Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-03-01
IT.. 49,. ~..E From the Boston Transcript.
Infercented Califarnin Carte sr,slnde nee. v

intercepted California Corres pondence. ~
p. Kally Forny, Vallee or the Zschryinen-
ter. Dear Jerushee: haven't put no
dayt to, this, for theirs no allmynick in
these are aiggins avis for goold, and
nobody thinks about TYNE nor atarnytee.
Me and Mikes purity wall; awl, but the
diree, witch tares us eenamost to bits
hope 700 injy the same blessin.
We erived in the skooner Good Intent,
that put me and Mike in mynd Of naybur
Gookin, that with xlent intenshons is awl
the TYNE gittin into haut wartur. The
skooner got bkarmed, and sum on us lost
our pashuns. Me and Mike and lots more
jumped over with our spades, and swum
for shore. Mike, when he got over, lost
his spade. One ofthe Kally Forny fowx
duv and brawt it up and held on tot. Me
and Mike kane prepared for oppisishun.
Mike was agoin to mock i'm over, when
awl the iowx sed he was intytled to sell
vige. Wat dye think? he klamd four
hundred dollors! Mike run his tung in
his cheke, and winkd at me, and says he,
wall, III sell out at that rate, sein its you.
Wat dye think !? The Teller TUX i'm up
and pade Mike four hundred dollars in dust
for that are spade! Sich gufaw you
never heerd, no, not even in town meet
in. go $500 94" 1'"s.*s4 sSl* Esq .#a tas
?" Mike fined in, for he thot they was a
lartin at the Teller, but he got sot rite, when
another Teller awfered five hundred for
mine. Things is riz beyond awl account.
Only think, two hundred dollers for pare
Of boots sayme for hat-four dollars
for an onion, it beets awl! see man pa
Fifty dollars, indust, for a glass Of brande.
Tell deacon Twiggs he'll mayk his fortin,
If he'll cum out here with his toddy steek
and lots OF the stuff. sssz IS s4El ai sFii
Next day me and Mike sot out for the
diggins, and Mike wasglad anuf to pa one
hundred dollars arrest, and hire an old
lbrokm spade, at the harves.i We sun got
amang the goold dust. Mike stopped 10
scoupe il npp, and filled his breeches
puckits but a Teller that was goin alung
with us fell a Iariin, and towld i'm he was
darned ,fule to. stop for that. and that a
-iaie Iurthur on twas up to His anctss'; SO
Mi lie throo The gold dust out Of his areeeh-
es p,ickns, as II twas nuthin but aust.--
I'll be,t he throo owt as mulch goold dust,
as wood mayke ten >strings[o' Deeds, sich
as 4 gin you, when you gin me yoor hart
CIV. Jetushy, Jerushy; awl the gooh on
airth is Of no valley cumpaird TO that. New
er dowt yoor devoted enuck Sawren. Deer
aJerusify, will be as troo to you as the
-kneedil to The powL. II Set yoor affexshuit
hart at rest; for thar Amt one Of ycor seeks
within fifty miles toftEese diggins Il 2 Yoo
ma TAX upp whatever 700 like, at Belaa
/ a'rott's variety store. sTelllimIIi be back
IN q yeer, and pa up. Then deer Jernshy
well sho sim iowx they re no better than
sum, that yoo and Nose en-. a7a n ,tsani
% Jestlarter dark, we got ware the goold
was 'thickest. #sTwawm dark, mahee;
Tor the moon was shynin! Ow, Jerushy
500 never see the beet! hfAwl KaiIy For
ny as furas we Good sea, looked list like
the downe Of the Albany state house,
Good hardly keep from beginning to dig;
but Mike was tired; SO we ginsop, for tina,
mite. = Next day, " ealit upon teller ,tha,
had mayd a CRATE diskivery. He was
down i'm hole, 2wlar the goold was in
humps, as big as donuts. He and Mike
stepped aside and lectioneered about il i
little and as we'd mayd 9upp our 6nynd.
to pa respect 10 the cus,ums OF the fow .
arnung hoom we ware, We ordered 'ahs
Teller 10 cum owt. He sed he was The
diskiverer. To end The matter we serdeye
2nfyo tile saggestsilun for i'm. So we nockt
his breyns owt,. and pull'd imsupp ane
covefd i'm with a phew shuvels OF dust
-thois scanned a pity 10 use goold dust
in that wa ~ This Teller had got quite ;
heep ofgoold, witch becaym ourn by rit,
Of conquest. We wufkea thar, me an,
4 Mike lax moor than three weeks, and BOT
proper heep.a .aaoSas Q II ia sited Higi9
0'sThat was Injuns and robbers round a
mites, and began TO think what our min
Ulster sed was troo, that ritches bring kdres
9Dggin awl dal and watcllin awl nil wor,
9awf the flesh; 4 got wurred thinkin,
wat parson Mullen sed 10 me and Mike
wen wee was cummin ava he that hast
eth TO be rich, shall not be innocent. axe,
Mike if he didn't think that mite TIE,
twisted some how, in anuthef wurId, I,
/ as to apply to us in nockih owtfhatfeller'
bfeyns. Mike sed he thot not but lie wa
I wui red, I sor. He sed the feller ort TO 9;
7cdn out and gin up wen he scr wee wa
too and he but won; and he sed sumthi,
abowt allowiI the feller's airs won or 10,
|oparsent.. 'towld him wee coodn't I'm,
|1the lieller's airs, and Mike sed he rathe1
gess'd wee ocoodnt. Don't sd a wurt
abowt this, 50 that it wull git to parse,
E-MuIla n.iis1liq ~ f.Ht4 is9g - 81 -iaeW
f. Won da, thar kane three lellers to owl
diggins. Won, they sed, was sort 3
kimmist; anuther was ruff lookin chap
with too long pystulls in bis gurdle, anit
the tliurd had d bad look, He was tn,
spokesman, and the Smile or grin upon hi
feeturs kane and went, like beet liteni,
in August. He towled US the little owl,
Teller, the kimnrist, would sa what we ha,
got, If we would pa him q small som. =
Mike didn't like their cu,npuny, and pull
in his jacket awf displa'd, as f'by axiiun,
a long booze nife, that stuk in his belt an
'towld UNI We new wat we had got wei
enuf, and didn't want them to sa anythin
abowt it. They smyled, and seamd pies
SAINT, and xpland wat they ment by So in !
and that the kimmist W God ga the dust an,
Flnrn re md tell II "a 81 ~ thew mos 81,oj