Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-05-17
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.
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LETTERS FROM THE BORDER.
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ST JosEHH, April 3oth, lsls.
There is no diminution Of numbers that stiil
aAssas Mis- fAririsg yonns city &C
tier, ali Is hustle, activity and the ssnoise and con-
fusion'' OF the streets 10 well esleulsiel TO- exs
cite and sstonisA the mind Of the stranger; every
boat comes loaded with human freight, every ayc-
heading from tswnis stilI lined with additiona
nnmsers, that help TO swell the vast mulit,de, and
s'stiil they coue.n Since my last the ~Bu6ilo Min
ipf Asscciaticn,' Of New FORK, hsve arriysd. Like
wise, several smaller PARTIES and .sqaadsp from
New England, Virginia, Alabama, pennsylvania, o.
hfo, Indiana and Wisconsin. Yesterday afternoon,
Ilearnt By one Of the aadvance guar' that the Bur-
lington company were within miles OF town.
Throwing saddle on one OF - Leflcr's mules
was on In tess than 10 minutes 10 meet them after
riding about miles, saw 'fdr some distance the
road completely snveloped In cloud OF dust, pre-
sentiy the dust began to disappear, as the road
" casting my eye to the right, Isaw Capt. VILE, sit
ting ~ erect on his steed ~ youth hearty
shake OF the hand cnsued. awhere are the boysa,,
said but ere the reply was given, along came Mo-
ses Jordon covered with dust from the crown OF his
head to the sole Of his feet. aHalloi Mcses" said
syou don't see folks when they pass bys'' By this
time Austin made his appearance; then came /. p.
Bred calculating xcheo-k o-moa, at the top Of his
voice. Next came Pres. Dunlap in ms old blue
blanket coat who BY the By, has raised quite are
spectacle pair Of nustschss. BY this time had 70
check up my mule and make a halt, for the "boysss
had all gathered around me. We held regular
sstalk hot howeyerswithout giving three cheers for
old Dcs Moines and three times three for Burling.
ton. After ! kiief preliminary turned about and
acted guide'' for the company 70 the Burlington
encampmcnt, about half mile from town. The
sboys'' soon pitched their tents and got to work,
somc frying ham, some grinding coffee, some lnak-
ing biscuit. Noses Jordpn sat upon . log frying
pan OF beans, Sydell was making ur ssleratus bis
cults, Pres. Dunlap was frying filters, Charley Mil.
Ter was slicing Oh ham, Andy" Sturgis was broil-
ing mackereb L. r. Reed was filling UP the tea
kettle, John s. David sitting on log, in spcck
Of troubie' scoldng about the loss OF wagon, AZ.
rick, Cotte and others attending to the CATTLE
Thus commenced the Arst camp .scene'' Of the Bur-
linstonians in 81 Joseph, and . happier set never
were congregatcd together. AS for my own part,
was nearly sskilled with kindness' as TO who
should sup with; finally partook with Reed and
Taylor concluding, by way Of dessert, with small
plate OF Moses Jordan's fried beans. After the re-
past was finished, the pipes were filled, few good
ssyarns were spun outs and tune or too, on the
banso, while some Of the boys went into town TO
attend concert Of the virginia Mnstrels. All came
tothe conclusion that s. Josephwss great place snd
the ssDes Moines Encampments was hard 10 beat.
As general thing, friends all appeared in finc
spirits and evinccd firm discrimination 10 ego n.
head" The first part Of their journey, they i'm
formed me, was very tedious and excessively mud
cy. The :oads in many places Utmost intoler-
able. They. win remain in camp but short time,
just long enough to perfect their sout and obtain
such articles Is were shipped around by water
Then cross the river and make moderate stages un
I'd the gfsss gets up little higher. saw three
noantaiasers this morning who have just come in,
twenty days from Laramie, they report the glass
rather too short to travel upon yet. Indeed tho
Spring here, elsewhere, has been quite backward.
Herewith append list Of The names Of the Err
seph. Likewise II sshess thss have met with fFs
ing to their numerous friends 10 learn Of their sse
arrival and general health .as4sf tsa5.i, ssFt
Rsvlingson ComPsny.-commandcr, Capt. VILE,
John DurkholAcr, Moses Jordon, L. r. Reed, James
4 Taylor, Jacob Elliott, Henry Vile, Jr., Jonathan
Donnel, 9. II. Jordan, VIM IIendrie, Presley Dun
lap, James Cochran, NJ. Mccaslin, A. w. Gordon,
! W. B. Valentine, WIN Gennel, Franklin YsedIey,
Chss sowsr, Thos. Hutchinson, campbeii suttie, {.
/ Bond, sam'i Hiser, Perry stafford, Jacob Arsick,
John u. Farmer, Robert Anderson, Chas r. Ma
thews, John Hizcr, y. r. rriedly, Jacob Shore, !.
Fsidas Henry Calvin, ). g. Brant, w. w. Scott, L
n Austin, Benz. Hi.cr Carlton Hughes, A. sullivan,
J. >. Msres Joshua Holland,. Almaser Holland, Z.
I .. Wheatleys L. N. Mead, Adam rriedly, Henry
1 Moore, Epraim Moore, DanI PURCELL. ~ se
r Brooks, tPeasley's party have united with the
], oquawka company, embracing F. Brooks, J. 5. Nc
i Ciure, I. Fouts, 81, George Worrel, Duieen wor-
re, lack Hensell, rster Jackson, Jerry Freei chas
Denmark, Redding, Fair and Ikcnbury, are owe. the
i river. ~ ssa !
Bioomisgfos.- fudge Hastings, Or olds, Dr Me-
cornic, n. Wolf, Geo. fisnsei, James Barker, Jer.
4 ~ osccsner, n. streetss, D. Smith and others.
5ssmissfos, ". D. Co. - Abraham. Nash, Thomss
] Nash, - Anderson, Chas Alien, D. Burs,y. w.
Martin, !. b. Jones, 49, Robeftson, - Jones.
4 - Feaylcs, Or N. Mcconnell, Thos EishsF, Df WIN
Todd and men, two Mr. Wiles, VIM Wheels.
.lonaass.--wm Ross, with party fsom Wilson's
sin. 49,
| Oscaloosa.-Dr I. C. Porter. $50
/ M Peesssas.---f. c. Porter, r. C. Tiffany, Vim
4 Granthsas, n. Pane, Jas Mcfarland, David Dibble
Dir Lotspcich, Mr. Hin, Or Temple, Mr. Higgins, Ja'
! Heart. tss @Afgfi slaH 9a ast@ f&I5Afs
! TSoissoroagA, {Lo,,isa co.)-Mm r. Rufiner, =. II
Tsask. saea'l Holland, Chss Rufiacr, s. B. Mathews
Carney Hopson, John II. Benson, conydon, Kober
Palinera Henry Graves, Joseph Toole and Mr. Coop
4 er'v family, Jas Drake. H H VA
Franklin Dickson is from wapcIlo, same county
Il. Most Of the above individuals have met Nth j,
81 Joseph. Those from the north part Or the Stat
I have not had an opportunity Of meeting. NY i'm
preston il that Ohio has the most numerous dele
CATION in the neid. Nevertheless, Illinois, Indiana
Michigan, Iowa, New York, virginia, washington
City and Boston strongly Represented in the vi
entity Of 81 Joseph. Three boats from st Louis ar
1 rived this norning crowded with passenger ,amon
others d Whites party aud family Of St Louis. Re
turning this morning from the Virginia encamp
ment, on the Fort Kearney road, was honored wit