The organizer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1849-05-05

i VIC OtiieISS WHO preferred 10 remal
+. where they were, regaining som
strength, till Cooley should get bacl
5 At the latest they would have reache
} the little Pueblo last. Haler came O
! to relieve my anxieties, and did WEI
In SO doing; for ! was wound up to tn
point of setting out again. Whei
! Cooley returns shall know from hin
all the circumstances sufficiently il
! detail to understand clearly every
thing. But it will not be necessar,
to tell you anything further. Yor
have the results, and sorrow enough
in reading them.
EUening.-How rapid are the chan.
ges Of life! A few days ago, and | was
struggling through snow in the savage
wilds of the upper Del Norte-folIow.
ing the course of the frozen river in
more than Russian cold-no food-no
blanket to cover me in the long freez.
ing nights-Q had sold my two to the
Utah for help to my men)-uncertain
at what moment ofthe night we might
be reused by the Indian rihe-doubt.
full, very doubtful, whether | should
ever see you or friends again. Now
l am seated by a comfortable fire.
alone-Pursuing my own thoughts
writingto youth the certainty of reach.
ing you-a French volume of BaIzac
on the table-a colored print of the
landing of Columbus before me-lis.
tening in safety to the raging storm
without
You will wish to know what effect
the scenes have passed through have
bad uponm me. lnperson, none. The
destruction of my party, and the loss
OF friends, are causes of grief; but | |
have not been injured in body or mind.
Both have been strained, and severely
taxed, but neither hurt. have seen
one or the other, and sometimes both.
give way in strong frames, strong
minds, and stout hearts: but, as here.
toiore, l have come out unhurt. be-
Iieve that the remembrance of friends
gives us a power of resis.
-ance which the desire to save our
'wn lives could never call up.
have made my preparations to pro-
,eed. | shall have to follow the old
lila road, and shallmove rapidly, and
expect to be in California in MarclhlJ
md to find letters from home, and a N
1Pply of newspapers and documents,
lore welcome perhaps, because these
llngs have a home look about them.
he future occupied me. Our home
Calhornia--your arrival in April
our good health in that delightful
Innate the finishing up my geograph-
al and astronomical labors nv y
rming labors and enjoyments. ysiT,,
we written to Messrs. Mayhew & :,
D., agricultural warehouses, New y
ork, requesting them to ship me i'm. -
ediately a threshing machine; and :
Messrs. Hoe a. Co, same city, re. :,
testing them to forward 10 me al ~
IN Francisco two runs or sets of =,
u stones. The mill-irons and the "
iicultural instruments shipped for -
> last autumn from New York will :.
at San Francisco by the time 1 ~
rive there. Your arrival in April
i complete all the plans.
These extracts in relation 10 Col. 4.
emont's intended pursuits are given 80 80
contradict the unfounded supposi. -,
n Of gold projects attributed 10 him sc
some newspapers. The word gold -,
not mentioned in his letters from :
end to the other, nor did he take
d mining the leastinto bis calcula, r,I
a when he left Missouri on the 2Ist
October last, although the auihen. 20
reports brought ia byLieut. Beale. wa
the Navy, were then IA all the y
ysPapers, and fully known to him.l an
'eb1iay, ll.--Godey has got back ah'
did notsucceed in recovering any IA ,
the baggage or camp furniture. Pc
was lost, exceptsome few "
lgs yhich l had brought down The acc
u. The depth OF the snow made il eve
ossible Tor him to reach the camp slPl
he mountain where the men had IAN
their baggage. Amidst the wreck auo
d the good fortune 70 save ny ~
{ aIfoTgai, or travelling truak-the .nl1
DE one which you Packed-and s ssrI
was about all Oou
sNTA Fl, February n, ls49.-In PCS
midst Of hurried movements, and Nn'
q difficult endeavor 10 get a par. Il
II started together, I can only Of :
e line to say that an well no has
on 70 California ! VIII leave The
a Re this evening. shall
! Fec Wi1aS AN Eo6.-Ourr tbs
have beard Of a Wheel within = -