Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-10-10
Late fresss California.

hi cur special ana .eNciu>ifc. epis'n'aT
aacat N Caiiiornie, led us to fear that b.
had been Lynched. or had died sndjirl,
pi some newly discovered disea Se-bu ",
are pleasantly disappointed by the recep
tioa OF the following under his own hanc
and seal. We had some difficulty in decy
phering the original. which appears to have
hecn written with tobacco JUICE. and had i
not been for the gold dust used by The
writer inslead of common sand, and which
in some me sure Ilumnates The dingy
Manuscript, the communication wouid
have heen wholly iIleglble 1t will be seen
that the previous accounts Of the riches oi
| that region are more than confirmed.
VALLy OF THE SACRYMENTUR.
April 20, iS49.
EDpYTrRs OF THE TyMrs-When
rnie Ge'orr, spades was trumps-now IL
jlnunds. These pre,hus s,uns is found d
IN brlvan, pcr.uson on the brow OF the
Sarah Na.aday, aud several as large "a
lenix eggs has been seen in mounting of
gold, diskivered last week, near the Sam
Joking; and when the. snow meits il IS
supposed tha, many Of the frs: water will
come down with The current. Seed oi-
muEds is remarkYb,l plenty, but law has
been made a. Atyctherin' 'em, because il
s,ies he iurer crop. None is aloud 10 be
gehered under The size Of peace Of chauk.
Ernrulds abounds, but nobody is green
enuff TO pick em up when they can set
dimunds. Other jooiis is drug. Beyond
the plains, on what they call plato Of the
mouniings bush, j. Of liti'e peaces Of silver
has ieen dug Up, which is very conven-
yant ior small change. a stream runnin'
into Fe,her RivuF, and pertikuriv rich in
gold, has recently ben di>kiyered by a
German kumpanv, ana they have seke-
nered the jim, oner,hip by threatening 10
knife any one they ke'ch poachin on there
fork. In onor Of some oulandiSh Dutch
"atur prisiledge, they call it The Rivur
Rnipe o. Some OF the ApIoriu 'sociashuns
which has gonn far INTO the in,ereyur, seeds
wurd lhi, the sile thar. is all sold gold sol
with roobces, but NOBODY belves these out.
isin' parties.
The depth Of the ordletous sands on The
Sacry menIur is forty-aie lee, eleven inches
and 3 kuturs. W herever we find traces
of gold, We sink shafts and draw i, up
with horses. The sand is so tarnation
heavy 1t puts the m lstangs 10 there metal,
tel! yu bu, there's no help for 'em
hey must hang on with all here mite and |
nape, or doun they go, and then It's all
ip with EN-.
'Men,e quantities Of gold. at the very
east has been sent To Sam Phrancisco for |
sum tine back, aud as fast as it l. g'f IN
/ is turned To in gofs. Theaves can not
'ggzst at the dig2lns-ben hung on the
'l,est suspishua. Grub is modura,e !;
iooii, ofa spIri'uS mater very deer. All /
iuIIs y salt provishuns is sold for song /:
ne tavern keepers mo>i givin 'em away
n ordur 10 promote thur>t. Salt pork is
i've dollars hoihej, and brandy ten dol
ars a half pint. IIows'ever. as gold is
'lenty, every jack has his gill
This puts me in mind Of the Moose by
he s,camur CaIiiorny, that ship load of
.unc wi,nmen was comm oat on n,r-
.vin spekuashun with one Mrs. Farnham
IS shoope.carso. We look for the same
,n.llusiy. What is gold-a hat i. pres
ius stuns without wi,nnin n Tim bur /
,au,v and vexashun of spirits. Su'omun !
;lys, Il red it ,'orher day on a page OF
,royurbs | was goin TO use for waddin,)
oinun says wurtshus oomun is more |
,reshus than roobees. and in a kuntry !
siihout petfvcool one feels the iorse ol
he remark. When man has welIh he |
wants hares to leve i, 10; and in coarse =
10 wives, no hares. Yu couldn't send me |
,u, wun could yu! | mean wife, not
, hare. If she's sum pit,ed with the small
,ox even, I woodent kare. The ordinari |
est goods is valeabe when thare is none
IN the market. Thare's duzzuns
woodent Iookt at in the States, that I'D
now be thankfully reserved and no kwes-
shuns axed. Yu can say. and troo'y.
Iha, I'm wurh more IAN my wait in gold.
for I've gut a kwariur OF iun Of it in
s,oar at Sam Phrancisco, besides spring
ling o dimunds.
We have sort OF make-shif' su,urn-
nun, here (no alluzh'm to the Parrygrafi
above.) gut up extrumperry as one may
say, that ansers purity well for moo KUN
try, Gen. Smilh ain, nobody. He's
klever chap and spunky, no douf o 'na'
hut he haint got 10 more orthor'ty than
child in arms, If ,hare was such thing