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Show The Ort-'fin PanuV Railroad Ron!. The luliorting f.-uin the Oi'.-j-juian of tbe 29:ii ukim'.-, ul iv3 Ecme idea of the present status of the railroad rail-road tnat is to connect Ogden with Oregon, and will prove interesting reading to many : Mr. Campbell, of Tbiel-en'o corps of engineers, arrivtd at his borne in East Portland yesterday. From him the following facta are obtained: He has been making Burvey or re connoiseance of tbe more ditficuti parts ol tbe country lying between tbe Columbia River and Ogden, particularly particu-larly the Big Camas mountain, and canons of Boise River, in Idaho, the Blue mountaios iu eastern Oregon, and lastly along tbe valley and great canon ol tbe snake Kiver to Lewis'on at the mouib of C.ear Water a point sixty or seventy miles east of Walla Walla. This last named passage along the Snake River, has probably never before been made by land; and was in this instance only accomplished by indomitable perseverance and pluck. The tributaries of this great river flowing from the east and northeast, are tbe Boise, Payette, Weieer, Salmon Sal-mon and Clear Water rivers. Eich one of these BtreamB drainB districts rich in agricultural and mineral re sources. From the west its principal tributaries, the Grand Ronde, Burnt, Powder, Imnaha, and Malheur rivers, flow through mountains of mineral and plains of agricultural lands, sufficient to give homes and employment to a million of people. From a point high up on the Boiee river to Lewiston, a distance of over o00 miles, there h perhaps not a single interval of one mile where tho precious metals may not be found, whiio load, copper, iron, lime stone, kj-pouuj, K'nuiio huu maroie, are found at intervals in large quantities. Near 200 miles of the Snake river country has but few settlers as yet. 1 Mr. Campbell came acroes one named Culver, mining and living in hermitage her-mitage in the Granite csilou. Mr. Culver had not spoken to or Been a human beiDg for five months past. No falla occur in thi j part of tbe ! great river. The principal impediment impedi-ment to navigation is tbe force of the mighty current in places where the river is confined between tho mountains. moun-tains. Large settlements and towns away on each Bide of this river already al-ready prosperous, will now suddenly spring to importance and contribute millions aunuaily to the commerce which will throng along the favorite route lo the Pacific. Tbat the route via Columbia River te the ocean will be tbe favorite of the world, is insured by the advantages of easy grades for the road, mildness of climate, and other advantages not found on the Central Pacific, or the1 route of any other proposed road to our coadt. |