Worcester daily spy., 1852-02-13

Aug. 70. How has the gold become dim
Alter all our preparations and hopes, our
toll early and late-tol of the most abori.
Gus kind, digging down in the channel of
the river till the water was up TO our knees
giving ourselves barely time 10 eat, we have
made but S84 each. We sat down on tie
rock and looked at The small ridge of gold
IN the pan, and then at each other. One
fell TO swearing another to weeping. | had
10 say some encouraging things Our way
indeed is dark, and great are our diff
ncultles, and oft repeated our failures, and
we experience the bitterness of the hone
deferred which makes the heart sick
one young man near us has Just died.
ne was without companion or friend
a'one IN ms tent, not even his name could
oe discovered. We buried him and tied
Gown &c ms tent, leaving his effects within.
mus Is nome made doubly desolate.-
ears will pass, and that loved son or
uio'her, or husband, will be expected, and
the question stI repeated, why don't lie
wlde.spreading oak is seated an old mnn q,
three score and ten years. He left w;fs
and seven children at home He Is i,dnss
trlous but has not made enonrb n hn,, III
provisions, and is thoroughly home .sirL
To-day | weighed my little store of pold
after paying all expenses and find i
amounts after over six weeks of hard Iahor
$35. oeNS y ''a'u iaoor
Aug. 25. He returned TO Weayer's Creek
On hls way he made acquaintance with nm
lntelllgent gentleman from Wnshino,on
VINO had held profitable office there. and
had lett family behind him. He came
hoping to better good condition, but few
days labor convinced him that it was hest
10 lei well enough alone.' He was not a
solitary case. The mines are full of spcb
!he wonderful instances OF success which
those at home are made to believe are rom.
mon, are about in proportion of one ia a
thousand. vi the nine hundred and ninety
1iihe instances OF failure, or al least OF limit.
cd success, those at distance know notb-
ang OF the prlyatings and disbursements
trials, dangers and deaths.
wan much expense of time and labor.
ahey constructed a dam which laid b,re =
large portion OF The of the river. They dug
1t all over and found nothing Ii was to-
tai failure -
sept. IL. have now been three months
IN The mines, and have made 1890 There
rs much sickness here. One half Of the
whole population is sick
Having heard nothing from his family he
went TO San Francisco for letters a
1nend loaned him a mule for the ioprnev.
out he had no bride and no stirruns IN he
packsaddle. Imagine meihen, thus start
lng of, my hair aud beard of truely patri-
archal lengh, all unshorn and unShayen.
Such snperhuities as coat vest. collar. era
vat, &c, were only remembered with other
comforts once enjoyed" AT Sacramento he
inquired for bag of clothes, which he sup
posed he should find stored in that lace.
and he found it hanging in a tree TOP in the
town, where it had been placed by his
friend to save the enormous expense of stor-
age. Reaching San Francisco after a ie-
dlous voyage of five days, he found III t his
letters had the day before he arrived been
dispatched to the mines.
AT San Francisco under date of Oct. 10.
ne writes: There is much sickness now
IN this CITY, Many come down sick from
the mines. The situation of such is DIES.
perate indeed. There is a heartess uncon-
cern in the community, 10 the snfferinps
and wants OF the many who are dying
wretched deaths in the midst of lhem.-
Every man is too much occupied in Ills
own concerns to be able to search out OBJ
Jects OF charity, and there are SO many
cases constantly occurring as to induce
feeling of Indifference. The case of one
young man in particular was mentioned,
which awakened my sympathy. and | de-
voted the next forenoon 10 an effort 10 find
him. was al length directed to large
open lot bordering upon the shore, and
covered with bales, boxes, and barrels Of
goods of all description. After walking up
aud down over this lot, | could discover no
object of distress, or place where be could
have found a resting place, and gave up
the pursuit. Three DAYS afterwards was
standing at the door of store opposite this
lot, a small crowd gathered there and was
looking at some object with intense interest.
1 crossed over and there beneath hide
stretched over two boxes crouched down
between the boxes was The corpse OF the
poor man sought who had died there I'M
friended and alone His head was leaning
upon his hand placed on the edge of box.
No one could have supposed that human
body was concealed there. had twice
passed by the very spot in my search for
him. The least groan could have been
heard from the street, There have been
lately 10 cases of suicide il. San Francisco.
Gaming and drunkenness prevail 10 great
extent Some of the gamblers send hence
10 England OH an average $4,000 month.
Discouraged with the prospects and sue
cess of the Northern mines. he concluded
to try the Southern mines, and Of his for
tunes and adventures in that region pro-
pose to give you some account in my next
number.
Southern Mines.
On the 18th of Oct, 1919, with a new