The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-08
TFrom The San Francisco Californian, Sept. {

the Northwest Passage Explorer, should he be so
fortunate as TO have arrived in that vicinity.
IFrom the San Francisco Californian, Sept. %
Com MINES OF CALIFoRNIA.--In our paper of August
18th we devoted considerable to the subject Of
se 9a Mines, sang iCe b IN sg II s mel 81 @
the article received by the pube-then the qs
for information about the mnes-and consequently great
the demand Tor paper, that in few hous after publca
ton, the entire edition disposed Of Since then We
the Californian, and this week, the solicitation of
number 81 our patrons we repeat l9e Substance OF the Tor
Il appeaTss hat in the first part of February last Mess
saw.ml for Capt j. A Suffer on the American Fork Of
the Sacramento river about forty miles above lis mouth. In
day and let in the water after night in order wash
se@g of he %a Mr. MaR discovered n S he G ro
lying upon decomposed granite IN the bottom Of the IL
wou that little doubt was entertained Of It's being the
real simon pure for operations eegsed the mill ard all
hands commenced searching for gold. u soon found
that gold abounded along the American Fork for dstaaGe
of thirty miles For time. the DISCOVERIES the only
ones of the fact but the finally spread through
the settlements BUT tt credit however was gained Dy ne
lepo though occasionally solitary god hunter might be
f s g G a e auhg9 oD1 WIN n R s bs
of May, number of credible persons arrived in town from
stating that those who oceuBed in collecting the pre-
cous metal, were making from SO $40 per day. Then
the territory in cOmmoon. Large companies Of men,
the mines their wagons loaded down with fools for digging
PROVISIONS etc Launch alter launch, LETT the WbaTyes OF
city crowded with passengers and freight for the SacTa
meno Mechanical eratoHs Of every kind ceased whole
Streets that were but shot time before alive with busy
population entirely deserted and the place wore the ap
peaance OF city that had been suddenly visited by deyas-
tatns plague To cap the climax newspapers Were Obliged
| 10 stop printing, LOT the want oil readers
Meantime our mercantile friends were doing an unwonted
trct bIongt more OF less go dust he MAJOR part OF which
Immediately passed into the hands of the merchants for
veyed to the mines until became matter of astonishment
where much could be disposed of During the t eight
goa dust amounted TO $25Oo0O. FoEthe eight weeks end
at this date they $500 CO., The number OF persons
gold hUnfnF will DrObabiV exceed 6lgO
including Indians, and day the lowest ave
rage can put for each person. while many collect their
hundreds Of dollars for number Of days succession and
instances have besn known where individual has col
eeted from $l5O0 TO $40 worth oil pure go IN day
Exploraons have been progressing and Il 3 now fully es
UGda from latitude 4O North 10 as iaT south the head
waters OF the San Joaquin rivera distance OF four hundred
miles IN length and one hundred in BREADTH Further than
ms mas Bo5 Deen eAoe Dut Iom the nature OF me conn
try beyond the sources of the San Joaquin doubt not
region already known is however sufficiently extensive to
give profitable employment 100 600 persons atons
TO The is virgin state, disseminated in small
doses and found in three distinct depOsand and gravel
beds on deeompoed granite, and ntermixed with kind Ct
For long time subsequent the discovery Of the mines
the only implements used in washing the god were large
tinpsns or Indian baskets Laerly machines were used
at first rough log followed Gin nstance.) by
burning aRd scrapng with butcher knife atteTwaTds more
finished made their appearance, built OF redwood
long and two feet wide at The top with riddle or seine at
end to catch the larger gravel and thee four small
god from going out with the dirt and water at the lower
rotary motion to the water and dirt inside" -Four
requisite to work one OF these machines properly.
Within the past month many 81 persons from the mines
have arrived this place and SCARCELY launch comes down
the Sacramento without less sick persons board
while some die the river The very natural inference
drawn from this BY those who have been at the mnes
is that they lie in sey section of the country and those at
work there are in daily expectation of being taken sick Ia
our opinion however nothing can be farther from the truth
As far az our experience goes it is on the larger rivers only
where disease prevails and m passing up or down qpon them
the person not in perfect health almost invariably the
to become SICK We have observed but few very few
of sickness the immediate neghbohoOd of the mines but
such believe would have occurred under similar cit
meno safely, (and we would almost insure any persons
doing that was perfectly regular and temperate in all his
habs)et him not when he arrives the mines, work
though he privileged TO operate for limited time only
but POGO, resting at proper nte walls LET him abstain
from the free use of ntoxicating drinks living upon whole
some tOod-ayoding for instance half hot bread let
him sleep under the Shelter of tent with bed-cothng
and if after following advice all these particulars. the
gold hunter becomes sick why-we do not know anything
THE bnIGRATIoN-W have been Informed
from reliable sources that 300 wagons are on their
way from the United States to this Territory.
Some eighteen twenty have already arrived.
We learn also that the emigration from Oregon,
overland to this Territory, will this year amount to
between 1860 and 1860 persons.-Caltoraia Of
The 22d Sept.
MARINE.-The arrival of The ship Belfast, Capt
Jordan, l63 days from New York, is announced in
the Californian of the 23d Sept.
THE TABLES TURNED.-Rather an anomaly is
presented in this Territory in the relative
ditions of men. The capitalist is in reality the
least Independent person among us, and the labor
ing man the most sought after and respected. This
state Of affairs extends into all occupations and
trades. For instance, what would the craft in New
York or Boston say were they TO see that usually
humble Individual the deUI, stumping the editor to
JEFF to see which should split up the firewoOd 3
TFrom the San Francisco californian Oct. ~
[The rhymes which follow, aside from their merit prove
the truly gratifying fact that in these olddiggiHg times
somebody besides the editor finds time to scrbblel
SONG OF THE SPADE.
A PARODY ON HOOD's SONG OF THE SHIRT"
Dig-dig-dig-
Dig1digsdig@
Till you sweat at every pore
Dig-dig-dig-
TOroot in the deep black sand
And this is to be citizen,
And its OH to be slave
To the Heather and the Turk,
To rid the hands Of Christian
From such dirty and tiresome work
WOrk-work-work-
Till the back is almost broke.
With your legs and your thighs in soak
Wohk-w0rk-wOTk--
Revolving az old tin
And wqbbiing about with shake and splash,
Till you doubt you re Christian mani
Soul and body and mind,
Mind and body and soul.
oh cannot be right when they re all confined
To the basin and the bowl!
Ple-ple-pIs-
When its only little heap
Pe-pe-ple-
Till ''gTaddeEly grows more deep
Pbe-pAe-ple--
And stow il away in bag,
Till you gaze with eyes of " i'd surprise,
On the contents of that Tagt
OH il be here stand
And can it be gold see
Ho no ] am off Tor Christian land,
To spend II so meuuiiy RHODERICK DHU.
NEW ORLEANS UMBRELLA, PARAsoL, AND
CANE MANUFACTORY.
ITS ST. CHARLES sTRgET, opposite Lafayette Square
TTMaREI.LAs. PARAsOLs. and CANES Of every
" description made order. Umbrellas and
- .eParasos REPAIRED and covered with <I4FSA
- Silk Gnghams and Cotton, in the neatest ~ ~
- manner, and at the shortest notice. Also, -
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