The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-27


! yniet oldfafhsonsd ways, | feel somewhat Ike q
I,se u Genoa, whom the iraperous mandate OF Lou
after surveying and admiriug Il narv,- exolaimo
thst ne w.ndeied al eYey hing ls saw, and most of
=. anaSe hns.h there since, howey sir With ila
deicate enasidefation toward your elder brethren
which 30 lately had occasion To srsnovle,'ec al DO
chester, you are willing 20 trnft yourre BY the side
such sIecSmcn II paieonioogy myself have muc
PLEASURE in Dssniing you thai have witnessed with III
highest i,actlbn the proof aordei 10y this grand
bbision that the agriculture q country with all tn
interests contested with H. H. in state ol scllve in
provsment In ii things, sir though arprovcs uciou
ccservatm II r rot merely for itsel but the basi
Of safe progress Town, sir, there old things
both In nature anaat, ana society That like for them
vts all but worship the grand old hills the old river
that roll between them tho fine old trees bencng with III
weight OF centuries renee old homestead oil
bury Ing ground the good 81 old timcs love elder
icnds, good cid books and don't absolutely dislike
DIP good old vine for the stcmschs sake provided II
"a taken from an crRina packge, But these tastcs and
sentiments all consistent With n~y 10 my Judgment
they me favorable to genial growth, progression and
and am now, for Lo rts hillty and progress earning
,% n,, Is'her aniigus,sd but not yet wholly discre
'hat which IL good' know sir that The modern
rule IL, hy all things and hold fast 10 nothing" be-
leye shsf adhere TO the old reading littc longer.
hut sr 10 coruc 10 more practical and win proba,
bly, think more appropriate, TOPICS vii cndeayor 10
sbow you tiot enemy new discoveries in agri.
culture or an, thing else 10 nr from II am e,ing 10
communicate TO you new discoycry of my own which
u do not greatly overrate IT. importance, m novel
brated dscosery Of Or. Franklin not the identity OF the
electric fluid and shiniug dcnt refer to thai bot hs
other famous discovery, that In the latitude Of Paris
the tun rses severpl hours before tina, he begins
TO shine ~ soon he rises and that the solar ray l.
cheaper light for the nhshitunt OF largo cities than
the candles and oil which they in the habit
oi prefer ring To it, say sir my discovery
Of the same kind and really think full important
have been upon the track oil for several yearreyer
since The glitter Of u few metallic particles In the gay.
washed out OF Captain Suffers mill 6ss led 10 the
discovery Of the gold dggings 81 California which for
tinH la.V. Int.
or 'xty nhons Of dollars annusliy My discovery cir
Is nothing short OF this, that have need 20
send 10 California for gold, inssnuch have gold
diggings IN this side Of the continent much pro
duciiye, and consequently mach rnofe valuable than
theirs lido not OF course refer o the pines Of North Ca
roiina or Georgia which have been worked with
success for several years. but which compared with Cali
fornia OF no grest moment. refer much broad
er win Of aurierous earth, which runs wholly through
the States this of the Rocky Mountains which We
have been working unconscously Tor many years, with
out recognizing it, tIanscendaut importance and IL
actually estimated VIII yield the year az
teen times AS much the California diggings, taking
Their produce nj sixty millions OF dollars, Then, air.
this gold q ours no. only exceeds the California In the
annual yield Of the dieging- but in several other
rpects 1t certainly requires labor, but not nearly
much labor to get u out Our degings may be depend
I'd On with far greater confidence the average Weld
given suTerhcis. certain quantity OF moisture IL
doubt necessary With With them but you are
required you in the pnccra of California to stand
upto your middle in water all day rocking cradle ILL
cd with gravel and gold dust Tho cradles rock In
oggpgs ait filled in a different way Another sgoai ad
being tulverizeu and moseped aud Ruhnc 10 the
lion Of mc deratc heat becomes grstcfa ani nuli
hing 81 hrygia bmselcoull maaiicate thnbsful Of
the talhrnia dust cold hot to him s,Arva-
tion ihen sir, get Atlantic gold good deal
more favorable terms than get the California. II In
probable, my b certain hnt ior every nlion " dollars
wtrih Of dust that receive from ian rrapciaco,
send out full miIon's worth in produce, In nanuac-
tucr in netiens generally aud In freight bu, the gold
which Is iaiscd ON the diagngs this side, yields with
g'.I management, vast Increase on the outsy--ome
hltfv sixtv lint "a.
this, fh,ro two discriminating circumstances ~ .
most peculiar character, IN which our gold differs from
first i ths On The sacrancnto aud Feather rivers,
throughout the Jlncers n all the wet dgxngs and the
cry desngs ana IN al The deposits 81 aurerons quartz
you csn get but onessitory exhaustive crop from 10
chy and In getting teat you spoii tor any further
lheso dug over worked over, washed over ground
lifted cyein short tu ned Into abomnatisD of desc
lation which s the guano Of the Chincba ltnis would
rot restore 10 fertility. You get from X
cord yield Of gold anything else unless probably
crop q mules siramonum. The Atlantic dlgings
The contrary, With coed management, Will yield frcsh
crop II the gold every four years, and remain In The
interval In conditon for succession az several other
good things Of roafIy equal value. The other dia
eliminating circumstance i Of stiii sstonis,-
ing nature The gains ~ the California gold dead
in,V ,Vsnic How they got into the gravel be-
ween what mountain min stones whired BY elemental
storm winds the bosom Of oceanic torren the aor
orous ledgcs were ground "a powcer by ahat titanic
bands tho coveted grains sowp broad cast In the
placers, human science but fainily conjecture. We
ony know that those gans have within them prin-
cpe of growth reproduction and thai when that crop
10 te put in Chaos must have broken up the sol
How different the grains of our Atlantic gold, sosn BY
the prudent hand Of man, In the kindly aternatGn of
fes O. lime and harvest each curl1nsy myscIiously
ganized hard horny seeming icss the outside bat
pping up Ia the interior seminal germ, living prin
ere' Drop grain Of California gold into tn grouni
md there " will be unchanged 90 the end o tme, the
clods on which Il falls not moro cold and cIcss Dropa
grain a our godof our blessed gold into the ground
and lo a mystery In ewdays ~ goftens, " swells II
shoots upwardst IL living thing II l. yellow itself
but II sends up delicate sJifc which comes pccping
emerald green, through the soiI; II expand. 10 =
vigorous stal re,es in ths air and sunsno u arrays
iself more glorious tban solomau In its broad Hut
ternR, leafy robes, whose sound ~ the west wind
whispers through Them falls as pleasantly on the
hurbandmsn's ear, ns the rustic 81 hi swecthearts
OF vegetable floss displays s dancing ssss surehased
with ierxing dnsi, and at lsst ripens into two or
three mngDc nj batoos Ike this ian sas ofInisn corn
each Of which is studeed With hundreds of gras.
of gold, every psvessing tho wonderful
properties the parent gain every insiinet With
the same maiv veous reproductive powers. Ihsre arc
hundred and ,~,nty grains The which hold
In my hand. And now say, sir Of this tansccndent
cen dine. ,bs, u rsilfopps Rat Il Win be urg~d per
haps r Ia behalf u In California gold by mIssr
ly old sy, Who thinks there IL music In the -orid
only of gold be gathered irsm the spot yet
gathered II last. to the end ~ time; while The s
ainisin) vegetable goi T. produced only 20 ts
fuIned and when consumed zone forevor Bu, this,
Nr. President wonh be q most o9fsgions error both
wSys. II Il true the California gold - last forever
changed II its ehooes but Wills u - lasts !. u
~ use no. not much Its vano In rs IRON whkh
NAL % The hest OF ballast whereas gd Wills !, |. gold
IA good for little nothing You can neither cat H. nor
drink H. nor smoke H. You peithcr gear II,
burn II fuel, buiA house With ~, u Ia really
useless iill Jon erehsngs for eonsumable pnrshsbS
goods and the lsnt dnl . tho lsss is s'rhang~
able vsias Ear dnrren, ,hs With our Aiiase god
I, docr n1 .. sh when nsumst hut 10 tTsn.atsi ~
consumption 10 higwr hh. Parish In oonsafor-
uon,r old tho old ml,er sayf Thou fool that With
thou sswest II not qpleksnssi excey, ID die. ths
pen o n,rif,SoD, ranging braye nni earth for
sn2tude, 70 eontsy 10 our pcor fninis sonse not In
asa ~ tho Mighty dostns ~ tho ravrrcciion
and syntol srpre,siv~ A. bese gram, u may
chaDes 81 wheat "a other grain" To cay sen-s
ers plant to.offsx II " human bone and mB~e, vein
std artery, sns~ aud nerve, besiiD3 puisea, b.s,ng
Iupg- tailng, ali sornauus.s oynftoans bflin. iss,
June sucsee irUm the eoh brcasi n ihe earth tbs
ssiery nonrsL .psnt a ~ sb;endxg ssp vnassls sli
nov /, clothes the manly form sih yGm ooT1Al neah,
quiscfn and thrIlk with the five >b mystsy a ssss,
puryeys and nlDs,srs - the higher my.iery ~ hgash,
bespsd up " your gr,Daries Thu -sss, ihe rrri vii
strike in ibs sisiwofsb arm, and gos IN thr blsshns
ch.s h. and nAsh In tho teaaing eyeg-tn AZ la, -.
learn rsshye ihAl tb- ~r3r sah shlch havs sen
bending IN the Asd amer the yssow tursn q haf.
vest inas. the ssAr o. ifs" which, sns ths void