The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-27
From lbo Chicago Journal
The Charm iH Working


The Charm is Working
Yesterday, wa counted eleven leans, ak
mule, four-hOrse aud tWO horse, pHfsing
along Lake sL 90 Tume for California Tho
demand for wagons for The Plains 10 20 great
ia our eily, that u IL with difficulty supplied
One establishment III DOW manufacturing
twO a day, aud yet the cfy 10 "nore."
Day before yesterday llirly ieana,hnd yes
lnrdAl llIeen, WeIe mei on iLe lAnk fond.
within eleven miles Of This elly-All under
weigh for California,
The dreams ofone hnlfof lhe community,
both waking and sleeping, nse e-0f nothing
bat gold-"The Gold Devil" evidently pos
sosses the people, aud lhey ARE rushing to-
wards the land Of nll aspirations. The great
leader Of old, could not huvesyiewed fair ca
nnnn with eyes mOfe longing lhqn those with
which one hnlf the world regard Tie west-
ern slope ofIhe Pacific Talk about Sinhad
the Sailor, aud tho lamp Of Aladdin Why
here are lba Arabian Nighls' by broad day
light Talk about the golden fleece and Ja-
sons expedition aud the good ship Argo
There 10 tho sheep itself win more Jhsons
lhRn lhoro we're Plolemys IN Egypt, aud
whole neet-, every ono Ai ArPo
Young hridogrooma, their white kids un-
sulliod, and Tho honey moon not yet Ia ia lhGt
quarter are raising their lasl quarter, and ex-
changing the soft phrase Of love for the sien-
lorihn clio for California y Men that lnn-
gulshed around pihnoea Ha benniya fingers
swept thn ivory keys, are lislaning on some
crowded dock for the steamers bell. ere shs
makes wake for the'El Dorado ofihe nine
-'eeHih century. Those Who once delighted
Ia the rusiling grain Of their own we'll lilled
fields, now hear no music 20 sweet ~ tho
Tapping Of tho soll as II answers tic favorink
wind.
Gnllanls that played sweet nirs upon flutes
10y moonlight meath the windows of their la
Ny loves, are chnflciing for muller, and bur
nirhing up old ri0os.
Men who once reared buildings of substAn-
linl brick and stone, nro now studying mrinl
architecture and rearing airy castles, from
urrct TO foundation stone, all gold. twenty
four cathis 6ne,
So goes the world. Go? II doesn't go,
except ~ boiling caldron gocs--ii bubbles,
ciltncscrs, oyhporhtoa. How varied the for
-linHA- f-ihase- who have -Ihiiher.---
Through the South Pasr, around Cape Horn
in steam ships, on horsn.back. in wagons, ON
foot-young and old, grave and gay--tbe
clergy from his desk, Tho lawyer from
his brief aud tho blacksmith from his bo-
lows How many hearts hro beating pain
fully today, awaiting Intelligence hy the next
steamer. ttuw many eyes are turned tonr-
fully towards each setting Bun, Ms tho
thought ofihc loved ones and lost ones comes
over their spirits like twilight over enrth.-
How many oro sickcning todny with tbe
"hopc deferred"
Aud then away there, how is IL? One cx.
changes health for wenlih-nno,her ten years
Of life for n heap Of dust-nno,her still has
ceased to dream.
"Thc storm that wrecks the winter sky,
No more distutbs his deep rcposc,
Than summer evenings latest sigh
That shuts The rose
And yct somfwill hhck IN strength, linden with
the lnilsmnu that wins friends aud honor,and
they mny find perchaneo that the song Inns
crnsud la their homes of yore--Ihat the tnu-
sic of life has died out. How liko the nihi-
den Of old, will their spirits sink then, beneath
the weight of wcnhh which bur now they had
borne so lightly. And frw-n white mark
for the few will return full Of Joy and hope,
to the smiling welcome Of all they "lcn be-
hiud llem.'
"But gold-is there not gold ihoroY" OK
claim they ALL Yes, assuredly; Clarcnce'a
dream is rcnli2ed--"greHt heaps Of gold"
and argosirs of gems, and hears Of graves
wijhnI, aud volumes orunWriTG6n aud unwrJt
able suffering if not enough 20 make brave
man pHiU; enough Mt irust to make wise
man pause.
Men, many mcr, will doubtless return with
gold in their Golfers, hut with silver va their
har,nnd Gosls in their henrls;some will greet
us again with oil their reasonable hopes re-
allied, and only here mud there tenr for Tho
change that has swept over their homes, and
somo will return but to say with sigh, ,"this
H. the lRl of cAtth.n "
Thanks bo TO Heaven, IL is not ours TO read
the horoscope ofdestiny, and TO those thai
double the stormy Chpe,o thread the noun
tain gorge, we bid God speed and an early