Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-06-07

ter with the cideyant Charles Elliston.
Another startling Letter. from
the Land Of Gold.
Our "epistolary agent at the mines''
says the N. Y. Sunday Times, once
more salutes us, and through us our rea.
ders. 1t will be seen that he is the same
old coon as usual. During the few
months he was in New York he was ia.
ken in and done for TO the tune of some
100000, and he is now again among
the diggins, "bound," as he informs us
in private note, "to make up the defish-
unsey." When he left we gave him as
a parting token of our regard, quarto
edition of Web.ter's Dictionary, and
begged him, Tor the love he bore his coun-
try, not TO make such awful hav oc with
its language, but to pay some attention
to orthography in his letters. He said
he'd try, but that the editor of the Alta
California had informed him that his
spelling was by far the most amusing
partof his epistles. Our readers must
judge from the following whether our
adjuration and his promise have had any
practical results:
Maria Poser River
Running out of an arm of the Sam
Joking, March lst., 1850.
Messurs Ediyfurs-We'd a nice
time goin out in the steemer to Shaggers;
pertiklerly nice. Tell we got to CUBA
we was all twins-two to berth. At
CUBA they TUX to pilin us up in tears,
without emmy distinkshun in kuller, age,
or sex. was fortnit enuff to skewer
place on top of two fat old gent'men,
who filed the bunk Jest like fether bed,
and was remarkabul soft to lay on.
lade hafe the mite on wun, and then tur-
ned over and lade the uther hafe on the
u,her, allturnatively. They remonstra-
ted with the capting; but he swore that
the berth was kalkillated for four, en- if
they dident stop their idul complaints
he'd put in the black kook to make the
proper compliment. Natral kascades
plade mite and day Oh the floor of the
cabbin, and the vessil havin no swobs,
the walkin was slippery. At last mee-
tin Of the see sick passindgers was held.
and every thing brought up against the
captin. They younannymussly voted
him reich. This he koodent STUN
mick at first, but fnerly konkluded to
swaller the insult in contempshus silence.
l reeched Shaggers purity well in helih,
but rayther slim-good purvisions havin
ben skarser than good appytights durin
the vige.
The amy condas, allygatiters, and
parry keets on the issmuss has ben often
diskribed, and the trips on the mules is
also hackneed subjecks; so lie say nmh-
in about the trans2ortin prosces, but kum
at once to the Passiffik. The vige to
San Fransisky was suthin like the vige
to Shaggers, only more of it. / was
told by an old salt who'd ben in the Mig
ger trade, that there was fairer stowage
on the slave deck Of SLAYER than in our
cabbin. However we arrove, and jest
in time to help at the big fire. How
the gamblin houses biased, and how the
chaps tha, had ben clened out there, lar
fed! One feller on bein asst to help put
out shop WHARF they plade monty, (call-
ed monty bekase Montyzumy yuste TO
play at it,) said he'd burnt his fingers
thare purity often, and he'd be darned if
he'd run the risk agen.
/ also seen the fud at Sakyrymenty
Sitty; and when ! left ihare, most of the
people was at roost on the ruffs OF the
houses ketching the phinny tribe from
their perch. The waters was, however,
goin down, and the settlers hoped to do
the same in flu days, which they did,
and reel estate follered the general exam
pul, and was at very low ebb when
last heered from.
On arrivin at the Maria Poser, kood-
ent 60 10 work at wunst; so 'cording 10
your instrukshins l sot down to study
au.horgravy. and git along quite peartly.
I'm layin in stock of the biggest kinder
wurds for futur yuse, and in my neckst
shall may bee fire volly Of regular
singers from the vollum now before me.
Sennytur Webstur must be an ALFRED
industrus feller, 10 pull the langwidge all
to peaces and pile it up in collums this
way. It's nifty catalog, and don't
see how ever he found time to do il aud
tend to pollyticks and the business Of
the bar. Pickin out all the wards with
long syllybulls, like plums ou, OF puddin,
ard then sarchin for their roots must a
ben cussed sight harder than
diggin here, and he must had en-
ny kwantity of sperrit or he never could
a dun il.
Thare's good menny diggers at this
pint, waiiin for the streme of Maria Po-
ser to 60 back into the or'nary channil.
AT present the kuntry's swimmin with it,
but when it subsidies we shall make a
bold push. One Of the diggers says
that we shall find gold in its may tricks.
l dessay: but l hope we'll get sum in
this munth and April. Yours allus.
A DlsBANDED VOLUNTEER.
WHAT Is DIRT!-Old DR.. Cooper, OF
South Carolina, used to say to his stu
dents, "Don't be afraid Of little dirt,
young gentlemen. What is dirt! Why,
nothinr NJ all oHcnsive when chem ica1