The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-20
Monday Evening, May IL, 1882

VIII OE LANOd6IEh.
Monday Evening. May IL, 1882
From THE CALIFORNIA BoTs.--We have
been permitted to read letter from Philip
S. Julian, one Of the company which with
Grim g. Sturgeon, from which we CLEAN
the following particulars, giving additional
news of the disaster and other interesting
intelligence. The lett is dated, April 3Oth,
at Savannah, Andrews county, Missouri.
II was the intention Of the company to 60
hy the river from st. Louis to Council Bluff,
but this from some cause wasnOt carried out
The wagons, harness, mules and provisions,
itappears, were all that could be put upon the
steamer. The horses, with twenty-eight
of the company, proceeded by land to St.
Charles, about twenty mi 'es from St. Louis,
where, twas originally intended, they should
be put upon the boat. hut it was SO heavily
loaded that this was found impossible. 1t
was then concluded to take the horses to
Council Bluff by land.
In their trip through Missouri, the river
w.s crossed three times in $50 miles, and the
company met somc hard places, in which to
stay over night. Two Of the horscs died
with the cholic.
The land company had travelled twelve
days and laid over one, whenthe news reach
ed them Of the sinking of the Pontiac. They
were ten miles above ST. Josephs. The loss,
it appears, was not so heavy as we Hnticipat-
ed, amounting only to about S40o, principal
ly in provisions. Some little of the property
was stolen. The mules were cut loose and
swan to shore. The wagons were on the
hurricane deck, above the water,rnd all saw.
ed except some ofthe lead bars. Mr.. West,
lake, who was on the boat and who brought
the news to the other portion Of the compa.
ny, thought all the carpet sacks and clothing
were saved. One man, from Ohio, wa.
drowned.
At the time Of writing, tho company wAs
waiting for the Wagons to come up, which
it was supposed would take four days, and
then seven more to get TO Council Bluff
Salt Lake is estimated at 1890 miles from
the latter place.
The writer says the road through Missouri
is crowded with stock for California. They
would pass as high as fifty Wagons every
day from st. Louis Though. The emigration
this year, exceeds that Of any other. They
passed twenty drovcS Of cows and several o
sheep.
Grain was scarco-corn selling at from 3!
TO 10 cents. This is correct, and does no
exactly correspond with somc Of tho intelli
gcnce witches reach us from that State.
The writer saw the wreck Of the Steumc
Slluda, which blowod up about 500 miles ~
the river, About 100 persons were lost by
this disaster. He was in the hospital. which
was full Of persons wounded and scolded
some mortally. DIost Of the persons or
board were Mornons, bound for Salt Lake.
The company passed sor.e parts of Mis-
souri,, where for distance often miles, they
DIDN'T see "as much timber as would make
riding whip"
1t will be seen by tho above account tina
the loss by the sinking of the Pontiac, No
Twas not as great as apprchendcd, and tina
twill detain them only about week. Th
writer, however, does not expect to reacl
Marysville before August. A a genera
thing, the members Of the company enjo
good health and appear TO be getting ulonI
comfortably, ifnotfcst.