The Newtown bee., 1905-02-10
To California In 'A. INTERESTING STORY FROM THE DIARY OF GLOVER HAWLEY, Brought Out In a Vivid Way By he Pen of B. l..
 Johnson.
Sacramento City, May IA, 1850.

river, 12O miles up, about one-balf the way on foot and alone through vii derness that can boast of the fncS trees, largest grizzly bears and the meanest race of Indians that can b. found. 1 did not think fit to burdel Ill self with any weapon of defence eX- ccpt walking stick for the benefit ui tangle. l arrived safe at Marysvillt Il d in fine health. At that place toor steamboat and enjoyed my trip mucl. after my long walk.
 l did not think of coming to thiS place when I started for the Slate range, as it is called, where we are at present located with a good quick silver machine in which we are partly connected with Henry Black man ano MT Blake of Vermont. The river va: rather high to work to advantage, al though one day we four took out onr pound and one ounce of dust, and when the river falls we expect to be more driven in business. My object was to see Sherman on business, as l supposed, about 25 miles down on Me- gro bar as it is called. On arriving there found Blackman, Botsford and Briscoe, but Sherman and Jackson were several miles further down, on Roses bar. Having found Sherman and got thus far within 20 or 25 miles of the Steamboat landing at Marys- vile, I could not resist the temptation held out to come down and exchange letters with you, knowing that some of them were due from you, and also had some notes due that I wanted to collect. I thought myself well paid and was made quite happy to find three letters, one from you, dated February Il, one from Asa, dated March Il, and the other from N. H. Wildman of Danbury, dated March 26. Yours of March Il mentioned by Asa in his of the same date has not yet come to hand. I also received five papers from the Bridgeport Farmer office, one of which informed me of the prospect of a railroad from Danbury to Norwalk. You mention in your letter of MT BOtsfOrd sending out funds to get Moses home, but think Moses will not make use of them for that purpose. He is now quite we'll, and all the Oth- CTS of the company. They have the summer before them to display theil enterprise in, and if they succeed in turning the river as they intend to at Negro bar, where they now are, and have laid claim and are now working, ] think the prospect is good for obtain ing rich reward in gold. The river can be turned and the old bed drained at that bar, with less labor and ex pense than at any of the many others I have seen on this river. 1 did no' think proper last winter to acquainl you with any of their concerns, bu' when l arrived there Sherman wa, quite miserable. He had been sick { long time and appeared to care bu1 very little about anything, or whetheI he lived or died. The "Lo Pc" haC the strongest hold on him of any mal l most ever saw, and he appeared tt think of nothing but home and i'm pro cations on this country, some 0 which he uttered aloud. This wa | about the time Moses wrote home hi 1 letter which came out in the Farmer They then were both for home. This was, thought, too much to have thu enterprise fall through in this way, ant instead of making an arrangement il San Francisco for them about funds with some of my acquaintance, tn Hawley for instance, which have, n doubt could have been effected, en coUraged them to stay, get well, ant return, when they do return, well com pensated for the arduous undertaking Moses soon after began to get bette and did not wish to return, and Abr 20 Sherman was sent to Fremont where he could get plenty of vegets bles, believing that much of his Hines was owing to scurvy, but his recover was very slow until he came to Sacrs mento City with me. Here he coul get, cook and eat just what he wanted l and soon appeared quite well and yer feshy; more so than any man ever sa , him in Newtown. We gave up par ] nerShip after the inundatiOn of th city and he left for Fremont, thinkir
 to set up his trade there, but after
 while he and Jackson started for ROS
 Bar. They are at present both ther
 quite we'll and quite encouraged to { ? ahead. I was very happy to me-
 George Smith with them. He ha >blundered on them by accident, whi(
 I think was very fortunate for hir
 Tell Alvah Smith that George W
 probably keep with them. They gi
 a good account of him, say he is ve
 steady and industrious, with go'
 share of economy and is much attach
 to them. 1 now come to the subje
 of James Smith, of whom you menti
 in your letter, that his parents ha
 heard no tidings since last fall.
 knew he wrote home by the first
 September steamer, and believe
 wrote to you about his going up t " Sacramento with me, and how l, bel Y unwell, returned to the bay in whi
 boat, and that, of my own not wishi
 to run the risk of my health at t
 mines in my, then state, I, not wis
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