, 1859-01-06
The New Gold Fields--.Olo hou.e'
and New.

rbe New Gold Fields---0ld Routes
= and New.
IT now admitted that rich gold deposits
,x;st on the head waters of the Platte, and
thare can be no doubt that a large emlgfa-
tIon. second only to the crest California
is soon to spread itself over the
beautiful and fertile slopes Oh the eastern
side Of the Rocky Mountains. In advance OF
this movement we feel it important to give |
our readers all the information ut OUR COM
mand. 20 that the thousands who will IN Z |
few weeks take up their line Of march to this
new land Of "golden ores" may take Tue
best route and that which will secure the
most economy and comfort. Emlgrants souta
and east Of St. Louis will Of course 60 BY the
Missouri river; but emig7ants from the
Northern and Eastern States will have
choice of roads, and will take that which will
best promote their own interests. Many,
perhaps most Of those who design making
up train, will take one or the other OF the
great Iowa lines, either that from Davenport
or Burlington. knlsrants can furnish 1nen'
selves with wagons and supplies Of every
kind necessary for The journey in this city,
sb,p them to Iowa City or Ottuulwa by rail,
and there purchase their horses, oxen or mules
IS thcy deem cheapest and best. These routes
possess many advantages which will secure
for them large share Of the emigration to
the new gold fields. If one or both Of these
roads we're done to the Missouri, they would
command nearly, if not quite, all the cmlgra'
lion Westward from tile Northern and East"
ern States.
The next most Northerly route, VIC are glad
to state will lie opened all the way to the
Missouri ~ rail, except short distance by
steamer, before tue emigration starts West
ward. From Chicago, where supplies
should be purchased, tue distance thence
to Quincy ly rail, is 2G8 miles, From
Quincy to Hannibal, Missouri, is 20
miles, by the Mississippi river. On arriving
at Quincy, passengers will be taken on board
steamer, where they can refresh themselves,
and by tue time they can get their meals and
| he comfortably rested they will arrive at
| Hannibal. The distance from Hannibal to
| St. Joseph, on the Missouri, is 206 miles. The
| railway is now all completed cx ept 30 miles,
over which lne line Of stages is running !;
but it will be all fiaisLed on or before the 1ss
Of March, when the time hs+ween Chicago
aud st. Joseph will he reduced to little more
than q single day, certainly to not more than
day aud a halC It will be seen at once
that this will 10 much better route to
tue Missouri, than by St. Louis and Of course
competition will make il the cheaper. When
tue two great Iowa roa1s-tle Mississippi
and Missouri from Davenport, and the Bur
linston aud Missouri from Burlington-are
completed, they will shorten tue distance
hut VIC arc glad to Ike able to point to new
line 70 soon 10 bc finished to the Missouri
which must command, for the time at least
the emigration to tue new gold fields, ove1
that by tue Missouri River aud St. Louis.
Arrived at St, Joseph the traveller is in a
most eligible position for the remainder ol
Liz tour. III c;ln take steamer for Nebraska
City, or to Kansas City At the mouth Of The
Raw River which reaches almost to the
minr.. If the gold seeker prefers the
southern route, he will follow the broad and
excellent mail road from Kansas City te
Dunt's Fort, $40 miles, passing through
Council Grove, and touching the Big Bend q
the Arkansas River 3G1 miles west Of Kansas
City. The measured distance by this routt
from tue mouth Of the kaw River TO Pike:
Peak is GA miles. TLcrc is said to be NJ
abundance Of wood, wafer aud grass tht
| whole route.
The route on the south side Of the Platt
is f..il 10 offer many aud great advantages
It call he taken with equal facility by thos
who 20 through Iowa. 1n the first place
there is but one considerable stream to cross
the Salinc-wbich las at all times good for
with rocky 1,otto1u, offering no obstruction L
emigration. The road rllns on high dr.
ground with timber mud game along most Q
the route. There is no danger from tue Inl
iaus rs the pawnccs are to be removed in IL.
, Spring by the Government, and tie countr
will bt open for settlement. Tic distance L.
Ibis route is reported not to exceed SEQ mile
from Nebraska City 10 the mines.
Hon. II. J. Graham, Delegate from the ncv
: | Territory vi Laramie, D. i. Oaks and Gee
pancoa<t, publish iii the Pacific City I]eral
If December %, 1858, IN article strongl,
recommending emgrants 10 take the route q
tic south side oi the Platte as they nil
| thereby avoid thu crossing Of several stream
which is effected with difficulty. Anon,
others they mention the Elk Horn Loup Fork
Wood River aud tlie North Platte, MI Of whic7
arc -uil to he difficult ami expensive to eros!
We arc glad 10 he able 10 point out TO thos
who must hurry throus sh bY steam aud raj
to this new route s'y the Hannibal and S
Joseph Railway. 1t seems hardly credible
hut it Is nevertheless true, that Chicago wi
be, 4 few weeks hence, within thirty Elk hour
Of the Missouri River at St. Joseph, cit
which is reached i'll from four 10 five day
from St. Louis by the tedious navigation (
| the Missouri.
: 1t annoys us beyond measure that the low
! roads are not completed. Had it not bee
: fur the financial cu1barrassments Of the coul
try, they would have been completed Ion
ago. Chicago is losing immensely by II
embarrassing position inwhich the circumsta
j, | &C: Of the times have placed her. 4 large pa
Il Of the western emigration will take the cc
It trail Iowa routes a. being the shortest aid Il
= cheapest. and those who must hurry throus
IF will go l,y the Hannibal aud St. JOSEF
e Railway. At the rate Of twenty-five mil
l. per day west of the Missouri, allowing tr
's days for delays in starting, the mines can
y reached after the first Of MARCH,, in txent
10 ionr days from Chicago. Let our ,ncrclan
:. anl our railways prepare for this trade.
~ they cau command n large share Of it if th'
= will make proper efforts.
u
A Cubln View Of tho Presidents HE
&c sage.
T. l. is sometimes amusing to notice the aT
81 wardness aud UNCONSCIOUS absurdity display
j. By the pot in calling the kettle t.det. The u
N vana Di1r.o dt u Alrtind comments on the Pr
ideuss message at some length. and among 0!
er things urges the long suffering and forbet
ance Of she Spanish Government, in riew OF t
:, uvu.pnyulrul u1 tCe Amlttad cIalu-o cla
,d founded on the illegal transportation Of neg
:. slaves on the high seas In the next breat
=, however, the UtIrio speaks Of Mr. Buchauat
a. allusion to the insults offered to the Amerlc
"a Tag By Spanish authorities, and says, "The