New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-17

- I'D all claim their victims; but wba. is
v,oueIy called Aksh wat~r 10 more Destructive
tia, them oil. Heoce, ] jadae that h''se eas'e
emf, more than th ,se yoked ADD drawing Wagons
b.c.use less under control with regard TO toe water
thy d,pk. am told here that cattle aceus''me'
q, alkaline water, 50 far from stunning II, acquire
ts.te for it which they eagerly gra'ifI; bat they
90, srsly choose that 80 weak that may be dronK
without causing death.
This alkaline Infection, corruption, or Whatever
il m.y be Called Of 8 region large eo"uga Tor
knedom ia most remarkable. ] beard il coG-
plsDed Of before we struck tie Republican, so"o
thee bundled miles east Of the Denver Gold re-
eioD; it w.s manifest IN fsDe OF The Oh b"nho
warows spd other dry water holes OF that resion;
l heard complaints that the grass of tie buttons
tberesbOuts, because Of the alsail, secured and
failed 10 pouri.h thu cattle fed IL; saw theory
bed If Sspd Tor Sandy Creek, northern Tributary
Of the Arkansas Write with It FIR maoy rods; aud,
tboueb Cherry Creek the South Platte &c, are fee
from it, there were signs Of its pre.ence 10 tho
dry pond beds north of the Cacbe.l.Poudre But
On The North Platte ard especially the .outh aide
of IT, on which the MAJ, runs and mos, Of TIE l. Di
grafton travels, poisonous mineral water is COO
slant source OF disquiet if Dot danger; sDd, when
the Platte is life 10 strike across to the Sweet
wsier, Of the ule water tn be found 90 that ronte
of thirty odd mites, TIE greater part is bad. Just
before the Swee.Tater is reached a. Independence
Rock We pass close b-,i6e a smah lake, now Dry,
whose bottom lie entirely white with mioeT.l
Substance sad TO oe pure Sal Erx'us, and in places
Eve or six ocbes deep. Our driver as'area do
that it made e. gos bread gs any Sal lErstus,"
which !, then sitk from eating bread poisoned by
that dete sted mineral Qsite willing TO take his
word for. Row sensible people who zee their
cattle diving daily of this poison can niix it with
their fo,d FAD even give 1t to their innocent child
Zen, is moe than l comprehend.
Seventy miles further On, the SweetwatNr makes
q southern elbow, ard our road q believe there is
a better wh,cb Keeps sou,h Of the otreau) rises
over the hills on the north, and keeps away for
mole than ia eD'y miles. For good psrt Of this
distsnce, there is little grass and less water; bat
at last we oesceUd the hills TO the vicinity Of
small lake. full Of water a. all seasoDs, aud sur
rounded by fair grass. But the sdnonished teads
ser hurries bis faiutiDg beaste hardly suffering
them to look at the slluriog panoramic; for that
lake is fountain of death, and the adjtcen' grsss
is opIy less ptstlrnt. Been the Traveller, unepcGu-
bered with the Of STOCK las bis attention ar
1ested by the facts that that grass stands uneAten
though hundreds of hungry cattle pass it daily. sud
that DO track eads doa 10 those gully simmer
ing waters.
| Across weary hundreds Of miles Of such country,
where sterility 10 aggravated by constant peril,
| the long column Of the California Emigration is
Low hlowl, telling, and must BE- for ious months
yet to come Their eyes often bsDdsged or g"gglvd
as they best may be to shield them from the eternal
glare If these bot Summer days on this sbodeless,
slistt pip plain the teamsters rs hstiessy as
their psiient, bollow, dropping oxen, in whose
! eyes meekD.ss and misery alike End expression.
As the malwseon, drawn by six mules with one
by their side Iisden by wh'pper up, whuls by
| ,htm 10 cloud of duet, founders over the Sage
| truth where the track is narrow, or darts from
| this to that side Of the long train 10 order
to wind its way as rapidly as may be from the
rear to the 'front.' catch glimpse Of 'unbrowned
wives and ,xeu. haired children nesting in some OF
the great wagons or YEARLY poddog along in front
(ail the women on this great highway haze the
good seDte to prefer the BIoomer dress, and the
courage to brave the FOOLS laugh, in obedience Il
The dictates of convenience and comtort); eco
them in their evening camps with the l't'le sheet
iron stove taken down ron bsh'nd the wsgoo and
filed with sticks, or, at the worst, with Sage
brush, and the preparation II The evening
meal going busly and tidIy forward; l re-
joice to note that the em'erants generally
fare better than rapid travellers can carry
ing with them hundred little contributions to
comfort which car Lot reasonably be 10 'ked for IN
rude mail stations in q vast aid desert wideraess;
l see that, ID every thing bat the duration Of the
journey, these moving families, With many OF their
household gods around then have The advantage Of
, us ierkeo and joed s'asers. who are often tOlng
BY their white tents and smoldeing free long after
} they are buried in deep refreshing slauber; and
yet rs glance a. their worn, anxious faces (tor
Dothug but the Raven is really j,lly throughout
this apd Of ,ience and destb and BE- 10 SO gorgsd
and stup.6ed that be can SCARCELY rife f,om h,s
putrld fesst when mu<s seem ABOUT 10 run over
Lin) i am toreIy tempted TO cry ont, "Why, o
country men and women this loog march through
"a region go destructive and iDhosyitsplel Was
there DO roou no chance, 10 die in your far East
"ern honest Grant that y,u should all at length
"Ieaeh safely the Italy of cOntne Mt, what can
a, pIofer 10 compensate you for the sscrlti Sea-
1.-The sp,ieties, the privstions, the soferipgs Of
This long journey Do you not realize th.t
there, as everywhere else. care, and t,l and
disappointment, and struggle, snd bereavement,