Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-04-26

am seated by the side of a comfortable fire, a.
lone perusng my own thong hts-writing to you
In the certainty Of reaching you-a French vol
ume Of Ba!zac on the table-a print of the land
ing OF Columbus before me-llsenng in safety
to the raging storm without
You will wish to know what effect the scenes
| have passed through have had upon me. In
person, none. The destruction Of nv party and
the loss OF friends; are the causes Of grief; but
l nave not been injured in body or mind. Both
nave been strained, and severely taxed, but mel.
tier hurt. have seen ole or the other, and
sometimes both, give way in. strong minds, and
stout hearts but as heretofo e, have come out
unhuFt believe that the remembrance Of friends
sometimes gives us a power Of resistance when
the desire to save our own lives could new
er call up.
have made my preparation 10 proceed. l
shall have to follow the old ella Road, and shall
move rapidly, and expect TO be in California in
March, and to find letters from home and sup
| ply OF newspapers and documents more welcome
perhaps, because these things have home look
about them. The future occupies me. Our
home IN Calllornia-your arrival in April your
good health in that delightful cmate-the fin
lshing up of my geographical and astronomical
laOors--my farming labors and enjoyments.
have written to Mcssnrs. Mayhew & Co, agri-
cultural warehouse, New York, requesting them
10 ship me Immediately threshing machine !;
and to MeSsrs. Hoe g. Co. same city, requesting
them to forward NE at San Francisco two runs
or sets Of mill stones. The mill irons and the
agricultural instruments shipped for me last Au-
~ from New York will b. at San Francisco
Gpe arrive there. Your arrival in April
rete all the plans. am
yTnese extracts in relation to Col.eFrd
Yinteded pursuits are given to contradict TIE ~
founded suppostion of gold projects attributed
to him by some newspapers The word gold
is not mentioned in his letters from ono end to
the other nor did he take gold mining the least
into his calculation when he left Missouri on the
2lst October last, although the authentic reports
brought in by Lieut. Beale of the Navy, were
then in all the newspapers, and fully known tc
him.
February 11.-Godey has got back. He did
not succeed in recovering any of the baggage
or camp furniture. Everything was lost excep
some few things which had brought down t.
the river. The depth OF the snow made it i'm
possible for him to reach the camp at the noun
tain where the men had left the baggage. A
mid the wreck had the good fortune 10 SAVE
my large travelling trunk--the double one which
you packed-and that was about all,
SANTA FL, February II, 1849.-Tn the mids
of hurried movements, and in the difficult en-
deavor to get party all started together, cal
only write line to say that am well, and NOV
ing on to California. will leave Santa Fe this
evening.
have received here fiom the officers every
civity and attention in their power and have
been assisted in my outfits as far as it was posi-
Bile for them to do. dine this evening with the
Governor (CoI. Washington,) before follow my
party. A Spanish gentleman has been engaged
to go to Albuquerque and purchase mules fo
me- From that place we go on my own animals
and expect no detention, as we follow the ole
Gila route, so long known, and presenting moth
ing new to stop for.