The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-29

wardled to us with a desire that IL be- publish
od. Il conveyed % The mother the sad intel |
ligence Of ths death Of her son-ths first
news she'had received Of her husband since
he loh for California, about eleven months
since
The letter also gives a bief accounted the
Operations Of tho roio rous Capt French,
Of biz attempt 70 rob tho company, &C.,
CurNrrr eAMf, CNtroRsiA,
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4 most painful duty deyolyes on me to in
form you that our beloved Harvey IL no more.
Ilis death occurred on the morning nftlio 9Th
Of August, at our camp in tho valley Of the
pacas on Puerto River inrcxAa Ills death
WIS caused hy the accidental discharge Of
rifle In the hands Of Caleb Thurton, while
40 Merc engaged In. preparing our breakfast
Thuuton returned from his post on guard
with lia rife fully charged and capped, came
10 n wagon about two rods from us, and then
vert 10 doing something TO the lock, and II
oXpodcd the contents entered lis body ON
the len side about two inches below and near
the end oftho lower ribs. was within about
six feet Of him ut the time llo put both
hand. on the wound and groanod out, CO.
dear 1" md f,'ll or laid down on tho ground.
Ispmnq to him, eat down on the ground,
raised bic head on my lap and asked him ifhe
conld speak, but he could not; aud he cxpir-
ed IN about flcCn minutes, There were two
physicians present but they could do nothing
Cor him lie appeared 10 be iuscnibc Of
pain from the time | first took hold OF him.
and he died without struggle, Thus a be-
l loved soh has hocn stricken from nae in a sud
| den and unexpected manncr,and | feel deep
| " 60 mourn hi. loss, Surely am severely
| hcrcaycd IN this wild country, far from home
aud more than 300 miles from any habitaion
or civilized man. had seen two mon, that
/ died on o'tr ipurncJr hurried without vhruud
or coffin ! iuedc an effort and procured q
shroud and coHin and buried him in as decent
mnnncrns | could | selected a spot for q
qravc directly between the highest point,
Of INC mountains ON oach side Of thc rivcrNnd
about 90 rods from tho wcdcrn h0nk OF the
river AZ o'clock the lSheic camp (obont
200 mcn) assembled ana ni)cr reading the
usual ccpemopiez Of the episcopal church, hi-
Sody was committed t. the grave whore it
mus, return to dust, bat his soul has gone to
that God ,,l,a ca~c H. set stone nt the
head Of his draw, marked III. H. G., 4, d.
1850" Ircturncd 70 camp whore We re-
nmiucd unit tho noNt evening, ! was At hi.
rayc before the sun rose in the morning and
at o'clock in the evening | returned again
l,.l ~ iLa-el4.l+ la lAraY-
err hide a beloved son from my sight My
Gcings Won can ,innginc hcttcr than car
describe.
We were about $50 miles from Elpaso, al
which place We arrived about the middle Of
September, where we received information
-Tt1r Capt. FTCNCn H0d f0rgCd \ ICtlcr on
Rowland & Aspinwall, AMI had drawn drafts
to the amount orfrom sixty to seventy thou.
sand dollars, which rendered it impossible for
him to carry his passengers through to Cali.
fornia; whcrcupon the passengers made levy
upon the whole train to secure means 10 pros
ccute their journey. They proceeded to sell
and Distribute the proceeds amongst the pas
|NflltffINt NHlill b''h WV l'NhllNNl WI
bcr Meantime French was in NIcXico pre-
pairing n Guerrilla band to intercept our pas
sagc aud harrass and rob hs on our way, nj
Carlctus about 20 miles from Elpaso, IL,
made an attack on n part of the train anc
killed two men and wounded two. French
was supposcdto be mortally wounded. Whcth
or dead or alive ] do not know. Ancr stop
tt,Flet+l-- t4At days 1Fa started GA -aui
journey agnin towards San Dicgo,ovcr noun
tains and across deserts. distance of abou
1000 miles, which We accomplished by tn,
18th of November. ! omitted to say that We
took pack mules at Elpaso. cannot give
you n history of our journey at this time n
my sheet is nearly full suffice it to say,
have had the best of health from the time
frst landed in 'fcxas 10 the present time, no,
have suffered hunger and thirst in crossing
the deserts, rs some OF my comrads did. a
bout the 20th of November we sailed for SaI
Francisco and arrived there after a passag,
of 6 DAYS Business was said TO be very dull
and the prospect discouraging for cmgrants
We were told that il a man could make hi
, board at the mines this winter he would b,
/ lucky. But was determined to try II bcior,
gave y up. found my goods had beer
stored only five days when arrived. fount
them in as good state as when they leh Bos
, ton except the hcur,which was soured so bad
, ly that it WAS of no use for anything but prov
cndcr. | sold it for fveldolars per barrel
Good -four was selling for nine dollars pc
, hundred pounds. got my goods on boar'
! Of steamer FOR Stockton, on freight of ont
dollar per hundred pounds, passengers five
dollars per 90 miles; arrived there Dec l ?
Next day started for the Chinese Digging
on foot, paid dollars per 100 lbs. freight 81
miles. There were some very good NINE
/ there. but rs thore have been no rains thu
winter but very little has been done here
. Ihayc been digging on the rivers bank where
men make from to S dollars day. dui
7, 33 dollars last week II is thought there vii