Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-12-27
From Me Constitutionalist.
THE GOLD MANIA.

t1TS uOLD MANIA.
II would seem TO The enthusiastic can
didates for voyage TO California like
Initiating the fox in the fable, for any one
who is fixed by circumstances 10 his present :
location, TO cry out "sour grapes" and
raise warning voice against being carried
away by the gold mania. Bul we viii .
al that hazard venture the opinion that
thousands who are flocking to California
with glowing auticipations, will return. If
they return at all, defeated and dishear- =
tened. 'ei = so
The emigration is already immense,
and vasl population will soon be on lhe$.
mining dislriel producing a degree Of COM z
petitionin labor, that must soon. greatly.
hEias,sl 9 ltllsAsh .sAeE is.a
.4faFge d7sa OF county yIelding1 The Zpreciouss
ore, yet Of .Ihis,r thefavofed spots @wheress
very large daily returus are realized fro,mi; !:
labor, mus, be limited and will soon bsske
monopolized Then from The nature Of
the case. the expenses Of living will con. -
time TO be very great. Those who make
bu, little will have 10 pay as much to live <
as those who make great deal. The.
fascination Of the pursuit, no wever, will /.
still keep The grea mass employed in gold y
digging TO the neglect Of every thing else;
and The struggle for The means of subsis-. 9,
lance will be very severe. While, there. >;
fore, many poor men are doubtless desti-s-
ned 10 be successful, there will be great.
deal Of suffering and disappointment. aud y
many will come back as poor as they went
away. Ii is not every one that will come Z
back laden with gold dust after paying all /,
his expenses. and debts, and contracts into
which necessity in par, and in part tho :,
infectious spirit of speculation will tempt
him.
We cordially wish all such who go.wili
meet with success. But we think it is a
step 10 he taken only after much cool de-
liberation. There are always Two sides to 4
picluIe. Some, after getting To CaiifU-
MIA. may look back with longing eyes
towards rhe homes they havs left. aud I
may find il toilsome and diIiicul! TO get
hack. Even sailors wages will nol always
remain az SIS or 500 per mouth for the
homeward voyage, and many landsDeu
will be- glad TO work their passage back !,
for rotaing. -
DIAmDsps. Too!-Exiiact Of a letter
received Ivy Mr.. Buf1nm of this city, from
bis sun. Edward Gould Bul1um, dated Pue-
bl" de los Angeles Upper California, July
81:
Persons who have been to the "placers" Z,
say there is ample room for fifty THOUSAND: T
people TO work fifty years. IT is doubtless
the richest place in the world. Within
week or two PasI, diamonds aud plalina
have also been found. These stories.
strange as they may seem. are strictly
true. know them 10 be so. There will pro-
hably be great emigration 10 the country
as soon as the news gets spread at bomer
and ! wish you would sbow-this letter.
and recommend to him TO come By all
means. There is no humbug about This. :,
New places are being discovered every
day. aud Peru and Mexico will ere lung
sink into iusigni6cance compsred with
California. Everything connected with
mining, as well as all goods and provisions
are selling in The mining region al most
exorbian' prices. Pickaxes are worth
hfty dollars each. Shovels twenty-five 9
dollars. Hoes ten dollars. Flour $l0Oa
barrel. Cotton cloth 81 50 a yard, aud
everything else 10 proportion.
OHIo LEGlsLATURE.-The latest des-
patch dated Friday, 6 p. NJ, states that
an organization had moi taken place at
that time. Ia the Senale motion had y
been made to take up Mr. Ashbold's reso.
luton. recomn Guiding the non payment OF
'axes-rejecled by vote Of 10 ~, on
which The mover
..Mr. GoddaId said lha, it made bet:
very little difference whether the resoIu>
lion was taken np or not. The tat had
gone forth. aud nothing short Of the bayo'
net could collect taxes during the preseISf
disorganzasion Of the Assembly,. ssS