Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-05-24
Imposition on the Isthmus Rou1e.

| on the Hsth mus Route.
A correspondent of the Columbus, GA En-
qulrer, furnishes that paper with his experience
OF lmposlt.ons practiced by Rowland, Aspinwall.
q Co., that may be of service to California emf
grants
A word as to tickets and am done for the
present. The whole arrangement from BEGIN
ming to end is one of fraud and corruption. diSre-
putable in the extreme, and characterized by an
opeh.handed vlllainy, unprecedented in CONNER
clal history. AT home you cannot purchase
through ticket" and applicants are told thai
through tickets are sold until some indefinite
months ahead. The company issue tickets in
the name ct fictitious persons, who allege they
are the purchasers, and demand fromE5O to 100
per cent on the amount called for{ The con-
sequence IS Storage ticket. are sold by the com
pany tor $3.50 up TO $500, and cabin tickets from
$500 TO $500. The company realize the profit
and by their cards impose on the unsuspectng
public. | write, sir, confident of the truth of my
allegations. One ticket purchased is issued in
the name OF - Crosby, another Mr. Ohio
Sweet, receipting those names for the advertised
prices, but the tickets bringing whatever can be
obtained Thousands 90 home disappointed and
dIsmayed, while others, ashamed to return, risk
their life and lose their time on shattered time
worn sa-vessels, with a three months voyage
and limited accommodations. Now, sir, desire
this statement 10 be passed around, that all who
come here may know the truth and what awaits
them. Ii you calculate on paying $3.50 for
steerage ticket, or $500 for a cabin ticket, YOU
may expect 10 pay for the former $3.50, and for
the latter $500. More of this again.
Distress among California Emigrants.
Mr.. HATCHER, vino was the guide OF tho party
OF Col CoLLYER, the Collector of San Francisco
from Santa Fe 10 San Diego, has lately return
to Missouri. He conducted Col. Collycr by a
route hitherto untraveled by Americans, if not
unknown TO them. The come was generally
direct one baiwcen the two POINTS (Santa Fe and
San Diego leavingtna Rio Grande and The range
OF noun aims parallel with it on the w-st to the
lett; crossing The Puerco and failing upon tie
waters which empty into the Colorado. TIE
Pimo village Is the point nj which MIR II. first
struck upon what IS known as Cooks Route"
The Independence (Mo.) Conference.-The says:
Some 300 California emgrants avaled Them
selves OF Mr.. Hatcher knowledge OF the country
in order to reach San Diego, which they sue
ceeded in doing without great difficulty. Not
wthsInding the size of the party the Apaches
loughl them almost constantly for three days,
but killed only two of the emiarants.
Mr.. Hatcher returned from California by way
OF the CHA River and passed emgrauts along
the ent.e route. He witnessed among them an
amount and degree OF suffering such as it ney-
or was his lot to have seen before
We will mention only one instance out of
many particularly heartrendng. Two young
ladies were accidentally discov cred by Mr. Ii
among the chdFeret where they had wandered III
search OF the meSgUU trHu for food They were
IN tattered dresses, without bonnets or shoes, and
lost. They were about the ages OF ten and six
teen. Mr.. II. conducted them To their parents
III of,rLg IL
i'll the family in state OF amos' utter dpati,u-
ton. They seemed scarcely to kouw their po-
sitlon or where TO 90. They asked the distance
to San Diego and on being told il was 310 miles,
burst into tears, and wrpt long and bitterly. Al
though nearly ont OF provisions, and having ouly |
few animals in wretched condition, they had
stuck 10 their carriage and wagon with fool
ISL and almost fatal tenacity. When they had
grown cain, NJ r. II. shared lis small supply OF
provisions wlh them, gave them the advice TO
abandon the carriage and wagon, 10 pack their
food and children npon the animals, aud make
for San Diego with all possible speed He told
them that by adopting this plan, and by making
food OF the poorest OF their mules as they gave
out on the way, from tune to tim,, they might
get through; otherwise, they could not reasona-
ply expect to 10 so.
This is but one of the many distressing scenes
which were Witnessed on the ella route. Ii is
to be hoped that our Government will, at an early
day, have explorations made of all routes that are
practicable, to the Pacific and will establish posts
along such as are most travelled for the relief OF
those einlgranls whom misortunes may boial by
the way.
A PERHoUs AND Disastrous VoYAGE.--Mr.
Alexander NJ. Harvey, famous trader in the
Black Feet country, and known under the SOIb-
riYu NJ Of the Chef of the Back Feet, arrived
AT ST, Leuis on the 18Th ms, from the Falls OF
tn. Missouri, a distance Of 2500 miles, whence
he started in boat on the ID of April with three
companions. They had several narrow escapes
from the Assineboin, Crow, and Sioux Indians
who, on several accasions endeyorod to entice
them on Shore evidently with no friendly inten-
lion.
On the lat day of May, soon after leaving the
mouth OF Medicine Creek, the party in the mean
time having increased to seven, by taking on
board traders and Irappers at different points on
the route the boat struck by gale of wind
and capszsd. The water was filled with ice,
and the whole party were almost ms antly 50 be-
numbed with cold that il was with difficulty they
could sustain themselves. One was drowned
before reaching the shore, which was at great
distance, the stream being wide and the beat near
the center OF it at tine tins OF the disaster. Two
were driltcd ashore, but persisted OF cold before
landing could BE- effected. Two more died al
ter they had landed that only Mr.. Harvey
and man nam ii Parurll remained alive o4t OF
the party of seven. The boat had dlittd ashore,
and luckily they found steel king in the bot
torn oil H. by the aid OF which they made fire
Everything beside had been lost. A lille down
tn stream they found bottle of coffee, by which
they were greatly refreshed. After walking two
days and half, they overlook three Mackluaw
boats, from which they obtained all necdtui as
sisIance and supplies. We gather THESE facts
from the ST. louis Republican
/ AN ExcITiNG INclpENT.-A man gong 0rer
the dam IN Mohdrk Rirer.-A man by the name
of Thomas Brown, residing, we Understand, at
Waterford, mt with most tIri.tlng escape from
death on w dlesday last. He was crossing I. e
Mohawk river at THIS pace on IA canal toit and
when about one-third the way over, became
tangled in a coil of rope, and was preciptated
overheard. He was carried under boat distance
of about so feet the Sat dam, VII ca Is ten
feet high. The current being very strong, he
was borne with fearful rapidly, and was watch
cd by the spectators on the banks with the most
int 'nse anxiety. He was good swimer aud
e. I'd his pr seAce OF mind upon reaching the