The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-09-21

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, colI mines for the especial purpose
ve coulI NOT have cot 4 moro lie.
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Lcrcabouts will be gratiicl 10 learn
that lis Efforts in the way oC cold
djr,;c, have commenced :, crcoo.
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Yr,,. y;r--prCo,c lr,,irr San
r Francisco for tyc mines | yrotr n
Cant. Pratt and rcou,s,eI linn +,
show Won nv letter. intended to
have written 70 Won also. lnt IS n,
letter 70 linn contained all thai
would he oCiuter,St. | concluded 70
wait until | reached tie mines
Wien ] was at San francisco il was
dil,cu!, to decide wi.cIc it was hes,
10 90. Mos, ofour passengers were
going to the San JOAQUIN. in consc-
qucnce ofthc upper rivers being too
high t. work tie mines II aivan-
tage, but from what Information |
could gather. thought it lest for
me to 90 up tie Sacramento. Ac-
cordingly engaged passage On
board a small! vessel Lound for Sac
ramcnto city. a distance Of 100
miles, paying the passage Is dollars
and 3, 90 per 100 lbs. for baggage
and freight. | boiled piece Of
pork, bought loaf Of bread, took
my blanket and embarked. We
were becalmed nearly two days, in
what Is called the Slough from its
beng very still water, and the shores
low and marSiy. here We suffered
very much, from the heat and mus
quroes. | never believed all the
!A"S4Wtoc stories TIL then, but now
am satisfied the! are al true. As
10 tHe beautiful valley OF tie Sac
ramento, Which Las been described
as being very rich and fertile, !
was greatly disappointed with it.
II IS lrHe tIat the scenery Is delight
lnl, the bills are covered with ii
oats, Tut the ground IS Cr,, bard
ana unProI"cUyc. l saw very few
green spots ON the whole river. -
One acre CT Illinois soil is worth
al the valley Of the Sacramento. 50
Tar as fertility is concerned, and
mat man who says that the Sacra-
mento valley IS the spot for a far.
lrcr never was in Illinois, or else
he tells what isuot true. We saw
large nerds Of cattle and elk.
should think we saw one herd Of at
least Il thousand elk.
We arrived at last at the noted
city Of Embarkadan. or Sacramento
city on Sunday morning. June 2ith.
This place is very pleasantly situat-
ed, and, | think. is destined to be
an important place of business
There we found four or five small
houses, and three or four hundred
tents, occupied by men who were
about going t. tae mines. Here
too were three or four Schooncrs. two
or three s!oops, and two barques.
The river at this place is very deep
but IS not wider than the Illinois at
Ottawa. The barqucs eliza" ol
Salem, and the "A ellon,'' of New
York arrived few weeks ago with
assorted car5oes, and have nearly
sold out-they must heve made large
fortunes. The fact is, those who
sent out goods last fall, especially
provisions, have made a great deal
of money, but those who shipped
late IN the season and in the winter
must, | think, lose a great deal,
however, II is impossible to tell any
thing definite about it. We re-
NAMED few days at the city, and
then started for Suffers mill, pay
ing 10 dollars freight for 100 lbs.
TIE road, most Of e way. Is as