The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-15

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- Dsaiag - ~ tArss weeks ~ have
bssh vtsissd b abs0inAhls wsaahsr, rssaltiag
b sconplsts asandoa q eur prairie cell with
watss. there b On embargo upoa travel
yAsnsn en- neither plov. narhss what little
aAsy have = ell, nor attend 70 any Of their &C.
saseomed Spring work. In town, business 10 as
Dad leek-nssehants and traders are look
nc f. sussenssA nschanics idle, and our mar
he's bare u butter, eggA wood, corn, hay, ETC.
Hard - times ars " are ferosd % pay 20 esnts
Ses stale butter, q for wood, (plsnty as q 80
whsa reads ass passabls,) and in this proportion
throughout But NEST troubled and worried By
che impossible and almost unfathomable mud
Of the roads are the gold hunters, eager and
expestant-now on their way to the new Edo.
sado. We hear Of them in every direction,
struggling though the miry sloughs and stick
Ing often BY the way in our tough and tenacious
mud-holeA which are nearly Of even depth, and
sxsead over al the country, in the highways
and by.ways. With that unsonqusrable ener-
" and undauntsd courage which carried Ma
peleou the Let and his army across the Alps, the
geld hunters are pressing forward, without oar
Ing 6g abost the price Of corn. "Excelsior"
b doubtless their motto, Jet their onward pre-
grsss i evidently very slow and toilsome, cal.
culated 70 make impatient drivers initiate the
example Of our army in Flanders. and their UNI
fortunate cattle wax very lean. But hope tells
. aattssing tale. They will como back by and
By In fine coaches, laden with Offering dust,
and spread themselves amazingly. 30 be it,
a. A. the election in Muscatine, Monday
Last, George Mason was reelected Mayor. To-
hi number Of votes cast, s92.
NEBsAsKA CIrY, Feb. 24th, 80.
3D. Hank-Eys Since writing you my last
stter nothing Of importance has transpired in |
town.
Yesterday had the pleasure Of converting |
with two young men Who had just arrived from
The mines, bringing with them nine hundred
dollars worth Of the dust They made the trip |
with oxen in twenty-five days; they came in |
for the purpose Of procuring the necessary i'm
plements for getting the gold out with; they say
miners are making from Ave to ten dollars per
day, with nothing but knives, hatche:s, &C., to
dig il out with. 1t is thought that the richest
diggings will be found ON the mountains, but
are unable to prospect any there as the snow is
very deep. They went out on the South Platte
route, and returned on the North Platte route; |
they give the latter route . preference in the
winter on account of the abundance Of timber |
for fuel, but say the crossing at Fl. Kearney 10
very bad, they having lost yoke Of oxen and
one mule. They saw the bones Of animals
bleaching ON the sand.bars At this crossing,
which were drowned in attempting to cross at
that place. They had good grass until they got
within one hundred and sixty miles Of F. Kear.
ney, where it became very Indifferent.
They say the miners are in good spirits and
good health. Provisions and game plenty.
The river Is now open at this point. We
look for the 6rst boat Of the season in about two
weeks.
There have been three new business houses
opened in this plcce during the last three weeks.
M. Nuckolls Of the ''Platte Valley Bank" has
opened miners Quitting store. There have
been merchants from St. Joseph up here during
the past week, looking for store-rooms, but it
10 almost impossible to get dwelling house.
Messrs. HUMPHREYS h Fulton, Of st. Louis, are
expected here in the Spring with one of the
largest stocks Of goods ever brought to the
Western country.
More anon. J. L. D.