The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-06-27
[Fron, the JNsw York Sunday Tintes.l
FROM THE MINES.

The tone Of the subjoined letter convinces US
that our correspondent at the mines is out OF
heart. Il EXHIBITS none Of that exultant spirit
which marked his earlier epistIes. He has eyi-
IDENTIFY been disappointed both on the Marip6sa
and .. Sonoria. "Al. s! poor Yorick"
CAMP SSoRy, CAtIFoRsy, April 0, 1850.
Eddyturs Sunday Times:
AZ no gold and nothin to eat ddn'. scot my
constooshun, left the banks Of the Mary Po-
ser soon arter my Inst epistol and made a strait
trail for these diggins. And jest look 1t my
when darned CREME miner pried up fifty pound
lump! deesay they'll make an all-fred fuss
abou. i, in the San Francisky papers But that
amt all. The day afore arrovs here, fifteen
pound was taken ont of pocket in wun Of the
upper lifts by devilish runaway convick from
Van Demons Land, who was diggin in kimpa-
ny with preeat from the city Of Angils In
coarse the convick was transported-darn him.
The papers say the best diggin is into the fats,
but they've mostly been ciened ou: in, these
parts. sosity here is not very selcck. Babe is
a-rockin his cradle in site Of my shanty, in kum-
pany with wun Doctor Koolidge, who says an
nth or ma, wae berried by mistake insted Of him
somewhars in Manc. Richard P. Robinson is
also here and doin well. He ses he is intirely
innocent of the murder Of Helm Jooitt, having
taken her preshus life in complyunce with her
New York Herald, as troO friend 10 crimlnuls
in distress. Babe is goin to leve us to prospeck
by himself lie ses too many cooks spic the
broth.
Trinity River has not been dissvered vet but
the rou has been clerely lade down. You hev
only to stere nor rest and by south tell you weth-
er Cape Speckylashun. and then shute rite ,hroo
the straits Of Baffleman; whar you carnt squar
the yards for munkeyf, and thar you ar. Toe
l. = full cf arI ahupo 70 ind
If you stick to the Barings: :.
heern tell that things Is orful bad in San
Fransisky. Reddy made housen sell at a dollar
cord for firewooG, and a lumber speckilator
who arrove out last month with Two millyuns Of
feet, committed sooside by wauking the plank
soon as he heerd tina, yal!er pine WINS drug:
R,el estnte is runnin down, and the big rents is
all torn TO peeces. Thars gold in the sile, but
when its dug OUT it don't seem TO stay in Caifor-
ny. I,runs rite throo the kuntry aperien.ly, like
dose OF salts, and is carried off by the oners as
soon as they can obtain passidge. Kurnel
Freen,ont's mines is said TO be the most produce
tiv. They dror the gold out thar by the hundred
waite, and if old Bullyun wants to try whether
itul run up The NJ ssssPpv, young Bullyun can
furnish him with emmy amount OF current funds
for the experiment.. He is reckind to be wath
about three tun. :
Enmygrunta from all parts Of the terraque Gus
globe, ncudin the Ann Tppodees and other dis
tent tribes, continues to arrive in innoomerable
numbers. The emprnr Of Cainy has forbidden
his suhjccks to visit Clliforny, bekase the Texas
teamsters sometimes take it into thare hends to
cnt off thare tales for whip lashes but the pig
eyed raskls don't mind being sisseriscd SO thay
git thar shears Of the preshus metn'.
line better kontenied here than was on the
Mary Poser, as game and gold is rather plentier,
to say nathin of little cock fifn and Pharoah
and other rayshunal amnsemenir. Tae dick
shunary, however, 10 my princypul wreckrea-
shun. l wish Won could hear me repetc the
dcafnshnns. AT fus, found the long words
pesky hard, bnt now Inle eqail TO five sillybulle
My pile don't grow as fast ae lde wish it to do,
but maybee lie strike an odoriferous vane wun
of these days and ,ase the wind on student.
Thars an Injun set.Ienens near by; and the
women bring mcllins and eelery to our camp to
sell; so we do Dee pettyco. now and then,
though its cut rather high in the skir. and low
in the buzzum. But, arter all, yaller wlmmin
don't seem like the fair sect TO me. Az the
French say; ti,nrs jenny see squaW about their
appearance which is perfeckly ojas think
its the lie. .Yenrs,
4 DISBANDED VOLUNTEER.