Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-13
!. THE CITY.
no FOR IDAHO!
Depa rtuyc of Columbiuns for the
New EldOradO--The Imml-
% grafton irom OHIO.

The fabulous wealth of the gold mines Of
Idaho, as reported by those returning from
the diggings, has induced many OF our
Young men to abandon their ordinary avo-
cations at home, and venture upon the
journey thither to aniass fortune by
speedier means than their occupations here
afford. The unsettled condition Of the
country and Its politics may have had some
influence in propagating the idea that there
is more enjoyment of life in the dangers
and bardships of the mines, than in the
worrying routine duty amid wars and ru-
mors of wars, and the dreadful strides to-
ward anarchy and despotism which the
country is taking. At all events, the immi-
grafton from Ohio to Idaho this spring VIII
be almost as great as was the exody of ls4s
to California. We hear Of numerous parties
In different parts of the State preparing to
commence the journey, and confront the
chances of great fortune or an unnoticed
grave In Idaho. r,.,Jyt.g ..lit .,T
On Monday morning party made up in
this city, started their train of mules and
wagons to St.Joseph, Missouri, by railroad
and soon after followed themselves. This
party is composed of Mclean Doherty, the
well known railroad ticket agent in this
city, George Ksrp, Thomas White, wilson
White and d. Van Trump, the last named
from Lancaster, Ohio. Nc Doherty gave
up the position which he occupied as gen
eral ticket agent at the Union Depot for ten
wears. with remarkable efficiency and faith
tulness, and surrendered the comforts OF
home for dash of frontier life, of which he
has already had considerable experience In
Texas and the Western Territories. Sever
al others of the party arc old Californians,
who still retain flush of the fever of '49
In their compositions. They start from st.
Joe, overland, with full equipment OF
mules, teams, dogs, weapons, kettles, tents,
and the necessary implements to dig the
shiney from the sands OF the new Eldorado
We wish them the most satisfactory sue
cess, and hope they will returni in a. year OF
two with bag full of dust over each mules
back. fqs{rtty ~. j-s5-t n,
Mr.. T. w. Greene, typo, and Thomas
luther of this city, also started on Monday
for Idaho, by the ocean route, via Califor-
mia and the Columbia river. F
In Holmes county some of the young men
are preparing to start by the same route as
the. party first above mentioned. In this
crowd is D. S. Uhl, the talented young Rep
resentative from little Holmes in the Legis-
lature. Uhl probably thinks that it will
take six months of prairie life to extinguish
the recollection and contamination of the
late General Assembly. He, too, is a Cali
fornian, and we sincerely trust his expert
ence in the gold hunting and dust digging
line, may serve to secure him and his party
an abundance of lucre, whiclin this shoddy
era is the touch-stone of fame.
We are sorry to lose so many good and
brilliant young fellows from Ohio, but we
may console ourselves with the reflection
that the territory they are going to needs
some. improvement in its population, and
what is our loss will be Idaho's gain.