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

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when two thirds of the members have not
the capacity to earn decent living at
home.
California.
The Boston 7rarc1er has letter from
Geo. w. Morrill,, dated San Francisco,
Jan. 90, 1919.
We note in it the ollwng. which we
place among the "marvellous:"
As for gold /, hare got plenty If IL. ]
have about 1913 pounds. 1t sells here tor
from 12 to 16 dollars the ounce. was
in the diggins three months and half,
and if l had something 10 wash out the
dirt clean. should have got as much
again; for we can get nothing like near all
Of it out. / paye weighing i've POUNDS
] want YOU to come out here; you can
get jus, as much gold as you want.
know where there is ledge, that is al
mos, solid gold; but shall not tell any
body, nor work at it till my friends come
out found it out by one of the Indian
chiefs. whose lie saved. when he was
about TO be murdered. a great many are
killed, and nothing is said about it.
The excitement is so great, that every
body has been digging gold. and every
one here has got plenty OF gold. L.iv-
ing here is now two dollars a day. lthas
been ten dollars.
The gold country is immense. have
been five hundred miles up the country
and the further We 20 the thicker the gold
is. l think on the river where | was. the
fountain head is in the mountains. but II /:
awful travelling to get up to my ledge.
know where there is plenty of silver If
the mountains. We found that when
was among the Indians. They took me
prisoner. and Twas with them nine months
At last discovered that one Of the chiefs
was a frcemason, and he at once set me
free. find that a great many Of tie
Indian Chiefs are .freemasons. l wa.
made mason by the recommendation o
an aged friend, before left Michigan.
left there when tne war first began, and
went and joined Col. Fremont's regiment
We crossed the mountains. and got ia
ken by the Indians. was released il
consequence Of being a mason: and
would advise all that intend to come on
to this wild country, to become masons, FOL
they will find true friends among the
Indians The Indians hold masonry L
be sacred--which it is.
If you were here, you could make
money atey our trade just as fast as you
please-for mechanics here will not work
a, their trades, because they get rich SC
much faster at the gold diggings.
If you come out. come with number
The more that come together, the better
they can do. understood, yesterday
that news had come from Monterey, they
had found an incxhaustible gold mine
about 50 miles from there, and also some
silver mines; but ICE take no notice Of the
silrer mines, which can be got at half the
trouble Of the gold. Quicksilver is here
in abundance. in all the hills.
A French barber. in dressing the hair
Of young female. being unable to get i,
70 his mind. pettishly exclaimed, ..by gar
no man can make whistle out of Won
pigtail." But ikseems he was mistaken.
for by the following it appears that it has
been done:
Jonathan Whistle, Of Chestnut Grove,
New York, (says an exchange.) has been
married to Miss Jeduiha Pigtail. This is
making whistle out Of apigtail.
0[An item for Barnum.-A child not
yet four years Of age. weighing over one
hundred pounds. and fully as many fee,
high as it is years old. is now living with
its parents on the corner Of kemblc and
Linn streets. II is an active and beauti-
iul boy. We understand a curiosity seek
ing gentleman Of this city has offered the
parents large sum for the privilege oil
training the boy for feass on the stage and
in the ring.-Cin. Ga=.