Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-03
Correspondence Of the Sentinel
overland Trip To California Notes
by the way
ST JosFpu Mo Nav 30 1864

EDfToR SENTINEL: Having heretofore CORES
pended With your paper when abroad, " and being
now en- route for California. at the request Of
numerous friends | propose boring you with my
"pencilines BY the wsysde
The disposition TO grumble aad fnd fault with
everything j. so common among travellers. and
80 unlustly 80, that am 10th to censure any
thing just now, however much nv judgment con
dennis H. But duty requires tina; shall call the
attention OF the public TO the fact that the conhd
ing soul that ships goods over the Wabash Valley
Railroad, expecting to hear from them again,
had better neglect no DrecauiOa 20 have them
receipted for. checked and then watched. put
aboard, at LAFAYETTE Junction, the baggage car
going west, three guns, in canvas covering
Colts rifle, breech-loadng rife. and double
barreied shot gun. and since then | have not
heard OF them. Swallowed no in that remorse-
less nav Of soulless corporation, bid you
good bye, hoping that other verdsnts may profit
by nv example. and learn 20 put not their trust
in railroads
~. Joseph is, Just now, the place OF OUTFIT OF
large emigrating parties bound to Idaho. ColOra
do, California. Nevada, Oregon and Washing ton
This gives it an unusually active appearance.
Immense numbers of wagons, mules and oxen
without stint. aud all the appliances of a trip
the Plains, block up the streets, and meet you
everywhere. The emigration is unusually large,
and Is divided I'D between the various points
above indicated. but chiefly 10 Idaho. The rea-
sons inducing so large an emigration are obvious
The troubles in Missouri, to say nothing of other
States. are driving those who love peace, and are
unwilling to surrender principle TO attain il, from
their homes TO seek quiet in the Far West. be
yond the mountains. where party malice will not
reach them. The effect of this will be felt SEN
sibly in the future.
1t Is difficult 10 gather the truth from returned
travellers here, in reference to Idaho There is a
rivalry between the mining interest OF that Ter
ritory and Colorado, which finds vent in the ad-
vocates of one denOuneng the other. For in
stance, to-day heard one man say that Idaho
would be so overstocked with provisions. by par
ties taking them there for speculation that they
would be as cheap there as this point. A half
hour afterwards l heard another man just from
Denver city say that there would be frghtful suf.
fering in Idaho this summer and winter from
scarcity of provisions | heard another say that
there were now in Idaho five men to every pay
ing claim, and when this summers emigration
got there, then there would be 100 900 men out
OF employment. The truth lies somewhere in
the middle.
There is plenty of gold in Idaho, and indus
trious men will make fortunes. But though en-
igration is too great for the diScOUered mines and
will result in just such troubles and distress as
| would, therefore, advise no more to 90 TO Ida
no this season. Next spring will be lar more ia
vorabe, on many accounts. for the trip, more
certain in its results to the careful. prudent and
industrious man
The recent troubles with the Indians on the
South Pass route, are suppressed. 1t is repre-
sented here brought on BY soldiers who didn {
want to 60 to the Army of the Potomac. and in
cited the Indians to hostities so that their ser
vices might be required on the plains. 1t is said
that the Cheyennes solicited the Sioux TO Join
them in a upon the whites but the latter de
clined, and the former were unwilling to venture
upon war without aid The Cheyennes are chiefly
formidable as thieves
Mcclellan is the man up here for next Pres-
dent. Soldier and citizen unite upon him.
speak, OF course. OF those not secessiOnists But
there is little political excitement here, and none
of that bitterness which characterizes your party
contests in Indiana The words copperhe2d. trail.
tor and butternut seldom used upon the street
But in the country, Missouri looks As if she was
in mourning. She wears penSive look Her
citizens look detected and spirItess her villages
and farms neglected and mouldy. Lager beer
holds up bis head in triumph. His Red Republi
situations and topping free institutions attest the
march Of the leveng ideas of Hecker and Carl
Shurtz. So we will go breaking old covenants,
and disregardng new ones, down the road to an
archy, from which a strong government will be
the preached and orthodox escapade
Far WEST