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

n al, ..... 900 Minnesota. WV
~ I rses.'........ 3,OOol Total, say.....-72'"o
,Of mi, uamber, perhaps the odd Two Thousand
ware women and children; the residue men, maui
y athletic, energetic, and In the PRIME oi NE ho"
Sl.ir dreams of sudden wealth we're sude'y dis
osied, and she great body of them tarDed osck Oo
the road bomeward, without having been wltnin
hundreds Of miles Of any possible Cord Mines, Is
already Known. / estimate the number now IN or
.Acut ,bc Ksnsas Gold Region at barely Fifteen
T~susasd, ard they are quite enough. Unless DIS
es,erNs and Developments have been made faster
tA.p was TO be reasonably expected when left
hat region three weeks ago, not even this reduces
number con find employ ment and subsistence there
through the long Winter impending. Mining
hus,psss which will not BIZ hurried; If the R'cEs
Mountain Gold Region should ultimately prove Is
yisA aid facile as either California or Australia 10
Ia best estate, it would still be impossible to set
One H1ndr.d thousand persons pro6tably at wo'k
II it in ess than tWo years.
"P,les Peak having las they supposedly "gone
~sp," the great majority Of the god.seekers set
tA.ir faces toward bOue, while acOhsiderable aum-
hsr returned only to civilized Kansas and took up
~slaps there. But considerable pr0f0rt on,
having started for gold, Were determined to have
ssh, VI at Iess. to 20 further in quest OF it. So
meeting toe wild rush Of disappointed Pixies
Pealers down the Platte they changed the'- course
end steered for California, whltber considerable
emigration, iwpelled by Hard Tunes in the
West, was already proceeding. Sweied ~ these
4 lima IN kha fatal mn m,
bsr now on the road ~ California at about Thirty
TAousasd ptrsobs, with teams of OAea Mules,
Horses and loose Cattle amounting at the start
- little less than One Hundred thousand head.
OF these more than half care or were) Working
Oxss.
1t was about the LIST Of June when the van
svs,S Of this long array appeared In the South Puss
then considerably encountered with snow; and 1t
u now of course coDsdersbly west Of this city
liz rear, on the other hand, was far east Of Lar
mis WIN / left that post and car hardly yet
have passed it. The Emigration, therefore, covers
Tie great trail for an extent Of more than Seven
Hunlred milss--l think for Dot less than Eight
Hunaredor fully half the distance f'em the settle
nents Of Kan.as to those Of California west Of the
Sierra Nevada The head Of THE msgr kcent column
viii enier the valley of the Sacramento carly in
ADJUST; its extreme rear will be strss Cling down
he nountan-sopes, sad lank, and footsore, Is late
q the LIST Of October.
81 far as Platte Bridge, 125 miles this side OF
Laramie, the Emigration is div,drd by the Platte
and North Platte-about One-third, judge, Keep
hs north Of those rivers where the best grass and
-.ta nd the Lac OF Cattle Is
consequently much less than on the south SIDE
From Platte Bridge TO the South Pace distance
81 nearly $50 mlles-all the emigralien and travel
- Utah, California, and Oregon pass over q oom-
men trail, and for most Of the way the deficiency
a srass was already fearful when trsyersed that
sss,isn ten days ago. What must it be, then after
tAres weeks more Of scorchng sunshine and the
daily passage Of hundreds if not thousands, Of hun
gD cattle
From the South Pass this way for more than a
hundred miles, feed is even scaIcer than on the
ether aide; but here the travel is divided. glance
Il tie map will show this city far south Of direct
No even to Plscervlie, much more of a due
~esrse 70 the Feather, Yabs, or even the American
Nor is this route less rugged, probably, on the
Whole, than one or two Others, considering the
posgh mountain passages between this CITY and
B,keer Autbe little migration to Oregon leaves the
great trail on Col. Lander's pew rosd that strikes
Of On the other side Of the South Pass, aud while
many more Of the Cahfornia bound sick Of the de-
hcient forsge and the inirequep, water on the Salt
Lake route, strike Of more nor,herly at various
points expecting ~ God more grass If higher moun-
tains aud q rougher road by the fainter trails
they seyeraDy tale 70 reach the Land Of Gold
Sumo OF them will probably pay for their temerity
BY the loss Of their cattle if not also OF their Ses
bat this diversion vii save many who could not
etberwise have gone through on the bare trail
through the deserts westward Of this point which
the Emigration already in advance VIII certAialy
have left Many cattle will die any ho~, but
think considerably fewer than if all had taken this
single route
This terrible waste and destruction Of animal
life, which every where forces itself on the traS-
eers attention is Of the most rcpulsve features
Of Journey across the Plains. From Laramie
Bridge (snd, am assured, for long distance east
ofit) to this city, thewsy is lined with csrcases
mainly Of dead oxen. You can scarcely cast Your
eyes abroad without seeing one such; while
three four, and even six, are often visible at once.
know that some Of these have lain 10 this dry
pure atmosphere for year or more; still, the
mortality of this season las been fearful and is
daily increasing as grass fails. cattle tire out and
larger number of the emigrants reach TIE more
destitute and dangerous portion of the way vas
hardly halfway ever when heard (st the South
Pass) Of one parry which, having started with
loaded wagon drawn By eight oxen, had lost every