New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-22

Kansas. The intrinsic probability. based on the
undoubted and abundant production Of the shining
metal on the opposite slope Of the same great
mountainous region, combines with the direct, posi-
tive testimony of scores of living witnesses, to
pl,ce this fact beyond question.
III. Though the Pixies Peak" region hasa yet
been inadequstey prcspected, we believe it will be
found les prolific in Gold than the Mining region
Of Cslifonis. We infer this from the geology acd
topography of the country, as al.o from the fact
tha. TIE average yield thus far has been meager
indeed.
III. Still, there is Gold in Western Kansas
probably great deal of it-snd tens OF thousands
Will soon be in hot pursuit. of it. Some of these
will doubtless come back with morey in their peck
e,s-thrice as many without cent-Ehi good
many will not return at all On the whole, we do
Lot believe the emigrsnts to pixies Peak in
1859 will average a ret yield OF fifty cents per day
over their expenses from the time they leave home
till they get back again. We cannot doubt that
nne-tenths of them might do decidedly better and
make money easier, by hiring out for the best
wages they could command just where they are TO-
dsy, than they will by going to Pixies Peak. We
ssy this. with no hope or desire that any who have
caught the gold fever will be cured By any thing
we csn say. Like the daughter, whose mother
had seen the folly of dancicg and wished her on
that account TO let il alone they will Insist on seeing
tie folly of it too. There are certain popular ma
Mas for which experience is the only cure. Gold
digging is one of them. So. instead Of seeking to
dissuade any, we urge all the infected to 90 ahead
| Those Of them who are good for anything will
mainly return cool, sober, reasonably wise, and
convinced that potato digging is much easier and
surer road to wealth than gold-diggng. The other
sort will, for the most part, net return at a.
". OF course, we do NOT think it advisable y
| for men who can find work on this side of the Ms
sissippi TO 60 rowing after gold to Pixies Peak.
We agree with Western friend. who dryly OBJ
served that he didn't want to go to Pike's Peak
after gold, as there was more Of that article in
Michigan than he could get hold Of Whoever has
useful employment that affords him decent living
may far better stick to it, But there are thousands
of ir-eterate iders, losfers, gamblers, tippers,
rowdies and other ne'er-dO.wells throughout the
country, whom we would gladly incite to strike
| bee line for Pixies Peak at once. Not being able
there TO live on other mems earnings, they may be
constrained to dig little gold, every ounce Of
| which will be SO much clear gain to mankind.
| Judge Lynch vii deal with some Of them; their
own vices will dispose of others; so that good
many of them will never come back We wish
they would all 60.
A = liant min A
eipes should buy through ticket BY the cheapest
line from his residence TO the Kansas frontier.
Which line that is, will depend upon his present
| location. For most persons IN the North ana
East we believe the route TO Quincy, Illinois, and
thence by the Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad,
is preferable Some, doubtless, may better go by
| ST. Louis. Those who cross Iowa will generally fit
out at Onsha or some other Nebraska town on the
Missouri. Those who may go through Missouri to
| Kansas may try Lesvenworth, Atchison, or any OF
the smaller border cities, or may buy their outfit
at Lawrence. We hear all sorts Of stories as to
the respective advantages of these rival towns, and
cantot decide between them. Whoever is going
should be on the Missouri by the l,t Of April, ready
to push across the Plains so soon as the grass will
subslst cattle. AND De sure 10 START Win no aulila
which is not in the very best working order.
| VI AS to localities in the digengs, it would be
absurd to pro1er advice. 1t will be time enough
to talk of them when you rea,h the Missouri
There you will be pulled and hauled all manner o.
ways, and be forced to listen to any number Of In
credible and contradictory stories We should
say, make Pixies Peak your goal, until you shal
have ample reason for diyerging on one side or the
| other
| We shall have several correspondents in the
new gold region go soon as it is accessible, and e1'
pee. letters from different parts Of it at least week
y. We shall doubtless copy accounts from Other
Journals, telling of rich dggings, big strikes, SC
many cents worth to the pan Of EARTH so many
dollars per day to the hand, &c. &c. These &C
counts, We presume, will mainly be true; We should
not print them if we did not believe them so
But for every one who reports such luck, or o
whom il is reported, there will doubtless be scores
wandering YEARLY and digging hungrily without
making their salt-and from these We shall heal
and can report little or nothing. We beg every
reader to bear them steadily in mind while reading
the glowing accounts of personal success which w
.hall he obliged to publish Enough said.