Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-12-29
Gold Scrapings.

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is interesting, and confirms statements as TO the
extraordinary amounts of gold collected, as well
as the enormous cost Of labor, provisions, and all
kinds Of goods, similar 10 those we have already
published. The dark side Of the picture is also
shown, and dark enough it is Many have been
driven from the mines by sickness, and others
have left TO avoid IT, We copy the concluding
paragraph Of MIR Folsom's letter:
at is impossible TO forctoll what will be the
ultimate result Of this sudden development OF
woslth. It is sufficiently obvious, however, that
the country will be prenaturey filled by rest
less excitable, adventurous and reckless popu-
lation, and that extended agricultural or me.
chanical improvements are at an end for some
years to come Gambling and all sorts Of thought
less profusiOn begin 70 prevail The present eN-
citement will attract vast numbers Of the idle,
vicious and dissolnte. Refugees from Justice
from the United States, well as other coun-
tries, will dock to California among the better
disposed population and will find shelter among
the almost inaccessible Businesses Of the noun
tains, where such mines of wealth are now on.
ened. These regions are Of vast extent, and
arc remote from the regular settlements, and
from the operation Of the laws. In the solitary
rcceses Of the Sierra Nevada are little clusters
Of men, with nothing but the trees for their
covering. aud no protection but their own yigi-
| lancc and strength. Many of these people arc
I known TO possess very large amounts of gold
| (somciimcs MS much as twenty thousand dollars)
wrapped in their blankets, where there is no eve
/ 10 sec and no ngent 10 pursue the guilty j. II
strange, when the temptation is 50 great, that
/ the robber and assassin should be abroad amorR
the mountains Many robhcries aud some
murders are known already To have occurred /;
but little attention is excited by these events,
whore all men are in the eager pursuit Of wealth
No one can conjecture the extent Of these ont.
RACES, for living witnesses arr not nj hand and
dead men tell no tales The strong and firm
hand of Government, mus, be promptly extend.
ed 10 save the country iiom the most revolving
acts Of violence
| A Urea Boy UP TO MS EYEs ~ GoLDi--
| We were shown yesterday letter from Young
| fellow in San Franciso, who formerly lived in
1 Utica, showing that after seven years Of change
and har,lships. he has at last dropped anchor in
a lucky spot. lie left Utica seven years ago, ri,
the age OF fifteen, and went to the Pacific on n
/ whaling voyage Getting Tired Of whaling, he
I left the ship at the Sandwich Islands aud some
/ time after, shipped on board Spanish vessel
/ bound to California for hides While in tliis
service, he WAS wrecked on the coast and his
next move was 20 enter the employ Of the great
I New York company, Primo. Wari & King who
had vessels at California, gathering hides. He
has been IN the business tor the last five years.
| The letter just received Is dated q, san Fran
I cisco, August 10, 1913" aud tie touching passa-
gcs in il read A. follows:
I 81 have got more gold Than can In, and am
getting more every day. | shall soon he home
| independently rich There have i-cn two sliip-
here, and their crews left theu and went to dig.
ging gold. They general! dig no deeper than
4 five feet, but ! found the most Of mine in the
creek - Ldca Gazette.
l.. a. r I L.. 4. 4
prize by the " fortunate holder of a lucky mum.
bcr," was sure TO ruin score Of that fortunate
persons neighhors. And snch, we fear will he
The experience Of too many who read the letter
of this Utica Boy" who has more gold than
he can lift albany Journal
COMPANIES FOR CALIFoRNIA.-A Joint stock
company OF IS men, each paving in siO0, arr
about TO proceed to California from Gro,on,
Conn. They buy vessel, freight her, and re-
main in the gold region us long as they think
best. When they return, the profits, If any,
are to be divided equally.
! A company in Bridgeport, Conn, destined
for California, have adopted the name OF Hope
on, hope ever" They start in january, and 20
/ by the way Of St Louis and Santa fe. They
will undoubtedly have abundant occasion for the
exercise Of the yirlue implied in their company
name.
A company is forming in Albany, with cap
ital of $4,000. Shares $500. x part of the
company only are to 60 to California.
HMrs TO CALIroRSIA EmonAxrs.-Re.
member that the earth is not very deep in those
parts, aud that it may be dangerous to dig too
deep.
That many man who has strictly minded
his business at home, has found as good gold as
there is in California.
That all the gold is not in California; and if
all California were gold, it would MT be worth
so much iron ore led, or a granite quarry.
| Thatif men will desert their eountry's flag for
| gold, ii is an evil temptation.
That it il can be dug out OF the rocks with a
jack-kniie, il i not worth digging for, ms any
respectable iack-knife is worth its weight hun
bred times in gold
| That to a hungry man, a good sized roasted
| potato is worth all the California "carets"
| That all the gold in the country, il it cannot
| purchase happiness, is Of no value. -
That there are men who, if they owned the
whole of California and il was all gold, would
not be satisfied with il.
That it is better to dwell with humble liyers
in content, than wear golden sorrow.
n. \. journal gf' Commerce.
| TAKE CARE OF YouR EYEs.-A man who
has returned from California, being asked what
goods were the best investment to be carried to
that country, replied: Green spcetacles, by all
means, for they are needed to protect the eyes
of the gold-dieger from the brilliancy of the
metal"
PHYsIc IN THE GoLD REGIoN.--A physi-
clan attached to the N. Y. Volunteers, now in
California writes to the Efpress that all the 9th.
er Doctors have left San Francisco and gone to
digging gold. iIc is the only Doctor there and
is forced into an extensive practice against his
will, it being very siekly.
e7T A California correspondent Of the n. Y.
| Sun says; 81 saw one poor fellow so wasted
away by hard work and exposure that he was
ready TO give ten pounds of gold for u bag of
biscuit and blanket"
SIS " Hol for California" is the cry of the
gold-seekers. If many OF them don't have to do
something worse than hoe after they get there
they will be Fortunate Lynn Neies.
paS' The bark Saldllo was the FIRST vessel that
sailed from Boston for California since the Gold
excitement. She started last week, with twelve
passengers, and all sorts" Of a cargo including
large quantities Of aIieHt SPIRITS.
IL The steamer Hartford is to lie sent from
Hartford to San Francisco, aOd will 90 through
the Straits Of Magellan, instead of round Cape