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S 03 JG OF THE SPEAKER . [ From tho Examiner . ' } Wxth patience weary and wonij With eyelids heavy as lead , The Speaker sat in his chair of state , Nodding his drowsy head ; And whilst the dull Debate Maintain'd its sluggish reign , The dubious , doze , which refuses repose , Suggested these thoughts to his brain "Talk—talk—talk ! Whilst the cock is crowing aloof , And talk—talk—talk ! Till the stars shine on the roof ; It's 0 to be the slave , Tho ' Infidel dog * of the Turk , Bather than sit to superintend Thia sham senatorial work .
" Talk—talk—talk ] Whilst the nation is crying 'Beform ;' And talk—talk—talk I Though dynasties yield to the storm' Hear , ' and « Order , ' and' Oh , ' « Oh / and' Order , ' and' Hear 'All ye shun is the sound of the one , And all ye cherish—the cheer ! " Oh , Members of Boroughs so dear , Where purity still survives , It is not time your talking away But your political lives—Disraeli , with weapon so keen , £ i his shame and his glory alone , Cutting at once , with a double stroke , Protection ' s throat and his own .
" But why do I speak of one , When into the wordy fray , A hundre d tongues are ready to rush , And wear my brain away—And wear my brain away , "With the meaningless din . they keep-Ob God ! that sense should be so dear , And noise and words so cheap ! " Talk—talk—talk ! The rattle never flags ; And what are its products ? Little , alas . But rhetoric ' s wretched rags ' . A scattered joke , or a naked lie , Of candour ' s cant a store , And a whole so blank , that sleep I thank , Kit cast its shadow o ' er .
« Talk—talk—talk ! Irom weary chime to chime ; And talk—talk—talk ; As if silence were a crime—* Ob , ' and ' Order , " and ' Hear / « Hear / and' Order / and Oh 'Till every sense is as drowsy and densa As the eye that hath lost its glow . « Talk—talk—talk ! In the dull and heavy mght , And talk-talk—talk ! When the sun ia warm and bright ; 'Tis ever a winter to me , Bo change the seasons bring , . And Sature gay , in her bridal array , But twits me with the spring .
" Oh , could ye think the thoughts In the . patnot ' s bosom found , "When he raises his heart above And casts his cyo around IFor only one short hour To feel as ye ought to feel , __ By a nation armed with a nation ' s power , When millions are minus a meal ! " Oh , but for one short hour A respite , however brief , Prom these uttered nothings thai should fill The statesman ' s mind with grief ! A little more work , a little less talk , Mig ht case the common fate ; But the countrv ' s smart never touches the heart Of the Moloch of Debate . "
With patience weary and worn , With eyelids heavy as lead , The Speaker sat in his chair of state , Sodding his drowsy head ; And whilst the dull debate Maintained its sluggish reign , The dubious doze , which refuses repose—Which deadens , oft only to deepen , our woes—Suggested these thoughts to his brain . J . M . L .
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THE ETHNOLOGICAL JOURNAL , Edited by Iajke Btjrke , Esq . London ; 14 , Clements-lane , Strand . 2 * o . XI . of this original and ably-conducted periodical completes the first volume . Henceforth the Ethnological Journal will appear quarterl y . The first quarterly part will be published on the 1 sfc of July next . The number before us contains a-very curious article , on " The supposed effect of Habit and Exercise in Modifying tie Development of Living Orgamans ; " also , articles on "Egypt , " and the " American Races . " We trust that the forthcoming new series of this Taluable publication will meet with Hie success Mr . Btxbke so well deserves .
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The Hand-Book of Registration and Guide to those desirous of becoming Electors , under the provisions of tie Reform and Registration Acts . By the National Election and Reg istration Committee . London : J . Grassby ; and J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-row . Tms smalLbuthig hly-importantwork , reflects great credit on its compilers , and the members of the above-named committee generally . We quote the following address :
10 THE BADICAt REFORMERS , DEMOCRATS , ASD AIL TOE JIES 0 ¥ PROGRESS K THE TJXITED K 1 XGD 0 M . Bhetdhes , —The National Election and Registration Committee have , since they were called into existence in the year 1816 , felt the necessity of having some clear and distinct guide to complete Beg istratlon , -with a -view of placing all who may possess the legal qualification on the Electoral Boll of the nation—believing that a vast accession of strength might thereby be made to the Hadical Electoral Bodv , and that great progress would be made in the march of rohtical and Social Progress , and that Chartism would no longer be a name merely , but rapidly approach realisation ; with this ¦ view the Committee appointed a Sub-Committee ,
who have used their . best endeavours to make such a compilation of the Beform and Registration Acts as to bring the matter of qualification and registration within the capacity of the humblest mindihelr sole aim and object being to embrace as large a number of persons as possible within the pale of the Beform Act , and to have such persons on the Electoral Kollof the nation , asTrill feel it a duty to pledge the elected to support such a measure of Beform as shall embrace every man' of sane mind , not convicted of crime , who shall have been possessed of a fixed residence of six months' duration , and such other necessary concomitants as shall ensure its efficient working for the benefit of the communitv . The committee , therefore , trusts that every
borough , city , and county in the kingdom will appreciate this , their humble effort , and cause it to he cxtensivelv circulated , its price placing it within the reach of all ; and , further , that their brethren in the various boroughs , cities , and counties , will take the subject of Bcgistration up with a zeal , a determination , and perseverance that shall end in the successful result of returning good working and efficient men , as their representatives , whose honesty and patriotism would tend much to the effecting Parliamentary , Financial , and other Social Beforms , so much needed to ensure the wellbeing and happiness of the people . On behalf of the Committee , James Gbassbt , Secretary .
The Chartist local Councils should use their best efforts to promote the " circulation of this admirable Hand-Book , and Guide to Political EafraricMEementt
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Chartist Tracts for the Times . . No . VI . "B y jtheKirkdaleChartist Prisoners . " London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Patemofiter-rw ; and Joseph Barker , WorUey , near Leeds : The subjects treated of in this tract are "Home Colonization , " and "Liberty further defined , " We select the ^ oHowmgparagrapks & r extract : — ~
" *¦ " THE SOCIAL BEMEDT .-- - -----We have previously demonstrated that there are twenty millions of acres of land , which oe long ^ to the people , in the hands of the land robbers . \ Tnis would be sufficient to supply the " surplus population of our towns with sufficient -land- to occupy their time , without resorting to the expedient of emigration . * .- * ::.. : '¦ * - v - V . V The moJe of establishing Home Colonies , which - * e advocate , is , thatlhelweitfy m illions of acresto which we have alluded , should be-appropriated for the sole nse and behoof of . all- operatives and agricultural labourers who cannot nnd" profitable '' employment ,, or any artisan , or labourer \ Vfip ' may de-Mre such . Hjafc .-iho government ¦ ' should- ' make ^ ranggngnts for raising the requisite funds for the " im-pose- and that the land so-allotted should be-
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come the freehold of those who expended their labour in its improvement , subject to the re-payment of the sums advanced , and any future regulations which the necessities of the state might require ; and that no man , or body of men , should be permitted , under any pretence whatever , to make a profit out of the industry of the allottees . If one of your sham charity doings ! No stnall allotment system , to patch up the interest of landholders ; but a bonafide system of independent freeholds , or , in other words , the establishment of the cultivable rights of the possessor or occupant . The friends of Home Colonization would do w e ll to pr o m o te an exten s ive distribution o f this excellent number o f Chartist Tracts for the Times .
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The Trades Advocate , and Mercantile Chronicle . No . I . London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . Tms is a new weekl y periodical , established to promote the employment of the Working Classes , and to defend the interests of British Industry . The articles are ably written , and the number before us contains a considerable amount of information , of interest and importance to the Trades , to whom we recommend this "Advocate" of their ri ghts a nd interests .
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% * Press of matter compels the postponement of several " reviews ; " and also , the continuation of Mr . Wheeler ' s "Sunshine and Shadow , " which will be resumed in our next
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mp TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF COLONEL FREMONT AND HIS PARTY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . ( From the American National Intelligencer , of April 14 th . ) Letters have been received from Col . Fremont covering the two months ( from the last of November to the 2 nd of February ) , that he was not heard of , and giving terrible events of that time . They are written from Taos and Santa Fe , New-Mexico , and addressed to Mrs . Fremont , at "Washington ; and in her absence , ( for it was deemed probable that she might have set off to California by sea before they could arrive , ) to Senator Benton , and in his absence to William Carey Jones , Esq . The letters came from St . Louis last night , having been brought to that place by Mr . St . Vrain . Mis . Fremont , fortunately , was gone . Senator Benton had delayed his departure for Missouri , confident that letters were on the way ; and in his hands we have seen the originals , and we propose to give extracts in the order of their dates . The first is dated Taos . New-Mesico , Jan . 27 , 1819 .
I write to you from the house of . our good friend Carson . This morning a cup of chocolate was brought to me while in bed . To an overworn , overworked , fatigued , and starving traveller , these little luxuries of the world offer an interest which , in your comfortable home , it is not possible for you to conceive . . I have now the unpleasant ta ^ k of telling you how I came here . I had much rather speak of the future , ( with plans for which I am already occupied , ) for the mind turns from the scenes I have witnessed , and the suffering we have endured ; but as clear information is duo to you , and to your father still more , I will give you the story now ^ instead of waiting to tell it to you in California ; but I write in the great hope that you will not receive this letter . When it reaches Washington jou may be on yonr way to California . .. -.-.
Former letters will have made you acquainted with our progress as far as Bent's Fort , and , from report , you will have heard the circumstances of our departure from the Upper Pueblo , near the head of the Arkansas . We left that place on the 25 th of November , with upwards of one hundred good 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 qf the Grand River * tributaries , where usually the snow forms no obstacle to winter travelling . At Pueblo _ I had engaged as a guide an old trapper , named " Bill Williams , " and who had spent some twenty-five years of his life in trapping in various parts of the Rocky Mountains .
The error of our expedition was committed 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 the mountain ) more than half a month in making the progress of a kw days , blundering along a tortuous course through deep snow , which already began to choke up the passes , and wasting our time in searching the way . The 11 th of December we found ourself at the mouth of the Rio del Norte canon , where the river issues from the Sierra' San Juan—one of the highest , most rugged , and
impracticable of the Rocky Mountain ranges , inaccessible to trappers and hunters , even in summer . Across the pant of this elevated range our guide conducted us ; and , having still great confidence in this man ' s knowledge , we pressed onward with fatal resolution . Even along tbe river bottoms the snow was already breast deep tor the mules , and fahiog frequently in the valley and almost constantly on the mountains The cold was extraordinary . At the warmest hours of the day ( between one and two ) the thermometer ( Fahrenheit ) stood , in . the .-. hade of a tree trunk , at zero ; and that was a favourable day , the sun shining and a moderate breeze . Judge of the nights and the
storms ! We pressed up toward the summit , the snow deepening as we rose , and in four or five days of this struggling and climbing , all on foot , 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 Pacific oceans . Along these naked heights it storms all Winter , and the raging winds sweep across them with remorseless fury . On our first attempt to cross we encountered npouderie —( dry snow driven thick through the air by violent wind , and in which objects are visible only at a short distance }—and were drivenbac-k , having ten or twelve mien variously frozen—face , hands , or feet . The guide came near being frozen to death here , and dead mules were already lying about- the camp
fires . Meantime it snowed steadily . The next day ( December —) we renewed the attempt to scale the summit , and were more fortunate , as it then seemed . Making mauls , and beating down a road , or trench , through the Beep snow , we forced the ascent jn spite of the driving jwutfwie , crossed the crest , descended a little , and encamped immediately below in the edge of the timbered region . The trail showed as if a defeated f arty had passed by—packs , saddles , scattered articles of clothing , and dead mules ! strewed along . We were encamped about twelve thousand feet above the level of the sea . Westward the country was buried in snow . The storm continued . " All movement was paralysed . To advance with the expedition was impossible ; to get back , impossible . Our fate stood revealed . We were overtaken by . sudden and inevitable ruin . The poor animals were to go first . The only places whore grass could be had were the extreme summits of the Sierra where the sweeoing
winds kept the rocky ground bare , and where the men could not live . Below , in the timbered region , the poor animals could not get about , the snow being deep enough to bury them alive . It was instantly apparent that we should lose every one . I took my resolntion immediately , and determined to recross the mountain back to the valley of the Rio del Norte , dragging or packing the baggage by men . With great labour the baggage was transported across the crest to the head springs of a little stream leading to the main river . A few days were sufficient to destroy that fine band of mules , which you saw me purchase last fail on the frontier of Missouri . - Tbey generally kept huddled together ; and , as they froze , one would be seen to tumble down , and disappear under- the driving snow . 'Sometimes they would break off , and rush down toward the timber till . "topped by the deep snow , where they were soon hidden by the pouderie : The courage of some of the men began to fail . . " '"¦'" " '" -.,...
In this situation ! determined to send in a party to the Spanish settlements : of New Mexico for provisions , and for mules to transport our baggage . ' With economy , and after we should leave the . mules , ; we had not two ' weeks * provision ' s in . the . camp ; and these consisted of a reserve of maccarohi , bacon , sn ^ ar , Ac ., intended for the last extremity . It was indispensable to send for relief . I asked for volunteers for the service . From the many that offered I chose King , Brabkenridge , Creutzfeldt . and the guide , WiBiams TanS placed the party under . the command of King , with directions to , send me an express in case of the least delay at the settlements . It was the ' davJafter Christmas that this ' little party
set out for relief . . That day , like many Christmas davs for , years past , was spent by me on the side of the . ' wintry mountain , my heart , filled with anxious thoughts and ' gloomy forebodings . . 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's glass for a few moments only ! You" remember-the , volumes of " Blackstone's Commentaries'" " which X took from your father ' s library ; when we were overlooking it at our friend Brant ' s ? - 'They made my Christmas " amiisemnts . " I read them to pass the time , and to kill the consciousness of my situation . Certainly , -you ¦ may suppose that my first law lessons will be sell remembered . - - - ., <; . ,..
The party for relief being gone , we of the camp occupied ourselves in removing the' baggage arid equipage down the side of the mountain to the' river in theyafiey , which " we accomplished in . a few days : Now c ame on the tedium of waiting for the return . of the ' reFef party ? . ; . / . Day after . day passed ; andno-news frorrFtherifc * ' Snow / fell ; almost"incessantly" ih ; ' the mountoinaV' -- The spirits ' of . the ca mp ' grew ' rower .
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Life was losing its charm to those who had no reasons beyond themselves to live . Prous laid down in the trad and froze to death . In a sunshiny 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 hot then with him . " ' Sixteen days passed away , and no tidings from the party , gent for relief . ' I became oppressed with anxiety , weary of delay , 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 the 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 ) had been cut off by these Indians . I could imagine no other accident to them . Leaving the camp employed with the baggage , under the command of Vincent Haler , with injunctions to follow me in three days , I set off down the river with a small party , consisting of Godey , his young nephew , Preuss and Saunders ( coloured servants . ) We carried our arms and provisions for two or three days . In the camp ( left under the command of Vincent Haler ) the messes only had provisions for a few meals , and a supply of five pounds of sugar to each man . If I failed to meet King , my intention was to make the Mexican settlement on the Colorado , a little affluent of the Rio del
None , about half a ' degree above Taos , ( you will sec it on themap ) , and thence send back the sspeediest relief possible to the party . under Vincent Haler . On the second day after leaving the camp , we came upon afresh trail of Indians—two lodges with a considerable number of animals . This did not lessen our uneasiness for . our long-absent people . The Indian trail , where we fell upon it , turned 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 . " -He proved to he a Utah , son of a Grand River chief whom we had formerly known , and he behaved towards us in a friendly manner . We encamped near them at night . By a present of a rifle , my two blankets , and other
promised rewards when ' we should get in , I prevailed on this Indian to go with us as a guide to the Little Rio Colorado settlement , and ; to take with him four of his horses to carry our little baggage . The horses were miserably pooi \ and could only get along at a slow walk . On the next day ( the sixth of our progress ) we left the Indian lodges late and travelled only some six or seven miles . About sunset wo discovered a little smoke , in a grove of timber , off from the river , and , thinkins , perhaps , it might be our express party ( King and his men ) on their return , we went to see . This was the twenty-second day since that party had left us , and the sixth since we had left the camp under Vincent Ha ' er . We found themthree of them : CreutisfeUUBrackenridgeand
Wil-, , liams—the most miserable objects I had ever beheld . I did not recoenise Creutzf ' eldt ' s features , when Brackenridge brought him up and told me his name . They had been starving ! - King had starved to death a few days before . His remains were some six or eight miles above the : river ; By aid of the Indian horses , we carried these three with us , down to the valley , to the Pueblo on the Little Colorado , which we reached the fourth day afterward ( the tenth after leaving the camp on the mountains ) , having travelled through snow , and on foot , 160 miles . I look upon the feeling which induced me to set out from the camp as an inspiration . Had I remained there , waiting the return of poor King ' s party , every man of us must have perished .
The morning after reaching the Little Colorado Pueblo ( horses and supplies not being there ) , Godey and I rode on to the Rio Hondo , and thence to Taos , about twenty-five miles , where we found what we needed ; and the next morning Godey , with four Mexicans , thirty horses or mules , and provisions , set out on his return to the relief of Vincent Haler ' s party . I heard from him at the Little Colorado Pueblo , which he reached the same day he left me , and pressed on the next morning . On the way he received an accession of eight or ten horses , turned over to him by the orders of Major Beall , of the army , commanding officer of this northern district of New Mexico . From him I received the offer of every aid in his power , and such actual assistance as
he was able to render . Some horses , which he had just recovered from Utahs , were loaned to me , and he supplied me from the Commissary's department with provisions , which I could have had nowhere else . I find myself in the midst of friends . With Carson is living Ow . 'ns . Maxwell is at his father-inlaw's , doing a prosperous business as a merchant and contractor for tho troops . I remain here with these old comrades , while Godey goes back ; because it was notnecessary forme to go with him , and it was necessary for me to remain , and prepare the means of resuming the expedition to California as soon as he returns with the men left behind . I ex p ect him on Wednesday evening , the 31 st instant , this beine the 17 th .
Monday , Jan . 29 . —My letter assumes a journal form . No news from Godey . A great deal of falling weather—rain—and sleet here—snow in the mountains . This is to be considered a poor country , mountainous , with but little arable laud , and infested with hostile Indians . ^ ^ I am anxiously , waiting to hear from my party , and in much uneasiness as to their fate . My presence kept them together and quiet : my absence may have had -a bad effect . " When we overtook King ' s famishing party , Brackenridge said to me " lie felt himself safe * , " So far the extracts from the first letter , and they are mournful enough . The next , written after the return of Godey , with the survivors of the party , will be still more so .
FURTHER ACCOUNTS . UNPARALLELED SUFFERINGS—SEPARATION OF THE
PARTY—RESOLUTION TO FfiED OJf THE DEAOCONTINUAL DEATHS—FINAL ARRTVA 1 , OF ASSI 3 TA ! iCE--THE BAGGAGE LOST—THE EOOTB MNAIXY ABANDONED . Taos , New-Mexico , Feb . 6 . 1849 . —After a long delay , which had wearied me to the point of resolving to set out again myself , tidings hare at last reached me from my ill fated party . Mr . Vincent . Haler came in last night , having the night before reached the Little Colorado settlement , with three or four others . Including Mr . King and Mr . Proue , we have lost eleven of our party . Occurrences , since I left , them , are briefly these , so far as they came within the knowledge of Mr . Haler : I say briefly , because 1 am now unwilling to force my mind to dwell upon the details of what has been suffered . I need reprieve from terrible contemplations . I am absolutely astonished at this persistence of misfortune—this succession' of calamities which . no care or vigilance of mind could foresee or prevent .
You will , remember that I had left the camp ( twenty-three men ) when I set off with Godey , Preuss . and my servant in search of King and help , with directions about the baggage , and with occupation sufficient about it to employ them for three or four days ; after which they were to follow me to the river . Within that time I expected relief fr . m King ' s party , if it came at all . They remained seven days and then started , their scant provisions about exhausted , andttie dead mules on the western side of the great Sierra buried under snow . Iwanuel —( you will remember Manuel—a Christian Indian of the CosumnG tribe in the valley of San Joaquin ) hf-gave way to a feeling of despair after they had moved , . about two miles , and begged Vincent Haler , " whomThad left in command , to shoot him . Failing to find death in that form , he turned and made his way'back to the camp , intending to die there : which'lie doubtless soon did . ' ¦
The party moved on , and at ten miles Wise gave out- threw away his gun and blanket—and ,: a few hundred yards farther , fell over into the snow , and died . Twd'lhdian boys—countrymen of Manuelwere behiridr They came upon him- ^ -rolled him up in his blanket , and buried him in the snow ' , on the bank . of the river . " No other died that day . None the next . Carver raved during the night—his imagination wholly occupied with images of many things whb-h he fancied himself to be eating . In the morning ho wandered off , and probably soon died . He was not
geenasauu : - . „ ' .,., Sofel on this day ( the fourth from the camp ) laid down to die . They built , him a fire , and Morin , who was ina'dying condition * and snow-blind , remained with him " . These two did not probably last till the next morning ; That evening ( I think it was ) Hubbard killed a deer . - ' . ;• ¦ , ; ; They travelled on , getting here and there a grouse , butjiotbing ' else , the deep , show in the valley having driven ' off the game . r " The state ' of the party became desperatCi and brought Haler to the ^^ determination of . breaking it up * in order to prevent them from living upon each other . He told them that he had done all he could for them—that theyhad . no ! other" hope remaining than the . expected relief—and that , the best . plan was to scatter , and make the best of their way , each as he could , down the river ; that for' . himself , if he was to be eaten , he would , at all events , te found travelling when he did- 'die . " This address had its ¦ ¦
effect . ? / They a ccordingly separated . . ,- > - * WithHaler continued five others—Scottj Hubbard , Martin , Bauon , one other , and two Cqsumn . Indian MRohfer " now became despondent , and stopped . Haler" reminded him of his family , and urged him to trv andhold outfor their sake . - Roused by this apnea ! tohis tenderest affections , the unfortunate man rdoved forward , but feebly , and : soon began to fall behind . ' On a further appeal he pranused to follow and to overtake them at evening . '; . ' . 'Haler Scott , -Hubbard ; and Martin now agreed that if any one of- them should : give out the others were nbtto waitforbim to . dJef -bufcto push on and try and sive -themselves . Soon . thvsmournfulcovenant . h % d tibe ' tepV ' Butlet me not anticipate events . -Sufc cient ' for -tach day is thei sorrow thereof . " : . -, ' AtiiiEht Kerne ' s party encamped a few hundred yards from Haler ' s , withthe intention ^ wcording to Taplin to remain where they were until the relief
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should come , and in the meantime to live upon those i , T ? . dled ' ? . n . du P ° ^ e weaker ones as they should the . With this party were three brother * ma . ' a m - , P athcart , AlcKie , Andrews , Steppor-S \ iH Phn . Ido not know that I hare got all the names of this party . Ferguson and Beadle had remained together behind , la the evening Kohrer came up and remained inivernes party . Haler learned afterwards from some of the p * rty that Rohrer and Andrews wandered oft the next morning and died .. They saw their bodies . Hair ' 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 him . — without turning their heads , as Haler says , to look at him as thev went off . ¦ '
_ About two miles farther , Scott—you remember him ; he used to shoot birds for you on the frontierhe gave out . He was another of the four who had covenanted against waiting for each 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 these boys . ' -and before nightfall met Godej with the relief . He had gone on with all speed . I he boys gave him the news . He fired signal guns to notify his approach . Haler heard the guns , and knew the crack of our rifles , and felt that relief had come . This night was the first of hope and joy . h-arly m the morning , with the first erav lirht
uoaey was on the trail , and soon met Haler and the wreck of . his party slowly advancing . I hear that they all cried together like children-these men of iron nerves and lion hearts , when dangers were to be faced or hardships tobeconquered . Succour wassoon dealt out to these few first met ; and Godey with his relief , and accompanied by Haler , who turned back , hurriedly followed the back trail ia search of the living and the dead , scattered in the rear . They came to Scott first . He was yet alive , and is saved ! They came to Hubbard next : he was dead but still warm . . These were the only ones of Haler ' s party that had been left .
From Kerne's party , next met , they learned the deaths of Andrews and Rohrer , and ,. a little farther on , met Ferguson , who told them that Beadle had died the night before . All the livins were foundand saved—Manuel among them—which looked like a resurrection—and reduces the number of the dead to ten—one-third of the whole party which a few days before were scaling the mountain with me , and battling with the elements 12 , 000 feet in the air . Godey had accomplished his mission for the people : a further service had been prescribed him , that of going to the camp on the river , at the base of the great mountain , to recover the-most valuable of the baggage secreted there . With some Mexicans and pack mules he went on ; and this is the last yet heard of him .
Vincent Haler , with Martin and Bacon , all on foot , and bringing Scott on horseback , have just arrived at the outside Pueblo on the Little Colorado . Provisions for their support , and horses for their transport , were left for tho others , who preferred to remain where they were , regaining some strength , till Godey should get back . At the latest , they would hare reached the little Pueblo last night . Haler came on to relieve my anxieties , and did well in so dying : for I was wound up ' to the point of sotting out again . When Godey returns I shall know from him all the circumstances sufficiently in detail to understand clearly everything . But it will not be necessary to tell you anything farther . Tfou have the results , and sorrow enough in reading them .
Evening . —Urn rapid are the changes of life ! A few days ago , I was struggling through snow in the savage wilds of the upper Del Norte—following the course of the frozen river in more than Russian cold —no food—no blanket to cover me in the long freezing nights—( I had sold my two to the Utah for help to my men)—uncertain at what moment of the nii ? ht we might be roused by the Indian rifle—doubiful , very doubtful , whether I should ever see you or friends again . Now I am seated by a comfortable fire , alone—pursuing my own thoughts—writing to you in the certainty of reaching you—a French
volume of Balzac on the table—a print ot the landing of Columbus before me—listening in safety to the raging storm without . You will wish to know what effect the scenes I have passed through have had upon me . In person , none . The destruction of my party , and the loss of friends , are causes of grief : but I have not been injured in body or mind . Both have been strained , and severely taxed , but neither hurt . I have seen one or the other , and sometimes both , give way in strong 'frames , strong minds , and stout hearts : but , as .. heretofore , I have c om e out unhurt . I believe that the remembrance of
friends sometimes gives us a power ot resistance which the desire to save our own lives could never call up . "I have made my preparations to proceed . I shall have to follow the old Gila Road , and shall move rapidly , and expect to be in Ca'ifornia in March , ami tofind letters from home and a supply of newspapers and documents , more welcome , perhaps , because these toirigs have a home look about them . The future occupies me . ' Our home in Californi *—your arrival in April—your good health in that delightful climate—the finishing up my . geographical and astronomical labours—my farming enjoyments . I have written to Messrs . Mayhew & Co agricultural warehouse , New-York , requesting them to ship me immediately a threshing machine ; and to Messrs .
lisp and Co ., same city , requesting tlieni to forward me at San Francisco two runs or sets of mill stones . The mid irons and tne agricultural instruments shipped for me last autumn from New-York will be at San Francisco by the time I arrive there . Your arrival in April will complete all the plans . ' . ' ( These extracts in relation to Col . Fiemont's intended pursuits are given to contradict the unfounded supposition of gold projects attributed to him by some newspapers . The word gold is not mentioned in his leitersfiom one end to the other , nor did he take sold mining the least into hi-i calculation when he left Missouri on the 21 st of October last , although the authentic reports brought in by Lieut . Beale , of the Navy , were then in all the newspapers , and fully known to him . )
February 11 . —Godey has got back . He did . not succeed in recovering any , of the baggage or camp furniture . Everytbiiig was lost except some few things which I had brought dov / n to the river . The depth of the sriqw made it impossible for him to reach the camp at the mountain where the men had left the baggage . Amid the . wreck I had the good fortune to save my large alforgas or travelling trunkthe double one which . you packed—and that was about all . SastaFe , February 17 , 1849 . —In the midst of hurried movements , and in the difficult endeavour to get , vlparty all started together , I tan only write a line to say that I am well , and moving on to California . I will leave Santa Fo this evening .
Trt Ere You Despair,
TRT ERE YOU DESPAIR ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 12, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12051849/page/3/
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