The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-10
ADDITIONAL FROM CALIFORNIA.
subuYYanssn Pass Discovered through the
SkSryn Nevada

We take tSs folio .,ag om the aar'p,sa Clroni
Gle tf saturday. II may ba all true, but II SQUADS as
IL ~ melody wrs romsscisg:-
We puti Sd II san xed extract from fstter re-
oeivto ts y days since. within bT N oil fr4ad,
wbnse expioratisJs In different parts 0t Cat1irn,a
have greatly assisted Ia developing he' imussoss
fsseuicts Should tais snbter aieoas pas prove AZ
pras acalie 4 r raj osd route cores oafent
anticipates. TIE whole subject viii reseive an I'm
pcsus scsiceis dresm-d Of ~ she most arie asg-
Ha,io.:-- H4vig heard NJ Or s.
pta al OF very large ard lopg cave that Vas some
WI CT Tear the al oftoe Yo Sea,ty Yalies, and as
the maDn'tb caves Of Marble Ssiegs, formed IN
the INN. Dst marble ledge that trsyofssst gold
region II California, are move or less connected by
| fseprss, it occurred 10 that there might be .
| sph,erIaDesn lass through the Sierra Fha hos
tility cf tbe Indass eventsd my &C leg u0oa the
| iden ct tie time but IL was not forgotten, and
socb a. the bebefice1 iGt noes of Lieut.. BIS
som'Distration of Io6isn affairs bad extended 70
thst n eion, stimulated ny desire to render my
| name ss Du-trious as some OF our Distinguished
California travellers and at the same time bensft
| ny country, after am ly providing for the undes.
| taking, co unnamed my exploration.
had observed, while out against the indians In
! 1851, that some Indians We were pursuing disap-
Feared ut Desr ce tan point at the head Of the
| valley, and although we exa nined every rock aud
| bush In the vicinity, unable to obtain any
J clue 70 their hiding place. On our return from the
| expedition. the cave was mentioned TO ms incidsa-
tally aid a. once concluded that 1t the secret
| haunt Of the Indiana accordingly directed my at
teption tie point Alter having searched for three
days witbsut the slightest prospect OF success at
tending efforts resolved to adopt anot aer plan;
! but ACCIDENT or fortune accomplished what no plan
! could havs done Clambering among the widowed
and messy rocks at the base Of the lofty Cliff, had
become dusty that It be came necessary for mo TO
battle. TIE idea Of taking shower bath ~ fuck my
ian y, and ~ repaired to the fall, viii a ex
cefds IN height the celebrated fall OF the Hinaayai
! osdip arily, cannot approach nearer than ooe
hundred yarss OF the falling body Of water, Tiagt to
the spray or mist that hovers over and around to
Ssn.v. fdrcsr .O tufo firna thorQ
breeze blowing up the valley, sweeping aside the
mist that hitherto had prevented my nearer ap-
| pioach. Was about divesting myself OF my gao.
meets, when gust of wind, stronger than aas that
bad prece ded it, exposed t, my az orished and ~
full sight the long sought cave. Ny additions vers
| forgotten; hurried back to my party. and made
known The wonderful AID fortunate discovery. Tee
rest Of toe day was devoted to the preparation Of
torches and OF the following morning, after .
hasty breakfast, we commenced cur exploration of
! the cave.
We had DO difficulty in entering IT, although we
| were thoroughly drenched by the sheet of wa er,
back Of which protected by shelving rocks, was an
| open space leading to the cave. l have not Ian
| euage TO describe the feeling Of awe with which
was tru.k upon entering the portals Of this grant
and glowing structu e, made by no mortal hands.
all that had read Of in boyish romance, all that
i q vivid ard cratic inns gnat on had conceived OF
suoterraDean world, was tame and commonplace
! compared with this sublimely stupendous worx OF
Dasuye. But to proceed:-Wtn lighted torches We
| cautiously commenced our march, admiring the
giant staiacttes trat reflected in magnied rays the
light from our torches We had projected but .
short distance when we observed what appeared 20
be trail worn In the rock. We at once decided to
follow it. We had followed it but short distance,
when, passing through red Of dust, we discovered
Indie tracks, recently formed. We at first were
startled at this discovery, but after little reec-
ton, we decided toat in such pis;e tracks wod,d
remain apparently tresh for years; and then, after
our fears mad subsidized, We were encouraged with
the idea that the tracks would facilitate llo
| ration.
We were correct in our aupposision, for had we
rot followed the trail made by the Indians, would
not bave been left in more than Egyptian darkness.
But Anticipate; &C ordingly we followed on, chseged
by the hope Of s0on emerging into the broad glare
Of dsy. OF one thing we were assured. namely,
that there was IN inlet well as an outlet. for
strong current of air was meeting us, ard our
torches burned bright and rapidy-too rapidly, for
our stock OF ist pine was rninishiog very fast.
thought OF senc,ng Mike hack for . fresh supply,
sbcox.rssiIe .shsrp anlsse of the pas sage, met
fice TO face Two tai. aud manly looking indians.
Language cannot explGss the asst ,nishmeut aad
/ rage that depicted their countsnauoes upon
| behoIdDp us, and had IL been In their power, we
| woul0 Rave besD doomed to inevitable destruction.
little Spanish, and with some difficulty made them
understand that we had been directed through the
mysterious passage by the Great Soirt. They then
tod me in broken Spanish that we were scarcely
half way through the pass-that little further
was an INNER SO chas n, bu. that it was bridged by
logs, which found petr6ed, and that thefe were
other passages that led into lakes and rivers but
without any known outlet They said that this pass
was only known to their tribe and on selves; it had
been mentioned to Major s., but had never been
shown to him; that they were the great medicine
men OF their tribe, and were returning from visit
to the white tribe at the eastern end of the pass.
They then gave us some Of their torches, bid US
good Rye, and departed, We congratulated each
other on our good Fortune, and continued march
In high spirits. We found the chasm yawning
abyss, into which had been thrown many victims
savage cruelty, for at the bottom, by the aid Of
torch thrown dom we discovered the bones of many
human frames. We found nothing more to obssruct
our passage except few massive boulders, which
/ we however passed, and on the morning. OF the
! fourth day We entered the village Of the white In.
! Gjane.
Interesting Description of Tulare Lake.
IT'S CONNECTION WITH THE SAN JoAQUIN-rHE TuLE
| swAMPs AND ADJACENT COUNTRY.
Ie,y little IL known outside OF its Immediate
neghborhood OF the character and extent of ruIare
Lake, and the swsmps ard lakes In its vicinity.
During the rainy season the water OF these lakes
flows into the San Joaquin, and charter has been
them, by which it is expected the saa Joaquin will
be made deeper and, perhaps, navigation opened
% far as the head Of the lake.
Mr.. G. D. Gibbes, ATTACHED to the United States
country. In aletter to the San Joaquin Republican
written from the confluence Of the Lake slough
with the San joaquin river, he gives the following
Interesting description Of the Tuiare and adjoining
lakes
The Tulare Lake is about thirty miles across in
the w1des. rart aud perhaps not quite fifty miles in
length-t being difficult to define Ito exit length,
owing to the dense growth Of tules at each end.
what should call lake Is an open sheet OF inland
water; overfowed land that is grown up with tules
or any water growth Is generally termed swamp;
u may be cypress, willow, tule, or any other kind
Ok swamp. Travelling down on the west side, from
the upper or south end Of the lake, in northwest
erly oirection, you gradually approach the Coast
Range Mountains until at distance of about ven.
~ miles from the upper end, the lake add the base
| OF the mountains are not moro than q mile apart,
ceoipg uDtilyou arrive at the lower end where they
ore twenty OF twenty-five miles apart. For the first
fifteen or sixteen miles the shores of the lake are
low. muddy alkali coil, and the water shallow for
some distance out; but the base of the moan
taiLs the margin becomes higher, with grass bank
OF about eighteen inches elevation, and q narrow