The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-29

"SUlLIvAF's DfeaIEs," Ais California
August 10, 1870
Thomas Carlyle did not w,e for The pIaes,,o Of Alta Ca
ilornis when he uttered bis memorable sentence Com.
mefce King" Here, most emphsiicaly " Labor IS King
So bought yesterday while stumbling the sharp and
round stones in ny path. taed bnshs Of heavy
dt-in which hoped there might BE- gold-from the dry
(ravine) TO stream Of The thought pleased
me and forgot my bnrthea. almost while Illuminating
The burthen OF the crest Englh philosophers wisdom,
UNI looking the guloh, Whit SHOULD
rend donkey just the color Of storm bue to a hair with
the full complement Of and AL engaged in the sesams
labor myself Here a coincidence as Cufee said
when he pulled enc end Of The yoke again the OK, and
pondered which oil rs mad The best title to the other OF
the d5nksy-he that walked quietly Us.duis with NY
self aytei-he tfulging along phoophe9liy Car
lyle himself could DO moi caring sFhethsf there was
gold in his pack his grub "a few sticks OF GLASS; bot
es) in due season tagging and sweating and
and excited, hopns fearing ds5poudiug rtrainng
and thew snsW and boEe joint and process tsrdDn
and carthage, to acquire little yellow earth 30 uttered
a friend whom met, what wl mas do for gOd77
which wiss exclamation he turned upon BY replying
what will not gold do Tor man - At once Presumed my
kiugy mpioymen and the donkey and the t1gJ don
keys, if you pfseT'ge two PRe Ministers Of King Labor
logged earnestly did Taleyrand and Meter
mich while plotting the downfall Of nations.
September 9When wrOe the preceding letter was en-
aged in what term the dry diggi1 the dit having
to be carried considerable distance The water Finding
il did not psy WELL though very iabOous we commenced
shaking hole right in the bed ofthe creek turnrg the water
side, 1t had been dug before but not deep on ae
Of the then abundance Of running Three Of
us-oBe old Nantucket whaleT, one young physician
from New Odeans, and myss-wofked hard from M0udsy
morning l ae Friday, without getting sight Of the pre-
ciOus But Just before the golden sun bid as farewell
the hills, his a7s Fehecing from various
little Jumps Of gold inhe bottom OF our hole. Belo dark
took out some six ounces besides dit, which, when
washed yielded four next day we go nearly
fifteen Ounces and thus far have raised between -four and
FIVE pounds This Just One-tid well as two Of our
neighboring parties have done in the sas timetwO holes
/ -s--r En 1910 hoo dob,
gold in weeks Many, however, dig much and obtain
little nothing OufOWn gals, wien divided by the num-
bef Of days have spent in The mae average only some
eight dollars dsy B lew fortunate days work
would make fair compensation, The plain fact the
facility and certainty Of obtaninsgold here have bsen ex
| csedngly ovsg,ostmaed. SgHbDers hsve written home
some sbominabe lies mixed with many tIUhs bat theg
have told all the truth They have not said that white
some dug he thousands Of dollars very many ohen
did make day wages, although working hard Yet
such the fact aud has been the discovery Of the
placen. if excups pacQu to Of last
year The forks of tbs Sacramento extremely ch last
year, doubtful they peoped by myiisds Of
gold seekers. and every yard OF ground worh woIkng is
taken up Be them coming towards The south, the
Macaunie the saHi,ans the Tuoomy. The MERGED the
MzTepOs2 and Kings rivers, smptyne, the iL into the
5aaiameuto the oherl iato the San Joachim rivers But
lhuk they have half ,qual 10 the glaceIs fret
| discovered, Tor richness.
Besides these there are many guches and auOyos "
(aynes) where gold is found, AID abundanuy But
|
twenty miles ID width running from The nOIward 10 the
southwark, nearly parallel with the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Tvers at distance 81 perhaps fry 10 seventy miles
from their general course This bl lies between tbs quartz
and slae stTsas, which have az Some Vine been
turned with Tremendous force om their horizontal to
nearly peEpendculsr position The slate palticua yso eud
the immense quartz rocks shattered into huge and
small paiuelef IS II NE whole maehihsiy Oh lnoineI nelu
had been woT blast and splinter fragments wha
she had previously made sometimes find the sod in th
issnes OF the quartz where 10 never ceua nave gol py In
aetoh OF "a'si a1e Isq''s tie t-"'' vi ato" Da ~ 10
move IL SO1.iue a is 'olhu Yln- On ',i5 muse o. i'ls
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nutI"e 'N'.eys Va '' ii, 10 ~ az 1900
eve 'ie tus' os'O'a-s aiu 1 -l ~ 5 % -
nave '.' seen' sA'et' inc 'i ''7 "' s'- 4 1 VI '
Cogia4o'
| ~ mo- iN'e'u 'eiE 'S .. , -
IN ny youln ana hahoou peeu AZ ss, u az
hau "o'A Us can Ds uunu III aIy oiNnAlS IN is
oVniIea 'eoiy Oh Uho's '2an' Du w. g hous uo'
pared 10 lhs laGoi hee" sl7neinE al gay u
Spiihs Ms'st' VIVA tile sun Vu''hE Ha nS upum % N
while the thermometer ranges eoeg aag a0o0s VO degrees
FAHRENHEIT % no cha play Let me assure you rms nc
eHaggeIaan' In JOY ana Augos' nee ana AZ 's uo'l
the shade; this kRoo having and felt it. Every
coming to the paoers is disappointed and nearly one
declares his determination back to the st4es jnst 81
soon he raise tie have get regretted that
left the Siaes- had sufficient Tsasous hnt when SET
man here who made sacrifices COME leaving good
business, families aud com ont for the sake of godwhoh
after all, they not likely obtain in great abunhance-
hardly know whether feel pity contempt Believe
there fools roped iu people heein Caliionis
than be ou nd in any other land beneath the sun Then
ia no such labor under Heaven SIS hee feel as II hat
been hammered on an anvil having Hercules sampson
GOlah 10 swing the sedge. | am in pain all over ms
bnn7 seem hosen my muscles stretched and toru my olh
nnhnRed How people that have never aboed before car
work here cannot tell Shovelng heavy sand, clay anI
gravel lifting immense stones, b3ns water with heavy
buckets Or pumping with perfect man'kilhng pumps, al
day from daylight to dark, cooking your own food benl
| yolr only amusement, is life hard enough to make th
devil shudde Yet iuch exactly is our life hers. IL ami
is anxious for the pains ri msrtyIdom without IL
gOTy lot him come and work in the mines. If any one
doing toeaby well at home lei him stay iheie and be wis
and hBppy--be is aduGCe if he come hsIe.
The county about here is entirely destitute of grass
heritage The soil is raw dift on which there no sign
anything having grown, except few scattered oak
pine and cedar donkey would ssrve, could he