II
Advorttoduto atfr -rtedattlterito
otll,oo per squitrotbeAtit huiertioniond
for each subsequent insertion 50 CCIIIPI.
.t liberal dlacbtabylfindo on yearly, ad-,
vornsements. r .
A Arputa i gitfltivr gAdme ,
iifeast rea sti
Business Notices act untlei'a head by
.thetoselves immediately attar the', Conn!
benziwaiAtrilyitefintria lino
ior ilih
Advertisements abould be banded kn.
boron) Monday noon to Inenro insertion
in dint woe •
It n teed ectrOff.`'
I '.IILL AND WINTE9
Nit , N. A. Milder boa pod attired from Pada
th; ; l j a i tcat el,cakaor,..mittolly
acpcivar the l obo ltiodd „ the
etega t Trhum ega *teamed lu 'mho,
lithuns, thvis. Vella. Flowen.
k ' ,jewelry, a n d Trimmed Paper I.lli term., Drool
t.g.d 1. leak making. Xxelostre admit Mr Dot: U.
1N or 1.,'0 celebrated swam for muting ladrei drem:
basemecolte. 14: W. corner of Ittb
`lc....uut Nu., altiladeddilm [eefeN;Olu.'
ec
V ••• u n e u s enitn,y.. sk b o t t e a n r ber/ 4,169
erevery
es , . competent 'reacher.. Nice Slant' A BUNN,
the place of .11les ',aver, gratin:tied In
pot,loajh 111;a. School while the eutdcriber was
l'• tad her scholarship mid experience as
•• I. Ler. were, the Inducements that tart him to
..•••• •••.• nor a. a I , lwher in this Seminary.
• . 00, who ileslre to are our Catalogue,
tti.l on or address the Principal. •
•-,,t•al • • , la. 11. A. AI'LEAN. I
NE.EIIINELIE, AND ,
1 TETI: Ophis• Ith' Fifteenth Annual Selsloo
lilt at Sel)lember, antiCr the Alperin.
1.••••1• o: or the l'elsuls.ll, U. T.
tor, Special attention will be pai.lloloo
I 0u50at..... 01 teachers for the Cumulus Schuubi.
31 tow, steal and lustrumental, by a competent
u; rumliduo ohm, lads prepared for
,diego, or 'then .a• finainetur edtfeution. Lobo
ancient and modern, by highly eilleleet.
ivet as Iv ell as Painting, Drawieg War:
, send hit a Catalogue to , .
.REV. R. iletwt:r, Pa. fl
el. ii:tf
. .
111/IOIII4P/P_TlalllfEDFACTlallie ,-- . ll pm
I IdelailfrjEatflautatime Arad Wholesale
.sd WWI Dealer In Trunk . x, Vullecs Traveling,
1: e., ,ce., ky. No. till ‘Vocsi Street, Plil. i burgh;
rl,l .411 ortleta IdemptlY tllfeth and werl. Whim. •
t• .1. FACtOry muter of Filter nth and Penn streets .
• . • • • tjunelikly
- - - -------
J. ANDERSON, hat lug taken hold •of
rI. Id• old Foundry again, In Itochesier, Pu.,
phased to meet Ills old enstomenL end Ij'
dra, oillott• dtker kind of
I.a .t trarkatritahlp. • Thu
will be conducted hy
$..0.0$ • J. J. A.NDF.RSON d; St/NS.
_ 11. $ • • ; • ;.•
•tIE UTAIION MILLIII.—The stidernlgn
eaea taken this method of Informing the public
n:.l they havejmrchased and taken charge•or the
I-0,1111 111110. homer., owned by the.Derent
Sharon. Mayor couply, 'rimy have •
r. 1.1101 them and are now pr,pnred to dealt kinds
10 tiassaVelacti(n pr. their patrons.-
1 heir Mande n(1104,111 Mauve id•drallly with
nny.iu titE hatched dive noel cat maw*. ,toin g
• hvet, ' K. 1 1.1113E1. DAVII)SoN J. 13110.
9:llin .
• .
OTlellt :_'New linkry., old
hard Strevt, lieuser. Pa. Joseric
inkrit pleteut,lr uenn bivl4 ftleydw that
~ ..C...tabil.thed littid.M.at the :Own stand,
~lire he %%11l he glad 10 Meet and necommoilate
Fresh hrtiad, cakev,crackerv, noo, A:c..t c.,
Of hit kinds. No.l Flour, made I
14 Fell Whoa, uy the barrel, rack, or retaiL
..I.tn. 6, . •
1111 . 1!41,10 . 1 . DA NES, dealer in Boot"' r
T‘41M4, 6 ,31,1140V*4. 0 i....ni t 51. door
c to
I's.. Abeiclals 'Apart 410 inatillAl r ltOUti ' le r li
,1,3 thing in his line at reagunable rates • • !lar
iat: removed tile place of bustle-ss front t e corn ,
Cr ileac the Itriduu to Ito prttlent location, lie lu•
ilci Ills Old friends mid pairotos tti glee bi t
,
• bt3 . 4lV.V.t_y.
1.
tninyl2.tf.
B
Taylor's to beaver. lapr2l:ly.
P. 141111111 N, Attontoy
Kledefe building, east of Public Square. •
mar 31:1Y.
„FP.'
AIT A. lIONE, M. D. tender . s his
. 4 ' ot t nT4 i . tl4 llfitt ' lt n u t
I Ullllol'o drug Store. on strest, Ito,
I;e:iNer county Pa. GOllStlitalloll hours
. 1, a, In. and,•lp. ft. • •
Druget furnished and prescriptions pm
lid nt above Drug Store. • • '
• C ,
; Bhinkera nearly dillerhot I for
'tic at the Ahogs
I Anflohlzilod C titypitred
I to deliver good borntug Coal to all peroonii
30...‘10r the latirle. Onkrs recelvoprompt
at toitiou. • S. P. CUM NIINGS.
. ,
1 , ,..... t.N.,9. • -• 1
JAs. CAM CRON, Atiornay la Law
Heaver, Pa. 011 ice in the ninin Il)t
merly ove,apiell he the lute Joilv, Ad itno , , Col
lectiolo!, cc., ptoitiptly tttleded M. 1 1
',pat Ike. 4. t i
„,,. GVUDYEAIt HARD RUBBER; conxequeol
ly Jo. lat nor thy. Dry ltolthvr, or noap.stut.o
u 4 utuxr for troth.
GO/d AUL' User 1 , 1111w:4 pat ft of lho host 116
terish mot all wurlotattls , A.' ' •
GEM
A MASA NTII Lodge NO. 294 9 1•0•41 T.
Li Muvti v.rt Mowlay ercnaig at To'clocir, lu
iti ,
--
11:;?fIllai - li:07:114itf,l - e'r. Sale: , far sale itt the All.
1) JECNI:T, AVlltyllmakt r m14%1,, ekr, 81
• .creel, Uraver, rd. (In room attjoutim!
Wllmneo °Mei,' fiord walclivs chrou•
rep.lin.4l nrrnuted.
(1,1.. , u , order. The putronago ut Ire public I.
n.t11..1),1, mid 2 :V11411.11 0u IV
4
:1114•1 1 1i EE Ily.
41+4 , 1 and /113/ow•'• 1 41 • , • • • „
V•i0,1111.1i 011 GO, ern , `" ter " t "' I,n'.
fl ~„ m ill 1.1.0 r..e , ive
~„, r;; 11. the NATIONAL E LIF IN
CO., OF TI! E T. 14. Also Mtol•llunit'
:,1.11.10....0tren,' 111 . ii.1111. , Co.. of I.l.ttOntrgt.
Wive below the Court Ilou,v.
1110111ili 11tittZ , Dealer to Ittode, Shcot,
•
Slippers nud Oaten., .Iloots and Amen nook,
to order. A long empurlalpa thdhludnenn
Lint to Lin murk 111 ILI riot manner. 'feral.
(I,4iorate. Shop on Third root (neat tier. 5111-
tern Bookstore I, Deaver, Pa. (ay,* tutu a .11
before port:ll,4lw elsewhere,
apt7,7othely
HURST, Notary I.bnolle. COn
, '-' veranda autl.luattrancd-Anent. - De.tht and
Agreements written aunt nekton, Icd,vmentr taken,
&c. Having been duly cosithdrdoned neAgent fm
recent/. trot chnor•hotnetne Corny:lWO; repss
potting the Fite, 1.110, Accident, and lire Stock
Departanads, ill prepared lb; take rinks and w rico
ponder on the most Ithertrllterrne. Alen, agent
tor the "Anchor Line' of dirt clues Ocean Steam
era. 'fleketet eold to and •frpat ;torte in Eng
land, Ireland, Seolltool,Oertuatty and .I , ratire.
nee Il e hratin jnick tow, Wallin - pd, Rot:herder:
LOT FOR SALE.
mod,:bigned ivill tell let pdvntv Fate
ONE TIIRE?ACI:.O OLT LOT,
snsated between tin two cemeteries inlteaver
Th.. lot it 10 0 line state of cultivation. land Id well
caned for elther gardening or graziar.' parpoiwa.
It le under fence. Apply to or addrod.
Bk;NZ., '
Beaver. 1•a.
MIME
L'Aillll FOB SALlit.—ThO•undenduned. of
fers Ids form, pluralist in Ith Servackley
towsddp. Beaver county, for sale. The farm cori
umnn nol urn.. Abota 13tI of which ore cleansl and
the whole' under fence; the balance Is well timber
ed. About 1011 arm , of UIIS cleared land I, Ont nod
seednd bottom. A large , portnet of the wt hole tract
la underlaid welt on! ma MIL The farm in Wra
watered.(hi the farm arc two comfortable doe!-
' Um; house*, n Anne sprlnz-ho , se, and 0 frame
barn forty by sixty feet, and n lon torn thirty by
sixty feet,torrellmr Althalf neceeparyrrot.lmllldttrg.•
A larkse 6r6hard'of Itubridg frult treneoh fl uk boot ;
nINt WO grape vluen tet out last fall, foul UM
gooseberry plants ut same Uwe. Payments easy,
cririktnv pr arldrensi lIUGtf I , IARSLIALL.
NOrth ServlCkly P. 0.. Bar Cr county
I'. S. The above farm is known us the •• Dr.
Ilohert Cunningham faun." I.ly7rnm• •
ALEXANDER & MASON,
C. 31,,A1.6TANULY.1 : iJ. '3lA..tox,
Into OW Id 1). C. ' ) Attorney 'at
Vol., awl exy,o,t, tiourroto, f Law
Magurof WitAtio• j of. •• , ,
toa, I). C 111
• ,
American and Europeari P.atens,
Aud Cauwoolora at Patriot Law.
Fitloeuree , experience ; oe rolleltore of Pateots
46.1i+eventh t rex.: orposi to the Ikatent Office:
WASIIINUTON, U. C.'
•
I',q est.carefully
r.vaadri , . • l Frair ale' putouts seci4
7,h nilall v s „ ttbe Va At
irfOU'fiu , e rt di er go,
to II no inditidtla pt P. 4 " 4 "." 8 1 , 0." w.r"a a
.
:.,13.1 for Circular 'Of Tern.", and
- 1,()61iAillE11 , 11'.
StITTPW2rin!MY'lVm=
tiarpabtic petwally that but nweireil
n revt.ptoak. of goods of the st) les for
ivriiia and Simmer wear ,whieh be offers at vitry
tuirlexat annul- • • ' ' • • '
(LaSTLEJLE.Nii..; . la/R.:WSW-NG
• - • "
PIEDZI
CONST.I..STLY. UN I/A:SU.
Ciuthint: nwtte to order. on the noliCe
t tiai v l r e . t
merit I hope
s cont.l[l.•
of. We, fiun , .
• .1).AN1EL:131.11.LE. 10 7 4,
DI:11041.1 lIRIDt)EIVATER. •
tour •.. t .; • : ; 6.;
Sallool,
A7` :103101,1ifi M!..
Bitiiik Books &:Stationefy
, !N o ck:IIEIIAL AT , • .
‘I:OAVEST,.PRICES%
vtrour new Wholesale Pelee LW*
"m. l {o [strop PeV4 H ell.; ! 441 hem
.{ • FA, ..t1 5 •
S. A. CLAIiKE &, CO.
!, /9 WIMD NTHEILO.
sr.cgmu Dolt attimi-firru Avssug,
,pEkrA
septlVeiar,
:
IS NVti, %t
•
iliM rt
;JAI .
v01.:01;50,46,.
'u Ads -4.4
e
pr. T -- ,e
RAE OPENE 4ca D A' STORRIN
IV ( !WO N /
To I%llpizzALE and RETAIL
30iITEIEW6,'' •
aßsEin OIL
,(31, A SS,1 1 irklr; • .
,
:zed
74:011'40 Dry, •
lenrirn Oil,
Ar":llll,,it r!
p.ge.t.iik-,
WIEN
. t•
Dull Olt,
• aplAte:l'erpCntlne,
I Coach - Body Tainisk,
,COPAL VARNISH,
I •
;FURNITURE TARNISH,.
Y Aitt gn 1 1 . ifj
:SaRkIAC.ANDI
.460rALtIN PATIgNT JAPAN'
'AitTISVS:
PletuFiqranlo,'(t9 r :
LOOT bui
LOOKING "G 11.38 PIM
PRENCII AND.PLATE•• • \
\YINDOW GLASS,
FRENCE . .„!..2iIiTC,
tEINGLISII 'AND
GERMAN LITE:
I SAND PAPER, &C.
i'm-ternm are CAPillosidell
:llvery of Goods.
wort..
oche
S. C.
hester,
, tween
J11121;69
1 ...
13117 fll
131214;1.—TM; un
311eitigne4 trai lr iteas l uro in inr rmino th
eh's° artiness Brigiton.ittifirricinity ' ltrat En ade
ditlon to Ws usual stock of Goods. he has jest ro•
calved a
also 'orgy lot of French cloths. English Mel
t,ons, 're
Imitable nch`Does f kih erlaSither
.IVlnea.ter Amatain cosi
metes. or Fall Mul. wear; a
line assortment of the latest styles of vesting., all
of which he will make op to order atxtio shortest
notice and on very favorable terms.
Gentiosuen , i Furnishing Goods.
At his •atOre will also be , foam:, everything In
the Gentlemen s Furnishing Goode line, which he
will dispose of at a moderate "broth. •
GEOIIGh BRAUN.
Store on Broadway, New Brighton, Pe.
septlyoll
Ex`r"'"""nrY
GRAND 808 ASCENSION
IN BEAVER.
conid not be mote astonishing than the
fart that
SIMON SNITGER & CO.,
kv'ep tiO) test,
stock 1/1 -
(ntOCEIIIES; FLOVIt, FEED, &c,
in Beaver counts'
make a ltalloon
" 11 1," i l l I g i h y n i i " ,' 1" .M10 - .lt their establishment
ibol , rettirt to pa to make their
„;, — ;1 4 , 1. T., al!. we would ray. "rash In" and
riiir stock! We have on band the finest
nnA he.t
LI/LT.OP
ram=
P ItE SPICES
Molasses, Syrups, Soaps,
tl4( best brand% of
Tol)ei.eco and. Civai.s,
to he found in the platee
We make n speciwity of
FLOUR & .FEED
haying and Fellt l nnue but.what are known P
he tho very. beet varieties in' nee. oar establish
meat enjoys a well earned reputation In this par
Ocular, nod we Intend in the Piton, as m the pas
to maintain it.
WE DEFY COMPETITION.
Don't talfttaka 14nplple. We Pee still Al the viol
stand„*tmetetel of ad St., Beaver. Pa. .Conte tied
seem:
rLO.IIIORGAN
I
Bitos. a -
ME=
.
tine . -Fatally Aropariesi.:
Queensware, hardware,
NAILS, wniabw ' GLASS, WOOD
A 1 3 4.4 tiPHArRIr`,OI.
Coalliry -Produce Taint ittiolangtfor
Goods
GoodA , deliveretl'free Of ellitrftOld l Oil
, the yillogel. .
•
_
AnglB;GS
The sure DepOiltCiiinpriny,
OE PITTSBURGI7I, PA.,
' .Ikr,ppnraleci for (1 , le , safe. keiping.
OF BONDS, OTHER SECURITIES, &C
Vqc9;,B3 Foy-
GpAttmal
4nvoi - ulut ondllt of
cluAlog Think Dills, tor
100" Fl.am.
Gold colstor,l3µlllon.
Sliver Coln or Irplllott:
Silver or flohllinte,
thuSte of full value; and,
for bulk, on It NW. of $1
Dodo, Mortgageo..
when of flied
tall*,
Inv, to bulk. - • •
moult
Ml6* Ore or the maker.
The CIINIADY Is Cosi pr,
Safes. (each fotnlthed wit
I.lonfvlse Proof !Vault.,
holdlrm the key thereof,
o : bl 5, t•••• 13,
Also, to store Books of
ImperF„ etc., at remouttble rater.
• Prcsldeut
•
• , . - ' o ll4 , ollPitiOdents
" 4 1413cirit
Illteet•fins
liymn U. FtMtge,:.
Muni LinyiL • 'Jo:4,om iyonyass.
Ultaun Rea, , George
Wm'. U. Lynn. ' Curtin - I.4l.lfiey.
J:l6. I. liNillutt.
!keret/11M and Treasurer t
9. F. NON DO'NNUOILST.
Pep? 0 ,111,
.01V: S IIAD E S
. • In griat:Nexitty,.ileo
senoqr: npoKs: Irtals.tg. ncicmg
SLdTEq., . . , r .
' The leiveat and 'cliapest ai3So'rpm en t of
AL131.318 to ho lonia in either city, at
- It. 11.'wEt.i. & Cots..
NO,ioe Fivtrx4t.o.l l LEßT ,, .
ALLEGHENY.: CITY, . .PENP A.
.cptl ,
• "'
t '' .4.... i ii 'it-- .7 - ::-..4 - 4.-.111 -
Wit .. Diu 11' Lltisraldl
bAd if . 0.: T - m57.•.(41
• jita4l. • 'lr odi tit.74ttllti
F
'Mild it) Nr :V% 6-v.lmci
liolill ;ii ta - PkialaTv
• Ito: )hiss tokt P;li:,7t
a 1 , 4, o i 0 , 7 ! Jiti(:) 91: -'0
;,
6
.7*
Eauu
ni (.41w
L.:, vi
"'," ~~saeila~i~ua:
Adualatrotiootorho Prosioo.--Lettors or 84.
sl- miniotrat m ot the or aolut ti niousW
Wl:o2ft gnat
ed to the tiodersletted all lu tfebted Louie
relate are trepested to. make touttedlete porment.
and tholletheebreteiseattathet theilioe wilt pta
root them for settime , ..9!ec.
"wan.
SPRING STOCK,
A.
I°-
4,1• I riLl.ll' 1., • •
.!I‘.• od L. ,•
.1
ME
.. ,
~ ..L. • ~ .. 1,, 24 . o al. t „ ,e
fkr
~„911ClottiPi Etc„'„:. tc. ~
M'CAt.LUVOWII% .
41 Fifth .itvenue, alouipeliVrAstrOt, '''.•
- ' ..0 • • • ' Pll7 f• l3l 4,tlytttet of' , i
• ( ro , ~. , • , ;ir it -, 4
• • l' • • ,1111nronlistie. •
• ~ ~,,,LI:: .1..: . ,• • •,. •
Turv.b*uaxstiveoox.itivizaralp:
Prom tliti"Fitiest: qualiti‘46 4 ll“; -V4IY:
Latteitt tiratim” " , , 1
•
WINDOW .S.I4AIjES,
Fine CoTliinli T1' 1 , 1 0 . 0 )1 * & e ” .k.c"
, • ",
Price uniform to all; and the lowest.
EMS
lh aletr
--dache 'ls' mlteve&
egred as if by magic. It reireiveitnlj
iensitireath, Loss or Irupal mount of the:
Aste. fi11t425 betitipg, Wigging
'When &net by le I , lolollCli atarth,
aq they all frequently • are. We offer ta.
good filth defending reward of $.500 -for'
a case of Catarrh that we cnnnot cure.
Feltlbyruess Enuresis Everywhere.
Pntr.r. ON'6l? :SO` (4.:NTFi: 'Ask your Drutpi I
gist for the Remedy, but if ho has not yet,
got It odsalellon't be, put off by accepting
any miserable worse Than worthless sub
stitute; but encloye slily cents ty tno ar
the Remedy will be sent- you;post .-
r F , , lir Packages s;;*, or one'dozot for
-
i
firm a 2 cent stamp for Dr.'
nonp la 'on Catarrh. .Address th
>rich) , R. V. PIERCE, M.
nar2:2nnje:Monteichn.i Bulfal,
Zg
Gla:soails i& Pa
S. J.Cross
I?. C
13; in lane Await : lies of manufacturers
all kinds of
=
11111
MaiMing*, Hardware,
Site as I.(wks, (:hell's, (Snits, S'crev,s,
. trup Hinges, "Wits, Sash, Locks tuul
• rnileys, Shutter llhtrra anti •
tenings,
CkARPENTERS' TOOLS
SAWS, Augers, Planes. .Plane Uitts, Steel
and Iron Squanni, Iny :Stltusres, Bevel
Squares, Wares, Brace , Nils, Drawing
Knives, ll.•tnunen+, Ilintehets, Adzes, Axes,
•
PA:sip:era'. anti
PAlZairEre's T003r.54,
Shorels-Spaile , c Picks, Mattocks, Forks,
ijro,:ll3Ter4,tTrafq, )114w„UilpF, p o i fc.
Also :t full line of
lionmelcc..opers Goode.
such as table and pocket Cutlery, Spoons,
SeissorS. Cofree Mills, Apple pcarers, Sad
Irons, Se.,
•
_YAMS OF ALX,-.8.1:44%
Comprising Fence nail Finishing, in any
quantity, and ns low as can be bought in
Work,
.',J . !:
GLASS,
A' bap stniply constantly on hand'. al ntl
sizes, and single and double strength. at
••• • 3E 2 '-i9.IIV a r El.
WHITE LEAD, RED LED, •
and every Color, dry amend in W ad.
atallareaaai kag
WHITINC, PUTTY:
3r_„liasteedi. acon,
TURPENTINE, DRYER, M.A.:11011014.
(M3l SHILLAC, VARNISHES,
PAINTIIIit SIIES, OLA.-
ZIER'S TACKS, &C.
We buy onr White Lead by the lon of
manutacturors. and can Xll. on 454! goptl
temp as'any house in or nut of tbe
These caxle arc our
11.,1 ~• .
1. 1
SP'ECT.,&MJ2I...)S,
and we know we enn mike it tito intermit
of consumers to buy from us.
•
denvCrini . vicinity
and to ruilrnail awl river fret: of rborge.
Ostlent careful!? Illlted, x:•;
'
oct6,ly
BINCI
[4.1:1
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Vir./.O I P ,
1 IKI bf.l(; ,
0 7 ,;:imr. ',.).,
it let ..4Vifjartheitr . 0, ; 4te. - '''':l l7 ‘ — 1
Ittiii• ' rtiiiiirovictiiisal.` ,
A., :,,...... :h.::;„ , ~....;,, , 1./•., -= • 1 :'
, -,-...• ••, .• • .:: -, : :411, ,:—.l. ,
:,, , •
ell
MEI
LIAKILTON DI 'KNOX, A
NEW
lIIM
OEM
Rave*, CI
MEE
~~.L p ~
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r
FIRST;
10
$p - did Babor.laria Oven. .1‘. 50
, r .cll- I ,h ?P t ', ff, t f!!!Mr7!,? 4 , d . ° 7 4 ' , j l4°
, r 4 rl
otAtovis .
:11 1 ,,,..+A.,q P/1196 eVfg brY , 10.kr;
.F•tt.'l* "ilbf vint! •ii: • s: , 1.1 .
.t
,L
' -
No. I, fibbed Mfg., fet:ty lieavp , . .
-'. • ..•
. • : ,W ' ....111_.: , .. 1 ';', ,::. -, :,,..• • :- '
'.'. 1 34404ne103 . 11, grattk!Fronts., i, ;
•
N0...v,.,ii to 15%toob''' 1 ' ' ; ;!;• ,• ' Ito t io . 4
• - so, , • r
IS 17 r . - 'i• : 7' • :!! , '. 1,.
D, * s " I - ~. ...i
.tt t0t,.. , 1 , .:: ttt. t• .;• • •• ?... • , r- .. :4.13
M'CALLUM BROS
hislnfal Rein:
I• does not, like the
isonous irritating
iris and strong
istic solutions With
lob the pt..oplet
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stream was flowing, iltesnowyrran t ,oe'
of the mountains, the. thither /belts,
green grass marsrarkittig 'Waterfalls
reflecting the beams of the 'sun; was
peculiarly grand and imposing.
. July Sit h.Thisi day had trammel-
Lion, salt, innt.cla - ,., distributed
on 'the four boats . . At t he distance of
ibur-mill , s - from' our starting point,
the Swan river emptied into the Blue
front thelright, bank. The volume
of water in - this, as well 118 that of the
Snake six miles below,: aint,that of
Ten Mile, nontiS• • opposite, being' ut
most the inns! that of the• Blue
river; the pure, clear • water :coming
frcan there soon
,parteok of the rest
color ef,the waters of the .Bl* occa
sioned laY numerous extensive Aiteer
mining (operations above; -the 'prin
cipal of , which were ..forty4wo ,by
draulic mines.- Here on thq western
slime of the Rocky Mountains, In the
Ihrthest connty'w(st of Colorado Ter
tibary, more bold IS taken from the
Placer minesthan from the balance
of the counties '.of Colorado
. ,
July Mill:L.:Left nun t; ran 'down
, the river with-the four baits, all per.;
forming 'admirably.' The stream+ be
ing so rapid it , 110011110' nect-ssary , for
,the boats, Ao prevent morning into col
lision, to run at a distance of several
inindred yartis apart; and even With
'this premiltion , seietat accidents' oe
ciirro.d; and a- number of our- pity
were thrown into the 'stream. .Thin
afternoon our largest boat manned
by Mr: . TWibl'e and ' O'COnner 'Was
leadingi , my boat with maps;Papetas;
instruments, etc., in charge 'of Alf.
Duty find myself follmilsl—the.o.ther
two boats being at proper' distances
apart. The first boat failing to 'give
us warning of ,the dangerous cation
%i* were approaching, we could.- net
check the headway, of my boat,. and
on 'turning time bend in the river our
real danger 'burst apori w, as we &qv,
fer the first thnothe . white foaming
Waters (Lathing for one miloahmid-of
its. I .ttitllcrl 0p0n.3.1.r. Hay- to ft , ksost
rue in holding the boat straight in
the current. Hardly had he cotupli
ed before f our 'bloat:Caine crashing
against a rock ;this threw him into
the current and he was,washed upon
a rock or boulder below., The 'boat
then' wung and was driven
upon a succession of rocks;: the end
wilrlknoacked Out and she. tilled - with
water. All my paupers, instruments
and maps were lost; together' with
liitterri from Hon. Thaddeus Stevens;
Bon. E. M. Stanton and General B.
P. Butler, who hatl'expmeed 'Much
' interest in UM success of the expedi,.!
tion, and the development of the re ,
sourvei of the (treat Vogt: I succeed
ed In catching one end of the , bow
line as I sunk below, thesurface; this
was curried under rock, and 'sac
meths' in litildingthebeidquatt pang
acro._ , the stream. I remained' here
two hoots, whena rope was tied to
my. persomandi wits enabled to get
to the opposite shore.,,..Looking up
thisdeluge of water, upon each side
of which the walls of the cdnoti 'arose
ono Thousand feet, I 'Law' rnr:first
boat-sixt'y ! . yards above completely
swamped, . mind my 'third boat one ;
h undred yards aboy o this iu thin same
ourselves , understood.' The fourth
boat being warned in. tiMerlid ,not
enter.tlfq, capon; I. found, that The
fall of Water 'for one mile was taiie
httralt.tidTeet.74_,: • •
10th;: iith
the. injuries, done cur.:boats,. earried
the providuns, Ace., d,own ,the canon,:
and let the empty is doialmorith.
the thethnee of tlAll "
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duY-_pilt' boats ,dowp", - liY ; ; tide'
two and Altair ,thiles; :heroAw. ~7
first thine- r ou nd, groVing,sponlaa ;
0„ oats; timothy. and - cloy it
VW: valley; hers i ptesulcd . IWenty .
mu tes. . - • - •
eonsettuneo of them,
duction ofour force, and sickness,
was compelled to take.chargeef
boataione;.this was swamped twal.t.
bl-runaing ;undoes lidlen tree .11nd.
by being dashed against the r0t.4:46-
lowan uppers end oftaveCanon,iso
called from a natural aive.fortq- feet
wide at:the left entrance,. the • river
here,Was fifty-feet•ln breadth,' the
depth tiventylbet. %'!he walltiof this
Limon on each aide arosefrom n hie tit]
.fourteen hundred feet. My
. boatuva.
so much injured by her late accidents
'that I waS compelled to abandon her
one mile from the mouth. This can
on was live miles...and, a • half in
:length: At each accident.te our boat
Ave. lost. tools and provisions.: ...The
.srater, penetrating our flour, weWere
:canpelled to change it into I other
.sacks lea-times in the last eight days.
~' ;fs.ifW Was the'rocky characterof the
ilVeriltt-the lower edgestf thesides
of jiffy boat were so mueh worn' that
lEWAs.cempelled , to cut • these. down
4*W:dime starting. Thel water fall
it inarel difficult to
rutr 'over the' reel's.
at' taro o'eloek; seven' glom
Greed river, water runningthreeand
and a half miles per hour. This woe'
the only place for sixty Mites ,arhett
Wriffound.half a. mile of , smooth Wit.;
'WI the .I'4ll of water up to this time
tiitesging -seVehty live feet .to the
-111116: ThiSsmooth surface continued
until-we entered the Grand' river in
the-Middle Park: This park was
over thirty-miles in length, mitered
with the -finest grusi; the depth
of the soil was. from -six to tifteen•l
feel., Tbetinind river • Was here one
wl irgeestenrfd'ducksfiieit'ti'ft''
abundance; -the thermometer was
85' to 80'; the fall of water from the
place of starting, to the junction of
the Blue and Grind rivers wits over
1 ; 000 feet. ,
A3rui~u in .
tUkintvi,
made iyctr,
theAVO-" ,
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nee making
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hservatio
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Warta&
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ie bets a*
a reteamer
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weltt
about' eigi4
vide th
lountaiim.
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these;
Calniti•
and the
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•in every
sired. -.,0r
ln,passing through the stare:3 , llon of
Spurs and canons tithe° le:Mkt-the
mummit l we Munn at each of thaint
ler the finest grass; - the pine timber
übout•two feet in 'diameter. Thelll
section •of the , 13Itio for the- first
twelve miles after starting, was Mar
ly • North, the next twelve miles
North-North-West, from there to the
junction of the Grand Northwest,
• July tiittli—Started down the Grand
River with our two 'remaining boats
run four matt:southwest to the, Grand
eonon or the Grand ricer; encamped
nt the left entrance of the same. At
our sudden approach in the boats the
wild geese and deer started in affright
down each side of the river, directly
. .
for the entrance of the canon, where
we killeda number of each. - : This
aftertnion'l itswittled the height nt
the entrance of Utis capon. • "
=- • .
"Lookbig to the-northeast from a
point'eight hundred feet, above; the
river, a beautiflui,.panorarna.
tended before me, the cleat waters' of
the Grand like a threat Of 'sli v er
windiug Its way throagh thp wfde
valley, which niustsoon be the abode
Of civilization.
July 31St—'kessr4.' . and
Leillis took . letters and paptts te the
Hot Springs; thirty this being
the frontier tradiug• post of the •Ter
ritoty
August :kl.--:Started into the (trend
Cmion,of the timed river with ;two
boats. The,' entrance to this Vas 'fifty
feet in breulth, ,water Very Swift arid
detli;the' first fait being almost six
feetperpendkular a few yards below
the entrance. 'Let the empty boat
thIS fall' with.a lite; tented our
ts had let theta down'three bun
yards. Clime to !Mettler 0111 of
,ten feet perpendicular;, acked -pro-
Visions,.&c:,, around this sixty bards
below. Let the einpty bad doWn
again by line.`, I applied any level.
and iliund the water to descend in
fear hundred yards forty-five feet: ''.l
had never in auY'of the deep canons
or rapids of the Colorado river , seen
any k3O great as' t heed the'lltue arid
Grand rivers,.' The wallsof the can
on were from nine hundred tesixteen
hundred feet litgli.•' After dinner' one
Of Our be,its,whichWete
- Lovell; in descending the
rapids around ao•atirupt angle,', swiss
struck by the force of the current
and dashed against the rwirs; The
bast was filled with Water and much
injured. This accident was a severe
one to us, as we ha one hundred
pounds of bacon, one hundred pounds
flour, one saw, a bake oven, two can
teens of salt and thirty flVe pounds of
coffee, besides other necessary articles
that could not be replaced.-
. We were now with six men reduc
ed to 1301 Ls of damaged flour, 20 Ito of
eoffe> and Sits of Salt. Those having
ehargeof the wrecked boat, suemied
in hauling her oaten land. To these
I threw n shine which was attached
to a silk fishing line; this was tied to
our smallest boat line, and this again
to the larger and by the latter our
boat was swung acre.; the rapid cur
rent, and prevented from sharing the
fate of the other. •
-The width:of the . river here was
100 yards, and 'lt was of great depth.
The walls of the canoe present a diff
erent appearance from those; of the
Colorado river: 'The latter were del.
titute ofvegetation . whilst- here a
few raspberries; goo4eberries,cuirant
'bushes; cedarand pine relieved 'the
sterile ; appearance or this solitude.
No preeantiens were taken to guard
against Indians, as in 'front of , us
stood the giant sentinels I,ooo.fisit In
bight, guarding the entrance to thlii
gloomy and narrow* priss;/ •
August' 4tb.". This- -day'reiXiircti'
.iniured boats; madottu• forpitehlit,
`drop*Al downstream 800 yards With
Much: trouble; 'found sufficient level'
Sec utt& upor) which to ; _ste,ep
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postillAtelu -take gut boats _over the
td=ll4l, o 44 l. 4itirigew
shies of thamiffri - 800 feet. ,
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mewl Ootildimo the' foaming *Le
dastilek Iftititith t&- Hann pees,
with Po apparent method in •ita.
m.. ; ?An Aplingfance -ot the ri •
te; anizthweattens fitimrabigg,P •
to `deseeh d . mindit
ndiaeft'ha ,
and' aeon fewer
the consent allithtit to:origin
fromthe important. litetthat . tbey
.hudiymnut loggq.kupon. the rocks
441), nde - Or , our ,V,,WWn. This
ante Wm! . at that time
wettere redtwed to'buta
- 04hie,indispensapie kg*.
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4w on.
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our ,proyin
e, ovettheseukh?
Aunts , portage2yek
.ni4d
The mmin of . my men
tOrti out; enot sev2,
ated in'eoMotof the
oeensionedrbt; our Aimatitit
- WI then JR down our 11..
oli te rwougrAt
„ow*. ttw. ,9W • , 3 ..
y wefzupeprociesii!tu j .a , ei, our
boaPtiown.,4ihe swung.ut. Into the
eurnyilled:stith water, was. hehl i t ot,
tea.
.ey,th*Pl
hscil Lica lli rn a l
.entcts.
, and,m3
Whet o!,'
was
be.
parted, and our lee
•ed. By this accident we were rudut
okble, 'one boat,- altnust •everything
!neseivery fbethe trip had been Mat,
end ire hereahuillonedalmost every
thing of weight;, and" prepared to try
eur'fortunes in ,the last Nat. The
heat was HlP(ii the sun ;: the Water
'Of the rivtir 'cold. Immediately be
'few us WHO ilireetion of the river
stood a Mime time:dein. _which, front,
its shape; Is culled porno mountain.
Here thetall of water in: eight ,hukt-'
,dred pinta eighty-t wo feet.,..
• • Augustetlt.—,Nakiki three trips with
our hied to the opposite shore with
provisions... . „. • ...
Au,guSt 7th--
.111Ver very swi ft ;
Gill of water one hundred:and eighty
feet mile. Made 'to day' ftiur
different portages, run half a mile,
let the empty beat down by a line
through the swift'eurrent, as It' was
impossible to take her by land: She:,
coining putsiritothe current, and- in ,
a few 1110p1Cilt$ was dashed,upob the
*ksheiow„ a eimpletes wreck. Our
first bait was last at 'the Month' of
Rocky second one mile
from the mouth of Cave Canon, the
third one mile. from . the, head of
Grand Canoit„ind the (berth one
mile below BO." ' •
August 801,9 th and lethdhund as
without a boat. almost destitute of
salt, and reduced to fifteen rations of
flour, bacon Mid coffee, our, cooking
utensilS and all our lines and building
tools gone except ono axe and hatch
et., Threesot our-party concluded to
leave and return. One of these, Mr;
!Wttddleliad been sick, the other,
Day, was antßiring from
Axposure. •
401110100• to both I will say, that
.theysbpd faithful from the first,
vitteritri; v 1 n eed • that it was only
*WOO** of circumstances that
thttroutindeato return., Our party .
was idtgitatk, to thfee Messrs.
TwiblettintliAM`tOnsentilig to ac
company ifie:''llteroprovisions we
had at this tinikvialthough much
damaged, would=ed us two
:weeks. We here; ed a small
mit, three b14.;111‘ n, this
1113 7 7tca:4ew w. 4
Ih
Lir rocks on each side Mallet' impos
sible for us to get our things down in
any other manner. We sifted Our
ilour through a piece of mosquito
bar,, and aseertamed that we had
thirty poundsoix of coffee and twelve
'of bacon. I' felt convinced from the
favorable appearagee lef the country
to the seuthweit, and the nature. of
the rapids, that we "could in a . 114
days, make more rapid progresss.
Wethen . packek . ..tiur provisions, Zee.,
down 'the river three. Mlles, over the
mast.tliftlealt PlaiM I .had ever trav
eled.. On our, way ADM!. wisk,f4mod
the blankets, shirts, coats. mu ; lead,
which had been thrown airay, by the
parties leaving us
: tiro klars•befere..
August 11111..=-Built a cedar raft, 5
by 16 feet, and upon this we took
passage; run down: the river thirty
miles, pirvAng through wild oats.
barley,..rye, timothy,' clover and
wheat, which extended un both sides.
The latter wetfound: over sixlfeet in
heightellereand there ivewaw:small
patches of oak and crab apple ;trees;
the eurrants, gokrseberries and grain
were utueh .farther advanced than
we would have supPeSed ; tlie cedar,
cuttonireed and pine •Itidring, in
size, although upon . the 4uneiblei of
the'monntndns and' hills more
deem was soon of 'volcanic .eruption
than in ,the section of_ the country
through which we hadpassed. When
ire mind to Rapid Cation, I ascended
the sided!' the' same Mout nine bun-
Aired feet. There I' found an excel
lent quality,,ot white. marble., The
view I had of the country southwmt
- was becoming ntoreyaverable. ' f ex
pressed confidence in our raft, going
sifHy thmingli,the iNifidiktre s nt. -
Twiblif tool! Mir lbhirittets, matehM,
soda and inedielm, by hind over the
faibit three'leilles 1) 6 -
Tldhartßniterrit Intit-tinder
gore in packing provlsfons "iiiiete
pakriag our, boats made it -almost
eomptilserY flit us tO Make llietrial.
Mr. LCillis and MysClf started on
the raft to the head of the eanom It
smirking around , M•an eddy as if reluct
uutittigtistlown the current, but we
pushed her out, and lu n momeut, she
shot like an ',arrow down the rapid
descent. ''Slid - tinik inur"reet tinder
the surface, but rose again at n .dl4-
tame of eighty. feet, when: our raft,
in turning an. abrupt. luigle of the
river, struck , kind parted.. Here ;we
lost a , large portion of our provisions.
We then.took the raft apart again,
and by swinging two or three of the
leg's below found another, and SUM-V
-(l6d in getting s our arms and what
provisions we had ashore. •
We ascertained - now we had but
eight days provlsion.s. . Hero we con
structed a third raft, and proceeded
twenty milm. the 'nominees in the
southwest becoming less, when we
Tpassed through a chain of eanons,the
est of which was the most difficult.
In this our raft again struck, where
we last all of our salt; all of our wok
_ .
- Ing utensils except of our frying pan, I
and most of our flour and bticon.
There was 1i elasticity to this than
to the tulle rafts, upon which I pass
ed through the, e.tnon.s of the lower
Colorado audio striking with much
force against the rocks the material
of the cedar raft would - part.
August 12th lath and 24th.—Built
another raft, and descended forty
miles farther, when again, in turning
an angle in the river; she struck a
rock, and all our provisions except
Bye day's tutiiMs of. flour and tecen
were lost. We were:Ailinost worn
out by tO.exolvive fatigue and con
stant expasere In ilia odd water. I
mu isatianed had. It not been fur the
healthy climate, that alt of. ui would
have sofforeti from alcknws..
• We had now descended six thou.+.
.anti feet. Ono of.tho main ottjects of
tho exhibition had been acoomplist
txl,• which was to wicertaln where
was thotprlncipal fall .of water be.
tweet the point where We started on
the mountains, ten thonSitPd' feet
above . the level of thel sea;and the
Pacific COOL 'll tit Initialled that
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~.,•• years re .
:. •'' • of the Blab ,scral,* 'of .
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- Aveto2llve' miles x in length;
. wcut:sthbot: a hundred-'.inilefc
ibrotrisstieetiakift ^the 'iteanitt:-Fo
-1,. '• . ; WM& had made seer. sue.-
triPe ntkler tite L soconlood a
ptatna*Trw,ool3Y. *ad Rogers..
(sheihdc 2 stieeedled 11'2°1112 tit ri
'high ' IdiP•state'ef 'the riive4lttt
a b *ing • ous..bOndred and
..severityitve Alma, of freight,) forty
mires alxive Irherec the' qoirernment
steamer. !iiiplorer,•lllfty , lour feet
tonganl'utrueic sad, returned. ''
_I. uow.shled at a, point-above. and.
Teetitig SOO t tf u t t rest'eontilitt,t6Oidte.
row lenge which separdteduti
1.•.'1 confess t • t Wins t with no anti
191ITY. rceltna that AVAILS ( 191 6 1x 410 ,(1
eiN ove
te vield . to,.. costumes. ;
•`` Hero 84thi - ltilfil t40 ‘111 , 1 i 1 U 14 4114 .
'on thel2th.orSu ;1 ~krirest, i f If us
my opinion in 11 liiillicim ff z
tt io,
WC Weepy * , and, '.I !Agnew, f
tbeqp %Eno Coptko .
ihM 1,, e J . to.d uot IF I N I
stilik43l 7 .1, Id' t e,'. ''t
, the.: , .- , : r ndredflandat
Rid /1111%
so rr ",. ,
row ' • Usti rAy4c iprepared, o
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ire Ma . . fie. '
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•• Frain ihe suinmit•of•litt.'Lineolo,
1 iM miles from where itirmArted, Is
/rem to po u t • .
the rives, l do not think there !sever
four feetill tit the mite, to the mouth
of the rii•er In the 'Gulf of:California,
estimating the fall of ,the -river 'we
had already ,tkSoetidetkqtt about 0,0011
'feet-La Strong argument to, tistahlish
my published statements' tentectlng
.the, cotirdrY,. tail - the . river .wl.leb
lime friiin the' tilt la.r..n the victlnts
'nf the 'wild 'imilLeitraitigant - state
inents ofprofeasional letter writers,
whq have never seen eitber;and, whb
act as ifthey were, deemed, to- give
'Unstibilinthil statements, to t4ie
which would be ruled out - If
sought to be introduced-In tlie
eta pfAty fiUkt. - • . •
August 15.—Paeked our • rides, re
volvers, ammunition, blankets and
limited rations and started ACMSiS the
country, and arrived at the base of
Mt. Lincoln after ten days of weari
some,traveling. We found an exeel
lent mute for a wagon road front here
to the seetion of territory (distant 300
miles) where the people of Colorado
are petitioning to have a military
.post established. 'When this is done,
a large population, which is earldoms
ly waiting, will rapidly scaleup this
inviting district: , ' '• ' •
.I:aseended to the aininnit of Mt.
' till/cow...nem, high upintheelouds,
surrouuded by snow. 14,600 feet above
the level of the sea, three great rivers
lave a fountain heed, the INatte;Ar
lenses and Colorado.„ •
Aaire thus, In an_itn perfect. ,olan I
tier, endeavored togi.vo you a few
facts connected with our descent of
the river, as I did over two ,years
since (In ascending the same) to lion.
E. 31. Stanton, then Socretary of
War.
• In dolhg thls, I am prepared to
find again, 3 I have .before, those
whoawe expended no time, Incurred
none of the hardships of frontier life,
and who have given no investigation
to theiniporrant subject to which I
have respectfully called your ellen.;
thin ' • who exclaim at once , fur the
first time, that they are to re
oeiveasSistancefromthe Government;
toward carryin out the objects of the
vent me fmm giving yOu the resat.
my Individual - e.vplorations.
A singular fidelity has, from the
first, been connected with the history
of the Colorado riiisr. Other streams
of one-fourth its length, and vastly
infetior in himortance, :um knowirof
the Nation, While this centrally tan
te(' river, whose watersrun over 2,000'
cutt hardly have a pastgug no:
lice. 'l'he letters written_ respecting
it, the . continued effort .made, by
formidahle'coalitionis or enrponifions,
(for.seltish purposes) to crash out the
individual enterprise of. proving its
eatitiaal impertanee, have all been of
that'revalting character as to do her
the Most flagrant injustice.
TIM Colorado river must 11d em
phatically; to the l'acifle what
the Mixsi,sippi is to the Atlantic.
The building timber anti tits. , for. „the
construction of the railroad cramming
the continent (now complete) have
been carried upon one other
ricer and her grand destiny 'will not
be complete until theannterialfer the
construction of the Sontittr:line Is
borne Male hersiirtitee. '
Permit MO tottilude to u few fade.
Explorer's Rock, where the fib:tinier,
Explorer struck and returnetkluts
Wen tepresented as the head of navi
gation; and that' it was ilisoiutely
noeceetry to remove the.sarne before
stcamenteould , ascend-higher:: The
steamer Rei 111W.ri Ida , cam hundred tug'
twenty-flvq, feet ; In, length, With
barge one' hundred And thirty-SIX feet
in length, in'ttne; eurrylngl one Mini
tired .antltwenty-five tons of freight,
pas.-sedthiapiage when the riven was
at a higher and lower stage than
when the Rfplorer Struck.
.Ilitetteh side of this nick 'there'iVi64
a smoothet current of water running
about three, mile; per hour;, the
breadth of the rkver on each side from
forty'lo hue !Inflated feet, iyith . an
average depth of Inn% live tor fl ttett
lixtt. This wns the commencement of
the, Big or Black Canon described by
Liut. Ives as Jawing frog, wenty
tiveto thirty ntpids, end extending
twentylfive miles in length; the prin
cipal of which' was Roaring Rapids:
An engraving of this and the amen
is given in his report.
The steamer Esutenthla, laboring
under, every disadvantage, was, with
her barge, juSt seven ininutt, in fitakn
tag thelirst trip,',ltud five itilituteS
the second trip up 'Lundell Rapids.
The,4ll of waWr here Was 4i feet in
110 yardi. There, capstan was worked
the first time by hand; the second, by
steam. The capacity of the Ixtl lers of
the Esmeralda was 13) pounds ofl
shmm. ,Tht.%e had been much injured 1
' by those seeking the thAruction of '
the boat. It was a premeditated plan
for the past four years to prevent the
facts being brought to the• notice of
the Government respecting the na
ture of the river, as an appropriation
Was sought to be obtained from Con
gre.s to Improve Its navigation where
it was demonstrated It was n rryy.
' , subsequently (as I. did. -before 'the
steamer ascended through the canon)
descended it upon a small raft. The
river WaS high, and in passing over
Roaring 'Rapids 'they were hardly
preceptible. As a still strongerargu
'tient injusticehe allegationsof Ram I
doing to the current in the
Cannon, I would state that barges
have been making successive trips
y bo ul th rs u . l o ) l n io n i t i l i t i l n o d w r‘ n po le ri r lau t e4 h u e loi l t as t:tatinv t e t i. l 7 oe4t.
3fitjad, to which
°Me corn any controllillg the river
come. torts, managed
three:own, can,. when the
wind
f a ir, mak° , from • fifteen to• thirtyt
miles per day against die current.,
Tile water' Is deep and the 'enrrent ,
.permanent.' It Might did appear
from the article of J. Ross Browne,
amtained in Harper's Magmata, than
the river ,woe not naviguhicr,here,
and that the expedition going to. the
Upper Colorrldet,..-was Intended Or
speculative purposes; did- he • not dl=`
red) y contradict, hlmseif:ln his state.3 PelitiFeptatipg Ala water in Xlig.bilti•
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,'ri - ' 7. 1.. 7, ..t: ari. , ,liiritrAriverriliest . - ilitt‘ a
tory or the mineral vesourceel-0 4614
incilleirl might mention :Ottjeilit;.'
• shinais ' ll4- .T O 4 -114Peltr i ; v1 tia .— ,I 2
Yk`• /Wills IMeonselersits Air: -..
public ti wmegjmpreidoo Ina,'
the` 'ca .. nnons -or thee° . -- - •
. . vele' , ....
some goinentrihr torte — ,th a f, '
there's oneternitat •
htilidteti miles la! It i ztieiriehe
tibllidty given to these.
_Amnon- '
; bee
In.
In.. show-what gnat
ntleingn•oo done InalarViS InG. •
y*reMeths ',e meaty,. u 0 4 A l o e ,
hedisprOve. W lyi the, tepixd, of -.
limiatilttrof Stein* AY •atx ~ . vely
Fireohttedethertelkloream IA Mite
ring to the . stajement that the:Ando'
of the UcilOaclO n•Ould pay. better than •
that of the Eciporamento;','" the wiser.
tion.should'rettilre'remethfrig 'more -
thin the unsupported statement Delo-. •
tereatedpartk:o" , •Ttdsht aratieethm
as unwarranted reit ts wall . • • ' " *
the action and motiVes'ef- ,
.
lag to monopolize' and' :.. '7' •• t -
-'•
the Colorado rim breaths o ) li
~ , • '
ir.:)dett may bey . hridi 01 ow .•.,.. •
itiWiand •pesismary sacrifice .„,t_- , • • . •
litrieflbrta.bftibaseciuteld 7 tili\ ..
PMP!ileMinticrlickilse.t.. The . •
fr. i o'o %,.. I, pg, O/ et"' --- ..
enkt 'IS I N il '4:oilmen:l
'Uteri end t eneembityl of 't'
nele9to.theAcvelopmentrett . ': •• -
P. w • 'f WOW .. cif ;twat ibliterde
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L. .. tate ; .
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t.!! '.. . r :."...
• re: .. .1 - . ' ..... •
' , ,...di*lstalititot A 'N Mar d .. ..I'.' .
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w.viiation.Notkeitavistel . • '
of
ml rl ) Sitl e' 'llli riPc i ll ill .
•!:".raft: e itt 'd ' tlpotrihe
~.! , .,--....f f ro.. •
1 prdaetia: i :. •,::..•!.. ; o •,.i ..
For the first Attie hundred. and fif
teen milci. (Mot the mouth of Abe .
'Colorado river; Vtere: is a very rich •
valierlrom live to fifteen, miles In -
brestith i with ad. abundatcier'Cot- _
tonweed, start villlowl.tted mesquite.
The same (polity 4. timber extends •
nVer II Ve hundred 'voile utt the river..
• The Coloneh tent Yeina Irlarls here
1 tail . wheat; barley,eorn an I melees,
generally planting as the' witercre
(*tits. Thls.,Nalley 4 equal, : lf, riot •
superbir, to that , of the last*,naputo. .
[They diffbr in this respect , theft:ill of
rho tintskqiCs buck , gradually to the .
base. of • the mountahei ./while • the
banks of the ether arela/glirtit
diately along the river. Therdit
the harbor and Outlet 'Ctilifornlit are
of the finest quality. In four hours
1 Captain Truworthy •and myself har
pooned nineteen sea law, averaging
149 pounds (Itch. Above Fort 'Yuma,
140 miles from the inmith of.the riv
er, to 11. point 430 miles, numerous
ancohneetcsi rids' valleys are found.
These ar© iticetly occupied by the
3lniuves, Chinainen anti ' , Yoh lite
Indians. These raisn .khriu and
melons and cut wood for the steaurers.
The Majove Valley, ill) miles from
I tho mouth of the river, is Very 'rich
and extends over , thirty intim iin
length. Here .Col.- Dont. ,who Ins
chargeof.the.agency, has Succeedal _
in turning the'water frOM thsYriver
upon the reservation. •• ' • "
• .Fotild3 miles frcier the- Gulf the ,
Colorado Is navigable fur steamers
and barges, at pll seasons of the year.
This has been practically demonstra
ted by Capt. Truwurthy, _whoth I
succeeded In Miming to bring his
steamer to the Colorado over foUr ~..
yettrs ante. A few - months subse
quent to that time the mine steamer
was, taken by Capt. ll' 'Rodgers to
the same point, and trips made both
at a high and low stage of water.'
Ev ' bstaele was placed in the way
Of rating the Importance of
thcintridirition of the river, ny a con-
Iltloa4eorporatlofts whose object it
was to control the trade and to ob
-- rcem the Guterrlnreilif Iftir,aP" . -
wh eh didinot exist: :7tires 'was'
this hostility that if became necesaa
ry.to watch - the steamer Esmernida
night and dart° prevent her , being
th_troyed. The bullet and the knife
were brought into requisition to pre
vent theeensummatien of an enter-
prise an impOrtant, to the develop
ment of the enintry.. So powerful
was this influence that-Ufier thoPme
tienbility ofnadigating the titer had
been demonstrated, and the attempts
mentioned exposed, it' was sought
by the direct act iou of one (Attie high
; est ullieints of the Territory tv sup.
press a vote of thanks given to Oapt.
'fruworthy by the Legis
lature of Arizona. 'The *edition - of •
Tower. in.. Stun Francisco' mot. being
sotistled: with. controlling the (tate,
left 'nothing undone to block up the
natural' i . ivenues hfithig to the An(inA,
unless these avenues add theffrollth •
flowing from them could be mono**
tired by their company. • The State
of California staggeml under .this
tentrulization of influences, and the
former suffer greatly. Here are ear
pCorations:having mlllionsfbr temp&
titian-. bask •nothing , for enterprise.
Thelact Hu t t the Colorado Issgllttle
kiiiiwn has met. the nation mil lons,
as It triel paying at the' . time It *As
struggling-tor eisidonee' siitty4o a
hundred.dallani in gold:par Mat for
earrviter Liorvernintpf., freights front
oneliundred,and fifty, to four bum
deed Milts, when the cost of hid and
of running steamers isbat little more
Itaut on the . Miesouri river,; which
has serelyamough to. sntlsfy any, core
position.,. In each trip a stennerem
e'en' enmigh•fri Pay hbroriginal cost.
By introduction of toruDetitien
on. the river the tiovenunest . has
save' largely,_but • thescs,',who,,lake,
heon the muse, of, this, lime suffered
the less . of ilieli"curftlil;.by the •
hostility arrayed OM, ins& them. In
the language of Thaddeus riteVelas:
"The long continued , hostility-0,1 . 11e
opening up of the Colorado ' and.the
country through which. it poems, Is
the - strongest evidence of, its Import-.
nem, and . thcee tveking' . te'itiip the
progn.-e of public enterprise, should
learn, if they do notknow it already,
that the river uud country are part
at the pdle domain." •
I feelthat I have departed 'from
the subject matter of my report:' The
lapology I have to offtt is the' mat
importance of the river. to the cep
, ruereial interests of the nation.
.., For the distance of 650 miles along
the Colorado, riveryou arein constant .
view of hods of geld, silver, copper
'and lend. Many of these can be
trued hack into the mountains. The
,mines are in successful operation.
The scenery of Chinawawa, Mojave,
Block, Long and Painted canons are
;particularly grand. In that ofralnt
•al union, (so culled by the Indians,)
'at each change of the position new
:and startling beueUrs were revealed.'
The striking resembknice to reined'
*sties, fortilications and bastions
;were remarkable; in °theta two ;
thousand feet above the water hung
from Its lofty height a huge rock ap.
!parently su.spendoil and ready at the
i!elerticb•erretltat'o. I dtt o thistha t° d the iff-:
prod, stratus of. every .ciale,4 . as„llls.,
alnctly defined as If fiat) frotn"the
band of a master painter.. .sad a faint
conception am be had of thetnagnifi-.
cent scenery. • ...,
:1t the head of fainted ,Canon I
fdund.a White strati( of rock extend
ing for miles sateen the country.' 'T
examined this antliound It extreme
s, llghtand of the mad Swperiorqsal.
extreme
,7y
lee polishing silverware. .1- sob..
t e xted it to au intense/it:Mond VICI lm
rc oirgeuld be {mule upon it. Y,
Hove this will yet be {made,
ar;
tid o of commerce: , f•'-f
Tiro steamer ter thelastforty ratios
kw.**A. through a „eouttnuotar chain of
pemortS, ttialstalls in many - of theist
Wingpeependletille ' Theft tOttliuut,
'steam Wicending WOO' nada es dna
far the boat to lay la too elm:
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