Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-02-27

! nv Icashiay don't be alarmed LADIES' for We
have TO do washing here and started
! off my efrana. got 2 b!bs of Reans costing
81 ,oo-returned as soon as well could, " he n
! my friend came up dried aud weighed his gold,
/ aad found that he had some thing 81 500.
t You ask me how long ~ Ill this state OF things
| continued Go! only kno,cs. Gold is being
! found in abundance in the very grounds on
which We encamped when We first crossed the
mountains. without know ing that there was any
I OF the precious metal within miles Of US The
mines whe re We now located. were entirely
unknown untii long after We reached here. l
confess that with all my means Of information,
l can Fix no boundary TO the extent Of these
mines-no limits TO their richness. Take the
facts-iook over the ground, let every man
Judge for himself. l have determined TO adrise
no m1n-not even NV most Intimate fri- nds TO
come to California. Although doub, no, gen
erafions yet unborn, will come here TO Dig GOLD
Yet think possessed Of all The facts necessary
TO a correct understanding of the whole matter
every man should Judge tor himself " he Their he |
ought to seek his fortune in this distant land or
not l have gwen you the golden side OF tho !
pcture-the rich str-aks-ihe Instances Of good
fortune. These rich results, are NOT to be relied
upon ~ general rule. Portune has her favor I
ties, and no man can be assured Of her gifts
A business man however, working man
who comes here with the will and the ability 10
work-and who can stand the labor aud the /
rough mouniaineer life We have to live, may
calculate certainly, on making money more
than ten times as fast as the Iabor-r can make il
in the States. Aud yet there thousands who
will 60 home from California as poor a. when
they came. Gold, as general thing, is only TO
be had, even here. after much pati- Mt and hard
labor. The work is hard and the living harder
still. Thousands come here expecting to gath /
-r gold as easily, and in great abu ndsuc-
they would PEBBLES on the shore. Such are
saciy disappointed, and often hurry off home
cursin- boil, the country and the goiI mines
Then there are thousands here who know 10th F
" IN NJ yfh tt.r a. sl,
or stand the living III the mines. These must /
go home uurrwarded. Scores set ont for this +
"El.! orado,' leaving happy hennes and anxious f
friends or aif-c::orate families behind, Wto have +
lcit their bones to bleach on the Desert Plains.
or have found resting place beneath the dark
ANA troubled Ocean. Bat take these hardy
rugged. s. dwarf fellows black, rough, and
careless. who can live anywhere on anything,
ami be 'o"tent under all circumstances. Snch
are the men II como 10 California, and get the .
gold after they get here. In my next letter
shall endeavor 10 fiat room for some general
suggestions To future emigraats, IN regard TO the
best means Of getting 10 this country. At pres
eht have neither lime nor space 10 spare.
have given bat little atteHiio to the politics
of the country. Sach matters won't pay here.
| am advised, however. that the Ccave ntion
closed their abors at least early As suggest
ed 10 you in my last letter. An election las
been ordered ant held lew days since, the re-
suit Of which have not learned. for adopting
the Constitution as reported by the Convention.
and the choice Of some officers under it. | pre-
shall have a State organized during the
coming season. The strictest ganizaiion could
scarcely improve the present condition of things
however. General good order. peace aud qui-
etness prevail. CRIME is almost uahes d Of
Property, the most valuable. is left unframed,
with no other protection, than the tree under
which it IS deposited
The health Of the miners in this region is re-
mnrkably good am about as fat ami stout
a Gri-iy Boar, and if you could see me--hair
and all, fear YOU would think me mach such
beast All the emigrants fron Wayne County,
At last advices were well AMI doing well. Ma
ny OF th"m have seen recently Their friends
should give themselves no uueasiaess ahuut them
should they not hear from iii~,n. Most Of ihem
are " .u'erlug ou the 'Amrrcan Fork :. South of
'lis SOM % miles. Hr. \. Cunningham. of
iIhger~tGwn Co. died mar iliis, of chronic d.
trrhea. IN the midst of his friends. with every
attention ant roiifort that Circumstances woulI
1amt, on the clh of Oct. last. He .yAs much
be loved hy all who knew him. aud his death
IS severely felt b. his companions here as II VIII
be by the berrf' ones of the States
'TrllE Yours