Washington telegraph., 1849-04-25

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Col. Fremont and Licut Beake on thei,
aray to Califmnia-Eue,et Of tic DIS
0ster 10 Farnoht's Party.
Mr.. J. w. Folger arrived in this city
yesterday from Santa Fe. In company
with Capt. ST. Vrain, and others, he left
that town on the 24th of February
From Mr.. Folger, we gather the :infor-
nation which follows:
Col. h remont, of whose disastrous eX-
pedition we have already given an inn
perfect, and IN some respects erroneous
account left Santa Fe on the 18th ult.,
on his way to California. OF the dread
full disaster which beiel him IN the noun
tains, we have this account. The pub
lished letters from Col Fremont and his
friends left him ascending a mountain,
and within five or six miles of the sum
NIT. But this elevation he never reached.
A storm came up, which forced him to
retreat, and so seek shelter i'll the valley
below. Here, tits said, the snow drifted,
and accumulated to the depth of 80 or 40
feet, and the party lost all their animals,
and were compelled TO leave their entire
outfit The snow covered the animals
and everything else from view, and Col.
+. and his party were driven to seek
safety on the sides of the mountain. In
this emergency, Bill Williams a tardy
mountaineer, and two others, volunteered
to seek succor from the nearest settle
ments; and it was arranged tha! they
should return i'll twenty days. As they
failed to do so, however, Col. Fremont,
and one OF two others, resolved upon
attemptingto reach Toas and Oh the
sixth day fiom their leaving camp, they
overlook Williams and one of his COM
panions. The other, (Mr. King. of the
District of Columbia,) was represented
to have died OF the exposure and of hun
ger; and ii the extremity to which they
were driven, the survivors were forced
to eat pat of his body.
Col. Fremont made his way to Toas,
obtained all, provisions and horses, and
then set on, III search of his party. But
more than one-third of his men had, i'll
the interval of his absence, died from eX-
p0sure and lunger; and one or two had
given out, and were left to die, when he
came up with them. The number who
thus perishCd is stated at eleven, of whom
we have the names of only three-Mr
Wise, of St Louis county, and Mr. King
and MIR. Preu;s, of the District of Colum-
bia. Captain Cathcart, of the English
army, was among the survivors.
On his arrival at Santa Fe, he was
furnished With horses by the Quarter
master and with stores by the Commits
sary of the United States, and after re-
crmting his party, he again set off for
California taking the route pursued by
Col. Cook, in 1S47.
Lieut.. Beale, United States Navy, was
more Fortunate than Col. Fremont. He
prosecuted his Journey to Santa Fe, and
reached there without much difficulty
Mr.. FoGler left him at Socorro, on Cook 5
route to California, in excellent health,
and quite sanguine of reaching his des-
tination in thirty days.
We learn that J.. T. Thurston, ESQ,
who has filled several offices under the
American Government in New Mexico,
died in Santa Fe during the winter. He
WdS IL HdLlNc Ol LOUISVILLE, by.
CLIMATE OF CALIFoRNIA-Some idea
of the climate of California may be found
by the following meteorological items
derived from the New York Herald,
tables of the weather and thermometer
at Monterey, kept by Talbot Ii. Greene,
Esq, a merchant at Monterey, duripg
the space of a year, viz: from March,
1915, to February, 1916:
In March, 1915, the thermometer
averaged 65 at noon. There was no rain;
the sky was generally clear.
la April, same degree of heat; five
rainy days, four foggy. the others clear.
lii May, the thermometer at noon
never rose higher than 6i, and never fell
lower than SO, weather clear
In June, the highest MONDAY heat was
73, the lowest 60, weather clear.
In July, the highest heat at noon, was
"a, lowest 60, clear skies.
In August, greatest heat at noon 72,
lowest 63, clear skies.
In September, greatest heat at noon
73, lowest 81, clear skies occasional
fogs at in the morning, rain once only.
In October, greatest heat at noon TO,
lowest 80, fogs in the morning, days clear,
rain three times within the month, a
little rain in the night on two occasions.
In November, greatest heat 76, lowest
60, weather generally clear, rains in the
night occasionally.
In December, greatest heat &C, lowest
81, clear weather, rain on four different
nights this month.
In January, 1916, greatest heat 81,
lowest AS, more rain this month than the
former months.
Ia February, 1886, average heat at
noon, 62, lowest so, clear skies, rain on
three different nights.