The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-31
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WIEI..sTER Il NEWS.

WESTERN NEWS.
We give the following from the Noun
tain Democrat Every person seems d
be rushing to Western Utah. Daily the
stages arrive inourcity from Sacramento
Headed down with passengers, all eager Il
cross tie Hionntains at the earliest mo
iment Arrangements are being made fol
| the establishment ol d daily line of stages
between this city and Genoa, by II. Brady
" Co, old and experienced stagelnen. j
gentleman just returned from Virginia
City Informs Us that the road Is Iilled with
parties going over, and that building III
the small mining camps is going on rap.
idly The demand for lumber ii Ii I'M
possible 10 supply, but III q short timr
parties viii be able to I've comfortably ii
tents. Tie excitement seems to Dc on
the increase III Carson Valley ,as new and
rich discoveries are being constantly
made. &.
The Sacramento Union says: Cap
tain Simpson, who surveyed d route from
Carson Valley to Salt Lake CITY, and
from that point east towards Fixes Peak,
i'm his Report, recommends that Congress
appropriate $3.50, 900 TO open d. roael on
the route surveyed, and 10 provide wells
and tanks where necessary The recon.
nlendatfol Is ali excellent one, and il is to
be hoped that Congress will act npoil ii
fasorabl Nere d roaG established on
that route with welIs. etc., at suitable
points, il would gire To- the Overland
mn rii rtISis sruuts, q rurssl Il.
travel almost upon d direct line from the
Missouri to the Sacramento. 1t would
be over this short aud direct line that the
photographic wires on the central roate
would he put up For TINT line the State
ought 10 do something, and Congress
should make q liberal appropriation for
the same object.
NoRIHERN PAcIrie RAIiRoAn.The
Legislative of Washington Territory has
passed q joint resolution providing for
and appointing delegates from that Terri
tory and Oregon, to a convention TO be
held at Yarcouyer on the Goth of May
next, to. take action to facilitate the con
|strnetioii Of the Northern Pacific Rail.
road 1t is hoped that these Railroad
Conventions on tile Pacific will have great
influence at Washington, and induce Con-
gress to net promptly IN the matter. All
see the necessity Of q speedy construction
5of the road, and il proper Efforts are made
by the friends Of the measure Congress
Swill.pass Owns bill before ii iadjonrns
Sam Brown shot Hampton Bilboa, Id:
the hip, on the night Of Goth ult., in front
.of the Gem Saloon, Carson City. Bilboa
g ina very preearious situation. #
As fire broke outin Wooafortlts kitchen,
at the mouth of Carson kanyon, at III
O'Clock on the night of the 2sth nit, des-s
troying everything about the premises
About thirty travellers were stopping at
the house, who lost everything, even their:
clothes and money. B n Monlton, who
was there on his way to Genoa, lost his
banjo, a silver one valued at $500.
Money in the possession Of travellers,
estimated at over S., 600, was lost, the
lire having obtained such Roadway before
being discovered that the people barely
escaped with their lives. 5;s . :s5.. s'sz
A western exchange says.- Arrange
ments are making at the port of San
francisco, for the conveyance OF seven
thousand Chinese passengers to Brit
ish Columbia This large emigration will
leave our shores within three months, and
il IS highly probably that the total depar,
lures during the spring season may
greatly exceed the number now stated.
So considerable an accession to the popu-
lation Of the English possessions, will be
very faFurabls regarded at this time by
onrnort!iern neighbors. The movement
of the Chinese in that direction, affords
strong confirmation Of the mineral wealth |
Of British Columbia. This sagaeious
people do not migrate il large squads
without sufficient preparation aud salts
factory assurance that they will improve
their condition 10y the change. Their
agents have carefully Investigated the |
Fraser river country, and reported favor
IDLY. Ii is found 70 offer better oppor- |
.unities for the Chinese than the California
sold fields under the present mining re. |
sulations The sudden exodus OF ten
thousand or more Of Chinese will haYe the |
fleet Of quoting for time the irritation
lgainst that race which now prevails |
pretty generally throughout our diggings.