April 17, 1865 pg 6

and several others living near by who have
extended me invitations to call and spend awhile
with them. As to the general "surroundings" of San
Francisco, I will merely say that it is a neat,
busy, dusty city; pleasant and sunny in
the early part of the day and windy and bleak
in the afternoon and evening. The people are
peculiarly a homogenous mass and represent, in
very good attire, most all the nations of the
earth. I sport a "plug" hat, new and sleek.
I also sport brown kids and keep up a very
considerable degree of dignity on the streets. The
common people knowing my retiring disposition, have
refrained from any public claims for my
appearance at banquets or popular gatherings
in the character of orator or guest of the city.
I am actually addressed as Mr. Mighels by those
of the thoughtless multitude who forget the title
which has accompanied my world-wide fame,
sounded this the brazen trump of Mars. Such
is fame!

I send you a notice of my arrival which
appeared in the "Nevada Union", a paper published
in the New State of Nevada. I am in receipt of