The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-05

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| The following note from Mr.. Greeley VI
| written 70 friend in this city, and as it win n
doubt interest many of his friends, we hay
been permitted 70 publish it.
DEAvER CIrY, Rocky Mountains,
| June 10, 1859.
II am here In the vicinity Of the Gold Dig
gings, nearly half way across the continent, bn
mot half way through ny journey. I have
lame leg, caused By an upset 10 the Express
| wagon, which has bothered me good deal, snS
will keep me here for the neat week, but On
going now 70 devote myself 20 curing it. Ur
| to this time, have had no chance; have beer
riding almost constantly since my accident, and
have spent the last three days climbing the
Rocky Mountains and looking through the ne y
Gold Diggings, and my conviction is that there
10 no mistake about it. There 10 gold here, bu
Il is harder TO get il BY digging thap in almost
any other way, A few will make fortunes here.
while many will lose oil and 60 away utterly
bankrupt
"But the glorious Rocky Mountains are them
selves worth . visit. They are not . range
merely, but chaos Of mountains three hundred
miles broad, with their forks, their snowy peaks
their grassy bill sides, their favines and their
glorious forests. Such clean sweet miles on
miles Of fragrant. softly whispering Pines, you
never imagined. The cir is gloriously pure. the
hill sides dotted with springs, the ravnes mus-
cal with running streams that never dry up.
wish had one friend to 60 through with me;
nave hitherto had company; hencelorth sup
pose must travel alone. | expect to have 10
60 out to the crossing of the Platte, on the Salt
Lake mail route, thence 10 take the mail wagon
to Utah. hope to be in Salt Lake CITY on the
4th Of July, aud in San francisco about the Ia
OF August. mean to leave for home on or
about September lst.
''Yours, II. G.n
NaPoleon,s Proclamation Issued at
memt. =
New York, June q.
!. The following proclamation has besn pub
lished at Milan:
'Ihe fortune of war has conducted me to the
capital OF Lombardy. Let me tell you why
am here. When Austria unjustly attacked
Piedmont, ! resolved TO sustain the King OF
Sardinia, my ally. The honor and interests Of
France made this my duty. Your enemies. who
are my enemies, have endeavored to diminish
Inc sympathy which exists throughout all Eu-
rope ior your cause, by trying: to persuade the
world that | am carrying on this war only tor
personal ambition or to aggrandize the territory
d France. II there are men who do not un-
1erstand their epoch, am not Of their number
N the enlightened state of public opinion which
prevails, men are greater by the moral influence
shich they exercise than by barren conauests. /
md this moral influence seek after with pride.
n contributing to emancipate enc of the most
beautiful parts Of Europe. Your reception |
las already proved to me that you have under. |
TODD me.
DO not come here with any preconceiyed |
'ian to dspossess soyereigns, nor to impose nv |
'wn will upon you. Ny army will only occupy |
tseif with two things--to combat your enemies |
nd maintain internal order. 1t will place no |
bstacle in the way of a free manies tation Of |
our legitimate wishes. Providence sometimes
avors nations, like individuals in giving them
ccasion to rise suddenly to greatness; but it is
n condition tina. they have the virtue to profit
y it.
FRONT then by the fortune which Is offered
ou. Your desire OF independence, SO long ex.
ressed, go often deceived, will be realized ii
ou show yourselves worthy Of it. Unite then
'r one sole object, the enfranchisement Of your
ountry. Seek military organization. Hasten.
\ OF you, to place yourselves under the flag Of
ictor Emanuel, who has already SO nobly
Town you the path OF honor. Remember that
i,hout discipline there is no army, and anima-
d with the sacred FIRE of patriotism. be moth
e to-day but soldiers. Tomorrow you will be
ee citizens OF great country.
Done at the imperial quarters at Milan, the
h of June, 1859.
lsignedJ NAPOLEON.