The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-07-17

s ssSssdys he mininG country
f5apd Wages will range high. a, prescn
slave labor in California would he moro
profitable than in Oregon. And have al
ways been OF the opinion. that whercvc
I. there Is mining country; if hot in eli
mate uncongcnial to slave labor. that spc
clcs OF labor would he profitable That
would he in the California mines is cvi
dent. a good, able bodied slave, wonl,
einvc commanded IL California, during H.,
past year, from eight to ten bundled .l"li.r
per aannnpm.. When, Us yecqllcc!eA ,,s
ono hundred d"lla:.i pcr annpl., upon t,
average, IS conshcrGH good culnpcGs,tin:
for their labor in the Sou,',rru Stats, it j.
'dtc, in my Judgment, TO contend tia, slave,
would not be CARED Ia The C,!iogni;
market, If protected bv law
The greatest impeachment which wlliy,
iab"r has I" encounter in The mines, ,s the
intensity OF the heat ana the prevalence oi
bilious disease. The one Is almost ms uIl'
rr"oie, "tIic the other IS p">iIlcuti;,!
against both OF these The negro Is almost
proof. Now, while wIh,c labor is 80 hinh
II IS evident that no ono can hire whilc
!a0orcr, except at a rate that wru!G CON.
hu'hc his profit. No, So w,l, uCg:1 ahui
That spcrics oi !abu. wi"iet be ob,niurL Ia
hall the amount which you would haze Il,
pay for white labor. The result VII be 4
profit alike 10 the hircr aud seller ., slave
tabor. There is no doubt, in my iudrtucn.
,hat almost any number OF slaves. n!,ght uC
hired out in California, were tho white.
willing 10 allow il, nj nom cic!.il, ;rr iiui.
drcd dollars a year, his is pay 50 tnur.
above what thc'r services c,unrDarn! IN ,l.r
States as I" .-sapsiy;ay nnc, llla, cou,
this species pi ScryIec be protected ~ Cali
iornia, it would rush to tic Pacific IN al
most any I!iaIn,ity. -.
LEI MS turn our a'tenGoY 10 Utah an,
New Mexico. ! have no .iruni. from wha,
knowledge have Il t!ycs2, cnWn,rics, ,l,a
hey VIII turn out io be hIlGI wlh The ;icl.
. ea: !'ncs. ! clp,thG following from q re-
gent paper, containing The, news i. lror
Ic$ns and Chihul,na
"AI!. James was informed. hv Maio;
NcIghbours ,and lir Lee Ninlng, I,a, ,l,cyy
iian bcGn shoWnhy Mayor Strln. som" gnIi
washed ont by '''s troops, ON the urla ,gcr
, ~ a short excursion to that stream
"it IS reported that nj the culEpr mine,
above +! l'aso, there are abon, 100 ,u.,. %
pure copper lying upon the ground THIS
mad been got out by McEIcans, and aban.
honsd when attacked by Indians
"Therc arc at FL Paso, III The hauds ot
different persons, several large amonnt9 oi
silver orc, taken from the mines, IN thai
1ieisihorhood, With guarantees OF utlcs
20 lands, and protection from Indians only :.
SNORT 'iHlr ;1opd aIarsc before al these
n'ncs would .Rp.weil worked and we would
,H'ye large ,a4apsIns e( meta! seeking .
market through tHis place.
Shd II you consult Mcmont.. A.an MIN
acu by order Of 'ih9iSenatc il, lsis' Won
WI ma, near the source Of ono oi.,hc
'i'la River, cooper aud gold mines, Iaid
down: And if am no, greatly mistaken
II Will turn out tlmt the hlormons arc il
Sos6essl"n Of the richest kind of ni,es
i'aI oi tic Sierra Nevada, ): 1t is known
to?4 tha!t, siI. and copper mines have fol
many yeprs been worked in New Mexico
Y'd pm Inl9rned by Hugh N. Smith, csc
That there arc in tl,at Territory, gold, sill
yer, copper, lead, and zinc mines OF ,bC
richest qralitN aud that the reason WHY
ihey lave not 'laltesly bccn worked mort
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