, 1859-05-28

their tnfanshs 1isst ind to publlah maps, ehaFf:
andpamphlets, giving glowing accounts ol whaN
hare reason to believe; they knew were mise.
reports Of the Kansas gold mines; and ssrange.
to say they ret persist IN publishing reports, OF
this kind, when thousands are returning daily
10 tell them 0therwlse.
TIE EMIGRATION AND TIE RETrnS.
The emigration has been very large. tmust
hive amounted to ut least IN hundn d thous.
and. have stood upon bill top and coanted
Atty teams ia sight at one time, in distance
not exceeding five miles. There was an evef-
age Of about tive men to one team. and AZ tue
different roads we're lined for hundreds of m1les.
1t the sa.uc ratc nine-tcnths Of TINT vast e. emil
grafton hare, or now are on their retare. rnen lr
these sharpers huys another lick At them 1hey
70 ont aud meet them, perhaps Cry miles on,
With reports that there are 80 many thousands
returned to all the towns along the riser-that
their oxen, wagons aad proyls'sns afe no!
worth anything. consequently the olsheaftenea
e,nigransa sell their property Tor mere soag.
I have seen oxen that cost i hundred dollars
yuke, sold for 80; bacon sic = b; Flour *l.ao
= cnt; Rice &C q b Sugar 4c, etc. wagons
Tint Gust from e75 to elo6, for $50.
The suffering aud loss thnt has been caused
by this infamous humbug is incalculab1e, and it
obsh, and will react upon those who have know
insiy aided md abetted it's prou,ulgation.
o'' Resnectfullv. J. J.MAG1SS1s,
Of Lockport, n 1.
rrro9n the Peoria Transcript. :esh.}
Returned FROM 1Hk Gotn REGsoSs.-Nr. Jno.
B. Smith Of Metamora. who left home the Gth
Of Arril for gold digging excursion To Plke,s
penk, pns>ed through Peoria this week on his
return. lie did not 70 any further than Fort
Kearneyg, meeting several acq9s9atanesa thess fs
who had been for several wetks searching Tor
the humbug mines, and sick, discouraged and
nearly peauiless, were tryiugt to make their way
back to the land Of civilization and comparative
plenty. Mr. Smith in his journey to this posnt:
had seen enough Of The elephant, and satisfied
with the view Obtained. be also set h's face
Aouewards IN his opinlnn. not the half has
been told touching the suffering endured by
many Of the returning emigrants or the des~
paration 10 which they are reduced, and he him.
self saw the body OF man near Cassome creek,
who had fallen On the road, and died from star
vation. In one instance he was knowing to .
valuable rifle having been offered for single
dinner, and was told Of persons VI tbe so-ca.Ga
t mines offering to work full dny for one soii.
tary meal OF yictuuls Mr.. Smith mentions also
tue murder of a postmaster, for haslug been u"
,trumeptn! in the detention of letters contain-
Jug true facts uf tue case, and glyes particulars
o. rarsous instances where forged letters AaVe
peen sent, for the sole pufF"se ol tu1Nils
others to fill into the same snare and bec1nc
tic victims OF that vile horde OF numbering
SPECTATORS. lie passed ut Elmorc Greek OIL tue
| x1utl side of platte river, over one hundred
| Wagons, aud at Clear Greek between fifty and
~ixiy, each wagon numbering about sig men
and alt on their return home Very te" Q,
! theu1 had anv money. und the most ne con'o
| hear az having been made By one man in day
w.ls seventy five cents, while tue lowest price
Tor a days board was two dollars; -,, :.
A.orueE W,rxEss.-3ir- John Wilson. IN
company with four other men from i,acon
PASSED through this city Yesterday, on lls home
ward tour from Pixies Peuk. He brings tle
same discouraying accounts Us those wlo pre-
ceIcl him. aud lis story but corroborates tit
nft-rcpeated tale Of fraud and deception that
has been prac,iced upon the gold hunting chi
grafton Of the present spring.