Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-08-30

500 miles, and then finds an ignominious
end in "sink," or in very natural big
disgust at the impossibility of the job it
has undertaken, quietly peters out.,' So
of the Carson river, which comes from the
Sierra Nevada on the West, and finds its
home in lagoon within sight of its pa
rent peaks Reese River, now SO famous
as localizlng the new and extensive silver
mining operations, about Austin, is but
sluggish brook that the shortest-legged
man could step across at its widest, and
yields itself up to the hot sands without
greening but narrow line in the broad
plain in which it runs. And yet it is the
largest and almost only one that we met
in travelling westward from the Jordan
that waters the valley of Salt Lake and
the two are four hundred miles apart!
Through this wide stretch of treeless
mountain and plain, at its center, 80 to
100 miles below the old and moro fortu-
nate route along the valley Of the Hum.
boldt. on nearly straight line west, we
have made the most rapid stage ride yet
achieved on the great Overland Route,
and equal perhaps to any ever made of
like distance on the continent. Mr.. Hol-
. liday's ownership ceases at Salt Lake !;
from there hither, the stages are run by
the Overland Mail Company, whose stock
holders are New Workers, and mainly the
same as those of the great express COM
pany of Wells, Fargo & Co., who monop-
= olize that business in all these Western
E States and Territories, having their Of
fees in every town and village, and ex.
tending their routes as fast and as far as
the most enterprising prospectors success
fully push their hunt for the precious
! metals. There we parted with our pro
G tector and companion, thus far, Mr.. Oti'
with many rare memory of his good
t fellowship-and found new friends anG
n careful prtection on our further journey il
l. the officers and drivers of the Overland
IS Company. Their part of the line ha
is been happily exempt for now two years
IS from the inroads of the Indians; it is al
1T nearer to good markets than most of Mr.
'e Holidays; and so we naturally found
IS in better condition. and able to run NOR
s. promptly and regularly. Ambitious t
Is see how fast they could send Mr.. Cola,
of and his friends over their route, the.
s. took US up at Salt Lake on Monday NOR
lie ming, and set us down at Austin, 40
d. miles distant, in so hours, or two.third
D. of the time usually taken. Awaiting ou
at examination of the mining region abou
D. Austin. we we're again put over the roa
is on the double quick, and landed in Vii
Or ginia, $50 miles further off, in 22 hour
o. MORE or IA less than the schedule time
is and SO came into this town at six o'cloc
ne Sunday morning, while all the element
is of magnificent popular reception. tha
e. had been arranged for the night before
IN we're fast asleep in bed, and totally III
of dreaming of the march that we were stea
u ing upon them. Here we are near th
st foot of the Sierra Nevadas. on the pordt
m of California, and are transferro,1,. for O,
81 further progress, to s..slil another coac
IN line.
nd But our fast ride by the Overland ma
ky stages from Salt Lake will always be
sr- chief feature in the history and memo1
in, of our grand journey across the continen
he The stations of the company are from
th, to Is miles apart; at every station fre'
err horses, ready harnessed, took the plac
es, of the old with delay of from two
all four minutes only; every 90 miles a ne
,he driver took his place on the box; whel
lat ever meals were to be eaten, they we
ess ready to serve on arrival; and 50 wi
ike horses ever fresh and fat, and gamey
car horses that would shine in Central Pa
nly and Fifth Avenue equipages. s.--with d
50 vers, gentlemanly, intelligent and bet
the dressed than their passengers, and
hat vision superintendent. who had planr
of the ride and came along to see it execut
re- for each 200 miles, we we're whirled o
pgs the rough mountains and through the
al and dusty planes Of this uninhaSited o
ne, uninhabitable region, rarely passing
Use house except the stage stations, never Z