The daily union., 1846-08-31

From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
PRoeREss OF THE MORMON EMaRANTs FROM
THIS CITY.-Last winter a company of Mormon
families left this city in the ship Brooklyn, Captain
Richardson, for California. So far as morality, en-
erprse, intelligence and habits Of industry are con-
cerned, they presented fair specimens of the uni
versal Yankees, and seemed well fitted to lay the
foundations of great nation. The following ex-
tracts from letter by one of their number give a
favorable account Of their progress:
ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ,
May s, ls46
The second day out we experienced heavy sea,
and on the following Tuesday laid to all day, in
heavy gale of wind, which occasioned a great deal
of suffering among the passengers, from ea-sick-
ness, and being rolled from side of the ship to
the other, owing to their weakness; but they bore
IT without a murmur, or being in any way terrified
at the danger, which was not a little.
Capt Richardson (God bless the manly and
myself stood watching those noble "sticks" that
have since done us such good service, with our
hearts lifted up to the God Of nations spare them
in his mercy. He did SO, and the next day the
ship flew before fair wind like thing Of magic,
Wehad quick passage to Cape Horn, and found that
the terrors of the passage round it, which had been
depicted TO us previous to our sailing, were all
imaginary. Our little children were every day on
deck, attending their schools, jumping rope, and
engaged in all the other amusements resorted to- to
pass off the time. We had no freezing weather
and at no time was the thermometer in our cabin
below 500. On deck at one time, it fell for about
three hours as low as 36o, which was accounted
for by Capt. r., by our passing near an iceberg
We ran up to the Cape with fair wind, then took
"a west wind and up 600 south latitude in four
days. then took south wind till we had made our
longitude west of the Cape, and then took fair
wind down the Pacific, which lasted till few days
ago. All was then life joy and gladness, in the
expectation of soon going ashore at Valparaiso
We dealt out fresh water for all to wash them.
H. -nI~s n
up the ship, and anticipated the astonishmen
Of the natives at such likely load Of Yankees; fol
they certainly look hundred per better than
when they left New York, and since we started,
everything has gone on with harmony and peace.
We experienced, however, heavy gale from the
south, and were unable to continue our course with
safety so we scud before the wind, until it hauled
to the east and we thought it best to land at this
island
There are but two families living on the island, and
they are distant only twenty days sail from Fucky-
wana on the coast above Valparaiso. We found
excellent water, and very easy to be obtained, about
two rods from the beach; and plenty of ire-wood on
the east side of the left hand mountain you enter
the harbor. Goats, hares, and pigs, abound here
The first settlement on this island was burnt by the
Peruvians six years ago; the fort destroyed the ca
noes sunk in the harbor, and the convicts carried
away. The last settlement was abandonea ioor
wears ago; at the time of the earthquake at Vapa-
raiso when the island sunk and about fifty feet.
have been informed that ships watering at Vapa-
rsiso have to pay dollar for every thirty gallons
from the waterboats II thatb the case, our ships
had better water at this island Ihe harbor here s
said to be much the safest IN gale from the NORTH
wing on the northeast side Of the island-which
makes il easy for ships to put to sea- If they do not
Iie too near the shore. We took on board $4,000
gallons Of water yesterday, and to-day we are get
ing our wood on board, and we expect to sail to-
morrow We came to anchor in the harbor on the
Ith dsv Of May, at O'Clock .. m. The ship has
proved herself be better than she was represented
and our captain and first mate have been good and
kind TO our company. believe every book in the
little library has been read through.