Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-29

The pleasant city Of Carson, a. the foot o
the Sersss, sixteen miles west of Virginia, /.
the espt1l Of Nevada. IL Is in green valley
bordering upon the largest and richest farming
regien Of the Silver State But her agriculture
ressasces, st best, are not much TO boast of. A
friend Of mine believes the Rocky Mountains
the Desert and the sierras infinitely rich in min
erals, on the sole ground that they are worth
less for anything else. Indeed there seems Il
be a Siniversal truth in the quaint lhes Of ole
Withef:
''Pve heard these say who travel In the West,
Nhsnce this beloved metal Il encreast.
That p ths places where such miDsrsis be,
Il neittsr grsss, nor herb, nor plant nor tree"
Nevada has been wissr than most new State,
In bestoring Der public trusts. Governor Bias
dale isa man Of high integrity and special Sc
ness. Failing in California with heavy liabili
ties. no became pioneer of Nevada; devoted
himself untringly to mining and quartz mills,
paid bis cid debia 10 the nttermos; farthing And
accsnsniAssd handsome fortune. lillian II
Stewart, United States Senator, was also q
practical miner. His solid and suggestive
speeches are in grateful contrast those rhetori
cal acrobats, who DOMINIC blue shirts and buck
skin pantaloons, drink bad whisky with the
miners and harrsngue themselves into Congress.
Heaven end the day OF these political Micawbers
who never uiH desert "the honest miners" nor
s,sp- abusiug the Government for disregardin 2
Wesserh soterests } The Government and the
country wish 10 aid, foster and protect these new
States, IL their wants are only made known
Give Us more men like Stewart with c0mpre-
hensive ideas. and information both general and
minute. touching the sources Of developments
and needs OF these regions so rich, sointeresting
and 70 little known efa
A, Carson We met the city and State officials.
They are thoughtful, prePossessing men, older
than one usually finds in these young communi.
ties. Colonel +. A. Bee. Of Pacerville builder
OF the Overland Telegraph, accompanied US from
Virginia City. The Carson paper, in local
quarrel had Just denounced him as a sort of
outside telegraph and raiEoad runner" During
the public speaking after Mr. Cofax's very warm
reception, with banners, professions and
tillery salute. the Colonel Was called out. He
said the charge was true and & irase fitted him
exactly he was a runner and an "Outside" man
He had run telegraph wire outside of civiliza-
ton across the American continent. and now he
Was working TO run railroad across. IL was
1.-The retort courteous" in It's happiest vein
A delightful evening drive Of thirteen miles,
up tie Sierrss, brought US to Lake Tahoe The
air VAS sweet with the breath of the pines, while
the eye. Toasted on deep green valleys, great
mounts los of rock, and hills studded with ever.
greens. The peerless little lake is up among the
clouds, more than a mile above sea level IL
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fringed with sombre frs and walled in BY dark
mountains. In the quiet night we stroled down
To the shore and lounged on pile of lumber.
listening to the winds low moan through the
pines and the wares soft ripple against the sand
The crescent moon made in the FURNISHED lake
great ted of light. narrowing toward US like an
inverted A. until, in the low swell, il broke into
a mass of sparkling silver chains.
The next morning the melody Of singing birds
in ind al.
Glenbrook House. We breakfasted upon the
lake trout. which weigh from one 70 twenty Ave
pounds Then We enjoyed ride of tvs hours
upon the little steamer Governor Blasdals. Some
one suggested that il was named for his Excel
lency because they are about the same length
as he stands neariy six feet six Tahoe is, pro
baby, the highest water nayigated by a steam
boat, on the globe IL seems perfectly ranspa-
rent We could see the bottom with great
dissinetness at the depth of nearly hundred feet
In some portions IL has been found fifteen hun
dred feet deep. All around, the irregular trace
dividing the sea green of the shallow waters from
tie sky blue of the profounder depths. is as well
defined az , chalk line on blackboard
The State line crosses the lake, and we soon
passed into California. At the Lake House we
parted from the twenty Nevada friends who had
accompanied us and exchanged the steamboat
for six horse stage coach Of ths Pioneer Line
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road. We were among bare gigantic peaks Of
white. gray and brown, In air puAgent with odors
Of. the pine and NE slender bzlsam fir. Many
NOBLE pines, $50 feet high anI straight as arrows
are covered on the north side with rich yellowish
green moss. Rivulets leap for hundreds Of feet
down the abrupt mountain sides, each con ed
by the juitpg rocks into one perfect rainbow OF
alabaster whiteness. They recall the fine coneeit
of the Spanish poet that brook is the laugh Of
ha cunt 41r
Crossing the summit, leo feet above the sea
we looked back upon grand panorama Far
below US glittered Tahoe. brightest gem in the
mountain coronet of these twin queens, the
Golden and Silver State. We saw every variety
of form and color, mountain and valley, the
deepest green and the purest snow Then We
began to de9cend. Here. where the turnpike in
winter IL often Obstrueted by ten feet of snow.
pass three telegraph wires and eight daily
coaches. There are great wooden water tanks
two OF three miles apart, and through the sum
mer the dusty road is sprinkled by water carts
for % miles. The coaches are heavily loaded ;
sometimes one carries 81 passengers with
much iugzags and express matter. 60
Down the nirrow, winding shell-road our
horses came leaping at sharp galop. 1t is "a
thrilling ride; for, At many points 4 divergence
OF SIX inches from the track would send the
coach rolling from five hundred to a thousand
icet dONu TIC AAt9 TIE lOaulinD euedUl
bed of some yawning cavern. Here IS the per
lection of staging. For weeks aftesssrd ones
blood bounds at the memory OF its whirl and
rush. Twenty four on the coach, with six
horses gslloping down the Sierra Nevadas. along
a winding, narrow. dizzy, sprinkled road, az
twelve miles an hour IL is swift as Sheridan s
Ride and stirring a. the Charge OF the Six Hun
dred.
The road seemed half covered with great Cal
fOrnia freight wagons Oae carries from sir 20
ten tons. AID Is drawn by ten or twelve mules,
each bearing on his saddle four tiEkling bells
Very striking was the skill and GOODNESS of our
driver, - We rolled on our winding way, among
these long teams and ponderous wagons With
perfect confidence and the nices, calculation. he
~hirled Us around sharp corners and through
gaps between the freighters and the precipice.
barely vide enough for our wheels With him
driving, long ago ceased 10 be so ex-
perimentAl accomplishment and became one Of
the exact sciences
We passed in Sigh, OF the peak immortslzed
by Fremonts humble bee and rode along the
foot of a granite wall. thirteen hundred feet
high. 90 upright TIA, from the summit
ose might have dropped al apple upon our
heads We diued AZ Strawberry Station. which
commentaries pioneer named Berry. sho used
20 sell straw 70 the early Washoe pilgrims
Among the beAutias and wonders which Toasted
our ewes. Was one striking scence Fifteen hun
dret feet below rs gliftered silver bright sec