Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-04-08
Prey Csrrsspsadeaos ef TIE Beiatcore Gazette.
ST. Lorls, Mo.LNarch %. 10

- ST. Lotus, Me- March 30. SO.
Ep.~GAzETTB+ find upon examining my
memorandum OF promises made to my. friends
for letters before leaving Delaware, that to full
fill them all is entirely out of the. question. and
as know of no better plan of compromising
than Through the columns of the Gazette,
must request them to accept what may follow
as an. equivalent for what l would gladly give
them If 1t lay IL Fay power. e
We arrived in Cincinnati Monday evening.
2lst inst. The next day We engaged passage
on board the Gen. Pike for, 81. Louis. The
Captain. assured Us that he would leave the
next morning, bfIt We found that an Ohio River
Steamer Captains next morning. signifies
some mdefinate time in the future, which we as
iandsRlen did not at the time fully understand,
for the next morning came and there was no
signs Of our getting of, and We were thus COM
PEELED to remain on board. until Thursday
evening, the Captain continually cautioning
Us not to leave, lest we would be left and after
the bell had tolled for the one hundreIth time
We heard the gruff command of the mate to
haul in the plank" and we commenced mo-
wing slowly down the river. Our hearts beat
quicker at the thought Of getting off, and one
could plainly discover a look of cheerfulInesss
IN the passengers countenances as we started
away Not that the city had no attractions.
but the vernal sun and warm showers betoken-
ed "early grass on the plains, and but increas-
ed that hunger for adventure which nothing
but the snow capped summit of Pixies Peak can
satisfy. We have some 300 passengers on
board, three-fourths of these are en- route for
the gold field of Kansas. We meet several
old acquaintences among them, one of these a
young man lately from the halls of the @. w.
L.. Like poor dog Tray he fell into babe ompa-
ny. The eve before we left Cincinnati he
torned the acquaintance of some gamblers
who relieved him Of the most of his pile $500
ID goidE IN a very few moments. / watched
him as Ire staked his watch and the last Of his
money, in hopes to win back what he had pre-
Tlously lost. His friends begged him to come
away, but he was confident he could win. His
hand trem5led like an aspen leaf as he reached
over the table to turn over the card on which
he had riskcd his money. He turned it over
and 10? he had lost. ] could not suppress a
smile III spite of his i'll luck and haggard coun-
tenancc as he turned to me and said: IF my
father had spent as much money in learning
me to play French Monte as he did in cduca-
ting me at Delaware, l mould to4lag be a rirgr
IL his close attention to his collegiate
studies he had forgotten 10 read the papers. The
gamblers went ashore at a small town Is miles
this side of Cincinnati. carrying with them
something over $500 Of the passengers money.
On the lower deck are GO passengers who filrn-
their own provisions, bedding, &c. and do
mlcll with the horses and oxen. They are
farmers from northern Ohio, stout. robust fcl-
lows, with their spades and picks, with willing
hearts and robust constitutions, eager for the
battle titncied as | walked through their
part OF the boat and saw the dirt and filth
with which they were surrounded and thought
of what We would be obliged to pass though.
view No. ]. AT every landing we
'ook aboard passengers bound for the gold re-
steamers left for Kansas CITY.
we lay at Cincinnati, each carrying 100 +
for the gold mines. The weather
'as been warm and balny; on either side of
he Ohio add Mississippi as We passed along
We saw meadows clothed in the brightest green
nd peach orchards in full blossom. Thus far
Se have had a pleasant journey. We arrived
n his city yesterday morning and are now
to move on board a steamer that
caves for I~eayrnworth to-day.
Yours, T. C. ". 3,