Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-11-21
FROM CALIFORNIA.

in this county. The letter is dated
Sept. 10th, 1850, and was written on
Weaver creek, in the mines. The ne Tvs
il contains is anticipated by later
dates, which we give below. We may
state. however, his health was bad, but
he had met with tolerable success in
mining. He says the great desire Of
all, is TO get back home--their great
regret they ever left home. He ad.
vises all TO stay at home. A number of
the emigranIs, as our readers know,
passed directly through the mines, and
shipped for home. He says, "if ge,
home with as much as had when
started, and what could have made,
will be satisfied. He speaks Of having
seen T. Emerson and John Mari. He
had not heard of Rev. A. Mussilt's
train since they were al Salt Lake, and
thinks they had not got in.
The latest news from California, is
TO The 5th October, and is Of a mel
ancholy nature. Ii wds brought by
the steamer Ohio to New Orleans.
TtDeaty thousand Men Beyond the
DESERT Cholera! StdrvationW In
dian Hostilities!Lv
The Sacramento Transcript! Of The 29h
Sept. contains letter dated a. the Great
Meadows, Humboldt. river, Sept. IL, from
Capt. Waldo, the phlanthropic and ener-
getic friend OF the emigranls. He states that
he met many who had given up 10 die,
others without food, save the worn out horses
which had borne them thus far on the way
10 California. Some were living on dead
and putrid horse ,fesh-some had died from
starvation. He says he has met very few
who have any provisions. and nearly all
are travelling on foot, their horses and
mules having given out. No one now thinks
Of gold--the cry is for bread.
The Indians have stolen great number
OF The emigrant stock thereby many families
have been left from four 10 sfx hundred
miles from the settlements, without teams OF
means Of conveyance, and the Indians are
daily growing more hostile and daring
There is scarcely day passes, that there
are no, more or less skirmishes between
them and the whites.
MANY women are on the road with faIni'
lies OF children, who have lost their husbands
by cholera, and who never will cross the
mountains wilhou, aid. have met in,eli
gent packers who left the Missouri river on
the LIST OF July, they concur in the state
menl, .ha! there are yet 10000 back Of the
Desert. Fifteen thousand OF this number
are now destitute Of all kinds Of provisions
yet the period Of the greatest suffering ha;
not yet arrived. if the supposIion be correct
that 10000 are yet back OF The Sink. i
will be morally impossible for ten thousand
Of this number TO reach the mountains be
fore the commencement Of winter, and lht
probability is. tina. they will then find thes
mountains covered with snow from five t
twenty feet deep. All remember the fa,
OF the Bonner party"
In another letter. dated Truckee river
Sep. 18Th, 1850, he states other facts in re
la,ion 10 the prevalence Of cholera. death
among the immigrants. and the hostility O
the Indians towards them. He closes hi
letter with an earnest appeal for help 10 !hos
unfortunate people. We sincerely hope hi
appeal will not be in vain.
From Boiling Spring 10 this place (Grea
Meadows) have met with but few VIII
have any provisions at all. except the poo
exhausted animals which have worked fror
the States. FooImen. who comprise nearl
one>lourlh Of the number now on the roat
arc not blessed even with such food as thi
but are reduced 10 lie necessity OF subsisIin
on The puttifed flesh Of such dead animals {
so abundanlly line The road. This has pre-
duced lbs mos. fatal consequences. Disco:
and death are now moving them down /
hundreds.
The Oregon Imigrants.-The news fro
the migrants on Snake river is of rather
melancholy nature. Some packers wi
arrived at Oregon City about the 18th inst
report about one thousand wagons destin
for Oregon Tsrrtory--that they had pass
this number Of wagons between Fort Hs
and the Dalles, the rear part of the Gallo
MIA emigration having changed their cour
10 Oregon.
They report also great deal Of suffer-
and distress among them. They have be
so long on The road that they have genera