The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-12-15
From he ". o. Crescent.
VERY LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
GOLDl LD!GOLD

A few Days ago we published some &C.
counts Of the gold region Of California re.
ceivcd here by Lieut.. Loes5r, benrer Of des.
patches. These accounts we're Of 50 aston
ishing nature that they appeared to many
rather the wild im~aginrngs Of a disordered
fancy than the sober reality Of truth, vet won
derful as they were We have to believe them.
Every successive arrival from California not
only confirms but generally improves upon
the statements Of The former, so that we shall
be forced 10 cry " bring US no more reptrts,n
II we wish TO retain our people at homo con-
tented with the quiet accumulation Of wealth
BY means Of the plough, the anvil and the
loom. The very latest news we have from
California is the llth Oct, and for il we arc
under obligations to Mr.. Cutting a gentleman
who left San francisco at that date and came
home BY the way Of Mazatlan, Mexico andVera
Cruz. Mr.. Cutting ia, or rather has been a resi-
dentof Will county, l~llinoisto which part ofthe
country he is returning now for the purpose Of
taking his family. thence TO California. From
this gentleman wehavc learnedihtereSting par
ticulars concerning California, its present con.
dition, prospects aud particularly the uurfer-
GUS product, Of which it contains 80 plentiful
supply. We must confess that previously we
have Ind no uncomfortable degree Of skepti-
clsm IN regard to the existence OF such vast
quantities. ofthe precious metal, but our doubts
are fast being dispclled, and we have come to
the conclusion that California mus, be the
sought for by the juvenile Wilmington
he expected to end the streets Of Lon.
don paved with gold. Mr.. Cutting has been
in California yeur. lie went there for the
OF testing the soil and climate, with
Q view Of returning for his family il he found
them favorable to agricultural pursuits. In
these respects he speaks of the country in the
highest terms, and is satisfied that notwithstan.
ding the abundance Of gold the more substan-
IIal source OF wealth 10 to be found in the fer
Iility and productiveness Of the soil In spite
d this, however, the who'd population has
been seized with the mania for digging; the
mariner has aband ned his ship, the black.
Irnlth HE anvil, the farmer HE plough, and all
IRE TO be seen busy night and day extricating
The shining ore from the bosom Of the earth
50 great was tho rush to the mino that for a
tho unfortunate editors were compelled
Q cease publishing, for want Of readers.-
consequence Of this state Of things is,
the labor Of the country has Beccme more
powerful Than the c~aPisal-thus reversing the
lsual order; and the editor Of the Californian
declares that he Ind to toss up with his devil
o decide which should split the 6rewood.-
Fhe total American population Of the terrific
y is estimated At about 5000 or this the
number is employed in the Mines,
including Indians, there about COCO per.
al work. The gold which is found by
he latter class soon passes into the hands Of
he whites, az the Indians are willing 0 sell
i for almost any kind Of trinket, 8 little run.
o. q Ratchet, and they frequently give
for is weightin beads This, however, will
not be the Gaze long, as the Indians will soon
SommeneO to know the value Of the article
BY he estimate The whites set upon il. The
region, a far as il has been explored
4Oe miles II length BY 1850 ii breadth
Iha, i from the head waters ofths San Joaquin
u about lat. SO, 70 lat Al north. This i
lie extcn, Of the exploration III that section
from the geological structure of tho coun.
ny beyond the sources oft The San Joaquin, il il
supposed that Tho ore exists to al equestrian ex
lent ,as has already been discovered. IN the
Paft Of the Territory two large dc.
have been found, az We learn from The
following which va extrart from the Calitorn.
ian IF Oct. nj
MoRE GoLD.-When will they bo done dis.
gold in California? The Iast Tia, 10,