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Show SCIIITAlkl'1 IM'KIIIIMJ IM'IM-HON. IM'IM-HON. Tur.iin la now 011 lu way lo Alatka an ex loilng esiivdlllon that hat hot?, anj eict.tlon. of making known many of lha uneai lore-l laitlnti. of that lntrritliig country and tbo adjacent adja-cent llrltl.ll reylona. Tha e(dllloli will be under comuividof I.leut. rred-erlckrJchwatka. rred-erlckrJchwatka. Tbtronof tbo expedition la tbo New York Vtigtr, which mid another name to the already long 111 of enter-prlnlngllterarykupiorteraofeiiivdltlou enter-prlnlngllterarykupiorteraofeiiivdltlou tu! peil for the purpo-e of geographical geographi-cal rtaenrcli and eiploratlon. Thla la eaperlally trua In America, where to much unelored country liaa lren ovni-d and inado known IhrvUKli tba Inilrumentallty ot tha literary world aa tron a well a. dlitrlbutere of liie unful and lutenatlng Information acquired ac-quired thereby. Tha DiaLiirr Nl liaa aecureU from Ideut, Bchwatka, tbu excluaWe right to a eerie of artlclee, twilveto fifteen lu number, ilecr!llea of lha doing of "Tho New York Ledger Alaakan i:ipellllon." Till, aerie, will l amply llluatraled from .ki tchra and. I hotograpb", an I to tecuro which Iba expedition will go fully prepared. The ftfld of 1 ropoKnl exloratlou lie In the iiuktiown nglon Iwtween the, Yukon rleer of the Ilrltlah Ttrrltory, IbeTanana rhffon the north nnd tha Atna rlvir lo the wcat, although tho aeetwardlnundary may poeelhly lw oxtendr-J Ut ItehrlugHea If tho ecuon will i-ennlt after the Atiia It reailieil Ho far a known from Ilia few exploration on tbu boundarlca of thla unetlorei tract, nnd the Information acquired from Indiana, till la undoubtedly an extremely In-tereallng In-tereallng and fdctureequa region, and wo can promlva our reahra thaprob ability of n very eiittrtalulng aerie cf article dmrlblng It from the tn cf tba commander. The Klentlflo detriment launder charge of Dr. (J. WHKrd llaye. of the I). ()., Major Powell, tha well-known well-known and cnergetlo chief of that government bureau, having aialgned Dr. 11. ji. to thla duty, upon tha latter' lat-ter' rcUietwhen Itwa known thai the exi-vdltlou waa organizing. The DiShiirT Nlcwacan therefore promUo It. rc.dera tbo aerlea will mutaln every thing of a popular .clentlllo nature na-ture that will be of auHful andlutir-eating andlutir-eating character. Thu lea Irupoitant 4Taonuil of the exidltlou will lu deecrlbeit In the lieutenant'. rillmln-ary rillmln-ary article.. ThoTreaaury Uapartment and the Navy Ileirliueul have Mry kindly tendered aiojt.tanco .0 far aa their vea-acta vea-acta lu Alaakan waUr. can do ao, whrrovrriio eatabllabed lino of com-niuuliatlona com-niuuliatlona exlat au I where audi aa-alatanco aa-alatanco will not Interfere with prevloua order. Thu U. H. (leotoglcal riurvey, and theU. H. C'oaal Hurrey, have gener-ou.ly gener-ou.ly aup lied the neceiiaary luatni-menta luatni-menta to make the txtedltlou a aucn-M u their de'artiucnta. Thla la Mr. Hcbwatka'. third oxpv. dlllonof Ilka character lu that region, he having commanded the United Htalea tailoring ixptdlllon ol 1831, and the New York 7Vnc expedltlou of lSo. Torhla Alaakan exploration, he hat rrcelvedltho medal of lliu Imperial lleographlcal Hoilely of lliiMla, tha only living Amirlcaii hoi ling It, and no doubt prompted by thu fact of that country having formerly U111 held by lluaala. Die arllclia muy ba ex ected to lw glu not lattr tluiu tho fall, and will bo aa coiitluuuua (probably one a wiek) aa thu ulrcuniaUnoe of ext loratlou, com-loaltlou com-loaltlou and llluitrutliu will rrmlt. |
