From Our Special Correspondent. 
A TRIP ACROSS THE CONTINENT. 
{Continued from Dec. No.) 
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 3, 1882. 
Daylight found us at Evanston, Wyoming 
?r. Ground white with snow and air 
osty, but the sun came out pleasant and 
ith the exception of colds, sore throats 
id tooth-ache, we all feel well. We soon 
iter Utah and are expecting some grand 
:enery. Echo and IVebcr Canons. "We ex- 
3 ct to reach Ogden at 2, p.m, to-day, where 
c change cars and commence the Central 
acific R.R. We meet the mail train at 
Teher, where I will try to mail this letter. 
7e met the first Utah apples and got 12 
)i* 15 cents. Had breakfast of coffee and 
trackers, though we had plenty ol bread, 
ike. pies. &c., offered us at cheap rates at 
vnnston. We use coffee because the 
•; ter is not good. e have still plenty of 
ike, currant bread, jelly, butter and hon-. 
v in our basket. Have bought no eatables 
xcept coffee, milk, crackers, lemons and 
pples. There is no trouble to get plenty 
a eat; good water is the greatest lack; 
inch of the way it cannot be had. We 
n,ve got along splendidly so far, and feel 
cell. We have avoided drinking much 
cater, or eating between meals. There are 
>eople in the car who have made the trip 
hree or four times, and we learn much of 
hem. There are forty souls in the car, 
minting the children, and there aie six 
;ars besides the freight cars; therefore 
here are about two hundred of us in all, 
tnd there are seven such trains on the road 
ill the time, besides the first class trains. 
Vbout 1500 emigrants on the rood all the 
inie; few are going east now. At Echo 
Hty, a beautiful spot in Echo Canon, we 
hopped forty minutes, and I got out to look 
i round and mail this letter. It is a beautiful 
lav and we all feel first rate. Just pass- 
id Pulpit Pock, and it is still in view. 
Ogden, Utah, Tuesday, Oct. 3rd, 3 p.m. 
Arrived here safe and sound at 2 P. M. Got 
a good dinner with the Mormons, and chang¬ 
ed cars. The Central Pacific car, which wo 
arc now in, is better ventilated, than the 
Union Pacific car, and all are in good spirits, 
This Valley is still more beautirul than 
when I saw it last, and we have had the best 
day so far. We are both well, and enjoy-' 
ing ourselves, but it is along way yet. 
Toang, Nevada, Wed., Oct. 4, 7 A. M.- 
Night overtook us at Promotory Point,- 
Utah, and daylight found us this morning, 
in the Great American Desert, a great bar¬ 
ren, gravelly plain, with snow-clad mount¬ 
ains all around us. We stop here for break¬ 
fast, near the silver mines, where they ship 
silver oar and bullion by the train-load. 
The sun shines brightly, though the air is 
cold. They had a hard rain somewhere in 
Utah last night. The ground is white with 
snow here. We continue as well as could. 
be expected, and enjoyed our breakfast. 
Elko, Nevada, Wednesday, Oct. 4, ft 
p. m. —We have been passing through des¬ 
ert and snow-storms all day. Arrived here 
all safe so far. We are 600 miles from San 
Francisco. A long and weary way it is. 
Mill City, Nevada, Thu., Oct. 5, 7 a. m. 
Daylight found us at Winnemucca, in the 
Humboldt valley. We are well this morn¬ 
ing. Enjoyed our breakfast of bread, crack¬ 
ers and coffee. We are in a long wide val¬ 
ley, a stock and mining country; no crops 
raised here without irrigation. The sun 
shines pleasant this morning; the mount¬ 
ains are covered with snow. We pass In¬ 
dians, and Indian tents. Are nearing Hum¬ 
boldt. There are millions, and millions of 
dollars worth of silver, in the rocks, in the 
mountains all around us. If we could only 
get it! 
We reached Humboldt at 8 o’clock, A. M. 
Here they have a supply of water and ir¬ 
rigate. Here are green fields, fountains, 
large orchards loaded with fruit, gardens, 
all kinds of vegetation, and trees growing 
very thriftily. The contrast is striking, we 
have been in the desert so long. This is an 
oasis, one little green island, a breathing 
spot. It would look beautiful anywhere, 
but lie re it is more than beautiful. It 
shows us what the whole desert might be, 
with a water supply. They may do it yet 
by Artesian wells, but there are not natural 
streams or springs enough to irrigate muefi 
of it. Here we get the first good water on 
the route. We have two more nights to 
