The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-03-23
From Noah's Messenger.
California in Slices.


Several months ago we engaged, at an enor-
nous sulafy-two ounces of sd st" and a
Seidlitz powder per diem-a "~slicer'' in Cali-
fornia. His first specimen Of carving in gold
has just come to hand, and will be found be-
lows Our sIlcerdoes not belong to the ~literati,
like the gentleman who have recently been
hacking at New York and Philadelphia, with
their edgeIess and p%ointless weapons. On the
contrary. he is one of the uRterati- writes a
bad hand-speIls worse than Webster, and
neither MAKES futile attempts TO initiate the
polished extravaganza of Willis, nor end cav
ors to rival the cflorescence of Miss. Fuller. in
these respects, at least, he differs from some
slicers that we wot of. Moreover he does
not write a fine Italian hand, nor do his COM
munications smell of parchoul0-his .chirog-
raphy being as rugged Os the outline Of the
Sierra Nevada. and the cartridge paper upon
which he has discharged his impressions hay
ing a very decided aroma of tobacco and on
ions.
Finally, our slicer is disbanded volunteer,
of the rough-and-ready school, and knows no
more abou, rounding a sentence than he does
about s%qaaring the circle. But here is his
FIRST slice "rerbatim et Hteratim;
CALIFoRNY, Dec. 18th, 1915.
10 Tie Sunday Times:
MISTER EDlToR-Marndgerble femalesi is re-
markabIe scarce on the Sarah Neyady, but
the fellers bein' continually at work with their
cradles has no time to think Of the pettycots.
Gold is very plenty, and is the occashun OF
much gilt-the major part the l|ortynit miners
bein' shot and riaed. | am digging myself
in the bed of Feather river, which is as full
Of Gold as a qu,lt of cotton. Society is mix
ed, The Sandwiches has mustard strong, and
80 has The Polly Neshums, Also the Chinese
is beginning to come in; but the boys dom
like their long tails, nor the way their eyes il
sot in the heads. They're a proud, lazy
sheepish-Iooking set, and unless they mine
their peas and queus they'll get a lamming,-
Whay can't they use tobacco and work 70
their betters and Worship God like christians
instead Of chawing theirinfernal opium and loaf
ing about worshOping idles? There's quit,
a number here, too, from the Society Islands
Nice society they have there, l guess. There
isn't a pettycot nor a pair o. brooches in tn
hull crowd, and are all lied up.as if they was
afraid of rusting, Soap-fat and stale goose.
grease is a parfume to the sniff one gets on tn
leeward side o. one on lem. Then there
Irish and Scotch and John Bulls and niger
and yaIler bellies-so, as stated aforesaid, thu
society is a mixture and no mistake.
The material featers of the sile is sand an,
rocks. In the sand the gold is generally sough
for near the current and in the rocks W
look for it in vain. There is one kind of depos
1t they call a pocket. The pocket is general,
found in the natural breeches Of the noun
tain, and can only be dug into with a pick
The miners who work these deposits are know
as the pick-pocket gangs. In the sand tn
preshus mettle is found in grains and gObs.-
Some say that the gobs is mot the real stuff, AM
that nobody can tell what's what until til,
essayer has crucifed it; others say that proc
sic acid will tell the story. Not being kim
mist or ar ~essayer, l cannot decide. Our lieu
tenant says that it's necessary to have a flu
in order to test what is dug from the earth
bowels. If that's all, there's hundreds at tn
dieglngs as is competent, for diaree is very pre-
walnut,
Tie lued, i-is IS, to
30 -huzz d.. 81 &C t1s E. in q saat
Is p,.,y nea.tng n ,ne itun ,ias, bat W. su
Ter vii, igm IN De vii tgru as God Is ptC
d coaed i various ways Some specs lataI
y has done ~et. b nilng gapgs Of Indians
$ dIg, AID s%,agtltg - A. soon Is The ID g
enough to make II worm while. i've got
purity smart chance that way, and intend