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COL. FREMONT
AND HIS EXPEDITION.
The National Intt'lligcnct r publishes tlie
Rulijoiiicd IftUT Jroin Colonel Fremont to
his wif'r, giving im account ol his horrible
surt'rings. It w ill bo sern that thfy vx
cvd the accounts previously given in their
terrible details. The Intelligencer adds
that bad as it is, what is to follow in the
next letter, is worse. These letters were
turnished by Colonel Benton, to whom
they were directed in case of -the absence
of Mrs. Fremont. This first letter is dated
Taos, New Mexieo, January 27th. The
letters were brought by Cap!. St. Vrain.
"Former letters will have made you ac
quainted with our progress as far as uont s
rort, and, trom report, you will have heard
the circumstances of our departure from
the Upper Pueblo, near the head of the Ar
kansas. We left that place on. the 25th of
November with upwards of one hundred
p;ood mules and one hundred and thirty
bushels of shelled corn, intended to support
our animals in. the deep snows of the high
mountains and down to the lower parts ot
the Grand river tributaries, where usually
the snow forms no obstacle to winter tra
velling. At Pueblo I had engaged as a
guide an old trapper, well known, as "Bill
Williams," and who had spent some twenty-five
years of his life in trapping in vari
ous parts of the Rocky Mountains.
"The error of our expedition was com
mitted in engaging this man. He proved
never to have known, or entirely to have
forgotten, the whole country through
which we were to pass. We occupied
after passing th mountain) more than half
a month in making the progress of a few
days, blundering along a tortuous course,
through deep snow, winch already began
to choke tip the passes, and wasting our
time in searching the way. The 11th of
December we found ourselves al the mouth
of the Rio d:l Norte ennon, where that
river issues Irom mo surra nan juan
one of the highest, most rugged, and im
practicable ot all the Rocky Mountain ran
ges, inaccessible to trappers and hunters,
even m summer. Across the point ol mis
elevated range our guide conducted us, and,
having still great confidence in this man's
knowledge, we pressed onwards with fatal
resolution. Lven along the river bottoms
the snow was already breast deep for the
mules, and fulling frequently in the vallev
and almost constantly on the mountains.
The cold wasextraordinary. At the warm
est hours of the day (between one and two)
the thermometer (Fahrenheit) stood, in the
shade of a tree trunk, at zero; and that was
a favorable day, the sun shining and a mod
erate breeze, judge of the nights and the
storms!
"We pressed up towards the summit, the
snow deepening as we rose, and in lour or
five days of this struggling and climbing,
all on toot, we reached the naked ridges
which lie above the line of the timbered
region, and which form the.dividing heights
between the waters of the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans. Alone; these naked heishts it
storms all winter, and the raging winds
sweep across them with remorseless fury.
On our first at tempt to cross we encoun
tered a poiderit (dry (mow driven thick
through the air bv violent wind, and in
which objects are visible only at a short dis
tance) and were driven back, having some
ten or twelve men vanous'y Irozen lace,
bands or feet. The guide came near being
frozen to death here, and dead mules were
already lying about the camp fire. Mean
time 'it snowed steadily. The next day
(December ) we renewed the attempt to
ecale the summit, and were more fortunate,
as it then seemed. Making mauls, and
beating down a road, or trench through
the deep snow, we forced the ascent in de
fiance of the driving pouderic, crossed the
crest, descended a nine, ami encampeu im
mediately below ii) the edge of the timber
ed region. The trail showed as if a defeat
ed party had passed by packs, pack sad
dles, scattered articles of clothing, and dead
mules strewed along. We were encamped
about twelve thousand leet above the level
of the sea. Westward the country was
buried in snow. The storm continued.
All movement was paralyzed. To advance
with the expedition was impossible: to get
back, impossible. Our fate stood revealed.
We were overtaken by sudden and inevita
ble ruin. The poor animals were to go
first. The only places where grass could
! had were the extreme summits of the
Sierra, where the sweepins winds kept the
rockv ground bare, and where the men
could not live. Below, in the timbered re
gion.the poor animals could not get about,
the snow beinz deep rnoucn 10 oury inem
alive. It was instantly apparent that we
lihotilil lose everv one
I took mv resolution immediately, anu
... .
determined to recrossthe mountain back to
the valley ot' ui? Rio del Xorte, dragsing
or packing the baggage by men. vvnn
e-real labor the baaaase was transported
arriva thi crest to the head aprings of a
little stream leading to the main river. A
few davs were sufficient to destroy that fine
band of mulei which you saw me purchase
last fait on the frontier of Missouri. 1 ney
generally kept huddled together; and, a
thev froze, one would be seen to tumble
down, and disappear unuer uie urmng
anow. Sometime, they would break off,
and rush down toward, the timber till stop
ped by the deep snow, where they were
soon hidden by the pouaerie. i
of some of the men began to fail
iTii ihia situation I determined to send
in party to the Spanish settlementsof New
Mexico for provisions, and for mules to
iransDort our ba.2zae. , Witn economy
.nri Bttr we should leave the mules, w
k.j nnt two weeks provisions iuthe camp;
and these consisted of a reserve of macca-
roni, bacon, sugary., intent. ,w
i... Tt uu indiaoensable to send
service. From the many that offered ' 1
chose King, Brackenridge, Creutzfeldt, and
the guide, Williams; and placed the party
under the command of King, with direc
tions to send me on express in case ol the
bast delay at the settlements. It was the
day after Christmas that this little party set
out for relief. ' That day, like many Christ
mas days for j'ears past, was spent by me
on the side of the wintry mountain, my
heart filled v.-ith anxious thoughts and
gloomy foreboding. You may be sure we
contrasted it with the Christmas of home,
and made warm wishes for your happiness.
Could you have looked into Agrippa'aglass
for a few moments only ! . You remember
the volumes of Blackstone's Commentaries
which I took from your father's library
when we were overlooking it at our friend
Urate's? They made my Christinas "amusc-
ments." I tod them to pass the time, and
to kill the consciousness of my situation.
Certainly you may suppoj'.' that my first
law lessons will be well remember?d.
?The party for relief being gone, we of
the camp occupied ourselves in removing
the baggage and equipage down the side of
the mountain to the river in the valley,
which we accomplished in a few days.
Now came on the tedium of waiting for
the return of the relief party. Day after
day passed, and no news from them. Snow
fell almost incessantly in the mountains.
The spirits of the camp grew lower. Life
was losing its charm to those who had not
reasons beyond themselves to live. Prone
laid down in the trail anl froze to death.
In a sunshine day, and having with him
the means to make a fire, he threw his
blanket down on the trail, laid down upon
it, and laid there till he froze to death! We
were not then with him.
"Sixteen days passed away, and no ti
dings from the party sent for relief. I be
came oppressed with anxiety, weary of de
lay, and determined to go myself, both in
search of the absent party, and in search of
relief in the Mexican settlements. I was
aware that our troops in New Mexico had
been engaged in hostilities with the Spanish
Utahs, and with lhe Apaches, who range
in the valley of the Rio del Norte and the
mountains where we were, and became
fearful that they (King and his party) bad
been cut oft by these Indians. I could im
agine no other accident lo them. Leaving
the camp employed with the baggage, mi.
der the command of Vincenthaler, with in
junclions to follow tne in three ilayF, I set
off down the river with a small party, con
sistinc: of Godey, his young nephew, Pretiss,
and Saunders (colored servant). We car
ried our arms and provisions for two or
three days. In the camp (left under the
command of Vincenthaler) the messes only
had provisions for a f-w meals, and a sup
ply of five pounds of sugar to each man. If
I failed to meet King, my intention was to
make the Mexican settlement on the Co
lorado, a little aflliient of the Rio del Norte,
about half a degree above Taos (you will
see it on my map), and thence send back
(tie speediest relief possible to the party
under Vincenthaler.
"On the second day alter leaving the
camp we came upon a Iresh trail ot Indi
ans two lodges with a considerable num-
r of animals. This did not lessen our
ncasiness for our long absent people.
The Indian trail, where we fell upon it,
timed and went down the river, and we
followed it. On the fifth day (after leaving
the camp) we surprised an Indian on the
ice of the river. lie proved to be a Utah,
son of a Grand River chief who"m we had
formerly known, and he behaved towards
us in a tnendly manner, we encampett
near them at night. Jiy a present ot a
fit, mv two blankets and other promised
reward whn we should get in, I prevail-
d on this Indian to ro wilh us as a guide
to the Little Rio Colorado settlement, and
to take with him four of his horses to carry
our liltle baggage. The horses were mis
erably poor, and could only get along at a
low walK. un tne next nav line sixin oi
our progress) we left the Indian lodges late
nd travelled some six or seven miles.
About sunset we discovered a little smoke,
n a srrove of timber, off from the river, and,
thinkitiT perhaps it might be our express
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party living anu ni mem uti meir return,
we went to see. This was the twenty-
second day since that parly had left us, and
the sixth since we had left the camp under
incenthaler. We found them three of
them ; Creutzfeldt, isiackenbridge, and
Williams the most miserable objects I had
ever beheld. I did not recognize Creutz-
feldt's features, when Brackenridge brought
him and told me his name. They had been
starving'. King had starved to death a few
days before. Hi remains were some six
or eight miles above, near the river. By
aid of the Indian horses we carried these
three with us, down to the valley, to the
Puehlo on the Little Colorado, which we
reached the fourth day afterwards, (the
tenth alter leaving the camp on the moun
tains,) having travelled through snow, and
on foot, one hundred and sixty miles.
"I look upon tneieeung wnicn inniiceu
me to sef out from the camp as an inspira
tion. Had I remained there, waiting the
return of poor King's party ; every man of
us must have perished.
"The morninz after reaching the Little
Colorado Pueblo, (horses and supplies not
beinz there.) Godey and I rode on to the
Rio Hondo, anu inenr.e to ,
i,vBniv.five miles, where we found what
. .... . r?j...
needed -. and tne nexi morum? v.vr.irj ,
u,Uh fm.e Mexicans, thirt V horses or mules,
and provisions, sat out on bis return to tw
ei;ur f Vinrnth.iler's party. I heard
from htm at tha Little Colorado Pueblo,
the same day he left me,
.nrl nee.orl n the next morninz. On the
n h rprVived an accession of eight or
ten horses turned over to him by the orders
of Major Beall, of the army, commanding
ffi.u. f ,M. northern district of New
Mexico. From him I received the ofler of
sistance as he was able to render. Some
horses, which he had just recovered from
the Utahs, were loaned to me, and he sup
plied me i com the commissary's department
with provisions, which I could have had
nowhere else. I find myself in the midst
of friends. I remain here with these old
comrades, while Godey goes back ; because
it was not necessary for me to go with him,
and it was necessary for me lo remain, and
prepare the means of resuming the expedi
tion to California as soon as he returns with
the men left behind. I expect him on
Wednesday evening, the 31st instant, this
being 17th.
"At the beginning of February (Godey
having got back at that time) I shall set out
for Calilornia, taking the southern route
Ihe old route by the Rio Abajo, the Paso
del Norte, the south side of the Gila, enter
ing California by the AguaCaliente, thence
to Los Angclos, and immediately to San
Francisco, expecting to eret there in March,
and hoping for your arrival in April. It
is the first time I have explored an old road,
but cannot help it now. I shall move ra-
pidi' taking with me but a part ol my
party. TiC svrvey has been, uninterrupted
tip to this point, nnJ I xhall carry it on con
ntcutivtly. As fooii as possible after reach
ing California, I shall go on with it. I
shall then he able to draw up a map and
report of the whole country, agreeably to
our original plan. Your father knows that
this is an object cf great desire with me.
.111 my other plans rtimdn entirely unal'er
cd. A home in California is the first point,
and that will be ready for you in April.
"Evening Mr. St. Vrain and Aubrey,
who have just arrived from Santa Fe, called
to see me. I had the gratification to learn
that St. Vrain sets out from Santa Fe on
the 1 5th of February for St. Louis; so that
by him I shall have an early and sure op
portunity of sending you my letters the
one I now write, and others after the re
turn of Godey, and up to our departure for
California. Lieut Beale left Santa Fe on
his way to California on the f)th of this
month. He probably carried on with him
any letters that might have been in his
care, or at Siinta Fe, for me.
".Monday January 2!). My letter as
sumes a journal form. No news from Go
dey. A great deal of falling weather i
rain and sleet here -snow in the moun
tains. This ii to be considered a poor
country, mountainous, wilh but little arable
land, and infested with hostile Indians.
"I am .anxiously wailing to hear from
my parly, and in much uneasiness as to
their fate. My presence kept them to
gether and quiet : my absence may have
bad a bad effect. When we overtook
King's famishing party, Brackenbridge said
to ine lteftlt himself safe.'"
A f rk of the Col -rado of the ftu'f cf Cnlif irnia.
tveitb n view, nminff other great ojects, la the .Minsis
gtppi and I'ucilic lopuway.
From the Nntiannl Intelligencer.
COL. FREMOXT AND HIS PARTY.
Further and Final AecuuU.
We resume the extracts from Col. Fbe
most's Letters, prefucing them wilh some
brief ilesen'pl ion of the localities made memo
rable by disaster, for tha information of ihose
who have not recent maps at band.
It is known lliat the great Rocky Moun
tain chain a petiernl direction north and south
sends out a branch toward the southeast
from between the heads of the Arkansas and
the Rio del Norte; and this branch forms the
lividino; ridjje between the upper valleys of
these two rivers, n tul between the head-waters
f the JJeo! Jiit-rrand Del Norte ; and having
accomplished these purposes it subsides and
isappears in tbo plains of Te.xns. The highest
part of this branch chain, and tho governing
object in it to travellers, are the Spanish
Peaks, first made known lo American ceo-
rnphy by the then young Lieutenant Pike.
hese Peaks are about in norlh latitude 37
lejrreei", and west longitude from London 105
legrees, and ubout on a line longitudinally
wilh the Pueblos of the Upper Arkansas, dis-
tut from them half a dejree, and in siyht.
They are seen at a great distance, and are
uidiii; objects to travellers. The road to
iuuta Fa pi:Kses below these Peaks, and cros
ses the chain about two degrees South. Colo
nel Fremont passed above them, and entered
lhe valley pf the Del Norte high up above
he Mexieau settlements, and ubuve Pile's
stockade, nnd intended to follow the Del Norte
o its head, and cross lhe great Rockey Moun
tain chain through some pass there to be
found. He was therefore, so to speak, going
nto the forks of the mountain into the
uiorge of two maiintsius and at a great eta
vutiou, rhuwn by the opposite sides of the
Rocky Mountains at that part the Arkansas
id OjI Norle on Ihe east, lhe Grand Kiver
fork of the Colorado of the gulf of California
on lhe west. It was at this point tha head
of Ihe D-l Norle where no traveller had
ever gone before, that Col. Fremont intended
o pass to survey his last line across the con-
titiLMit, complete lust knowieuge oi ine coun
.... i p
trv between the Mississippi ami the FhciIic,
and crown the labors uflong explorations by
.how ing the country between the great river
mil tha great sea to be inhabitable by a
civilised people, and practicable for a great
oad, and thai on several lines, ana wntcD
ha best. Ho had been seveni years engaged
inihis gieat labor, and wished to complete
it. It wa the b 'ginning of December that
hi crossed the chain from the Arkausas valley
inio the valley of the Del Nortt and al
though late, with the full belief of lha old
hunters and traders at the rucoios, tne gum
inclusive whom he br engaged, that he
would au through He provided i'
avsrr thine to carry tliermen lo California, an
with grain lo carry all the animals across all
the mountains into Ihe alleys of the tnbo
lariea of the Great Colorado of Ihe West,
where the snows would be light, wood and
grass sufficient, game abundant, and the
hardships of the expedition all surmounted
and left behind. In two weeks he expected
lo be in these mild valleys. Unhappily, lhe
guide consumed these two weeks in getting
the head of the Del Norte a distance w hich
only required four or five days of travel, as
Col. Frement showed in coming back. This
was the cause of the first calamity fto loss
of the horses and mules t The same guide
consumed twenty-two days, when sent with
the party for relief, in making the distance
which Col. Fremont, (with Godey, Preuss,
and a servant,) without a guide, on foot, in
colder weather, deeper snows, and half fa.
mished, made in six. That was the cause
of the second and irreparable calamity At
death of the men.
Tha immediate scene of suffering in this
great disaster, where the ascent of Ihe great
mountain was forced and its summit scaled,
must have been about north latitude 38 J, and
west longitude from London 107, the eleva
tion above twelve thousand feet, and tho
time that of dead winter Christmas! From
this point the noted objects, Pike's Peak and
Ihe Three Parks, would bear about E. N. E.,
and the Spanish Peaks about E. S. E.
With this notice of localities, to which a
mournful interest must long attach, we pro
ceed to give extract from the remaining and
final letters from Col. Fremont. Tha first of
these ia dated
"Taos, New Mexico, Feb. 6, 1849.
"After a long delay, which had wearied
me lo the point of resolving lo set ont again
myself, tidings have at last reached me from
my iil-fUteJ party.
"Mr. Vincent Ilaler camo in la. night,
having the night before reached the Little
Colorado settlement, w ith three or four others
Including Mr. Kia and Mr. Proi.li. we
have lost eleven of our party.
"Occurences, since I left them, are briefly
these, so far as they came wiilitn the know
ledge of Mr. Ilaler : 1 say briefly, because I
am now unwilling to force my mine" to dwell
pan the details of what has beer suffered.
need reprieve from terrible contemplations,
am absolutely astonished at this persistance
f misfortune this succession of calamities
hich no care vigilance of mine could fore
see or prevent.
"You will remember that I bad left the
amp (twenty-three men) when I set off with
Godey, Preuss, and my servant in search of
iug aud succor, with directions about the
baggage, and with occupatiou sufficient about
to employ tbem for three or four days; af-
er which they were to follow me down Ihe
ver. Within that time I expected relief
from King's party, if it came at all. They
remained seven days, and then started, their
scant provisions about exhausted, and the
lead mules on the western side of the great
Sierra buried under snow.
"Manuel (you will remember Manuel a
Christian Indian of the Consume tribe, in the
alley of tho San Joaquin) gave way to a
feeling of despair after they had moved about
wo miles, and begged Vincent Halcr whom
I bad left in command, to shoot him. Fail-
ng to find death in that form he turned and
made his way back to the camp, intending
to die there; which he doubtless soou did
"The party moved on, and at ten miles
Wise gavo out threw away his gun and
blanket and, a few hundred yards further,
fell over into tha snow, and died. Two In
ian boys countrymen of Manuel were
behind. They came upon him in the snow
on ihe bank of the river.
"No other died that day. None the next-
"Carver raved during the night bis itna-
emation wholly occupied with lmaces ol
many things which ha fancied himself to be
eating. In the morning he wandered off. and
probably soou died. He was not seen again.
'Sore! on this day (the fourth from the
camp) laid down to die. They built him a
fire, and Morin, who was in a dying condition
and snow-blind, remained with bim. These
Iwo did not probably last till lhe next morn
ing. 1 hat evening (l inuilt ii was) HuoDaru
killed a deer.
"They travelled on, getting here and there
a grouse, but nothing else, the deep snow in
the valley having driven on the game.
"This slate of the party became desperate
and brousht Haler lo Ihe determination of
breaking it up, in order to prevent them from
living upon each other. He told Ihem them
that ha had done all he could for tbem that
they had no other hope remaining than the
expected relief and thai the best plan was
to scatter, and make Ihe best of their way-
each as he could, down tho river, that, for
himself, if ho was to ba eaten, be would, at
all events, be found travelling when he did
die. This address bad lis etfet-t. They ac
cordingly separated.
"Wilh Ilaler continued five others Scott,
Hubbard, Martin, Bacon, one other, and lhe
(woCosumne Indian boys.
"Rohrernow became despondent, and stop
ped Haler reminded him of his family, and
urged him to Iry aud bold out for their sake
Roused by this appeal to his tendered atten
tions, tha unfortunate man moved forward
but feebly, and soon began to fall be
hind. On a farther appeal he promised to
follow, and to overtake ihera at evening
"Haler, Scott, Hubbard, and Martin now
agread that if any eaer of them should giva
out the othera were not to waji for him to
die, but to posh on, and try save themselves.
Soon ihisrooutnlul covenant had lo do aepi
Bat let me not anticipate event. Pumcienl
for each day lathe Mi row thereof.
"Al night KerM'a farty crrasnp! a few
few hundred yards from Huler's, with tho
intention, according to Taplin, to remain
where they were until the relief shoucome
and in lhe mean time to live opon those who
had died, and opon the weaker ones as ihey
should die. Wilh this party were the Ihree
brolhers Kerne, Captain Cathcart, McKie,
Andrews, Stepperfeldt, and Taplin. I do not
know that t have got all the names of this
party.
"Ferguson and Beadle had remained to
gether behind. In the evening Rohrer came
op and remained in Kerne's party. Haler
learnt afterwards from some of the party that
Rohrer and Andrews wandered off the next
morning and died. They say jhey saw their
bodies.
"Holer's party continued on After a few
hours Hubbard gave out. According to the
agreement he was left to die, but with such
comfort as could be given him. They built
him a fire and gathered him some wood, and
then left hira without turning their heads,
as Haler says, to look at him as they went
off.
''About two miles further, Scott you re
member him ; he used to shoot birds for you
on the frontier hegave ont. He was another
of the four who had covenanted against wait
ing for eich other. The survivors did for him
as they had done for Hubbard, and passed
on.
"In the afternoon the two Indian boys went
ahead blessed be tbee boys! and before
niuht-fall met Godey with the relief. Ho
had gone on with ail speed. The boys gave
him the news. lie fired signal nuns to no:i-
ty his approach. Halcr heard tho gnn?, aud '
knew the crack of our rifles, and ft It that re- j
lief had corr.e. This night w as the first hops j
oiiujj. iu uie wur;:i..p', wiia ine ursi
gray light, Godey was in the trial, and soon
met Haler and the wreck of his party slowly
advancing. hear that they all cried to
other like children these men of iron nerves
nd lion hearts, when dangers were to be
faced or worships to be conquered. They
ere all childien in this moment of melted
hearts. Succor w as soon dealt out to these !
few first met ; and Godey wilh his relief.'
:d accompanied by Halcr, who turned back
urrieJIy followed the back trail in search j
f the living and the dead, scattered in the
tear. 1 hey came to Scott Crst. He was yet
alive, and is saved ! They came to Hubbard
next ; he was deaJ, but a: ill v-srtn. These
were ihe only aues oClla'.e.-'s party that hod
been left.
' From Kerne's party, next mot, they learnt
the deaths of Andrews and Rohrer; and, a
litt'e fur.her on met Ferguson, who told ihem
that Beadle had died tha night before. All;
the living were found ami savod Manuel
among them which looked like resurrec:ion
a::d reduces tho number cf the dead to j
ten oi.e-ll.ird of tha whole party which a
few davs before were scaling the mountain
wilh me and battling wilh the elements .
twelve thousand feet in the air.
"Godey had accomplished his mission for j
the people : a further service had bcea pre- j
scribed him, that of going to the camp on j
the river, at the base of the great mountain j
to recover tho most valuable of the baggage '
secreted there. Wi:h some Mexicans and J
pack mules he went on; and ibis is the last .
we heard of him. I
"Vinceut Haler, wish Maria and Bacon,
all on foot, and bringing Scoit on horseback, I
have just arrived at the outside rucblo on
the Little Colorado. Provisions for their mp-
port, and horses for their transport, were left
tor the others, who preterred to remain wnere
they were, regaining some strength, till Go-
dey should get back. At the latest, they
would have reached the little Pveblo l?st
night Haler came on lo relieve my anxie-
ties, and did well in so doing; for I was
wouni up to lhe point of setting out again,
When Godey returns I shall know from him
all the circumstances sufficiently ia detail to
understand clearly every thing. But it will
not be necessary to tell you any thing further
You have the results, and sorrow enough in
rcadiiig them.
Ccening How rapid are Ihe changes cf
life ! A few days ago, and I was struggling
through snow in the savage wilds of the up-
per Del Norte following the course of the
frozen river in more than Russian cold no
food no blanket to cover me in tha U g
freezing nights 1 had sold my iwo to the
VtcJi for help to mv mon)-uncertain at what
moment of lhe nig'hl we might be roused bv
Ihe Indian ride doubtful, whetiiei I should
.... M rn ar friends arrain. Now I am
seated 1
landing of Cohtmbu. before me-lieiung in
safety to the racing storm without !
"Yon will wiHh to know what e.Tect the
scene. I have paed through have had upon
" .v.,. i r
mm in Mtun. none, luo ucai.w ..:
my parly, and iho loss of friends are causes
of ?rief: but I have not been injured iu tdy
or mind. Bolh have been strained .and se
verelyfiaxed, but neither hurt. I hava seen
one ot ihe oiher, and sometimes both, give way
in strong mint!, and stout hearts; but, a
heretofore, I havn come out unhurt. I be
lieva that the remembrance of friends some,
times gives as Ihe power of resistaoca which
the desire lo save our own Uvea could never
call up
"I have made my preparations to proceed.
I shall have to follow Ihe old Gila road, and
shall move rapidly, and expect lo be in Cali
fornia in March, and to find letters from
home, and a snpply of newspapers and docu
ments, more welcome perhaps, because these
thing bar a heme look a boot them- The
br a comfortable fire, alone-pursuing j dropped a pea every now .a torn, w n.cn
mv own tnoufihis writing io vou in ine cer-j -
,7- . r- u fjoi, and n they managed the work of one
la ntv of reaching you A French voiume of i ""' " - ... ... ,
' . TV .... . i man htween thetwo. Ah! how little we
. . . .t . ,h ntner nressea into uin etouiiu wuu ni.
n 1 Ukla AnAA.I mini At 1 PIM t
PalZaC VII l ho mui1 a. uiim i vi I'sifi m
future occupies me. Our homo in California
jour arrival in April your good health ia
that delight climate the finishing up rr.v
geographical and astronomical labors my
larraiug lawns and enjoyments, r have writ
ten to Msssrs. Mayhew & Co., agricultural
warehouse, New York, requesting them to
ship me immediately a threshing machine ;
and In Messrs. Hoe L Co., same city, reques
ting them to forward me at San Francisco
two runs or setts of mill atones. The mill
irons and the agricultural instruments ship
pod for me last autumn from New York, will
be at San Francisco by the tirhe I arrive
there. Your arrival iu April will complete
a!l tho plans."
These extracts in relation to Colonel Fre
mont's intended pursuits are given to contra
dict the unfounded supposition of gold pro
jects attributed to him by some newspapers.
SELECT POETRY.
OIVE PLACE, YE LADIES.
A ballad, copied in Collier's Extracts, from the
Registers of thi Stationer's Companydated
15667.
Give place, you ladyes all, -
Unto my mistress faire,
For none of you, or great or small.
Can with my lore compare.
If you would knowe her well,
You thill her uowe beholde,
If any tongue at all may tell
Her beautie'e many folde.
She u not high, nc lowe,
But just the perfect height.
Below rev head, above my hart,
AnJ than a wauj more straight.
She is not full, nc spare,
But just as she should, bee.
An armful for a goJ. I tweare ;
And more she loveth mee.
Her shape hath noe defect,
Or none that I can finde,
Such as in deede yorT milit expect,
From so well for jaede a minde.
Her skin not Llackc, ne white.
Cut of a lorolic hew,
As if created for delight;
Y.t sl.e is mortall too.
Her liaire is not too darke,
No, nor I wecne too light ;
It U what it sWJe be ; and marke-
Ii pleasclh me outright.
Her eie nor green, nor gray.
Nor like the heaven, above;
And more of them what ncodes I say,
But that they look and lovel
Uer foote not short, nc Ion;e,
And what may more surprise,
Though tome, pcrcVancc, may think me wrong
Tis just the Cuing size.
Her haiide, yea, then, her hands.
With finger Urge or fine.
It U cnoui;'a. you understand,
I like it and 'tis mine.
In briefe, I am content
To Ui.e her as she is,
And hoi je that .he by Heaven wa sent
To make coinplcatc my blk.
Then ladyei, all give place
Unto my mistress faire.
For nowa you knowe !0 well her grace,
You ncedes must all desp.ire.
, , . .j . sj
i LEPROSY.
The awful disease of leprosy still exists in
: Ainca. neuier u oe iub buiuo n-yivmy
thit mentioned iu the Bible, 1 do not know ;
. but it is regarded as perfectly incurable, and
so mfect.eus ta.it no one dares to come near
the leper. Ia tho south of Africa there is a
large lazar-houso for lepers. It is an im-
mease space, encieseu oy a very hign wan,
and contains fields which are stnetly guarded,
WheuUny one is foun 1 with the marks of
leprosy t.poa turn, ho is brought to mis gaie
and obliged to enter in never to return. No
one who enters in by that awful gate is al-
j 'owtfd ,0 come out again, vtiiinin luisaooue
. of misery there are multitudes ot lepers in
II the sta'-es of tie disease. Dr. Helbeck.
a missionary of the church of tuglano, irom
the top of a neighboring hill, saw tnem at
work. Ib noticed two particularly, sowing
peas in the field. Tho one had no aatuts,
. the other bad no feet-theso members being
wasted away by the disease. The one who
wanted bands was carrying the other who
'. wanted the feet upon his back, and he, a-
: cam carne.l in his twins me oagoi seea, ana
"- " -
i h- P" Bt
oo will ask who cares for lhe sou 1. of In.
j ha pies. ...mate.! W ho will Wke father
and mother, housea and land, to carry tho
; I -.T .M.d.As thfit lm an 'tm treirU
' r c : . - . L . , t
- - . . -
niemge ui a reviuur iu mew jxiur icivr. r
Two Moravian missionaries, implied by a
divine love for souls, have chosen this lazar-
houso as their field of labor. They entered
il never lo come out again. And I am told,
that as soon as ihey die, other Moravians ais
quite ready la fill their plaoe. Ah ! my dear
friends, may we not blush and be ashamed
before God, that we, redeemed with the
sama blood, and taught by ths same spirit,
should yet be eo nnlike these men in vehe
ment, heart consuming love of Jesus and the
souls of men JfCseya.
A Ltrrts. from Havana say, that a slaved
from the cl of Africa recently srrived at
Marie!, a neighboring port, with 400 to WO '
lavwe e hoard.
ad pnew win ww
for relief, ' I ed for tolunteere for thej
rt aid in his power, nd sue ti mwi as