Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-04-04

hostile Indians; which. with the fevers
brought OF by their labor and exposure.
and the unwholesome air Of the mountain
glens, brought their mining adventure,
for the season, to an end. And then be-
gan misfortunes Of another kind, by which
the number Of the party and the golden
rewards Of their toll were both reduced,-
blood shed by assassins and gold taken
by robbers, and the miners sent back to
the coast, to pass the winter. somewhat
richer in Sacramento metal than when
they set out, but not so much so as to be
actual objects Of envy or wonder.
The whole quantity Of gold collected
by the party during its three months at
the mines appears 10 have been about
one hundred and forty pounds troy
worth at the miners valuation Of &l4 an
ounce, some 1913, 500; very good pro-
duct. certainly, as the result Of three
months work. being something like an
average Of $4,000 for each individual
Twenty-seven pounds eight ounces was
fortunately sent by the party from Weber's
Fork to Suffers fort, where it was out Of
harms way. On the fifth of September
a still more magnificent store of no less
than log pounds was despatched from
ar I(iVtT III CidISC VI ADC'i A/Aio, ~ hr-
lev and Malcolm, the two former carrying
eighteen pounds each, the last named, 70
hounds. Although well armed, well
mounted and always on the alert. the first
day had not passed before they were sud
denly attacked by band of robbers led
on by one Andreas Armijo, noted brig
and. Malcolm whipped off his horse sud
denly by lasso and nearly killed by the
fall and the hoofs Of the brigands horses.
and his horse. with the seventy pounds Of
gold. driven olfin triumph. though not un-
til one Of the robbers was left dead, others
getting off. doubtless, wounded. They
did get off, however; and although pursu-
ed by Brooks and some Of his friends to
San Francisco, to Monterey, and into the
interior where their tracks were finally
lost. and the seventy pounds OF gold van
/ ished and were never more heard Of The
quantity-thirty-s six pounds--carried by
Bradley and the Spaniard was saved;
about six more pounds were scraped up
at the mines; the twenty-seven pounds en-
trusted to Captain Suffer were still! IN his
hands; and so the party were yet in pos
session ofabout as much gold as they had
lost: Of which Dr. Brooks share Gnclu-
ding. his medical fees from sick miners
Of whom he had as many as he wanted
for patients) amounted to about fifteen
hundred dollars--a sum SO small however
as compared with the expense OF subsls,
tencc on the coast that the doctor. estima-
ting that it would only support him for two
months. was DESTROYS 10 get to the Sand
wiclI l,ionie ond wintar Ihere for econo.
my's sake.
/ There was only one Of the party who
/ lost his life.-,he boy Horny. who was
killed and scalped by the Indians in a
nirh, conflict Just before Bear River val
lev was abandoned; although one or two
others we're somewhat hurt, and all more
or less endangered. They suffered. too,
as we have mentioned. from sickness,
j sometimes from want of food, and from
depredations upon Their property by the
poorer or baser miners. Robbery and
even assassination were by no means
confined to California bandits or prowling
refugees from other countries. The most
disarreeable portion of DR.. IS book is
tina, which treats Of the sickness and mis-
ery. the drunkenness. the hard. inhumar
: se,fshnesS, the fears. the suspicious. ant
the secret robberies and murders that pre-
vailed among the miners towards the
among them. in the beginning Of the sum
mer. all was good humor. apparently
with little selfshness and no dishonesty
Three months OF gold-diggng hardened
every heart. and scared in many a bosom
all conscience and sense Of honor.
AT first. when we arrived at the Nor.
mon diggings." says DR.. Brooks. '.every
thing was tranquil Every mar worked
for himself witout disturbing his neishbor
Now the scene is widely changed indeed
When was last there. things were bad
enough; but now according to the report:
we hear. no man. known TO be in posses
sion Of much gold. dare say. as he Law.
down his head at night, that he will eve1
rise from his pillow"
Gold is. in fact. in California. what i
is every where else, the transformer Q
. men. the buyer Of souls
Gold: yellow. glittering gold
Thus much Of this will make black, white; foul
fair
Wrong, right; base. noble; old, young: coward
valiant:
la, ye gods. why ths7'
Upon the whole. we think the voun!
physicians book very good one to ot
: put into the hands Of men going TO Cali
fornie. Improves that gold can be foune
5 there-or could (fcr some of the first dig
gings are already exhausted) his party
: having collected it. for three months. a
! an average somewhat less than $50 a da,,
e each man: but it shows also how heavy
: price is to be paid for 1.-THE price Of Sc
: we're toll. Of hunger. sickness. and contin
n ual danger from savages. highway robber
n and murderers. from secret thieves an,
= assassins.-the price of fear. hatred. dis
i. gust and North Amer
!, lean.
ParSon Brownlow at Washington.
1 The editor of the Jonesboro' VIII
has been treating himself to visit
: Neutrality-suspicious. which place ne ha
9 been sending letters home descr'bin