The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-11-24

Gold.
In this age of money. over and money-wor-
ship there Is charm in the word gold far more
talismanc than that attributed to many of the
witchcries of past ages. Whatever other arti-
Giles in newspapers are PASSED over by the rea.
der with an eye Of Indifference, no paragralh
with the CAPTION at the head Of this, is denied
pcrusal. Gold has become the soul and body
Of almost all the transactions Of life Principle
has resolved itself into nothing more or less
than interest. Friendship is measured by dol.
lars; Politics may prate Of its patriotism; but
the love Of money governs vast majority Of
those who profess love of country, ana the sa-
cred name Of Religion is ton frequently prosti-
tuted to the base purpose of show and aggran-
dizemcnt. The most religious man Of to-day is
he who can subscribe the greatest sum for The
erection Of marble palace in which those who
fare sumptuously every day may listen to the
complimentary Lectures Of of pampered min
lister who breaches Christ, and cruclfcs him too,
at the trifing salary Of 5000 per yoar or
$ll5,3S per Sabbath /! .....
We do not like to complain Of our fellow
humans; they are perhaps rs good as circum-
stances will allow, and with all their faul 9 we
manage to enjoy many pleasant seasons in So
cial int course. Claiming no exemption ON
the general charge of selfsl.ness We try to tax
the world rs it is and laugh at fate. We be.
lievc in genuine Honesty, Patriotism and Relig-
ion, because we have seen the ex, mplifi alton
OF each, but they have sll passed through so
many hands since the world began. that like
"pure liquors" they are rarely found without
the internal admixture of policy and selfish.
nese. s....-. .
"Well, what of it ~ Why, nothing at all,
my reader. only that it is fact whose exis
tence we oil lament and there are very few OF
those who complain of it, who do not give fresh
evidence each day of their devoted love of the
same principal which they affect to hate A
very inconsistent set of folks are these descen.
dants Of Adam, whose transgression cost the
sacrifice of Gods only son But the world
goes on-Hones'y grows more dressy, Patriot
ism more Tallyerandic, Religion more refined
philosophc and accommodating, and we call
this, Progress!
Pixies Peak, Ito riso from the dullness Of
moralizing to the brilliant consideration o.
profit is to be the next Western Mecca of the
American gold-wolshippers. Late advces from
that country are highly favorable to the suppo
stion that the streams on the eastern slope OF
the Rocky Mountains, like those on the ives
tern, are filled with the yellow dross which
Sparta despsed, but which among moderns il
regarded as the only thing calculated to cause
the equine female to travel. 1t is thought now
after thorough exploration that 100000 mi
ners may be proftably employed in the golG
bearing region Of which Pixies Peak is thu
centre. The distance from Lawrence in Kansas
to the mines is trifling and the expense of the
journey are very light. One hundred dollar.
sufiicng for the outfit and thirty days being thu
extent Of time consumed. The road ia repre-
scented as excellent, abounding in grasses, the
| country we'll watered, the gold easily obtained
near the saady surface, and no moles,ation from
Indians has yet been expo renced
1t is thought that the emigration to Pike
Peak in the Spring will far exceed all Califor
| man expeditions ever fitted out. This new
stimulus TO western rambling will populate tn
| country 10 the base Of the Mountains, and ex
ercise an immense influence towards the con
! struction of that much talked Of necessity
| Railway from the States to the Pacific lie
but an American State be carved out and ad
mitted from the region which is now the poin
| Of attraction, and but few years will pass ill
that extensive territory watered by the Ri,
Grande. the Colorado. the Gil. aud s,,s;- 70
utaries.will be covered with the uneasy, specu
lating. gold-digging children of the America,
Republic; Mexico, New Granada and Contra
America are doomed like an tent Italy, to til,
ir'uptions of the Northern hosdes ard all thu
notwithstanding sentiment Of the count
| cannot avert it..