The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-03-18

wan, no fndttef hoW IAuallcnuy, "uit He
must, for rain and water.
The great extent and richness Of the
placer digg,ngs are daily becoming more
and more apparent. The want OF water
sends hundreds Of men out on prasPec
hing tours; tue only advantage to be de-
rived from dry weather. To those who
have reflected upon the subject, it is be-
coming evident that the uncertainty Of OBJ
aiming water for mining purposes is great,
as the experience of this winter proves
tha, regular system of canals through
out the mining region must be resorted
to, or the number engaged in mining, as
we'll as the quantity Of gold taken out.
will be greatly reduced hereafter during
the winter season. The effects Of this
s,agnation Of productive labor in the
mines is being seen and felt in all parts
of the State. Merchants find it impossi-
bic to make sales, or collect the money
for the goods they have sold, and conse-
qusn,ly the money market on steamer
days exhibits spasmodic symptoms which
threatens the very existance, not only Of
individual credit, but OF public.
The business of the merchants, the
ship and steamboat owners, and other
common carriers, depends, in this State.
exclusively upon mining. We possess
no other branch of productive industry -
Gold Is our staple production, and our
business relations and prosperity are as
much dependent on gold crop, as those
OF the southern States are upon crop oi
cotton. A short crop in either case Is
disastrous and every means which hu'
man ingenuity, science and skill car
command, should be employed to insure
the State against short crop Of gold.-
Tha, it mus, be short this season IS now
admitted, for the season is too far ad.
vanced-even with the late rains--to re-
gain the time lost. Another fact. TOO
must be admitted, and ,ha, is. tina, hn
for the canals now completed, and wh,cl
are now delivering water to numerous
points in inc mines. The amount o
gold produced a, the present time woul'
be reduced to less than one-halt tn
amount nov sent to market.
| enclose IAN Indians account OF tn
creation OF the world, etc To those VIII
: have been here and witnessed the poe
E degraded beings, it will prove interesting
r no one would credit them as possessin
such powers OF fancy and belief. The
: attribute the prcscn. cold weather to tf
Americans" also say they never hear
thunder, until the whites made their al
pearance. never see them do anyth!ni
! even to hunt. The only way they get
living is by begging, and the "Mahala'
flaming on, dust in the ravines. Th
: weather is a severe blow to them, ha
g naked they huddle like swine to ke'
warm. Lieut.. Reale, Superintendent
!. the Indian affairs, is engaged in pi'
to ameliorate the condition Of the l
dians. News from the Indian Reserv
: ton Of the 10th inst, gives the me
>, glowing description Of his experiment.
. There are some 2,3OO Of these wild de
= izens of the Sierra.Nevada now prof
70 ably engaged in the cultivation OF
!. soil They have over two miles squa
;. sowed with wheat, all done by native
!. Dor, and all done by those, who beff
!, last fall, never done any work in tn
- lives. Lieut., Beale had only sixty
;, dams to commence with, but the ne
>. soon reached the ears Of one Of the IN
influential chiefs in the southern distri
ve he brought in every man OF his tribe
ad Rumors have been sent to every part
on the State, and even tribes in the Sa'
re mento region have sent their represer
as tives to inquire into the condition OF
or fairs, and all are delighted at the pl
>. pect The Reservation is located
les valley. below Mariposa, somewhere
~ the vicinity Of the Lejon Pass
Use There is trial for breach OF prom
mi. in progress nj San Francisco, be
eek Judge Lake. Mary Gates ps Chas.
Iig. Buckingham. which excites much inte
ork from the former standing Of the pal
,se and its being the first of the kind
hin has occurred in the State.
now Much interest is manifested in
ner, survey Of routes, and the location
to mountain passes; with an eye to ths
g, a turc benefit to be derived from the
IT is templated Pacific Railroad. DR.. '
the encrait has just returned from the pa
van, survey Of Mobiles pass. in the latital