The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-21
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tanSs; consequently thsy have te GEetI la tents The Pisee is ing wiIh nncrchAndass sf every dsseFiPttOa; h ies piled uP in vsssai lass and tho si5ns of the streets all ever the city, raervhsnis having ne rooaa to store f4sssn GosSs sss al aac- ton here as cheap in fhs States, aitioagh at tail some sell higher. Clothes are cheaper than iA New Orleans, consequently hos badly fooled have Nli of us bsen, ia bringing such large quantities and having to pay sueh exerbtsnt prices 10 get tsrm across iAs tsfhrnnS. However, we sii have to pay for car knswIsdga- On arriving here all 6ne eloshes thrown away, being Of De earthly uss: broad deetheOats, pants, satin vests srArEs &e are blowing about tbs streets thosgh they nsFor cost any thing. It really pity. but il has to be &oHs; for Eaid-diwwer hxs no more nse fer them than a carriage has for five wheels New think hsar yea szy, what coes he reqairsf Vel, 1 win give you description of a miners wardrobe. I've very heavy understands, (laaae, two so. over dc. two pair coarse trowsers, two pair hssvy hAHBel drawers, i've pair of socks and pair of water proof boOts This is ali he hs~ any seed oE. and is much as he can wrIl lug abozt with him in the mines, for when he cores to pack ths#e an his back, with pickAxe, shovel. erowhar tin pan, rife tent and revolver you may be sure be Is pretty well loaSea. IL IS the mistaken idea ia the world, that which they have in the States. of forming companies and briaEng out so many great, heavy. eKPeusivs gold machines, which soeu they ar rive here ara thrswu away. Each man 5etake him. Self te the eommon lin pan. which is the best gold washing machine they have beea able to ia vest ynt. Why. there tons Hpan tons of lga- csinery lying all along tue shore, and of mere than fifty different patterns, which hsrs all seeu ahand- onsa by their owners and tbrowa away. Therefore l say let every man eetne alone and upon his own hook, snd have nothing ts do with companies with out t be for mutual protection ia travelling. for sOt one cernpaay hAs IS yet svsr hang tagsshsr. Well next to the gel5 eiggiags will give yOa whai ex Perienee have had in them, which has been very littI~ zs yet l went en the middle fork of the Sacramento, ba, did not remain bat three weeks as the zgns and fever season came oR and !ell for this place. ie remain anti the latter part sf Augas Besides .,s being sicky tbere nov, The rivers are too high for r8an b work to much sdTznfare and If be get sick medical visi costs hisR sI0o, dose CT salts Sf0, 2e. l worked eleves dsvs wbile there, and reaiizea eleven hundred and ninety SoI- lars II is mere tike lottery than any thing else for soEae days woaid dig and wash like 8 clever fellow, ana zi night would not have ounce: thea perhaps the next day woal1 be mere fortunate and take out from ten te twelve oaBces. There were two yoaHg men digging nsar me who had been in inc mines five weeks, and had not averaged five dollars day, when one moraiHg Dane For tune seemed ts bless them. They strssk lseky spot. and before night they had tsksu out eleven thousand dollars This completely satisfied them, they Left the aext day, and have retHrB4e to toe States ] do not think, however. thz, l shall be easily satisfied, for wsn' larger pie thsA that to 70 home with. Ny adventures have all been in inc sry dfggings, while the rivers high it Is impossible ta work a the wet bat s the old mi- tsil tha; Rheu fAs wst-rs fail and the sick ly f- ssrvrv isngev lottery Dasi ness about it. Then. maa's days werk can be counted .bv poands, aud not oaaces, as pow. When go up sg4ia. which wiil be tire last w-ek in August, iatoad goiag The North Fork aad Feather River. the eiggiugs there are reported very rich; sna 1T am as lucky ss anticipate, aud have uy health, hope 10 have enough to return to the Stases next year. Every body kzs plenty of inc d1st here yeu cannot meet u1aa in the street. but he ean pail egt his buckskia bag and show you POaRds of the 'eEiftsr;" silver is xhere-noth- lag shorter tssas gold wii de Laber Of every kind is very high; ihs commoBsst kind Of lai,sysrs re- eeive SIG and board per day; tsznStsrs no per month heEss and cart Is worth ssg0, CaTpen- ters' wages have been standing sl6 per day. but they have taken a rise, and are now SIS and S2n. and tber GO the rosghest kiBa o! work; in fact, if fellow handle Jae&plane and saw he passes for carpenter. fad il the most profitable busi- ness going, % l an workiag at il yse.f nov. In fact, house earPeatsrag, backsaiihiAg qua tinniag arc the trades that pay best al present. 4 com mon tip pan. worth in New Orleans shree bits sells here for s5. bsackseliths ~ Ll ehargs SS to make eomm9n cold iron pick-axs- They take a bar ef iron, cat t sG ia three saa a half feet lengths, sharpen end iAtteR the other. sad call il crox bar, aud get frsm s@ventees eighteen dollars for il, trsih this s the a-chEnics and working a1sa E e0uatry, Tor certainly f mse ds Bai get psid sor their labor here there never place where they old
 The has5or ES new utmost Blocked up with ves- s=ls from every part of the world, some of them having board except tf= esg.aia, aud many xithaai a singis soul; and here. 1 suppose naany of tbem sill l= aH;l they rot. II seems strange 10 that ship owners will siLoK their ssis 10 come hithsr, and yet every dsy fire tea more Pokiag their heads iEto ths halter. Cap tass are effering from s259 10 ss1 per month for ssAInea. bat cannot get them. The steamers psy their fFvasn S2s0 per mont5, and lhrn have to be very esFsgai AbOat shem. h speaking CT Szn Fran cisco forgot to mention llaai have qaiss neat little Episcopal ehurrh here, ssd the Psss4r siis' l have heard him several GzRss, | have not senrped his game. A Indeed eisqasst speaker There Is , fae opening here fer few of the whits crsFAi gentry. for ihe ealy laws have are ths revolver and bawis-kAils. and they Dssi pretty freely, l tee particularly sgstast the Chilsans, for tbe AU sFirass have sw0rn 50 cwvs them cat of Inc mines and the eOuHtry, or a.e, 50, expect Es shall havs sofns considerable Sighting tssre this fa2i 4as wiH-4