Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-05-12

PEELED by the respective county cour!S by fne and
attac hment.
SEC. 70. The several county courts shall have
power to allow the overseers of roads compensation
for any additional services imposed under this
act at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per
diem, for every day they may be engaged in such
additional services.
SEC. so. Nothing in this act shall be so con-
! strued 10 authorize the county court 10 levy
tax for the purposes herein named, unless a
petition OF majority of the taxable Inhabitants
residing therein. Act Of Dec. II. 1888.
| SEC. 81. All roads heretofore laid out by the
United States, in this State shall be kept in repair,
| in the same manner other public roads, bv the
| counties through which the may pass. Rev.
Stat, chap. 13O, sec. IA.
! Important 10 California Emigrants.- 81.
Louis Organ, of Thursday, says:
We yesterday conversed with a gentleman Just
returned from Independence, who informs us that
about 1000 persons had collected at that place
when he left. who preparing to leave for
California. Every public house full 10 over.
| flowing, and hundreds were encamped out Oxen
were very scarce, and it was almost impossible to
obtain them at any price. Mules also were scarce,
but supplies were expected in short time. Good
mules sold at $l25 to $50 each, and the COM
monest kind of animals would command $780,
A rms of all kinds were scarce. and could hardly
be obtained even at the most exorbitant prices and
so of many articles necessary 10 emigrants. Pro-
visions, especially bacon, were scarce, the supply
having been nearly or quite exhausted, and they
were obliged to depend for supplies on The small
quantities brought in by wagons, which sold al
extravagant prices.
| The person from whom obtained the above
facts had good means Of informing himself, and is
wholly disinteres.ed.
| The St. Louis Republican of the same date
says:
I An intelligent gentleman who has crossed the
plains, and is familiar with the route 10 CalIfor-
MIA, has mentioned 10 US al item of outfit, which
though small, may become very important, and
yet II Is one that very few would think Of Ii is
a scythe and snath. Whenever, from the pre-
sence of Indians other cause it is necessary TO
corral The stock, scythe, or two, is almost in
dIspensabe. He assures that the stock of MANY
emgratIng parties suffer because they have no.
thing but their knives with which to cut grass
| Our informant thinks the enigrants will expe-
renee scarcity of grass and water, from The
head OF the Sweet Water through the South Pass.
In the Great Basin. from The Sink. or Lake
tcaIled by Fremont, Humbodt's river y TO the lake
called Carson river is q distance of from forty.
hve TO flfty miles, without grass or water through.
OUT lhe entire distance, except q boiling spring,
which is about midway between the two iakes.--
L he water OF this spring can be used for coffee
and when cooled, the stock will drink little of
II from necessity. Our informant desires us 10
caution parties. that they be prepared when thew
enter this stretch 10 pass il in days. BY car
rylng water and some provision for their stock, il
may be passed without much Inconvenience.
Tie crossing of the Sierra Nevada he describes
as very difficult and tedious. There are places
"here loaded wagon can only be passed down
oy SUFFICIENT number of men holding on TO il
with ropes.
II Will be seen by the foregoing, that no,with.
standing the route to California from ludepen-
dence is longer, later, aud colder, it is expected
that emlSrants will rendezvous there and pav
double price for their outfit, get "a chance to pe.
rlsh in the Rocky Mountains either from cold or
scarcity of grass.
There, mules were selling at the high rate of
Sl25 10 $50 euch''--here, in Van Buren,. thev
sold at from $40 TO SIS, the very best at $50.
The Organ says, Provisions, especially bacon
were scarce :" and that they were sold at eutra.
rdgam rates." In Van Buren,, provisions were
abundant, especially Bacon" which sold at Al
. cents, and although about 5000 emigrants have
departed from this point, the supply was no, hall
exhausted. There is now on hand a sufficient
quantity to furnish 5000 more.
rience scarcity of grass and water, from the head
OF Sweet Water, through the Pass Now, this
is pretty time for the ST. Louis papers to come
out and speak Of the disadvantages of the Northern
route, after they have been making such extrava.
gantly favorable representations in regard to it,
How different is the on the Arkansas
route: The emigrants, whilst this article is being
written, some 300 miles on their route. with
every prospect of grass and water, a mild climate
and lever obstacles, than upon any other; and
now that they have departed, we do no, depress
the spirits of their friends by slow inuendoes and
dark Insinuaions of the evils that lie in their path
Our representations before the emigration were
BASED upon what we considered facts and correct
Information, the best we could procure. Our be.
lle IN the correctness of those statements remains
unchanged and we anticipate for the overland
royageurs (among whom are many of our most
respected cltIzens) from this point. a prosperous
passage, barring accidents and depriva,ions of
tri1ing nature.