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Extent of the great lakes : — 



It is estimated that there are 22,000 miles of mag- 

 netic telegraph throughout the United States. 



The following is the number of emigrants who 

 ■went overland to California, in 1850, according to 

 the register kept at Fort Lawrence : — 



Men, ,_ 39,500 



Women, 2,500 



Children, 600 



Total, 42,600 



It is supposed that at least one-fifth did not enter 

 their names. The Mormon emigration is set down at 

 5000. The animals recorded are 23,000 horses, 

 8,000 mules, 36,000 oxen, 7,000 cows. There was 

 great suffering from scarcity, and it is supposed there 

 must be at least a thousand deaths between Mis- 

 souri and Sacramento. 



