Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-12

visit OF Cellar and Party-wh mt they
sa,d-The cha racter OF tho Patty
DESCRIPTION OF Nevada, ate ~ cath
aud Products.


feu days since. OF tour Of observation, In a
sor. Of semi Official capacity, presumed to be 10
connection with The proper disposition OF the
mineral lands.
Collar addressed Z large concourse Of citizens
here. on the mining Interests and the Pacific
Railroad. he announced himself 10 favor OF
protecting the discoverer and locator Of mines.
and OF taxing bullion. He declared that he had
for many years past been the devoted friend OF
the Pacific Railroad, and would seal his Dau-
ence to insure It's early completion He favors
bly, impressed the people here by bis pleasant
manners, and abstinence from abuse Ia bis
speeches he announced himself sstonished at
the inexhaustbe wealth Of the Reese river
country. and convinced that its proper develop
ment would contribute largely to pay OF the
national debt.
Governor Bross is ultra man, full OF gall,
uncharitable towards political opponents, and
INDUCES in the gladiatorial style of harangue, 70
the infinite delight OF the "ro1ghs,' who look
mainly at the "beef" OF a man, aud not at his
intellect He is a successful "rsbble- rouser;"
and has talents, which, IL devoted TO nobler pur
poses. would render him useful man As il 10,
bis strong penchaDt 10 tickle the OF the mob,
tend TO deprive him OF the esteem Of the wise
and good. II they look only at his public speeches
for an index 20 his true character.
Richardson is a man in the true sense oil the
term, full Of the milk OF human kindness: aud
his lofty sense of right, lifts him far above the
common herd OF newspaper scrbblefs, whose
daily vocation il is to minister TO the base pas
sions Of the hour; and infuses into his writings
spirit of charity in agreeable conEas. with the
venom of the lower strata OF the knights OF the
Quill His long Imprisonment at the South
would tend one would think, TO sour him against
all who would not favor determination of the
rebels. On the contrary he evinced n kindly
disposition toward. them. aud repugnance to
the further shedding OF blood. after the rebellion
| had been put down.
Bowles il a quiet man of merit, OF iuaexible
| integrity, should think and disposed TO con
denim evil wherever he might discover il He
seems averse to ultraism. and full Of humanta
rian ideas.
allude to these prominent ira Is OF charaSer
| of these distinguished visitors to illustrate an
idea which has, no doubt often occurred 10 you
recently That somewhat exaggerated benevo>
lence which made men, thirty years ago, abo
iIionists in the United States, when il was odious
| to be So makes them nov disiuclned 10 unne
cessary bloodshed; and thus. III fact. the truest
| friends OF the South You may think me losing
my political orthodoxy. | can't help il. Truth
impels me to say that the original aboli;onists-
not the blood thirsty mob who once legged"
| abolition speakers, and now howl at the heels OF
| every man who will not sacrifice principle in
| the pursuit OF revenge-have a.pure. unble mished
! political record, consistent with the most exalted
ideas OF humanity, and ireest from the teint OF
selishness Aud. now that the attainment of
their pet idea has been reached, ] verify believe
they will be found the truest friends OF constltu
| lional liberty Twenty years war upon them in
the political arena has inspired me, at least with
respect for that conscientious regard for pIiRei-
pie which has ever characterized them.
| This il a remarkable country considered in
any point Of view. It's vegetation. It's ge0logi-
Cal formation, its topography. everything. IN
fact pertaining 10 il. tuds nowhere else par
allel. That il was once great INLAND sea is eyi-
denced by variety OF indications. such as shells.
alkaline deposits, aud the like. Imagine a vast
plsin-an unbroken level-coyered with sand
and alkaline deposits, eight hundred miles IN
width and over thousand ia length. suddenly
upheaved. at irregular intervals. over its entire
surface, whereby huge mountains are lifted high
up among the clouds. leaving the valleys inter
veuing barren, and IN most places entirely des-
ttute of water Add 70 this picture scattered
growth of scrubby cedars aud pines on the noun.
tain sides, and a narrow belt OF grass on the mar
gins of the few streams, v hich Struggle on short
distance amid the sands and then wholly swal
| lowed up; sage brush everywhere. aud now aud
then a Struggling representative of the cactus Ia
mily aud you have "A dimly drawn outline OF tbs
! Great Basin. There no forests in the true &C
ceptation Of the term A iew clusters OF evergreen
trees, a. no time exceeding in height forty feet
and rarely over twenty, look in the distance like
dark specks on the mountain sides, contrasted
with the general baroness around them.
| The surface earth. consisting OF sand. a sort o
fine. granite gravel and alkaline deposits, ia ex
ceedngly loose, as il recently thrown together
and readily yields itself up to the many whirl
winds which sweep in fierce eddies over plain
through canon. and up mountain side, from all
| points of the compass Ross Brown facetious '
calls them 'zephyrs." 1t they could iud water
there would be some "spouting" As il is they
snatch up sage bush, sand, gravel, and, if a
town or village lies in their track street garbage
is added TO the confused mass, borne sloft anc
alopg, until their fury Is spent against the crest
OF some lofty mountain. Wo to the luckless
crinoline who is ventilated by one of these Ne
vsda "fans" They are no respecters Of age. ser
or condition. All suecumb who are uuluck
enough TO be oyertaken.
To-day the thermometer shows sOo in the
shade; TO morrow forty. Snow is not an unfre
QGent visitor in midsummer and frosts NAV be
expected every month in the year. From April
J to November 1t Is neither, spring, summer, au
tumn or winter; 1t is rather Intermixture OF
every known season, with the bad gu ilities OF
each and the good of neither. Yes, strange to
say, the country is not unhealthy. hillary de-
engagements, readily yielding TO proper treatment,
are prevalent, but fatal sickness Is rare People
do not iatten here The tendency is rather 10
dry up. The great purity OF the atmosphere,
with its exceeding dry ness. prevents any rapid
decomposition OF animal aBd vegetable matter
The carcasses OF animals. seen everywhere long
the routes of travel look much like an Egyptian
mummy IN consistence.
Rivers here vary in width from two TO eight
feet The far famed Reese river is from four
TO ten feet in width and about two feet deem
| The streams about Salt Lake CITY are larger.
but few of them are larger than the brooks ana
| creeSs OF the States" Fall Creek would he
i regarded in Nevada as the Father Of Waters -
The animal kingdom is poorly represented in
most parts OF the Great Basin. he grizzly bear
| is occasionally found in the mountains in the
vicinity of Salt Like City. So are the black
aud cinnamon bear A few mountain sheep are
sometimes seen IN the higher ranges, so very shy
that they are seldom shot Deer and sntelope. in
/ secluded localities, may be seen, bus are rarely
killed. The jack rabbit and common hare are
frequently started from their covert on the plains
/ Wolves are IN great abundance. They are at
tracted 10 the roadside by the carcasses of mules
horses and oxen, victims OF starvation and
alkali, marking every mile of the great routes Of
travel from the Black Hills 10 the Sierras. a
distance OF over thirteen hundred miles. They
are especially addicted 10 the habit OF exhuminc
dead emigrants; aud tattersd grave clothes and
bleaching bones scattered about the graves along
| the roadside, attest his tast for human flesh
The Indians OF this locality provide against this
/ contingency by burning their dead The badgsr