Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-05-13

The Milwaukee NearS has letter which is so gene
rally humorous that make it attractive possible
by means of sub-heads. If you like fun read it. It
is alleged to be from citizen of Horizon, Wscon-
sin -
PROMISE REMEMBERED
PIXIES PEAK March l, l859.-lIy Dear Brother:
i promised to write you good long letter
arrived here and take my pen in hand to let you
know that arc all WELL and to hope that these few
lines will find you enjoying the same blessing. You
know left Horizon for the land OF gold about the lst
of February, and arrived here yesterday. My wife
stood the journey rstrate but my five Oldest boys
nearly tired out when they reached here Jane the lit
tie Sis is happy lark and says, 'Tiss Uncle George
| for me-. God bless her sweet heart.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LOCOMOTION.
We had all the hardships in the world before we got
here. We lost our horses at Dubuque-they stolen
from us. We got some extra oxen and lost them one
hundred miles from Omaha. We then tried wheel-bar
rows, my wife and wheeling by turns till the Indians
stole our barroWs. Then we walked till the Indians
stole our provisions and my family got sick, so had to
carry them all on my back. Our money gave out long
before, and for two weeks travelled through wilder
ness where the foot of human being had never rod in
this condition. seeing no living being, and without
money to purchase cracker at any Of the groceries
along the line lived roots till my children all look
ed like pigs from roofing so long
QUEEN BACK BEND.
a have carried my family my back till I am so
roundshOudered that only see the blue sky and
the bright sun by looking between my legs, and up to
heavens canopy that way [ lost two hundred pounds
of fesh-horse meat-when | started from Dubuque or
we should have got along better.
NO HUMBUG
| read in the Milwaukee Ne1cS that Pixies Peak
was humbug. But it amt and the NeqUs knows it as
well as | do We got here in the morning, after walk
ing all night, and though twenty -four hours
in the country we not we'll off, but have good
prospect
GOLD!
"There is gold here-lots of it. The gophers dig it
out of the ground by the bushe and in the moonlight
the whole earth for miles around looks like heaven with
its myriad stars like pretty girl with yellow freck
les. The wOodchucks dig out bushels and bushels Of it
and the snakes in this country look like solid gold
from crawling among gold chunks. 1t is found in al
sized pieces from the size of hens egg up to the big
ness of large stone, and of the finest quality.
PILES AS BIG AS HAY STACKS
1--WE have raked together what lay loose on an acre
of ground, and have twenty-five piles about big as
large sized haystack"
INDIANS AND FINE TOOTH COMBS
: " Last night two hundred Indians came to rob O
set of silver spoons and fine comb that my wife haC
to use the children, and we barrcaded house
with rocks of gold until they could not gain admtanct
and were forced to make friends with US The chic
laid down bis weapons and came into our camp, wher
my wife used the fine comb on his head till his graft
- ude was lively as bis head was, and he was so ckeC
that he offered to marry my wife, and show me where
gold was in plenty. ! loved my wife-yOu know that
George-but thinking that might die before l got
rich, and lGelDg that | must make property tC
leave my children, consented to the match and she
has gone off with the Indian who is great chief anC
= taken the fine comb with her. Come out with YOU
wife and bring a fine comb brother George
BETTER DIGGINGs BEYOND
going to leave these diggings for better one
It is too much trouble to tug and pry up the great biz
chunks of gold that weigh half ton or So and are 81
thick you cannot get them out without danger of break
ing your legs and am going up to ravine, where all
have to do is to so to the top Of high mountain
G roll it down to the river.
DOWN THE LIGHT WEIGHTS.
The country here is fine but the winds are awful
My boys got light with eating roots that on,
keep them by me, together by ping Jumps of gold
about as big malets on their shirt tails as the t
innocents sit down the grass to play. Everything
grows here raise twenty bushels of wheat to tn
acre. Oranges lemons and all such colored fruits grow
wild here while melons, pears apples peaches and ap
pie dumpiDgs plenty that they find no market.
IS AFFECTIoNATE INVITATION.
p Sell of what stuff you have in Wisconsin, and com
o1t here. You can get rich in little while, and g
back in such style that it will astonish the natives.
Give my love to all the folks around the corners
and put notice the schoolhouse that they can ge
an outfit in Chicago for 5000. Come out here, dea
brother, by all means
Yours, affectionately, John SMITH"
MOVEMENTS OF THE PARAGUAY EXPEDITION
?, S. rigate Sabine and g. S. sloop of war Falmouth
E. were at Montevdeo, March 10TH and would sail in
few days for the West Indies. Also at Montevde,
same date, o. S. briggs cambridge, Perry and Dolphin
IT. & steamers Motoooroot OF Aflonfo ro,o;,;nc