The Daily State Journal

The good Mr. Emerson has met with something in California which has made him mildly dubious of one branch at least of his own philosophy. To a friend who hoped that he was not disappointed by the Yo-Semite Valley, he replied: "No, no; it is the only thing that quite comes up to the brag." Mr. Emerson, we believe, was once theoretically of the opinion that a man would not find anything abroad which he might not have found at home, although practically Mr. E. has been given to what the old lady in Dickens' novel called "meandering." But the Yo-Semite, we are obliged to believe, is beautiful enough to disturb any mild, stay-at-home conclusions--is one of the few localities in the world worth the trouble of a journey to look upon.