The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-02-03

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Extracts Of a letter fromsT o Lark Esq,
F. late Consul, dcnow Navy Agent Sflhs,
the United States, TO: the Sec,y OF S64t6.
< dated at Monterey, Nov.l6; l84s, and rev
ceiyed inthis city on Friday evening 18th
: inst. -.
3The digging and washing for gold con-.
tiuues to increase onthe Sacramento placer,
so far iaspregards the number of persons en-
gagged in the business, and the size and
quantity ofsthe metals daily obtained.
have had in my hand several piecesof gold
about twenty three carats fine: weighing
from one to TWO poiina 5and have IL from
good authority that pieces have been found
Weighing sixteen pounds. Indeed, l haySf
heard Of one specimen that weighed 25lbs.
There are men at the placer, who in June
had not one hundred dollars, now in posses
sion of from five to 100000, which they
made by digging gold and trading with the;.
Indians. Several, 1 believe, have made
more. A common calico shirt, or even
etyer ds,ilnr, he. beer. e.is IN
for gold, without regard to size and a half
to one or. Of gold-say 8 TO $l6-is now
considered the price of shirt, while from
to 10 ozs is the price Of a blanket. 500
day for several duys in succession was and
is considered common remuneration Tor
gold.digger, though few work over month
at time, as the fatigue is very great. From
July TO October one.half of the gold hunters
have been afflicted either with the ague and
lfever,or the intermittent fever, and 20 days
absence from the placer during .hosemonths
is necessary to sscupe those diseases
There have not, however, been many fatal
cases. The gold is now sold, ,from the small
lest imaginary piece in size to pieces Of lib
in weight, at Sl6 per troy ounce for all the
purposes Of raising coin to pay duties to the
government are obliged to accept from 10
to $ll per or. All the coin in California
is likely TO be locked up In the customhoYs6
as the last tariff of our Congress is IN pfce
| here in regard to tho receipt Of money!
aCould you know the value Of I've Cali
fornia placer as know it, you w93ld think
you had been instrumental in ofnining a
most splendid purchase for our, untry, to
The placer is: known To- SBe5s Es3 hun.
dred miles long; and as disco erles are
constantly being made,t ii may ,prke 1000
-in factit is no coun,ingl the eI@ediate
miles yet unexplored. From 5, + 10000
900 of gold must be our export this andpext
year. How many more years this stafaQf
things will continue / cannot say. You,
may wonder why continue my correspon-
dence! answer, from habit, and your
many remarks of the interest you take in
my letters" ......, -......
The BosroN Posr.-The Augusta (Ga.)
Constitutionalist, says:-In spite ofthe New
Orleans Bulletin, the Boston Post will hold
its station, as the. Swlttiest journal SIN the
world.at Take the following go :@ss
IS" Some gentlemen Of Albany, who went
10 New York to secure a passage 10 Cali
fornia for small company, returned and
| reported that the rush at the steamers
| agency office for conveyance was over
wheIming. 1t was said that persons having
paid for passage had sold out their berth
| for 100 per cent premium-for instance, in
one case, a man who paid $500 FOR his
passage, sold out for $1,000" f.2sSI
| .s Why seek far shores for precious ores
To me the case is clear
We needn't roam at all from home
We've plenty of o'oers here
i REMARKaHLE FACT IN NATuRAL HIsros
RY.--The following account of q cfossbreed
between q stag and a: mare, we end in
late London paper:- p %'..s' st'ss..'. a
"A hybrid 6lIy, seven month old, was
found a, shor, time since in the New Forest,
andsis evidently Of mixed breed, the horse
and the deer Her dam, pony mare, was
obser"cds to. associate with, some red deer
stays, in thesN New Forest, for some months,
and =, iastthis ioal was. seen sbyi her. sd:
The nose shows a proximity both tg!he
stag and horse; her forehead is royfd like
4 .hatof the deer ;slegs lender and dsincsly
double epcolor brown, ligh htern rnndsr % belly,
sna taiEs sLkesa ssdeer This ext rdinary
u aan;na5 propeyty sQf. EsG twater,
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