New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-02
LIFE on THE IsrHNUs.
Experience OF Travel the Way 10 CALI
fornis. with Practical Hints for those
who Fellow.

CRrcES Jan. : l>+s.
| Msssrs. Editors. We arrived here yesterday -
| On the "a landed At Chsgres IN tie mids; Of a
heavy int sss rAled every day sxeep; yesterday
and today. and has sprinkled Little on ihsse as,
TIE native. say iau the rAny Is over, but
while I write toe clouds look DARK When the sun
does shire il q very hot
We remained two days and one nissi At ChsErss-
paid Tor each nes and 81 for psee 70 sseP-i, has
taken Is three days to come Up the river We slept
the first night Al town called RATION for two shlngs
a bet-thst = % say, some had bad hsmmocks. ard
others myself Included, hard boGr1s The next night
nine q - slept A. Cop (the house. are al alike
ilrss CHECKER coos but clean enough the banks II
the river. We 40, Up supper Of Two hens snd some
ysms and dii very well.
The next night we slept 81 GOrsons IN srnock, At
the house Of the Alcslde-bosrd - per day. u meals
and coffee and the board very good HouHsi nearly
al coops-2 or adobe. Al Gorgons there % an adobe
house called the Hei FraHcris which "a toersoly well
kept Al this place a woman native died n cholera
and buried the day arrived. Yesterday
arrived here. Chcuscs al CooFs but two
Our Journey up the River really very pleas
ant: the scenery !. beautiful We hired anoe for
four persons and baggage for sOone half IN vance
and the bargain made before the Acade OF Ghssres
When others come this way tell them 10 do tee same
thing that l. 10 take their bostmen 70 the Acsde and
make the 5srsain before him. taking receipt for what
ever they pay. They should - careful slso 20 make
the natives understand that they FEED themselves BY
t1e NaNs tlo also ~ ~ W AfAtf-f - iurA
they may either g there or stop It they choose At
Gorg0na The bostmen always wish - stop Al NOrgo-
A. il saves them some trouble.
We plenty OF ailgsiors. and many beautiful
birds ID j. were not for the troublesome rsin ne pas
sage would be pleasant As Il was 10 did not rain at
toe time and Se enjoyed things amazingly. The sllss
tors did not prevent from bathing twice In the besu
niul river The water Of the river 10 as good as the
Croton in summer, without ice.
have now % give the dark side Of the pletIse All
our trouble dvindled 20 nothing compared with the
OF things in this place The passengers BY the
Falcon brought the Cholera with them, and IT, =, now
raging around us-four OF the passengers BY the Fdcon
and egh, natives have died here within two days The
names Capt Elliott Mr. Hayden and Mr. Birch
the OF the other 10 not know. Hayden was well
yesterday when arrived and died last ight At 10
o'clock. having been sick six hours Our people are
terribly frightened and leaving for Psnsns on foot
and horseback paying the most enormous prices for
and mules BY to morrow there will be very few
here When we arrived there a very large mum
bcr We have hired coop at IL day, and shs ny 10
keep cool possible hsve found my little spanish
of wonderful use The natives generally honest
enough but they lie dresdfuliy They all negroes
sni mixed races No passengers By the Crescent Guy
ing among the whites ! bought some milk and eggs
this morning Of native woman who crying on &C
conn. OF one Of her family having died during the night
while two were then dying Truly, death Is here
California 10 almost forgotten. People are leaving
goods and everything behind them and hurryng 70
Panama The news from CslilOrnis, however, IL that
cold - he iatrsdse
Ten snd five pieces 90 for s and 90 here franc
pieces Tor los. and smaller French coins In proportion
Douboons and slg; quarter eagles - only eagles
and half do for $40 and g psisreens Pc Good bye 5