The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-24

He Wishes Some Information for the
HeneIIt Of His Uncle.


From The N1c YORK Tribune.
WASHINGTON, December 10, 1867
Could you give me any Information re-
spectinR such islands, II any, as the
Government Ia going 10 purchase? II
IL All uncle Of mine that wants to know,
He IL an industrious man, and well l.dIs-
posed, and wants TO make n living In
an honest, humble way, but more es.
peclHlly be wants to be quiet. He wish
es 10 settle down and be quiet and un.
ostGntntlous. He has been to the new
islAnd-St. ThOmas-but he sAyY he
thinks things are unsettled there. He
went there, early, with an dtLdche of
the State Department, who was sent
down with money 10 pay for the island.
My uncle had his money In the same
box, and SO when they went ashore,
getting II receipt, the sailors broke open
the box and took I'LL the money, not
making any distinction between Cover
Inent money, which was legitimate
money 10 be stolen, and my uncle's,
which was his own private property,
and should have been respected. But
he came home and got some more, aud
went back. And then be took the fever,
There are seven kinds OF fever down
there, you know, and as his blood was
out OF order by reason Of loss of sleep
and general wear and tear of mind, he
failed to cure the first fever, and then
somehow he got the other ak. He is
not kind Of man that enjoys IeVers,
though he is weil.menning and always
does what he thinks Is right, and 10 he
WIS II great deal ANNOYED when II an.
penred that he was going TO die.
Bnt he worried through and got well,
and started Il farm. He fenced Il in,
and the next day that great storm
came and washed the most OF II over TO
Glbralter, or around there somewhere,
He only said, In his patient way, that
II was gone. and he wouldn't bother
about trying TO llud out where It went
to, though II was his opinion Il went 10
GlbraltGr.
Then he invested In mountain, and
started n farm up there, NO M 10 be out
Of the way when the sen come ashore
again. II WAS good mountain and II
good iarm-but II wasn't any uSe-an
earthquake came the next night and
shook II all down. 1t was all irAg-
nents, you know, and SO mixed up
with another mans property that he
could not tell which was his fragments
without going to law, aud he would not
do that, because his main object In GO
Ing 10 81. ThOmns was TO be quie, All
that he wanted was to settle down and
he quiet.
He thought II NIL over, and finally lie
concluded to try the low ground nHnin,
especially ms he wanted 10 sturt brick.
yard this time. He bought HAT and
put out lO,0 900 bricks to Odry, preparatory
10 baking them. But luck appeared to
be against him. a volcano showed H.
self through there that night, and ele.
vAled his bI lCkynTd about = 900 feet In
the air. 1t irritHted him Il great deul,
He has been up there, aud he says the
bricks were Nil baked right enough,
hut he can't get them down. AttirsL lie
thought the Government would get the
bricks down for him. because II the
G0VernmepL bought the island II ought
to protect the property where man
hnS invested In good faith; but nll he
wants IL quiet, mud EO he IL not going
to mpply Tor the subsidy he wHS think.
Ing about.
uCwGnt back there last week, In II
couple Ol ships of war, TO prospect
around the coast for safe place for II
inrnI, whers ho could be quteL; but an
OthOr earthquake came and hOsted bOth
OF the ships out Into ono OF the interior
counties, and he came near losing his
life. So liz has given up prospecting
In u ship, and Is discouraged.
We'll, now he don't know what TO do.
lie haH tried WRlruSSIh; but tho ben III
kept RfI"r him M much, aud kept him
sO on the jump, NJ II were, thRl he hhh
TO lenve the country. He could not be
quiet there. with those bears prAnClnR
AFTER him all the tine. That IL how ho
cAm" to pO to the new Island wo have
bOught-Si. ThumHa. Hut he is getting
tOthlnk 81. ThomnS isnot quIeL enough
for Il man Ol hlS turn OF mind, nnd TINT
Is why he wishes TO find out lithe Gov.
ernrnent IL likely to buy some more liz.
lands shortly. uO has hURrd that the
Government liz thinking about buying
Porto Rico. n that iS true, hB Wishes
tOtry Porto Rico, ifit Ia a quiet place.
How In Porto Rico for this style Of II
nHn2 DO you think the Government
will buy IL MARK TWAIN.