The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-02-09
Exon, he Boston Herald.
A Wondrous Gold Region.

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Highly important from CatJornta!--Great er-
element among Me peepIe!!-G Gold Regiou m
~crhautible !!!-A neV people aud a gold for
est!!!
By the arrival Of the bark Er.al, Capt. Tu-
dacher, W . are placedin possession cFdespatch-
es from California, to the very latest date and
a little later. The Erial sailed from Province
town on a whaling voyage, but has returned
with cargo Of gold dust. valued at $780,
600, besides a quantity of hiJes and tallow.
"When Capt. Tudacher left San Flancis-
co, the people we're returning from the gold
washings.
sThe excitement was tremendous.
Not finding vacant store-houses in which
to place tn precious metal, people were Piling
it up in the public streets, as tomcods used 10
be ofyore, in the streets Of Watertown, ass,
Barbados erected of solid ingots Of gold. ac-
tually impeded the travel.
"Iron has become scarce, and bolts,
manufactured out Of pure gold, were in common
use.
"SeVeral whale ships, their bottoms having
been scraped in crossing the bar of the harbor,
had been reitted with gold Sheuthing IN place
Of copper.
ga railway from San Francisco to the
washingswa vas already begun, the rails Of which
were fabricated out Ofthe Purest gold. (SOme
fears were entertained by Governor Mason
that they would not prove to be Of sufficient
strength.)
"a golden gridirOn is among the most com
mon articles of domestic economy.
"The California bufFaloes are killed with
golden bullets, cast in golden moulds, with
trifing alloy;) the Californian ducks and pig
cons are brought down with golden hail shot
A foundry OF golden cannon balls is about t.
be established under direction Of Colone
Stevenson, tfe celebrated %pipelaying engin
Ger.
"The stories in circulation in the United
ted States, respecting the extent Of the gOl
region, are not a circumstance Of the real case
Capt. TudaCher informs US, (and his word i
as good as any Of the Tudachers on Cape Cod,
hat a gold Forest, and a new race Of beings
had actually been discovered. This marvel
lous forest lies due east from Cuidad de 10
Angeles, about seven hundred miles, in a dis
trict Of country which has hitherto been CO
sidered impossible by travellers, and const
quently unexPlOred.
"This golden forest has been ascertaine'
to comprise a region of two hundred and fort
, miles square; the people are oxtraordinar
specimens Of h lmanity. The riches OF TIL
district cannot BE- conceived by the wilder
negotiations. They are really incredible. :
! The Ell Dorado Of Sir Walter Raleigh wa
a fool to Ii, Diamond mines, whose depth
have never been discovered, exist in abundance
They are said to undermine the golden lore
and to be far more extensive than the CO..
mines of Pictou, are 50 brilliant that the who,
country is Illuminated at night as if by million
Of Drummond lights.
: "The buildings in this extraordinary coul
try are large and massive, (nOne less in st1
than the fremont House, in Boston, OF a col
] ical shape, and built Of solid gold, cemente
by diamonds, (paste p~rObably.) The trees
! this forest average ABOUT a hundred feet
belt-all solid gold. Their height is enormOu
They are felled by means Of a sort Of q tria
gular saw, with diamond teeth worn to q sha
edge. A single tooth of thlainstrument won
be considered a princely fortune in Europe
the United Suites,