The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-25
California. .rFor lba Cresosnt.l

The mania for this favored region continues to increase.
Nothing is talked Of but the gold mines Of California The
fright which the Cholera OccasOned had subsidized
and the ysO fever has seized not the body bat the minds
Of all who desire to be ch. So powerful has this desire be-
come that the ordinary pursuits Of industry are neglected Tor
the immediate prospect of amassng wealth. and those who
have hitherto contented themselves with moderate share of
the Medium and felt themselves rich in its possession,
will not rest until they go the mnes land Of gold
and collect it in baskets full.
This feeling of getting chof sprnging fro poverty
wealth-fIOm mechanic to milonaire-is not confined
merely to the adventurous who would readily undergo dan
gers and fagues for gain but has fond its into the
minds of old who the grave than they
viii be to California Even supeEannuated old ladies
who find themssy at the wrong side OF nifty without
fortune and consequently without husband, have boldly
resolved TO double the Cape, reach the Mines collect
gold, and get-marTed.
All classes Of society feel great and powerful influence
The adventurous spirit of adventurous people aroused
California the end, the aim of lofty and dsTing am
btion That wealth there in abundance-the gold of the
richest and valuable quality is collected from every
stream and ravne account tends to confirm and from
one end of the Union the other hear Of expeditions
being fitted for the gold mines of California Crafty
speculation, slfu and well directed enterprise with head
long and precipitate ambition will strive to reap the first
golden harvest from this land of promise. The incentives
great and the stimulus powerful that the usual
dence and calculations of commerce will be lost sight Of in
the great Mammon scramble. We will not by peering
into the future attempt to point out different course.
Where the stake is millions the rules of game cannot be OBJ
served; all absorbed IN the magnitude OF the ISSUE 30 II
Is the present instance The popular belief is that the
first California investment in commercial point of view
will realize the This prospect of gain fires the meE
chant and eager for the rich spo which reward his enter
prise he risks his fortune in the throw The small capitalist
who looked upon palty per cent profitable
turn will now want hundred to produce thousand while
the mechanic tired Of the aborng drudge Of the bench
and workshop. looks to the vast wealth which woos him TO
its embrace,
s. To youth Of labor with an age Of ease"
These are some of the feelings which the gold mines
California have evoked-feengs that cannot be checked
scarcely controlled. Every town and village in the United
States will in few weeks have representatives there and
if the marvellous and extraordinary accounts from the gold
regions continue to be verified food tide of population from
the States will rush into Cafoa. and if many disap
pointed in becoming Suddenly rich, they will be amply paid
by resorting agriculture. which viii yield return
We would not be surprised if California in short time
would become of the most popuous. as it certainly
will be one Of the richest States of the Union