Show amal Awai VALS eiders elders eld ers era L LR R chaffin TS S John johns son and amasa potter who left here on a mission to australia in may 1856 arrived in this thia city on saturday evening the dinst from california 2 by the northern route they left placerville erville on the loth and genoa the of june eiders eldera chaffin and potter arrived at san francisco last jast fall on their way home but not having the means to come any further then they had bad to 0 o go to work and earn it and remained in iri california during the winter elder johnson arrived there in march with a small company that intended to come through 0 this season but subsequently resolved to remain on the pacific coast for the present some to get an out fit and others to diminish their substance so that they can come if ever e er with less expense they report that the feed between here and carson is excellent never better and that between the junction on at city rocks and genoa the road was literally filled with emigrants from the states the majority of which having taken the rou route teby by soda springs came into the salt lake road at that point they met many droves of cattle which together with the emigrants teams were generally in good condition and all getting gelling along first rate they met major lyndes command between the humboldt and thousand spring valley convoying a company of nine wagons and not one hundred and fifty as has been reported report edno no accessions having been made to the number after they passed through this city on the morning of the of june the company of infantry whose special duty it was to guard the emigrant train not being pleased with the laborious service were cursing it as a species of of which they had become the victims crismani Cris mans train was met near haws ranch and this side of goose creek they report that the crops in northern california were generally looking first rate at the time they left |