The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-06
TIE OVERLAND EOETHLV.

The December number completes Eolum
One Of this excellent magazine. 1t is beau
tfuliy printed. Vigorous and fresh, is ar
t;cles smack o. the Pacific Coast, which the,
ably represents. Among the articles CT il
serest the present number contains " 4 Ruiz
Overland" being an account of 4 trip from
San Francisco by steamer 10 New YORK and
back overland. The passage by sea to New
York occupied twenty-five days. The writer
spent ten busting days in thcg-eat city. TIE
total expenses Of the round Tip are thus
given
To New York per steamer, say Sl25; ten
days i'll New York, say S400; outfit for
rip $3.50 total, 800 in gold. l was only
:ifty-six days absent from San Francisco.
After cEo>Sin, the Continent, il is {. matter
of great wonder to Ile that 50 many persons
travel b. steamer.
"Elrihqaake theories" What Our
Cinnamon Read" and 'Nounlan, LAX.
and Valley" are also articles of much local
interest. From the last named we extract i
description Of Lake Tahoe:
The most extensive ard celebrated of the
whole group is Lake Tahoe. in IL Dorado
county, oniy fifteen miles southwaEdly from
Bonner Like and the line Of the Central
Pacific Railroad. Il IS about twenty-three
miles ION. frna northeast TO soGthwest, and
fifteen miles wide at its widest. 1t has an
altitude Cf 6,2!S fee. above the level OF the
sea. and the dark flowning ridges that wall
If in have an elevation of from 1900 to
1000 feet more. The water has great
depth. Three miles from the inner line Of
q gen; y descending. sandy shore, it is near Y |
800 eec dep. Fuur or Eve miles further, |
the depth is nearly 500 feet, and this is
probably the EXTREMIST sounding. YET, p-o-
founl as 1t is, it is wonderfully transparent,
and the sensation up2n floating over and
gazing into its still bosom, where the graz
granite powders can be seen far, far b. low,
and large trout dart swiftly, incapable OF
couceal:nent, is almost akin TO that one
might feel in 4 balloon above tti. earth. The
color Of the water changes with its daP.h,
from light blneiSh green near the shore, -
"A darker green further out, and finally to a
blue so deep that artists hardly dare put it
on canvass. Whe:i the LAKE is still. it IS
one OF the ioveiiest sights conceirab,a,
flashing siivery in the sun: or hooking all
the eolors of the sky, while the sound OF its
soft beating OF the beach is like the music GrI
he seG-she!. When the Wind Anglers It's
surface, its waters are dangerous n buffet.
The sail that won i feat over its still sur
'sce Ike cloud. is then driven ike fate,
and luc.,y to escape destruction. Some pro-
sale pc"rie have put small steamboat
npQG 1t. The shore scenery is rather grand
than picturt sqne. EXCEPT in some Of the
sheltered cores, where ii IS charming, En-
raid Cove IS remarkable fer its exquisite
-oior and transparency, and for the prettF
fringe Of level meadow On one sile. Ta:S
are spot his bacorne the property of
~ealthy c.;;-ca CT San Francisco, who in
cIdS 10 make here I costly summer retreat,
E'ierr he can ent,rtain his friends with :
-ieeaEt hospitality. Generally the r:aun-
.ias Use b Idly from the water. thru>lin-
Elto it their i've clil.s, or rcl:cciir. III 4
IS serene depths thei. SNOWY SUBMITS. S rc-
lines the dense rdnLs OF tai! Pine, III and
edGr march TO the shore an! Cast their
trairLc reiscti' rs. IAcre Is always some .
.ew beaatv to sco, and nrc scarcely knows
thich Is most 1. ligA;iul. 10 float over the
eep blGr element that Kisses lis feet, CT
sander still al,nE the sandy beach, a-3
through the encroaching woods, t:.iLhicG o.
he power that reared this noGle range, and I,
cn.gncG is dep gorEcs with such scenes Of
'i.chcrr.