams, in general well timbered on
their margjn with ash, elm, cotton-wood,
and very large oaJc This agreeablestate
of ihings did not, however, long continue:
for the narrative says:
" Shortly after leaving our encampment on
the 26th June, we fbund suddenly that the na.
ture of the country had entirely changed. Bare
sand hills every where surrounded us in the
undulating ground along which we were mpv.
ing, and the plants peculiar to a sandy soil made
their appearance in abundance."
The 4th of July was spent at St. Vrain's
fori, in latitude 49 deg. 16 min. 52 seconds
north, and longitude west 105 deg. 12 min.
23 sec.
ahead
In l he mean lime, the cloudy which fcad been
gathered all the afternoon over the mountains,
began to roll down their sides and a 'storm so
violent hnrst upon me, that it appeared I had
entered thel storehouse oi the thunder storms.
I continued; however, to ride along up the river
until about sunset, and was beginning to be
doubtfiil of finding the springs before the next
day, when I came suddenly upon a large smooth
rock, about twenty yards in diameter, where the
water from several springs was bubbling and
boiling up in the mtdst of a white incrustation
with which it had covered a portion of the rork.
As this did not correspond with a description
given me by the hunters, I did not stop to taste
the ; water ; but, dismounting, walked a little
way up the river, and, passing through a nar
row thicket of shrubbery berdet ing the stream.
ifpppa a i reci iy upon a nuge wbife rock, at the
foot of which the river, already become a tor
rent, foamed along, broken hy a small fall. A
deer which had been drinking at the spring was
startled by my approach, and, springing across
the river, bounded offup the mountains lathe
upper part of the rock, which had apparently
been formed by deposition, was a henntifnl
white basin, oveihurg by currant biishes, in
which the cold clear water bubbled up, kept in
constant motion by the escaping eras, and over.
flowing the rock, which it had almost entirely
covered with a smooth-crust of glistening white.
I had all day refiained from drinking, reserving
myself tor the spring : and as I could not wpH
be more wet than the rain hafelreadr made
me, I Jay down by the sid of Ihe basin, and
drank heartily of the delightfuj water. The
annexed sketch is only a rude one, but it will
enable you to forni some idea of the character
of the scenery and the beauty of this pot, im
mediately at the, .foot of lofly mountains, beauti.
fully timbered, which sweep i closely round,
shutting up the little valley inla kind of cove.
As it was beginning to grow darli, I rode quick
ly down the i river, on whicli I found the camp
r ! ll i
a tew mues ueiow.
44 The morning of the 18th was beautiful and
clear, and, all the people being anxious to drink
of these famous waters, we encamped immedi.
ately at the Springs, and spent there a very
pleasant day. . On the opposite side of the river
is another locality of springs. $&ich are entire.
Iy of the same nature. The water has a very
agreeable taste, which Mr. Preuss foundjrery
much to resemble that of the famous Seller
springs in the grand duchy of Nassatf."
July 30. The narrative states : " We con.
tinned our march up the stream, along a green
oiwpiu uuiiMiu, Mci ween pine nuts on tne one
hand, and the main Black hills on the other.
towards the ridge which separates the Waters
of the Platte from those of the Arkansas. As
we approached the dividing ridge, the whole
valley was radiant with flowers : blue, vellow.
pink, white, scarlet, and purple, vied with eachH
. . . . " I
other in splendorup Esparcette was one of the
highly characteristic plants, and a bright-Iook-ing
flower (gaillardia aristata) was very fre.
quent ; but the nlost abundant plant along our
road to-day was geranium maculalum, whichis
the characteristic plant on this portion of the
dividing grounds. -Crossing to the waters of
the Platte, fields of blue flax added to the mag
nificence of this mountain garden ; this was
occasionally four feet in. height, which was a
luxuriance of growth that I rarely saw this al
most universal plant attain throughout ihe jour
ney." The party were on the 2d of August on
a fork of the Laramie river, in latitude
41 deg. 45 min. 59 sec. and longitude 106
deg. 47 min. 25 sec.
Indians. I have been told by Mr. Bent's pco.
pie of an ox bom and raised alSt. Vrain's kit, ,
which made his escape from them at Elm grove,
near the frontier, having come hnhatycar wt:h
the wagoas- They were on their way out,.".:.:
saw occasionally places where he had eaten
and Iain down to rest; but didjnot'see him for
aboutOO miles, when they overtimk him on llo
road, travelling along to the f rt, haviog unac
countably escaped Indians and e very : other mij
chance."'.; " ' I' - - -
Oa the north fork of the Platte: 1 - .
? "In the precipitous bluffs 'were; djsplayedj a
succession of strata containing Cssil vegetaVIo
remains, and several' beds of coal. In sosnqof
the beds the coal did not appear to be perfectly
mineralized; and in rotne ofjhe seams it wa
compact and , remarkably lustrous. In ' thnso
latter places there were also thin layers o
very fine white salts, in powder.' " - ; I
r"Un the 13ih of August the expedition tolok
itm. . 1 . t . " - ...
its way alonsrthe upland. towards the
ridge which separates the Atlantic from the IV
cihe waters, and crossed it bya roadlbnio miles
further south than the one: we had followed ion
our return in 1842r, We crossed very near the .
table mountain, at the southern cxt remit j of tlia
South Pass, which is near twenty miles in width,
and already traversed bv several difnrpnt mnf! '
Selecting as well as I could, n the scarcely dis- ; ;
tinguishable ascent, what might be considered : 1 '
the dividing ridge intbis remaVkable depression -in
the mountain, I took a hafopictical observa-"
tion, which gave 7,490 feet firlhe elevation ja- -bove
the Gulf oOiexico.lYou will remeticr -
that in my report of 1842 I f st imated the cje.-
vation of this pass atabout 7,000 feet; a cor.. :
reel observation with a good barometer enable '
me to give it no with moreJirccision. It irn.' :
portance, as the great gate through which corn. , v
merce and trai'eltinff mar hereafter1 pass. he- ' '
tween the valley of the Mississippi and the nor'h- -Pacific,
justifies a precise notice of its locality
and distance from leading points, in.. addition ta '
this statement of its elevation.- As stated in the V
report of 1842. its latitude at the point where
we crossed is 42 deg. 24 min. 32 seconds ; its
longitude 109 deg. ; its distance from the mouth
of the Kansas, by the common travelling route,' '
962 miles jifrom the mouth of the Great PlaUe,
along the valley of that river, according to our- -survey
of 1842, 822 miles? and its distance r
from St. Louis about. 400: miles more bythe'v
Kansas, and about; 700 bythewGreat Platte
route ; these addition being steamboat convey-"
ance in both instances. From this pass to the '
mouth of the Oregon is about 11,400 miles -by
the common travelling route ; so that under a
general point of view it.may be assumed to ba
about half way between the Mississippi aud tho .
Pacific ocean, on the common travelling route; v ;
Following a hollow of slight arid easy descent, '
in which wasrery soon formed a little tributary j j '
to the Gulf of California, (for the waters whiiclr'
flow west from the South Pass go to this gulf,)
we made our usual halt four miles from lh ' .
pass, in latitude hy observation 42 deg. 19 mini-. ?!
53 sec. Entering here tho valley of Green rv -7 , !
er the Great Colorado of the West and in- . ...r
dining very much to the southward along tho
streams which form the Sandy river, the road t
led fjr several days over level uninteresting ; t
plains ; to which a low, scrubby growth of ar
temesia gave a uniform dull grayish'color ; arid ,
on the evening of the 15th we encamped in tho ?
Mexican territory, on tbe left bank of Green
river, 69 miles from the South Pass, in longitude " ' '
110 deg. 05 min. 05 sec, and latitude 41deg. -
53 niin. 54 sec, distant 1,031 miles from the ' -
mouth of the Kansas. This is. the emigrant
road to Oregon, which bears much to the south.
ward, to avoid the mountains about the western f
heads of Green river tho RioiVerde of thoV
Spaniards." kvptv ; :
The proximity of Capt Fremont to the v-
44 Great Salt Lake," on August 21; sugges-;
ted the following observations : ; v ; ' r ".
We were now entering a region which fr
possessed a strange and extraordinary interr
us
est.
We were 'unon .tho water of th famMii, V
Qrawi cT! arid replenished occsionaV
tp bejcoloredby thepbmtiori;
ffths hni nln nflToAtAfl !f ltiu
firo ' f Jf y of ashes, sufficiently
r ,n? !j ar an egg, cover the seetl wheat
fira' U i6t - tolkJor. twelve Jiours, then
ooa L he E.k spread the wheat on a
h r tinkle, slaked lime", or ashes, over
T 6Hr(UD the mass, rn n fn print enA
A w V W M bUVll
furr.;uuge oyme Dush with the
woman of ny choice, than to strut over a
mrKey carpe gape on the sofa, yawn by
!-? P'an? fnd,dream over the side-board,
... o,. uais, gjpomy, and horrible
Jorebodings of ajbachelor of forty,' for they
know te time is past-twenty-five years
that can ufever be recalled. ,
yyy, 1 -. :
l Govcrnqenlo Children. Mrsi Conant,
Editress o the MotherVIomhly Jonrnal,
gi ves :a petty, feopd speamea pf .family
maha gemf nt in 'the following dialogue :
? lyhild. iMother, 1 want a piece of cake. 1
'-Motner.inapn . got anj- it's all gone,
C. I know there is some up in the cup
board ; I.savv ii i when s you; opened the
door. ij ; , - . "
- M. Well, yqu jdon't need-any now;
cake hurts children.; .. . , . - -:-,
TCNoii t dobt (whining,) I . want a
piece of cake.x '
. 3. Be "still: I sa'v ; I shan't give vdu a
bit i f you don't Ipave off crying.
C (Stprying.) I want - a plecer ;6f
cake ; I want a piece of cake 7 ; :v '
(Rising hastily and.' reaching
piece.; i nere, take that, and hold
placed on the 4th of July, the fo
notices, which we give verbatim. I Thou-
sands stopped to read them, we need hard
ly say, were highly amused. 'The man
that white-washed the City Hall is un
questionably the author of notice number
one.' ! ?
? FORFTII OB JULY.
DGAnhunder Heto in de Feelem
Andrew Polk jackson Esa M D president
ob de r Wite Washin College Over in Or
ange street Beg Iieve to kenouncc to the
Kullerd & wite gemmen of new pfork &
nrooline dat der will be a grand Wite
Washin Match to cum off dis da it bejn
de glorius Annumweirsary ob De birth
Dey ob Tom Dore. The match to! cum off
Twixt Peter Peterson and NicHolds Wil
liams Esq '-fv :-,
s at 12 clock precisely
This was scratched not painted on a
dirty piece of cotton sheeting, and stuck
high up to the; left ; on the right some ten
feet apart on a smaller piece of the same
material, was notice Jo. 2. ,i ; . s j ; i ' '
Too Dollers Reavord Will Be Pade for
Detecksh'un of de Perpecators of datTTl:
Lyble.. By de rale 'Pete "Peterson" boot &
SIiue Black 57 Mercer st. . Ketch ihim if
you - - , ; s," - ' Can; -
t. Save your Salt Barrels-T)ried fruit jkept In
old saiubarrels, Will be saved from the depreda
tion of insects. This fact is one of 'great: im
portance the present season, as next year we
The party were in the neighborhood of
Pike's peak on the 11th of July. We are
told respecting the country through which
they were how travelling, that
44 With occasional exceptions, comparatively
so very small as not to require mention, these
prairies are every Where covered with a close
and Wgdrous growth of a great variety of grass
esV among which the most abundant is the buf.
talo grass, (sisleria dadyloidcs.) Between the
Platte and Arkansas rivers, that part of this
region which forms the- basin drained hy the
waters of the; Kansas, with which our opera
tions made us more particularly acquainted, is
based upon a formation of calcareous rocks.
The soil of all this country is excellent, admi
rably adapted to ' agricultural purposes, and
would support a large agricultural and pastoral
population. A glance at the map accompany
ing this report, along our. several lines of tra
vel, will showj you that this plain is watered by
many streams Throughout the western half
of the plain these are shallow, with sandy beds,
ecoming deeper as they reach the richer lands
approaching tbe Missouri river ; they general
ly have bottom lands, bordered by bluffs vary,
ing from fiifty to five hundred feet in height..
In all this regjon the timber is entirely confined
to the streams In tbe eastern hal where the
soil is a deeprich vegetable, mould, retentive,
of rain and moisture,, it is of rigorous growth
and of many jd i fle re nt k i nds ; and throughout,
the western half it consists entirely, of various
species of cotton-wood, which deserves to be
called the treelof the desert--growing in sandy
oil 'where no' other tree, will grow ; pointing
out the existence of water, and furnishing to the
traveller tuei, ana 100a ior uis animals.
! 44 At this place( says Capt. F.) I became first
acquainted ith the yampah, (anethum graeco.
lensy) which I fbund our Snake woman engag
ed in digging in the low timbered bottom of the
creek. Among the Indians along the Rocky
Mountains, and. more particularly among the
Shoshonee, or Snake Indians, in whose terrifo.
ry it is very abundant, this is considered the
best among the roots-used for food. To us, it
was an interesting plant a little link between
the savage and. civilized lifr. Here, among
the Indians, its root is a common article of food,
which they take pleasure jn offering to stran
gers; while with us, in a " considerable portion
of America and Europe, the seeds are used to
flavor soup. It grows more abundantly, and in
greater luxuriance, on one of the neighboring
tributaries of the Colorado thaTi in any other
part of this region ; and on that stream, to which
the Snakes are accustomed to resort every year
lake which forms a salient point anion? the re
markable geographicaTfeaturcs of the country. .
and around -which the vague; and superstitious I .
accounts of the trappers had thrown a delight. '
ful obscurity, which we anticipated pleasure In'";
dispelling, but which, in the mean; tirne left 1 a
field for the exercise of our imagination." ' f ,
44 In our occasional conversations: with the f J
few old hunters who had visited that region, it
had been a subject of frequent speculation j and
the wonders which they related were not the -;
less agreeably because tbey were highly cxag. -ge
rated and impossible. v - r f ;f ..f:; . '
44 Hitherto this lake had been seen only by I -trappers
who wero ' wandering through " tbo r '
country in search of new beaverstreamsicajr7''
ing very little for geography its islands had s
never been visited ; and none were to be found
who had entirely made the circuit of iti shored ;, 7
arid nu instrumental observations cr geographi- ; t,
cal survey, of any description, had ever beenVf "
made any where in the neighboring region.
It was generally supposed that it had no visible
n j outlet ; but among the trappers, including those . ' ;
g I in my own-camp, were manywbo believed that
somewhere on its surface was a terriblo'Avhlr!
pool, through which its waters fbund their way.-,,,
to the ocean by some subterranean commurilca-' '.
tion. All these things had made a, frequent v
subject of discussion in our desultory con versa. rf -1 -t
tions around the fires at night pand 'ray; own - j ,
mind had become tolerably well tilled with tbe, n
'o. aJ must depend upon fruit kppt,over. -The8e bar. v . . , . v :" 1
your rels will keep grain uninjured from insects., uj. On the 17th July Capt. Fremont visited ' i
- " - , - - - ' i- 'm . i r . - - .
r
indefinite pictures, and insensibly colored . with ,
t fhpTr mmnntln. drlnl mn 4-li!fti .' in iWa r1rt-J
to procure a supply of their favorite plant, they ure 0f excitement, I was well disposed to Ljcr1 '
have bestowed the name of Yampah river. HeVe, and half expected to realize." u J
Here, too, we'mect with the .iojlowing. -?
interesting passages :. . - .
, - 1 . ,
Among the trappers it is generally known as
Little Snake river." -
"In the afternoon we took our way ; directly
across tbo spurs from the point of the mountain,
where wc had several ridges to cross ; and al.
though the road was not rendered bad by the
nature of the ground, it was made extremely
rough hy the stiff tough bushes of arlemesia tri
dendai 'a, in this country commonly called sage.
M
This shrub now" began to make its appear.
ance in compact fields ; and we were about to
quit fr a long time this country of excellent
pasturage- and brilliant flowers.' Ten or twelve
buffalo bulls were feen , during the, afternoon ;
and we were surprised by the appearance of a
large Ted ox. We gathered , around bim as if
he had been an old acquaintance, with all our
domestic feelings as much awakened fas if we
had comein sight of an old Jarinl hbilse. He
had probably made his esuip from' some party'
of emigrants on Green river ; and, with a rivid
remembrance of some old green "field, be' was
pursuing the straightest course for the frontier
that the country admitted. - . We : carried bim
along with us a prize; and when it was found
in the morning- that be had - wandered 1 off, I
would not let him be pursued, for i would rather
. . i. . r. .. r .1
nave gone tnrougn a starving ume i iurec cn
- ' f . : . i. til-. V.- .fl.. tiM
" We continued our road'down the river, and
at night encamped with a family of emigrants
two men, women, and "several children who 7"
appeared to be bringing up the rear of the great
caravan,- I was struck with; the, fine appear. ...
ance of their cattle, some sit or .eight yoke i .
oxen; which really looked as well as if they had
been all the summer at. work' on some good .;
farm. , It was strange to see one. small 'family ,
travelling along through uchacbuntry, so re
mote from civilization.. . Some jears since', suchf
a security might have been Ja fatal "one't but
since their asastrouVde&atsj in; thecountryj a'k"
little north, the Black feet have 'ceased to visit ;
these waters IndUnshoAvevcr, are very tin
certain in thefr localities ; : arid the friendly feel-: -ings,
also, of those nowt inhabiting it"? may bo'
changed."" . : v - t ' . ;
C , CrossingJ in the afternoon, the point of a -
narrow spur, we desscended into a beautiful hot. ,i
torn, formed by a. lateral valley, which present. .
ed a ptcturo ot nmno beauty that went directly
to our hearts ? Ine. edge ot thei wood, for scv-
eral mile along the river, was dotted with l!ie
white covers of emigrant wagons, collected: in -
tire days; than ; let Jrim; be killed after, he had 1 groups at diflTerent camps, where tho smokes
successfully run tho gauntlet ao far among the .w,ero rising lazily frora tho firci, around which" 5
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