Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-02-28
FROM CALIFORNIA.

Indy, 10 their relatives IN tins place,
written from Sanfrancisco, under date
Of December Gath and 3lst. They
reached Sanfrancisco on the 9th Of De.
cember, just seven months from the
time of leaving home, having tarried
at Salt Lake some time.
Gen. w. writes that the health of
his family was much improved by the
trip. lie says, shat the gold is entire
y inexhuustiUle, is beyond all doubt or
cavil; besides all The vast deposits Of
which you have heard in the soil, and
these have not been overrated, the i'm.
mense quarics Of quartz rock that are
every where on the slopes of the west
side of the Sierra Nevada TO he seen,
contains particles Of gold, to the amount
of SO and 81 in value, when pulverized
and the metal collected with quick sill.
yer. or the truth Of this, have the
most credtable assurances. This being
so, the country can have no parallel for
making money" After advising the re
laIive TO whom he writes, to come to
that country, he suys, ITO all my
friends, however, who are not entirely
and conrIusively sure they can, and will
rcsis, all temptation TO drink and gam.
bic, say stay away from this country.
To the man who does, and will con.
linue TO refuse TO touch either of these
will 80 ahead There are hundreds OF
men here, who reached here two months
ago, with less than 500 in their peck.
cis, who are now actually worth, and
can pocket. ia cash, in month, at from
10 to 5o,OOOl
Gen. w. writes that he believes i,
would be greatly to the interest of sew.
eral families, (rclaIives) 10 como to that
country, although the want of society
and the opportunities TO educate chill.
dren arc bad; yet The prospec, Of accu.
mulGting wealth, and the certainty OF
these conveniences being al hand in a
few years. he thinks sufficient induce.
men,. He speaks very unlavorably OF
the climate, from the extremes of we,
and dry, which prevail He advises the
shipment Of houses, bedding, &c, and
The overland route for families, as he
considers il benefcisll to health. 90
days is sufficien, for The trip, if equip.
ped according to his directions, as fol.
lows:-
Get light Two horse wagon, henvi.
|y ironed, all Of the very best material;
put TO it 6 good mules, and 1900 pounds
Of freight, and no more; bring nothing
but provisions, few bed clothes, q
tent, only change of clothes, sending
all the rest by ship; and start by the st
or 18th of May, bu, not later"
Mrs. WILSON writes much more q,
length than the General She gives q
detailed accoun, Of their mishaps and
suferinss, on the latter par, of the
route. Three days before reaching the
settlements. the Indians stole most OF
their mules, and the rest died, thus for.
cling them to complete the trip on foot,
having left and lost everything bu, their
clothing and blanket apiece.
An express was sent TO the nearest
settlements for mules, and having re-
turned with six or seven, reported il
impossible for The carriage to proceed
further and it was abandoned. Mrs. w.
says:
so we packed what few cloths we
had in the carriage on one Of the mules,
and on the rest we mounted. on mems
saddles, as far as we could; the first day
we got out Of the snow. Strange 10
tell, we that day passed over snow three
foot deep, on the mountains,and by the
time we got down it had disappeared
or had not fallen; but commenced rain,
ing, and we travelled all day in the rain,
the animals often miring 10 the grihs
in the mud. That INTERCHANGEABLE
might've sat up all nigh, in our wet
clothes, and next worning al day light
started. | said if life was spared nae
| would reach the settlements. We had
to walk oil that day, as several of the
mules had mired and could not be got
ten out 81 strange is The structure of
the earth that we could scarcely keep
from miring ourselves. This mirey
ground is on high rocky mountains, as
well as in the valley of the Sacramento.
1t was amusing TO see ladies' that said