Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-01-31
TENT LIFE IN CALiFORNlA-FREE
AND EASY EXPERIENCES.
CALIFoRNIA, Saturday, Nov. %, lS3

CALIFORNIA, Saturday, Nov. 23, 1850.
We are here at the old place, Dwight city,
making enough to get our grub, without beg.
ging; that is pretty much all. For my part |
am not very miserable; it makes little difference
where am; do not know that | have any
children crying or suffering for my absence.
As YOU saw | have no wife to write to me-,
neither have any 10 trouble herself at my all
sence, nor to curse me because do not make
nv fortune and come home. II had vile
she would be here with me, to wash my shirts
and do my mendng. could make one very
msefnl as we'll as ornamental, and where 1
could live, she could live also. The fact Is. we
are not so badly off in our tents as you may
imaginr; they are quite as comfortable as
your three and four story bricks. One impor-
tant feature in favor of our houses, is, there is
no getting up stairs. We eat, drink, and sleep
ON one floor, (beg your pardon) on the ground
it is all the same If snake or mouse
wishes to share with US the same floor, we
never dispute their right. They probably have
the best right being the Oldest settlers. We
have no history by which one can tell when
they first took possession. They might have
come in Solomon's ships which he Sent here to
ret gold, when he was building the temple.
have often heard people say they had
found the place where Solomon dug his gold,
and think have found one of them, Tor there
is none left There are mighty few Solomons
left nowadays, or this country would not
have so many fools coming to it. was one OF
the fools, yet came here with my eyes open,
expecting nothing, and have not been dIsap-
pointed But am not troubled; | would as
soon live here us anywhere in tie country.
There is no part Of the world that have seen
t:,ut is plca ,anter than this san. California, or
whclc 4 man can make comfortable living
easier Anv rnail vita two hands can TO ii,
" rrrrver he may be placed, and pay s3a day
for board.
1h" rainy season we conclude has com.
mrilrrd us it has rained sinco Tuesday even
;ry last, and we have, like the squirrels, put in
our winter provisions and gone lnto onr holes.
The weather is not cold; were ii not for the
rain we should need no fire. | have seen
many colder days than this at home III August.
Yet there has been no time during the summer,
when the mercury stood ut 100 that we could
not 90 on the top of Il hill near us and sec the
mountains covered with snow, which suppose
has been there ever since Adam was little
boy, and will last as long as the world does.
From Sickness we have been remarkably
free this season. There has been much of the
cholera at Sacramento during the last six
weeks, but It has not reached the mines.-Cor-
responisnpe Tribune
The Washington Moaamen In aid of this
work. the Chickasaw Indians have, in council,
contributed 5000 During the discussion ofthe
matter, it was stated by the members that the
Matt IN had never shed the blood of white men
in war, and that they venerated the memory of
WAsuINsroS as much as their white brethren.
Death of Heroine. Mrs. Bailey. who is re.
nowned for her patriotism in furnishing means
for prosecuting the battles of the revolution,
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