, 1869-08-05

The Me1ccd and luke good look at It, for after ,
journey Of elgh,y.four mics more VIC shall scc !!
, nea'n frtn Inspiration rulnA Al It glIdes amopf
the Yoseui itc willows.
Fspm Smelling to NafIposa go miles,, th,
county h very billy anl the ascent quite rupid
II the tourist w.ahes to see the principal golt
MINIS Ut tho Matiposa estate he can 70 Eron
Smelling ~ the Hay OF Bear Valley, which u al
| UtItes AMY fruiu the direct route. Tne sintuT
IN lis nnd alnalgauntng works nrpeEtalnng to thu
| nscr IRE Iocuted nj the tout Ut l0tty mou1tatn
from The summit VI whtcl, the Chief p.umurnees
Of tue YOSEMITE Valley cnn be aeon. 11nf Nm,
lc,wceu Smelling null Moriposa Ia tho village o
I!ornlios, nIioBe uafue AiguiGcs "a nttte uvca
nnd a nUst appropriate ualhc II L. for tic weather
was atout hot euouxh rhcu VIC passed. through It
tu COOK our lnncr Without fuel ltornItos II Que
Ut tho rrglnr stopping placcs Tor Yosemite ssAyc!-
itfe, aid can cVusC!r1ltousy Recommend 1tH
hutC, tu MI iousipt4 rns.ln9 TINT why. lUtnccn
uorht0a Als Mtriposa wc russ &hr0u9h thu 'lcsGrt-
I'd si!'AEt IF Princeton, u,icr t,fIslnK town af
iftI or slAt> UutCH Including !urxe Butcl, three
htotsrs In hripht, ND" sl'cnt ~ ErutuY ard, tho
wl'I'l rgbIng shI"1tgh tlc Upon tuoss ali hrokun
pausr ui Kln4H. An nhnfitI,eh 1alna aui .ian,p
fIlll an the hktllr tell thr story uf thu rsp hi.i
fail IT tbts Unco 1'rDsprsuUs village. Tho ,nind
was UDco rich Atti rFunlA',1r, hut Il "uta, I'll
"u.," and stcn tic inhbhltHtliA fed.
trstsi, rtno inrn At Mar!pnra toll ~
IN ah u.tlufdnn tllat Iirtu II t,I0fu Ru'd Mt
Itnrel0h thu hns ovrs been tzkcn out ot Il, aud
Hut huthuk " wAHtln. hut eattlai 10 IuYlyu
fAt fotlofn hAtilet aAl cAusu It tu busaon NJ tnu
| ruHs. Il1 AthAatlnH mo frEclrtt IN pusalug
ilroaEi All ntAuInIciy drstEtsd yll!uEa tnGd tEey
.ny California eau show acuEr4 Ut tAuIA), u akin
IL thM II Waiting III auatomI4A mu4auu Or u
| llsstcl1ug EuuM.
| AAEtl4NA.
AA7poaa Is dull, unn.sresting town, symbol
ca! Of The posessy AuA wEelchednt4s ot tho Mari.
| iosa estate. Every body III and around II cuthea
the Martpoaa g1aut aud calls II Bwind1e Ta.s
| bld Mexican g5nnt, embracing seventy squire
miles Of scrtItoTy, was bought by General Fre-
mont some twenty Years ago The MaFipoaa PEG
tile say that the c!n1ra was originally located On
the low landH down toward San Jo44utn River,
hut 1hat when the gold discoveries were made ID
the hills It was .tended around " 70 as to Include
the most productive mlhes Ia the county; and the
grant, o. thus denned Was confirmed by the
United States Government Fremont did not re-
tain the property long: 1t was mortgaSed or hy.
iothccated, TO other parties, who finally turned II
INTO the AaHIosa COMPANY and Issued ten MILL
ions Of STOCK ppon 1t, which Is now quoted at
IN the New York Stock Boa1d, srd has, beneye,
never paid a dividend. MONOPOLY OF thus
fort enough to ruin the faIrest portion
OF the earth, which Mar1posa County Is not.
The only persons who are making ANYTHING out OF |
tne MINES there arc tae Chinese, who are working
getting about one dollar per day for their patns
as The, eau hre better On ten cents per day ,hau
tney are accustomed to at home, they are really
making good Tagea after paying the Mar1p<sa
Company = per month as royalty. The travel to
ihe Yosemite VALLEY u deatined to be greater
soorre q pront to Aa1iposa than all her gold
u1ncz. i n11eed, these m!nes have Thus far been |
an actual oss 10 the world for 1t has cbst In tie
much more than dollar for eyery dol.
Eaf worth or gold that has been taken out Of |
them. One gentleman Of much Intelligence told
ne that II hui Cost nye dollars for one.
Aaflpoaa fs the Quitting pluce for tho noun-
ain journey to The Yosemite Valley and the B!1 !
Tree Grove. Guides, horses and paek mules arc
urnlahed by Waslhurn NcCready, who keep
me hundred and Twenty live well.tEalued animals
Ut the accommodation of tourists, II you Gre I
solng to tho Yosemite you cannot fail into better
landA everything that can amelIorate the hard J
hips Of the journey ate furnished By these gentle
zen, Who an persuaded, are declaring no tlnl- {
LENDS from thetE business at the present time, but
1c looking to the future 10 reimburse them for s
hetr hcayJ e1pepEes | I
xKua wnlrE IND u44cHs 70 c1Aaka., i
The wagon road continues up tue bills to Nt,tte b
liatcha nla, about tWt.lve miles from Mari i
ofa- This Is the place where would recommend | q
TOURISTS to pass the second night Of their Jour.
y. Mr. Hatch, dowu-east Yankee, with his b
ood doEn-east wife, keeps the best house for the
1fertanme1t oE guests that ever saw IN q r11ral |
Everything and everybody IN and | II
Fuund II ia clean, sweet, fresh and good tem- ht
efed- Here We mount our horses and hand over | r.
IT necessary baEgage To be packed on mules Il.
ad with James Rldgeway for our guide, enter al
le yosemite tE1il our trst objective point beipQ dt
la1Ss house, twelve mites distant on the other III
dc OF tho choEcallla Mountain, tho ascent Of pl
h!ch, from White uatchs Is R.so0 fert aud 4,
&c descent TO Clasks 1,7oo feet Two aud . natr Il
lies per hour is the best time TINT can be made In II
q F$Nff
hofeeback exercise, anu even gentlemen, ind ~
emsclFcs sort enough when they rpach CiarkH hn
rejoice greatly nj temporary dclseEance from eli
c saddle. on
The asccnt Of the ChoHchIlla is extremely labo tn
'us and slow, as the ho!ses must stop every few a
nutes TO breathe, but as No approach the sum- VI
i, which Ia t, sn0 feet aoove tho sca Itvcl, the
enefy becomes enchanting. Tho successive vi
aks Of the 6lcrras with their wondrous ecriuro en-
finc and spruce trees unfold themselves to the tht
ht and left In but this Like lUt
things clse connected with tho fpsetulte nnat lex
fecn to be appreciated, for 1t caunot lc dc. hu
7fed- The sensation nne receives tu rassjna VA
cf this mountain - most e1hlIarustng-far morn OF
than anything Jou can nn1 In tho asccut Of lit
'unt Warrington Tie plne lrccs here gt,,w to tn
enoru0uH Size, sccnllnglJ ncfeaslu8 in nuult,sr VT
i magnitude the higher VIC ascend. Until We III,
ch the sE't II! tn" h9 trees whose elevation IL In
NJ feet. fruf. Whitney, the stnte Gcologlst Of th
|
o three belts The first ta"o fret cleya,lou,, In
hfncts the digger Pine ant tho black max. The III
s'nd e. 6N to 6,o0D fee} has the pitch niue Tho hl
FsF pine. tho spruce, tho white cedar anl the hit
trrts Tie shtrl t7,"n to puo feet,, Is marked ,Hc
the hr anil tho mountain tai,arack. The man. III
ns tire, tough ahruh, with re.! hA.k au,, IN. ths
'FelJ green 1cnrcs, Rruxs innIf1ereuliy at all u
M elevations. aud in great pIotusIunL Col
he 'iisflnKulstnR feature ol the Herras here, eyt
!. lndrF'i Wherever We eNw them, art their All
e1neaa La1l'f.sttdes arc culntton occurrence. 10
rain falls upon them frum Msy I'LL Norelntrr, 1t ,
ept atnoa the verr axhcst I'eass at lt.'sn tu tis
NJ feet elevation. where there ~ nothing but Cal
~, Rrsuic aud lara The day ne came jrunl lhe
foseMiie we eaw th'lmiet-s t-storm rolleylnx
III awAy snUnF the High HIerras In The ,llrs,,- tla
Of Mount Italia, hhl wr fnul,l. whrn We ~
che't IN" ean tonIuln Valley. that The Merrel, TAI
TnpfuulHe AMI sIanI*,aus t.sers ha g..
II two feet+ ''Iaahlnx the 1rrrr RtI
ihe latter stteant The exstcu o t'ot
nesH VI tho eRtth In The tu-rr ftu
nRn1 wi,rn the wl,ilef rn,n. sel IN, p,ur,u, AZ
b the eteephesa Of t4n nrcftir>, ransp, pnnt. Mr
in slIacs. Acfrs hf Hr1,lnl. nht,h tt A,n,n rhl
mn hare fTrri<ni a stt!Ien nxras VI Ipsst,lfc sin,
tN'r 'lIaItslxr''. sit tlrA a.t n. alalris. xnu H
ed ~ sfnvas i'nks AID t4rth. g*,a ttAwh snIu ttl
taltr5 with s'tar3 tnnInl,tx lin STRAINS Al vi
'"st"sa anil IrrrAInena A rnl,s:tsspn That eaa shr
r'' faf !Atlts EstAlAli
u'a4 .'u~n tap ,auu,4a l.. t,,srs .s,m. IN ss. "A
Z than Hh!hk W. Tle AllIi1u{rul" nj EAln un vne
aet Of nusflsa4 atscsaAE5 ~ utuli falling oyur S1l
hftsaa heal h quits paiHtul NutlI one j. nccu., rn.
I'd II Il III ErAc'tn4 cIart's ths snueiA. viii ty
lad 10 Test Af, CArt IL civil engineer from tr.
Moh1 who established hiInAelf heFp mAnE | Fki
n H1o AMI built thd aousa which hears hIs \ !a!s
'e le ia now engaged Ia IaytnX out two the
ur roa4,s-ono from White 4 IIatchp to hts go
p!Aee, and the other u the Dls Ttpe Grove. at t
house II built Of losa and boarls txAalonrd vi,
, ha1ches and dra~fnfr- II Il large enough OIL
cromnodate twenty Of thirty peEsous, but | rtE
obliged to sny that, accosdlnr to our exnen. | mos
:, It'll not 1elI kept-a 1ac& which Mr. ctaYk tbe,
III 10 be aTaru Of, for he has beeu atteunu,.0 pv,
oou the present lessees and put Il ID Sur
{ tidy hands. The South FORK o! The Nerced tpc]
eH ruus By the hou e, pelluc.i y
an Of cool, Eott wafer rising In the yack OF /
lntatns Of Fresno County. bath In this he!e
rttful sr1eam wlu take the soreness OF the | Of y
setback E1de out Of ones lima In an almost the
Acu!euA manner. The guides md mountain co.7
tel us that At the Junction Of The South Furx falls
! the Aerced, the scenery is as s,artl,ne. Ecr
ign not 30 various, Aa the Yosemite Valley. Hm
rHE pIa rRtts Teal
be Aarpoza Big TREE GROVE u elx miles sou,a OH
:tarkA It is situated on phleau on the
NIT of mountain l.5Oo above the house, and "
feet Aoos- the Sea iesel From Auue1s prem
it. Que Of the prunoutor1es a, mi, rnnrnt,t, yal1e
can distinctly see objects four hundred tuues COW
Int The inst big tires sprr tf.enSrr.3 bv 1out
DoWt, as Already Stated, IN 1859, In tho Ca- no p
ras G5pye. Eeyeo other croFes Of h.u trees | knce
since been dtscurered In California. Prof. the :
tney sAys that the largest standns trees arc but