New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-11
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II We are all fairly afoat upon one or the
other Of the three gres, Cs Of excitementCongress
Cholera and California and It is difficult to from
their surging dry land enough for full. grown
Item 70 rest its feet upon. As to Congress have
nothing to do with IL one way the other but In
gard to California and the Cholera we are entitled to
say well as another. As to the first do n
see any links OF probability missing in the golden chain
by which Hope Is drawing her thousands Of disciples
q the new Fl Dorado where fortune lies abroad upon
the surface Of the earth plentiful the mud in our
streets and where the old saying Of pocket full Of
rocks meets golden realization. There seems, in
fact TO be At present no loop hang doubt upon Of
tue Immense TltAts VI nc AhAiolNla Ipl htklyNf
which possesses this vital advantage over all other
gold regons-ihai the perous stuff lies loose upon the
surface Of the ground or only ghtly adheres to the
rocks and sand Instead Of the expensive and cumber-
some apparatus usually required work gold mines
and which In North Carolina and Mexico. often
cost more than the gold is wor,h-,he only machinery
necessary in the new Gold mines Of California Is
stout pair Of arms a shovel and a tin pan. Indeed
gof4 on holy hoo Ia f1
obtain these utensils are fam TO put up with single
bi, Of board although board perhaps the
and dearest thing in the country and dig away quietly
and in peace Of mind pocketng their fifty sixty dol
lars day and having plenty Of leisure.
These extraordinary facts have created such IN.
tense and all pervsding excitement rs mas perhaps
before been witnessed in this excitabe commu-
nifty Even the insanity Of Office seeking has subsidized
before the ielirium Of gold hunting What after an,
IL paltry Office Of fifteen hundred dollars year and
the seangs from which large per centsge Is de.
Quoted 70 support gsspng newspapers and for other
purposes compared win shinge In California and
hfiy dollars day Just for turning your hand r.
lnspt we are 70 share the exctsments which
Instrumental in muncatiDg 70 the public mind,
confess that We ourselves feel strong symptoms Of the
gold dissass and nep wishing that fortune had
cast iof and should ike have pretty BIZ
ouel Ia the Gold RegioDs 81 California.
Whether the Gold Bug Of California j. hum bug or
res animal thing IS certsln-the present excite,
ment will result oenefcialy in Withdrawing from the
crowded cities oithe board thousand. OF people
ready and wial 70 work but who can ind nothing 10
DO here. When hey arrive in California should they
no, hnd the gold business quite profitable as they
bad anticipated there viii 8, least be tremendous de-.
nAnd for agricultural and all other sorts Of labor and
SD -. 40.
Dc tiled Thus vii b planted the seed. Of another
mighty AnsoA American empire which in Incredibly
short space OF time viii dot tue whole Pacific slope
with cities farms and villages aud make the plains and
mountains Of California res0und with IN. voices o.
free AMI prosperous people
in reference % the other great public excitement
the Cholers-we DO not exactly know ar to think Of
and It evident mat perplexiry = shared By
tie Board Of Health and the other learned bodies
have dipped into TIE subject We Inclined at pre-.
sent think that the Storage passengers OF the New
! YORK during long and uncomfortable passage, IN
which they sab eeted 10 the dangers Of crowded
and damp berhs. want Of ventilation and wholesome
food ard many other priysons contracted AZ sea the
germs Of nalzns1t disease somewhat resembling the
Csolsra and which will probably carry more than half
OF them their graves Az % the Asst. Cholere L.
gtg-a do =; believe that angle Of IL ba, o
CURED this sde Of the Atlantic for the a.t fourteen
yesrs BIT ne Do a, have the Cholera or something
worse with such weather and such infsnou. nezle.,
Of Ibe streets IL won't Be the fauls Of our City auhor
les
At al events whether the disease =, Quarantine e
really Asstc cholsra or not, ih- experience of Gre.,
Britain has shown that the disease "a In much uae,
fern than ever before. and thar with proper prsc.u
ons public and private lite Is IN reality 70 be feared
from T. But uzlsss or sresn are cleaned sysry,hsus