Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-08-06
VALLEY OF THE SEcnYMENTo, !
June 23, lS49. {

VALLEY OF THE SEcRYMENTo,
June 25, ls49.
Eddyturs ofMe Sandy Times: When l
wrote before spades was lrunps-now it's
dimunds. these preshus stones is found
in brilyant pertusion on the brow of the
Sarah Nevady, and several as large as
fenix eggs has bin seen in mounting oil
gold, dlskivered last week near the Sam
Joking; and when the snow melts it is sup
posed That many of the first water will
come down with the current. Seed d.
munds is remarkable plenty, but law as
been made agen gatherin 'em, because it
spoils the iu,ur crop None is aloud TO be
gathered under the size of piece Of chouk
Emrulds abounds, but nobody is green E.
nough to pick 'em up when they can get
dimunds. Olber jools is drug. Beyand
the plains on what they call plato OF the
mounlings, bushels OF little pieces of silver
has been dug up, which is very copven.
yent tor small change. .-.- ...-...-
A stream runnin into Feather River,
and parllkarIy rich in gold has recently
been dlsklvered by German kumpany,
and they have skewered the joint onership
by the threatening to knife any one they
catch poachiug ON their fork. In honor
OF some oullandish Dulch water privilege
tney call it the River Rhlne-o. Some of
the xplorin socialion which has gone far
into the intereyur, sends word that the slte
there is all solid gold so, with roo5ees, but
nobody bleves these out lying parties.
The depth of the cdotorous sands on the
Secrymehto is forty eight feet eleven inch
es and three quarters. Wherever we find
traces of gold, we sink shafts and draw it
up with horses. 1 he sand is SO tarnaton
heavy it puts the mustangs TO their metal
l tell you but theirs no help for 'em; they
must hang on with all their might aud mane,
or down they go, and then its ull up with
'em.
'Mense quantities Of gold, at the very
least, has been sent to San Francisco for
some time back, and us fast as il is got il
is turned into ngols. Thieves cannot
egzlst at the digglns-being hung on the
slightest susplshum Grub is moderate
floods OF splritus natur very dear. Ali
the tavern keepers most given 'em away TO
pernote thirst. Salt pork is IS hogs.
head, and brandy $40 half pint. How.
sever, as gold is plenty every Jack has his
gill.
This puts me in mind of the moose by
the steamer Calltorny, that ship load OF
young wimmen was a coming out on o
,narryin' spekelashun, with one Mrs Farm.
ham as shoopercargo We look for the
same anxshusly. What is gold what is
preshus stuns without wimmen? Nulhin
bu: vanity and vexsashun oil spirit Solo
mon says-l red it 'tother day on a page
oi Proverbs, was agon to use for waddin
Solomon says Wurtshus' 'oomanl IS more
preshus than roobees, and in kuntry
without petty coat one feels the force OF the
remark. When man has wealth he
wants hares to leave it 10; and in course
no wives no hares. You couldn't send me
out one could you? | mean vile, not a
hare. Ii she's sum pitted with the small.
pox even, woodent care. he ordinari-
esI goods are valuable when there is none
IN the market There's duzzens | wodent
looked at in the States, that 'ud now be
thankfully received and no questions axed.
You can say, and truly, that Pm worth
more 'an my weight i'll gold, for I've got
quarter Of Il lun OF it in store at San Fran.
cisco, besides sprlnkling OF dimunds.
We have sort OF make shift govern
ment here, (no allushun 10 the paragratf
above,) got up extruperry as one may say,
tnat answers purity wei for nu kuntry
Gen. Smith aint nobody. He is clever
cnap and spunky, no doubt O. that; but
he halnt got no more alhority than child
in arms, If thar was sich thing in the
settlement. He ishoss general orders and
proclamashuns and SIGH truck, and the
people read 'em, perlite literatoor bein
scarce; but wen they've red 'em, they lart,
and shet one eye, and go and do just as
they d-n pleese. It's allus so in nu kun
tries.
Agricultur in Californy is purity much
soing corn when they can dig gold, aud SO
they all go to the placers to ma ke hay
while the sun shines. This is the monster
, deposit bank OF the universal world, ant
, we're all casheres and directors. Bring
5 yer 'lalers here If you want 'em dug, we
= can't lake the trouble to raise 'em The
only vegetable we cultivate is the root o
) all evil, and if you Ii send US the Irutes oi
t the airth, you can have that exchange.
e The rainy season bein over, the weathe
q is settled; bleeve the heat hasn't been be
low SO for week, which, with bad rum
!. has proved fatal to some conslitonshuns
!. Epigranls OF all kinds and kuntries keep
pour1n in by land and water, and the pou
!. iashun is very promiscuous. We Meri
q cans keeps the upper hand Of furriners s.
e far; but it takes considerable powder All
= ball-Colt's pills is fine for muliny In
!. bottle causes good many muses., but tn
r. barrel allus stops 'em. l shall Propabl.