Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-12
GOLD SAYINGS AND DoINGs IN EUROPE

The london hroncle of The l2th says:
"Ihe valley Of the Sacramento take it altogether.
strike Us IS to prove Of the very bes-we do
say. cheapes-schools f.moal instructions that have
been opened in time and for the industrious gentle
men who husily advertising, in each side Of the
Atlantic Emigration California; ''CaiifoDia Di-
rect, "Steam to the Gold Mines, and the like. we
only regard them a sort Of head ushers in that well
known academy which proverbay selects its pupils from
among those whom other scminares have turned ont as
ncurabe ounces and which in amazingly short peri
3D. makes sages OF the most unprOnslug Of subjects
THESE captains fgold finding industry might not map
proprlatey borrow phrase from the EDUCATIONAL p-,s
pectuses much nvogue At this season Tile year. re
commend their great California model school Of exper
ence as in every Of the word finishing establish
men'' with proficiency guaranteed"
California That is The newest South Sea Bubble
Of the day There, they say, gold to be had in buck
els ul for the gatheng-theTe 1t is strewed "thck as
the leaves in VaIanbrosa., Mr. Jonathan Pork of the
nted States, IS Of the most remarkably cute trades
men Of these times. lie wants money! but he scorns
the idea Of picking up, which ACT Of picking perhaps he
would consider fraud upon the public spirit and pat
rlolsm of this republican He therefore, in a Prevent
spirit q true munifcence invites the citizens Of the
world to gather 1t for themselves. $50 to California y
he says, there IS gold" the eyes of The idoaors gs
ter-the guIis lap their wings and it Is well they are
gnls for large portion Of the imaginary gold district
OF california IS SIX months Of The year under water But
60 they viii without any mistake with their pckaxes
and melting poIs and if they only find PIPER instead of
gold nothing at all Of any value the object Of Mr. Polk
VIII be accomplish. lie will relieve New York Of few
thousand reckless adventurers whom his Mexican var
mas made pennless and DESPERATE attract other adveo-
lurerS from this or other conntres, and he will procure
settlers and hh7blants sufficient for this purpose
we 20 not believe that grosser mpOsure has been
pracsed since one Magregor, calling himself the Cazi-
que of Poyas, sold, in this country land he never pas
essed and never They tell HAT silver dollar will
oly IFS weight in gold in California and that a lunp
worth sovereign is freely given in exchange for red
herring The people that believe these things are only
fools, Who II 1t Were sin, richly deserve to be
cheated We remember The time when Mr. Canning
called the new world into existence to redress the
wrongs OF the DID, and when numberess companies awee
formed 10 work by the aid of British machinery and Brit
lsh Skill the silver mines Of South America That was
the california of 1874. The late MIR HuskisSon al
ways Utopan. though at the best a very dull man was
50 INSPIRED by this grand application of British capital
and mechanical power that he predicted that 50 supr
abundant silver would become that every gentleman Of
ordinary means in England would. betre two or three
years, have instead of iron, steel or silver
and 1re-lFons IN every paror OF his house.
need not say that this lucid prediction has nat vat
oeeh lnihled. lhe ardent adventures instead Of an
ing SILVER tenders and silver re-irons only burnt their
"ai 'os' tl-f investments, as many. still
its gold, A'OiHil ana
Punch the inmitable Punch, is down in the .iir-
Il"ss' ana me way he shows up matters and things
there. is amusing enough. The ollowlng extracts a7
IN Punches very best vein
"a FEW DAYS II THE DIGGISGs."- Dy Free and
hdepenaeat-ianded at San Francisco, after 'farnal
fossIn tive months This coming thru the small end
q NE H'rn reckon and there ought to be pretty cun
sosc On ne other side to make up for eayin'
my dry goods store and flmily fxins in Broadway.
1rlded with Down Easier who is MAXIM tracks
Tor the settlement with $4,000 dollars in his CARPET
lor spade pick sc,np and washln' irongh-gvin' 8J0
,oF me plnnder and glad ii, as Increase
nal old boss al 4 deal ''i
Sw"PPed my traps and Blankets quarter cask If
picked PORK and deni john If peach brandy which