New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-17


ancho,ing At ali the LANDINGS made during the day
Marysyi'ie was then city OF at least 90 CANVASS
houses with high hopes Of more.
MIHIEG OK TIE YUBA.
The next day we started Tor Fosters Bar, some
90 miles above Aaryaviie, onthe Yuba having en-
gsged muIeleer to carry cur "punder up lot
$50 a huudred During Toe day, however, We
were informed that the trail TO that place had oeeh
rendered impassibc by recent fall OF snoV' ana
we concluded to helt Ter white az hoses t y AZ
% miles above Mary47le Acout 10 MUGS iIoAn
M.rv1,ila rya Ia II the plains and began ca scthPe
n,--s4,.,re with the bi5s which were at hfaI
rn,hnr lovz and aubdued in their style, buIraploy
erau5 holder &th familiarity I'll soon toSi' ~ =,
Syeyo mite abfGpt vs. fesched b0se b Der Nv
.,,1,nt efter hard days walk for oeginn9hSi
wa - di,o there comfortable log cabin then va
4Nof narmiasion fron the owner TO occupy 1t
iii yS could prooeed fnrthetup ss'eam AZ Rosss
Par tbs mountains had inlriy "aot Ia Iaefa 20
onntirued all through the month OF Marc1 MS tn2
snow vas ZOO deep to admt ~ operations eooYe,
There zoo to3k ny frs; ieeaon in mining; aud
tboneb the place had been pretty much worked
nnf LAT season, David and tried cur hauds IA an
oi3 deserteC claim and succeeded in getting oui
inward OF $500 10 one week, though the me nac-
cess did not attend Us through the month Inc
wafer was great deal 800 bigh to admit OF sQc'
cessul operations.
on a. far ss Fosters Bar, bat few goccssded IN
GETTING eny further in March, and many returned,
Sfter spending all their funds in vain ATTEMPTS 70
gethgh u o on the YCbs wnere tue god vac sald
and believed TO be mora abundant tha1 III any
other reeion vet known The snow on tho moan-
Gains as well az in the valleys, WAS far too deep
70 admit of the passage Of males aud man could
NOT carry their own ptovls0ns--Wlthout winch
long soi1uru ia the Dountnips would be dcagrao
able Finally, about the lsi Of April, we earned
shat trein Of mules bad succeeded IN breaking
*beir way ss far up 500dyears Bar, about o9
miles above Roses B ar and that men could travel
along by the river 10 or II miles further. | con.
cuded Il was about time fog0 a prospecting, II
would be in time for toe rich diggpgs' 80
party of us, numbering four David stald ct home
TO tab csre of the bouse started out having pro
yided oulselves with picks, hoef, ahov6Is, biapk
ets and provisions, clnsasiug Of pilot bread ana
dried veniaop for q weea With auch ga odthE
each man uqith pack Of some so pounds sl0ng
at his back, and pistols aud h0WIe knlyeh 10 nib
belt. we turned our faces eastward and con-
menced Tho toiis0me Journey up toward the region
OF deep snow, grizzly beafs and grizziyer Indians
and much gold, as we hoped
LOST IN THE sEOW
Grass V alley aome Il mies vac the terminus OF
our first days Journey. Here an adVeh'urous
trader had pitched bis tens and hed 'or sac noor,
pork and brandy considered The hrss three great
neoeeteries OF life in these regions at tha' time
at the preseut day except thai p1fk ls moEtiy Su
pereeded by fresh b$et " spread our oaosets
On the ground beneath the ieafiess branches OF az
oak ana slept quite comfortably An early s.art
next morning brought us 70 Fosters ar ut : Z NJ
We pssged the night here III The tent Of an &C
ousintsnce OF one Of our party aud IN the m1rhUg
three o. ~ the fourth having walked himself zoo
lame 10 20 further continued the accent We toI-
lowed the mule trail and IS our pace wss pretty
rnpidfor we accounted ourselves 1t sturdy travel
ers alive frequently passed parties of loaded
mules and men, toiDg for The same gaol "a our
gelyeg A bout noon struck the snow and n1w
our journey began to be really interesting 20 US
Aa we proceed up, the sn0w continued to increase
in depth, until towards night 1t was unt4shomable
with SIX foot pole, except n exposed spots upon
the southern slope OF the mounJelns, where the
bare ground would sometlmea appear In crossing
one Of the bare paces ne LOST the trail ana oeln8
mised by the tracks o. some stray mules, we wan
dered for away from the right path before We dis.
covered cur error too late rerace our steps that
day
We were miles away from any habitati9n or
human berg, many mites from the river, high up
upon the breezy mountains, oil the trai,' amid
deep anOys, and night fast approaching. Decidedly
uDpleaA aut-the more so sa one oil our Party had
stopped 20 talk to friend he mes upon the road an
hour or two back saying be would overtake us
Hoon and if he should keep tho right path, as va
Judged he would lie might feel some what lonesome,
as vel an slighty Gatisued, before he would over
take us that night At this crisis ahould probl-
bly, have Sal do'sn in the snow and cried, had not
my compauiou-a stout hearted and providout
Buckeye boy-pulIsd from his pocket an India
rubber flask filled with something that was not
winter sa, ing: +" What s The use Of feeling fam
mux ed? We meet with tougher disgins than
this reckon before Ne We done with California.
Greatly encouraged and ConsOed by my trlsnds
cheering remarks, brushed away tho stsgiing
tear dropped from the eye Of the little ls5k 6fOre
said,l akd " q foundercd on through the snow, in
hopes OF finding better resting place for the night
than fenfeet stratum Of su0w would afford sid
ing and punpiug down the side of the mountain for
TWO miles or more into dark and almost bottom.
less ctnop, we crossed by some terrific leaps and
deep wpdins foamlng mountain torren! that
roared along through the gull towards the luba,
GONE ak or eight miles TO the north, and Chamber
ing up the Rmosi Observation-Disclosures OF tho opposite
mount sin-cug'pg 20 the brEtc chez oil trees shrub
berv projecting rocke snd whatever eise we could
lay our handA on to aid us in our tolG0me accent, We
reached he summit, wet and weary, luss se the
darkness had b como so thick AS to render our far
Their progress imprechc&bie. Here we fortunately
discovered a little plot Of ground whereon was no
SNOW and gathering up the branches of fallen
and dead tree, we piled high blazing beacon fire,
that sent its glare far into the darkness OF the yawn
inc eulf beneath and by it's warmth we dried our
dtenohed and dysgsled dresses, melted snow in
our tin cups for tea aud sat down TO our frugal re-
mast of dry bread and tough meat with rs keen a
relish a. was ever brought to bear at Deimonlco =
or tho Astor, | icmly believe. Throwing up an
archhke covering Of ir.tree bougha to protect US
from the wbi.tlIng nightwiad, sc orept beneath,
enoased us incur blankets, commended US to Hes
vens protection, and so1n forgot that We were Lost
la the mountaius.
Az we were discussing our breakfast next morn
ing by the grateful glow Of . ellrePenlshed ire
our iear guard eompaaon q yesterday hove N
sight strsuipg up tho moontsln II the 'raeS; taa'
we Ind msde. He WAS welcomed with three
cheers snd scat st the festva board. Ho mad
loaf the trail precisely where We miassd it, and
struck into tho snow again in the came eTriag
mule track that had led US aa'ray; but feeling on