Show Corre pc n it ii nie nce ni e or of tai the mis hiiri republican washington may 13 1859 there seems to lo bf be no portion of the real operations of the general government so litile understood and ar appreciated as those appertaining appert nning to the topographical bureau of the war department now under the charge and supervision of col john J abert and capt C apt andrew A humphreys it is is under the direction of this office that all the important surveys surveys and explorations of our vast western territories have been made ascertaining not no only the character of the numerous rivers arnera in in reference to navigation but also furnishing ing the topography of the country which they floxd now together with a vast a mount amount of scientific information covering meteorology miner mineralogy and natural history the Ill elate late brilliant and successful expedition of ives up the colorado of the west and thence homeward across the interior of the country has been prod productive of great public good and has won for that gallant young officer a proud name nan e in in the service sen ice of his country iam I 1 am informed at the topographical bureau thatah this timo they have no exploring ar tbt fi eld but AV will ill shortly have two the first is is designed for the suney and exploration ei ot of the iho san juan river of new mexico and to gistover disco di stover cr if possible a route between santa fe and utah in in the vicinity of san juan the following will ivill be the person elof the expedition capt J N Macomb Topographical engineers chief dr daj J S NeN Ne benberry berry geologist to the colorado expedition under ives physician and geologist Geo loit charles 11 II Dinini ock of baltimore topographer I 1 louis dorsey of Wali washington ington francis as pt P fisher of new york james A vailo vail of virginia ginia assistants assis ants 1 inis I his party will rendezvous at independence pen dence on the and start immediately Inedia tely for santa fe to join capt ali ala conia com b who is is now the topographical officer for the department 0 of f N new ew mexico it is antici anticipate patel th expedition will complete its labors and return by the of D next the te operations of the second party vill be more extensive a survey and exploration of the ahe yellowstone stone and missouri rivers avers in in continuation of the labors of the late expedition under warren and requiring about e eighteen mondis to complete the contemplated work this party vi NJ ill consist of capt IV F reynolds Il enolds T topographical opo euphi engineers cluel 1 lieu t 11 1 E maynier May nidier infantry fa niri assistant topographical engineer A V hayden late of warrens f re ns expedition natu naturalist alist J H snoden jasd jast D hulton halton to raphers 1 henry C Fillebrown iAntone antone these I 1 g gentlemen end eni e it ilabe accompanied by a military escort of bf hirty men and they are now under orders and will soon 1 1 be 10 in IE the firm field fir M at u |