New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-26
ARRIVAL. FROM CARSON VALLEY.

ANIMATION MULE TRAIN or nEssRs. RAYMOND
Loss OF MULES N THE sNow-FoRrCNArE -
CAPE OF TIRE OWNERS
Two brothers named Raymond, accompanied by
Mr. Mott arrived, says Inc Uq,0a 10 Piacerville,
from Carson Valley, ON FIhHy last. They left tue
valley on wednesday last aud walked over IN three
CaNs and 4 half portion OF the rute snoYshOes.
Mr. Not resices in Carson Valley, aud is the bearer
of Ill. morisls 10 our Lsgi-liru'e and - Congress,
sgrsd b' nearly all the Inhabitants OF the Valley
asking that immediate acton DE taken 70 place toe
valley definitely within the limits OF the STATE OF CA
iforuia. liz viii present, himself before the Laglsla'
ilre ,brly this week and then leave Greedy for
Washington City, 10 lay the memorial OF the people
of Csron Nsil.y before Congress. He will, h""ever'
sch Washington at so late period IN th- sessl m as
der il improbable that any tang DO done os-
fore the HeetiIg of the succ- ediOg Congress. We
earnestly hope Mr. Not may succeed 10 his mission
The Mes-rs. RAYMOND lett Plareryills on the first
day of this month, by johnson Gut Oh, win PACK
train Of sixteen mules loaded with goods tor arson
Va,y and they bring the first accounts Of their per-
ilous Journey al d almost miraculous escapes
lew hours after starting it began TO rain, aud,
kroviI II must be snowirg on the summit thfy
push ed on rapidly ssibie anh some tne IN he
Liz ht reached the Slippery Ford, about htty miles
from Pac.ryle on the South Fork of the American.
Ittre hey found three men, who started To Carson
the day before destitute OF provisions, aud tue saoS
an il CD de-. and rapidly falling. A. thus point the
road commences Gscerding rhat is called the summit
The ext morning although tbs snow had incteas-
I'd in depth sDo they knew must be very much deep"
r on the summit they very inQrudently determinei,
takif the three with them 10 try ant go through
in the face OF the most violent stoIm that has been
t3Ieienctd Tor yeTs. US eHocts III tnls djlcJ WI"
lOI be remembered.
As they ssesnd.d the noun ain the snow increased
in depth TO two three feet, and when night over
took II en- they bad after q tDsOuis and suffering
dsy made but SIX miles and the snow around them
four feet deep. Shortly before they crossed, ope OF
tt, mule IS missed but they cUult not 20 back
for IT, The prospect for the bigh were gloomy IN
the extreme. Their matches bad been 30 dampened
by the rsn the day previous, thai they found II n
rossible 10 mske a fire They hs1 nothing 70 ea',
al were compelled to camp in the snow "a best they
might. They psssed dreary and bitter nj hit, but
DAY lg BIT found them all alive, and the snO" not IN.
cIessed 70 much as to prevent their advancing.
1bis day they succeeded in passing the su nmt and
getting TO Lake Valley where The snow was then but.
th ee leet deep. and where stack Of hay found
which bad been LEFT there by Mr.. Snih To this
they tied their mules and after another night OF sui
f.rI and endurance the men started for the MOrn)
Station, oistsDt seventeen mites for aid leaving the
ules at the hay stack The station reached the
sam. day but assistance for the poor animals could
Dot be conveyed 10 them until the third day, when
Only three fund alive; twelve OF them having
frozen to death during the s'orD.
Upon their late passage from Carson Valley, the
Messrs ksymond found the lost mule frozen in the
snow, with its PACK on. A more poriious journey is
rarely undertaken. When they en,e'ed the region Of
sDO@ with such storm rsgl0g, tue chances wsre ten
~ ore against their ever surviving the undertaking.
The Danger was increased by the wshton burning si
every static n-touse on the route, by q c1ups Of
Young ren y ho went over the road about Elk weeks
sIgCe.
The SLOW, when the party came over, was lying on
the summit from five 10 siK feet deep level, aud
where Griftej much deeper