Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-01-23

Stone be ,pphnted a committee TO procure
copy of the address OF Mrs. Almira Blatchioid,
delivered H. behalf the ladies' o.. West Ely, on
the presentation al the banner, as also copy oi
the ad 'tes' of BrotLer McK.lnay upon the
accei thnre olthe sine, and iur nd them to the
Editor OF .h- Western Uuion, vita request
that lie u,il pu l.h them.
by order u; the Division.
NJ; s "a : :: s s$'5ts Committee
The short, but well wrl,len addresses Of
DR.. NJ oKELwAy aud Mrs. ALM,nA BLATci,-
FORD will be published next week.
California Letter.
Below we g,,d an exiract from q letter re-
cei>.d IN TIN, city by Mr.. II McVe'si, from
hi, son + a. M.V"gh.
Lathe ii'>, part oitne letter the common con
plant /. ,n,d. tn.t i, lester /. rec .ivo from his
t.n'. \ g.nile,n, rccrnlly from California
I t,sih | A.rn d, maIi arrives, the miners uSu-
ai'y gs,e some ,t' III c"n, r drIUr piece,
I" 20 To the pos "llic,. F''l' t', TIA" mes
Hrnsrr, ,i'.r itl IIr,.s hr ur, n lAn letters i,
forced away rom ,ne tx. y the great CROW d,
wager W bt StINths returning W iilc
reports no letters 1t i, observed that resi-.
dents Of the cite, d, not often iAil 70 get let
ter, fro. u home, "a, those in the mines.
Macs uroa Iada Rircr,
Uc,. 22i, 1890.
( T"+ FMS .nnm,rI A"s cns,s,a" IN 'wo dram
ing Operations. ule very large onu. J. 'oo"
nine Thousand sack, OF corton { At 30 10 40 ucn'S
ii. ' 1, lam hp ~ Il Il ~
the immense sn,n It cost the company 10 inrn
II when tell yon iHlt !ne cost al the ,achins
was not half the rcuse. We turned The ri'-
IL tour and IA halt miles. Ii was The largest op
cfaIi"n ui The kind that has ever taken place III
ibis country, aud should be the las, one without
the result, are better. 1t wns IN entire failure;
Ia" bed 81 the r,rr turnri "n not IL be worth
wur.'re. Foe other dr'InI. < r".npu"y tht !
was .ug,geu IL, i,rn.d va ,,r Nau.e N.yi s."
bet @rrn the tNu, lost all tnni n,,dr Iast Wa
ter and spriug, besides ny >Unmri ~ an.
time, aud rua ! ain uu it., .,. -
uT than | WAS when first c-nr uin tie
cour'rj. Last spring could hIv" gone hum"
WIi' NEE l,'.e crgrth t" c"m"ence business
5000. .'. ... | H..a "c,palred Of ever seeing
U..,r, as a." mines are evidently failing, ard
o.m ,ytely o,errun with people. When came
1t" he country, man could make from one
.
digrug,, but now, il is avery hard matter 10
fud dIggiugs that will pay over five or Elk dol.
lars, and that by the hardest kind Of work. -
I There Ia, been IA great deal Of sickness in the
mines ~. summer aud fail, and have had my
share o. 1t, having been sick for the last slx
weeks, wlh the fever and ague, so thai | have
been able To do bat very little work am CON
: plrty m ont wiih iailgu" and hardship.
have been Through timex and thin since hav.
been il TIN. country, IN order that might max,
enough. money 10 return 10 the States tins win
: ter, INT Providence has decrceJ it otherwise
- A. not wish Ia return to The States without
!. pretty geo. capt,i, 50 | iulend, if | Can rails,
four liz. .Iudrrd dollars this winter, TO 90 ~
int" Oregon next sprIng, and settle down upor
! piece Of land and grow mp with the country
e Thu, Country would not live in all my life tot
- all til, gold IN it's mountains. don't Selieve i
Il VA. ever intended iar civilized nan Ia liz,
in. 1t never can he u great country; there l.
Il n"ihirg t. upheld "r n"url>h It's prosperity IN
the minr, ii i, 10 farming csuntry; there /
. bat very little land that is agricultural; an,
It cons, qnrnIy, when that !, the case, no c"unr,
"a" nt," ny perm 'nent prosperity and l can
- dbl, h.llr,r Us .rou the n'nrs fat her
ID: { ,h,rh viii MT be- Iop) the ""u"'ry A'il h'g,
J, /" rrrryr,dr. az, ilow IL the .n.t ,trps OF al
T., r,ru mr,r,l .un,ries. En,yrant- that arrive,
: h.rrtIi -,rnmrr, and all tn" miners generally
: 9, 1T for ~ enough to carry them baci
+ l. "r- rucr- la, been more money lost bl
u.',Ilni. - mining operations this summer
! utn ns- hrru TAX n aui Of the mines, by far
) rp, mast u the fortunes that have been mad
10 this country have been made by capitalists
and men that have brought money into the coun
try and speeulaed upon it-by the merchant.
the gamblers, and the drinking establishment.
# they are the ones who have made the money i
J., ,hi. c'nn'r,; here they throw ASIDE the mask
mma'Ir, aud Christian virtue, and by the base,
dishonesty AM su,very 90 To work 10 swihdl
tie hard working miner of his hard earnings. =
e There is the mos. wrerchcd state Of society her
'e tht verhap. ever was known in any conn.r,
Here uan's basr,t nature fully comes to ligh
m Il" cares nothing ir his fellow man; all he care
ab,ut is making IN 'n"y, md he don't care ho
- he makes An disputes are settled by H.
n bowie kuif" and pistol NV must coo"ud
/, rs it i. growing h,rk, and must e, ahru, get
-, Urg supper Eyrn'o my bad writing A. | ho
10 WRIT upon my knee.
A Nrw STATE The Henderson, (r,x .
b. Fhg "l the Uui"r goes Tor the inrmal,ru 10,
. npN State out ol Et>,-rn r.Xa.. tn b, corr',r
- Of the territory situated hrtN cen 'hr Nalu.. q,
~ Tr'u''v r'."r, bound o.. 'lf 70 .n ... il
..- 90 Guo ru.nr.n ..n frnlf river ,.u. ...
-, where a.. - .u'J 'nr,e degrees Of north b..
- lude inirrsrcs one hundred and three degree
We meridian west longitude--a corner The bonr
of Diary Of the Texan cession TO the United State
- then pursuing said meridian TO thirty six DE-
grses thirty minutes north latitude, said para
III lei Of latitude, the Red river, Sc, to the S.