Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-08-17

avery iair SHOW OF tile Or anlsIal on short no.
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SAN FRANCISCO. May /, 1879.
SIR returned from the mines last WedDcs-
day, 18th Of April, - this place. after an absence
OF about three weeks. There is very little doing
al the Cl-gln2S, IN consequence of the highness
ct the streams, which will continue some six
weeks longer. There is great quantity of
goId III this country, am perfectly satisfied but
net III such quantities rs We at Lone are led To
believe. and the labor Won have 10 perform 10 dir
II would appear incredible TO those affected with
the fever AZ home. without the least certainty of
! procuring It. after performing the labor. You
might dc for weeks close by those who were
| daily getting from one 10 two ounces and vet not
be fortunate enough 10 gct as mucl as would paw
! !our beard. The manner 6 digging is as follows:
! You commence by digging hole about six feet
square, and continue sinking it through water
| and cfy, sometimes 20 the depth of twelve and
! fourteen Iec'. trying occasionally with your lin
/ pan 10 ascertain if the earth contains any cold:
and frequently this amount Of labor is performed
under the rays Of burning SUM- without beino,
able to make your expenses. Occasionally gold
! Is found upon the surface, but in very small guam
ut2s, and by 10 means in quantities to pay any
I 20 men from the States, il they could could have
the entire proceeds of such already collected; for
! when one man was fortunate enough 10 find upon
/ -,
by those i'll stores and other business in vicinity,
to all arts While not whisper is heard of the
thousands who are daily undergoing extreme la
! Dor. FryalIon and suffering, without being able
to detray their expenses
Alter arriving here YOU have to take such con-
veyance. by water, rs YOU can procure. which
at present is comfortable, and proceed $50 miles
UP the river, for which you pay $50 and find
yourself. without any convenience for cooking
or sleeping, So fer 100 lbs of freight When
you sall as tar as navgable, YOU have TO travel
from 80 10 100 miles over very rough road,
sometimes crossing mountains from one 10 two
miles above the level Of the sea, and as sultrv
as any summer day YOU experience: this dis
lance you have to travel on foot if YOU do not
buy horse, which COSTS, without saddle or bril-
die, $500. If YOU have freight of any kind, it
matters not what It is. the cost of such by the
teams Is from $50 to 500 per hundred pounds.
assure you that any man. starting with only his
rifle on his shoulder, will be sufficiently tired be-
fore reaching tne dgangs, to regret that he en-
numbered himself with it, camping every night
uTon the ground without anything to protect YOU
from the dew, but the blanket YOU are wrapped
ill., A1er You GET to the mines, you will find
class OF people who spend all their digeings in
rum and gambling, and are quite Indifferent to
the comfort or lives OF those who will not ASSOC
ciate and doas ihey TO.
The expenses of living at the mines is about
So per day, and liable daily to be attacked by
those ! have before described, or the fever and
aguc, OF intermittent fever, without the chance
OF medical ad unless You are willing to ray five
ounces IA visit. There is no vessel here that
sailed after the last Of November, and goods are
already a. IoW a, in The States, and what it will
be when lhcy all get here il will be impossible TO
toll. Boarding. here is Sl7.50 per week. and
sleeping on the floor at that--and 10 orumbnp;
So per dozen for washing. and but very few 10
do il; and, say it without finding fault, that
have not slept on II bed of any kind since | left
the steamer az ChagrCs; and since | have been
in this country, ! have slept uron the ground
when ashore, and mover enjoyed better health in
nay life excepting Il slight attack of rheumatism
# any OF my friends wish to realize the comforts
Of living in a common horse stable. let them only
cmigratc TO California, and my word for it. the
realization will come before reaching here.
Yours, &c, +. j.. CONFER.
The New York Mirror vouches for the cor
RICHNESS of the following:
A.poor man residing in the upper part of the
city, left home at the usual hour some DAYS
since, to perform his daily labor and on returning
in the afternoon, found that his wife had been
seized with Cholera during the forenoon and con-
ycycd to the Hospital in Thirteenth ST. lie in-
lnfoI"'eiE Wrht 'h'Tc' dtlo as ne entered me
pace SIX COINS were carried OUT to be conveyed
TO Iotitr fioid. ne poor icHoW proceeded
10 inc room ana inquired Tor ms WIie, when ne
WAS informed ''ia' she was ucaa. ana mat one
of tie collins he had passed contained her body,
bat which Of them they could Uot tell. as no
marks are placed upon them TO Distinguish ono
from the other The man. in an agony OF grirf,
started in pursuit OF the conveyance, and accom-
PANIED it to Potrers Field, when pleaded So hard
10 be- permitted to look once more upon the face
IF his wife, that permission was given, and the
,oltins were opcnd. When the body Of the wo-
nan was exposed he seized it iranticallv in his
,rns and pressed it londIy 10 his bosom. For
moment he tancicd he felt the beating of her
heart. and selling her wrist he exclaimed, My
God. she liycs!' At that moment the woman
opened Ter eyes, and recognized her husband.
She was conveyed home, and is now quite re-
Covered,
won't ayarice do3SNoar th,dyiIIagc IS the home
stead ota rich tarmcr, who counts lis nine hun-
hedacreS. about all under cultivation, with fine
buildings. lie has his package Of bonds and
for loans 70 his poorer friends. All
competence is supplied, lie j. hard-worller,