Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-11-29

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Correspondence Of he New Yesh Hsu,u
SACRAMENTO CRY, Aug. rs, l849.
.4rrivaI Of the Overland Objectionable
on the Prairies Sufsrings on the Rosas
Crossing the Sierra .Nerada. ETC.,, &c.
arrived here on the 2lst, thirty -ons
days from Salt Lake, with but compars.
lively little difficulty, when placed in tho
balance with that to be overcome by those
emigrants with wagons. As regards those
behind, numbering some twenty Thousand,
! time can only tell whether or not they ret
through with,o evenwithoui 4heir Wagon
On the desert, a distance Of sevenRy
miles, commencing about twenty five miles
above the sink of the Humboldt river, and
extending on one route 10 Trackis's river,
on the ether 10 Salmon Trout river, there
were lying dead between six and sever
hundred head Of stock, and only FIVE hum
dred wagons had entered il, and sveY set.
enty Of these were abandoned and left de-.
serted on the road. Those who do Get
through with their wagons are compelled
TO take their team through 10 the river,
there recruit two or three days, and re-
turn for them Families can lie here that
length of time without much suffering, il
water is packed to them in season, on The
backs of some fresh animals. For the last
hundred miles on Humboldt river, there i,
little else than willows to support stock,
so that they are compelled TO enter The
desert with their stock nearly exhausted,
with the absolute certainty staring them
in the face of their teams soon giving out,
This difficulty no longer exists alares
tract Of grass Ga God-send and sslva.ion
to the emigrants,) has been discovered
about twenty miles above the sink, and
some eight miles east Of the road. Here
they all 60 before attempting to cross The
desert, and recruit their animals, cut and
make hay, which they take with them 10
cross the barrens. When first the news
came back of the discovery of this grass.
the dark forebodings which shrouded The
countenances Of all, were dispelled, and
cheerfulness once more held the sway. Il
is is in fact the emigrant's salvation.
One more difficulty 10 overcome and
they are here. 1t is 10 cross the Sierra
Nevada mountains and If the northern or
old route, via Johnson's Rancho, is a. rich
in distractions as the south, or new rouie.
(and learn it is there must Be a great
destruction Of property, If not suffering
and loss Of life. About one-four.h Of the
wagons which had entered the mountains
when l crossed, were left broken to pieces
upon the rocks. If they do not cling too
long to their wagons, they may yet all gel
safely over. If the rear trains get belaied
Gas they must) their only resort, to avoid
the SHOWS, will be to leave their wagons,
pack provisions upon their oxen, and make
the best Of their way 10 the nearest settle
ment.
was in the mountains three DAYS the
second Of which, August 17.h was freex.
ing cold, the night previous there having
been series OF tremendous thunder show.
ers, which terminated in hail and snow. IT
The snow does not come for six weeks, all
may safely arrive in California. II
At the mines, they are making on an
average an ounce Of gold per day. One
man who arrived here this month, made
in two weeks wenty FIVE thousand dollars,
and has gone to San Francico to take pas
sage 10 the States.
Labor is in proportion TO the produce Of
The mines, ranging from eight to eighteen
dollars per day. S.C.F.C.
The intelligence from California is il.
eresting, but by 10 means 50 favorable -
generally anticipated. The Oregon al Pa.
mama, from San Francisco, brought down
about 100000 on freight, and the pas
'engers have about two hundred thousand
dollars in their trunks. This makes To-
al of about $4 Zoo, 900 received from the
gold mines Of California. Our advices
rom San Francisco are to the lst Of Oct.
The digging season at that time was near.
y over, and the miners were focking in
o San Francisco in large numbers on their
way to the Atlantic ports. We learn that
steamers for Panama, which ere to leave
california during the next four months,
nave been already filled up, and that tick
Its command large premium. Itappesrs
y this that there is as much anxiesyto
get away from as to get TO San Francisco,
he miners have not made out so well
h's season as they did last, or as they ex-
oected. 1t is estimated that about 1OO,-
)oO have been in the mines this season,
md That the average product Of gold dust
las not been more than four dollars per
read. This, in the aggregate, will make
very large sum but it makes the eest
If production so great that the bssiness
will not prove as profitable as anticipated.
t is the opinion Of those who have just
eturned from the mines, that the harvest
las been gathered, and that after this yesy
he production will be limited-that the
lost of working the mines will be so near
he market value Of the metal, that con-
,aratively limited number will be engs-