Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-02-17
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ALARMING ATTACK OF THE GOLD FEVER.

The ST. Louis Revee of the Odd ult. contain,
an interesting letter from California, from which
we clip the following extroc,. We hope ,ha, none
of our folks will be taken in such heap so soon
after reaching Tie happy land.
Margaret and myself are laboring under n
violent attack of the fever. !, is the stranpess
circumstance that | ever heard Of. You see my
dear friend, have little pet pig who stays n bout
The house. and used to feed from the hands of Ma.
ry's children. (by the bye, forgo, to say that the
two others have left me, and suppose that they
are now all three toddng 10 the mines } md play-
ed with them when the fine weather allowed them
to be in the yard. Yesterday as | sat on NV
sill. smoking my pipe very comfortably, and ru.
minatlng on the very singular excitement which
possessed the country. i was disturbed in nv re-
verles by an ngonizing squea from nv little pet
swine. looked up and his nose all dripping
with blood. From curiosity ! looked 10 where he
had been roofing. and something bright and
sharp sticking up. / took il out removed all tho
earth from its surface, after which il appeared 10
me about the size of q large piece of rosin, Of
bright yellow COLOR. and very heavy. A strange
doubt seized me. ! rushed in the house. tried it
with acid and my philosophers stone. and it turn
ed out 20 be excellent gold. of about 2ls carats.-
then called my wife, and we both commenced
digging in three hours and a half, We dug two
bushels OF pure gold, not 10 mention peck of pla-
tnum. and few diamonds of the bsst wnter, q bout
the size of crab apples Of ordinary dimenson.-
he following morning resumed our labors
and IN the course of about qua rter of nj hour
struck on a heavy lead of platinum. IL was q So
I'D branch. about eight inches in diameter, which
ot course could not affect with n spade. | un-
covered for about ten Yards and then rolling out
| a keg OF powder. ! sprnked it plentfullv ali
around. Then placing slow match in the CEN
tre and applying the fire, we retired 10 The house
10 await the explosion. We s,aid there in breath
! less expectation for bout ten minutes. In fact.
II was rather dangerous experiment, owing TO its
close proximity TO the house. AT last II came
Such report and such shower of platinum
gold. and few diamonds! You cannot form The
] least idea about IT, The sun was darkened for
hfieeD minutes. picked up era small pieces
of god (about the size of medium inks,and) in
the shade. We have been gathering the two me.
tails for about SIX days Ii is almost needless 10
say. that all our barrels. bags. and sacks are filled
Margaret and are discussing the propriety of
using tie corn-crIb 10 store 1t in think we sbniI
have to do II. We happen TO have located imme-
dIateIy on one OF the richest "p!acers." Our for.
tune is made. You mus, come over my dear
friend, and bring all of your acquain,ances along
with you. insure you all vas, fortune in ten
minutes. or qua rter OF an hour al the very most
Bring plenty of crucibes along with you; bring
them of large sze-to hold about half a ton or
so. You need not take any morchandIze. unless
indeed. you could get good supply of muffs. The
Indian beauties are very fond of them, worn as
head dresses.
Farewell mt dea > fr;opJ ,,J Lo,;o..