The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-07-19


lie. Though the occurrence of these two
events OH the same day is a startling coin
coideuce, there is no mystery about it,
nothing that need arouse the nonsense Of
superstition. Age 10y age we can clearly
trace the footsteps of timo coming down,
period by peri6d, with unerring precision,
to those occurrences that have precipi
toted the United States onward in their
course OF Empire with bewilderiug rap
idity, Columbus had discovered America,
and the Spauiad had enforced his bloody
soul-crushirg Christianity from ocean TO
ocean, and FROM Terra del Fuego TO the
everglades OF Florida, where Ponce de
Leon searches for the waters OF youth. A
little more than two centuries after the
landing of the SpOniard, the Anglo SaXons
appeared on the Atlantic shores of the
northern portion Of the continent, and one
10y one the colonies and peculiar mstitu.
tions of the race were planted from Nova
Scotia to the Mexican Gulf Then the
American Revolution gave birth to a new
nation, which created u republic that soon
acquired the Louisiana territory aud Flor
ida. and extended to the Pacific shore. The
native races had throwr of the Spanish
yoke, and republics skuted the Andes and
Cordileras, from Chill to California Ste.
phtn Austin, of Connecticut had obtained
the consent of Mexico to colonies the prov.
ince of Texas with North Americans, and
these bringing their slaves into the prov
incc, contrary, to Mexican law. caused the
beginning of troubles with Mexico, which
resulted in the war that gave Texas her nde.
pendence, which led to annexation 10
the United States. This brought on the
war with Mexico, which resulted in peace
and tho acquisition Of New Mexico and
California, February ., lS4S.
Now look at another class of events
tending directly to the same great end
Sutter, born in 1903, the year in which we
acquired the Louisanl territory, had emf
grated from Europe and Sc tied in the Mis-
suuri portion Of that territory From
thence, after five years wandering in New
Mexico, over the Rocky Mountains, through
Oregon, to the Sandwich Islands, aud the
Russian Possessions, he had located in this
wild and issolated Sacramento Valley, built
his fort, subdued the country, established
an extensive and Aourishing colony ; and
all this occurred just in season to make the
discovery Of gold, through the immediate
instumoutalty of Marshall--who found
his way there from New Jersev--at the OPP
portune moment when the tile of the ter
rtory passed iuto our hands, free from any
complication that might nave arisen ou'
OF the moro 'lne'y acton OF the Eng
,lsh, the Mormona, or the raising OF the
Bear Flag.
This precise and harmonious working oI
events to ono great end is worthy of more
than a passing notice. 1t may well excite
the interest ana wonder ot lhe human
hlha'
THE DISCOVERY CT GOLD BECOMES PUBLIC.
We left Suttcr and Marshall examining
tie PARTICLES of gold and discussing the
cireunstai cps of the d ,scovcry Marshal
Determined to return to the saw.min-
foity miles d stant-that night, and he de
sred Captain Sutter TO accompany him
int it was raining hard and Capta;n Sntter
coucluded TO remain till dlv.llaht. Mar
,bnU Lett Immediately. IN lie morninc
CAPTAIN Sutter started for the saw.miiI
and when within ten miles of that locality
he saw something come out of the bushes
by the roadside, n short distance in od.
vance. Al first he thougbt il was hear
but il proved 10 he Marshall. Sulter in.
ouhed What he was doing there. Marshall
renlied mat he had been TO the mill and
in lis ,mrotience he had returned Inns fnr
70 meet him. They went on together and
On reach,n,r tho mil race the loborcrs were
found bnsilv occunied niokinc mn pnrticles
ol rold
After some examination Captain Sutter
hecame satisfied that gold in considerablq
quantities would be found IN that neigh.
borbood and while The reflections of Mar.
shall were probahlv confined TO the idea
of ranidlv ncouirinp wealth for himself
Captain Sutter realized at once how i'm
n,ssilIe II would he fo bold his lahorers
10 their work in CARVING ON his ip,prov.
ments gathering his crops avoid heinz
overrnn NV new coners shonld the ,old
nrove abundant and the discovery he bro
mnlyotcd ue thorefore begped his labo
rcrs TO saw nothiu~ about the rold for 81,
weeks iIia eriat'mill and some other i'm
proyemepts would then be completed. and
his crops all gathered. The laborers
promised TO con,pIy with his request and
Captain sutter retuIped home on the 5th OF
February.
But the great secret could not long be
known A teamster wbom Coniain Sntter
bad disnotched to f,e say.nil with snn.
nIies heard of the discovery of pnld and
msnaged to obiain some of tLe INJECTIONS
rains On returuin@ To fine fnrt he i'm.
mediatelv wrnt 70 the noigbborin1 store
neuIvi ent bv WornoU Wo M and botta
of whisky This WAS cash article in tbis
countrv and "a the teamster was poor nav
the trader refused TO sell him the whisky
The man declared he had plertv Of money
md exhibited some grains of cold T6e
ostonisLel trader on beiug satisfied that
these we're gold, gave his customer the