New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-04

Ihe -. LOUIS h.Dnl lrIH contains the loiiO y III
detail. Of the melancholy intelligence from Col Ere
monts Party. which We have already briefly noticed
BY telegraph
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Cot TRFMo>r-Llrs AID INFoRTt>T IRON
SANTA FL We .,.p the yress, "a day. ~ announce
tie arrival of Mr. Green jones, OF our town direct
from -snt- F6 tie brinzs with aim the Sdlia =. Rt
Dsbica Of the q February l-i9 from which We learn
that Col Fremont and hi. party have suffered severely
and II them have been lost We are graiined -
know thai Col. Fremont himself Is III SO The
whole country m1.t Aud viii feel thrilling interest 10
the narrative p-lash below, taken isou he SdEii
r Republican, -o =
Cot FRExoNr-We present 10 our read ?. IN this
weeks paper commGncsi m from oGr correspond
At Tao. relative % Col Fremonts unfortunate ex
petition, which will be found below
DEAR HovEr From the circumstances ~ those
rnO carry this an compelled . be 'n0ri mere i
much novelty ihs place. unless Il q the success
ful excursion OF tn commander % this po'i and TIE
very unfortunate affair Ct Co. Fremont
This eDerp rising and expert need officer had started
from the Un,ted states for California. Being IN the
Winter ses,cn and being overtaken by very severe
and long snow storm vhle passing through tne noun
tain gorge. toe Colonel .Qst some $50 mules IN one
night BEING left tot, the party could scarcely re-
ualn where II was. and II was deemed mpossiole 10
proceed Finally toe Colonel dispatched three men to
sock some settlement who after - days absence not
returning the Colonel started for Taos, n company
with two men, distance or some SSv inAes
hich h. made nice days Ga his srriva! cur com
ions tor the detailed party and mules TO carry them
Col Fremont though much emscialed and In feeble
health uObly resolved g. accompany tue succor sent
Uui by our humane commander. Tne ssteFings OF toe
patty have been terri y severe even to the extreme o.
feeding upon each other. Both Col Fremont aud Ma
i1r Bea certsinly deserve gteat credit 10 the who'
affair the for his perseverance, aud humane galany
IN perssiug 20 return IN person 10 the succur OF DIS
companions 20 misery ani the other for the prompt
ness and humanity with which he ordered assistance
o. be- rendered 10 the unfortunate party.
The II Linus Repnbi cdH adds Inis news vii creste
deep sensation wherever IL Is read and great vii be
the desire hear tue real extent OF the calamity We
without hope that tne report greatly masu n"s
the sUfsriDgs 81 which the party were rrcucrd ana
that some II not all Of them may have been saved
The las, dire, Intelligence from Col Fremont p as
contained In letters from himself and from Major Fi'z
patrick sni Mf L. Lupton 10 Col Benton ms Was
about the Of November lie WAS then ~ PueoaS ian
Carlos % miles above the FouniAne qui Bout. on the
U2yer A kansas lie purchased supplies Of provisions
tnefe md iresh holsss, intending 10 commence the
ascent q the mountain. He dsmoun,ed his men AM
packed the hor.es with corn HIS intention then was 10
cross ia. mount.n which lies between the Arkan,as
aad the sierra Nevada Two days after he len ;he
Peuba. he Vas followed by two men. who wished 70
Join bs party. but as he had no need OF their services
ihey returned They stated that they overlook the
party when ascending the mountain through very jeep
Snow Col Fremont was 10 advance, with few oi MS
sbe.i men brea sng road for the mules aud horses
They were when these left within six miles OF
the summit of the mountain and II "as eohsioeteu
they reached the top. the descent would Dc nuch
more easy and rapid. Il Col. FremOuts purpose
,Ays Major Fitzpatrick - fall Immediately on thc ltio
del norte and A considerable distance north Of the
New Mexican settlements, from which place no "oulu
steer directly for California, leaving the two hitherto
Travelled routes north and the other south VI hlm
and passing midway between the twJ. Col Fremont
party was composed OF shout thirty persons, and ne
had over one hundred horses and mules An Interval
of elk or seven weeks must have passed and YET II
would seer that no had made very little progress, rs
ne Is reported h have been distant from laos ABOUT
$50 miles when the disaster beiel him.
We have sough. la dieren, quarters % get lst OF
the names Of the persons who accompanied Col! RE
mont IN bic expedition, but have only been psrtiaiy
successful We know from bis letters that Capt Cain
cart An Engli.h gentleman, officer and Traveller IN
India was with him a oOgp1HEOH De r0ydSt, ana was
highly pleased with the excitement which II Afforded
lie was also accompanied by Henry hlng OF George
town, D. e. Assistant surveyor, IN when capacity ne
had been formerly employed by three brothers OF the
name Of Kern Of Philadelphia two OF them as artts
and one rs hyscisn by Prruss All artist, Oh Ws'h'
inston CITY who was also with him on former eIpeol
tons and bis assistant and by Alexander Cooley snn
bis nephew From St Louis County there were win
him T. f. Breckenridge Josiah Ferguson, benjamin BE
dell Henry J. Wise and William Bacon; John scott
an Englishman l.. d. VlnsOn IIs!sr Ohio l. :. Mar
tin Tenn Charles Tspin. of Jackson County, 10 ths
State young from Little Fort, H. anG one from
Baltimore. Md
The neps of this disaster will also excite fears for
the safety OF Lieut. Beal and bis party Major Fizpsi
rick wiring from Rents Fort says tina, they passed
tha. place sixteen days later than Col Fremont and At
a time when the weather WAS exceedingly cold many
Of the men severely frost bitten, and the horses
were much reduced Lieut.. Besl was oound tor Gail
fornla but probably took another route. No tdngs
have reached Us from him.