The Nevada journal., 1853-10-14
pGA- By request of many of our subscriber
we re-publish the following:
Miners Ten Commandments.

behold saw him, and bear witness, and
that from the key of his trunk to the end
OF his tail, his whole body has passed be-
fore nae; and followed him until his huge
feet stood still before clapboard shanty
then, with his trunk extended, he pointed
to candle-card tackled upon a shingle, as
though ne would say read, and l read
THE MINERS TEN COMMANDMENTS.
Thou shalt have no other claim than
one.
H.-Thou shalt not make thyself anv
false claim, nor any likeness to a mean man
lby jumping one whatever thou fndest on
the top above, or on the rock beneath, or
in crevice underneath the rock-for am
la jealous dog, and will visit the miners round
with my presence, to invite them en- my
lside; and when they decide against thee,
Thou shalt have to take thy pick, and thy
pan, thy shovel and thy blankets, with all
thou hast, and 60 prospecting" both north
and south, to seek good diggings and thou
shalt find none. Then, when thou hast
returned, in sorrow thou shalt find that
thine old claim is worked out, and no pile
made thee, 10 hide in the ground, or in an
old boot beneath thy bunk, or in buckskin
or bottle beneath thy cabin, but hast paid
|all that was in thy purse away, worn out
thy boots and thy garments, so that there
is nothing good about them but the pockets,
and thy patience be liked unto thy gar
ments and at last thou shalt hire thy body
out to make thy board and save thy bacon.
IIl.-Thou shalt not go prospecting be-
fore thy claim gives out. Thou shalt not
take thy money, nor thy gold dust. nor thy
good name, to the gaming table in vain
for monte, twenty-one, roulette, faro, lans-
quenet and poker will prove to thee, that
the more thou puttest down, the less thou
shalt take up; and when thou thinkest of
thy wife and children, thou shalt not hold
thyself guiltless but insane
| IV.-Thou shalt not remember what
thy friends do at home on the Sabbath day,
lest the remembrance may not compare ia
thou mayest dig or pick all that the body
can stand under; but the other day is Sun
day, when thou shalt wash all thy dirty
shirts, darn all thy stockings, tap all thy
boots, mend all thy clothing, chop thy whole
weeks frewood, make and bake thy bread
and boil thy pork and beans, that thou
wait not when thou retursest from thy long
tour, weary Forin sir ddss,s Ia Ia b5ooE b5ooIE onlv
thou canst lot work entugh to wear out
thy body II TWO years but if thou work
-SG A2I1 On sunday a.so, camel thou uu il ,
in six months; and thy son and thy daugh- |
ter, thy male friend and thy female friend, |
thy morals and thy conscience be none the !
better for it; but reproach thee, shouldst
thou ever return with thy wornout body to |
thy mothers fireside, and thou strive to |
justify thyself, because the trader and the
blacksmith, the carpenter and the merchant |
the tailors, Jews, and Buccaneers defy God
and civilization, by keeping not the Sab
bath day, and wish not for day of rest,
such as memory, youth and home made
hallowed.
V.-Think more of thy gold and how
thou canst make it fastest, than how thou
wilt enjoy it, after thou mast ridden, rough
shod, over thy good old parents precepts
and examples, that thou mayest have
something to reproach and sting thee, when
thou art left alone in the land where thy
lothCi oACooAilS anu IA uIOtACl D lOfO untu
sent thee.
VI-Thou shalt not kill thine own body
by working in the rain, even though thou
shalt make enough to buy physic and at
tendance with-neither shalt thou kill thy
neighbor's body by shooting him, except
he give thee offence-then upon the prinei-
pie of honor, withou fprinciple, thou may
est, even though by excepting coor' thou
hadst saved his life and thy conscience.
VII.-Thou shalt not grow discouraged,
and think of going home before thou hast
made thy "pile," because thou hast not
| 'sstruck lead,' nor found "rich crevice,"
nor sunk q hole upon pocket, lest IN
going home, thou shalt leave $4 day,
and go to work, ashamed, at so cents, and
serve thee right for here, by staying, thou
mightest strike lead and fifty dollars a
day, ard thy manly self-respect, and then
go home with enough to make thyself and
others happy.
VIII.-Thou shalt not pick out speci~
mems from the company pan, and put them
in thy mouth or in thy purse. Neither
shalt thou take from thy cabn-mate his
gold dust to add to thine, lest he find thee
out, and straightway call his fellow-miners
together, and they hang thee, or give thee
fifty lashes and two hours to leave the coun-
try, or brand thee like horse thief with
R upon thy cheek, to be known and read
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