The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-09-08
Extraordinary from California.

We encounter the following letter in
New York paper. 1t must be read to be
appreciated. Whatever doubts may be
entertained of the other accounts we have
had from Sacramento, it will hardly DO TOR
any one to doubt this. Some may laugh
at it; but their laughing cannot but be
good in these cholera times:
"A Letter from the Disgins.'
VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO, April 20, '49.
Eddyturs of the Sundy Times-When
wrote before spades was trumps-now its
dimunds. These preshus stuns is found
| in brilyunt Perfusion on the brow7of tho
Sarah Nevady, and several as large as
fenix eggs has been seen in mountain OF
gold, diskiyered 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 dimunds is
remarkabul plenty, but law has been
made agen gatherin EN-, because it spolls
the fiutur crop. None is aloud to be gath.
reed under the size of piece of chauk.-
Emrulds abounds, but nobody is green e.
nough to pick 'em up when they can get
dimunds. Other jooils is drug. Beyand
the plains, or what they call plato of the
mountings, bushels Of little peaces ofsilver
has been dug up. which is very conveny-
ent for small change. F..
A stream runin' into Feather River, and
partiklarly rich in gold, has recently been
diskivered by German Kumpany, and
thew have skewered the iointonership by
the threatening to knife any one they catch
\ poaching on their fork. In honor some
outlandish Dutch water privilege, they call
| it the River Rhineo. Some of the xplorin
'sociation which has gone far into the in
tereyur, sends word that the soyl there is
all solid gold set with roobees, but nobody
believes these outlying parties.
i The depth ofthe odifferous sands on the
Sacramento is forty-eight feet eleven inches
and three quarters. Wherever we fine
traces of gold, we sink shafts and draw
up with horses. The sand is so tarnatior
[heayy it puts the mustangs to their metal
i II tell YOU; but there's no help for 'em; they
must hang on with all their might ant
!, name, or down they 60, and then it's al
up with 'em. .b. a,um
! 'Mense quantities of gold, at the yer.
} least, has been sent to San Francisco 70
| [somlnee time back, and as fast as it is got il
fit is turned into ingots. Thieves acanno
!, egzist at the diggins-being hung on tn
slightest suspishum. Grub is moderate
!, floods ofspiritus mater very dear. All kind
9 bof salt provisions is sold for a song; tn
d tavern keepers most give 'em away in o.
der to promote thirst. Salt pork is rs
|, Ehogshead, and brandy $40 a half pint
d How's ever, as gold is plenty every Jac
6 has his gill; 10 lo..oe,9 y,f % b9 :
n This puts me in mind of the moose b
Il the steamer Californy, that a ship load
= Eyoung women was coming out on a. maj
d lrrin' spekelashun, with one Mrs. Farnhar
1t as shoopercargo. We look for the sam
y anxshusly. What is gold--what is preshu
a stuns without wimmen? Nuthin but vanii
to- and yexashun Of spirit. Solomon says
T. | read t'other day on a page Of Proverbs
ID was a goin to use for waddin-Solomc
IT, saws a wurtshus 'ooman is more presh'
-1than roobees, and in q kuntry without pf
ID tycoats one feels the force Of the remarr
he When a man has wealth, he wants har
vn to leave it to; and in course--no wives
lis 1hares, You couldn't send me out on
he could you2 ] mean, a wife, not han
ito If she's some ,pitted with the ysmall7P'
ieven, I woodent care. The ordinarle