The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-08

cutoff very mountainous route Raft tsoose rivers
thence Msys where their troubles commenced
three hundred miles While ia il they but three nights
where they compelled TO the grass for her
sni,na ais III water foot swimming depth, and In
| many instances rope and haul IL river
Athk place The aniaals gave Out, and le the mmi,
Re quisite crossing the desert Alter leaving the Hum
messed. men who could speak from thirst offering
(vhen fortunate enough 10 have W five dollars for one
visions wagons and article Of the travellers neces
| sity comfort cast away.
persons al the Sink Of Mays river on the 18th OF this
month. A. The Carson Valley they first provisions.
which they advised TO push on to the desert The traders
here carson yale buy broken down ais from one
TO twenty dollars the Immigrants compelled 10 sell
them at price, being TOO poor to travel further The
water and fine. and The animals will recruit
70 be of use perhaps TO those who arrive there month
hence.
taking the Truckee river cutoff from the second peak OF
the mountains, saving thereby about fifteen miles for pack
animals.
The names of the six gentlemen came through with
Mr. Springer are Grant IaSgs,t Gaena, Illinois I, D
age county Ohio; Henry Johnson. Louisiana and Edwin
jerks, Roscoe Illinois.
MiscELLANEoUs--I is mentioned in the latest Sacra-
mento Times that Captain Suer and his family were
suffering from illness ever) their residence,
Hoch Farm
Mr.. Thomas Gunnell was knocked overheard from the
sloop Ktiurah OF the Sacramento river on the 9th OF
July, and drowned.
MIR Jonah Gardner, who arrived at San Francisco in
the ship Rowena was found dead In his bed In that city
He a native OF New Bedford.
From China.
By this arrival have advices from China TO the 25th
of May, brought to San Francisco by ordinary transit,
being only twenty eight days behind the great enterprise
OF the English overland mail We copy the following
from the Alta California, the intelligence being
minute than any we have yet had.
By the arrival yesterday of the Hugh Walker Captain
Cameron, in the receipt OF intelligence from Hong
Kong, having received files Of the Friend Of China and
the China Mail as late as the 25h of May. The H. w.
is SIS days from Hong Kong.
The spring had been excessively cold, and fires had
been in demand at Hong Kong
On the 9Th OF April the governor, his wife and three
secretaries, left for Shanghai the Lady Mary
Wood, leaving Major General Stavely in command as
Lieutenant governor
On the lst OF May three pirates hanged at West
| Point. Through some Encouragement they kept
upon the scaod with the haers around their necks,
| for more than half hour The bolt could not be
drawn; and after shaking the gallows violently the po
lice sent to the naval stores for hammer with which
they knocked back the bolt. Two OF the criminals
tainted and held up until the bolt forced back
the third kept calling fdee. hdee-be quick, be quick.
The lieutenant governor had pardoned about twenty
prisoners who under sentence for various offences
very fatal disease commonly called ~ plus, but said
by some to resemble the plague which desolaed London
two centuries ago. aud by the yellow fever OF the
West Indies. had broken out at the city oil Canton and the
neighboring villages. The Chinese will receive the
advice OF the European ply sicans.