Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-26
Letter from Joe.
NEW YoRK, Feb. :, 1869.

lett fHc nay on kut 1ftit Uit. anu BVt hcit
ali right 5,h INST r. NJ Gen. Grant arrived
from Washington about the ametime-Insk-i
ing the only remarkable thing on the whole
trip from California He didn't send for me
10 take a Cabinet position, oh no; it was half
dozen others by the same steamer. We
had great variety Of human character on
board that shp-old Noah's Ark didn't con
tain half as much-though he might have
beat US on the nice arrangement OF sex;
but then we had some females abo ,rd that
had nice arrangements. We had piano,
cracked violin and flute, and any amount
OF cracked voices 7 was not sea-sick,
however, and not at all sick of the
sea; AMI this cold weather almost drives
me back the way came. enjoyed the sea
sickness just as much MS though had It'll
not better; so / am not jealous on that score.
We STOPPED at MaIz'nlllo and Acapulco, in
Mexico. and San Juse IN Gaufamals; conse
qupnily kent pretty near shore all the way
AZ near as ever want 10 be ia that country.
We got ashore al Arapn'cD-thal l.. all these
who wanted tOgL, wanted Ia, and went.
was on Mexican s'dl three quarters OF an
hour, but WAS told that il stad fifteen min
utcs longer I'd have To take sides IN reyo-
luton back DER the divide Being follow
or of G ant, wanted pare. was Informed
that there we're several nice looking places
thereabouis. but tailed TO see any Of them;
they don't try to hide anything there, either
Both sexes dress in raw-hiie--just as our
first parents did suppos the reason they
haven't fallen rs dil Adam and Eve, Is be
cause they had no apple-trees I" clunb-pine
apples are not mentioned as forbidden fruit
Ia the natives, in the cabin Regulations.
Wen. We got along remarkably well, until
"ofr Hatieras, whrn l. was just all the
Rising Star could ,lo frnm following in the
wake OF the = Evening star. " wlo'se Lad Of
passengers wont woke III G ihri-l ionts his
horn. Never having I'rrn on the hriny deep
where II was 81 deep ~ that II int know
what heavy gale WAS iili after il was over
So "Mhere ignorance is bliss. It's folly to
b.. WISE" slept as s"undly a. # oa diy
lind To tell ytdI the truth. all in III,
never enjoyed anything 50 much a. that lille
sea .vuynge in my life. Bless mol ND
20 round the world aud not miss the tine
! Don't be surprised To hear thu have start
/ cd on that Trip IN order la get back 1" the
4 Pacific C0is' There was nothing much to
| be seen on the lsthmus different fio what
| yo have read and heard Ola Thousand times.
| The Isihmns If Darien Is Id to connect
North and Soulh Amrrica-thc only finlt
found with il; It il The opinion Of many OF
our wiscst statesmen that IL should not do
So, and that they will yet sever these >iamrse
! TNius-nOS that they have got their hahds
in in the matter Of freeing the blacks |
will see u asst Butler, and propose That he
use some OF those spoons ia -coop ny pas
sage thro lgh therc-perhal's that wnul be
easier than getting a passage through the
Rump Congress first. ! see by the Cards sent
in, the oil cock(eye) called on Grant y Co,
| in thus city, and doubtless they've liked That
'.bot,le" business 81 tho Beast can have
passage through that canal, of which several
/ Democratic cusses from the Pacific Coast
would willingly take a surk-l mean two or
three that came On the Rising Star In lat,
II seems official pap Is sweet, no matter
whose quill il comes thraagh. III can man
age to keep my feet warm and head cool fur
a month or two, III tell you all about il in
1 the meantime. Ill have something TO say OF
1 the several cities along the coast-inrludng
tho Hub" where will 90 next week. +"
will hunt up the several prominent Ida
hoans Ia town, ami perhaps tell you a tale
about quartz--as seen ffom this standpoint
II Won want 10 know how Pye spent my
evenings so tar, will tell you, Friday, II
Niblo's, where the Forty Thieves are
running on "slape va perfect wilderness
OF pretty women, stripped OF all foliage, ex-
cept the tlg-ieaves IL is having an immense
run. Last evening, went TO the Academy Of
MUSIC 70 nuhF VIC buii anu i"Ity :" hiif oantt
iddlers and as many toOtists, give grand
instrumental concert The old manipulation
of catgut got most Of the applause, and is
said to play as well as twenty Years ago
I'm glad his full Of fiddlers, SO We can have
one good performer on the outside. As yio-
linist. he is perfectly immense; but his fail
ure in establishing colony in America, was
equally success. You know what an an
Gent philosopher said9-he cculdn' play the
fiddle, but he could make a city out of q
small town. think he lied in one sense Of