Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-05-24
From the New York sunday Times.
Z Letter from California.
MARIA PosrK RIyrR,. March IS, 1850

MARIA PosEK RIyER, March Is, 1885,
Eddgturs of the Sunday Times. F@
Soon after penned the seaqnl to my last letter,
the argueous fluid subsidized and quit my ezersizes
in authograyy to take few spells at the more vilent
exersize of diggin My gang consists of self, two
Perooyian chefs-proude, lazy black fellers, with
the blood of the mixers in their vanes-and Chilli
yum who has the agur at present. and bein too week
to wurk in the shafts, is ingaged konstructn shi
ver-de-feeze round camp to keep out these tuff
kustumers the gristly bars
Gold is rayther skarce on the planes, and many
has left the prayery country and commenced dam
ming the streams and blasting the sides Of the mount
ings OWN to the bad rodes git nothin from the
settlements and have to trust to guns for grub
which is hard times in secshun whar there is no
game but tuckey buzzards and bars, and now and
then links or two from the mounting chains. In
fakt these is the meanest diggins ever saw-no
grub little gOld no Ticker. never felt so blue and
entirely out of spirits In my life. Parties the
Sanity Claus is dom better. Chinyman found a
junk thar the other day which wade moren anybody
ud believe.
The Injuns in that kwarter has been Troublesome
lately; and the San Fransisky papers blamed the
whites for huntn 'em down in the first instunce but
think its cum to purity pass if free Mericans can't
shute an In two without ben made target for
noosepaper bulletins. Eff game plenty it mout
make derunce; but it STAINS to reson that eff man
goes on hunt he must shute at somethen. say it's
onchristyun to call KILN darned heather redskin
murder.
Moo sitties are startin up in every likely sittwa
ton. The latest is the sitty of Sam Joking on the
river of that name. Doorin the late fluid the site
could not be seen, and the popyylation was lokated
on raft, which ankered rite the main pla-
za not to looze the barings of the place. The
water privileges is great in this reun durn the rany
season. and towns will continue to be founded in di
vers places along the banks of the Sam Joking if all
| goes swimmingly.
see by the Passifik Moose that young Elder
ah-do called the Bay of Trnadad has been diskiver
ID
Fransisky, who has sold several lots thar all ready
An expedishun has gon in sairch of the spot, wich
if found, will soon be a prOmisin place for emmy
grants wishing to seizure thare hard airnings by
placing them beyond thare own reach. The Moose
says that Trinidad Bay recently entered by the
sloop Phantom" l dessay it was--that craft has
been remarkabul for making discoveries the Cali
forny coste.
A minur brings roomer from the camp at Snory,
witch shose that the dggers thar has not been aslepe
A lump waying % pounds everdopoise has been dug
+ out of a canon thare, besides menny five and six
FOUNDERS witch forms altogether gratifying report.
We think of putin out for Snory purity recently for
it's no yuse staying here, WHARF oney rock out
ounce piece per dime.
You WILL in course be surprised to lern that such
is the skarsty of mummy in the settlements that you
can't borry thousand dollars for year without
payn fifteen hundred for the yuse of it. 1t duz seem
strange that whar every current gold, current
f mummy should be wurth moren its own waite by the
year. The noosepapers here tride to explane it, but
like the milk in koko nuts 1t is not clear solushun
The airth reckwires interest for the use OF it,
treshures but then the arth has BOWLS, witch the
/ mummy lenders has not.
4 The tauk in the settlement is. that if Californy
amt purity soon made State, she'd set up a Pa
: tion or somethn in that line, her own hook.
. bleeve sheel do it too. Fust, and above all want
a mint Only think of kuntry so full of gold tha
, every dip perdooces dram, and yet with all these
drains we've no mint to make em fit for gineral cir
kylation.
t Exkuse the bad spellin eff you find emmy, as ful
want of table rite with the paper spred on two
gun brooches, witch, with the excepshun Of my own
! Is tho onoy paro of brooches in the kumpany.
! Yours alters, A DIsBANDED VOLUNTEER.