, 1854-08-12
Lnte from SnIt Lnke.

The Union announces the arrival at Sac,
ramento, on the LIST Of July, Of Messrs7
Kinkead and Holiday, direct from Salt
Lake and Carson Valley, having left Desf,
eret on the 4th June, They bring eight
days later news than received by, the mails.
on the I'd inst.
The amount Of stock on the way from
Salt Lake is very considerable. Mr.. Kin
keads train consisted Of 1000 head Of cat.
tie, 100 mules, 50 wagons, and upyardsof
100 men, women and children. These are,
now crossing the Sierra Nevada by the
Carson route. Holiday and Warner have
100 head Of cattle and 80 mules Middle.
ton, 800 sheep and 800 head Of cattle"
Kew, 800 head Of cattle /; MeDoDaId and
Adams 270, and McCanslind 400. Thcseo
are all in the mountains on their way shith-1
er. Herritt was to start with 200 cattle
on the 18th Of July Montgomery With
600 head Nahl and Wisely, and McBel-
land, with cattle, and Rucker with $500
sheep, were passed at Stony Point, on the
Humboldt. At the Thousand Spring VAL.
ley, beyond the. Humboldt, passed Ely and,
Meshan, on the 4th ult., with 800 head
Of cattle, and on Green River, YaIes o.
ST. Louis county, Mo-, with 800 orn000q
sheep. A party Of packers were met ato
Blue Springs, who gave information that @
man, some time previously, had murdered
his companion. He was caugh and hung
on the Humboldt on the 2Sth Of Mayb hAF
train of emigrants arrived at Salt bakeloh
the I'd Of June, from Wisconsin, George
Watson was seen on the Humboldt with
eight or nine hundred cattle aud seven hnh-
dred sheep. Mr.. Kinkead reached Carson
Valley on the 27th nltil Mfg Eaton cameh
in on the goth, With threehundued head Of
cattle The grass along tho Humboldt isr
fine, but the same disease prevails among
the stock on Carson river which was SO ta-
tai last season An outlet from what hasb
heretofore been heretofore been considered
the "'Sink of the Humboldt,1 has cut its
way some thirty miles through the desert,
and empties itself the Sink Of the Car
son" Some little attention to agriculture
is apparent on tho HumboldtloqA man I
from Salt Lake has q farm go miles belowil
the head, on tho south bank. The indi-
ans are generally quiet, but steal stock
whenever on opportunity presents, The
weather has been cold and wet, and the
season Backward Our ihformdnts experied
onced rain all the way down the HambOldtol
and it rained for five consecutive days af-
ter leaving Bear river, They met many
emigrant relief trains on this side Of the
Humboldt. The California mail arrived
at Salt Lake OH the Sd June, and thai
Eastern mail on the 26th May having
left Independence on the lst Of that month.
On the 3lst May the Oregon mail arrived.
On the both Of May, Brigham Young and =
party arrived from The scene Of their trehtyoi
with the Indians, who have. since given ne 4
trouble. On. tho 29th May snow fell at Z
Salt Lake to the depth Of three inches,
and our informants also record The fact
that on the Sth June they encountered q
snow storm on theroadg The crops, thOasdi
ever, are very promising The market isl
bare Of everything, but great influx of-
goods shortly expected from the States
The mail reports an ordinarily large emf
grafton beyond Salt LaISe, much OF whlehi9
IS destined to- Oregon and, Washington
Territories Flour was worth ten cents
per pound, and other necessaries in propor-
ton. Lieut. Bcckwith's exploring party
left Salt Lake on TIE 5th Msy, Tor the
west. 'sti n