The Nevada journal., 1853-11-11
Correspondence Nevada Journal.

The reports that have reached us of the
extraordinary richness of the mines of the
Amazon region, has awakened considerable
excitement among the enthusiastic and peri
grnating portion of our population. Forte.
natelv the expense of reaching Loreto, the
many to undertake the Journey.
The great sin of our people is q "haste to
become rich" They are unable to resist the
glitterins allurements occasioned by exagger-
ated repdrts of extraordinary diggings, gotten
up most generally by interested parties and
which, in nine cases out of every ten, prove
sell to those gullable hOmbres who regard all
that gltters to be gold. California everybody
knows has one of the most salubrious and
healthy climates in the world. 1t has rich
arabic land and easy of cultivation adequate to
the support of ten millions of people. Its
mines are, beyond all possibility of cavil or
doubt, the most rich and extensive of any now
known in any part of the discovered portions
Of our globe. Almost every kind of labor finds
ready employment and reward unparalleled
| in the annals of civilization. The means OF
rapidly acquiring a fortune are within the
reach of every one. All that is required are
economy and industry. Here there is no ex-
cuse for poverty. Nothing but Incidence, pride
and extravaganza contribute to destitution and
want. Wehave tens ofthousands of auriferous
banks that will promptly and richly honor the
checks that the sons Of industry draw upon
them. There are thousands OF farms Of the
most productive soil and easily titled that can
be had for the taking, which will afford the oc-
cupant abundance for the present and in ten or
fifteen years fortune. All the means and ap-
Iplances for comfort, all the Injuries Of life, are
within the reach of those having the means OK
procuring them. The whole civilized world is
sending its richest products in exchange for our
gold and upon its knees begging our patronage
Why then do our people start at every
sound or report Of rich discoveries of gold or
Esilver-part with the position which they have
acquired at the expense Of hundreds and per-
haps thousands of dollars? Why are they so
willing to part with a present certaiDtr Tor
doubtful advantage. The old adage that "a
bird in the hand is worth two in the BUSH
should not be forgotten. Let the rationale Of
the fable, pregnant with a sublime philanthro-
py and deep moral of the dog and beef be
strongly impressed upon every mind. will re
late it for the benefit Of those who are not sat
isfied with well enough A dog was once
swimming across q stream with q piece OF beef
in hismouth, the motion Of his paws produced
an agitation in the water. and the convexity OF
the waves magnfed the beef in the mouth Of
his reflected shadow-the foolish animal, inspir-
ed by spirit of avarice and speculation, drop
r ped the substance for the shadow, and thus lost
both. Our miners, the two first years to
very great extent, copied their policy Of action
from the stupid dog in the fable. They would
: leave paying diggings in search for those that
would pay fortune in short time. They
made haste to be rich" and remained poor,
while those who were satisfied with small re-
turns and availed themselves Of their present
advantages, gradually grow rich. Cold Bluff,
Gold Lake, Carson Valley, Trinity and Aus
tralia could not offer inducements to cause them
to leave a certainty for an uncertainty. Their
!, motto vas: Let others SOW I'll reap ?" LET
, those prospect who will, I'll work out my
claim while it affords reasonable reward for
my toll p These had not forgotten the hons
value of O dollar, nor that tens of thousands in
the Atlantic States labored year in and year out
Thankful for their Situations who could not
lay up ten dollars wear. Ask those thousands
/, that during the times of Gold Lake and other
J similar exctements, rushed to Gold Bluff Gold
Lake, Carson Valley, Trinity, to the northern
and southern mines, then to Australia how
much better off they are for their changes and
they will, in 40 cases ont of 80 attribute their
Ill success to their rowing habit9-a policy OF
action which conspircd to convert them into
species OF wanderers-a kind of mountain Be
douins.
The miserable victims of the Australian ey-
cltcment are now reaping the bitter fruit; of
their haStenlng to become rich. Every report
from Australia is an additional warning to our
people to be satisfied with their rich inberi
tnnce. There they are many Of them destitute.
and sick and unable to procure the means for
returning.
Two or three years since there was great
excitement about the advantages offered for en-
lgratlon to Rialejo and other parts of Central
America Multitudes swallowed the bait
thrown out by interested parties left good 20
sltlons were all disappointed, many became
destitute and sick, and some sunk into their
graves Ihls Amazonian excitement threa tens
to carry off some. l hope however but few
Caliornlans will become its dupes. Let the
people OF Europe and the Atlantic States take
possession OF it. 1t cannot in climate. mineral
or agricultural resources, excel our own Ca!if0r-
MIA, and IN commercial facilities, it can bear no
comparison. The probability is, that the eli
mate is very miasmatic and unhealthy: tbo
golden reports, if half true, at least half Nun
chaSen Tvor,rr1-s
Ba5> The Union will accept acknowledge
ments for the compliment to ourself in the fol-
lowing, and to our citizens -
Nevada has two newspapers viz: the
J0uTnot, well established and ably conducted
sheet ofwhich Mr.. A. A. Sargent is the editor.
and the Young America, but recently com
menced under the auspices of Mr.. R. A. Day-
dge. Her population is enterprising, indus
trlous and generally made up of respectable
people These are the necessary concomitantS
OF proSperltyin all communities, and possessing
them IN the same eminent degree as she does.
combined with her other advantages of rich
mining and agricultural soil, her lofty forests
and never failing streams, we can see nothing
to prevent her from eventually becoming prom,
lnent among the leading interior cities of the
State.
Our brethren of the press in many instances