Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-09-19

NJ, hut they Ii, in the shade, aud sleep
Tho Siesis. Great numbers of newcomers
are continually pouring into the Mines !;
some of these are TIE most rerdant speci-
mems oi humanity that ever saw in all my
travels. They ask the Nrangest questions
that you ever heard Of. One of them said
" How fur apart DO you find the humps,
Mister ~ He was tod, in u confidential
whisper, that rhe small Jumps laid about
three feet apart, and that all over an ounce
were found exactly .fUe incbs from each
other, in a North Cdsterly direction. The
genus walked away, perfectly satisfied
with the information which had been i'm
pated to hun. Another, afer plying a
friend Of m.nc with a multitude of foolish
questions, CONCLUDED by enquiring the ex-
ac, amount that he had dug IAN inperli-
nent question: my friend very cooIly re-
p led that he codd not tell presisely, but
that as fas as lfc got barrel full. he head
cd i, up and stored il way,--and ne cou d
not recollcc; The e4ac, armber Of barrels. s.
The man did not ask any mole questions,
but he looked as if he wished he knew
where the barrel> were kept
The other day | wen, To Kelly's Bar
on the North Fork, the river there is span
ned by a substantial wuoden bridge, lately
constructed, which is strong enough to
bear ,x-watgons heavily laden. A bridge
is somewha, of rirsi,y in California, %
On my return from =" Krlly's Bar" | stop
ped awhile at the missouri House" log
young GIsly bear, perfectly tame. ] anus.
ed myself by paying with him for some
time. when, looking up, saw notice up
on the wall vhlc cb1,;nay be considered d Gu
riosity Of Literature. Upon II was written,
IN nondescript hand, the following brIef
but impressive lines, which shall not soon
forget -" rruble The Bar not" Upon lu-
Bar, nor Kelly's Bar" bu, the GriSly
Bar Of course, in obedience To the notice,
| ceased my playful attentions 10 the ami
able cub. Among ether curiosities at the
Mansion House | saw a number Of Indian
soaps hanging upon the outer wall Of the
CABIN ; these scalps wsr' tom from the
heads Of the Indians who were slain IN tue
con ba, told YOU about in my letter last
May. Among the various species OF wild
animals in California, 10 one half wolf, half
fox, called the Cuyoie, pronounced kioty
this beast is a great thief aud goes about in
tie night seeking wha, he can steal that is
eatabe. When proving near human
habi,ation, the Cuyoe is silent, but when
away upon The hills, or revelhng upon the
carcass of dead mule, holse or oy, it
keeps up sharp, shrill, yelpins cry that
can be- heard for mlles.
fresh from the celes Tia empire, came Into
these dgGIngs, la full costume, with their
cradles, pans and other mining implements.
II vas astonishing TO hear them " how
wow" and -" ki vi :" but you should
have heard them sing al night, all in cho-
rus ; their W ices are shrili rs fife, when
elevated in song and as this was love
a, l.. al aH. hn
tune was a. unknown ono to all save the
celes,ia's they would raise their voices !
know not how many oclaves, and howl out
in uUeathy falsetius that almost set our
teeth On edge, and when they sang The
plaiatirc Jdu, it resemhlrd the tones of
one of their own gongs. NV partner, Who
has resided sometime il China, and IS fa>
mlIiar with the language, translated the
song for me as they proceeded with their
scrcech.owl melody. and laughed until |
was sore. As they were winding up "llh
an extraordinary flourish, a crowd of Guy
otes on a ncigLborlnS hill, mis,akiug ;he
music for that ol some of their own spe.
cies, commenced rival serenaje, which
equalled in sweetness that Of the Orlen'als,
aud we really could no, decide which was
the most musical was inclined to think,
however that the Cuyo,cs took The palm
in harmany such nocturnal minslre'sy !
never listened TO before.
A few weeks since. Itook shor, walk
of thirteen miles, to visit the Indian COun-
eli House. ThS House is Of hemesphcrl-
cal shape, an at a distance resembles
huge circular mound of earth inside We
foun ! space forty feet in diameter, aud
fifteen iect high in the centre, the roof
supported by rough oaken pillars, with The
bark on them, set IN squares, seven feet
apart. In the middle Of this apartment the
Chiefs sat and deliberaled, while they
smok ed the fragrant weed and The var
r.ors danced AROUND them bedecked with
their gayest feathers, and bedsubed with
their freshest paint. The roof and walls
are composed Of small ralters laId close,
and bound together with grape vines ev-
er the raiters small pieces Of brush and long
dry erass arc laid, AID these are covered
with a layer Of clay Around the inside