Litchfield enquirer., 1870-04-07

model of beauty and comfort. On this di- vision we had five different conductors and assistants. each set seeming to vie with each other in attention. have made no mention of cost. and. as it may be of in- terest, will do so. The through ticket in September cost $15O, entitling the holder to first class cars through to San Francis GO. The cost of coach extra from New York to Chicago. is $1.0O per day, and $1. 50 at night; Chicago to Omaha, $1.5O per day, $2.50 per night; meals $1.25; Omaha to Promontory, day and night ac- commodations Sl2.O0; green-backs, meals, $1. %; Omaha to San Francisco, $8 co gold. meals 25 cts. Fruit, papers, cigars, &o., &c., $1. 50 less on the Union, than the Pacific cars. The nearer to California, more expensive her fruits. The conduct ors were more civil than the other employ ees on the Pacific cars. but that is not say. ing much in their favor. met an ex-con- ductor of the New, York and New Haven road on one division, plying his old yo- cation of extra charges, &c. But enough of this grumbling. and to the point, or, to our journey. Making all allowance fo, cross conductors and their actions, I re. member the advice of the Brooklyn Oracle, which applies to them, presume: "Ge, money-get it honestly, if you can; still, I say, get it."
 THE DESERT. sE We now pass through an interesting coun try for miles, and at night we find we are again entering Alkai sections-the odors of which are ofensive-seeing an occa. sional sage bush, and viewing the distant mountain tops for the last time, we draw down the curtains and join in games oi whist and social conversation. Among the number of ladies. found several who were going to meet their future husbands, some from far-off Maine. I missed my California friends, and almost wished l had kept their company, and left Salt Lake City for another time, but easily made other acquaintances. After staking sur vey oi the American Desert-one vast plain of lana devoid of vegetation, and Pilot Knob. fising sOns 2, 800 feet out of its sandy surface, by moonlight-I retired to prepare for thorough over looking of Humboldt Valley, the next days view in store. After partaking of an early break fast at Carlin, we were on our way. The country here was desolate in the extreme. After passing some few miles, we again find ourselves among cuts of respectable magnitude, closing us in entirely, and we finally enter Humboldt Canyon, through the cliffs some 800 to l,5OO feet in height.
 HUMBOLDT CANYON.
 Although not like Echo and Weber Can yons in appearance, Humboldt Canyon is, in many particulars, equally grand. The walls of this canyon look bleak and gloomy, and. in many places, seem to be closing in upon us. The Humboldt river is rolling and boiling at our feet, trying to tear it's way out of this gloomy solitude. The Red Cliff was point of interest, with it's mutilated front rearing its head some 1000 feet above the water. showing by it's mas sive seams the existence of minerals. Be. fore we have time to contemplate this, however. we reach one of the most noted points of the canyon, the Devils Peak. This is a perpendicular rock, some 1,5OC high. rising from the waters edge. We here cross the Humboldt, where we find the waters less majestic, and finally emerge from the canyon, into a more open coun try. Here strips of meadow lands appear along the river banks. fringed with vii lows. which must have afforded splendid shelter, in times past. for the treacherous Indian in his cowardly attack upon the ! weary emigrant. Passing along some miles we again notice little putfs of steam, giv ing evidences of more hot springs. I was told that there were one hundred o these springs in this valley, and the rocks and sides of the mountains gave evidence of sulphuric washes. We here find our selves at Browawe, small, uninyiting sta tion. Its only curiosity was Indians o the Shoshone tribe, who crowd around begging for " Shemuc" bread, with thei, pappooses strapped behind them, faces painted red, and looking like real S live ruffians." The whole car was in tumult and most of the passengers threw thei1 last morsels of lunch to satisfy their in creased demands. They call the cars "bad medicine wagons" but, judging from the bounteous donations of our wagons, they must be an unthankful race, to say the least. Th1s tribe is said to be the most degraded of those surviving-thieving worthless. and profigate. ~
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 ':All quiet on the Potomac Property not changing hands much this spring. One sale of James Stephens wagon shop to