The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-11-07


DIAu lirp.ip: Having some
,ligh, acquaintance with your dear self,
in day. gone by, and also many friends
ia your vicinity, and ] myself being
confined TO my shan,y by lamcpess. the
idea las struck me that l might, by
~ri,irg to you. con,rive TO pass away
dull, lonesome hour Or two. rleassn
10 myself, and a, the same time in,ercs,
YOU, and bs Of some bcnefi, 10 many Of
your readers who may chance 10 be in
ivcisd with the California Gold fever.
] have Thought that people in the
States could no, avoid being aware long
ago, Of what the prospects of mining
were in this country, but the thousands
of people tina, are rushing in here. this
reason. conviuccs me iha, they will, tin
tie language Of Holy Wrii,) believe y
lie thu, they may he damned. nnI not
only that. bu, siaryc to death before they
ever get out OF this country. and many,
before they ever get TO look q, the
promised land, ss such is already the
fate Of many who have started across
tho Plains. IL looks to me as though
people did no, believe such letters As
am now writing, but if some Editor in
California. WHO is paid by Rowland d
Aspenwall--IIoward & Son, or some
one interested in transportation, comes
out with flaming account Of Mr.. some
body and Mr.. SO and 50, who has made
q hundred thousand dollars in money,
and new, rich, dieings arc just discover
ed OF somewhere, and a big lump just
seen by the Editor, weighing 30 or 60
pounds, &c, &c, all this people swsl-
low down, ins,anter, pack up and are
"a in ,wiukling Of All eye, for Edo
RADIO.
Now there is large class Of people
engaged in different kinds Of business,
in the cities, whose advantage it is TO
get all the people they can here /; they
have selfish object in II; any one with
half an eye, in the States. cannot help
see that.
There las some people made tolc'
mblc fortunes in this country, but it ha-
been by capitalists and spectators, il
the cities, and would ask what coun
Try in Chrislendom, where there has moi
people made fortunes, and much great
er ones than las ever been made ia
California.
As far as my knowledge eatend'
among miners and ] have now spent I
year in the different mines, from one
extremity Of California TO the other.an'
! have never ye, been able 10 see o
hear Of single individual making ove
$4,000 by mining, and no, one in on
thousand, iha, ever made half ,ha
amount, nor never will. The fact j:
'he day is pas. and gone for diging for
tune, in California the mines are du
all 10 smash, fits and pieces, and turn
ed over and dug sgain, and now tn
new oomers are re-digging them, turn
Ing over rocks, scratching and picking
running about, up and down. prospect
Ing, cursiIg, swearing, and enquiri n
where they can find some little corne
where they can pick oai just enough
Transport themselves back to the State
ssAin. don't hear any Of them ash
ing far any thing more, tina, is the heisl
Q! their desires.
Just as certain as Death, and We
lers Ma,chcs,' people will beg for
ehancc Of working for their board,
less Than three mon;Ls and in The cat
many are already, and many are glad
~erk Tor 500 per month, III the min
ROY.
have recently come from Trini'
wal Reading digginss-ali the disS
ent branches Of Feather, and Zuba IL
CT, and all these places are crowded
s'eess. spd people daily aocking IN
LabaIeis, sAa al The same ,iI"c, ,l'e
"a 10 ss.k OF bar d,cginss that q