Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1869 — Incidents of the “White Pine” Fever. [ARTICLE]

Incidents of the “White Pine” Fever.

Wa have heard of several instances lately of the first use made of the rood fortune which has attended some of the White Pine adventurers that show the better side of human nature. One man, who had lost his 'grip,’ and had become worthless by drink was accosted, one day, by a friend, and told that he could do nothing here; he had no credit and no influence, and few friends; he had better go to White Pine. Hto adviser offered to furnish money enough out of hto own moderate earnings to take him there, and would look after hto family in the meantime. The man went,onder a promise not to spend a dime of the money so furnished for drink. After a while he got hold of some claims, began to make small remittances to his friend, enough in all to liquidate the indebtedness for hto outfit At a still later day he returned to the city, paid all arrearages for family expenses, met his old friend, and told him that from the hour he had been taken by the band he had never spent a cent for liquor. If he had not done much he had beoome a sober man. The friends parted at the steamboat landing; the White Pine man returning. In the hurry of the moment; he recollected that he bad a small package for hto wife’s friend, which he had nearly forgotten. The package contained a -deed for the house and lot occupied by Ms benefactor. The property was worth about eight thousand dollars. Another “ dead broke ” man recently returned from White Pink, and, meeting one of his creditors, began to talk about the old indebtedness. The creditor said that the account was long ago outlawed, and he had quite forgotten the particulars. White Pine said that made no difference. He had to come down with $15,000 in hand to pay hto debts. Hto first business was to hunt np every creditor, paying him principal and interest, declaring that he had no right to count a dollar as hto own until he had paid all hto debts. We have heard of many other instances quite aa notable. Now, if White Pine U going not only to develop mil lions of treasure, but to really going to help develop what to best In human nature, there will be no estimating the value of there new discoveries. It may yet fall to the lot of some ingenious moralist to consider of White Pine as a “means of grape.”— Son Frandtco Bulletin. * _ - ■ ■ —The report of the New York Commissioners of Immigration for 1666 shows that 213,686 aliens arrived at that port during the year. This was a decrease of 29,041 from the year 1667. Of the whole number, 101,989 were from Germany, 47.671 from Ireland, 29,696 from England, and 84,431 from other countries. The number of immigrants from Sweden was nearly 10,000 greater than In 1867,