Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-06-05
nnuI1ANr CORRESPONDENT.

The Frontier Lader, publised at Lara
mi, CITY, has had a brilliant cores
nondsn, on a tour from San Francisco
via Bonner Lake route and Overland 70
the new city in the Rocky Mountain re-
zion. A largo portion of a late issue Oh
the Inder is occupied by reference 70
the letter of this Invaluable correspond,
emit, which his namo it is LEIGH
Ono of these references reads rs iol'
lows: ,,.
I.oh eut.rtains US to-day with one OF ms
v.ry re.dable letters. A good many Of our
sYch.nqe, and a great many OF our readers,
somnl;xent him upon his remarkable power
NJ a.,oription and wonderful simplicity OF
style. Our patrons remind US every gay OF
two 10 hurry up Legh's book Of travels from
northern Montana to Mexico and around sne
coast to Oregon, through Idaho, Utan' ne.
yada. Arizona, California, etc. we noPe
yery soon to be able to meet their wishes, y
nre.sntine them with the first edition OF ms
extensive Western travels. The book Will DC
Inc most accurate and truthful history ever
written Of the frontier world.
OF his remarkable power Of dsscrip-
ton" and the probable accuracy and
truthfulness of his forthcoming book,
some idea may be formed from tho FOL
lowing extracts from his much laudsd
letter.
On leaving San Francisco and cross
ing the bay, With Oakland and Alameda
in their accustomed position on the
right, he saw a vessel steaming to NE
,outhn..t-to got into the mouth Of the
San Joaquin river. II this had hap
pened after the late earthquake, instead
Of early in April, we might account for
the geographical decentralization. At
Sacramento he found q population OF
| fifty thousand souls, and ten thousand
CAinamen-probably without souls. We
imagine that ever the Union, Bee or Rec
ord, would scarcely claim for their city
a population exceeding twenty thou.
sand, including Cinnamon, with or
without souls. Leaving Sacramento,
he saw old Suffer Fort in the suburbs,
and a little further along the old mill
where Marshall and Warner first struck
gold in California. Considering that
the railroad limo is about forty miles
from this latter object, and that the in
t~ervening space consists Of a densely
timbered and billy country, tho CORES.
poudeut must be allowed to be not only
possessed Of remarkable powers OF
description" but remarkably far-seeing
and penetrating as we'll. Sacramentans
will DO surprised to learn that no saw
their town "fooded in some parts rs
high as the second stories Of the
houses" in April.
Sierra Nevada, he says, means q series
of snowy mountains, that's why they
call them the S~isrras, and this be says
seriously, not in imitation of Mark Twain,
OF whom he admits he is no sdmirer.
But the point on which this cores
pondeut furnishes the most valuable in
formation is in connection with railroad
construction. He claims that the cost
Of building the Central Pacific is far
greater than that Of the Union Pacific,
| from the fact that their machinery and
material is all transported across the
Isthmus Of Panama. Whether it is
thus transported rs Express matter, fast
or slow freight, we are not informed,
but in either case the cost must be
enormous, and we would call the special
attention Of the Sacramento Union, sub
hitting whether this extra cost on the
transportation may not partially offset
the greater cost Of fuel on the Platte
and other barron spots on the Union
Pacific road.