Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-30
The Battle OF Life.

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Lille is battle. The field is the world
ana every son of Adam has his part to act
IN me great struggle. But, of the vast host
engaged, no two have, in ell respects, the
same posts assigned them, though every
one has post which is of the greatest i'm.
! portance to himself ard TO others.
The battle of life, like all other battles.
IS waged with various success. Now VIC
tory crowns a combatant; and anon the
victor becomes the vanqushed. Here, one
fights with unfinchng ardor of assured
success, and there another but languidly
repels the fierce assaults of his enemies,
| as il just read to yield in the hopeless
contest; while all around are 10 be seen the
melancholy fruits of the hard fought bat
ties.
Who that has looked out on the world
with thoughtful eye, has not realized that
life is even so-a battle. Who could have
failed to see in every man around him a
combatant-men fighting for houor-for
distinctions, social or politicaI-for wealth
for business prominence! How keen
the encounter and how many, after atrug-
Cling for awhile, are seen TO fall down wea-
~ and wounded; their hores forever blast
ed?
But why should it thus be? Why need
men thus bite and devour one another like
wild beasts? Is there not room for all p
May not all live and let others live around
them? Doubtless if they would; and they
would, if the spirit of brothery kindness
was possessed and cherished as it should
be. BIT it is not, and therefore man wages
war on his fellow man, as though he were
by nature his enemy rather than his brother.
CHANCE FOR A SPECULATIoN.-The fol-
lowing is on extract from letter written on
board the U. S. ship Ohio, on her voyage
from San Francisco to Mazatlan, and mail
ed on the Sth of January:
San Francisco is destined to be very
large city, and even now it is difficult to
buy property i'll the business part of the
town, except at the most eXtravagant prices.
For the size of the place more business has
heen done there for the last six months than
any other place IN the ,corld. If you
could come out here with 10, 5or $4,000, !
or even less, you must make money, enter
into what business you would A large
hotel has been put up. The proprietor has
already rented rooms TO the amount of
$4,000 per annum, to say nothing of the
table, bar, &c. 1t is my decided opinion
that things will be favoroble to making
money out here for many years. I hope
have secured lot-some Off GERS who en- |
tered lots for mere song during the war,
are now made rich by it. Purser Pierce's !
lots which cost him about 81 500 are now
worth $4,000. Buy or charter small
vessel, invest all the money you can raise
IN those cOtldgeS-you can get them with !
from two TO four rooms for from $500 to
$500 apiece, have them all put up, even
bring the brick for the chimneys and fire
places, and am certain they would make
you as handsome return as anything you
could bring. You could sell the vessel at a |
very great profit or pct her into the trade !
between Oregon and San Francisco, which |
is profitable one. Ibelieve one thousand !
of these cottages would find ready SALE
People are actually suffering for a place
where TO sleep, and tents are pitched in
every town. OF the gold there is no doubt
enough to keep thousands of people en-
ployed for years. They have already TAX
en- it out by millions, and have scarcely
gone below the surface of the earth"
IMPATlENcE OF THE AGE.-That eager