New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-20
PASSAGE Of the sehr. Gen. Morgan.
We have hsi the perussl Of long Letter written ~
Dr.. J. J. DEmAHrsr. Of TIE Connecticut AIhins -
snd from Il pnn, the following interesting eS'fs ois

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Tee Ssvaonsh srivec a. RIO : few days before
We "a. . AID o. the Sunday before We sailed tie
Second Lieutensn, came aboard ia an osciAi ca
pseity. Il appears fson his statement nat our
nate after hsvi1s 8 regular hst-hshs Ia Tom
Hssr with Capt Fslkenbursh, made omPlsins
70 toe oo.eers o, tee savannah teai We wanted 70
kiI hin az explanation took plsee-the nste
was sent ashore, and We came OF next morning
~ghoe, him.
The s.ore-ship Lexington arrived At R.o on the
18Th =, April We went o. board .. CT, and ~e'e
trested Ike AmevlcaAs We ssv several spSci-
nsns of god. Tns First Lieutenant aud sargeoa
ci1ed with c. o. Sunday. We sent some ie ;efs
home Ia her. SD leiI Rio on tbs i6sh q Asrii
FOratsw days we had isir wines and pleasant
weather, but they were destined no. 70 lsstl long
the viad veering round dead ahead, snd o'o~inS
sometimes = hurricane. We lot o1r tyinS-Jo
STOOD ia for lsnd, Intending 70 c'sst it, aheh We
reached on the Ion 0. May, lat. lso, aud sncnor
Ell that night Ia a 2 ace We called tne DsN"
Hole. from the fact that st low water. We ioano
ourselves completely surrounded by reels ou'
good anchorage ground, The tids rising ~ iee''-
We went on shore, and found - ne In sonndanoe.
Ne TOOK leo DseAs. 50 Geese. Patagonia
Ha-es large as Foxes Grey Foxes aud SORT
OF Dser-s sort II cross between ours sni the
PstssoElan, weighing 80 pounds their meat Is
superior 20 our venison. We found an abundance
OF excellent Muscles along the beach and IN oar
ramb.es also came ACROSS the wreck OF two YES
sels-one proved - be the Nightingale OF NJ
York the other the James Leeds Of London. We
found the nests. chests o. clothes sad papers be
longing 70 the ! Leeds, sll Ia good state OF pre-
srrvation the clothes we distributed among the
crew, and We will preserve the papers. We were
A. anchor two DAYS and then sailed for Santa Cru1
Bay. In this Bay there Is an sland situsted about
Eve mile, from the entrance this We found was
inh,bited-by Indians, we presumed-but proved
20 be by Euglishmen, ~ 10 numos- collecting
Gasno, with which the islsud a0ounds. They
came OF and invited US sshors az OF our party
went sna returned In the evening, well Pleased
with their entertainment The next DAY ",
s.l went ashore and had pleasant time We
caught hsh they called Mulet. Smelts weighing
from 10 5 lbs.-cooked them, eat them, sad
drank Irish Whisky, with which they appear
70 De well supplied, and before nign, Capt Hal
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IL the ashes. We returned to our ship, each win
a pretty srse agate ia our hats. Game was not
az plenty here as at our lsst anchorage; bat
Ostriches are in any quantity We ran one dow Il
by running him between two steep hills, he ran
nearly up % the top. then fell over backwards aud
broke his neck We skinned him, aud VIII en-
deavor TO preserve him. We saw number OF
Indians on horseback on the other side OF the Bay,
bat did not 20 10 see them. Alter remaining here
two days, wind sprAng up, and We set sail Tor
Cspe Virgin, the eastern entrance 20 the Straits :
the who'd coming out ahead We did lot enter, oui
anchored 10 the lee Of the Cape, and went ashore
Here the President Of the Company tCOnnectlcui
Miuingl shot one OF the hybrid animals before al
iuded 10, weighing 200 lbs presume We saw
100 900 Of them that day.
on the z7th we entered the Straits. TIE only
port of note ia Port Famine, situsted about halt
way ia the Straits. II is settlement established
by the Chiiians, where they send their conycis
instead OF Juan Fernandez. as formerly. W.
found here the schr. Pennons sad the bark Emily,
! from Bangor, Tor California. The Roe and Othe
vessels arrived here Apd 9. and the J. K Whit
nsy and the Gazelle arrived on the 2sth. The Tor
mer coming through Possession Bay, picked up a
small boat containing seven passet gers and iouf
sal ors including the chief mate OF the bark Hsoe
of Baltimore. /. appears from their statement
, that they mad eft the ship, which was AZ anchor
Ia tho bay to see some Indians ashore, AMI while
there the bark was visited % one OF those 'WlHel
her cable and was forced TO sea, leaving the boat
, and crew. The Whitney will take them 10 Sar
/ francisco. We were all compelled % stay here
, ten days -shot a new hind OF duck here,-thei'
bodies ae very large and wings small they can
not fly. but skip over the water, making paddle
of their wings. Since We left Port Famine, ibe
weather has been very cold-snoving Sun rises
at An sets at 81 PM bads sdieu 20 the Straits
June 4. Ia Swallow Bay We were visited by two
canoes with natives called canoe Indians, as poor
aud oarbsToos q set OF beings as ever saw, win
out any clothing except a piece OF seal skin
around their lons they live on shell fsh princi
pslly, and reside In their canoes, Ia which they
, have large fire. We eavs them some food and
clothing. for which they were very grateful. On
JAY |, we oaulht a SHARK measuring ton feet
, and saw several dolphins.
. On tho Fourth OF July National Salute wa'
fred at sonrise, the ensign hoistej, all hsnds CIV
log three cheers as it rose. The procession Orm-
I'll on the quartsr-deck, IN the following orderi
!, Marsha OF tho day, II. Cro~sl. Orator, z Il.
Hanks ;. Reader Of the Declaration. Ned Crow
i ell. 4. Music. S. Military armed with ramrods
two axes, TWO hsr9ooos, spade and shovel, crow.
bar and pump hook. band-pike &c &c. followed
by ooe Of the comp any In fall California rig draw
! lag a wheelbarrow. Many tosss were proposed
and speeches delivered. The next four days W.
! got on rapidly weather pleasant. 1hs 10Th We
crossed the line. July 81 about 10 ? N. We spoke
. the Boston brig Mary Wilder for Calitornis, ls9
days ou,. She spoke the Robert Bovine three
days before. Ga the 3lt We spoke two vessels
: one brig twenty days from Pansms, With PISS
. ssngers-she lsit NswYork IN . 18th April. From
! ihe 70 we learned the destruction OF tho II Hartford
We also spoke the ship PRESCOTT, from Mystic
Conn. $50 days cut. 5he stopped a. Frsnconis
The Albany and Panama both pat in there In dis
tress
We arrived at San Francisco this morning
Aug a. AN. We found the Roe here she
made about the same passage that we did. TIE
, Roe Company have all gone 10 pieces everything
was sold by auction at high price. All the Com
psnies burst up ss they arrive, bet We intend tr
stick together Every body is rich hare, and IL 4,
peaceaole and quiet. The gamblers are reapios
he creates. harvest Dyssntery 10 the only tsi0s
z 20 be feared lid.
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