New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-20
EmIsra.icu TO California.



There = every indication that the emi-ratlor
% the gold region 80 - Louis sni the Faus this
spring vii Be Immense. We eave no means OF est
f going y tbs route but have evidence. n letters
ard other communicates 70 ourselves and others ths,
1silss q n saying that the number may be set down
81 from i5 coo g. % 90 AT OF these nav act pass
through Cay bot by far the greater number will
90 -. Tbs sstinsts a founded chi,fy what We
know Of ihe spui Of emigration IN tss and neishooF'
ins states.
Ia our own snd several Of the adjoining states. We
have Information that In neAry every county c,mPs-
ncs 4 ire-, tens snd upward. are forming Doubt
les many will rot be able 10 %. bat II she half that
arr anxious % 90 o.. cures will BE- within the
mark Already, those sho in the line u furnishing
cgiits ore busy srgaged snd many articles which
deemed essential for the lrR have risen considerably
10 value.
Tbs overland route Il preferred by al who are "a
mi ior "a the county sni the different modes Of tgsv
ciUe We have eonvcrscd with men who hsvc 'pent
lf-rc portion OF their lives n the Mountains ana
the sins and have tried various roaiss n and 9st
sud they Al concur N saying that the route by The
rars either up toe Kansas sni the Blue e. the Platte,
or up TIE Missouri crossing A. - JoscPhs, q the Platte
ard BY the South Pass The shortest safest and
most certsn. Tbs route leads down the vsy Of Bear
Rver. sui into the valley cf the Great SAT Lske. Al
TIE various lntan trading poets provision viii BE- made
hy the traders 90 supply many Of The sriccs essential
O. the sn grant In the valley Of the salt Lake. par.
. who may md themselves short ci provisions or
other necsssaries vii be aba % procure an ample
supply BY dvsr-ing about sixty m cs from the direct
route O. tff Norman COLONY on ire LaNfs mere
a.0lt eight thousand Mormous ROW settled there
Last year they had ngd OF nearly eleven thousand
a.res in cultivation IN various grains and which yield
"a teen abundant harvest and len large surplus
s1ore th-ir own wants. Thls year they expect %
doubiefhr number Oi acres sud their harvest viii
bs riprncd Dy the time Of the arrival Of most az tha
grants thCy eSpectt1 have a1unisntsuppy i0r al
who msy desire provisions We cFedibly informed
thstt they now driving profitable trade in stock and
gain VIII Csf0rni, notwithstanding the clstance
W len they Save 10 travel h. reach market We tar
Tier learn thar -cpagsons are mskus u send. carly
It's SlrinE heavy stock ot assorted merchsaise 10
the Mormon settlement lhis viii furnish smother me
dunn ot supply g. the emisrants
Reside the thousands going % California there viii
he several thousand Mofmons who viii 20 cur this
>grlrg O. ;h3 Ci.y OF the Siil Lake. considerable
portion of iboss row heated on thc Missouri. above
aai aboo, Council Bluff, viii move early Ia the sprus
DO it.s cry there are great msny-perhsps one or
tao vii asu move fact ~ their means
snf the duration OF the season will permit Added 10
these there hundreds arriving every week having
the ssne ultimate destination IN view We inform
"a that within few weeks past upward OF 30 (msoy
OF them from Enrlsndl hsve arrived In this city,
r0.s O. the Valley OF the Salt Lskc
Those who DO not know thcle people or have no, The
means of witnessing the eNten, OF their prose ytsm,
will be- surprised AZ the number who are connecting
them selves vs. IAN the Mormon Church. The persecu.
they have with have only given them strength
inllct and sympathy ard the persons who now
Uuins them are. In inellsenc gni property, above
the rank which has usually been sscribed o. their
msuhcrs