New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-06
FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA.

H,Ap or AscELs Ckg.E,
Hs~ tie s..na.iaa. River Tuesday Jan o. 1880
rp,Yvn GRIZZLY: send you herewith an Az
,h.,,;~ account Of our camp and the events WHICH
-. occurred here tbls far dunog the Winter Tor
,h. information Of those who have friends In TINS
region. a. well as for the whole army Of readers
of The Tribune.
The camp is situated at the head d beautiful
tboueh not very extensive valley, which nestes In
among the bills that surround IL 10 way that
makes you want TO stop while whenever you see It,
On the east and west the ridges are hard 70 chmo'
though broken through by the creek, which Is a
clear and beautiful stream on the north IS steep
sour Of the Sierra Nevada, which stretches away
% s.ockton, and On the other side Of the ndSe'
some mile and a half, runs the Celsveras, branch
Of the San Joaquin; the south the bills are IN
dolnting and easier 10 cross On both SIDES Of the
creek are groves Of large spreading oaks and
mighty pines which invite you to pitch Your tent
or build your sbantee beneath their shelter About
800 pounds of gold were taken out at tins camp
last year; and next season great deal more
will be brought forth and converted into private
property.
The encApopmeDt now consists Of IS comfortable
houses and number OF tents with stone FIRE places
connected with them and 90 arranged as 20 be very
tolerabe habitatiOns We number l2j souls with
three trading establishments The average price
Of provisions il e. H. all around -four, bread
beans nee sugar, SC. being sold a. one rare
Lianors and wines bring 50 cents glass.
The Winter has been a succession OF rams with
oocasonal lgbt fails OF snow Of short duration, and
has compelled rs % pass our time IN idleness, the
god being only taken from ravnes or fats A Sc
we're snow storm occurred on January 25. Ire
nex, dav Dr. Moore from North Carolina and Capt.
Bel from Texas went out hunting The snow was
about foot deep on the average, though the drifts
were much heavier, aud alter several Dours III
successful toll Capt Bell returned exhausted and
chilled DR.. NJ. continued the hunt and was last
seen half an hour aiterward, by another hunter
ascending bill 10 pursuit OF a deer. AT at night
he had not returned, AID party set out IN search
Of hun but came back at the next morning nearly
dead with fatigue and the torPor produced by ex-
IRENE cold bn, without having got any trace OF the
missing hunter.
The next day after the disappearance two large
parties set out in search, and were gone ell day,
with no success. One OF these parties IN gong
out left two men behind at no very great distance
from the camp, they having taken freely OF liquor
before starting owing to which they soon gave out.
They were lett in charge OF DIR. Kelly, OF Pa. and
when the party got back had not been heard
from. The snow being still falling, and the even
ing far advanced our fatigue made effort in their
behalf impossible That night the snow stopped
and rain set in The next morning at 6, DR.. X.
appeared with one ol toe men, the other having
been left for dead on the side OF the mountain about
q mile and half from the camp. Hewas at once
brought in and every effort that medical skill could
sugeest made 10 recover him, but in vain. He was
buried the day after
The friends of DIR. Moore still continue the
search though little hope ia entertained OF finding
a.Ya T.ax pluae IN
very bold and ravenous, and have probably ere
this, destroyed his body
The deaths in our camp since the beginning OF
Winter have been three, beside the two above
spoken Of ono by dysentery, one by typhus. and
one, man named Smith, from Louisiana, but for
merly from Mississippi who accidentally shot him
self Yours. truly
Il ~