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

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sial to a nations prosperity. 1t is left to
the energy and the Intelligence Of the
North American and European races to
develcpe the latent resources which ma
ture has bestowed with such profusion up
on them. "A little leaven leaveneth the
whole lump" and we are already Begin
ming to see its workings. A few weeks
since, the first telegraphic dispatch fash
ed along the telegraphic wires through
the chief cities Of California. In Europe,
this means of communicating has been
in operation for years; and yet our rap
id young State seems to have shot ahead
Of the slow, numbering movements Of the
odd World. Feats which then were re-
garded as remarkable, are already look.
ed upon by us as ma,iers-of-course events,
and excite scarcely passing remark.
Some months s.nce, the KING of Hol'
lands speech, Of some FIVE or six hum
dred words, was telegraphed over dis
tance Of some ninety miles, and the n
chievement was spoken Of by the Lon
don Press, as "a new era in the art oi
telegraphing," which, for Bntania, It Ger,
tainly was In California, even, we are
ahead of Europe; for bu. a few days
since we observed the list Of passengers
|by two of the steamers which had arriv-
ed in San Francisco at night, published
in the Sacramento paper the next NOR
ming. THIS list comprised upwards oil q
thousand proper names, and was in addi'
lion to the general news. Still later +;
the Presidents message was transmitted
TO the Sacramento office, issued, and on
its way to the mining towns, eighteen
hours in advance OF the San Francisco
mails--even sent half way back to BENT
'cio, the seat Of Government, on the d.
rect mail route; and through the exer'
tons of Adams & Co.'S express rider;
who waded for miles over the Iules
swimming the flooded streams, arrived II
advance of the mail. Where IS the
yaun,ed speech Of the King Of Holland
by the side OF thiss The rapidly Will
which we are progressing, in California
y. can only be appreciated aud IN fact un
ID iderstood, BY institnting comparison be
IN tween The movements OF old establishes
n countries and this. In fine, ! am afral'
$, some of our Improvements ought to b
h, deferred, and by so doing retain IN tn
ce country more permanent and large
* amount OF funds. .-....-
Ill Up to this time, the rainy season ha
le proved the reverse Of wet. On the lot
r. Of this month, we had shower OF TWEEN
ry ty.iour hours duration, which Hooded III
streams; since then we have had tw
%, snow storms. with four inches Of snow o
er the ground at this time. The weathe
,r- for the past three or four days, equa
e. some Of the suffers Of the Iowa prairie
MI the thermometer ranging in the mo
Ill, ming l2o to 800 below freezing. "
d. have had more intense cold here this VII
Ky ter than was ever experienced before
he /, froze the water in the hfe- plugs
es- heavy, cas,.iron hydrants--in the low
si- mart of town, bursting them into piece
md Previous to the rain OF the thirteenth, o
co- rivers were nearly as low as they we
in a, the lowest stage last summer; and n
ur- ming in "dry diggings," where mine
nth relied upon natural water, quite as II
practicable as it was in August. The
nd uands Of miners have been for weeks,
oss months, waiting for water, with winch
ters work their claims. Many OF them ma
I a been working and struggling to pay
rted penses; while many, very many, NJ
4 = been unable after all their toll, to succe
flag in gathering dust enough to answer e'
ped ,ha, necessary purpose. Those who
EN- boarding themselves IN many lnstane
ave are Ou( lllk ShC0P piS'.@'
rine them economizing so lar as to con-
and themselves to some two or three ar'i'
.unp Of diet. Such condition OF things n
ino. er before existed in the mines. a
the in the rivers, in the fall, drives those
and ming in their beds, BY thousands, TO
eriul the dry digg'nys, The r'ver oahA
c. is eings, which furnished profitable "
r,can for all in lSi9 SO, after the rivers
inkle have been completely exhausted WI
vn,ch working distance, and the miner IS
the confioed to the river bed in the sunni
ds of and the placers in the winter. bu
these operate successfully in placer mimi
rulers sufficiency Of water to work the o.
annot indispensably necessary Without
,n,er. miner mus, throw up his dirt and