The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-05-21
Later sro.n SalI Lake.

Mr.. Bartly arrived at Sacramento on Wed
nesday, bringing The Great Salt Lake Mail,
with dates from Deseret TO The 18Th April.
We indebted 10 The STATE Journal and
Californian for the following summary Of news:
MIR. Bariy and party had rather "a hard limo
OF II from bad roads, high waters and want of
provisions-lhe party al one time being obliged
10 live on s. roast dog" which hey PRONOUNCED
superior 10 venison, especially when veiison 10
not to be had. The waller in The Humboldt
River is very high and for five days after leav.
ing that river the party had to swim every creek
on their trail Joseph Davis is building bridge
over the Humboldt AT the upper crossing sui1
Gu the Goth nit, lao miles up the Humboldt.
met Joseph Barnard with the mails for Salt
Lake. Met but few Indians, and found tn, IN
very friendly. @
Passed the train with the Mormon Church
stock, containing over 500 head of catte-Duvis
& Helms train (trom kenincky) 700 head
Maupin's train with 400 sheep and several
other smaller trains. et35-i3
At Carson Valley the miners are doing very
well. Provisions were rather high but ere ihs
everything is i'll abundance, rs several pack
trains were passed near the valley. I.,F
From Mr.. Barily we learn that the season at
the Lake very backward, and at the time
he left the farmers had just commenced putting
in wheat. Flour was somewhat scarce, and
worth Sc per hundred. Holiday & Warmers
great train was IN leave for California on the
18th ult., with 1900 head of cattle and 80 large
wagons loaded with -four. Il sii3
On the 9Th April the Annual Church Confer
ence was held, and an immense concourse of
Mormons from every part of the Valley were
present. The address of Brigham Young at
the opening is said TO have been depunciatory of
Americans (whom he represented to the fair
sex as being gay deceivers,") and of the
" Gaddenites," d new sect who differ from the
other MDrmons only in disbelief of the spiritual
wife system. They are on the increase, and
Brigham Young is much afraid of their in.
| fluence.
| The emigration to California has been check
ed by Br ham Young, who has forbidden any
Mormon IL leave The Territory without pass.
port, and then refuses to sign any.
| The police regulations are more stringenty
| enforced than formerly, and MJrmons well as
Geniiles are daily to be seen working III the
chain gang.
| few days before the mail left, two Ameri-
cans stole number of cattle and started tor Cal
| ifornia by the Southern ronte. party sent IN
pursuit intercepted by the celebrated Utah
| Chief Walker who told the men that the Ar"eri
| cans were good men and his friends-had given
| him guns powder aud lead, and he would not
see them hurt The Normons returned to the
city on the 5th OF April, when measures were
taken to raise company and chaslise Walker
! for his iiIsolence. as
| The Deseret Nescs contains but little news-its
columns being chiefly filled with Church mat
tiers. By reference to its advertisements we
learn that pretty much everything required in
that community is produced at home-nails,
chairs, brushes, broons, and all manner Of
Yankee Notions" are manufactured.