Southern shield., 1849-04-28

I lio N"r to Cdlilol uld. ue ltltCI ooht iHo many facts connected with their suffering, that we have not yet seen published: TAos, NEW MEXICO,
 Feb. Ilth, lS49.
 My DEAR RoBIDoux:-I arrived in this | place last evening from Rio Colorado, from about as hard trip and as total destruction of an expedition as possible. As rumors will reach you, thought it would be as well to give you some little correct intor- nation on the subject, though my time will scarcely allow of any thing like detail. l As far as Bent's we met with no obstacles or loss and every thing bade fair to give us a tolerably pleasant trip, considering the season. Our animals were in good cond- ton; and procuring corn at Hard Scrabble fol the worst part of the road, we calculated passing the mountains with success. Old Bill was with us as a guide, and that, of rc0uI7ge, gave confidence, snnpcsing none so capable as he 10 carry us through. Leav- ing Hard Scrabble, we continued up its creek into lhe mountains. As we advanced the snow increased. Crossing the first range, we fell upon the waters of the Wappanah, passing through the mountains to the Del Norte by your old wagon road-the snow still increasing.
 We continued a couple of days on ne Del Norte, and then turned up what " ill., jams called your pass on to the Comoadue. In this he was evidently mistake1, for a | worse road l never saw. If vel ever got over it with wagons, should ike to have seen the operation. We w,nt on up the Canon, our animals failing and the snow deepening every step we ook, bidding fair, as it subsequently turnefout, to defeat our crossing. On the l5n ot December we attempted to cross vlat we supposed to be the dividing ridce JetWeen the St. Johns and the waters 2 the Del Norte, but were driven back b, the storm. The next day
 we returned o it again, and were successful
 enouoh to ct on the other side to a small
 clump of lines. We unpacked our animals
 on bge point, and drove them to the hill
 ton ir hopes of their finding suf1iciency off fooIlor day, as the snow had drifted from
 it n places. From this hill they never
 ,emc again; the storm continuing, and hay ling no shelter, they perished. Camp then commenced making portages, in hopes oi reaching the river This you may suppose was a severe undertaking in the cold, and no positive hopes ahead of reaching any place, even should we have been able to get out our effects. By hard labor we worked our way gradually down. On the 26th, King was sent ahead with Old Bil. to Aba que to bring us relief, while we were 10 continue down On tho IIth of January, he not arriving, the Colonel became anx- ious and started with his mess and Godey in hopes of meeting the relief party Our provisions had given out, and we were living on parefeshes and tug ropes. AL ready Proux had perished from hunger and exposure.
 On the 10th, all having reached the river, we made our little packs of bedding and with our rifles started for-God only knew where. Here commenced our greatest suf- tering. The company had for its head Vim cut Halter, about as contemptible and cow ardly fellow as ever walked; his own lack of courage quick y ditfused itself among the men-so you may suppose how things went on. Probably up to the 27th we had lost nine men. Our mess and another had made our final camp. We were blind fromI the snow, and unable to see the sights off our rifles. A dead wolf was all we had to sustain lite among nine men. 1 had closed | all my affairs, and felt that day or two more would end my troubles, when, about noon on the 2Sth, we heard a shout, and Godey entered camp. Here ended our troubles. From him we learned the fate of Kings party, who had been found by him on his way down on the 10th. Poor Kingl had died from exhaustion somewhere about the 9th; the rest were in a miserable con- dition-frozen and partly crazed. They had given up all hopes of returning to us with relief
 Thus has ended the expedition, ,-com- menced, so far as outfit was concerned, un- der as flattering prospects as ever one started The los .n aoiisrs mas amounted1 to over lO,OOO-n life 10. My brothers and myself will winter somewhere in this vicinity, and retlrn home early in the
 9s ssGis shi T pay ay ; 6s :. # a otsi pleasant town ef Ban Jose.
 Adios, NED KERN.
 THE SEARCH FoR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.-I The British Admiralty have been apprised, by the last letters eceived from Sir James Ross that he was sa,,t vessels, the Investigator to England, leav- ing the Enterprise alone to pursue the search for the ill-fated expedition of Sir John Franklin. Believing that such separation would be fatal to the objects of the expedi-l ton. the Admiralty have determined uponl sending out fresh supply of provisions for both ships by the North Star, which IS now fitting out for the purpose at Sheerness. The expenses of this additional service is estimated at $l2,GoS.