Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-07
TIE cHANa1Ne MULr1TupE.

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years, and been engaged in searching the
river-beds and washing the hills for the
yellow dust, or delving deep into the
bosom Of mountains for the hidden stores
of silver, would leave the pick and shovel
for a home among the broad fields Of way-
ing grain. But the expectations Of those
who looked forward to such n state Of
affairs are not to be fulfilled. An ex-
actly reverse state of affairs has been at
tendant upon the close Of the war. The
tide of emigration which is setting in to-
wards the Pacific coast has been vastly
swelled by the happy event, instead of the
tide which is going out. The travel to
the States is no greater now than it was
one, two, or three years ago. In fact, one
of the great steamship companies have
found it e~xpedient to diminish, by one-
third, the number of vessels which ply on
their line. But how is it on the plains,
where the travel all is Westward A cor
respondent writing from St. Louis Of the
emigration across the plains this year,
says: "a dispatch received in this city
at General Dodge's headquarters, states
that the emigration across the plains this
season largely exceeds that of any former
year. During the month of May four
thousand wagons passed Fort Kearny,
and trains continued to pass that post in
large numbers" Four thousand wagons
in one month! Think of that!-but yet
it is the natural result Of the close of the
war. Thousands upon thousands Of those
who have been thrown out of employment
by the mastering out of service of the
various army corps, and the discontinue
ance Of great national work-both soldiers
and civilians-look to the West for their
future home. They wish to get to that
fountain head from whence low the great
streams Of gold and silver. The rough.
ness and wildness Of the country has no
terrors, but q thousand charms, for those
who have for the past four years been fol-
lowing the national standard over hill and
galley, mountain and river, and daring
danger and death without a murmur.
The high price of labor, the great
chances for profitable speculation,
the rapidly increasing importance and
wealth of the country, together with the
perfect harmony and settlsd peace Of the
new States and Territories, all unite in
offering an inducement to those who are
ambitious to make q raise" or who are
tired of the uncertain and unsettled state
of affairs in the late rebellious portions of
the Union, to make the gold and silver
mountain land Of the West their home.
There will be at least twenty-five thou
sand persons added to the population on
the Pacific Coast this present year. It is
undoubtedly probable that q large ma
jority will settle outside the limits of Ne
vada and California, but if they do, they
will exert indirectly a beneficial influence
on this and our neighboring State. Most
of the great emigration which wends its
way westward from the Missouri river is
seeking for the gold fields and silver mines,
and as soon as it comes within the limits
of the mineral belt it disperses hither and
thither in search of the nearest claims.
Thus the northern country gets the greater
number, though Colorado has a liberal
share. The Missouri Republican says that
about fifty steamers of light drsught have
found employment the present summer in
transporting goods and carrying passen-
gers destined for the mining Territories.
to the headwaters Of the Missouri, and
boats from Fort Benton now bring ship
ment of gold dust from Montana and
Idaho to st. Louis. Thus, much travel Is
going in that direction and much business
is doing on that route, and unless Nevada
and Californiasecare the rapid completion
of the great overland railroad they will
find themselves outstripped by their
younger neighbors. But whichever State
or Territory at present does get the ma
jority Of the newcomers, they will give
additional character and Importance to the
sisterhood Of mining States and Territories
that are bound to each other by the COM
NOR tie of interest.