Show I 1 the sacramento union says that by 1 the arrival of the col Collm imbia bla arid and brother jonathan at san francisco it has the hie following A STEAMBOAT AT FORT betot mullan has received says the Dal dalles lesT Jw irval r a I 1 an all express from tort fort benton with the pleasing intelligence that his long the cherished therisie rishe anticipations c ions have hai e been fully full realized by the ar IM ri at that point of the steamer chi ch I 1 direct t from st louis laden with two liun ban dred il ed and eighty to tons na of freight eight fi this is no do unimportant irvid antl even in this era of eventful transact i 0 n fr for by it miles of steam steam navigation h have L be been 0 ri added to that of the missouri in making eikill a distance now open to st amers from st ht luis louis in this direction of milea on oil the eastern slope of the continent on this side we me have steam on tile columbia in in he same line as far as tile the north of snake river lea leaving ing only a distance of land travel of COO miles ov er w aich mullan malian is now building a wagon road with all the characteristic thoroughness of his nature the next matter to be determined is la the length or of tune time each year that steamboats can reach fort benton we believe in the end this will be accomplished longer than any one ode the most sanguine has hitherto anticipated I 1 settlement arid and trade m will ill follow up speedily tile clatter of tile the steamers vv wheels heels OR on both sides aides of the continent and narrow the unsettled region down to a trilling trifling belt beit in indeed and mast lead at an early days da to the opening in in this direction of the great highway of malls mails and aral travel ea from east to west PROGRESS OF THE FORT BENTON BENTCH MAIL ROUTE expedition the adv ad e ent I 1 t of the steamer Chippe wah ah at fort dent benton ll 11 invests this work with additional lite fito ieso iest t on the of august au 1 1 list the road had been completed as aa far as 1 the he codur dalene Miss mission icia a distance of 1 W 99 miles fro from fort walla walla much heavy work has been necessary of ct late A party w ivas as at work w ork at another piece of abe th a road in advance of eleven miles which lich it was expected would a also I 1 so be finished w by august A second party had also been set antwork about the sources of the st francis de borgia A a small all party under sohon soho us are ahead explore exploring ng a line to fort owen oven I 1 in li st 81 marys valley another exploration is bing being made by engle of a line from the mission to prairie on clarks clarka fork thence up the stream to fort conner thence to the mouth month of tile the bitter root and back to the st francis de borgia NEWS john C bresn Crea lnell ell formerly a resident of this county has just ar rived overland from the atlantic states ile he left council bluffs B the of may ma passed about one hundred wagons bound for oregon arid and estimates abbat one thousand for california california creswell left his party at the three islands island on snake river and overtook major reynolds re i olds battery at grand round chere the major had stopped to recruit his rini mi mals there were ejel eighteen iteen wo W wagons o a in company with v ith major reynold lne tile emigrants had experienced ex fenced but little difficult difficulty faculty on the route phe the grass was abundant all the wiy creswell cresov dl heard of but bit two deaths amoni among the oregon emigrants one was J IV lane formerly from washington Vas hington territory toi creswell met capt enill tary expedition at root rook cieck some two huntrod hundred miles east of fort bois all avell and getting along fi finely riely ore gontan brittan an quite a sensation tion was waa crea cra tedon teil on theolb abe ath of september in the N of the city jill in consequence of the ir therein t brein of a deserter from the U states army aid ai d mrs the wife of a resident of this county it seems seema the guilty pa pair were about to abscond on the beamer tea mer ahen a ardest edby marshal lappens 10 lo add to the joke the lady as dreidel a la ia bloomers bloomer orill only a little more so go this amorous swain ta takes ea passage this morning ath of september septemo 0 r f for or ill his old quarters at vancouver d advertiser |