, 1875-12-20
THE OVERLAND ROUTE.
Experience OF tho Crew of tho I'ropc:-
Icr CITY at Ercn1ont-E'omr Ilnys ia
Going from Sntllt ste. 1Inric to Ilnck-

Experience OF the Crew of tho Eropc:.
lcr CITY at E'rrn,ont-Eonr DnyS I1a
k:ott,E from Sntllt ste. aInric to slnck-
Dstrcn Erts frt.s, Der.l7.
The crow nf tho Ward Line propeller CITY OF
Fremont arrived in this city yesterday, md from
John Flynn. tho purser, IL obtained the follow
Ing account OF tho overland trip Of the crow ton
Sanlt sto. Mario to fctoaky thence ty rail TO
this city:
After mixing two unsuccessful etfar.a tn get
tho propcilcr City of Fremont through tho Sauit
70 Lake Huron, Capt. Hhrsoy ,lcQaacn ran Lis
into winter quartcrs. elfs thon docidctl thnt, iu
company with his Bocond mate. he would romhin
with his bont, and that the remainder Of tue
crow should come to tllia city overland, via tho
O'Clock Of sile forenoon Of saturday, tho
lltl, First Mate William Il. Scott John
Flynn, purecr. Julius Elkor and John
McGrogoF, engineers, nnd ninetcon sailorH LETT
about 5u miles Ill b touthwcat a!Icctiou. oyor
what IL known as tho Mckay road. Tho weather
VIA not cold at the start, and tho average depth
Of snow OIL the ground was about feet. Tho
| Mckay road t>ahseB through a Egoxt dea! OF
| swamp land, and owing to moderate weasler
and tho melting Ut Hnow. mud aud wntor woso
/ plentiful. Progreas was necessarily slow, tho
horses being obliged to swim ut two creot crors-
| deep in mud and miro. Tho lrst night out waa
| passed. In tho "agous, attor having gone about
| 10 m,iee. During that night this weather be-
came Severely cold, md toward morning hcnvT
solid. aud better psogress was msds during tho
ar, though. owing to tho blindiug snow-BsorM
| they only adyancnl about % miles when, cou,-
ing to group OF 1nt!Iau luts, the patty halted
for tho night. Monday Moruug, with the thrr-
uomoter about U degrees below zero tho tranr
waa resumed ending Rt II o'clock ut Point It,
1gnaoe, on the north shore OF the Straits of
Mackinaw, and about miles scIoss It to Old
Mackiuaw.
upon their arrival thoy saw that tho Htralts
were ll!tod with floating 1co. WHICH runutu,
down about tnltns M hour before q heavy
gallo from the northwest. Not Wishing 10 wais
tho north sli0r0 TIL Ice sufficiently strong to
walk upon lad formed over tho Stralts and luas-
| lug that delay would necesAitato such choice,
It Was decided 70 attempt tho passage, notwitl-
standing thu len and gallo. Accordingly, two
fslermeh md 4 aIaoknaW boat wero onsased
al1d about O'Clock In tho afternoon tWonty-four
men aud boy crowded into boat rs foet long.
put out from shore guuwalos to, in the water, TO
make tie t'aasago. 4 milo Amy froM the bhote
1t bocamo evident that no heAdmay waa being
1uaJo, antl TINT, although tho a1nckinaw with her
llboral sheaf WAS riding Ilo waves molly. tho
crunching aud scEaplns Ut tho leo weto telling
heavily upou her sides; therefore, they s:artc4
back for tho North ahots. where they arrived
aftor about two hours work nearly exhausted.
F0rtunatuy tho wost1lor Waa not 01tretu9ly cold,
Ut tho result might have bccl otherwise.
Tho he8t day Tho Satne v!ueut norwcHtor VIA
prevailing Rul similar LeIua 1t leo WGF0 IluudilIg
| through tho Straits. tho difference being thai
| cldcd to make . scconh attempt to cross. this
timo by slightly dit1oscut route. lu tue crew
| wcfe clevon negroes: who. poorly clad and very
| much frightened. refused 70 10 until thoy saw
[ tt!esr uai1Aa. It was about 10 O'clock Oh the
1uOruil2 OF Tuesday lust when the Macktnaw
boat fse!ghsod with twenty-five porsona. put out
| Oh tho a1euna voyage. Tho change III tlo sslec-
,1f fot n t%,lI
tho advance was Kow, still steady progress was
nlAdo. and about o'clock in Tho Afternoon tho
boat touched thoaonthern ooast ut Old lacklnaw.
Although tho crossing lal b0en maau HAecesa-
| full cotlhhlerable freezing WAS doHe. Each I'll
| tlIe col rod tuau had hls uArs and hands ir1zett
| wla tls toes OF two Of the Whste durk-hao,ld
weto frozen. The severity OF the cold may 10
realized when i. IL stated that roalng OF ITO
| Inches thick snyelupel tho e1lsrsut of tbs boat
| that tho oaps VI nearly all tAv csl weru fasten
cd 10 ,bes hslr. anl tllat ono llaLs whfskers wose
| frozen 10 hts coat. During the trip Mr.. flynn
stood up ab2ft tho coutrs-boarl to shield from
| tho wuI tan boy Hlu Was ollo of tho crew. MY.
t Flynn wore a tap with car-ultFs and tho collnr
OF hia ovorGoaE turned up. Nv tho throwing Of
! spray about nls luau. hla heal aud shoulders
| wcle completely ensu!Upetl III leo bofoEa thu
| Auuth shore wAs raatAGl.
At Old IAckiuaW tho crow fou!Hl Two EtaGoa
OF tho smith 6tiSo liu0 awaiting tAanl, AMI. nf-
| 4sr tetTeshnout enl 1cst, thoy stafsed w ttnso
fnr petosky, as which llacu tilsY arrived ea,ly
wAeo thoy boarded train on tho Grant lsa.d.ts
i Ind.sua ls4tiread apa came by tas'. VIA lsand
NaP4ds. to thss olty' sa reported aboso.
Carnival Hail in Ann Eru,lclsco.
sah Elaaciseos caEnisal-hall recently cams of
In tlla pay4iton Ut tho NeuAAncs' lns.,.utu,
which IL ai0 long. e01 fort nids, anl W foot
high. Upon the Hea.a "eso UU1 spectators.
and Ia tue dauctny lllcosura wero = tH0 maskod
,aen aud watueu-u.skius III sll 1G.UUu people,
ur Qbput no.tisteeut4 EAIt Ut t.lp put1ta pupu-