The Shasta courier., 1853-08-20
TIL L SHASTA COURIER.
Two week. Later from Dc.crct.

Major Johu s. Fowler arrived iii Sacramento
on Thursday, from Carson Valley. Through
him the J'nion has received copy OF the Deseret
Ntpes of July 9ih and other interesting in,elli-
gence from Utah
The harvest at Salt Lake City is progressing;
the yield is not great in quantity, bnt OF excel
lent quality. The waters are abailng, though
vet very gh The streams will admit OF but
very little access into The canons.
WrArHrR-Jume 20h. warm; water rising.
The elders, some 90 or 30. started on their mis-
sions. and the sheriff of this county took meas
ures TO organize Green River county: nr To or
gar,ize. so far as should be found necessary for
The present, agrceably 10 the territory. Tues
dav night June 81, cool. Wednesday, June
2o,. irrigation commenced III our city: weather
generally warm and dry until 26,h, cold wind
from snnih I'LL Z. NJ, lien .nari4 invest and
cool. 27Ih SHOW in tlIe'nountalns one third
down, and hail i'll the morning III Tue city, ,whlch
Injured cucumber vines materially, siuce whlt II
the weather has gradually become warmer In
cidenial SNOW has Disappeared and vegetation
is rapid July ..
The raais which left Independence June is',
arrived June o5lh. an unprecedented dispatch,
considering the high waters.
The citizens of Great Salt Lake city celebra-
ted The National Anniversary with great enlhn-
sia>m. The Neaos says:
The day was very warm, like all other days
in the valley of late, but no one of the assem-
bled thousands got drunk on the occasion, un-
less it small beer. cookies and ice cream.
and no swearing Or baw!lpg was heard II oar
streets day or evening. The social hall was
crnwded i'll the evening, and St ores or hundreds
retired for want of seats while farccs, songs,
and music cheered all who could gain admis-
sion. The school houses III the 18th ward were
filled with prayers, and music, and dincIng and
speeches, and picnics, and joy, and gadness.
The anniversary of the entrance of The pio-
nctrs into The valley, was to have been celebra-
ted on The 24ih of July
The conference of Seventies met on the 25ili
ult. No news from The remote parts OF The ter
riiory toT munllis, owing 10 The high water
The Neus complains bitterly of the dullness of
The times and says that there goods in
market hat amy body wants during The hot sea-
son.
Ga1nt's syeolen manufactory is in active and
successful operation. On the 23d May, there
great hail Storm in Grnntsvllle. Toole
county, which damaged the crops considerably
The California nnis reached Carson Valley on
The Is, inst. but Major Fowler has anticipated
their arrival here, having left The valley on last
Monday. The number uf Immigrants between
the Humboldt and Carson Valley. also at rbe lat
ter place, is immense and the number of wag
nus ,siima,ad uol less than Que thousand. The
an,onnt of stock is nnpreccleniy great, there
being al least ,hrce hundred thousand head be
tween the Sink aud California. An epidemic
has however. broken out amongst them, which
is growing exceedingly yirulent aud des!ruc
live.
harvesting has conl,peuce., l. s;le Valley. Mi
ming Intelligence is favorable. In Gold Canon.
thirty miles from the Mormon Station, miners
averaging from Eve eight dcIags per lay.
A prospecting party, which left 4or the South
Fork of Carson river, some time since has moi
returned. although it was their inieuiion 10 do
Immediately, in The event of their not findin.
diggings paying better ,lian those nearer home
As lilcy had with them months supply of pro-
visions, 1t Is believed they had " struck it rich.
Major Fowler returned bv The main route
which he considers far preferable to Jolnson's
cu-ttf. The road is literally lined with wagons
and stock, all til" way from the Sink of Il,
..lmbulu, 10 Piac,rrIlc,