The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-03

Ntsp9 otc sPti1
= more regular gt9~
was lately concento11
is now divided beLweeo ~
scarcely less Importance
heard enough to know I
the bubble Is uniyennIlk
usual, every one goes q
less career OF sPeculafi
spirit OF good luck los
ly escape.
A curious result Of d
abundance Of the Preciots
facility with which fortune
stuck me al the FIRST glance.
is transacted on 50 extensive q
the ordinary habits Of solicitation and
Pllance on the one hand; and stub
cheaPenIng On The other, are entirely
gotten. You enIer shop TO buy
thing the owner eyes you with peril
difference, waiting for you to sla., u
want II you object to the price, you
liberty to leave, Tor YOU need not en-
get it cheaper. He evidently carss
whether you buy 1t or not. Some ons
has been longer in the country viii
without wasting words. The only
llon | have found 10 this ,ule was hat
shaIP-iaced Down Easier, Just opening
stock, who was much distressed when n
clerk charged Inc Is cents for a coal Of
rope, instead Of 81. This disregard =,
all the petty arts Of money-naking IS really
a pleasant feature in society here. ApOtbs.
equally agreeable Iait is the punctuslirv
with which debts ere paid, aud Inc general
confidence which all (AmeIicans Al Ieavl
seem 10 have in each others honesty. Pr,
haPs this fact is owing, in par, % he m
possibility OF protecting wealth, and t,s
consequent forced dependence On an hon
oIable regard for Tie rights Of o.hers.
Walking through the town YESTERDAYS.
was quite amazed to find dozen persoa.
busily employed in the streets Oelors b.
United States Hotel, digging up the ear.
with knives, and clumbling Il in lLeir har.issl
They were actually gOld-hGn,ers, VINO o.
tanned In this way about S. day. Afer
blowing the fine dirt carefully IN their hands.
few sPecks Of gold were left, which .rey
placed IN piece of white paper. A nun
Der OF children are employed in TINS way.
who pick out the fine grains By spply.ng
to them the head'of a pin, mois,ened Ia l.sIr
mouths. A small boy yesterday tOok home
ga as the result Of his day labor. Oh
climbing the nil TO the Post Once OBJ
served in places, where the wind mai sWeg.
away the sand, several glitleIing dots Of Tie
real metal, but, like the Irisnmsn .,o
kicked the dollar OFT Of his way, CONCLUDED
TO wait all | should reach the heap. Tle
presence Of gold in the streets IS plobsb.y
occasioned BY the leakings from The min=r.'
bags and the sysespings Of stoIes; though
some are inclined to think j; native IL ne
earth. At any rate, il is most remaIka-
bic sight.
The anxiety o. persons here 10 gel I.Ss
from the Atlantic side, is very great. The
crowd at the Post Office ms morning .
greater than | ever saw in New Nora TIE
whole mail consisting Of 10000 letters snd
| know rot how NAM bushels VI news
PaPers, is ready fer delivery. Nj Noorr
and as two sons having Wo,kl d. and
nj hi, irOn the very hOur Of landing, ID CT
der mat there should be no delay. Tbs
pIomptness IS something unUSus. u San
Francisco, letters by The former steamers
having frequently been kept back several
days IN asserting. The P,s, Once IS =
very small and announcement place. and VT
Moore intends removing i 10 some bette
location.
Hon. 7. Butler AIM IS here al presenl.
having lately returned from an eGPed.lcr
through the mines, with Gen. Smith. Re
speaks with the utmost confidence OF re
extent and richness OF the gold dePOs :.
Then tour occupied about SIX weeks, and
embraced the region between the Sans
laus and the head waters OF the Fes,l5i
River, containing all the riches. place.
Gen. Smith is now at SOnOma, whittier
Majors Lee and Smith have gone TO JO.u
him. He will leave for Oregon N fOus or
five days, making the journey IhiIhsr o.
sea, and returning by land. Col. Ffemon.
has been here, but left Oh Saturday for San
Jose, at the head of the Bay, where De $
erecting a steam saw-mill met, yesieI-
day. with MIR. Edwin Bryant, au.nor o
"What | saw in California tie hss Us.
arrived by the overland route, via the Sou-h
Pass and Great Salt Lake, and Is scOrcheo
to the complexion Of an Indian. The
stories told by the Few emigIsEis &c 80.
as ct arrived by this route are mOsl G.s-
lressing. The proportion Of deaths o5
sickness and starvation has been very great
and worse than all, many cases have O.
CURED in which persons have been le.i on
the road, to perish BY lingering 'OIiUres. 4
man belonging TO one OF the parties, VIII
refinement Of malice which il would Dc
impossible to SurpaSs, set the grass on IRE
several times, subjecting the thousands who
followed to infinite peril and suffering. he
was pursued BY the Others, and hnally
overtaken and shot from the saddle as oe
rode-a fate which was scarcely equal to
his deserts. Mr.. Durivage Of New Or
leans, who with FIVE others reached mere We
chihuahua aHd the ella, was so reduced BY
thirst while crossing the Great Desert, tai
he became delirious. He is now here. as
well "a Mr.. Freaner, the correspondent
OF the PicayHne. | was glad to meet ri'h
Mr.. OsgOOd, the ARTIST YESTERDAY. he has
been here two or three weeks. having dug
one season with such good luck that he n
tends returning to the mines shortly. NJ.
Caleb Lyon, who IS also residing here, IN
forms me that his best two days digging