Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-05-13
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 1s, 1870.


US. It's in the great humboldt Valley, wido,
but poor-prairie grass and the everlasting
sage brush--and, as we advance, Ho shall
noto some things, and shall omit many for,
"e are sure, our notes arc getting monotonous
to you.
From Ogden to Elko-tl,c breakfast house
is 275 miles. We reach here at 81 o'clock,
crossing the Humboldt River many times, rs
we wind around her massive hills. The Ia
borcIs are many, all along the line of rail-
road, and are generally Chinese; their camps
or huts are seen often along the line of the
road, sometimes dug out of the sides of the
mountains, with hole just large enough to
crawl in and lie like dog; sometimes in
canvass or brush camps; sometimes in turf
houses. just along here tho sage brush is
dottlng the mountain sides, just like the pic
lures on wall paper, in tho distance. No
soldiers on this road. At Elko VIC had good
breakfast-sl, greenbacks Hero is busy
p'ace-hundreds of persons gathered to take
stages Tor the White Pine Silver Mines, ia
this Territory, sixty or eighty miles above
We counted, at this city, fifty.six stages and
numerous wagons, to convey passengers hith-
er and thither. 1t is a place of perhaps
l,OOO inhabitants, and you soc persons of all
Kinds and from all sections, great many
Indians amongst them and few "fiftcenth
amendments" Just hero was had little
Crow on the train. The Conductor (NIr.
kimbalD put off two men for refusing to pay
their fare. They had purchased tpunchcd
tickets" at Elko, from some of the many rail.
road followers anG swindlers- difference,
about fifteen dollars. After some little skir-
mshng on all sides, the amount demanded
was paid, and tho men were allowed to get
on again. "Nobody hurt on our side I"
| Along hcre-Beowawe Station-the Hum.
boldt Valley improves in tho appearance of
her lanqs, and we see settlements, and hcraoiay
out with their stock occasionally. We are
now at Battle Mountain Station, new sta
ton, at foot of mountain in Humboldt VAL
ley, taking it's name from severe battle hav.
ing been fought here, years ago, between the
indians and cmigrants. The Indians stanpc.
dcd their stock, while cncampcd on the Hum
boldt River, tho emigrants pursuing them to
this mountain. Many Indians here now
the Shoshonc tribe now friendly.
Wo have omitted many stations along to-.
day, because it would just be reputation of
their names, without any particular benefit
We would only name them and say "they
were in the humboldt Valley" and, in pass
ing through, there is no special thing to note
the scenery is rather monotonous. Now,
high, sweeping, dry winds arc blowing, and
many of our party want cleaning up-the
dust and smoke has so taken hold on u.s. that
we scarcely know whether we arc ourself, or O
Chinese, Indian, miner, stage driver, sad.
dle-colored fifteenth amendment; and, as we
propose to keep up with the express train VIC
arc on, we have lttle time to attend to our
toilet. Il,
We close our notes for to day at and near
Winhemusca Station. Just near around hore
arc tho Hot Springs, thai will boil an. egg
dono in three minutes. Tho Stone House
Station is an old place, and the old stage
stone house walls arc now to be SEEN The
silver mines Of Battle Mountain and Golconda
ara near hcrc, within ten or twenty miles OF
tho railroad. This is on the line Of tho old
California cmigrant road.
Tomorrow we hope to reach San francisco,
and thenyou shall hear from us in the Gold.
en- State. Yours, &C., G..
P. s.--We send you Chief "Wash. h.a.kie, /"
Of tho Shoshone tribo G.,
BENEFITS or LIFE INsuRANcE.--Cnpt
" Wm. A.. Charters, one of the victims Of the
Richmond calamity, was insured in tho Uni
versal Life Company for $4,000; Mr.. VIM
II. Davis, coal merchant, in tho samo compa
ny, for $1,000. Mr. Hugh Hutchinson was
insured in tho Piedmont Company for ST..
, 600. lie had paid up tho premium on his
policy not twcnty minutes before he was kill
ed. Mr.. Julius A.. Hobson was insured in
tho Manhattan for $4,000, and r. II. Maury
for 81, 900 In the samo Company, Messrs
Neeson and II. M Bell, Of Augusta, Who are
critically injured, arc insured each for $40,
4 600: Mr.. w. @. Durham, whose condition
is rrecariops, is insured in various companie.
! fors40,O00. .g. X, s'.. 4 !.
4 s1. Twenty two years ago a couple wer,
. married in New York, had ono son, liyet
! togetheriten years, and then, after losing al