The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-08
News From the Great Salt Lake.

Nessrs. Kinkhead and Holiday arrived in this
city on Saturday afternoon, di ect from Great Salt
Lake City and Carson Valley, having left the city
possession Of interesting news from Deseret and the
Plains eight days later than that received by the
mails, which also reached us on Sunday. The
amount Of stock on the way from Salt Lake Ia very
1000 head Of cattle, 100 mules, SO wagons and up
wards Of 100 men, women and children. Those are
now crossing the Sierra Nevada by the Carson
route.
Holiday and Warner have 700 head Of cattle
and 80 mules; Middleton 800 sheep and 800 head
Of cattle; Kew 800 do; Mcdonald and Adams 80
6o. AcCanslind 400 do. These are oil in the noun
tains on their way hither. Herritt was to start
500 head aes Sah II an and wv wssy and McIs.nd
with cattle. and Fucker with 1850 sheep,
we're passed at Stony Point on the Hum
boldt. At the Thousand Spring Valley, beyond the
with three bundled head Of cattle, and on Green
river, Yates Of st. Louis county No. with eight or
nine hundred sheep. A party Of packers were met
at Blue Springs, who gave information that man
come time previously had murdered his companion.
2sth Of May. train Of Immigrants arrived 1t Salt
Lake on the I'd of June, from Wisconsin.
George Watson was seen on the Humboldt with
eight or nine hundred cattle. and seven hundred
sheep.
Mr.. Kinkead reached Carson Valley on the 27th
ult. Mr.. Eaton came in on the 29th with three
hundred bead Of csttle. The grass along the Hum
boldt is fne but the same disease prevails among
the stock Cars on river which was 30 fatal last
season.
An outlet from what has heretofore been consi
dered the Sink Of the Humboldt" has cut it's way
some thirty miles through tho desert and empties
itself into the Sink OF the Carson"
Some little attention to agriculture Ia apparent
on tho Humboldt. One man from Salt Lake has
farm sixty miles below the head Of that stream, ON
its south bank.
The Indians are generally quiet, but steal stock
whenever an opportunity presents.
The weather has been cold and wet, and the sea-
son backward. Our insormants experienced rain all
the wny down the Humboldt, and 1t rained for five
consecutive days after leaving Bear river. They
met many emigrant relief trains on this side of the
Humboldt.
The California mail arrived at Salt Lake on the Sd
June, and the Eastern mail on the 26th May, having
left Independence on the Lat OF that month. On the
3lst May the Oregon mail arrived.
On the 30th May. Brigham Young and party ar
rived from the Of their successful treaty with
the Indians, who have since given no trouble.
On the 18th Msy snow fell at Salt Lake to the
depth Of three inches and onr informsnts also re.
cord the fact that the 6th of June they enconn-
tered q snow storm on the road. The crops. how.
ever, are very promising.
The market Is bare Of everything, but great in
fux Of goods Is shortly expected from the States.
1hemail reports au ordinarily hrge emigration
hey Salt Lake, much Of which il destined TO Ore
gen and Washington Territories.
Tiour was worth ten cen 8 per pound, and other
necessaries in pro portion.
THE Dramatic Associat on Of Salt Lake gave q
parting supper and ball certain elders about TO
leave on distant missions.
LIEUT.. Beckai,h's exploring party left Sal. Lake
on the 9TH May, for the West