Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-11-21

rich claim, murder the whole party, take
the money and work or dispose of the claim
as they choose, A Chinamsn has poor
chance in this country, as they are not
allowed to give evidence in any case,
whatever. Many of them have their ears
cut of, but nothing is done with the pale
face for such crimes. The Indians also
dislike them while was in Grass valley,
one of the greatest quartz mining districts,
I saw two Cinnamon brought in that had
been killed by the Indians, one of them
had thirty six arrows in him, of which one
would be sufficient to cause death in short
time, for the arrows used by these tribes
arc made in such manner that, when shot
in man, about six inches of the arrow and
flint with the poison, which is placed near
the butt Of the flint, remains in the flesh
while the part that carries the feather will
come out leaving the poison all in. One
day I went with nm Indian agen, to settle
some difficulty with tribe. tell you it
was one Of che greatest curiosities I ever
witnessed. The Sqnaws were engaged in
getting something to ea'--the Indians make
tho Squaws do nearly all the labor. The
Squaws had prepared for food, acorns,
roots, bugs, pismires, grasshoppers, snakes,
&c. 1t is sport to see them catch grass
hoppcrs, they often catch them flying
they have kind of paddle that they knock
them down with they call it batting them
down. They are the hardest looking
creatures ever saw, with the exception of
party of Mexican that saw at Acapulco
Mexico, they take them all down. Many
o' the natives on the Isthmus, OF Darien 60
entirely naked have seen more of the
different tribes of,the earth this trip, than
| ever saw before. 1t seems to me as
though a portion of all nations, and all
kind Of characters, have collected together
in this country, for all tongues and all
kind of men, large portion Of whom, are
the cursedest set of rascals that remain
uuhupg, are to be found here. think they
can, a1d Do commit all manner of crime
that can be committed by man or woman.
They don't care straw how they get
money, only SO they get it, al d the women
are but little brttter than the men, about
one half of them hat come to this couGtgy
leave their husbands, oaly think, over three
hundred divorces were granted the last
year here, more than double the number
granted than in the rest of tho United
States
l ae chances for making money in this
country is aot whst many think it is. 1t
is rare chance that a man can do anything
10 the mines without a capital Ct forty or
fifty thousand dollars, and then four times
out Of five he will come out st the little
end Of the horn, if he don't know the ropes.
few that have rieh clai l.s arc piling ft'
UP.
There are so many bogus operations that
men have to keep the top eye open or they
will get in trap that is not easily go. out
off Thousands of men have lost fortunes
in this city. Property that would have
sold fer sl5O,0O0, will not now bring
O,O0e.
find many tn It are anxious to return
to the East, but they cant raise the ti','
to 60 with. 1t costs great deal to live
here one must pay 81 for meal, the same
for lodging, fifty cents for shaving, the
same for cutting hair, &c, Apples and
Peaches from 25 cents to 81, ea.h. All
appear to drink more or less liquor. A
drink of any kind of intoxic ating beverage,
in respectable house, costs from 25 to
fifty cents; good suit Of clothes costs slOO.
have had dbe same amount of machinery
made i'm Philadelphia for $50 which cost
me here 500. Four dollars is the price
for shoeng a horse, aud everything else
in proportion. The clima'e in this city is
delightful; evenings rather cool in the
mountains the middle Of September, ,at noon
the sun shines very hot, but as soon as it
disappears in the evening, It's disagreeably
cold on account Of the mouniain tops being
covered with snow. They have no rain
here during the summer months. How
vegetation grows, as it does, ] cannot i'm
agiac. saw the largest anl best fruit
at the last State Fair in San Francisco,
that l have ever seen why, Gel, l saw
apples and peaches that weighed about
forty OF. and with the best of flavor
Onions generally grow as large around as
a common saucer potatoes grow very
large; plenty of pumpkins that weigh two
hundred pounds can be seen here rolling
around in the dirt in the most jolly mood
possible; here grows the largest cabbage