Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-28
Letters From Emigrants.
HAITIAN BUREAu or EMIaR ALTON, !
Boston. Feb. l, 1852. I

NOTE FROM A MASSACHUSET emil
GRANT.
Mr.. VIM. Kellogg, writes from Cape
Hayti, Dec. 13, 1861, as follows, to his
wife in Cambridgeport, Mass:-Mrs.
Charlotte Kellogs-4Hy Belored ITve:-
sit down for few moments to write
to you, as vessel is expected to sail the
18th instant, and cannot let the op-
portunity pass. These lines will inform
ycu that l am in good health, and have
been ever since l have been on the
Island, although was laid up some three
or four days, from an accidental fall
while on ladder 1t was narrow es-
cape with my life, and l thank God
that it is no worse with me than it is.
My dear wife, this is the third letter
that | have written to you, and l am
anxious to hear from you and my dear
children. Itwould give me great salts
faction to hear that you were all well
and in good circumstances. 1 hope
that none of you suffer for want of any
thing.
Oh, my dear wife and children, 1 do
| wish that you were with me here, for l
have learned enough of this place, to
know that there is no danger of your
starving here.
do not say that it would be advis.
able for a lore woman to come out here,
yet some women have turn for bust
ness, and get aleng even here, alone
Amy industrious man can make a living
here, and if my son Benjamin were here,
we could do well. We could get more
business than we could do, if we worked
at our trade (wagon making.)
This is quite business place, and
there are some fine people here, and
have found some of them very friendly.
One of them has advised me to take
land. He says | could get it cleared,
without striking stroke on it. He
says if would put up work shop, the
natives would be glad to exchange labor
on the land for shop work. I have not
yet done anything at my trade; but have
been doing carpenters work.
a very wealthy gentleman has made
me an offer. He proposes to set me mp
in business on his place, where he will
guarantee me as much work as l can do.
He is to furnish me blacksmith's y bel
lows and anvil, &C., coal and iron, and
all the timber TOR nae to work; also a
house to live in, and will find me grub
until get started, and then am to find
myself. am to have half that make.
Here are some Of the prices for work:
making wheels, $3.50, Haytian, or
$3.50, American currency; one pair of
small size, $3.50, or $50; one cart shaft,
s25 Haytian, OR 50 American; wheel
barro8s sS American currency, &c, &c.
Now l cannot see what alader the sun
is to hinder me and Flavel from max
ing plenty of money. The American
Consul said yesterday that-th there was a
great inducement for men to raise cot
ton, as it is now worth twenty five cents
per pound, aud will be higher. Cotton
bushes grow very high here. a gentle
man took me through his farm at
Gonaives, and showed his cotton bushes,
which he said yielded twenty pounds of
cotton per year. What would thou
sand or more yield. People are coming
to this country very fast from the States.
1t is said that 955 emigrants have ar
rived at St. Mark within the last two
months.
must close. I hope these lines may
find you and my dear children in good
health. Love to all, not one excepted.
oh, how l miss my family. l do not
like to be separated in this way. Have
you had any application for the pur-
chase of the house? Do write by every
chance you have. Kiss Maggie, Rachel,
and the children for me- Benjamin,
my son, write to me by the first oppor-
tunity. Now goodbye. May the Lord
bless you all, and if we never meet on
earth, may We all meet in Heaven.
WM. KELLOGG.