Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-01-10
LATE FROM THE GOLD RE.
GION.

LATE FROM THE GOLD RE
GION. ss.tt.ss..sz55,
! We hav" been permitted by r. N
Morrison, Esq. of this city, TO take tht
following extracts from letter, datet
San francisco. October a, 1S4S, jus
received fiom his son, Lieut., RodericI
M. Morrison, OF The First New Yofl
Volunteer Regiment, and lately, com:
manding the military rost at Sonoma,
in California. He is now engaged in
mercantile business connected withslhe
god region. We duubt not. will be
read with much interest generalIy,:L,l,
particular bv some of his C ,llege com.
panionS at old Yale.-N y. Tribune,
"WhenI wrote you last we lad jus,
returned from an excursion wirli Major
Harde, among the sNoriIlern}In ndians. in
The course Of which hr succeeded in as.
sembling The heads of tribes, represent
ing several thousand Indians, at Soho.
ma, where he made solemn ,reary
with them. They had been rrepaling
for descent upon Sonoma and the re-.
gions thereabnu', which, since ihe. com:
nencemenfo Of The yetlow fever has been
almost deserted by the adult male in,
habitanls. The Indians were @astonisll-
ed at the sentiments expressed hyihe
white chief, who, in promising justice
and protection to his red friends, acted
so differently from their Spanish mas.
ters, toward wl,omlthey entertained feel
ings Of the bit'erest hostility. The:
Spaniards were accustomed, whentI.ey
wanted servants and laboiers, TO make
an incnrsion into the Indian territory
with an armed party; attack atibe,
and carry of mpn, women and children.
to the number they desired, never wills.
ourbeing Obliged to.kill a grea: many:
Of The poorsredsmen in.ihe ,foray Fhey.
were assured ,llat this would be stopped:
|ln future, their complaints rigid! y exr2
|aminrd, and their wrongs redrassed. !.
The Indians appeared delighted swiillI
| |tl,eaciapg of.niastfrs, and WorsS:s7sEs
|nal liaeIilyst The Il e "a
with HIM posing E3and Impressive cere;.
40 10. Y.
.zsI ca a nsslillIrc VOL need sllaEe.
mo feaf of@sff accounts of if1ese dis
! s6Teries; and ieil2.n.adilc being ex-ss
laggsrated.; 81 gis almost impossible 10
exaegerste. The :defpe they sssena
into The eaiih, tie richer seems 10 be
the.rpward To resid liere, Eat SIN
francisco, and, sec: :lle immense qnanti-..
" Of The precious mrtalin circulation,
a! d daily arriving, would. convince the.
most incrednlous. The discovery OF thr5
mines has induced flow of population
to this country Sof all s'zes, sorts and
colors-Oreganians, Chlians, Pernvi-
ans. Marqnesans, Kanakas, and, in fact,
all the floating Humans" of,he great
Pacific, as far as the birds of fame have
flown with the seductive intelligencp.
The wand Of Midas has indeed touched
this far-off land most cffsciually, and
scattered the precious dust broadcast
ov,r its mountains and valleys and
plains to ain extent entirely unknown,
and unparalleled elsewlerc,in the wide
world. q
I've need new Civil Government,
very much, as everything is in confu.
sloo. The people pay but little rr$pecr
to 'he temporary authorities. Gangs of
bandries are forming on The road across
the mountains, to intercept tie caravans
understood 10 be in charge of gold. l.:
is impossible to tcll when this excite.
mant is to stop, as gold has been found
in every strenm whose source is in the
mountains Ny yearnings for "dalre
domum are s,ron.. enough, assure
you, and although "auri saera flames, y
you must not count on The return OF. your
errand bny until he has secured a few of
the golden apples from the ieeming gar
deus of these Hesperides, where there is
no dragon to be encountered in the
gathering. ,.
From hc AbLepiHe Banner.
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
In regard to the Facilities for Manufac.
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