Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-09-10
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA

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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
We copy the following detailed account Of
the news from California, from the St, Ior;.
Republican of the Goth ult. ,
Arrival of Gen. Kearny and Suite-Col. FRI.
mont arrested at Fort Lequenworth, end ~.
dered to Washington:-Situatio of Cali.
torn'a-Col. Mason Governor and Com.
n,ander-,n- Chief--Position of the En-.
grants to Oregon and of the Mormons.
Among the passengers on the steamer Am..
liza from Fort Leavenworth, last night. (25h
Aug } were Gen. S. W. Kearney; Mai PN
Geo. Cooke, of the I'd dragons; CAPT II 8
Turner, of the lst dragons Mai. T. Swend,
Quarter Master; It. Radford, of NAVY: and
Mr.. Bryant, of Lexington, Ky.
This party reached Fort Leavenworth from
California, on the 23d August In COMPANY
as far as the Fort, were also 1t. Col ]. c
Fremont, Assistant Surg. Sanderson, and The
Hon. w. P. Hall, member of Congress elect
from this State.
E We are informed that Gen. Kearny leh
Monterey on the 3lst of May last Beside,
officers, servants, &C., there was an escort Of
thirteen of the Mormon Battalion.
Col. Fremont brought with him nineteen Of
the Typographical party taken from Missouri,
in 1S45; number of these were the captain,
and other officers of the California Battal.
ion"
Col. Mason, 1st Dragons, was left at Mon.
terey, Governor and Commander-in-Ch Chief
there was every indication of peaceable sub.
mission; if there was any exception, il arose
from the restlessness of the American popula.
ton north OF Monterey, under the military 20.
vernment, to which they were necessarily sub.
iect, equally with the citizens of the country
of their adoption.
Gen. X. had returned TO Monterey buta few
days previous to his departure, from visit to
Los Angeles. He found there, that the reports
of the approach of an army, under Gen. Bus.
tamente, which had long kept the native pop.
ulatlon in excitement, were dying away The
time of the Mormon battalion, stationed there
and at San Diego, expired on the 9th July,
when the land forces in California would con.
sst of Col. Stevenson's regiment, one compa.
ny of dragons, at Angeles, and one Of Iii ht
artillery, at Monterey. An expectation was
entertained that about one hundred of the
Mormon battalion would re-enter the ser.
vice
One OF the last acts of Gen. Kearney, was
| to order that 1t. Col. Burton should proceed
by sea TO Lower California, and take posses.
sion OF that territory; they would disembark
at La PaZ.
In the harbor of Monterey, were anchored
the. ships of war Columbus, Congress, Ports.
mouth, Warren and Erie, and store ships Lex.
ington and Dale, Commodore Riddle, Com.
mander in-Chief, on board the Columbus, Com.
Shubrick, with the independence and Cyane,
were in the Gulf, blockading the ports OF Quay
mus and MaZatlan. 1t was understood that
Commodore S. would return to Monterey in
July, and relieve Com. Biddle in the command
of the Pacific squadron, when the latter would
sail for home in the Columbus.
There was colder weather in March, in CAL
ifornia, than had been experienced there for
twenty years. Before reaching Suffers, the
party was forced to swim four or five nous.
tain torrents, swollen by the melting snow to
the breadth of rivers-the baggage and proVs.
ions were crossed in skin boats made uponthe
spot. Their progress was slow and most a.
borious and hazardous; and one of the Officers.
Maj. Cook, lost by an upset, save saddle and
blankets, his entire outfit, even 10 papers ana
specie. -,
The last rancho was left on the 18th OF
June. On the 2lst, they crossed the man
ridge of the Sierra Nevada, riding thirty.hT'
miles, chiefly over snow from five 10 twenty
five inches deep, under which water was run
ming and at many places in deep torrents on
this side, they buried the remains OF those
who lost their lives in the horrible disasters
which there befel party OF last years emil
grants.
On the eastern slope they were forced 70
pass trackless mountains of black rock, .!
the Trucky Tor Salmon Trout river In the
narrow pass, the road (made in autumn TeJ
frequently crosses it; some of its small branch
es presented, besides swimming deep Tor,
rent, hundreds of yards of dangerous bog ana
mire. On this river they were visited by 'O'
Digger Indians" - !,
The party were nearly out OF provisions =.
all sorts when they met the first emlgfan'sa y
the falls of Snake river, Uewis' FORK ..
miles beyond Fort Hail. They passed BY 5n4'
trading post on the 18th of July. On be',
f river, they obtained recruit of horses ana
mules from the Snake Indians. o..
The party came the new road-about my
miles without water, from Green river to Ds
Sandy. Besides some companies who We a"
round by Bridgers Fort, they met about 9'g
wagons of emigrants, all or nearly all boup.
TO Oregon. The last were met between ID. ~.
North Fork of Platte and Sweet Water on u,
18th of Jul y !; they were believed to BE- sn1
considered themselves too late to reach U I
gon, and spoke of passing the winter 81 Fun sh
Brilger. They left St. Joseph about the ~
of June.
At Fort Laramie, the party found NAM
lodges of Sioux, who were, quite frendl; :,
They left that fort on the Sd inst. Ne1l us :.
they met six hundred and eighty-6ve waSUr, ,
of Mormons, who were advancing very SIO ~
ly in parties of ffty-they had come all II
way by the north of the Platte. They e1P:.
ted to winter on the Great Salt Lake, and ID',11
they assert, is to be the final resting plaSe, y
their people. Incredible numbers oil Dul'a,.
were passed through for several days a
the junction of the two Plates. No ino'"'
were encountered after this time. al
The party was only sixty-six days iron
settlements of California to Fort LeaVeh"oii IL.
and not days stop-averaging TOR tns S IL
fifty days, thirty-one miles whoi'
lance near 1900 miles. ro
We also learn, that on their ARRIVAL q. -
| Leavenworth, Col. Fremont was arles''O
Gen. Kearny and ordered to Washington
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