The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-30
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The whole country seems to be md WITH tha|
lose Of gold. Golden visions dame before thfl
eyes Of almost Ill Glasses. Everything bias
snmsd 4 goldsp hse. FL Dorado hsls been -
covered, and ihousands are preparing 10 pkve
care and sorrow bshiud them, and ssvsIl ksaP-
piness ON the shores Of the Pacific, re a
richer sun dispenses more golden the
atmosphere he's golden hue; thsc - Of
floating gold, ard n golden drops pj moth
Ing hut goldss y: The sky - blue
but yellow. and aEizon al with an
ocean Of gold. IT, Ginbow tss bsstl p eelosS-'
that Of gold; Iris has dotted - bssy-hssd
robe, and takento plain yellow. low 2 "the
only wear" The earth is covered - gold
en- carpet. and Lypceuses see goy ersry
centre. In california;, Ceres deserves the 2 ~
Of "yellow Ceres, For there ue crops are ~
yellow. The gold1 sap rises tIroag Us gold
en- channels. and nds,ses ,sslf /! golden
fruit, which hangs ~n from me goI' boughs
like the apples in the gaiden Of the Iyesperides.
Like the golden tree. which Aensas was directed
to seek. when one branch is pulled of, another
comes in lis place.
Primo skuso, non deficit alter
Aureus. ct simii froldsscit virga metsllo.
In that blissfal lsada golden spring rsigns
throughout the ysN There happy beings en-
joy the unalIoyed delights Of the golden ags.-
Time is computed by EoIdsn hours, and all &C.
lions are squared by Tie golden rule. Heavenly
vsitants come to then. as Jupiter did to Danas
in showers Of gold. The art Of the alchemis
is useless there; 70, nature herself turns every
thing to gold. NJ Midas there Is obliged to ash
Of god the power of TRANSMITTING whatever h
touches to gold Nature herself 10 Midas.
Politicians look to that golden land, and se'
themselves elected to Office by golden votes de
posited in golden vases. Poets use nothing bu
golden images, and extol the excellence Of IN,
golden mean, and the loveliness of colder
Hope. The Muses., srrsyed In cloth Of gold
dance te the notes Of Apollo's golden Tyre
Cupid shoots golden arrows from golden bow
The love- addresses the golden haired msideI
in golden accent; and the maiden answers, lik
the princes in the fairy tale, by dropping gol
from her mouth. The newly married couple
united BY hymen's golden bands, pass the gold
moon in galdsn joys, while
The golden hours on snsel-wings,"
Ay DER them.
The whole country seems anxious to sngag
in another Aigonautc expedition for the golde
fleece, seeing no wstchful dragon near it,
There is no dsubt great many will be fsecet
A violent disease RACES through the land. II hs
been called the yellOso fsser; but we think
should be considered very violent type of III
jaundiee. CAL looks yellow to the jsundice
eye,2 and thoe who are affected with this dis
ease see nothing but yellow.
To be serious weare sorry to see the stat
Of feeling which exists in our country. w
believe that the discovery Of a gold mine is
curse to any country. Those countries in whic
gold mines have been discovered have Away
been poor. and have generally impoverished tn
countries connected with them. Spain ono
thought herself enriched by her America
mines; but she fit her gold resting upon her
curse. The state of things now existing i
California, shows the legitimate effects of Ii
'accursed thirst for gold" Mills are idle; fiele
are thrown open to cattle; the products Of In
dustry are tramplsd under foot, and houses al
deserted The bAlsful effects of this discover
will be felt for years. The only way in whic
a country can become permanently rich an
Prosperousis by the legitimate profits Of indu,
try. When the golden stream becomes too rapi
it brings ruin and desolation.
Ortogrul. Of Basra. as the great moralist tel
ms had aAsAssnin.a 40 hA..as.4 .i.h n.> a.,
he was meditating upon the means Of acquiriu
wealth, "sleep insensibly seized him in h
chair; he dreamed that he was ranging desc
country in search Of some one that miel
teach him to grow rich; and as he stood on Il
top Of hill shaded with cypress, in doul
whittier to direct his steps. his father appear,
on sudden. standing before him. 'Ortoerul
said the old man, Il know thy psrplexiiy; lists
to thy father; turn thine eye on the oppos
mountain Ortogrul looked, and saw TORE,
tumbling down the rocks, roaring with IN
noise Of thunder, and scattering its foam on A
impending woods. Now said his father, 81,
hold the valley that lies between the hills. O.
togrul looked, and espied little well, cut ,
which issued a small rivulet. Tell me now
said his father. 'dost thou wish for sudden affi,
ence, that may pour upon thee like the mouu
tain torrent, or for a slow aud gradual incrsas
resembling the rill gliding from the wellf'' IL
me be quickly rch,' said Ortogrui; let Il
golden stream be quick and Violent Loo
round thse,' said his father, 'once again. o.
togrul looked, and perceived the channel Of Il
torrent dry and dus,y; but following the rivul
from the well, he traced it to wide lake, vhic
the supply, slow and constant, kept s,ways full
He walked, and determined to grow rich by 9
lent profit and perssvering industry"
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| The ktsh Fund.
Robert Emmett, ESQ.,, of New York, in q IL
ter in relation to the fund collected i'm IN
country for ireland, says: The total amour
Of contributions received by me is, in roun
Numbers, S44 500, besides which hold du
bills for several hundred dollars more whic
may or may not be paid-probably never will