The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-06-22
NeWI E,1rnoFdlnary nom Callfor-

be entertained of the other accounts we
have had from Sacramento, il will hardly
do for any one to doubt this. Some may
Taught at it; but their laughing cannot but
be good in these cholera times:
"a Letter from The DiGEins'
VALLEY OF rHx sAcRTNESro, April2O ls4s.
Eddvturs ofthe Sundy Times: When
1 wrote before spades was trumps-now
it's dimunds.-These preshus stones IL
fond in brilyant perfusion Oh the brow
of the Sarah Nevady, aud several as
large as fenix eggs has been seen 10
mounting Of gold, diskivered last week.
near the Sam Joking; and when the snow
melts it is supposed that many otthe nrs'
water will come down with the current
Seed dimunds is remarkable plenty, but
law has been made agin gatherln EN-
because il spoils the futur crop.-None
is aloud to be gathered under the size o.
a. piece of chauk. Emrhlds abounds
but nobody is green enough to pick EN-
up when they eau get dimunds, Other
iooils is drug. Beyand the plains. on
what they cali plato of the mountingS
bushels Of little pieces Of silver has been
dug up, which is very conyepyant tor
small change.
A stream runnin' into Feather River
and partikarly rich in gold, has recently
been diskivered by German kumpany
and they have skewred the join; onership
by the threatening to knife any one they
catch poaching on their fork. ln honor
of some outlandish Dutch water privilege
they call it the River Rhiue.o. Some OF
the xplorin 'sociatiou which has gone faI
into the intereyur. sends word that the
site there is all solid gold sot with roobees,
but nobody bleves these out lying parties
The depth of the odiforous sands on
the Sacrymento is forty'eight feet eleven
inches and three quarters. Wherever
we find traces of gold. we sink shafts and
draw it up with horses. The sand is sc
tarnation heavy it puts the mustangs 70
their metal, I tell YOU but theirs no help
for 'em; they must hang On with all theil
might and name, or down they go, and
then its all up with 'em.
'Mense quantities of gold, at the very
leas,& has been sent to San francisco foT
some time back, and as fast as il is got ii
it is turned into ingots. Thieves cauno
egzist at the diggins-beiug hung on the
slightest suspishum. Grub is moderate
floods of spiritus mater very dear.-Al
kinds of salt provisions is sold for song
the tavern keepers most give 'em ava.
in order to promote thirst Salt pork ii
SIS hogshead, and brandy $40 a half pint
Howsoever, as gold is plenty, every JacI
has his gill.
This puts me in mind Of the moose b.
the steamer California, that ship load D
young wimmen was a coming out on
marryin' spekelashuu. with one Mrs
Farnham as shoopercargo. We look 70
the same anxshusly. What is gold
what is preshus stones without wimmin
Nuthln but vanity and vexsashun of splr
it. Solomon says-l read it 'tother du
on a page of Proverbs was goin to use
for waddin n-Solonon says wurtshu
'ooman is more preshus than rubses. an
in country without pettycoat one feel
the force of the remark. When a ma
has wealth he wants hares to leave 1t Il
and in course-no wives no hares. Yo
couldn't send me out one could youi
mean wife, not hare. 1t she's sur
pitted with the small. pox even, wooden
caro-. The ordinarest goods are value
BILE when there is none in the market
There's duzzens | woodent a looked at j
the States, that 'ud now be thankfully re
ceived aud no questions axed. Yod ca
say, and truly, that I'm worth more a
my weight in gold. for I've got qaarte
ofa ton Of it IN store at San FranciSc'
besides sprinkling Of dimunds.
We have a sort Of make.shift govern
ment here, (uo allusion to the paragrap
above, J got up extrupeTy as one may sa
that answers purity wei for nu kuntr
Gen. Smith aint nobody. He is clev'
chap aud spunky, no doubt o that b'
he haint got no mole athority than chi
in arms, If thar was sich thing in tt
settlement. He ishoos general orders an
proclamashuns and sich truck, and Il
people read 'em, perlite literatoor be
scarce;but when they've red 'em,they la'
and shet one eye, and 60 and do just
they d-n pleese. Its allus so in nu ku
Cries.
Agriculture in Californy is purity mu'
left to natur. 1t sticks in folks crop
be soing corn when they can dig gol
and SO they all go to the placers to NAL
hay while the sun shines. This is Il
monster deposit bank of the uniyers
world, and we're all casheres and dire
tors. Bring yer 'taters here it you wa
'em dug, we can't take the trouble
raiso 'em. The only vegetable we CT
tiyate is the root Of all evil, aud ifyou
send US the frutes Of the airth you C
have that in exchange.
The rany seasons bein over, the weal
or is settled; l believe the heat has
been below 80 for a week, which, wi
bad rum, has proved fatal to some CT
stitooshuns. Emigrunts Of all kinds a
kuntries keeps pourin in by land and v
ter, and the populashun is very prom
cous. We Mericans keeps the upI
hand offurriners so far; but it takes c,
siderable powder and ball-Colt's pill'
fine for mutiny. The bottle causes
good many muses., but the barrel al
stops 'em. IshaIi probably ship my p
by the California, aud if | escape
cholera, the iujuns, und the yaller fe'