EXPEDITION WEST OF THE

 ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
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We have been informed that during the Session of Congres for 1920 '21 all act was past authorizing the raising oi company or II men to explore the Rocky Mountains, and North from the Mexican line, tue Bearing Straits, and 93 degrees North Latitude. We have endeayored to lay our hand upon the act, but haze not succeeded in so doing; although assured by many of our citi- zens that if is within their reeollec- tions. From the long time the compa- ny have been absent, (nearl5 I years,) all hopes of their return was abandon ed, as 1t was supposed they had fallen victims to the sayages, or the severity of the climate. On "Wednesday even ing the 18th, ono of the party Mr. WILLIAM CLAwsoN, stopped at the house of gentleman in Fearing town ship, In thls county, on his way home wards, (Northumberland county Pa.) who has politely furnished us with the following particulars, obtained from MT. Clawson.-.Morieta Rep.

 The company consisting of Colonel He,ay Lcavenmorth, commandant, from near Albany, N. Y. slpco Halser, . na- tive of France, Typographical Engi- neer; Jaoaes Watson, from Baltimore, and John Gettis, from near pMladel- phia, physicians-undcr pay of 30 dollars per month ;-and 37 privates, under pay Of % % dollars rs;-was organ lzed in Washington City, and left there in July 1921; from thence they pro- ceeded to Erie, where they went on boad the Top sail Schooner. Captain Birdsel landed at Green Bay-winter- ed there-went by Prairie da Chien to St. Anthony's Falls, Mississippi--went up St. Peters's liver 300 miles in search of lead mines, where they discovered several very valuable wintered thcre-went down same river, and down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Mis- souri, thence up the Missouri to the foot of the Rocky Mountains-winter- ed there, and continued there 10 the middle of August-then crossed the Mountains, aid were there eight years. While travelling by the Frozen Ocean, and having been over to Asia, south to- wards the head of Columbia river, they were overtaken by snow storm, and compelled 10 build houses and stay there for nine montlis, six of which the sun never rose, and the darkness was as great as that during our nights. The snow part of the time was II feet deep. and the company were compelled to eat fl of their pack horses, horses to pre- vent starving; whilst the only food the horses had was birch bark, which the company cut and carried to them by walking on the snow with snow shoes. After passing the Mountains, they pass ed 3S6 different tribes of Indians, some perfectly white, some rcd, some entire ly covered with hair, (denominated the Esau Indians,) who were among the most singular, and so wild that the com pany were compelled to run them down with horses to take their dimensions, which was a part of their duty; whilst