The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-04

the "Trip you viii And thousands Of mexquite brsna
nulfIsioas a. corn. On this desert we found " New
nsss wh plenty q good ssss % ,ss. was IN
phenomenon may not be there again this summer; but
Il il not. two bard marches. and peck OF mezquiie
bnas for each animal viii bnaE you easily % csrza
then safely through ali di6coly. with plenty Of fine
grass and water, and in day reach Warmers ranch;
hence 10 Los Angeles from thence into the Tulares val
ley and 90 on through the southern rivers, 10 any point
You deem favorable Keep out Of the notion OF going 10
San Francisco II your intention u 10 come TO the mines
you have no basiasss there. As 70 arms, All you want
(holser Iaslos. you choose, but don't touch Aliens
reyover,D aud good belt knife. You must leave home
sshind you. with all superues, comforts. and luxu-
iasdious notions think Of nothing care for nothing, do
nothing but lake care OF your animals, cook your
vicaals. and travel thirty miles day all the time DO
not push loo hard on the plains You travel fifty
miles day there, you permit your mules TO 20 of too
brlskly but that win break them down, and inure their
backs. Start on thirty miles day. and keep il up.
The route by Fort Brdger has the same objections that
apply 10 late travel the northern routeyou might get
caught by the Sierra Nevada; but for summer
pack il Is the shortest and best the continent
There has been mistaken notion generally prevalent
that work cannot be done in the winter in California 1t
cannot IN the northern mines but IN the southern is
profitable as any other time, and only with drawback OF
exposure 70 rainy weather. But there numbers OF
placers, rich IN gold, which cannot be worked al any
other time, from want Of water, but which in the rainy
are supplied with that essential Some OF the
company IN which came, who got into this place IN
February last, made upwards OF $1,000 during that
month
have thus hastily and briefly thrown together few
rough hints, suggested by seeing letter from emgranls
who came over the ella oute and arrived at San Diego
late the winter II was, usual, full oil horrors
skeletons, DESERTS Indians, graves, etc. al lbitum Well
used to interest The green who by the lsthmus
and around The Horn, with similar tales until have
been so completely yarned BY the South Pass emf
grants, whom have met in the mines, that have given
up the vocation. could tell you OF the sacrifice Of prop
erty TO the amouneof thousands-of carcasses srewn
everywhere wagons deserted by hundredsof graves.
too, where many noble fellow resed his weary bones
on this fanatcal pilgrimage OF Mammon But all these
the natural consequences OF such trip. My own
party threw away our wagon besides several hundred
dollars worth oil property; but why' They were super
flutes, for which we had earthly use. Among them
were two fine cloth dress OF my own Much use
had for them in California And thus has it been with
all They started with too much load and broke down
their teams before they got TO the tight pinch They had
many nice things too many comforts, and were too
much Of the notion OF pleasure trip He who to
California must "Work his passage" deck al that; but
when he gets here, litter such land trip frame OF iron,
constitution Of steel, and energy indomtabe and
persevering gained by the experience OF tasitory and
comparative only) baTdships, qualify him for the work
of the mines, and enable him to reap golden harvest
whilst poor fellows who by easy roads and pleasant
travel, cooped up vessel for months, luxunaing
in the cabin OF steamer, lit for the life they
must endure in the mines than ladys lap dog is Tor
bear batting. Adios PRAIRIE STATE.