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Show OX THE LAKE. Excursions on the Mare Mortuum of the west the Great Salt Lake; provoke pro-voke some such thoughts as the tranB-ibrmatioQ tranB-ibrmatioQ of one of Peter's old fi-ihing wherries into a handsome lake or river steamer, and transporting it from the Sea of Tiberias to the Dead Sea of Palestine, Pal-estine, which has sent the odor of its asphaltum down through three thousand thous-and years. More, it adds a means of enabling Americans to explore one more of the wonders of our mighty continent, which science and enterprise are now making as familiar to the traveled trav-eled world as were the most frequented scenes on the Atlantic sea-board half a century ago. Captain Jacobs deserves well of Utah, and the great public at large, for inaugurating a series of such pleasant excursions on the City of Confine, Co-nfine, of which the trip yesterday was a fitting preluda to the initial one of the Saturday previous. A few minutes past eight o'clock, yesterday morning, the excursion party, par-ty, numbering some seventy ladies and gentlemen, left the U. C. depot and, after a ride of about twenty miles on the cars, and a genuine, old-fashioned, rollicking, jolting drive in wagons, over the greensward for about a mile, the fresh breezes from the Lake mingling with the balmy, morning air laden with Spring's freshest and sweetest odors, Like Side was reached, where the steamer lay riding gently at her moorings, waiting the magic touch of science, in the engineer's en-gineer's hand, to start her forth on the broad bosom of tho great Lake. The City of Corinne is a staunch-built craft, well adapted for freighting across tho Lako and for excursions on its waters. She is 13S feet from stern to stern, and 28 feet beam; with two high pressure engines of 125 horsepower, horse-power, the engines and boilers being of best quality and tho same kind that aro in regular uso on the Mississippi river. She is strongly built of Oregon (ir; her timbers eight inches apart, planked inside and out with three inch Oregon fir; and her planks are from 40 to 60 feet in length of tho same lasting timber. Tho machinery is of superior quality and in good order, and tho internal arrangements of the steamer aro completo in all their details. de-tails. The cabins, on the quarter deck, are handsomely furnished, and capable of seating, for dinner, between sixty and seventy persons. Eight comfortable comfort-able state rooms flank the cabins.three on either side and two at the forward end. When we add that with these ac-cominodationfl ac-cominodationfl are the requisite conveniences conveni-ences for comfort or pleasure, that there aro ample arrangements for cooking a superb dinner for a hundred and fifty to two hundred persons, that there is a well supplied bar on board, and that there is room either in the cabin or on tho hurricano deck for cotillion or quadrille, it will bo understood that tho City of Corinne is excellently adapted for enjoyment by parties of pleasure seekers. Then comes the broad lake, with its mountain islands and giant ranges cast, west, north and south; snow capped now, and sending cooling breezes over iho clear expanse of water, which ripples rip-ples and glistens aj the bright sun changes its shimmering surface to pale emeralds silver-gemmcd. One looks at the bald peaks which riso hundreds of feet from the bosom of tho lake, and wonders what treasures of mineral wealth lie hidden underneath their inhospitable in-hospitable exterior. Or as the steamer's steam-er's bow points to Black Rock, with Tooele valley stretching away before tho eye till lost in the wild but broken symmetry of tho mighty mountains, one can look north lor a clear hundred miles over the unbroken surface of the lake, and see tho Goose Creek range seemingly bathing their bases in the still waters beneath. But why dwell on tho scenery? If it has not the picturesque pic-turesque beauty which some of nature's na-ture's loveliest groupings of wood, water and emerald lawn can show, it has a beauty of its own, wilder and grander, sublime in its imposing majesty, ma-jesty, and inspiring thoughts of Godlike God-like greatness and immensity while tilling the soul unconsciously with aspirations as-pirations of freedom that would emu-lato emu-lato the eagle's lofty poise- as it soars abovo its inaccessible eyrie. The company which made tho excursion ex-cursion yostorday was a most agreea-blo agreea-blo ono. There wero winsomo and lovely wotueu, with polite and attentive atten-tive men ; tho music furnished by the Tenth ward string band, gavo cmploy-montio cmploy-montio willing feet in the dance ; the dinner was elegant and recherche ; tho heavens wero full of whispering airs and tho sun shone down in its glory; and if anything more had been wanted want-ed to ooraplete the enjoyment of the day it was found in the watchful care and oourteous attention of captain Jacobs to his guests. Ho Boccmcd to bo ubiquitous, and had a pleasant word, an attentive car, and a genial smilo for everyone. The officers of the steamer captain Kvans, engineer engi-neer John Edgecomb, chief olerk G. B. Adams, and the steward, Sam. Lancaster, aro also entitled to eulo gistic mention for their uniform courtesy cour-tesy and attention to the passengers. The trip from Lako Side to Lake I'oint, part way along tho aide of the largest of the islands, was made in a little overthrco hours tho rate of running run-ning being about nine miles an hour, although the steamer can be put to a considerably higher rate of speed. After landing and spending some time rambling around the beach at Lake I'oint, and viewing the country mansion man-sion of his honor, Justin Clinton, all embarked again, and made the return trip as pleasantly as the ouiward mo, although the company was shorn j of iis proportions in part, eomo very; pleasant ladies and gentlemen going oo to Tooeie, whose names we would give, with those of the rest of the j party, were it not a breach of good i manners to parade private ladies and1 gentlemen before the public who micht i not doire i(. j i The trip yesterday was in every way a rji'eess and future ones wi;l be:artly participated ia. An escurskn by I moo ti light was proposed on board, and as the moon will shine all next Friday night, it will probably come off at that time, when moonlight, music and dancing dan-cing will make a novelty even more attractive at-tractive than with a noonday sun 3hin--jing. Captain Jacobs has won golden opinions from all for tfee kindness and attention which he combines with his undoubted enterprise and energy. |