The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-28

~ CUnloslTTBs ~ HCALIFoRsIk- attsrrdne-
!. an Pass Discoptrsd through fks Sierra Ne
paRa@sl lnportanf u siftsple.---Wetake the fol-
lowing from the Alariposa chrOnicls Of
!. Saturday. I may be all true butit sounds
as Il somebody was romancing:
Wepublished the annexed extract from
a letter received a few days since. written
by an old friend whose explorations in diff
ferent parts Of California have greatly as
SISTED insdeYeloping her immense resource
es. Should this subterraneous pass prove
as practicable for railroad route as our
correspondent anticipates, the whole sub
lject wiareceive aninpetus scarcely dream
led of By the most ardent imagination: -
- So Havs6g heard M j'r S.
lspsak Of a very large and long cave that
was somewhere near the head of the Yo
tSemity Valleysand as the mammoth caves
at Marble Springs, formed in the immense
marble ledge that traverses the gold region
lot California, are more or less connected
by assures. It occurred to me that there
might be q subterranean pass through the
Sierra. The hostility of the Indians pre-
senO my acs'hs upon .he iues az Inc
slins' go w's no. iofgot'eh' ana as soon
d sio Hii.uenecS OF I. Hieu.e.iaht
= s,1.,,sissfta0h.ot :, - = 10. Anufan sna,fs
.'a,. eAselueo 20 'hae region, s'ilnalateo oy
las some Of our distinguishes California
travellers, and at the sans time benefit my
4 country after amply providing for the un-
''s1'''s''S' i'e'uit,eaeea nay eApioration'
r,i;. m+I =. ooss,se1, ,oss VINO ou' agslhs' the
.'S - ,oJi ''las sv'iie inuiahs We
"s'e u'S'pps"reu a. or near GER
LII ,h poIs AZ s"e seaJ =. ene vaney, ahd'
We e~@''i''ieu e'e'y roeA ana pusii
~ sns siO.u'.y Nc sete i unsoie 70 oo'aih
@ 0iSo = S'el' il.ulns p,"es. onour re-
u nva sno - poiI'.on, ':ii 'io 1'ye was
',1.S ~ Ai. H'u AZ o"oe
~ ""S - "as ,uo seeiee !, naun' oi
Sae .au"i'. aceo'uias.y "a u.tec'eu my
on - 'ho poin" nt'er nassng seIFch,
~. eU s ICY ,sit., ".sdG,s s,o Sars leess
- H., -, r..s,, VSa sno.ts,
'ssc''eu " St1'i'st P'Au' ouS"cciuens
.o'S'"'e "'0C Isneu """Vno pan coula y,
I"eo 1ono, SaniDer,ne a,nong .he mn
luV~eu 10, anu IioSsy rocAs as','e oase Oh the
10y ol'n' "''1 soon. ~ uu0' 'ur.,s m, isVe-
0s'n1 .iecessary lor Ilo 70 p"sne' Inc te iuea
VI s's'ns SHOWS .oasu smuch my ithcy'
~ '''u a. olvo Iepalreu - ene M, ~, wnich
TnooeIs ~ nls1. .iie oeieora'eu iali o. the
- nSy", otu,na'ny, yno oahho' aP,
p'oScn slu: nea'er snau ole hundred yaros ol
sne ialnng ooay OF wa'er, owing 70 tne
spray or niiss snae MOVERS over anu arouno
ns cauiurohy 4o9I s, a. 'ilis 'inie tnere :, was
se'oh9 u'es1e oiowing W .ne vaiiey,
sweeping asiae the hiSs tuas nitnerto hao
Pteveh,eo my nearer approacn' was a.
oou' uiVcs'ln8 myself OF my garments
wnen q gust ol Winu, stronger tnan any
aia' hau Pfeceue1 II, exposed 70 my aston
tisheu ana Joy,u. slgn1 Ohe iong-soughs
gave nay aIo'u'ions "efe iorgotten;
naslenea OacK 70 my parry ana maae
AonNn u'T g, "ohucriul anu ior.uha'e olS,
loossrE lne IeSeo' 'ne. asy was 9eVoseu
70 sNe prepa'aeVu oi 'orones ana on the
.onownlS morning, ai'er nas'y breakfast,
We o"'nlneiSSa- OUT eApiora''on OF 'he
0ays
f. mehAa no uiinSui'y IN enIering y, ar
.nouSo ws were 'hofouSay afenened oy
Isuo sle9' ~ W"'o', oasAo. ~h'on, Protec'-
su ~ snei,'hg iocAs' lu was an oPen space
,eauing 70 'ne o@ye. We, 4 nave hos ,anguage
70 uesoiIpo NV ieehhS " awe WIN "nicn
~; was a s''sch upon entering inc portals ol
s"', s'aun 81" saU" s,ruosu.o, ,n,5, inhue
oy no mo-, n.9s,'i ~ nanus. "a, ~ na sna'l mao read
" iniooYiy. roli'a''ce-.al' 1 'na' VV,u anu
eltsns n,g',u'',oi haa m conceived OF
supyeir"lsah 1otiu' was .slne ana com
monplaeo soulpafeu VIII 'i'is suo''inely
SUP. sseIe'uD"s W;'a 49,. WIZ q ustve Du' 70 pro
ceUu ",.I .I'oaLs We oaus'oasly
s,aIa l..;,;os, ~, .aa4.s,ad 1ar ,,'e sam
.so es ,sh, s.sus Sas y, ,nSa NV S rays
e nS%s no'n . Ias ",saos. 1:..s w Me n'u pro-
sesuaJ ~, ~. sn. IIe !. 10 ""eu .., VIC op'
~ ~ ,"aI - ~ ~ ~ ian wo,n
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80 w. - ,.',' N .sG"e. y ous onols uls
'"o aa.y' J,. "n.% %ss, aaouu peu VI u''S''
W w U'Svo'e.91 W 60 ."u"n e."oSe ,ooon,iy iotn-
l.'s ~ u.s. ss VIZ 1."'s,su ~ 'illS us
Vts 49, 's,,o '.SH ienoo.'on We uo
~ - ~, Ps'oo Sa'' "eeA' "oai1 to
sr.,. u'," pe'ieC1y uI'n 10. ys"'s' anu 1n'n'
I"itotou learS Hau bupsl icu, we were en-