Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-30
FROM CALIFORNIA.
BRNEcIA CITY, UPPER CALIFORNIA, !
April 90, ls40.

| III WIS country III Az, nave WTlllcD
and transmitted to you and other rela-
lives and friends, numerous communi-
cations, and have only had in reply two
letters, one from yourself and the other
from Allen Tate. The former | receiv.
ed by Kit Carson, name which has
acquired some celebrity among the peo-
pie of the Western States. also
wrote you about month ago, by one
of the Pacific Mail Steamers via Pan.
ANA. That was not designed for pub
lication, though l should have no obiec.
.tion TO its circulation among my friends.
Though could not desire that my
Nephews should come here reluctantly,
| am under the impression that their
pecuniary interests, setting aside the
consideration oftheir prospects a home,
would be well consulted, were they to
emigrate to this country. Should they
determine, after a perusal of this letter
to come here, instructions are embodied
in this epistle to enable them with or
binary prudence to surmount all the
obstacles which may have been inaccu-
ra,ely foreshadowded by hireling wri,
tiers, and anticipated by a creduous
people, by an overland Journey. Let,
US revert TO the excitement which the
discovery of the Gold mines in Califor-
MIA has created throughout the civilized
world. You will have read in the Uni
led States papers a great many state
mcn,s respecting the Gold Region, the
greater portion of which may be i'm.
puted to The fertility ofan Imagination
successfully cultivated in Calfor-
MIA. The climate is salubrious, and in
the summer season the gold region is so
excited with more than tropical heat,
that the mental faculties, very extraor-
dinalily too, of man become elevated
in the proportion that his physical en-
ergy and power, becomes relaxed, and
exhausted. Hence the warmth which
may be felt in the perusal of your Jour.
mails. We have had here dates up to
March, and the exaggerated accounts as
published are so ridiculous, that | have
concluded for the information of my
friends 10 write you a plain and simple
statement, upon which at least you will
rely. AS can have no interest to sub
rerve in writing this letter, save the
qualification of conveying information
to my many friends, it is TO be hoped
that implicit confidence may be placed
in the remarks herein expressed by
those who know me. Immediately
after the discovery Of the Gold mines,
in common with the California popu.
lation, abandoned my usual pursuits
and proceeded 10 the mines with the
hope that should be equally successful
with those who accompanied me. On
arriving there, the accounts as detailed
with reference 10 the vast mineral wealth
ofthe country were sufficiently realized
Let US pause here for an instant, and
reflect upon the wonderful manner, the
circumstances, and the time, in which
Providence thought proper TO develop
the vast metallic wealth embowelled in
the earth, and laying upon the shining
surface ofthis country. Ranches in
habted by intelligent white men, may
now be seen not far from the vase of
the great Sierra Navada, which indi-
viduals have for years roamed over the
Gold Region, trampling the glittering
spangles in their rapid journey, utterly
unconscious of the value of the soil over
which they rode. The gold which now
claims such vast accession 10 the
r population of California shone upon the
eye of the white man, the degenerated
SpaniardI and the Mountain Indian
alike. Neither choose TO look upon it
as being more valuable than the little
D pebbles in the bed of pellucid rivulet
which only serve TO give beauty and
animation 10 its surface. The untutord
o Indian could not digest it,. the Califor
MIA cared for naught but torlilas. anc
The white man in the felicity attendant
o upon kind of patriarchal simplicity o
IS existence here, cared not 10 thinl
g whether il were beams elected from
Gold (Which makes the eye of the Mer
chant and bcggar lus,rous) or sparkling
rays of sunshine that glittered on tn
{ stream, which he passed idly but cor
ledIy by.