We have not yet received any mail from the
East for the last [blank] months. Mr. Gerrish arrived on the 19th,
inst. from the States, reports that an Eastern mail was at the last
crossing of the Platte on the way here, but when it would be here
he did not know, he was some 15 days from Bridger, there is more
snow in the mountains than we have ever known since we settled
these vallies. Judge Phelps reports 8 feet of snow fallen in this city up
to the 24th Jan. and it has lain in our streets between 2 & 3 feet deep
for weeks, the snow is reported 3 feet on the Island, and all the Horses
cattle and sheep have been brought to this city, also from the West of Jordan,
and taken South, some fed in yards, some taken to Rush valley, where
they have wintered well, the great amount of snow in the mountains &
vallies will thoroughly soak the earth this Spring, there was but little fall
wheat put in, in consequence of the earth being a heap of dry dust, and all
the strength of teams employed in the mountains after the Emigration, but
what was put in has sprouted and grown two or three inches under the
snow. Our Mail for the Eastern States for Jan. was sent out, and the
party got to the top of the first mountain, one of them (not a Mormon)
was froze to death, and they returned. We get the California mail monthly,
although the last mail, they had to go through a great deal of snow. Fillmore was nearly snowed under, quite a number of the roofs of houses
have fallen in with the weight of snow. Mr. Gerrish brought a letter from Washington directed to Judge Drummond, which it is supposed contains
commissions to Mr. Dotson as Marshal, and perhaps to some man as post
master, but Drummond is in California and the letter will have to go
We have not yet received any mail from the
East for the last [blank] months. Mr. Gerrish arrived on the 19th,
inst. from the States, reports that an Eastern mail was at the last
crossing of the Platte on the way here, but when it would be here
he did not know, he was some 15 days from Bridger, there is more
snow in the mountains than we have ever known since we settled
these vallies. Judge Phelps reports 8 feet of snow fallen in this city up
to the 24th Jan. and it has lain in our streets between 2 & 3 feet deep
for weeks, the snow is reported 3 feet on the Island, and all the Horses
cattle and sheep have been brought to this city, also from the West of Jordan,
and taken South, some fed in yards, some taken to Rush valley, where
they have wintered well, the great amount of snow in the mountains &
vallies will thoroughly soak the earth this Spring, there was but little fall
wheat put in, in consequence of the earth being a heap of dry dust, and all
the strength of teams employed in the mountains after the Emigration, but
what was put in has sprouted and grown two or three inches under the
snow. Our Mail for the Eastern States for Jan. was sent out, and the
party got to the top of the first mountain, one of them (not a Mormon)
was froze to death, and they returned. We get the California mail monthly,
although the last mail, they had to go through a great deal of snow.
Fillmore was nearly snowed under, quite a number of the roofs of houses
have fallen in with the weight of snow. Mr. Gerrish brought a letter from
Washington directed to Judge Drummond, which it is supposed contains
commissions to Mr. Dotson as Marshal, and perhaps to some man as post
master, but Drummond is in California and the letter will have to go