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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
"MAxuA1rAx," the secesh correspondent. OF ths
fiverpool Post, writes from New York: T.. s-. -

MANHATTAN" the secesh correspondent OF the
LIVERPOOL Post, writes from New York: T.. 49,
New York will end tho Wal Il i IS ever ended
She possesses he eemenls of Without her TIE wal
enid not 60 on week, Union unatelY, She has 40 great
safeLmeu or ise She hes guide. She Is CHAIN
I'd Ia tie war car President lincOla. The tseasSS or
such itlrr as GOpern0r Seymour has Y1r0StT6Eed Inc
Knpre C,y al feet q the Federal 0tutorltteS II j.
awful 10 contemplate. Now people ask Win New Yo5k
ubmit To the drsft %? will there not be another not "
No cersiuy not Lincoln viii order 90 80 troSpA
city New YoB, aud that will make us at quiet as
Ne will ILen submit to the draft 1lat Is me o.!
New Iuik city can be held during March II lie -al
ordered here VIII General Lee permit L1ncolH 10 enC
So otO United etas troops TO garrison New ok cy
hopeless N this He haze q t0dr Coz
ernOr gerry soft at LhGt. not krQlC avg
rhit6 UhO Generally cursed Us SJnlCtr ~
ihOuoh - 4e 60tdoRt that he
Inc CinclDI all Commercial, commenting. on, This
says: :-- Il 81. ss.--... 2. :s'~
4ov Sc ymoAt been gotuusly pressed resist the
drHft diff Wlth the authorities
Depatlons Of copberhedds from The RtSt hace uisteo
gouernOr St ynloui or Albany, and brought pressure
,tpon ham take lead Nortter" rection.
L pr0rsr 10 say that Mr. DdHtet W foorhecs, Of In
,akd member from tie 4erra hoats district
called 10 see seymour this business wa.
exceedingly Disguised bsearse he-did
nor ripe Tor rebe lion .sEgzESSEt
The following ottenquoted lines are taken poen
by Frederick Won Logan written in the II III century
Though the mills of God grind slowly 40
Yet they grind exceedingly small
Though with patience he stands war
With exsetRess grinds He all
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.

MILLsDG avnLE, Ca, March 18Th ls64.' /.
Both Uuses adopted Stevens resolutions the terms
M WITCH peace should be Fought and on the suspension
q tie hateGs corpus Also adopted resolution turning
ye to the Confederate Government all persons between
Il and IS and IS and so years and uraIim9psy adopted
resolutions expressive Of the copfdeneo in the President
and thanks TO the Georgia troops tor eenlstirg- The
has adjourned.
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march Oh, 1854. ..
PART Of the app rinment- hitherto ma te P} a.'m
~ wann. Tor ling Of the following mii't"
EeSmebra are hereby changed aud the Commanding dh 10
male .rSOu be he age Of l. AID a. u "Hr~r a, ny
100 .ilg ara times NJ xam rAiion aud ehf"rent
10 umon- CO., 57h Rcgt, al WbeyIIe, Aarcn l4Jh 70
"arC !-t4 inclusive
aobc>on 80 SSH Eegt,, A. .Iumhoron, MarcH 1ad to
Ma, h u l. Inclusive. ... .. .. - ,.,t
lie 1uo1d o.. 9th Reg, at L.utInburg, apEh III
edmond Co Regt., Rockingham, nrrh All and
3 Afcu Cy. 55sh Hes q, Ez,oc'hto"n, Irl ~ and
torn}e,iar4 60, SD Reet.. fayeo>rnn, Apft nm,
l2lh aud 18th. ,.,,,4'
Co, 54th Irs d, FeJ gsto:ie A!T'l IAN,
Iatn"tt Co., I'D Iegt., L.attvn, A,.H lst4 and
his notice Will not chahg, ia. apps nsuts made igr
= A.LANDIS Jp.,'
Capt aud ChIet Enrolling DIcer, j..
Fourth Congressional Di7trirt n. {.
ftiypttc vile Observer copy't~0 weeks
NOTICE To CONSCRPT5.
EEADQUAtT<r4 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, '''
- Cbrt Enr, il.ng OuI5e, Jan. =, oFi. ! -.
p,r,,ant IN ordrTs received ETUm HcIfllartrr- OF
arscrpten Mt Raleigh n T., IL regard 10 Az men hH"6
n Cou5cripon under recent ac Il tunKrc1s, approved
Tsc 9th 1893 Medical Examining Iard for Fourth
District, N G will convene III accurdanCe
With Above Damed times and places.
The attention Of all concerned is called TO the following
order: Au exemptions IreOtOre granted arg suoJectto
revision instructions from Bureau Of C0nscrPo
and if Improper unauthor Zrd ~ law" WIN
| be revoked. % O1b ~
Chief OF Exa mining Board,
| Fourth Congressional District, NJ u d.
| MN l3jG2j II
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March 24th


,TTROM lii. subscriber, a for $50 for House rent
Il signed by ohm Groom, principal, with Moses Mott
ard Win Il, lrcol. surets. date not remembered but
believe in 1850 O. persons hereby tOrwarn6d
from trad ny for td note payment been made to
Wv JOHN THORNTON.
March 18th .... 1872 lt-26lr
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NOTICE

rs HEREBY GIVEN that will not pay interest any
longer on given by to John Hghsmth, de-
ceased one for five hundred, two dollars and fifty cts,
the other hundred dollars dates not recoilected
prepared to pay the notes. and will not pay interest
JOHN BUFIIAM.
March 24h zo-jC
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TELEGRAPHIC
sn nofTssor thefr'ss assce'

according to the ActofGongyess in the 1868,
= TupIsHEE IN The Clerks Office of the District
curt OF the Confederate States for the Northern District
ofGeorgia. ---- III =.
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NOTICE To CON~CRlPTj.
a. ,r,,s I'm
Mar 10
ALL ACCOUSTS

Owing to the undersigned, required to be paid to
4 them enable them TO und before l1 prov
roaipst T. c. &. q. Worth or B. g. Worth 70, aio
requested TO present sad claims for payment | he
inade III ALAG p'o0'N' ' Worth i co.
80, ,h,,, So. 1885, I2t-2j.2t
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24

The Mobile Register says 1t has been aEc flalheG
that seven men were buried on an island in the Sound
from e,e Of the Yankee vessels engaged ~ lie Dom
barfmGnt OF Fort Powell. consf F"be hu'n"ee
Of wounded OF course 20 to make up the compHMfht
of casualties How Other VESSELS Jared Is mol knoWA'
Against all this the Yankees have the offset Oh one
man killed in the fort.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.

MiLLRpGX VII e. GEO. N arch l9. 1864.
The session of the Legislature has been prolonged tin
eleven O'Clock tonight. =
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
nEOKGIA I.EGtsIATURE,

M1LLBpaEvILLE, Gso, March 9,lsG+
Tho Huso reconsdered the vote on the passage OF
stephens resolution the Eabeas corpus By the casting
yalo Of the Speaker. = ---
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
,,ITNntNC OF gBEAgURY NOTES.

MACON, Gro, March 10, 1854. {
light million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars
have been funded here per bonds up to last
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.

RILLRDGKv1LLE, GEO., March 10, 1854. =
tn. noute passe late mig hit Stephens resolution
tie h.beas corpus by majority.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
March 10th
HAIEEN w

. YDfcOHMITrED To THE JAIL OF NEW HAN
4 own COUxTY q negro IN named DANIEL, who
=. >,h., NO feIongs Mrs. Louisa Crawford, OF Hold5
bero,. snd was hired by Thomas n i'll, Of FaeEh- The
go ar hir said negro is he eby potih To come
tard prove property, pay charges and ahe in away
nt,nr y ise will DC dealt with as the law dfects.
otlei ~ -'...'.- f. D, HALL, Shcrhf.
aEornb 81 l64.6t-26.f
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CAMP OF THE Isth n. c. r..
MARRIED..
March End. 1854.

the residence OF the brides father on Tuesday March
'5th by the Rev. s. G.. AlexaDdeE, TEOrAS n, w. No
lNrlkE LIST n. G. Infantrg, 70 Miss L ZLlE G. HENRY
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24

pdg yaam asa 9Eaaa .'5".,f { c,f* II :: 7ls~ aac3
.gc9 sd na9 odw s62al zlsG 10 ;na6aA sItlll !oG
,aaoi4os4ib es8fs FQI!o1 g94t Il !,3sas g&1asl:
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24

Gen. Lee "nevcr ~ overcome" he cBn "neyer he
cor qpered !" SIS.
Af0.ks0meL9 ddueTtlSeyg,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24

RETURN OF CONFEDERATE pRISUN Ems.
richmond, March 18Th, 1sGt
IT, New York has arrived at City Point with
ELEVEN hind Cd men sixty Gfcers and four ladies.
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From MohII.

! The Advertiser of the 9th inst, savs
$50 little inteFest takenin the futile
the Yankee feet off this port BY citizens thai thsn
had neatly forgotten that we IRE state Of siege =
At home, of interest from other quarters is much
more eagerly Lought after than information of the ope
ra tlons OF the enemy at gates. BY military re-
guest we Dear rom giving the range OF the enemys
shells. Of the few thousands which he has thrown
dusing the week not one has Injured defender and thus
far the orks have been mptrvious In facf the bovs
at Fort Powell rather like the post since the hordp NJ
delicate viands which they are daily made the rcipi
ents of from the ladies OF this city fully repay them Or
their isolation and expo 7ure to the thus puere efforts
of Farreguts feet. The enemy have made no serious
attempt to land, as yet. ., +
.-t CAMP OF THE Isth n. G. r..
B" NEAR LIBERTY MILLS, Vas, Feb. 6th 1884. I a"
THE. UNDERSIGNED respectfully announces to the
citizens aud soldiers of Baden County, capdi
date for the office Of Sheriff Of County and weud be
pleased to receive their support. If elected he pledges
himself discharge the duties of the once with the same
fidelity and zeal which he has characterized him "A
80 3.-f s,.. BENZ, +. RINALnI, So ..... ~
...s, ....... Capt. Co. A, 18th N G. Il. A.
March End. 1864. las 3t&27-te*
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
gnH rax ukITED sTATEs-TRoUB1E BREWING
DE- ~ - IN KENTUCKY s .t-- e.
p1cuxokp, Va, March 10

PIcuXoED, Va, March g h, 1854 =
The New Tork nsrald, If the IAN h-t has been re.
ceyed. Il c.unirs nothing Of ihpCftarce --
CIV. @lcrte, Cf nqcky La demonstrated against
The ebstept II slaves in That State, and; has notified
Lincoln LAT he vii xecute ls laws 81 Kehtpcky against
all Who attain take saves inn tAir owners sihe ut
theT e"I.seht., ." JGa Gt:"aE 4ss:.t 80 q
ea. Grarst will to- Washington in II course ct
three weeks .-.G 3. z-s ..fr. - -.
,rOd $50. 80 ..-. + ..-:l .,:. "a : -.=s 4
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24

At meeting of the Stockholders of the StoneWal
Importing aud Exporting Company, held on the 9th
at Augusta the following gentlemen were cfecfed 10
serve for the ensuing year
T. OOhn President. '...
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24
NORTHERN AND EUROPEAN NEWS


United States papers the nth were received this
morning.
VAST g.or Dispatches state pJsivey that Meade viii
he superseded week Ills Successor is not named
Lincoln ord red anou er draft or tpn urartd thou
sand III, 18th OF April TO provide adequate reserve
forces for all CONTINGENCIES.
II believed N New York that the Italian ship Re
rsn,ucano turdeed at sea On tic nh with four hundred
men b. I'd f....t -.'' .--.s . -5i-i 81 49, =
The bill authorizing sale Of gold tts passed both
houses OF org ..-- = f=..'i-' '' SEA
,iid clos9 a l6l On the afternoon of the s9tne day
t6thl 10 SeS York. - -. -. - .s.,..1
Tor, u The Recognition minors, except the statement that
M Mason has re uIncl London il is supposed in con
grctiDu with nc alleged recognition negotiations. -
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24

George r. jackson, J.H. Taylor, Alfred Baker
Augusta, Ga.
Dr. NJ B. Taylor, J. j. Blackwood, A. Well, Char
lottn n g.
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HEADQUARTERS CHIEP ENROLLING OFFICE,
Euurlh NopQrn rsloHa! DIs- rlcL. 9 . v. :,

March 18th.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-24


ZSalou5 Aft eftfon to duty, and abilities far be-
yon THOSE taldnlohly allotted TO men conmarded the
f. respe and confidence Of al who knew ln
with mind capable of gtaapng every branch OF know
edge, and with the of statesman foreseeng the
tcnintrYs destiny no had prepared himself by thorough
.lftBre education, strng gle which
tieAl as lea an off er
in whose skill All cooded and often has the theerr
influence of his presence been manifest his toops
Pnro 6sner6us and noie was loved with an en- husias
pabled discipline through the affections, and
with very little Punishment good
order prevailed the hest de gree the cenr
maud In ali The yaried paths " he trod, he attained
fehinenet When Just entering fe he was known
fef the best sehe4as IA the country Later the avorte
at his early eGmpeef 81 the bar of
hie dtips saed relatSes Mr. James the great.
est rTst Of his age ID Ameica But great as his
nfee tu4f strength epr oachs the atributes OF
.ias ssibeen tortunes meet; abo' il
sone his pure unse
bib and fearless love OF truth and iu,tica.aa -.
Il manifest at etysbnr and elsewhere all the qustes OF
great commanr yeu know how frequently pre-
kposzhs slose duty bis BILE gnd
tting sns5gS h 6Ssle islgsitqhsss Of ts and entire
gaar bate &c his wort thoagh nnder the com
nafd ss than three months, pre-
iiainax TepsIt Aesf summers Campaign, this great
ANY g. NG ta t1 Ysns s sn
aers marched through suffering pfivatioh and blood
lependence, should have selected hm, North
CareAsas orAeF noble seH Esaaer tIsom 1ke number %
81 fnF saeffte IL ttr cause, 'fot spec 81 MERTON
IHthekaeath of rGeherst j. Johns ON Pettgru
the spo fafoinas the native and the othef BIZ
adopted hotae. sones destined to ado
ustrR to heir history and Il Iank Bh Their haYest ane
al ons Of 10 MOST sitta fd rsssd featers bsishte
rem sns., ambient the Scriptures
the receyed With childke faith its holy teachings apd
man Of prayer, be had sought to prepare hRss1 10
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-01-07

WHY PEOPLE Do NOT SPEAK THE TRUEH.-
People do not speak the truth, not for the
want of not knowing and preferring it, but
because they have not the organ to speak it
adequately. 1t requires a clear sight, and,
still more, high spirit, to deal with false
hood in the decisive way. | have known sew
eral honest persons who value truth as much
as Peter and John, but when they tried to
speak it, they grew red and black in the face
instead of Ananias, until, after a few attempts,
they decided that aggressive truth was not
their vocation, and confined themselves
thenceforward to silent honesty, except ON
rare occasions, when either extreme outrage
or happier inspiration loosened their
tongue. But soul is now and then incarna
ted, whom indulgent nature has not afflicted
with any cramp or frost, but who can speak
the right word at the right moment, qualify
the selfish and hypocritical act with its real
name, and without any loss of serenity, hold
up the otfense to the purest daylight. Such
a truth-speaker is worth more than the laws
of Governors; for those do not always know
their own side, but will back their own side
for want of this very truth-speaker to expose
them. That is the theory of the newspaper,
to supersede official by intellectual influence
But though the apostle establish the journal,
it usually happens that by some strange over
sight, Ananias slips into the editors chair
If, then, we could be provided with fair
proportion of truth-speakers, we could very
materially and usefully contract the legisla-
tive and executive functions. Still, the main
sphere for this nobleness is private society,
where SO many mischiefs go unwhipped, be-
ing out Of the cognizance of law, and sup
posed to be nobody's busines s. And society
is at all times suffering for want of judges and
headsmen who will mark and lop these male
factors-EnaerS0n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-01-07

AN ANCIENT IRON CLAD.-We examined,
few days ago, in the office of Attorney Gen
era Galbraith, very interesting historical
relic, being portion of the armor of one of
the Spanish Knights who first invaded and
explored the wilds of this Western Cont
nent. The armor was found in the neighbor-
hood of Monticello, Jefferson County, in this
State. The portions preserved are the he'll
met, the vlZor and gOrget, and coverings for
the arms. We understand that the rest of
the armor was found, but has been inadver-
family lost or destroyed This armor is of
the most solid and substantial character. that
for the head alone weighing fifteen or twenty
pounds, and being impenetrable to musket or
rifle balls. 1t is possible that the armor be-
longed to one of the expeditions of Pamphilo
de NarvaeZ which was lost in the country. or
to one of the army of De Soto, and is about
$50 years old-perhaps much older. There
is romantic interest attached to these relics
of the early conquerors of the New World
These iron trappings probably incased the
form of one who sought gold and glory, and
found grave in the vast wilderness ofAmer-
lea, or, perhaps, some old knight, who invest
ed the remainder of sad and unhappy life
in the search for the Fountain of Youth
but whom death surprised ere his limbs had
been bathed in his rejuvenating waters. Be
this as it may, he was no "carpet knight. for
the frame that could bear this iron incase-
ment must have known the discipline of arrg.
and been strengthened in the battle and th,
breeze. The armor is of complete workman
ship; strong rather than fine, and must have
been as complete covering for the human
form as the armor of the ocean monsters that
bid defiance to the rife cannon shot of the
present day. Probably in future times, the
iron-clads of our own day will be regarded as
the curiosities of past age, the utility of
which will hardly be perceptibie to our de-
Observation-Disclosures Floridan and Jour-
nal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-01-07
,ecalled and dwelt upon with unalloyed de.

recalled and dwelt upon with unalloyed de-
light.
Madam, have been painting from life.
have painted you from life, and have paint
ed this friend from lfe-a friend so modest
and so unconscious Of Der charms that she
would weep with her sense OF unEo1thiness
II she were told that l had attempted 10 paint
her. How does the contrast strike you Do
you not see you are 4 slave and that she is
free woman? Do you not see that she has
entered into the eternal realities of things,
and that you are engrossed in ephemeral
nothIngness? Do you not see that she is a
refined woman and that you are coarse one
DO you not see that her unselish devotion to
the happiness Of others is beautiful, that her
inconsistencies of her charms is beautiful.
that her simplicity is beautiful, and that your
selfshness and your devotion to dress and
your jealousy and your rivalrieS are all vul-
gar and ugly and hateful?
1t is complained of by many of YOUR sex
that men regard woman only as a pIavthing
"a creature to be honored and petted and
controlled, and INDUCED in as a troublesome
luxury. It's complained of that woman does
not have her place as mans equal-as his
friend, companion aud partner. Are men en-
tlrely IN the blame for this opinion, to the
limited extent in which it is held? Suppose
men were to take you and such as are like
you as the subjects of their study-what
would be their conclusions? Suppose they
were to thoroughly comprehend your devo-
ton to your own person-to realize the alb
solute absorption of all your energies and ali
your time by the frivolous and mean objects
that inthrall you-what would be their decis-
ion ? What does your husband think about
it Excuse ME for mentioning him, madam
am aware that lie occupies a very small
share of your attention, but, really, the man
who finds you money has a ri ght to an opinion
upon this point. You do not care what his
opinion is | thought SO. You have ceased
to love him, and he has ceased to oppose you.
1t is impossible for your husband to love YOU
1t is impossible for any man either to honor
or to love woman so selfish as you are; and
your sex may blame you and those who are
like you for all the contempt which certain
class of men feel for women You degrade
yourself to the position of a SNOWY creature,
good for nothing but to spend money. You
teach men contempt for your sex, and it is
only the modest and intelligent woman whom
you despise that redeems it to admiration and
love.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-01-07
Miscellaneous Items.
. Music is the only bliss that the magma

- Music is the only bliss that the magma
/ tons of men have transferred to Heaven.
Some people are so fond of ill-luck they
run nine-tenths Of the way to meetit.
1t is pious and valuable maxim which
says" A judicious silence is always better
than truth spoken without charity"
"A young man who has recently taken a
! wife, says he did not find it half so hard to
get married as he did to get the furniture.
-Four things come not back; the broken
WORD, the sped arrow, the past life and the
neglected opportunity.
We nearly always talk of a tbino before
we do it; every action, like statue, is Srst
moulded In the poor wax of words
According to the Talmud, one party Of
the Rabbins allowed divorces when a woman
had only been so unfortunate as TO allow her
husbands soup to be burnt.
- At thirty we are all trying to cut our
names in big letters upon the walls of this
tenement OF life; twenty years later we have
carved 1t or shut up our iack-knife
A fop just returned to England from
continental tour, was asked how he liked the
ruins of Pompeii. Not very WELL" was the
reply; they are so dreadfully out of re-
pair !"
~ WIZ Oli ISaf Tue cnurcn where the
psalms had been sung in very wearisome
manner, observed to his companion: "Now
l know why Saul wanted to kill David"
1t seems that Heenan has been licked in
England in his fight with Tom King. We
have good many other big brutes that we
should like to send to England or some other
country to be licked.
An old woman in Kentucky crossed a
bridge that was marked as " dangerous"
without seeing the sign On being informed
of the fact on the other side of the river, she
turned about and Immediately reerossed.
A story is told of Western candidate
that came upon "a poor white man." who had
vote to give, if he did have to do his own
milking. The candidate, Jones, asked him if
he should hold the COW, which seemed to be
uneasy, and the old man consenting very
readily, ne took her by the horns and held
fast till the operation was done. "Have you
had Robinson (his rivaD round here lately?"
he asked. ooh, yes He's behind the barn,
holding the calf!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-01-07
Gold by the s ,yeIfUl,
From the Dallas (Oregon) Mountaineer

From the DALLAS (oregon) Mountaineer
A tradition has been current for years that
some lost emigrants, in 1915, while wander
ing through the country drained by the Nal
heur discovered mines where gold could be
raked up by the shovelful. At the time the
discoveries were ignorant of the characteris-
tics of gold in its native state, and accord
ingly they passed on, regarding the metal as
worthless. A few years later some of these
men were attracted to California and on Wis
iting the mines there, almost the first remark
was, that they knew where bushels of that
kind of stuff were to be had Since that
date scarce a year has passed but did not
witness the departure Of companies of men
who were sent out for the purpose of discov-
ering the country described by the immi-
grants. These exploring parties have uni
formly proved failures, owing, in great
measure, to the hostility of the Indians, who
have resolutely refused to allow the white
man to prospect their country. At last, how
ever, party more fortunate than the rest,
have succeeded in finding the long lost gold
fields and, if reports are to be believed, the
story of its richness has not been exaggerat-
ed by the original discoveries.