Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-11-14

commenced. and about eight invalids. who con.
tinucd slowly to work few teams. 10 scrap" out
the mill race at Brighton. The Mornons did not
like 10 leave my mill unfinished, but they got the
gold fever like every body else. After they ha d
made their piles they left for the Great Salt Lake
So long as these people have been employed by
me they have behaved very we'll and were in
dustrious and faithful aborers, and when settling
their accounts there was not one of them who
was not contented and satisfied
Then the people commenced rushing up from
San Francisco and other parts of California in
May, l848. In the former village only five men
were left TO take care of the women and children
The single men locked their doors and left for
Suffers Fort and from there to the Edorado
For some time the people in Monterey and far
ther south would not believe the news OF the gold
discovery. and said il was only Ruse de GuSrre'
OF Suffers, because he wanted to have ncighbors
in the wilderness. From this time on I got only
too many neighbors, aud some very bad ones
among them.
What great misfortune was this sudden gold
discovery for me 1t has just broken up and ru-
ined my hard. restless. and industrious abors
connected with many dangers Of life as had
many narrow escapes before | became properly
established.
From my mill buildings reaped no benefit
whatever, the mill stones even have been stolen
and sold.
My tannery which was then in fourishing
condition, and was carried on very proftably was
deserted, large quantity Of leather was left uu-
finished in the vas and a great quantity Of raw
hides became valueless as they could not he sold;
nobody wanted to be bothered with such trash
AS it was called. So il was in all the Other me-
chaucal trad which had carried on all was
abandoned, and work commenced or nearly fin
ished was all left. 10 an immt nse loss for me-
Even the Indians had no more patience 10 work
alone. in harvesting and ihroshing my large crop
nf 81 haa os yxbfi haA oil l.Ft, 4
Indians had been engaged by some white men to
work for them, and they commenced to have some
gold, for which they were buying all kinds Of ar
tcles at enormous prices in the stores, which my
Indians saw, and they also wished to go to the
mountains to dig gold. AT last consented got
a numbcr Of wagons ready. loaded them with
provisions aud goods of all kinds employed
clerk, aud left with about one hundred Indians
aud about fifty Sandwich Islanders (Kanakas)
whcb had joined those which brought with me
from the Islands. The first camp was about ten
miles above Mormon Island. on the south fork Of
the American river. In a few weeks we became
crowd d, and it would no more pay, a. my pco-
pie made too many ACC uaintancrs. ! broke up
the camp and started on the march further south,
and located my next camp on Sutter Creek (now
i'll Amador county, and thought that should
there be alone. The work going Oh we'll for
a while. until three or four travelling prog-shops
surrounded me, at from one and a-halt 10 two
miles distance from the camp then, Of course.
the gold was taken to these places for drinking,
gambling, etc, and the following day they would
be sick and unable to work. and became deeper (
and more indebted to me- and particularly the
Kauakas. / found that it was high time to quit
this business and lose more time and money.
therefore broke up the camp and returned to he
Fort, where ] dsbandJd nearly all the people
who had worked for me IN the mOuo aims ggiug
gold. This whole expedition proved to be hoa-
Wy loss to me.
At the same time l was engaged in mercan-
tile firm at COoma which left in January, lS49,
likewise with many sacrifices After this would
have nothing more TO do with the gold affairs
At this time the Fort was the great trading place,
where nearly all the business transacted. |
had no pleasure to remain there, and moved up
to Hook Farm. with all my Indians. and who had
been with me from the time they were children.
The place was then in charge Of Major Domo.
By this sudden discovery of the gold. all my
great plans were destroyed. Had l succeeded
with my mills and manufactures for few years
before the gold was discovered, should have
been the richest citizen on the Pacific shore but
it had to he different. Instead of being rich /
am runcd. and the cause Of it is th" long delay
of the United States Land Commission Of the
United States Courts, through the great influence
of the squatter lawyers. Before my case will be
decided in Washington, another year may elapSe.
but hope that justice will be done me by the
last tribuual-the Supreme Court of the Unitrd
States BY the Land Commission and he Dist
Court it has been decided in my favor. The Com
mon Council of the city Of Sacramento. compos-
ed partly Of squatters. paid Alpheus Fetch zone
of the late Land Commissioners who was engag- |
ed by the sqnatters during his Offce) S5, 600 from
the fund Of the city against the will Of the tax /
payers. for which amount he has to try to defeat |
my Just and old claim from the Mexican govern /
ment, before the Supreme Court of the United |
States in Washington. J. A. SUFFER-.