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Show ( Log of the "City of Corinne." We have been favnnd with the follow inglogot'the Ci"J ff Corinne's first trip on the Guai Salt Like, Irora Connne fo Clinton's Landing, toutb end of the Lake: Lt-ft Coriime, June 12'.h. at 6 a. m., Captain Sam. Howe Couiuiander. Weather iair. Boat drawing tour Jeet ihree iuches by the head; four feet even and a half inches by the stern. At tij a. m., lauded to remove obstructions ob-structions from t ne pump which had . prevented a sulhcient supply of water to the boilers. Lost two Hour's time. At 12 m. were at the mouth of B.uc Creek; 12:45 p. m., at the mouth of Bear river, and passed out into the open bay. Five feet atid a half water over the bar, the depth increasing gradually to nine feet until well to the ;-outh of Promontory Point, when it had increased to ''Mark Twain." At 3:15 p. m. standing iu to pass to the west of Chuell 1-laud. Took sound ings again and fa tied to gee bortom with lour fathoms line. Doubled our Hue and louud bottom at sixty leet. Ac 4:35 p. m. passed tbo head ol Chuicti Island and stood iu tor the south tho.-e. Made the wharf at 7:15 p. m., iu eleven hours and a quarter's ruuuiug time. Our correspondent informs us that: Mr. D.efeudorf is well satisfied, as well as the officers of the steamer, that tue trip can be made hereafter between the extreme points in nine hours. '1 he cargo consisted chiefly of lumber, lum-ber, with u few small lots of meichan-dise meichan-dise for the mines, aud wire lor the Western Union Telegraph Co., for the liue to Ophir City. She will load back with about funy tons of ore fioni the Sunny Side mine, which is going west at a saving of freight to the shippers. It must be giatifying to all that the 1 trial trip of the new steamer has been so successful. Rjgular steamer sailings across the Lake may now be counted on. Our correspondent will accept thanks for his interesting communication. J |