The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-04-06

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Very late from santa Fe--Sufferings Of
Fremont and Escort.--N ole party re-
ported lost.
The intelligence from Col Fremont is
most distressing We uld hope that 1t
is not true, yet we fear the worst 10
any winter the undertaking would have
been une Of daring, il not rsshness, but
the past has heen winter Of uncommon
severity, and the worst was to be appre
hended - Statesman.
Sr LouIs, March 26h.
Intelligence from Santa Fe to the ID
Of February, has been received al Inde
pendence. The Santa Fe Republican of
the 2d February contains letter from
Taos which represents the winter as hav.
ing been very severe, and that Lieut.. Col.
Fremont wh'ie passing through one Of the
mountain gnrges, lost one hundred and
thirty mules in one n,gnt. IBeins thus
left on foot he determined il was imprs.
sible to proceed farther, and he finally
dispa ched three men to seek a set'lemen,
and succor. These men not returning
in twenty DAYS. Fremont started for Ia.
os, distance Of three hundred and fifty
m lies, where he arrived in nine days -
Major Bcale Immediately dispatched a
party Of dragoons with mules and provis.
ions TO release Fremont's party, and Ere
mont, much irrita,ed, accompanied the
expedition.
The suffering Of the pariy ia represent
ed as having been great. the men being
driven 10 the extremity Of feeding upon
each other. Greene, who brings this
news to Independence left Santa Fe sew.
aral days after the publication Of The Re
publican, from which this iutelligence ia
extracted. reports all Fremen's party
pc risheJ except the Colonel himself, who
is badly frost bitten.
Our correspondent AZ Independence ex.
presses Dc ubt about the authorityaof the
nGWu, Out we n nov see WIN WHdt TGHeHu
TRurH VS.. PoErRv. Uncle Pete was
four fractions on fun, but the most quiet
fun that ever was turned out +. dry as hone
an,t. hut cutting as a Blade From
time immemorial Pete had been select.
man, and before that he used to he mod
| orator AT town meetings. consequentlv V
he was in high authority in all town
state and national concerns. He knew
every thing that hapnened, and once
in while got ahead of the times, and
'helped to happ,n some good practices,
Jokes hu, every hoav laughed at what
he did. II IL wa. killing them--it wa.
bound to he fun IL il came from him.
A party Of the Young hands about N,
village, one evening started discussion
as IN the merits of their respective loves
and Uncle Pete act ed as moderator. Sin
Wamlet, who was generally thought to b,
no great doings in his upper works. wa
| especiallv violent in praise ofa certaiI
dam.el. who. after having vainIv endeav
ored TO catch somehodv. had just COM
ou, published TO Sim Simsther. for wha
was her euphonious title. in her eager
ness to consumate things with The baaux
had goue through an entire coUtse a
courting. with each Of them, and whe,
Sim put her out the fsirest Of the fair
some 81 'em snickered
But Sim wouldn't give Il up. and tnrn
ing 10 Uncle Pete; in an appealing tone
asserted that sany how. Mantha was
Iee,ie the best gal to hug In AIRY parts.
WELL said the old wag. orscuisrl'
J II hev head her spoken ef as sich"-Yan
, kee Blade.
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