The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-05-18

cattle on the plains, with Digger like propensi-
ty, to supply the places of their own lost ones |
thought it best to 20 down into Egypt and look
after my own, which had been turned out after
reached Dolby Town in the fall succeeded in
finding three and driving them back brought my
Wagon to the valley, and disposed Of the whole
concern, believing that my prospects in the mines
are better than trading. SAs had to come half
way to Sacramento TO find a market Just kept ON
to see If 1t were not possible to find letter from
home i may as well say that have been disap-
pointed, and the only letter which have recev.
ed since | left Ottawa, from any friend. was one
from my wife dated Aug IS This walked tf.
teen miles to get, when heard Of the arrival Of
the Express week ago. and would have walk
ed au hundred for another with the greatest plea.
sure.
have written the Free Trader bv every oppor.
tunlty while crossing the Plains, have sent u full
Tor nearly full) copy Of my Journal from leaving
the Missouri up to my arrival in California, and
several other letters, and have not received even
a paper from Ottawa. OF course this must be
the fault Of the mails, aud not of my friends
arrived here day before Yesterday at night -
Yesterday morning on going into the street met
Chas. Fisher VIM, Irwin, Capt Reed and 5. b.
Gridey from Ottawa, Mr. Reynolds, and Wm.
Mi!len, from South Bend, Ia, and Col Wilson,
nom Mishawaka, 10 BY some Of them heard
Of the DAYTON Cop,popy wbo have do,a yery
well in .bc mines and ~ Mr. FroI.,t,,,, o,,J i,
X. rhone The latter, was glad 10 hear was
dong well. As general thing those who have
staid IN the mines, worked steadily, and have not
run about prospecting all over the country, have
done something. Those of our South Bend friends
that | have met have done soInething-somc Of
them we'll met Dir. Rood on my way down.
lie was going to the Yulee mines in high spirits
He has located himself at Vernon. 25 miles above
this place and is well satisfied with ,yb,t he Loa
done and is doing. W. Mcneil i, with me lin the
mne,) a kindhearted pcnerous nan-as good n
fellow as ever trod shoe leathcr-,'May he live a
thousand years. This is about all the personal
news | can give of interest in your community
except the death Of James Bacon-he died a
short time ago at Yubaville. was much sur.
prlscd on coming to the Valley to see the change
which few weeks have wrought by our indeflt
gable Anglo Saxons When made my trip down
from Lawsons in September there were but three
houses, or ranClos on the road n distance Of per-
haps an hundred and twenty or twenty five miles
There may have been half 4 dozen on and of the
road in the Valley Now there is house every
five or six miles not only on the road where wa.
ter can be obtained even where the land hl. been
ovcrflowed, but from Vernon down. houses apneor
nearly every mile and was assured that this
was the case at least seventy miles above Law.
sons.
New town, are sprinrinr up. defective as title,
are aud business seems thriving in them all. On
rcaghinr the YUba found tie town of Narys.
vile where three month, a,n only an adobe
house existed n mile below on the Featheri. Yu
ba City, which at that time did not contain f
hou e two miles below til, Eliza, lust comnlgnc
cl and buildings goiny ND rapilly. nj Bear Creek
l..
plot i, being surveyed, and at the mouth Of Featl
tr River where late in the fall only n ranch rx
listed. Nicholaus i, laid out, houses going rapidk
mp and lots selling off ike hot cake.. At the up.
per towns lots se.l for from $500 to $1,000 and
50 with tie lower towns. hhlourL Ills civ La.
been under water. lots are still ndyuucipy ouc
improvements going on continually. A lcvcr
will be built around il To- krcp out the flood. and
it must always Ue q town of Importance. but in uli
these places tho time will must cuuir whom ia,
bubble will burst AMI m INV in liyi,lu,l. b. ruined
During the flood lar,e norton of the ynllr,
was oyernnwcd between the Yuho and B,.,
Creek a Nj Spencer. ut whose house s.uppe,
in INV pcrcgrinatiun told me hc wa, OBLIGED Il
crawl un To the roof If lis house TO save himself
although 1t stands ut least thirty feet above I'll,
river and that y ncglbor sailed in Loaf ba,l
to the mountains, some twelve or fifteen miles
Now, the roads are good the rraSs green ;ul
the plain dotted with herds Of cattle, where few
days ago all was a wide waste of turlid water
And TIN, is the charming valley you have read
much Of at home, rs SURPRISING every ihnr
else in lovlncss. | am much amused at the sage
remarks Of some of the New York Editors, re-.
spccting California In speaking Of tie gold af
ter its exhaustion they Gla,. upon its agricultural
capacities, its central position its hirh destiny
dc well reckon it is about in the middle Of the
Earth If yuu begin To mcasuac exactly uprositcl
Gc |, i, 10 more fit for farming purposes tlian
! am for preaching. Exlmu,, the gnll and it will
no lopger attract ships To it. shore only to carry
bacl; the poor devils who are caught here in search
Of III Dorado and instead Of ships taking in car.
goes of Tea at San Francisco they will quietly
pursue their way from the Atlantic ports through
the Isthmus canal if it is built, if not around the
Cape. wind and weather permitting, to Canton.
and receive their lading rs usual from the brother
Of the Sun and Moon, and seven stars, and other
planets. Blu, as the auc,innccr saws 81 can,
dwell" nobody will believe it ill thcy come and
sce-come then and p,, MI the gold Won can. for
sure enough that il here. II yoI can act il then
Won NAV talk UNDERSTANDABLE of its hirh destiny
and superior advantages over your really rich
beautiful and E,rtil, proiries ot home Had ms,
seen them mi,ht have ,hourh, the Valley of the
Sacramento beautiful. Lu, I have seen ihem,--