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¦ ¦' :. :.:. ;; .:.. . CURE-OP ASTHMA . : ; . 7 Extract of a latter from Mr . Benjamin Mackie , a respecfe' able Quaker , dated Crecnagh , near Lougliall , Ireland , ' dated September llth ; 18 * 8 . ' ' "' ¦ ¦' Respected Friend , —Thy excellent Pills have effectually cured me of aa asthma , which afflicted me for three years to ' such an extent that I was obliged . to walk my room at night for air , nfruid of being suffocated if I went to . bed by cough and ; phlegm . Besides taking the . Fills , -I rubbed plenty of thy Ointmentiiitoniy chest night and morning . — ( Sighed ) Benjamin Mackie . —To Professor HoLtowAT / ¦ "¦•'¦
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nent of the faculty at home , and all orer the continent had not been able to effect ; pay , not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad .., I wish to have -nnotiier box and a pot of the Ointment ; in case any of " my'family should ever | reguiriB either . —Your most obedient servant ( signed ) , AtDBORouoH . —To Professor IIoiiovrAT . , ¦ ; - . . ; These celebrated Pills ' are wonderfully efficacious in the foU&Wlag tomplamts i— . , <¦ - .. •' .. ¦ Ague ""'" ' Female lrregula- ' Scrofula , or Asthma rities' " ' King ' s Evil Bilious •'• Com- Fevers of ' air Stone and Gravel ' plaints kinds Secondary Symp-Blotches on the Gout ; toms ¦ Skin Head-ache Tie-Dolouseux lowel Complaints Indigestion ¦'¦ Tumours ' ¦ olios Inflammation Ulcers ' , Constipatisn of ¦ 'Jaundice ' •¦ ' ¦'¦ Venereal Affec-: the Bowels - ' - Liver Complaints tigma - . ' onsumption Lnmbago'i - ¦ - ¦ Worms -of •' - all Debil ity PUes kinds Jfopsy ; ¦ . ' : , HheuaiatUm ., .. Weakness , from ) jsentery--.- llatention .- -of- whatever causa Srysipelas ... . Urine ' . . ¦ &c ., &c . ' 7 Fits . , Soro . Throats ; . .. ' -: ¦;¦ -.
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• -.:. ! CAUTION . Unprincipled persons , taking advantage ' of-Uio ' . celebrity of ' . "BR ., LOCOCK'SWAi'JJHg ) !» •¦ - attempt to foist : upon , tlw public ¦ various Pms and . •¦¦ ^ MiXTOREs under nearly similar-names . ¦ The public is cautioned , that all such -preparations-arc spurious and an imposition f the only genuine Medicine has , besides the . ivords "Db . XocpcK ' s Wafers" on-the Stamp , thoSignaturdof . the Proprietor ' s Sole Agents , Da Silva and Co ; , ' on the Direction ' s given with' every Box , without which none are Genuine . ¦ , . * »*< w ^ :. !¦¦ -. .
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: TINDER ROYAL , PATRONAGE . .: iPERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGn , . 7 ' In . Ten Minutes aftev use , and a rapid Cure of Asthma" and ' : ' , ' . Consuinption . ' and all Disorders of . the ' BreatK ¦ - ' ¦ and Lungs , is insured by-. ¦¦« : i .-. ' DR . LOCOCK'SPULMONIC . WAEEKS . ; The truly wonderful ' powers of this ^ remedy" have called forth testimonials from all " ranks of society , in all quarters of the world . The following have been just recirved : — - : ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ : -J .
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BEWARE OF IMITATIONS . : Unprincipled Persons counterfeit this . Medicine in the fonn of PILLS , &c . ' Purchasers must therefore observe that none are genuine but " WAFERS , " and that the words , "DB .. LOCOCK'S AVAFERS" are in the Stamp outside each box . " . > ' ¦ -. ' ¦ - ¦ - Ohserve . —There are various . Counterfeit Medicines , Raving words on the Stamp so' Nearly besemblikg these , as to mislead the unwary . Purchasers must therefore strictly observe the above caution .-
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¦ ; Fart the first " '•• ' - ' Is dedicated to the consideration of the anatomy and physiology of tlie organs which ave directly or indirectly engaged in the process of reproduction . It is illustrated by six coloured engravings . •¦• . ¦•¦ . ' :.-- " . ' ¦ ' Part , the" Second . ' . ' '• ¦ ' ti - : Treats of the infirmities and decay of the system , produced by over indulgence of the passions , and'lsy 'the ' : practice of solitary gi'atilicatiori . It shows clearly'tlio ¦ manner in which the baneful consequences of this indulgence operate on the economy hv the impairment and destruction of the social and vital powers . The existence of nervous and sexual debility and . incapacity , with thair accompanying train of symptoms and dispvders , are traced by the ' chain of connecting results to their cause . = This selection ' concludes with an explicit . detail of the means by wliich these effects may . ba remedied , and full and ample directions for-their use . It is illustrated by three coloured engravings , wliich fully display tlie effects of physical decay .
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> J 0 MORE PILLS , no ? -any ' otter Medicine . —D ^ pepsiji ( Indigestion ) and Constipation , the maia causes of biliousness nervousness , liver complain ™ S lency , distention , palpitation of the heart , inflammation and cancer of the stomach , nervous hoad-iiehes , deafness noises in the head and ears , pains in almost every part of the body , ' asthma , dropsy , scrofula , consumption , heartburn , nausea after eating or at sea , low ' spirits , spasms spleen , ; general . debility , . cpugn ^ inquietude , sleeplessness , involuntary blushing , tremor , dislike , to ; society , uniitness for study , " loss of memory , delusions , ' ' vertigo ; blood to tha head , exhaustion ' , melancholy , Groundless fear , indecision , wretchedness , thoughts of selfJdestruction , and insanitv , effectually removed from' tlie system , by a permanent restoration of the diffcstjve functions to their primitive vigour , without purging , inconvenience , pain or expense , by the
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' - - THE l'OPULAll HEMJBDY . piER'S LIFE PILLS . JL ; "Which are acknowlegcd to be all that is required to conquer Disease and Prolong Life . Parr introduced to King'Charles I . —( See " Life and Times of Thomas ran-, " which may be had gratis of alf Agents . ) The extvaovdmaYy properties of this medicine ? . vc thus described by ari eminent physician , ' who says : — " After particular observation of the action of ... Park ' s Pills , I am determined , in my opinion , that the following are then * truo properties : — ' ' "First—They increase the' strength , whilst most other medicines have a weakening effect upon tlie sjvterji . Let any-one take from three to four or six pills every tiventyfo ' ur hours , and , Instead of having weakened , tha j will bel found to have revived the ' animal spirits , and ta have imparted a lasting strength to the body . " Secondly—In' thciv operation they go'direct to the
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- : SOSe-OFsfflE ^ SPEAKEB . " [ Prom the Examiner . } With patience weary , and worn , "Witlieyelids heavy as lead , Hie Speaker sat in Ms chair of state , Sodding his drowsy bead ; And whilst the doll Debate Haintain'd its sluggish reign , The dubious doze , which refuses repose , Suggested tbese thoughts to Ms brain " Talk—talk—talk ! . "Whilst the cock is crowing aloof , And talk—talk—talk ! Till the stars shine on the roof ; It ' s O to be the'filave , " JIhe ilnfidddog' of the Turk , Bather than sit to superintend * r : This sham senatorial work .
"Talk—talk—talk ! - i"Whilst the nation is erring Beform ;' -Andtalfc—talk—talk ! - Though dynasties yield to the storm—• « Hear , ' and 'Order , ' and' Oh / , ' Ob ,-and' Order / and' Hear — All ye shun is the sound of the one , . And all ye cherish—the cheer ! u Oli , Members of Boroughs so dear , : "Where purity still survives ,. It is not time your talking away Bat your political lives—--Disraelv--wlth -weapon so keen , In . big shame and his glory alone ,. Cutting at once , with a double stroke , ' Protection's throat and his own .
" But why do I speak of bnei ' . * - "When into the wordy fray , A hundred tongues are ready to rush , And wear my brain away—And wear my brain away , "' "With the meaningless din they keep—Oh God I that sense should be so dear , And " noise and words so cheap ! «> Talk—talk—talk ! The rattlenererflags ; - . ' ; . ¦ . ¦ And what are its products ? little , alas , , But rhetoric ' s wretched rags ! - . •" A scattered joke , or a naked lie , Of candour ' s cant a store ,-. ; : And a whole eo blank , that sleep I thank , If it cast its shadow o ' er .
« Talk-iitalk-itolk ! ' ¦ rroro weary chime to chime ; And talk—talk-talk ; Asif silence were a crime—- * Oh / and ' * Order / and ' Hear / « Hear / and ' Order / and Oh 'Till every sense is as drowsy , and dense As the eye that bath lost its glow . ' Talk—talk—talk ! " ~ Inthe dull and heavy night , -Andialk—talk—talk f
"When &e sao - % ? f * ffi and bright ; . * Tis ever a winter tome , ^ 35 o changerthe seasons brag ,. ; i - And Mature gay , in her bridal array , But twits me with the spring . - - - - . _ . «« Ob , could yeibink the thoughts ' . Ih . ihe patriots bosom fonna , - When he raises his heart above And casts his eye around !—Por only one short hour - To feel as ye ought to feel , - y ' - ¦ By a nation armed with a nation ' s power , When millions are minus a meal !
«• Oh , but for one short hour A respite , however brief , Prom these uttered nothings , that should fill " The statesman ' s rairid with grief I A little more work , a little less talk , - Ifight ease the common fate ; Butt he country ' s smartnevertouches the heart Of the Moloch of Debate . " ' "With pt ience weary and worn , "With eyelids heavy _ as lead , The Speaker sat in his chair of state , ' 'Sodding his drowsy head ; 7 And whilst the dull debate . " Maintained its sluggish reign , The dubious doze , which refuses repose"Which deadens , oft only to deepen , our 'woes- " Suggested these thoughts to his . bnun . J . M . L .
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THE ETHNOLOGICAL JOURNAL . Edited T > y Luke Btjbhe , Esq . London : 14 j Clement ' s-lane , Strand . " Ho . XL of this original and aWy-coiidneted periodical completes the first L volume . Henceforth the Ethnological Journal -will appear qnarfcerly . The first quarterly part will be published on the 1 st of July next . The number before tis contains a very curions article , on " The supposed effect of Habit and Exercise in Modifying the Development of Living Orgar nismsV' - ' also , articles on ' Egypt , " and the " American Races . " We trust that the forthcoming new series of this valuable publication ¦ will meet with the success Mr . Bukke so "well deserves .
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Tht ' Hand-Bookof Registration and Guide io those desirous of becoming Electors , under the provisions of the Reform and Registration Acts . By the National Election and Registration Committee . London : J . Grassby ; and J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-row . This small , hut highly-important-work , reflects great credit on its compilers , and the members of the above-named committee generally . We quote the following address :
10 THE BABICAl REFORMERS , DEMOCRATS , ASO ALL THE MES OF PHOGBESS IS THE UNITED KDf GDOST . Erethres , —The National Election and Registration Committee have , since they were called into existence in the year 1816 , felt the necessity of haying some clear and distinct guide to complete Kegistration , with a Tiew of placing all who may possess the legal qualification on the Electoral Koll of the nation—believing that a vast accession of strength might thereby be made to the Radical Electoral Body , and that great progress would be made Id thejnarch of Political and Social Progress , and that Chartism would no longer he a name merely , but rapidly approach realisation ; with this "riew ; the Committee appointed a Sub-Committee , who have used their best endeavours to make such
a compilation of the Reform and Registration Acts as to bring the matter of qualification and registration within the capacity of the humblest mindtheir sole aim and object being to embrace as large anuinber of persons as possible within the pale of the Reform Act , and to have such persons on the Sectoral Holl of the nation , as will feel it a duty to pledge the elected to support such a measure of Reform as shall embrace every man of sane' mind , not convicted of crime , who shall have been possessed of a fixed residence of sis months' duration , and snch other necessary concomitants as shall ensure its efficient "working for the benefit of the community . The committee , therefore , trusts that every
borough , city , and county in the kingdom will appreciate this , their humble effort , and cause it to be extensivelycbculated , its ; price , placmg it" withm the reach ' of all ; and , further , that then- brethren in the various boroughs , cities , and counties , will Jake thesubject of Registration upwith a zeal , a determination , and perseverance that shall _ end in the successful result of returning good working and efficient men , as their representatives , * whose lonesty and patriotism would tend much * ° * effecting Parliamentary , Financial , ' and other Social Reforms , so much needed to ensure the wellbeing and happhiess of the people . -. . - . - ' Cta behalf of the Committee , ' -. ' .. " ¦ _" .. , * .. """ James Graesbt , Secretary !
The Chartistlocal Councils should use their best efforts ' id ' promote the ' circulaiion -of this admirable T ^ fcBookj and Guide to Political EHfranchiEement . 777
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Chartist Tracts far the Times . No . VI . By theKirkdale Chartist Prisoners . " London : J . ' . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage ; Paternoster-row ; and Joseph Barker , T ^ ortleyj near Leeds . ¦ , Cl \~ y . \ r The '^ s % bjects . treated of in , this tract are "Home Colonization , " and "Liberty further defined . " We select thefollowirig paragraphs for extract : — ¦
¦ i THE SOCIAL BEMEDT . " ; •• ¦ - i "We havepreviously demonstrated that-there are twenty millions of acres of land , which belone to the people , in the hands oftheJand-robbers . -ft " * ould he sufficient to supply the " surplus" population of our towns with sufficient land to occupy Iheirthue , " without resorting to the ^ expedient of emiCTation . - . .,.. * ...: "¦' . ' .- ' . *? . ' . ' ::: *•; ' .- "; / . ' The mode of establishing Homei'Coioniesj , " which we advocate , is , that the twenty miilipns'of acres to . which we have alludedj should bekpprdpmfed"for the sole use and behoof of all ' operatives and aigricuhuralbibourers who cannot find profitable employment , « r any artisan , or labourer who ; may d& 8 > i » .-: such . That the government shonld " make arrangements for raising the requisite funds for the purpose , ; and that the bid so allotted should be-
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come the freehold of those who expended their labour in its improvement , subject to the re-payment of the sums advanced , _ aud , _ any . future : . regulations which the necessities of the " state inight requirei '; and : thatno ' niah , ; dr body of : men , should bo permitted , underany pretence whatever , to make apro ^ fit out of the industry of the . allottees . - Kon&of your sham charity doings !" - Ifo tmaE ' alloiment system , to patch up the interest of landholders ; but a bonafide system of mSependent freeholds , or , in other words , the establishment of the cultivable rights of the possessor or occupant . ; " . The friends of Home Coloiuzation , \ p (> uld ; do well to promote an extensive distribution of this excellent . number of Chartist Tracts for the Times . «« # ««^*^^ ^ T _ _ . . ^ m . ^ _^ t ^ _ M * ^ % — A . ^^ * — - ' . *»« , ^ S _ ^ l 1 «
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The Trades Advocate , and Mercantile Gkrottide . No . I . Lbhddri : W , Strange , 21 / Pater ^ noster-rbw . ; i " " ' : . :. This is a new _ weeWy ; periodical , established to promote the employment ; of the "Wprldng Classes , "andto defendtheinteresia of Briti ' sh Industry . : The articles areabl y ^^ written , " and the number , before us contains a considerable amount . of information , of - interest and ; imporr tancerto thei , Trades , ito whom vre reco . nmend . this ji ^ f Advocate " " of their , rights , and interests . ¦' . . ' . ' . . .. . " , * . "'
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TERRIBLE , SUFFERINGS / OF COLONEL FREMONT AND HIS PARTY IN THE ROCKY MOIJNTAINS . ( From the American National -Intelli gencer , of - ¦ - - : ¦ - .. ; -: April . l 4 tll . ) . : h ¦ ..:, ; ; = : ; . Letters have 'been ; receired . frora Col ..-Fremont ' covering the two months ( from the last of November to the 2 nd of February ) ,, thathe was . not , heard of , and giving terrible events . of that ' time . . "They ' are written from Taos and Santa , F 6 , lJew-Mexw 6 ,, and addressed to Mrs , Fremont , at Washington ; and in her absence , ( for it was deemed probable that she
might hare set off to California by . sea . before . they could arrive . ) to Senator Bentpn , and in his absence to Wilh ' am Carey Jones , Esq . The * letters came from St . Louis last night ' , having been brought to that place by Mr . St .: Vrain . Mrs ' . Fremont , fortunately , was gone . Senator Benton had delayed his departure for . Missouri , confident that " , letters were on the . way ; and in his hands we have" seen the originals , and we propose to give extracts in" the" - order of their dates . " The first is dated - ; r ^ : / : ' ¦ ¦ - Taos . "New-Mexico , Jan .: 27 , 1849 . •'•!•
I writetoyoufrom the houseof our good friend Carson .- This morning a cup of , chocolate , was broughc to me while in bed .- ' . fTo ' an' overworn , Qverwprked , fatigued , and starving : traveller , these' little'luxur ies of the world offer an interest which , in your comfort ablehome , itis not possible for you to conceive . .. ' - I have now the unpleasant task of telling you how I came here . ; I had much rather speak of the future , ( with plans for whieh . l flin already 6 cfeipleclj ) f 6 r the mind turns frojn : the : scenes' 1 ^^ ^ hav ejwitnessed , arid the suffering ] we haveendiired ; but * -as clear information is due to you , and to your father-still more , I will give you the story now , instead of :. waiting , to tell it to you in California ;; but I write in the great hope that you will not receive this letter . . . When *
it reaches Washington youmay be on your way to California . ' " — . '• . ''*"''"" : -- •' - ; - Former letters will have' made you acquainted with our progress as ~ far as Bent's Fort , and , from report , you will have heard the circumstances of our departure from the Upper Pueblo , near therhead of the Arkansas . . We left that placeon . the 25 th " of November , with . upwards of" one hundred- good' mules and one hundred and thirty bushels of shelled corn , intended to support our animals in the deep snows of the high mountains , and down to . the lower parts of the Grand River * tributaries , where usually the snow forms no obstacle to winter travelling . " At Piieblo _ I had engaged as a guide an old-trapper , named " Bill Williams , " -, and who had spent some twenty-five
years of his l » fein trapping in vandus parts of the Rocky Mountains . ' : ¦ -- ¦ - ' " - "¦ ¦ - -1 ' The error of our expedition was committed' in engaging this man . He proved never to ] have knownj or entirely" to bave forgotten , the whole . ; country through which we were to pass . " We occupied ( after passing the mountein ) more than half , a month' in making the proaressbf a few days , blundering along a tortuous course through deep snow , which "already be ^ an to c hoke np the passes , and 'wasting ; our time in searching'the way . ; The 11 th of December we found ourself at the month of the Rio del Norte canon ; where the river issues * from the Sierra San Juan—one « f the highest , most rugged . ahd
impracticable of the Rocky Mountain ^ ranges , inaccessible to trappers and hunters , even in summer .. ' Across the pantof this elevatedtange our guide conducted U 3 ; and , having still great confidence in this man ' s knowedge , we pressed onward with fatal resolution . Even along the river bottoms the snow was'already breast deep lor the mules , ^ and falling frequently in tUt valley and almost constantly" on the ' , mountains ; The cold . was extraordinary . . At the wannest ; hours of the day ( between one and two ) the , thermometer ( Fahrenheit ) stood , in the ? hade of . a tree trunk ; at zero ; arid that was a favourable day , the sira shining and a moderate breeze . Jndge of the nights and the storms ! ' :- ' ¦ - ¦ - X '
We pressed up toward . the summit , the Know deepening as we rose , and in four or five days of this struggling and climbing , all on foot , weresched the naked ridges which lie above the line of the timbered region , and which form the dividing heights between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans . Along these naked heights it : storms all Winter , and the raging winds sweep across them'with remorseless fury . On our first-attempt to cross we encountered &povderie —( dry snow driven thick . through . the air b ? violent wind , and in which objects are visible only at a short distance )—arid were dricenbaek , having ten or twelve men variously ^ rozen—face , hands ,-or feet . " The guide came near being frozen to death here , and dead mutes , were , already lying -about the camp
fires . Meantime it snowed steadily . The next day ( December —) we renetrea the attempt to scale the summit , and were more forfdnate ; as it then seemed . Making mauls , and beating d-Vwn a road , or trench , through the deep snow , we forced the ascent in spite of the drivingpouderie , crossed the crest , descended a little , and encamped immediately below in the edg-e of the timbered region " , ' The trail showed as if a defeated tarty had passed by- ^ packsjsaddles , scattered articles of clothing , and- dead m ules strewed along . We were encamped about twelve thousand feetabove the level of the sea . Westward the country , was buried in snow . The storm continued ; . All movement was paralysed . To advance with iWexpedition was impossible ; to get back ; irapossible ^ "Our fate stood revealed . We ' were overtaken hy sudden and inevitable mini The poor animals were to ; go first . The only places where grass could be ha'd-were . tiie extreme summits , of the Sierra where " the bwee ; iirig
winds kept the rocky , ground bare , and ^ where the men could riot live . . Below , in the timbered region ; the poor animxls could not get about , the snow being deep enough to bury them' alive . It was instantly apparent that we should lose every one . SI took my resolution immediately , and determined to recross the mountain back totheyaliey of the Rio ' delNofte , dragguig or packing the'baggage -by " . men . J With great labour the baggage was transported across the crest to the head springs of a little stream leading to the main river . A few-days were sufficient to destroy that fine band of mules ; whichyou saw me . purchase lastfa ' . l on the frontier of Missouri-. "; Th' ^ y generally kept huddled togetherT . and , as theyiroze , one would be seen to tumble downf and disappear i » rider the driving snow . " Sometimes they would break off , and rush down toward thetthnber till ^ pped by : the deep snow , * where ; they , were 8 o . on _ hidden by . ; the pouderie . r The courage of . some of the men began 10 fail " ' - :- ' : - ¦ ¦ ..
-. ... , .... ... ; ....- - „ ;; ! In this situation I determinedI'td : send in a party to the Spanish settlements of 'New Meiicp for provisions , and for moles to transport our baggage ; 'i . With economy , and afteiv ; we <; shonld leave the . mules , we bad hot two > weeks * provisions in . the camp and these consisted of a res ' e ' rve of ' maccaroii ! , bacon , susarr&c ^ intended for the last extremity . *'" It ; was indispensable to send for relief / I asked ; for volunteers - for the ' service ; ^ From the manv that "oifered I chose Kihg ,: > Brackenridse , Creutzfeldt , ; and the guide , Williams ; and : placed the party , under the command ^ of . King , withrdirectipns . tp . send me an express in castor the leas t delay at' . the ; settlements . ' It was the dav afterChris ' ttnas that' thislittle party
setout forrelief . - Th ! at day / Uke-mariy Chratmas days . for years ; past , vwas spent . by . me oh the side of the wintry mountain , ^ y ' hrart filled with anxious thoughtsanil ' gloomy ; forebodings ... You may . besure we contrasted it with the Christmas of . home , arid made warm wishes , for your happiness . ' Could you have looked into Agrippa ' a glass for a few momeiita only ! " : You rememberithe volumes of " - Blaekstone's Commentaries '' which I took from your fatlier ' s library , when ce- were overlooking it ^ at our friend Brant ' s ? .. They , made my Christmas ^' amusements . ' . ' I read them' to pass the time , and to' kill thecon i sciousriess of my / situa'tibu ,-,-' - ¦¦' Certainly / you ¦ ' may suppose that my first law lessdns ' will-be well remembered . A ¦ :- ¦ - ¦ . ' . ' . - ~ u .:. ¦" .- . ,- -w ^ - - ! ,-v ,
-. rihe i party ; - for relief being , gone , we of the camp occupied ourselves " in . reriioyirig " ; the * baggage , and equipageldqwh the" side of the mountain to the river in the valleys whichTve ' Taccbmplished in a few days ; Now came on the « e < Kim of waiting for the return " of the relief party-i ? Day after day passed , and" no news from them .- Snow . " fell . almost inee ? s ) uitly in ; the mountains . / Tie , spirits . o £ ihecanip' ^ ew . lower
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Life was losing its charm to those who had no reaions beyond themselves to live . Pro ^ e laid down in the faaii and frpze . to ., death . -In ,, a sunshiny ,, day , and haying with him thermeans to make a fire , he threw big blanket down on the trail , laid down upon it , and . laid there till he froze to death ! We vrere nottben with him , - v .. Sixteen'days-pagsedaway , arid no tidings from the parfy sent for relief . I became' oppressed with anxietyj ^ eary of delay , arid determined to ko myself , both in search if the absent party , and in search of relief in the j Mexican eettlements . I was aware that OW troops k New Mexico had been engaged in hostilities , with the . Spanjisli Htahs ,, and with the Apaches " , wKo rarize in the valley of the" Rio del NorU , ^ . A -
and the mountains where we were , and became fearful that they ( King and his party ) had been cut off by these Inoiansr : I could imagine ; no mother accident to them . Leaving the camp employed with the bag * gage ^ under the command of yincent Haler , with in : junctions to . folia w me in threedays " , I set off down the river , with ' a small party ^" consisting' of , Godey , his yoiing nepnewV Preuss \ arid'Saunders' ( cplbured servants . )—We carried ^ our arms ^ and provisions f * two' or ^ . % ee ,.: 'day 8 ..: In the camp ( left under the command , of ? Yincent ; Haler ); . the mefises only had provisions for a few meals , " , ' and' a supply of five poundsof sugar to each ' man . "If T failed to meet . King , my intention was to make the Mexican settlement on the Colorado , a little affluent -of the Jiibdil
Norte , about ; half < a degree above Tads , ; ( you will see it on the map ) , " and thence send . back the Speediest relief possible to the party . under yincent Haler . /;; " -Ou the . second day . after leaving the . camp , we . caiioe upon airegh trail of indians- ^ -two lbdgds wiUx ' a / cbtw siderable number of animals . ? This did hot'lesseri our- uneasiness for our long-absent people . ^ 'f he Indian trailr where we fell upon it , iturned and . went down , the , r iver , and i we , followed , it ., ; On theififtli day ( after leaving the camp ) we surprised an Indian on the ice '' pfjthe river . ' , tTeproved [ 'to be a , Utali , son ; of ii 'Gxarid River chief ; wfiom we hadfdrmerly knowri ' , arid ' .-he behaved towards us . in a friendly manners We'encimped near them at night .-By a presentof a ^ rifle , my .: two . blankets , and other
promised rewards when we should get in , Tprevailed on this Indian togo ^ with us as / a guide to " theLittle Rio Colorado , settlement , arid , to' take ^ with , him four of Mb horses to / carry , bur . little' baggage ' . . - The horses . were- miserably poor ;' and could ; only get along at a slow . walki 4 / 'iOn :- the " , next : day ; ( the " , sixth of our progressive left thelndianjoages late . and travelled only some six or . seyen miles ., About sanset ; we dis-( iveredaUttlesmoke . iriagrovVof timber , ' off frpiri . the river , and , thinkin ? , " perhaps , it might be our express party ( Kingaridhw men ) on their return , we went to see . -This- wasithetwentv-second day since that party had left us , and . the sixth since we had left ithe camp under Vincent . Ha ' er . -We found themthree , of them : Greuti ' feidtiBraekerirMge , andrWil-
hamsT-the moat mwerableflpjects lhad ever- beheld . [ did" not ' reco 2 nise ' ereutz eidt ' s features , wlien Brackenridge brought him up and told me his name . They had been starving !; . King had starved to death a few . days ' , before-. ^ -His remains jwere some six or eight , mHes ; . above . the river : - ? y aid of . thelndian horses ,, we ( afrie'd these ' tb ' ree " with u » , dprrn to the valley ; to" the Pueblo ; b ' n ' the tittle Colorado ; which we reached the fourth day afterward ( the tenth after leaving the camp on the mountains ) , 'having travelled throughsnow ,. andon ^ fpot , il 60 tniles / , , : > : r I look upan tbe feeling wliich induced me to set out from the . ' camp' ' as an inspirationl Ha'd ' . I remained there ; waitirig the retufntbf poor King ' s part $ every man ofus must have perished . ¦ ., •'¦;
. The : morning rafter . ;" reaching the Little Colorado Pueblo ( hofces and ; supplies not being there ); Godey and iTode / on . tb the Ki p Hondo , and thence to-Taos , about' twenty-five Knle ^ ' where we found what we needed ; and the next morning Godey , with four Mexicans , thirty horses or mules , and provisions , set out on his return to the relief of Vincent Haler ' g party . I heards from . him at the Little Colorado PueWo , which' he ' reached the same " ^ day "he left me , and pressed on the next morning . Ou the way he received' an' accession of eight or ten horse ' s ; turned over to him by ; , the orders . of Major Beall , of the army , corcmandinff . officer of this northern district , ofNe . ir Mexico .. Prom . him 1-received the "' ffer . of every aid ih his power ' and such" actual assistance , as hewas able , to render . Some horses , which he had just irecovered from'TJtahs , were loaned to me , and he supplied me . from the Commissarv ' s department
with ; provision 8 , - jwljichj . l ! could have'had nowhere else . ; . I > find myself , iu the midst of friends . With Carsonis livingJ . Ow / ns ,. , " . Ma _ xweil i ?; athis father-inlaw ' Sj'doing a prdsperous . business as a merchant and contractor for the ' trobps : ' - 'I remain here with these old comrades , while- Godey goes : back ; "because it was not necessary , forme to go with him , and it was necessary for tneiojreniaiR , and prepare the means of resumihgV . tlje . ' expedition to CaliforDia as soon as he returns ' with ' . ' the " men ' left behind . I expect him on'Wednesday evening , ' the 31 st instant , this being the 17 th > , ; j . i- ; ' . ; ¦¦ '¦ . . - : • . : Mon day , Jan .: 29 . —My letter sssumea , a journal form . -No news from Godey . A great . deal of falling weather—rairir ^ aridjsleet here—snow in the m ouri - tains . " This . is '" to bV . ' coasidere'd a poor country , riibnntainotis , with but little arable land , and infested With hostile-Indians . - ' ' . :
I am anxiously waiting to Beaj » from my . party , and in much uneasiness as to their fate . My presence kept them " together and quiet : my absence rriajr ¦ have had . a : bad effect . . When we overtook King ' s famishing party , Brackenridge' said to ' me " ¦ HefeliMmilfsafe )" ' ; " ¦ : ! ; i So far the extracts from the first letter , and they are mo nrnful enough . ^^ The next , written after the return of Godey ,. wjth , the survivors , of the party , will bei still more so . "' . .
/ . V ^ T JItrHER ACCOUNTS . ; UKPARAitELED SUFFERINGS—SEPARATION OF THE
. PABTy-rRESOLUTION TO . FEED ON THE DEADCONTINITALDEATHS-FINAL ARRIVAL OF ASSIST ' . AN'CE—THE BAGGAGELOSr-i-THBROUTB FINALLY :, ' ABASDONEDiU- ¦ - ' •;• . : ¦ ! 7 ¦ ' ¦ . 7 - TAOsi : NEw-MBXico , Feb . 6 . 1849 . —After a long delay , which had . wearieil meto the . point of resolving to set out again myself , . tidings have at last reached me from my-ill- ' fated party . 7 7 Mr . Jvlncentnalercamein last nighty having the night before reiched the Little Colorado settlement , with three or four others . Including Mr . King and Mr . Proue , wahaye lost , eleven of our party . . . pccurrencesrsmce I left tliera , are briefly these , so fara . s they came J , within the knowledge . of , Mr . Haler : ' I say ^ b ' rieayv' because I am how unwilling' to
force my mind to dwell upon the details of what has been suffered . ]; I need reprieve from terrible contemf . plations . 'I am absojutely astonished at this . persistence of . misfortune - this , succession of calamities which no care or vigilance of mind could foresee 6 rpreVeriti ' T ''; - 'il l ' - ~ :: ' '; : ; . " -i : - " ^ - ¦ -- •¦ ¦ " ¦ Ypul will . remember that I had ; left the . camp { twenty-three ^ men ) ., when I set off : with ; iGodey , Preusa . and my seryjintin search of King and . help , with directions aT ) oufc " the baggage , and with occupation ! sufficient ^ about it to employ , them , for three or four days ; * after-which they were to follow me to the tiver ; AVithin £ that time I expected relief fr » m King ' s party , if it . cam ' ejat . all ., They remained seven days and then started ,, their scant provisions about exhausted , arid the dead mules on the western side of
the great Sierra buried under snow . Manuel —( you will remember Manuel—a Christian Indian of the-Cdsumn 6 tribe in the valley of San Joaquin)—gave way to a feeling of despair , after they had ; moved about two , miles , and . begged . Vincent Halerrwhpni'I . had left in command , to shoot , him . Failing to find death in that form , he turned and made his way baclc to'the cariip ,, intending to die there ; J which ; he doubtless soon did . -.-.- ; The party ! moved oa , and atiteri miles Wise gave out -threw ! away his gun and blankebr-and , a . few hundred yai'ds ; farther , fell over into the snow , and died . ' . Twp Iridian ^ ^ boys-HCOuntrymjsn of ; Manuel- ^ w , ere behjrid . 'i ' They cariie upon him—rolled him up iu his blanket , ' and buried 'him id the snbwj on- the barifc of the river . " ¦ . {/ : ^ ' ¦ ¦ ' . f
: No . other diedtbatday . None me next . ; , rl -iCj aryer . 'rayed during the night—his , imagination wholly occupied with images , of many things whwh he fancied himself to be eating . ' In the' morMrig he wandered ' off , and probably soon died . He was riot
seenas > am . ¦ ' .: ' ¦ ¦ - .- ';" .: -: ^ . r . Ssrel on . this . day ( the / ourthfrom the camp ) . ; taW down to die r > They built him a fire , and Morin , who wasin a dyhig . coriditipri / ' aridspow-blirid ;' reriiained wlthnini :. ' : These two didnot prbbablyl last till the next m ' orning : ' Tnat evening ( I ' think it was ) Hubbard killed a deer * " ¦ "• - ; ; ^ , ; ; ,.:: •; ; . tiTiheytravclledon , getting here ' and there a grouse , but ] no'hinj { else , the , deep snow in the valley having driven . pffthegameC ; 7 , 7 ......, ' ,. ' . . ' , . . ;•' " ,,- » .-- ' , -The state" ; of : the party became desperate , and tiroiigfit Halev to'tKeMerminatiori of breaking it up , in order ' to pfeverit-tbem from living upon- each nther ^ vlleipld them that he had done all he ! could for them—that they ; . had : navother , hope . remaining than th " e " expected " relief—anJ that . the ,, best _ plan was to scatter , and nijke the best of their way , each as' he ' could , ' dowri ' the river ; that for' himself , ' if he was to-be-eafeni ' : he " wouldi at all eventsi be found travelling : "when ; ho -did die . i Thisi address ? had its
effecfc ^ TJiey ^ according lyseparated . ^ -.: :-.. ' , ' WithHaler continued nveqthers—Sqott , Hubbard , Ifertiri , Bauon , one ;* ther ; aridtwo , Cosumnr Indian : i'Roh ' rer '' now became '( despondent ; - arid " stopped . Hakrtfeminded him of his family / and urgedhim to trviandhold ' outfor . thyirsake .,, ' Roused ; by . this ap .-W to his ' tenderest afiections , the unfortunate man mo yed 1 for . wara , ;)» behind "" Qna further appeal he promised to follow "" waler' Scott , Hubbard . -and'Martmnow agreed that if ahv bne . of them should-give out the . othera . were Swaitfor Uim to ^ die , but to puskou . and try and savB thaniselves ^ Sppn : thismournful ^ covenant had tbtie'iept . " " . Biutletine ^^ ' njotbticipate events . " SufficiHtf ^ each day'isthe - sdrrowthereof . , ; . ; - "r S nightf Kerne's party encamped a few hundred Va ^ s frtmHaler ' s , withthe mteution , accordmgvto TaWto remain where . they ; ,, w . ej : e until the- relief
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^ ° -uT £ V ^ meantime live upon those W , ^ rf- tVr . ? , P ( itl ' the weaker ones as they should die . ;^ W lt h _ this , partr were- three : brother * ^ "t'J ^^ . pat ^ r t . - McKie , ¦ A ndrem .- . Steppor-S ^ S ^ fey ^ . t Fergwon . and Beadle had rewabfed together be-•" t- ; JS' e evcn » D ? Hohrer came up and remained mKernes party . iW learned afterwards from some of the party that Rohrer and Andrews wandered off the next morning arid died . They saw their bodies . ¦ * .,--.. ¦ , ; ::-. . . - .-. . - . . ¦ ¦ . ; ...- . ' - ~ ;¦ :. - . ,-......- . ¦ Haler ' Party continued on : 7 After a few hours Hubbard gave out . ' According to the agreement he was lett to die , but with such comfort as could be given him . -, They built him a fire and gathered him some wood . , and then left " him ¦—• without turning their heads , as Haler says , to look at him as they went oil . ' ¦ _' .
; About two miles farther , Scott— you remember linn '; he used to shoot birds for you on the frontierhe gave out . He was another of the four who had covenanted against waiting for each other . The survivors did , tor him as they had done ' for Hubbard , and passed on .. . /¦' , , . ; i In the . afternoon" the two Indian boys went . ahead - ^ blessed be these boys ! -and beFore nightfall met Godey with , the reUef . He had gone- on with all 8 P * "V ' , ; « b ° y ? gaye him . the news . He fired signal gUhs to npt | fy his approach . ; Ualer heard the B , > W knew the crack of our rifles , and felt that relief had come . This night was the first of hope and joy . tarly in the morning , with the first gray light Godey was on the trail , and soon met Haler and the Wreck pt'h-g piHy slWly advancing : I hear that they all cried , together like childreu-the ' sff mPn « f
iron . nerves and lion hearts ,, when dangers were to be faced or hardshi pstobeconquered . -Succour wassoon dealt out to these few ! firat met ; ' and Godey , with , his relief , and accompanied by Haler , wlio turned bacK , numedly followed the back , trail ia search of the Jiving and the dead , scattered in the rear . They came to bcott first " . "He " was-yct alive , arid is " saved ! iliey came to llubbard next : he was . dead but still warm . '; 'Inese ' werei'the only ones of Haler ' s party tbathadbeiealeft / ¦ > :- : . ¦/' - , F" >« vK «™ e ;? P ? rty » nexfc met , ' thej : learned the denths of Andrews and Rohrer , arid , ' a little farther on ' , met FeirgusoD ,- who told them that-Beadle had died the night before . t All the ) living , were found ~ anil saved-f-Mahuel anaorig them—which locked like a' resurrection ' --arid : reduces - the number of , the
dead to ten—one-third . of the whole party which a few days before-were 'scaling'the mountain with trie , and battling with the elements 12 , 000 feet in tUte ' air «' . ' : ' ' ' ^ : ~ ' * - " -r- ' -- " -Trv ' . r ? rv : ^ 7 ' : ; v ;\^ . ^*' . ' : c-i * K ' -r- ™ j "' . . Godey had accomplished his mission for the people : a furthetvse ' rviceiiHad ? been prescribed him , that of going to the camp ou the river , at the base of the great mountain , to recover the most valuable of the baggage secreted there . : With 7 Bome 'Mexicans and pack mules he went on j and this is the last yet heard bfhiriit '" ! ••" ' - ' - ' ¦ - ¦ - ¦ '• ¦¦¦ ; :
¦ Vincent Haler , with Martin and Bacon , all on foot , and bringirig : Scott on horseback , ' have just arrived at .. tHe outside Pueblo on the Little Colorado . :, Provisions for their support , and horaea for their transport ; were left for the others , who preferred to remain where they werei ¦ regaining '• some sfrength , till . Godey . should get back " . 1 At . the latest , they would have reached the little .,-Pueblo j last , night . Ualer came on to relieve my anxieties ^ arid did well in . so . dwng : . . for I was wound up to the point of setting out again . When Godey returns I shall know from him ^ all the circumstances sufficiently in 'detail to understand clearly ~ everything . ^ But it will not be necessary , to tell you anything farther . You have the results / and sorrow enough in reading them . ............
7 Evenirig . ~ n . m rapid are the changes . of life ! , : A few days , ago , I was struggling through snow in the savage wilds of the upper Del 'Norte—following the courge of the frozen riyer in more than Russian cold —no'food—no blanket tocover ' me in the long freeze ing nights- ^ -d had sold my two to the'Utah for help to my ; men ) -uncertain at what moment of the nifiht wemiglit be roused ; by , the Indian rifle—doubtful , very , doubtful , whether ; J . should ever see youor friendsagairi . NoV'I am ' seated by a comfortable firej alone—pursuing my own thoughts—writing to you in" the . certainty of reaching ; you—a French volume ofBalzacon the , table-: a print of the landing of Columbus before me—listening in safety to the raging storrii without ., . . , ' . ] .. ' , '
You will wish to know what' effect tlio scenes I have passed througli have had upon ¦ me . In person , none . ; The ; destruction of ; my party , and the loss of Mends , " are causes of prief : ¦ but I have not been injured in body or mind .-Both have been strained / arid severely taxed , but '' neither hurt . I have seen one or the- other , and sometimes both , give way in strong frames ' , " strong minus , ' arid stout hearts : ' but ; as heretofore , ''' I have come out unhurt . , 1- believe that \ . the remembrance of friends sometimes gives us . -a power " of . resistance which the desire to save our own Iive 3 couid never call up . " ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦''• '¦ * ¦'" ' - ' ; I have made my preparations to proceed . I shall have to follow the old Gila Road , and shall move rapidly , and expect to be in California in March , and
to find letters from home and a supply of newspapers and documents , wore , welcome ; , perhaps , ; because these things have , a home look about theiri . . The future occupies me . " Ouf home ' in California—your arrivaliri April—your good health ' in that delightful climat ^—the finishing up my * geographical and astronomical labours—my farming enjoyments . I have . written to Messrs . Mayhew & Co , agricultural ^ wareiiouse , fNew- ^ ork , requesting them to ship , nie . immediately a threshing riiachine ; and to Messrs . Hseand . Co ., same city , requesting them to forward me at San Francisco two ruas or sets of mill stones . The mill [ ironsiland ; tne agricultural instruments
shipped for me last autumn from New-York ; will be at San Francisco by the time . I arrive there . Your arrival in" April will completeall tlie plans . " ( These extracts in relation to Col . Fiemont ' s intended pursuits are given to contradict the unfounded supposition of gold projects attributed to him by some newspapers . ; The word gold is not . mentioned in hie letters from ' one end to th « , other , nor did he take cold : mining the least into his calculation when he left Missouri on the 21 st of October last , although the authentic reports brought in by Lieut . Beale , of the Navy , were then in all the newspapers , and fully known to , him . ) ¦ : ' ¦ ; - » .. . . ..- :
, . February 11 . —Godey has got back . Ho did not succeed in . recovering any of the baggage . or camp furniture . ¦ ¦ " " Everything was lost . except sonie few things which I had brought dovm to the riveri The depth of : the snow made ic impossible for him to reach the camp at the ; mountain whero . the men had ; left the baggage ., Amid the . wreck I had the good fortune to save mylhTgatilforgas or travelling trunkthe jdoublc , one which'you packed—and that was abbut'all . ' ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ '¦¦•¦'¦ '" ' ¦'¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦¦ ' " - ; ' ¦ ¦ < ¦ ¦ Sasxa . Fev -February 17 , 1840 . —In the midst of hurried movements , and in the difficult endeavour to get jiparty all started together , I can only write a line to say that I am well , and moving on to California . I iw'WleavtJ Santa Fo . this evening .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 12, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1522/page/3/
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