Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-11-10


! ly reported as having $50, 900 in gold in bis
carpet bag, which he kept in his hands or
under his head; others were said 10 have
their thousands each, to very large aggre-
gate amount. Manifestly, the export Of
gold from California, the current produce
Of her mines, has exceeded Fifty Millions
Of Dollars per annum, while considerable
amount is retained in the country.
Now all this Gold is sent away 10 pay Tor
Goods many Of them very costly in pro-
portion 10 their bulk and weight-Silks and
other dear Textile Fabrics; Jewelry, rare
Wines; expensive Wares; Drugs, Spices,
&c. Experience has amply proved that all
such products take the quickest rather than
the cheapest route. We believe that $780,
100000 Of costly or perishable merchandise
would annually seek California overland if
there were a continuous line of railway
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific seaboard;
and that this amount would steadily and
rapidly increase. When the Erie Railroad
earns over So 600, 900 per annum by freight
it certainly must be moderate to hope that
$4,000 900 would be paid as freight on
all the merchandise sent from this side 10
the Pacific BY railroad, and that the larger
share Of this freight must be earned by and
paid 10 the Pacific Road.
Now lie, US see how far the Government
would necessarily patronlze such road:
The Post Office Department is now pay
ing at least One Million and Quarter for
the conveyance of Mails between the At
lanuic and Gulf States and California, and
was recently paying One Million and
Half. For this it gets semi monthly mail
by way of the Isthmus $4,000 miles, or
more than double the distance direct,) and
semi-weekly mail by the Bulterfeld route
(also very circuitous,) which carries letters
only. There are two or three slow mails
on other routes, but lhev cannot be said 10
add anything of moment to the facilities en-
ioyed by California and the older States for
The interchange Of messages or ideas,
As TO Military transportation, we cannot
say what is its amount, nor how far sing
lie line Of Railway could reduce its proper
cost. We believe, however, that the Gov
ernment is now paying AT least Six Millions
Of Dollars for the transportation Of men,
munitions and provisions TO our various
Military posts between Kansas proper and
California, and that fully halls Of this would
necessarily be saved or earned by Rail-
road to the Pacific.
Utah is now receiving accessions of pop
ulatiOn (mainly from Europe) over the
Plains, though very much Of their house.
hold stuff has TO be sacrificed 10 the exigen-
cies Of the long, hard, tedious journey in
wagons drawn by weary, thirsty, famish-
ing cattle. Her people generally live poor
ly, yet they have 10 eat and drink, while
most of them like 10 smoke or chew Also
At present, most OF them abstain from the
use oil Tea, Coffee, &c., because these are
very dear while the Saints are mostly poor.
If there were good railroad through Utah
from Missouri 10 California, we believe the
SAINTS would patronize it TO the amount OF
at least Half Million per annum, and that
this amount would rapidly grow to One
Million. II would Of course rot stop there
The Rocky Mountain Gold Mines are
no longer matter of speculation. They
just as surely exist as we live; and We be-
lieve they are destined 10 increase in impor-
lance and productiv eness. We advise no
man 10 dig gold or start for Pixies Peak"
We presume ten OF those who go thither
will come back ragged and penniess for ev-
cry one that they make rich. We expect
TO hear many times yet that the Kansas
Gold Mines are humbug that they have
exploded-that every one has LEI, or is leav-
ing them, &c., &c.-and we expect further
10 hear of new discoveries in this direction
or in that, and to record The receipt of Mil
lions thence in each of the years from 1861
10 1871 inclusive. Meantime, those who
prospe Ct or mine there must live-a poin,
10 which eating is rather essential in thai
keen mountain air. Everything that can
be eaten or drank is selling in the Kansas
Mines at far pore than California prices.S
A railroad from the Missouri to the heads
Of the Platte or Arkansas would reduce, in
hose Mines, the average cost oi food al
Ieasi half, and would thereby diminish sem
sibly the cost and increase the profit Of dig
ging gold. If one hundred thousand per-
sons can manage to live in the Rocky Noun
tam Gold Region as stands, three hundred
thousand could do better there with rail-