, 1872-10-11
The I1imitable Wheat-Fields
Of California.
4 Game on the Gays---Bagsase-Smasll-
ing at Council Bluffs.
PHILADELPHIA. Houses ior Yforkingmen..:The
Public Park" " Statherary."
Washington---A Queer GoIdGSh--aTore
6 sStacherary."

frcm Our 0ra Correspondent.
New YoRE, Oct. 4.
have tired once more Of the duh daily rou
: tine Of otice-hudsery in the Golden City; th
old Indian spirit of restlessness and resiiyenes
is upon ms asair in irresistible force, and ono
again am Off Tor along posaoe beyond the sees
As this is the first of what may be . Ion;
series OF letters from various places and part
Of tho world seldom visited by the tourist, or
indeed, By civilized man, let me commence q
the beginning, start out from San Francisco
md tell you little Of the story OF MY trip.
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
left San Francisco on the morning Of Sun
day, Sept Is. The sky was, as it is over at thi
I season in Gods thEca-favorod land, clear ani
urclonded. and, as looked down On the Cit,
and Bay of San Francisco, from the summit O
Russian ELL, the view vas 2 glo-ious one.-onE
that I shall long remember. When shall lool
upon it again?
The white heecy mist wss rolling in through
The Golden Gate, filing the channel which leadf
up to the broad Bay Of San Franci6oo; and tie
naourntul tolling Of tie tog-ben Of A1catraz,
| like the deep pulsations Of some great heart II
its lonely agony, produced o. me, ct such a mo-
ment, strange and saddeninS effect But be.
fore mo was the magnificent landscape of Ala
! media and Contra Costa, and the city At my feet,
beautifed end glorided by the golden sunshine
t OF autumn; End right before me, coming down,
as it were. on pathway of flowers stretching
| out from. the farther shore, across the bIue
! waves of the Bay, Was The steamer which was
! coming to bear me away from home and friends,
t On journey into foreign lands, and regions
strange and new. Beyond tho mountains
could not see; backwards dared not look; God
| Knows what i before Us s1i!
For miles and miles, through hour after hour,
our train bore US onward through iEc
ALMOST uLHIzIA8Is: WHEAT FIELDS
of the Golden State Millions upon millions of
bushels OF The yellow grain lie piled in eacks on
either hand along the road as far tie eye can
see. nwaiting transportation to the sea5oard and
to Europe.
What wondrous future has this great State
before her! Her gold has already unsettled tho
markets Of the world; the millions of Europe
are fed from her !esraias 5ranaries; her fruits
hi1lsides purple with promise OF tho victage,
whose generous wine shall, in every cline, MAKO
glad tbs heart Of maa-
And yet sho is bu. child in years to-day.
Who shall predict tho wonders which our chil-
drens children Rhau see in tho ripe perfection OF
her a1tcr-yea7s?
The sun OF California, passionate and ferrid
IS the hearts Of her children, poured down upon
uE VIII OTBID0HC11QE 11LEilElkS III N6 jQIIN6SSQ
On through The Valleys Of The San Joaquin end
Sacramento, and, from the fower-enbowered
City OF the Plains, turned toward the snoE-
crowned Sierra II whose white peaks the Span
ish-A1ae,ican na.iEes Of the Coast foEdlg dream
ed they eaw, bet 3 few years since,
The snowy tents,
In everlasting bettteEs1ta,
Against tie march OF Se1ou ncicc.
Night fond us far up .moag the forests Of
the Sierra, and the morning dawned Oh us in
the drea1J
DEsEBr-wAs1Es oF NEVADA
Our pa!ace-ca1s aro clean and comfortable,
and, from the double windows, We looked ont
upon the dusty road, winding by the rirers; and
o1er the sage-bruzh-coyeredp plains, along which
our friends,-EEoog men, tired women, and
weary little children, ,-toi1ed painfully, month
arter month, on their wsy to the shores Of the
Paeitc, tventy,three years ago. Contrast, il
in this csse it wns decidedly in our faror.
Through the Valley OF the Crest Salt Lake,
the home Of the Saints, Gods peculiar people,
and, God knows, 2 very peculiar people they
catch Mountains, and ont upon the vast grassy
plains Of Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska
The Rocky Mountaios, snoT-capped and lofty
though they are, 1acde but so7y show from
the car-w5ndows on the Union Pacific; and, es
for game, We saw only . few dozen antelope
and few pra;Iie-Ccgs; nary buffalo, nor E
wild red Indian. cid We see. and our carefully
loaded dfes and re7olTecs ware uscless. Ne
had
6oME CANE INSIDE, THOUGH.
It was good game in its way; butmy partner,
aimple youth, with bullet-heed, hailng from |
Boston, Or New jersey, OF some other out-of-the-
way foreign p1ace, didn't know the strength Of |
it. No one can tell whet suffered ono day. |
Over and over again, told the misguided young |
man Always to take in his jack Then he had 8 !
chance, and never trust it to the last trick; and
get every time he desplsed the wisdom which |
comes with length Of days, and saw it captured,
and game With it, by our enemies queen He |
will learn better when his hair is silvered DER
with gray, az mine is; but meantime, blnme |
him! have had to pay for his internal folly
and wrongheadednass. Oh, innocent days OF |
our corfding youth! how glad am that you !
come not a5aini
Iowa is noble State and presents wonderful |
evidences OF steady improvement; but they do
s1IaSu BAGGAGE HORRIBLY
and need!essly at Council Bluffs. I viii make it |
tie one object Of my existence to acquire un-
bounded wealth, and come hack to indulge IN |
the luxury OF reyenGe- viii bring trunk con,
tanning nothing but q well-charged torpedo, add
ut Council BLUFFS will cit mo down il the dis
taace, and watch the operations Of the baggage
iends, In silent expectation When the big |
trunk is nicely poised On the edge Of tho car,
and then sent, like bomb from q morta-. to
coznec, and burst in . Thousand Fragments. how
will laugh to see the Eould-be destroyers OF
my property flying in shreds through TIE air.
here leg, and there head. AID nos 80 much
recognize his remains at the inquest! Gentle
youths, you have your fun to day; but beware.
it is my next deal. and. AZ soon as / IN sble to
pay for q jury, you viii hear from me- Hence
forth, politics, end the dollars you have vInng
from unfortunate travellers for cording up their
shattered trunks, wall be nothing to you
From Council Bluffs to Chicago, by the Chi
cago, Burlington Quincy Railroad, was really
tbs pleasactest part Of cur trip. The cars are
clean and comfortable; the country 1ick nnd Mt
tr4ct1Ta tha a fy7f3a fAc7n- ard tf1A |