The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-12
The Gold Regions!- important Correspon-
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dence.
Among the mass Of correspondence from The gold
region, we have seen nothing which has afforded us
more qualification or fully convinced us of the
existence of piles Of gold in those dggns as the fol-
lowing letters, from Terence Mahony, and James
Dobbs, Esqures
sAKnYMEsTo DIGGlss, Oct. 2stn, 1913.
70 Tim FlMertyi
Howy Moses Tim, as soon as you read this bit
OF IA note and come out at wonst. Kite forenens me
where sit composing over this etther there's for
tune 10 be got for the mere sifthing. The sands is
all good p0wther Och If you could only see how
beautiful it shines in the An thin the depth Of
ii. 1t goes cane down to the centre oy the world.
The mountains, Tim, has vains and livery vain is
full Of the circulan nahum. Wouldn't you like to
bleed them yains, oud boyl We've no horses here
load he puts 1t on the back the donkey and car
res 1t to the sdyers. The ass sayers, ye see Is
the jintlemen as informs ye whether the goods the
rale stuff, or only iron pitates ie see there's ii
desavn kind o goold they call iron pita,ies. It's an
inyenshnn of the ould sarpint, and If you put it in
the fire il yanishes in thick smoke with an onfar-
mel smell of sulfir. Hcyen be about ns
It's fine healthy rejion Is the Sackrymunto.--
There's no disease 'oepi The shaking ager; and the
fits first rate whn there's any sifthing TO be
done, As soon as one o the boys get the shake on
him they Just pass the sifther in his fists, and he'll
make small fortin afore the trimbe's off oy him.
We're oil rale demmicrats ont here Tim. While
Pm writing ov this lether on the side ov my hat
bad luck to the crown there's TO it'll can one of
the captln6 oV the view ork HlenSDQ washing the
goold In the Sackrymento without screen o.
breeches on him, sayin your presence Even the
Missionaries dig like bogthroters all the week, and
deliver mighty improyin discoorsers to the Haythen
on the nnrghteousness Of mamnon on Sunday
The Injuns is licensed in this way wild the sinful
ness of riches and sells il cheap their sowls
Don't delay comm Tim, II you havn't the tir
teens to pay your passidge, concale Yourself in the
how'd the ship an don't come out till the hunger
dhrlyes you Maybe its batting youth get, but niver
mind that. Tell 'em you can't swim, an they wont
be SO onhuman as to trow you overheard
Remember me to Biddy the darlin', an tell her If
she'll put the breeches her she make hapes of
money here, for she knows how to use spade, an
Its asier dggin the goold than cuttin turf in Kilken
ny. But she'd better not be aflher coming in her
natural duds, for site of a petycoat might breed q
rucon in the sttlement,
Inendin TO address yez agin' shortly on the state
Of picayuneary affairs in this country,
remain, yer afieckshyni cozzen,
41rThe second letter is from Mr. Dobbs, and il
being addressed to his confidential and sleeping part
ner, can be relied upon
VALLEY OF THE SAcKERMEaTo, Nov. g.
Behaved MoGGy-This comes to inform You
that I'm sho' ding gold, and so is bruther Tummus
wish thou was nobbu here, old lass Eli my stars,
but II I'D make thy eyne big saucers to see the
great gobso' gold at comes up wi every sho olful
a muck why BARN might make a ten pound note
a day wi u common diching spade and Lanca-
shire porridge-bow and an old cullender. The Hin
luns the dommd fues-ses pund on for chaw
o'bakkur or noggn o. yill. shall be whoam about
June with ten thousand paunds, and then we gang
back 10 Holdham an keep coach an four an swig
double lex every day, on play Ell un' tommy, old
lass. Don't take in no more rags nor max no more
carpets. III max lady on you, domnd If | don't.
Yours I'll delh,
.#. em JAMES DOBBS.