New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-29

>, srotesqus manner
M giving Ise TO optical Illusions almost DO kinS a.
anticipate serious annoysnce from ms eaa'e' ~ NE
IL an es,.ed distance Of 80 milss on one part O.
route fresh waller and grass were ioana ~ "a sub
sist orr ss,ais thai ia keep ne Ia them ~ So
them on, PM OF water each Eight aud mornsg
- ~ bags packed upon their backs Tae
no We ~ M desert about ssvenyhve mesia ex
tent and occupied two days and bali erossl tavs
~ =, Ssv ana the greater part CT the night waai1g
81. nSrton ofIhe way reievethe mules, woehoegsn
f. sSsk Under tho want Of sualensroe aud water
In The latter PORTION Of this hrs otsert we erosseu a
- sa which lsy srcrusted upon the level nli
main so fetch ths, & bore up TIE mules ioa1ea u W.,
pseS, sc perfectly that they walked upon y. zen
hssi ofsod Ire slightly covered with Ths wh pc
Main wss as Level e. door We esumsed TINS hs1 20
SeEns sat al e m onehsi to OF an
inch strip OF some three miles In wd1n hAi seen -,
viousy crossed bn was rot Thick nor hard enonga
The ans from sinking through into tne mu1 -
every step The salt In he sod field was Pereeuy eys
tazed and wh,re II had not become mixed WHO lhs ~
wss while and fine the best specimens OF Saha 'aO'o
salt Some OF was collected and preserved. n,
AFTER crossing the Geld Of salt we struck upon nne w
tie stream OF running ser WIN plenty o. go r he
western boundary of the immediate valley oil ne
Here were obliged to bali for tnree dsyso give gu sn
mas a. opportunity recruit The aef part OF tno oes
e was about 10 miles Ia extent and was passed 10 t~9
days by prolongng marches far into the night hsa
we not fund graff and water midway OF l1s Oen "a''0
both animals ard men must have perished 49,,
1--WE were, a. have every reas TO belle e me n. az
ne ftv OF white men that succeeded 10 mskng e
, s,cn ~ he IsEe by land have understood that
ns ci,cnmnsviested by canoes ia early times, by
sone sppers n search ofbesVer but no aenP Oy As"'
"Trom The knowledge gained by thls exposition sm
OF opinion tbs size Of the sse hss pssn 1 OK s
The MoTmons made one or two excursions upon
IL a small ski sn Induced TO believe .ns is mas
srsied Leyond doubt; and am convinced, rom waaI
have ,een that never be- OF the slightest use for me
nnrnoae. o. nsyiesuon The water for miles out fom tbs
shore wherever have seen IL Is but few Inches In deP1
and A. there be deep water X must oe In me middle
IT. .Tfehr he u :
altogether TOO Insignificant aud crOokes l. be OF any
use commercially The greRes deph ~ the Utah Lske
that found sixteen feet hist for the purposes
OF connected line Of navigation, neither the river n9r hs
lakes can be Of the slightest utility SUCH At least is my
present depression. Further examination Of Salt Lake,
may pethp s modify Lis opinion with regard Tho lssr
The river connecting these two stes forty eight niles Ia
length"
The delays and difficulties encountered by Capt.
Stansburys party in conducting their trangu'atlon
Of district Of country extending two degrees IN
latitude and more thai. degree in longitude, may
be conceived from the fact that almost every stick
Of timber used in the construction of fourteen tr
Rneuaton stations thus far erected, has cost from
twenty TO thirty miles travel of a six-mue team,
and that nearly, if not all, the water will have to be
transported along with the different parties for their
daily use. The Captain adds:
Every thing here 10 enornOusy high. TIE vicinity OF
The gold has made money peny sad labor and
Ordinary mechanics get from s. so 81 per day
Corn 81 and Oats from 81 70 Sl 90 bus1el Potatoes NJ
fstwere 81 now g bas6ei flour fom 10 TO IS cents
per pound Hay from s2 to so per iun, wild aud Of
very inferior qualify. Wood from S2 10 SIS cord, and
everything else IN proportion"
Re expresses some fears that the party may not
be able to complete their task the present season,
but if the most strenuous exertion, stimulated by
the dread Of another Winters imprisonment. amid
snrroundin mountains buried in snow and cat oil
from all communion with civilized society, can Sc
cure the object it will certainly be plIshed
Success attend them