The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-06

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no bigger thsn ! cat-viith wretched,
tsnyieuA. sssppiaA ssl6sh dspositiog. md
4 tail Ike IN Atwood capital @. curled
ilAlodsstly over his back, and apparently
wer enohsd and twisted to its place 50
tightly that it seemed to lift his hind legs
Of tho ground sshStipes. And We made
Tom poster him md bite his tail; and
his ears and stumble over him; and We
heaped trouble and humiliation upon the
brute 10 that degree that his life became
burden to him. And Billy, hating the
dog, and thirsting for his blood. prophesied
that Quincy would come to grief. And
Gus and / snid Amen. And il came 70
pass according to the words ofthe prophet.
Thus.
On the fifth day out, we left the village
of kagtown. and entered upon the Forty
Eve mile Desert, where tho sand Is Of ut,-
known depth, and locomotion of every
kind is very difficult; where the road is
strewn thickly with the skeletons and car
easses of dead beasts ofburden, and char
red remains Of wagons and chains, and
bolts and screws. and gan-barreh, and
such things Of like heavy naanre AZ
weary, thirsty emigrants, grown desperate,
have thrown sway, in the grand hope Of
being able, when less encountered, to
reach water. We left Ragtown, Ma, at
nine 0 clock in the morning, aud the mo-
ment We began 70 pillow through tina. hor-
rible sand, Bunker, true TO his instincts.
fell into reverie SO dense. 80 profound.
that it required ull the black -snaking'and
showing aud profanity at our disposal to
keep him on the move Eve minutes At a
time. But We did shove, and whip and
blaspheme all day and al night, without
stopping to rest or eat, scarcely, [and alas!
we had nothing to drink, then44 Aad
long before daylight We struck the Big
Alkali Flat-and Quincy came TO grief
for the poor devil got alkalied--inaths
seat of honor You see be got tired,
travelling oil day and all night. nearly
immensely tired--and sat himself down
by the way-side to rest And 10 the iron
entered his soul (poetical figure, Ma -
And when he rose from that fiery seat, he
began to turn somsrsets, aud roll over and
over and kick up his heels in the most
frantic manner, and shrek, and yslp and
bark, and make desperate grabs At his
tail, which he could net reach on account
Of his excitement and tendency to roll
over; and he would drug himself over the
ground in sitting posture, (which af-
forded him small relief, you knov, , and
then jump up and yeip, and scour away
like the wind, and make circuit Of three
hundred yards, for all the world ss If be
we're on the Pony Express. And three
weary and worn and thirsty wretches for
got our troubles, and fell upon the ground
and laughed until ell life and sense passed
out Of US, and the collie came to our relief
and brought US to again, while old Mr..
Filon wiped his specsacles. and put them
on, and looked over them, and under
them, and around them, in bexildared
way, and wondered" every now and
then, "what in the h--ll was the matter
with Curney.'
We thought, yea, we fondly hoped,
ma,-that Curney's time had come. But
it was otherwise ordained. Mr.. Fillon
was much exercised on account Of his
dogs misery, aud. sharing his misery, We
recommended bullet as a speedy reme-
dy, but the old gentleman put his trust IN
tallow, and Quincy became himself again,
except that he walked behind the wagon
for many hours with humble mein. and
tail transformed from brave Atwood cap
ital 0 to . limp and all-wool capital ]. and
gave no sign when Tom bit his ears or
stumbled over him.
We took up orr abode It Unionville,
IN Busua Vista Mining District, Hum
boldt county. after pushing that wagon
nearly 200 miles, aud taking eleven days
to do it in. And we found that the "Na-
tiopai lead there WAS selling At $50 per
foot, and assaysd s2,496 per ton at the
Mint in San Francisco. And the "Alba
Nuev.," "Peru, !" Delirio," Congress,
Independence and others. we're i'm
nensely rich leads. And moreover, hay
ing winning ways With us, We could get
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