The New York Herald Newspaper, November 19, 1858, Page 2

2 THE GREAT Conclusion of the Description of the Butterfield Route. The Road Through Tucson, For® Yum: and Fort Tejon, to San Francisco. The Colorado River, Deserts, Plains and Mountain Passes. | Condensed Table of Time, Rate of Speed, and Distances. | INCIDENTS BY THE WAY.| FROM A WAGON &e., JOTTINGS &., SEAT, be. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCH OF YORK HERALD. Say FRaneiseo, Oct. 18, 1958. By the overland mail from this point to St. Louis of 11th inst. I advised you of the arrival of the great mail from St. Louis in twenty-three days and twenty-three hours and a haif, and cantinued a description of the route as far as Tucson. I send herewith the description of the con- cluding portion of the route from Tueson, through Fort Yuma, Loe Angeles and Fort Tejon to San Francisco. 1 also gave you in that letter a table of the distances and time of departure from various points of the route, and a calculation of the rate of speed, which, i the baste of preparation for the next mail, after a long and fatiguing Journey, was not as correct as it should have been. The mistake, however, was so obyious—making an error of miles inthe distance between Tucson and Fort Tejon— that aay one at ail acquainted with the route would dis cover st instantly. Tue (oviowing table is prepared with greater care, and may, | tuink be relied on:— OVERLAND TIME tHE NEW ARLE GOING WE «ay Leaving | ==> | ringheld, Mo | Pyedevitle, ark. [loo | Fort Sami........] 65 A Sherman, Teiar...|2x Yr Ft. Belknap 146s a Ft Chadoourne .../is6 rx Franklin (opposite Ri Paso), 4 Soldier's Farewel Tucson, Arizona Fort Tejon, Cal Visalia yA Firebaugi's Férry| &2 Arrived ai Sau! Francisco. i Toinls | Tuus the average rate of speed on the whole route was #8 fraction under five miles per hour. Now supposing that no better time than this is made, and not considering all the difficw first trip, and more especially over a route like this, which passes through nearly two thousand miles of uninhabited co: try, this route places San Francisco within twenty-six days of New York by mail and within twenty four by | mai! and telegraph, affording by the semi-weekly stages | communication between the bi montly departures of the steamers. Bot if the overland trip is made in twenty days—as it can be, and as I confidently predict it w before the expiration of tweive months—this route New York as convenient to San Francisco as the ordinary trips of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. That the trip can be made in twenty days I have not the slightest dou. The first trip bal many ditficulties witioh each Succeeding trip will remove. Every month uew statious | will be Duilt, shortening the relays of horses, and the | roads will be much improved. Even with the very short tame which has been mace there were distances varying from thirty toone hundred aud thirteen miles travelled without relays of horses, except the cavaliados or droves, | some of which I give below im tabular form:— LONGEST DISTANCES OF THE VIRST OVERLAND MAIL ee eo KEKRERR cekexnez > WITHOUT RELAYS OF HORSES. Cahdbourne, Texas, to Grape Creek , T Grape Creek, 4 of the Concho Head of Coucho, « < Pecos river, ope’s Camp, Guadalupe mountains Guadalupe Pass, “ — Cornudas .. . ecatch, Arizona, to Cooke's Spring, Arizona River Mimbres, “Soldier's Farew Oidier s Farewell, Stein's Peak. long distances between station : ney are through wild | they passed by | for a nu NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1858. men cngueres, and al! these appurtenances disposed along to be si uman. Then I. Siva ‘that food and clothing for ail these men aud horses have to be transported over the line, which is no mean item in itself, me Thave thus far given you a description of the route as far as Tueson, and with this finish that partof my labors. [ have no doubt that the Work is feasible; that the route will be successful; that passengers to the Western States and from thence to Cal#ornia will patronize it; that the towns along the route will improve and others spring up; that military protection wil! be extended; that new mining districts will be discovered and worked, that the great | work of the Paoitic Ratiroad will be forwarded; that the people of Caufornia will have regular intormation from the Fast twice per week, and that the ¢ontractors will | realize handsomely on the investments whith they make in this great enterprise of the day. Resuming 1y uarrative where I left of in my last, 1 dnd myself at Tacson, DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE RESUMED. Tueson is a small place, consisting of afew adobe houses. ‘The inhabitants are mainly Mexicans. There are but few Americans, though they keep the two or three stores, and are elected to the town offices. The town has consi- derably improved since the acquisition of the Territory by the United States. The Apache Indians are somewhat troubiesome in the vicinity, We left the town on Satur- day, October 2, having to drive forty miles to the next station in the Pecacho Pass, before we came to desirable water. There had been a recent rain, however, and wefound water for our animais on the route, scooping it up from little ponds by the roadside. Tne road was over a plain covered with the customary wild vegetation of the country, but through no settlements, The passis through ‘one of ihe scattered mountainsof the Sierra Madre range, and is not particularly differeat from ordiuary mouu- tain toads. THE PIMOS INDIANS. Forty miles beyond the pass the company have a sta- tion, where Isaw the first Indians in their wild native costume—much resembling that of our New York model artists, They were a band of fifteen Pianos, engaged in ing a beeve which they hai just sold to the station The dexterity with which they separated the various pages and siiced up the animal into strings of meat to be dried was quite remarkable. The men were generally” in the costume of Adam, with a dirty cloth mithe place of the fig leaf, The women, of which there were three, had cloths slightly larger, and a Little cleaner,” but down to the middle of the body wore beads on ther necks and arms, and “didn't wear anything else.” They all of ‘them had fine muscular developements and were the very picture of health, Two or three of the men bad their faces and bodies Painted, having just returned from the war path. It ap- peared that the Apaches had a few days siuce gone into their camp in large numbers and stolen a few of their cattle, aud they bad been following the trail, though with out suc v fages were painted an ebouy black and their hips of a deep red color, so that I ut first thought they were biacks, as they lay basking in the sun or sieep. ing'in the shade.’ Some of ‘the band jounged abont and looked on with curiosity as we changed our horses and ok of our break ‘This station was located on the river, near the range of mountains known as the rande. A few miles beyond we came to the Pimos villages, scattered along the Gila on a reservation of Ufteen syuare mil The land here ts rich, and, withirri gation, produces bountiful crops. The Pimos number i all about 22,000, They raise corn aud wheat iu very large qvanties, which they sell to the whites. Their houses are miseranle huts, built of musquite bushes or hoops covered with straw. The Indians are hideons look- ing objects in their filthy scraps of clothing and naked brown bodies, and frequently frightened oar mules as The men are lazy and take good care to the wonen do all the work. We saw numbers of en lords waiking along or riding and making their 's carry the louds—a spectacle which would give of our Women’s rights Women Hts imsianter. The women are, bowever, lazy, too, and the men have about as much work to drive them as they would to do the work themselves, The price of bay, of which there is but comparatively little raised here, is from $15 to $20 per ton. Corn and wheat sell at from two to three cents per pound THE MARICOPAS WEL Tweaty (ovr miles from our last station we came to the S. Maricopas wells, situated in a large plain of alkali soil and course grass, There are in all six or eight wells, and the water is very good, We found a number of Indians there, and one of them had the audacity to ask me three bits (8745 cents) for asmali melon which he wished to ‘sell Tshvwed bim two three cent pieces, and the look of in sufferabie contempt whieh he gaye me would be worth a fortune to an actor if put in in the right place. I am sure his melon would rot before he could get another chauce to t. A FORTY MILE DESERT. From the Maricopas walls, where we changed our horses eam, we bad a forty mile ride over the eorner of a vost desert. The soil was coarse sand and gravel, and the road excellent. No water can be found the ea tire dista I here saw some of the largest cactus plants on the route; they tower up from twebve to fifteen jeet in some of the varieties. A very excellent and sweet syrup is made from them. The stalks, which are very tongh, are sometimes used for building hut We UUme table station—at the edge of the forty mile desert, ou ¥, October 3, at 9.30 P. M., aud left at ten, our road wing along the northern banks of the Gila to Fort Yuma ou the Colorado, about 109 miles (rom its mouth, The stations in the Gila valley are from fifteen to twenty ‘The first we touched at was call Mar It was the scene of the summa; Pasion, shot a guardian who bad bim im charge ichiment was as summary as his crime, and his it might Pp weaith did not 1 him to escape, as, perhaps and uninhabited sections of country, where labor, timber and all the appurtcuances of stations have to be conveyed, and to complete which time is required. But, as I said, | ‘be compauy is rapidly making preparations to build new | tatous between leas long paints, and some have doubt. | been built and stocked already. A station was | ly finished on the 113 mile stretch, up the Pecos river, | fr , and part of the animals which we drove left there for the next stage | At the points where there is uo water, if water cannot be obtained by digging, it can be carried thence in the water carts or caught in tapks. An euterprising company is Dot to be frightened by trivial obst and it will be a matter of economy with them to build stations | in preference to killing their stock with such long and | arduous drives. As to improving the roads, much has | alreacy been done. I have spoken in devail of the new | road on Mr. Baite’s routeyfrom Sherman, Texas, to Fort | Beikuay, Texas, which ‘is thirty miles shorter than the Old road, and now nearly as good. The new roud from Grape Creek to the head of the Concho river. Texas, on Mr Glover § division, is alko im good order fur travel, aad another thirty miles. ‘The new pass between Los + Tejon, California, has been superintendence of Mr. M. L. re also been other portions of the ruute. The route of the company will, af course, be emigrant route, apd will, therefore betier order than before: in fact, each month will add new facilities to the overland mail. As I have. fre mentioned thorough mail Where a fow re possess themseiven large bodies of men in the route needs laces and 1 posting ulated tribute route will have speedy with each other, so that the forces 1 neously be Concentrated at any given point, instead of as uow requiring months for the transmission of orders and the transpartation of troops. A watl will be erected aloug the frontier, on the line of which settlements will grow. and beyond whieh the blood thirsty Indian will not be sowed to pass ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PASSENGERS, Since my stay im Sau Franciseo I bave bad many inqui ries as to the means of procuring meals and sleeping along the route for individuals about to traverse it. Of course these are not to be procured as comfortably as in the As tor House or our own houses, and for much of the distance the traveller has to rough it in the roughest manner From Red river to Ei Paso there are few accommodations for eating beyond what are afforded by the company sta tions to their own employees. In time arrangements will be made to supply good meals at these pointe. The first travelier will find convenient to carry with them as much durable faod a8 possible. As for sleeping, most of the wagons are arranged 80 that the backs of the seats down and form # bed the length of the veliicle. When stage is full the passenger: t take t at sicepi Perhaps the joiting will be 4 disagree at iret few nghts without sieeping will obviate that difficulty, 4 soon the jotting will be as litt! a distur bance as the | ocking of a éradle wa sucking babe. For my part I found bo ditheulty im sleeping over the roughest roads, and I have no doubt that any one else will learn quit iekly A vounce of the wagon, which makes one's lead strike | the top, bottom or sides, will be equally disregarded, | ad © hature's weet restorer” found as welcome on te com of the wagon as in the downy beds of the St White pants kid gloves had better be dis ) moet passengers THE EMPLOYEES. oy és of the company I for ° e civil and attent) bem from the Kast, and many, espec from New York State mritication ¥ almost inatanta m t Aichoia carve T 4, without exception | They are most of y of the drivers, Ifownd the drivers on the whole ine, with but few exceptions, experienced men. Several are a little reckies* and too anvious to make fast time; but ae a geveral thing they are very cautious, Ail the super endents are experienced stage men, Mr. Crocker, who tus charge of the division from St. Louis and Memphis to | Viver, has bis line in excellent condition, Mr.'Bates, | Ret’ River to Chadbourne, has worked very hard’ y with hie new road ‘and wild mutes, and tage man; Mr. Glover, from Chadbourne ie, has @ very wild and wnsettied country ind his arrangements were not very | Thave said, this portion of the road et ery month. Messrs. Hawley & Tuckley need Rta, Los Angeles, are both exper end to their business. Mr. K ' one of the owner a gements on his end of t | tage man, The road agents or sul | so all of them men of mach exp pears to have taken every pile Hable. Consider toot war goed “but just a year bel », that an exploring party bad to be sent wi 00 lay Out the deta.is of the fine ea! mouths time, that during this tim wo had to be built, nearly 1,600 horses and de gh awd stationed, gurrals aud stato Lovers put, | | tre of the channel. | — of the river, leavi in a more “civilized sud enlightened community.” Fif- teen miles further on we come to “Oatwan Flats,” the burial place of the unfortunate Oatman family, whose sad story bas been published in book form within a year. They were part of an emigrant train, and from some se had become separated from the rest. They were (u this lonely spot by a band of Apaches, ad the with the « rried off by t crawling mauy n search of two ve by paying y nd shiscove | other had died during her captivity. The father and mother are directly iu the road, and the teams often pass over them. They le some distanoe of the mi ot, Mr. J jer, which took place on a hil We road agent ou this see from the « half am tion of the lin having te graves en cloeed with a as to tara the road aside. NOK EN ROUTE. The bill om which the murder was comuitied very st and covered with deep sand, it bus been partly repaired by Colonel Leach, but is still avery difficult place for heavy teams, and no easy one for ight ones. There are several very bad bills between the Gatman Plate abd Uy Dutehman " a staton on the i ty-two miles distant, where we took luxury of'a bath. A ride of vugh, stouy and sandy road bear Pringles Peak, a rugged mount about 1,500 fect ligh, which tapers down to Che pam, inte whieh it ) sword fieh. It is mai m pune in the om yt honk: pected to get supper at th station, bet it not being ready, and Mr. Warren Hall, the road agent, being anxious to get the mail along in time, I had to content myself with @ ppe and a glass of water, and ride along, although I had Be bad nothing to eat since breakfast we had a good road and a fast team, aud came along fh Tudeed, sinos Jeay ng Tucson our teams had been far better than on the other end of the rote, and, as you must have observed by the table * exceedingly well few mules are used arrangements of the s , firet mail coald n aton twenty miles ye from San Frau waiting for us to come ull load of passengers, our rate of speed Was much greater. scked from Tuesom to San Frat thirty hoors ahead of ti up, to change stages. They ha including a man, bis wife and two children, who were going through to Memphis. The woman and children stood the fatigue of the trip bravely. As for the exchange of stages, we got rather the worst of it, as we had to take a lumber wagon and patch up the harness with ropes. Mr 4 however, a man of mucl energy, stra ght, and f believe we made quite lumber wagon as we Hall, the road agent and soon set matt as good time to Fort Yu befor Mr ned in some of the Mr ged in the business ance 1849 engaged under the direction of Mr. Kinyon in stacking the tine from Tueson to ome of the finest stage of don his divieion was about five and a half miles per 1, which was very good, considering the sandy desert we had to traverse Fort Yuma i# now in command of Colonel Flourney, with fifteen men. It is sitaated on the Colorado—weet bonk—near ite junction with the Gila. Most of the build in our He has been belong to the government. About a mile ow the fort is Arizona City, r few adob ses, We c this point the ferry kept by Mr linary four horse teai lied by the r ning croseed just at day y to receive us. yor borses and were. After a hasty break{ast we changed off again. THE COLORADO RIVER Gur road for ten miles ran along the banks of the Colo. rado, whieh for steamers of very light dravght upto this pomt. ‘The river takes an abrupt sweep from east to west bere, which is gradually wearing away the weetern bank to a great extent, so much so that the road is in many places washed away The road leads through be: sand a bushes. The quicksands are very large, and shift with much rapidity, often building fan island in a spot which a few hours before was the cen The land in the vicinity of the river is very fertile, and can easily be made to produce all kinds of vegetable growth. About ten miles from the fort is Pilot Knob, a tain which extends nearly to the very Duta narrow pass for the road road from Fort Yuma for tifty miles west runs through the northwest corner of Mexico. At Fort Yuma we leave the Gadsden Purchase through the southern edge of Arizoua, whose mineral resources are her best recom mendation. The California line ia just below Fort Yuma; and it is to avotd a bad part of the sandy desert that the road ® kept through Mexico ot Lower California. [should have stated before that we met Coloue! Leach’s train at nute for San Diego, iaving finished work navigabie fertile district ct is most desirable Cran, bot the great diMeulty of getting over % tules Of a waterless, Leary, saady toad e | schedule time The | aor. ie aise Were it uot for the | ‘ could not be overcome, and the old road, through the upper corner of Mexico, is preserved. THR CALIFORNIA DESERT. For full sixty miles the sand is extremely heavy, aad progress with loaded teams very difficult. Near the road is a steep sand hill, with little or no vegetation, which e« tends sixty miles into the plain. A few days before we ‘eft Fort Yuma, (which was on Tuesday, the 5th, at 6.15 A. M.,) there had been a heavy sand storm on ‘tho | desert. Some of the sand drifts were very high, and in | many cases the road was eutifely covered up. These sand | storms are very violent, and often men aud animals are lost in them. one occasion @ wealthy cattic owner of California lost three thousand head of sheep in six bours; and out of 6,000 sheep, with which he started for San Francesco, from Chadbourne, ‘Texas, he only reached his point of destination with 1,500, On our way we mot several small companies of Yuma Indians, crossiag the desert on foot, carrying their water gourds, The Yamas are a peaceably disposed tribe, and these did us no more harm than to make faces at us and grinas our horses shicd from them. Ifound the journey quite unpleasant enough in the wagon; but they seemed to enjoy tho walk, as if they were used to it, We took the precaution to keep a sharp lookout on our back boot, where the bag- gage was kept, so as to leave them no temptation to steal—a temptation which they would not be likely to resist. Twenty-four miles of pretty rough riding through the sand brought us to one of the company's stations, by a Kind hearted geutleman named Elliott, who only cuarges one doilar for a meai of crackers, pork and cofiee. We found that there were no horses ready for us at the station; but, fortunately, an agent of the Sau Diego ‘Mai! Company was passing with a lot of stock, and Mr, Hall scon made a trade with him for a team, and we suf- fered no detention. I thought at first that he had much the worst of the bargain, for one old mare insisted on pulling the wrong way. They all finaily pulled together, however, through the «xcellent” mi ment of Mr. Hall, and we started on ‘nother twent ur mile ride to the Indian wells. Mr. Eliiott’s station wascalled Alamo Mocho, or the cottonwood stump. The stump must have been covered up ia the sand, for 1 could not see it. NEW RIVER. A few miles beyond wo crossed New river, which is indicated on the maps, but has never been seen but once, which was by a military expedition in 1851, They camped at night, supposing they were a great distance from wa aud in the morning, to their surprise, found they vere on the banks of a river. Many reasons were at first assigned for it; some said that it was a large spring, and others that it was a series of springs. I beheve, however, fina! conclusion was that it was a sort of slough from the Colorado, for it shortly disappeared, leaving in its bed vast nun vers of fine fish, whose decaying bodies made the most horrid stench for months, It went almost as quickly as it came, INDIAN WELLS—A CREEK IN THE SAND. Tweuty four miles of heavy sand riding bronght us to the Indian wells, where we found the station mea had had, some difficulty with Indians, who refused to let them have water for their avimals, Almost a collision ensued, but the Indians finally retired without making an attack, although they were vastly in the majority. Twen- ty-four miles from the wells we cama to Cartsso creck, Which is indicated on the maps, but, as it appeared to us, e was a simple sandy gully, a little damp. Our road for a considerable distance lay directly in its bed, was indeed a desolate one. The vegetation within sight was of but little account, while not a tree coald be seen except upon the distant mountains, where there are many tine cattle ranches; but we could see nothing of vege ut here and there a clump of mus- quit, or come other wild busts of the plains. CATTLE DYING OF THIRST. Au cx gant train had just passed, aad we mej uumbers ofeattle which bad been abandoned as being too weak to travel, there they stood, almost living skeletons, gradual- ly dying of thirst, with water within « few mites of them. I could almost imagine they looked supplicatingly at us, and begged for jnst one single drop. Some were standing, others iyng, and others just gasping in the agonies of to sicken the stout ost heart. iglit aitnost eno The loss to etmigrant tra us—especially large ones—is areat from this cause, Very often one half, or two thirds, of a large drove of eattic will have to be teft on the road, too weax to proceed from want of water. The Indians gather up these stray cattle, by carrying water to them or uriving them to the nearest creek, as, by the custom of the country, eattle thus picked up are ‘seldom reclaimed by ther ofiginal owners. One of the greatest benetits of thie esta -eriand mail route will be, that it will udicate to emigrant, with bis valuable droves of cattle, the safest and surest means cross these waterless plains, which are ravelled that tes often occur among ofa train as to whieb is the right road. [ was with a sad illustration of this fact by a passen ger in our stage from Pilot Knob to El Monte—a distance of 280 miles—who paid almost his last cent for passage mut humseif aud family of wife and we children— i. hearty infant bat eight months of age, whose Joyons glee was quite an addition to our company on the tedious road, besides being a reminder of ai rv little one more than two thousand miles away. The p of whot I speak had started with a large emigrant train from: Fort bourne, Texas, to cross the Great Staked the crossing of which I deserivea in my last. A te arose as to the proper course; most of the party onteaded for striking a northern course, but he and another who had crossed Uhe Plains several times insisted that they should steer west and strike the Pecos. They were, however, overrified, and the train fone directly «s the Plain rowds leading to water. The consequence s that there were three thousand head of cattle jeft to di a terrible death on the Plain from thirst, adding their bones to the vast whch whiten it and ine the roadside, grim skeletons warning the traveller of the dread- tul dangers of the desert. The passenger's name was Foreman, of Williamson county, Texas, and when he left the stage at El Monte he was so altered by the fatigue of his journey that bis own sister did not know him CALIFORNIA VALLEYS. | The company have astation at Carisso Creck, where plenty of water can be bad by digging. About half way between the next station aod Vallecito is Palm Spring, so called on account of a number of palm plants which grow near it, we met the Gfth stage from San Francisco, “ was a little bebiod the w tune, but ahead of Vallecito. or Little Valley, is a veautiful areen spot—a perfect owes in the desert; it’ is about five miles square, surrocnded by ragged timberless hills, and | the green bushes aud grass and bard road are a most refreshing relief from the sandy sameness of the desert. There ‘The sand quantities of mica, which uninitiated often m: ¢ for gold dust, as it much the precious metal in color. We found here train, which, from thirty- wagons, had dwindled dows to seven, with bat a trthe of the cattle with whieb they started. From Lisle Valley the road leads throug « rough canea over ‘There are a number of springs, tome of them salt. = bot one ranehe, where we changed bores. sparkles in the sum with lar th barrow passethe most w 4 pears to have been the bed of a flerce torrent, but it was now dry. The channel appears to hove been cut through the soli rocks with the regularity of a deep cut for a rail road, perpendiculatly up the steep sides of the nar. row pass the jagged rocks tower, apparentiy ready to fall snderesh all beneath them Vet among these jagged caks there are many varieties of curious weeds—eactus ants, Spanish dagger, prickly pear and maguey—from which nutricious food and drink is obtained, From the ey plant an exhilarating liquor, called “mescal,” is ade, while the plant itself, after being baked for twenty- hours. affords anexcelicnt meal. The outer covering the leaf, which somewhat resembles the Spanish dag- Tbeheve, ased for mak’og « rope, as the fibres ke hemp. The mountains near the road abound W mien, aud are BO doubt replete with mineral wealth. Our progress through this portiou of the road was quite slow, necessarily, and it required al! Mr. Hall's skill to gride our team and wagon cafely through the pass: for in some places there was bardly an inch to spare. It is the most wonderful natural road I ever saw or heard of; ‘one of the drivers, however, thought the journey rather dell, and declared that, if God ever pronounced this part of the earth good, it was more than ever man did. Mr. Foreman suggested that God knew what was in the moun- tains and man did wot, tut s met by the assurance that the mountains were of littie good to man, since he didn't know what was in then To me it seemed a spe. cal dispensation of ‘idence to take ue the more appreciate the beautiful road whieh lay just beyond, for, ust as we came up from the rugged pass, we strack PLEASANT SIGHTS, a beantiful bard road which would rival the Third avenue tn its palmiest days, It seemed to infuse new life into ives and an mals, and I felt as if [could at that mo- ment turn back and cheerfully retraverse the dreary journey which T had passed in consideration of this little patch of good road, It led directly across the bed of @ large lake, now dry, but whieh, in foreing an outlet, had at the deep pase through which we had just fe were how fairly out of the desert, and from point until we reach San Frane eco—a distance of over ven hendred miles—the route is through a series of fertile vaileye, abounding in fruits and agricultural productions, compared with which the gold fields of the le sink into iusignificance. In the valley of San Fe- Lipe we saw a number of prosperous Indian ranches, where they raise corn and melons. and live much like white folks. Warner's ranche is a comfortable house, situated in the valley, in the midst of a beautiful mealow, and with its shingled roof looked more like etvilization than anything Lhad seen far many days. There were hundreds of cattle graying on the plain, and everyth! Jooked as comfortable as every natural advantage coul secure. Our road lay through some delightful oak groves—= a mont decided improvement on devertarnime ie cool, delicious springs of water wert tost acceptal The st theee vaileys of Buena Vista, Hall Oak Grove, Swango, jaa ant Temacula, are all at convenent distances, the accommodations excellent, ‘and. the road is lined with prosperous ranches. Through San Diogo county the verdure was quite luxuriant, owing to the recent rains, Our road lay through a valley in the southwest corner of San Bernardino cvunty, having the San Bernardino mountains on the east and the coust range on the west. The land is rich and could pro- duce pre poen A} a lies — ge oy] beiug o incipally for grazing owners prefer to grow rich whhout dmg any work. They have plenty of meat ready at band, and can buy what they want by | are mech selling stock. Many of them buy wheat and corn, while their lands Would projuce abundant crops with thy rentest ease. Our rood leads through Chino ranch—the richest in San Bernardino county— the proprietor of which is estimated to own about $300,000 worth of cate, yet at our breakfast here we had ‘neither butter nor milk, without which the merest hod carrier ta New York would thiok his meai iucom plete. Their cattle dot the plains for miles around, and the'r land could produce everything, but they bave not even the comfort of A Massachusetts farmer among his rock. hills. Teould not but think what a different spectacle dhvey Cortoe valleys Would proseut wore \pey peopled by some of our sturdy, industrious Eastern farmers, and [ re curred to my reflection in the Mesilla valley, that Provi denee knew just where to locate the lazy men and the in dustrious ones, Perbaps it is the very luxuriance of the soil, and the ease with whieh anything can be produced, that makes the people insensible to the benefits which they have: but to me it seemed a great pity to see 50 much good land useloss. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY —RICH RAN@HES. After crossing the Santa Anna river, in Sau Bernardino county, the road runs through the Chino Ranche, which is marked on Goiton’s map, though it consists of but one house. The course is then due west into Los Angeles county, which may well be called ‘The Angels’? coun- ty, for the rich fertility of its soil, A few miles before reaching Los Angeics city, we pass through the beautiful little town of Ei Monte, which is ranged along the road for nearly five miles, and is composed of a series of neat look- bouses,ybuilt of wood, and considerable cultivated laud. The fences are, many of them, ‘ live fence,” made by planting cotton wood, poplar or willow, much like the eastern willow, which soon grows toa large siz9, and lines the road for miles, ‘The Past Office is a wooden building, with a neat piazza and shingled roof, which iooked quite refreshing after over a thousand miles travel without see- ing a house having the appearance of civilization. The roads through this county areexceilent, and as we ride along we pass numerous herds of cattle. Many of these herds are watched by dogs, which are sojwell trained that they keep the flocks Nogetber, saeu mot permit strange men or ravenous animals to aj TRAINED DOOS. One maa in this county has three dogs, who take the herds from the corral in the morning, drive them to good pasturage, and watch them until ni! when they bring fara atk. They take lares.at lest tones, Wwe Seale ing while tho third goes home to his meal. This may ae @ pretty tough story, but I am assured that it is a LOS ANORLES. Los Angeics City is about twenty-sevem miles from the coast, on the San Pedro river. It contains about 6,000 in- habitants, and has a number of fine buildings. ‘The peo- ple are mostly Mexicans, Spanish and Indians; but since the acquisition of the State by the United States, the Ame ricans have been increasing in numbers. There is a weekly paper published there, and the town, as I passed gh it, looked thrifty and business-like. On the out. skirts of the city are the vineyards, covering many acres and producing the most iuscious ‘grapes, from” which wines are made which have a world-wide celebrity, Celebrated sparkling wines are made here. The fruits of the neighborhood are of the largest kind. I saw some pears which would take premiums at our agricultural fairs. ‘Their flavor was, however, inferior to the Bartlett pear. We arrived at Los Angeles im five days and four hours from Tucson, making nearly six miles an hour on the average, im spite of the sandy desert and crgey hills. As we entered the town we met the sixth mail from San Tree, which Jeft oo Monday, October 4, with two passengers. We stopped ouly long enough to change ‘conchesvand started ou our way again, We met here Mr. M. L. Kinyon, the superintendent of this end of the roud, through whose energy the line from Tucson all the way to San Francisco, has been stocked. Messrs. Hawley and Buckley, the superintendents between El Paso and Los Angeles, received much assistance from him, and he wus much aided by Mr. Warren Hali, of whom I have before spoken as an experienced stage man. The stock from Los Angeles is very good, and we made the vest time on that part of the route—sometimes making twelve mi hour, inciuding stoppages. He has some excelient d and his longest station is twenty-six miles. The average distance Detween the relays of horses is from ten to fifteen miles. THE ROUTE BEYOND LOS ANGELES. Our first change was nine miles from Los Angeles. Fif. teen miles further we changed at the old Spanish mission of San Fernando, which is marked on Coltou’s maps. It was built for the Indiaus, and consists of a number of low ranches; the remains indicate that it was once a fine adobe building, with large pillars in front, and a fine belfry aad fountain. A niche in the centre of the building contains a fine piece of old statuary. Part of the building is now used asa stable for the company's horses: and the only inhabitants we saw were a few ladiau women, washing in a little brook which gurgles by, who giggled in high giee as we passed with our beautiful team of six white Lorses— (we more than our usual allowance, in consideration of a heavy canoa and pass which lay in our route. It would be well sor other portions of the road east af Et Pago if six horse teams were used, as there are in a number of diffi. cull places, such as the Colorado desert aud the Pe. catcho Pass, but I suppose a bttle time will regu Jate all th matters. The road leads through the New Pass, where it strikes the old road from San Bernardino to the Tejon Pass of the Sierra Nevada moun- tains. The eanon road is rugged and difficnlt. About the centre of the Pass is, 1 believe, the steepest hill on the whole route. I should judge it to be full 800 feet from the level of the road, which has to be ascended and de- sended in the spate of a quarter of a mile. Perhaps my idea of the distance is not correct; but certainly tt is @ very steep hill, aud our six horses found great difficulty in drawing our empty wagon up. ‘The road takes some pretty sharp turns in the canon, aud a slight accident might precipitate a wagon load into a very uncomfortable abyss. At the base of the canon is the smooth sandy ved of a creek, Which was now dry. Eight miles from San Fernando we changed horses again at Hart's ranch, baving made nearly ten miles per hour, and in spite of the bad condition of the roads, after a heaviest rains ever known in the county. From point, the road leads. the Sau co cauon, twelve miles long, the small jaggea peaks of the mountains on either side looking much like rows of upturned buman flies. We reached Fort Te nety-six miles from om Angeles, at 3.40 A. M. ou Fri ‘Oct. 8, where we again streck the route mentioued in the published time tabie. FORT TEION. Fort Tejon is directly in the Pass, and has some very fine adobe buildings, most of which beloug to the govern: ment. There are few settlers. The price of hay here is $43 per ton, and barley six cents per pound. I should think some of oar euterprising Yankees, who think ten dollars per tou for hay a very high price, could make for tes here if they could only get the liberty of cultivating few of the many acres of now useless fertile lands in this section of Caiitornia, We left the fort at 4.33 A. M., our rowte passing through Grape canon. The hitis on either side of this canon have a remarkably round and smooth appearance. The road is winding, and verges on many a dangerous precipice, requiring the most careful and experienced drivers. The road through the pass for five miles is good, and then we strike a level plain for Uhirteen miles to the sink of Tejou, the next station, at the dis tant, and the road across a plain, with some heavy sand, and one oF two steep hills. Fifteen miles from the we cross the Kern river, which empties into the Tulare |, through which our wagon are Waiting on the other side. The land along the river bottom i# good. We have now to cross thirty-three miles of sandy road over some steep foot hills of the Serra Nevavta, with only an occasional green to relieve the monotony. For several miles the road winds at the foot of these hills with turns, which keep a team tra velling like horses in a circus ring, though the curves are alternately to the right and to the left. The hilis are barren. Occasionally we have a steep oue, and from the top can see as far as the eye can teach notling but the tops of other hills and the ‘craggy sumuuit of the Sierra Nevada. The two or three little groves of musquit, poplar and cotton- wood are quite a relief, and you wonder, as you look at the sandy soll, how even the sage bushes can live. All that we saw of King’s river was its dry bed, and I passed it without k it. There is, however, @ pump to mark the spot. fe stopped at stations at Pose creek, twenty six miler from King’s river, seven miles thenoe at White river, and eighteen miles thence to the uext station. VISALIA—A RECEPTION. The next town of importance is Visalia, which is forty. seven miles from White river and about one hundred from Tejon, and the first town from Tejon. There are a few adobe houses, and the population is about five hundred. the Four Creeks, area number of ogh it was nearly midnight when we news spread rapidly, and we soon had a cordial Before we left they gave us an anvil salute, quite new to me. powder anvil, and a train laid to the over the bole, and another that. te were quite as beavy as those of an eight ; is was the first evidence of any enthusiasm tong the route since we left Fort Smith, and the they gave us as we drove olf at 11:60 on Friday, the Bth of October, ought to be remembered in the history of the town, so I here immortalize miles to Cross creek, 13 to King’s river, 16 to Elk Horn, 22 to Frezeneau City, and 19 to Firebaugh’s Ferry, on the San Joaquin. The road is over the barren pain, with no wood except upon the banks of the crecks, and uo settlements except the stations, A LARGE CITY—FAST TRAVELLING. ‘The soil is mostly alkali, and the taste of the water is moch tinctured with it. Frezoneau city is at the bead of a slough of the San Joaquin, and lake the course of a canal is marked by a furrow, which &, I believe, the ont; Pome gl some anxious stock. holders. Firebaugh’s ye crossing place of the ‘San Joaquin tor the travel going to Fort Miler, The mail route does not cross the river, but runs along its southern banks to about the head of King’s river, when « takes a more westerly course and strikes thro ugh the coast range Pacheco Paes. We crossed the river, however, to geta good dinner and prepare for a pretty emart ride to and over the pass. The road along the river is excellent, passing through some fine land, though no settlements, except the station ranches, the owners of which own large herds of cattle, which we saw grazing on the plain or wending their quiet way to the river for water, There is mo timber on the plas, but some on the banks of the river Firebaugh's Ferry is made a time table station. and we left (here ot T1008 M. of Saturday, the Oth of Or- tober, and although that was ing over sit hours behind the time table, aad the distance to San Fran cisco was only one hundred and sixty-thtee’ miles, we Were still far in advance of the usual ti and no doubt of reaching Sac Frauciseo in advance even of the time table time, which required the service to be per formed ju nearly one day leas than the terms of the con Wendt called for, The cond algng the Saa Joaquin was guy of the best [had geen, and our driver kept his team on the move, making the first wwelve miles in one hour anu twelve minutes, and the next twelve ta ove hour aud ten minutes, and the next eighiwen miles to San Louis | ranche in one hour and a quarter chauging horses at | cach station, and giving us some pretty fair specimens of | the Califoruia stock. run stage horses at such a rate of speed would, I judge, be considered rather dangerous | work in the States, but here stock is cheaper, ana if it does not last so long, they buy more and keep the couches moving along right smart. THE PACHECO PASS. | From the time we leave Firebough’s Ferry to the time of eaterig Pacheco Pass, a distance of forty fuiles, the Pacheco Peak is plainly visible. The San Louis ranche is just at the entrance of the pass, and is the only bouse within thirty miles, The building tooks much like ‘@ country farmhouse in Connecticut, and tho owner's hospitable tabie is always open to alt who Foun that way. It is a great rendezvous for drovers going dor into the | valleys after cattle, The owner himself keeps about | 1,400 head of fine cattle, which may be seen the plain for miles around. He cultivates the grouud but lit- | tle, considering himself sufficiently well olf to buy his supplies of those who do cultivate; while they in turn get high prices enough to keep themsolves, doing as litte work as porsible. Few of these large ranches are owned exclusively, by Americans, as most of them have been handed down froin the old Spanish settlers, Much of the property, however, has come into the possession of Ameri- cans by means of intermarriage. The celebrated Chine ranche 1s thus now partly owned by two Americans, who, I believe, married two sisters, the descendaats of tho old Spanish owner. As we entered the Pacheco Pass I had made up my mind to lie down in the wagon and take anap, as might was fast approaching and Ifelt much fatigued. I heard the , driver and agent, known throughout this section of the | country ag Tote Kinyon—the brother of the Superinten- | deni—remarking on the rough mountain puss which lay on our way; but after the Guadalupe Fass, the Boston Mountain of the Ozark range, the Pacheco and the New Pass, I had about concluded that I had seen all (he moun- tain passes worth seeing on the routv, and that uoue could be more difficult or dangerous. But I was destined to be di inted, and to witness one of the finest view which the entire route affords. The distance through the pass is twelve miles, and instead of the canon which I expected, I found the road to lead over bills piled on hills, which, though a little lower than thejr neighbors, were still at quite sufficient altitude. On every side wo could look off down steep and craggy ravines, somo of whose botioms could not be discerued w the distauce. Our road led immediately on the brink of many a pice, over which a balky horse or a broken axle, or an inexperienced driver, might send us whirling in the air ina moment. There are also many abrupt curves in the road, winding around the sides of steep hills, on the edges of the ravines, many steop roads directly up and down the bulls, and many rocks near the road, leaving just sufficient ‘room for an experienced driver to take bis team through without striking. FAST DRIVING. Most drivers would have been couteat to drive slowly over this spot, a distance of tweive miles, and every foot of it requiring the most skilfu! management of the team to preveat the certain destruction of all in the coach. But our Jebu was in a hurry with the ‘‘first States’ mail,’’ and he was Lound to put us through in good time. I suggested to him that a bad man riding ou this road was on the very brink of the bad piace, and likely to depart thenee at almost any moment if anything Should break. Hoe said, “Yes, butthey did'nt expect anything to break,’ and whipped up his horses just a8 we started dowa a steep lull, Lexpected to see him put down the brakes with all his might, but he merely rested his foot on them, saying, “Iv's best 'to Keep the wheeis rolling, or they ‘Lt slide he did keep the wheels rolling, and the whole coach slid down the steepest hilis at the rate of fifteen: twen- ty—tiles an hour, now turning an abrupteurve with a Whip and crack, aud “round the corner, Sully,” scatter- ing the loose stones, just grazing the rocks, sending its ratthng echoes tar away among the hills and ravines, frightening the siow teamsters on the road, and making them haul off out of the way, and nearly taking away the breath of us all. The driver scemed to enjoy the fan, ‘and invited me up to ride with hun on the box. "I got up; taking of my hat and throwing a blanket over my head, T held on tight as we dashed along—up and down, around the curves and in straight lines, all at the same railroad speed. The lovsening of a nut, the breaking of a strap, u ng of one of the four spirited horses, might—; 4 Wouki—have sent us all to “kingdom come hout a chance for saying prayers. But just as T made such a reilection, crack! weut the wp, and away we flew, at a rate which I know would have made old John Butteriield, the President of the Mail Company, and a very experienced stage man, wish him fell safely at home. Vor my part Theid on to the seat, and held my breath, hoping we might get through saf. "If I thought I was destined to be kill in a stage coach I most certa:nly should have considered my time come. We ran the twelve miles in an hour and five minutes: and considering the ups and downs I thought it pretty good travelliag. The mountain is covered with stunted ‘oak trees, making it mach resemble an orchard. On the cast side I noticed very few rocks, and none large. On the west this was made up by hage rusty looking crags, towering high in air, or with beavy boulders on their sides or at thetr feet, as if just fal .u is excellent for the piace, and is mach improved by Mr. Firebaugh, who appears to be the enterprising man of the region, He has a toll gate at the base of the mountain, charging two dollars for the pasaage of a single four horse team, which is cheerfpily paid in consideration of what he does to the road. HOW THE CALIFORNIANS RECEIVED THE MAIL. The next twenty miles to Gilroy we travelled in two hours, and took supper. The scene here was much lke that at the other stopping places of any note along the route since we left Franklin. The villagers gathered found, asking all sorts of questions —‘ Have you got the “What's the uews from the States?” “ Is king yet ?* “ Have you got any through pas rt Only the correspondent of the Hrnat. « Why, then, we shall hear all about it.” “ How did you like your trip, sir?" “Very weil.” “How did you manage to sleep?” “ What, slept in the wagons?’ “Did de day and night?” “ Weil, 1 declare,” “ I should ‘would be tired.” “Have plenty to eat?’ “What, beans and jerked beef?" “Glad to bear you say they'd have better soon.” © Meet any Injans ¥"’ “* None Hi, eh Well, that's some comfort.” © How long ou been?” © Lett St. Louis on the 16th of Septem “ Well, that beats ail stage ridin’'’ “Going to ve through twice a week,eh? ‘Weil, that ts good, now, ain't “How's the line on the other end!’ “Slow, ehf? “Of course; all the States people are siow.”” “Let ‘em come out here and sce a little life,’ flere we do live—live fast, too. A CROAKER. I found, however, at Gilroy, one man who thought the mail wasn't such a tremendous thing, after ail, He thorght they hadn't made any good time yet, and be didu t think they were going to, very soon. He was the only Croaker T saw the whole distane man that was not giad to sce the stage and to speak well of the enter prise. )s name Ought to be immortaliged. Iwas glad to ee Tote back him down on two bets as to the ume when we would reach San Franc seo. SANTA CLARA COUNTY. We were now in Santa Clara county, one of the finest agricultural districts in the State,and Gliroy is one of its most flourishing towns, having over 600 inhabitants, avumber ef very fair houses and several stores. There fe no claim on the town under the old Spanish grant Thirty miles from Gilroy, passing through a valley of Prosperous ranches, we come to San Jose, an old Spanish town, but now a small city of 3.000 inbabitant It within ee mies of San Fra . wo which port lines of stages run. I should have mentioned “before that the Overland Mail Company, through the energy of Mr. Kinyon, bave been renning # tri.weekly stage between San Franciseo and Los Angeles, for nearly two months, using the Con cord coach to San José, and the canvass covered thorough tare wagons the rest of the distance. From San Jose the road leads throogh San Mateo and Sau Francisco counties, to the city, having prosperous ranches all al the ine, With the donrishing littie villages of Redwood Sante Cara en route. I was very sorry to be obliged to pase through thos foe spey Fog of the journey in the night, and a dark night at that, but the overland mail was on board, and we made no other than tochange horses at stations about ten miics apart. It was just after sunrise that the city of Sau Francisco hove in sight over the bills, and never did the night traveller approach a dis- tant light. or the lonely mariner desery a sail with more joy than did I the city of San Franciseo on the morning of Sunday, October 10. As we neared the city we met milkmen and pleasure seekers taking their morning rides, looking on with wonderment, as we rattled along at a tearing pace. IN SAN FRANCISCO—DELIVERING THE MAILS. Soon we strnck the pavements, and with a whip, crack and bound, shot through the streets to our destination, to the great consternation of everything in the way, and the no little surpriee of everybody. Swiftly we whirled up one street and down another, and round the corners. wntil finally we drew up at the stage office in front of the Plaza, our driver rns a ehrift blast of bis horn and a flourish ‘of triumph for the arrival of the first overland mail in Saa Franeisco from St Louis, But our work was not yet done. ‘The mails must be delivered, and in a jiffy we were at the Post Office door, blowing the born, how! ing and shouti: for somebody to come and take the overland mail. thought nobody waa ever going to come—the minutes seemed days—bnt the delay made it even time, and ak the man took the mai! bage from the coach, at half past seven A. M.,on Sunday, October 10, it was just twenty three days,’ twenty three bours and a balf from the tine that in Butterfield, the President of the compaay, took the bogs as the cars moved from St. Louis, at § A. M., on Thursday, 16th of September, 1868, And 1 had the satis: faction of knowing that the correspondent of the Naw Yous Haran Kept his promise, and gone through with the first mail, the sole passenger and the only one who tad ever made the trip across the Plains in lexe than fifty days Here amis my duty in describing the route overland trom St. Louis to San Francisco, which I have discharged 6 Well as information collected from the seat of a w: would allow. The details might Lave been fw more time been red; but, 8 they are, [ think nove others could show more conclusively that whatever may be the difficult es in the way, the overland mail route may be considered as ‘uty established, and its sucess placed beyond the ‘lity of a doubt. Te man; Amerigans who travel for pleasure this route will be a favorite.” Relieved from all danger from ses sickness and the dul! monotony of a sea voyage, = trave! by comfortable stages, stopping at such interesting points as they may choose rest, and enjoy junities for viewing the beautiful, the w the sublime products of nature, which are well disposed the entire distance, The vast fertile lauds, the romantic mounta.n passes, the large streams, and even the lwxur! ance of animal aud vegetable ‘on the deserts, will attract the attention of intelligent, and give to the route a varied interest which a sea voyage does aot and cannot possess. Already the applications at this end for hl hardly be accom nd son the com ny will have more passengers wishing to go than cx he carried by long trains of wagons. Toe overivad wail ie, at acy cate, « Oxed (act. The Russian Railway Revelations. {To the Editor of the US 3. Ganette.] ‘The statement in regard to the railroad frou St. Peters burg to Moacow, recently published in your paper, pur tung to be copied from the London Daily News, of Octo ber 16, having been reproduced in the telegraphic despatob of the bews by the Todiau, printed a your columns this morning, (which last, [have ascer was founded om ousion Times of October 20, from pondent at Vienna, under date of Ootober'16,) L | proper to Seborit the following facts. The par thin | graph from tae London Times is as follows: A moni shameless atiempt to defraud the Russian govera. vist come to light” ‘The imperial authoriien declared trom St. Peiersburg to Moscow to be 607 verats, but Mi. Vou birave “der 1 to be 8814 vernia lens. The American company itave posketed abort 0.000, or, at all creates gonsive- We part of this sum, had it not been for M. Vou Struve's oppar tine Blasovers, “ihr Order fo make out the Of veces ail the dus Pa tetovos an pou can, caslly conceive every the matter is like! the repute coum ty to be a8 uation mon honesty of ty of higa rank in jeopardy. The Times’ correspandent says:-— The American company (of which Tam a member) whioh is to conatruct the railroad, mie have pocketed $12,000,000, or, at ail evenis, & considerable part of that sum. This looks as if the American company were now about to build a road from St. Petersburg to Moscow, whereas, the railroad between these two cities was finished and Fy 1850, and bas ever since been in sapention. e American company never bad aay contract for build. ing tomer; ate contracts from December, 1844, and had anthing to do with working the rolling stock of the road. In neue to the “extraordinary revelations” com- cerning the fraud measurement of the road, I beg to submit an extract fr the original report made to Fees | the Emperor Nicholas, by Colouei Melinkoff and Colonel Krofft, dated Sept. 16, 1841, from a copy in my possession, which says:— will be seeu Uy the above extract that the length was originally estimated at 590 versts between the two cities, and that an allowance for deviations from the direct line of thirty versts was made, which would bave brought the road to 620 versts. Conscientious railroad hoy oye as is well Known, are rather disposed to shorten the original length of a projected road, by revising the surveys, than to lengthen it; and this is just what the Russian enginoers only appropriated fourteen versts of the allowance for de. viations instead of thirty, which they could have takem, and then have been within the length laid down in the re: port to his Imperial Majesty. This certainly doos not look like a fraud on the:r part, nor does it look as if they ever dreamed of such a thing as ying to make the road ap- pear to be longer than it really is. The road 1s now worked as 604 versts long, and never bas been rated longer or shorter since its completion. The above extract from the original report, with the ex- Pianatious I have made, ought to be a suflictent refutation of the charges of the knglish press against the original projectors and engineers of the road, who were Russian officers of tigh standing at home, and who arc remem- bered here as high toned and refined geatiemen by many of our citizens, who frequently met them Rig tis ba gf in this country. In regard to the sneer, in the heading ot the article in the English paper, of “Brother Jouathan at Some of his Tricks,” and which it italicises, itis a suff cient answer to say that Major George W. Whistler, tha first American who ever had anything to do with railroads in Russia, left this country for the first time to go there im June, 1842, whilst myself and Mr. Thomas Winans, of Bal- timore, members of the American company, did not arrive in Rossia until the latter part of May, 1843, so that the fraud, as prevended to have been brought to light by the astronomical surveys of Professor Struve, can hardly be charged to the Americans who have been or are now m Russia, inasmuch as they were not present until a very long time after the approximate length of the road had been fixed by the report to bis Imperial Majesty, which approximate length was ouly thirteen verses greator than the §0 called fraudulent ‘length, the actual finished length being three versts shorter than the figure in the “revelations.” It is a curious fact that the “reve. lations" appeared in the London Purily News ou October 16, and the letter in the Times of October 20 is also dated Vienna, October 16, and pur; to be news extracted from the Gazette de € j news, from its word- ing, seems to have come all from the same source, and If these “revelations” were rife at St. Petersburg date of my correspondent’s letter, he would hardly have ‘omitted to speak of them. He not only says nothing coa cerping them, but informs us that “all matters are gowug on eatisiactorily.” JOSEPH HARRISON, JR. , Prmcapetrmta, Nov. 2, 1858. Rittenhouse square, Fashions for November. {From Le Follet.| It will with reason be expected that we shall this moat be abie to give our fair readers some decidtd information ties. Piaids are ver; and in woolien fabrics, Satin, taffetas, aud veivet are also much worn. The skirts are still worn very full, and while some are made quite plain, many are seen with two, ‘bree or more flounces; and double skirts cannot yet be considered as discarded. One deep tlounce, with a Lead ing of several very narrow tlounces above it, is not ‘unfrequentiy adopted. Both double skirts and dounces are very pretty trimmed with flat piaitiags, either { the same material or of ribbon, ant sometmes f tafletas a different color from the dress. Hodis «f walking dresses are frequently quite plain, with the exception of the handsome buttons with wich they are fastened im front. Basques are worn, but rounced or poiuted bodies are much more in faver. A baad with a square bucki® us) accompanies a roundet body. Ie full dress pointed bodies only are allowed. We stil bear that the jigot siceve will be worn this ‘W.nter, it is quite certain that sleeves closed at the writs, with turned back cuffs, are very generally adopted. These cuffs are trimmed variously; we saw ote the other day entirely covered by ruches of two colors. This sieeve, however, wii! no doubt be principally seea with dresses of thiek woollen material; while with satins and taifetas, sleeves formed of two or three pulls, or pagoda siseves With jockeys, will be more in favor The bodies also of these dresses are more ornamented, either with passe menterie, lace, ribbon bows, or triage bertues. Opea Bieeves are wora very wide and long. Dark — are of Sage ge worn at this season— jue, groseiile, , ron gray, and brown, but v—eopecially io sith ‘erennce—binck appears be in two shades, haudaome. We ornament for fuil iu favor ; Felvets, in wide tiger pattern stripes, crossed by narrow satin stripes, are very have seen an entirely new and elegant dress, consisting of a network of chenille, with a bead oa each square. ‘was arranged s0 as to cover nearly the half of the skirt, forming a kind of tunic. It may be made im any color; for a coored satin or moure antque dress, is, perhaps, best ia biack chenille, with jet beads, with a white dress it is very pretty either in ight blue, pik oF green. The berth should match. Evening headdresses are usually made either in the form of a cache peigne or of a diadem. A pretty one i the former style may be composed of a wreath of pink acara and rose leaves across the frout, fastening two tufts of tulle placed very backward. Bebind showd be rose jeaves with long sprays of acacia, and two loug and wide barbes of tulle simply hemmed. We much admired one composed of two of blue velvet, one across the front, the other backwarder. These were both spotted With silver stars, and attached by a silver cord with two tassels, one hanging lower than the other. lowersare very much worn in the haw, aod are always accompanied with a groat dea! of foliage. Pale biue flowers, mixed with silver wheat ears, laure! aud Amerisan entirely of or: " — io front, with two sprays of different leagtha chind. Bonnets are in general worn larger than thoy were last year. Feather trimmings are very fashioua)le. white bonnets are trimmed with colored velvet. The mix- ture of white and b ack is still considered distingue. Straw bonnets have lately been trimmed with crimson, green or Nopoleoa blue velvet. Marigold colored velvet ia ex- tremely becoming to some but should be mixed with black. Jonquille color is also very ood ‘Will be extremely this winter. We have seea The autumn mantles are bigh, and mostly miade with wide sleeves. They are flat on the shoulders, with a wide lace round the pelerine, which reaches to the waist. The lower partis on im large plaits, widening towards the bot tom. Grand Duchesse is four yards and three ighths round. This elegant cloak shoold be trimmed with a lace haifa yard wide, and i* certainly the most elegant mantle ‘of the Beason. sleeves are very wide and iong, reach. ing nearly to the bottom of the cloak. A the casaques and cloaks will su le the burnous for visiting dress, yet they will still continue to be worn; and that which gives them their chief value i, that they can be worn at almost any season, and can be made of almost any material, as they are equally graceful when made of velvet, cloth, silk or muslin. Those made his autumn of plaid plush are really elegant aul conve bient, plush being both light and warm For will be worn during the wiater as trimuning resses as well as cloaks. Unsrren Srares Branon Mint ix New Ovieans. he following is the official statement of the deposits ant omage at United States Branch Mint, Now Orleans uring the mon th of October, 1858 — 510,597 a . BAB Gold Deposits United States bullion (California) From other sources... 6.6.6... Total value of gold deposits Silver Deposits Silver extracted from Califoraia gold Total value of silver deposits $096,597 ut Total value of gold and eitver te . T6006 62 Md Commo. Double eagles, a + cccecceeecess 970,000 00 Cotmage Flalf dotiers 600,00) pieces 9,000 00 Bors sees 7H ‘Total value of gold and silver coinage......8571,701 OL jage, of the slave » aenittond to tall oe ve Waqvgau) dollars. Aparrrep to Barn. —O: brig Brothers, was, on the Charleston, 9 the gop