The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-16

divduals which are calculated to deceive Won nj
hsme. few lucky sdvsnturers are reported
the amount raised BY each in short time, DC. &c
This may BE- true. But not one word 10 said Of
the disappointed thousands Of those who have
! worked whole year without success Were
they to place IN one column the cost Of outfit the
expense Of living aud Of operating here the mum
Der Of unsuccessful miners and business men A.
I gainst the number of lucky ones and the amour.
raised by them, It would present fearful array
OF figures against California. believe there have
/ been more fortunes made here by trading and
speculation than by mining The hundred thou
sand dollar men are those who have got rich by
sprculations, trade or gambling.
Nearly sll the claims ON the south fork Of
Feather rlyer have failed as high rs the Kanyvu,
| (Canon)
-Four or five have proved good A company n
mile below Siringtown who bad made or 1000
dollars lsstwinter on the middle fork, took up n
claim little above on the south fork bulk dam
and race at an expense Of 1900 dollars and did
no, get dollar Another company built dam
and race n! al expense Of over l4U0O dollars, and
did not &c. 800 A dozen companies in tho vi
clni!y erected dams At from 8 to { 10 600, and af
ter enduring the labor Of prospecting in the win
fer rams. building cabins masking roads over
mountains and suffering incredible hardshlps with
/ the iorhtudc which belongs 10 the American race
have rellnquished their claims without getting n
dollar, perfectly bankrupt AMI in debt for the We
~ bread they ate while ut work with high antici.
! pations Of q fair remuneration Aud the traders
too have suffered by extending credits TO those
men who would pay them fthey could-but can
not. know the most Of these men personally
aud more industrious and honorable class Of
men do not exist. In the grand rush to Gold
lake two months ago. thousands Of men were in
the n a L
the con.equdcoi Why soma good deposites
were found and i few made rich or comfortably
oil, bot the great mass made nothing So it is
here. And who ID 10 blame for holding such high
attributes to California of showing but one side Of
the picture, which induces men. women and caIl.
d1en to leave home friends and comforts to launch
forth into sea OF uncertainty, Of misery death,
and only Of doubtful success, but those through
vhon they CLEAN their information the conduct.
of the I'resss The failure Of dams Is not con.
fined to Feather River alone but so TAR a. can
learn, II is about the same on all the streams,
which have been extensively damned 10 gctat the
bed ofthe stream. Perhaps my statements NAV
not becredtcd by those who rely upon tlc srris
walls of gold quoted IN tho papers, and by the
more arden, at home. All have to say then il,
Come and try it your,elyes--the gold is IN the
mouniains-g,t IT.
/ In let:er to Hon j. D. Cation which see YOU
have published. spoke OF the condition ct things
With regard to land title, and ,qua,ters rights
The matter has been fostering until it has reached
n head and has broken out. Congress has delay
ed TO admit California rs state, quareling over
an abstract question with which We have nothing
10 do, aud this indirectly coun,enanclng the vi.
cous and evil disposed IN their course against law
and order. You will see BY the papers the san.
culinary conflict Of the squatters on town lots in
Sacramento city with the constituted suthorltie.
This Is Que Of the results Of the delay in allowing
us to settle our own matters and is only \ pre-
lude 10 other excessc.. Tho authorities arc de-
;crmned 20 maintain the laws Of state whether
admitted or not and | for one think il highly i'm.
portant for the good of society that they should
doso But the squa,ters on town lots should not
be included with squatters on vacant lands or on
tn. vast claims made under Mexican grants. For
instance il frs. lay claim tol6O acres Of land.
and comply with the reQuisiton, Of tie law tho
land properly becomes mine. If lay out a town
on this 100 acres which is all can hold By law,
my right extends over the whole plat ltanother
person occupie, one Of my town lots he trespas-
Is on my equitable rights, and il is in some such
way that tho difficulty originated at Sacramento
city; the sqult;ers rsfnSin. 20 yield their claim,
10 the original propTietors although there !, an
o;heT dispute with the first occupants on account
OF 80 beng held as u NeIican grant--It Is Ger
tain tina, the plat was laid out before state gov
eminent WAS organized. Slhe Sacramento squat.
tiers are a formidable body Of men determined 10
have 4 Lone, but l,biDs they vii finally br com
PEELED to Yield Rat there il another question in
embryo which will NOT lie 80 easily settled, and
that Is s4uaiting on government; lnni--raihcr mp
on Mexican grants for there Is not 800 square
miles OF desirable land such as can I've cultivated
a. Il l,,, k., -. ~.
Yiduah under Mexican grants The sgua,ters on
thisla1d have the sympa,hies Of the mass of the
population, for they think it unreasonable that
the few should eoa.rol the many and deprive
them Of an abiding place in a new country like
,Lis, and under the circumstances which brought
them here and compelled them to STAY. Here
then is another serious affair in embryo ard o mat,
ter which will be yielded only n. the point Of the
bayonct, Unless Congress, settles the matter in
some equitable way soon, difficulties OF mos, Sc.
rious nature will en.ue
think have written YOU respecting the min.
er's Law on claim. This is matter which takes
care of itself and is rs faithfully obeyed as any
law Of Congress. and it ia hardly written, much
less printed. appealed few days ago To the
President Of the Association fur copy Of the law
Tor the purpose OF sending i, home for publication
Afera dIlligsnt search, It was ascertaned tina,
uilI ~ siS w Sup7 tNleteNl, Nli IHfE was Ten HlcS
distant But it is well understood and when you
hear Of one miner ,nsing another on disputed
claim it is not before judicial tribunal bu, be
fore the self constituted miners court
But talk so much Of California that doubt
not you, Us well as your readers are wcaried-and
surely II is no pleasure for me to describe the act,
ual condition Of things as see them. When you
get tired of paying the postage on my lucubra.
tons say so, and will trolble you no more
Perhaps repeat things over and over like old
story tellers. | keep no copies Of my letters, and
cannot tell what have written before. should
be glad to ge, the Free Trader, but the only pa.
per get from the states with any degree Of reg.
uarity is the True Delta which comes through
my friend Mr. Grant.
i, is now sieky in the valley. Chill Fevsrs
.tgus and flux prevailing; bu. in the mountain,
a, !. igh as this nobody is sick.
Sonn all communications through New York.
Truly yours, a. DELANO