Coun. of the said committee said he was not with the committee at their meeting last evening, having been notified to attend another meeting elsewhere, but since his appointment he has perused several documents written by travellers on the subject. The descriptions of the country as given in those documents are probably as correct as can be obtained. In regard to there is one very great disadvantage to be encountered in regard to its commercial prospects. It has been ascertained that about seven hundred miles of the Coast of is destitute of Harbors. The Columbia River does not afford a good harbor. The only good harbor is far to the North part of the Territory somewhere about the 48th. degree of North [p. [136]]