The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-11-19

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THE HEWAFa1cAN GOLD FIELDS
TAE oPHIa OF scn1prunEs.
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FRO" tho 7'onsuasbd,yus. 1uly p. ;
:, :Potchefstro6m vas thrown into I,
state Of considerable excitement las
Thulsday:nit.rnoon; the I'd lost, wbe,
it became Known that the Rev. Mr
Nckcnzie, 90 anxiousiy expected here
bad arrived. The excitement bccam,
l"tenso when it xas-ascertaincd tha
the reverend gen,lem,n had broush
Intelligence Of a. late date direct from
the Victoria gold fields, was the bearc,
OF several letters from the digyers them
selves, and, moreover he'd brought q
sample Of gold from the new diggings
VI course, we went to see, having been
attacked tor the time being with all the
symptoms Of the gold fever The sam.
pie was infinitely inspected, and wc
now declare, ON the sacred word of an
editor, that the said sample require.
put t. be seen in order to dispel tho
strongest doubts of even the most skep-
t'caI. The "myth." as the gold lis.
covery has been termed, has resolved
itself into stnpenaous fact: -: s.,s
1.-THE samples produced by:' VA The Re Rev.
s1f. Mckenzie, which Can can NOW v s Sc seen e,
at Mr.. 'Rcid's, are two pieces 'of' quartz, ar
very tteh'y studded With gold, hs5i5 hsvi5g 9
solid 30 r.. pieces, some :'rger:.. evsn t|hsn a
pins head embedded in The Stone, and
yet the richer pieces, parts Of. the same
stone had already been f,:Sa forwarded to
bic E1eellcncy; 'sir Philip Woaaehouse,
and also to- 4Grahaibssteiwrn. These
pieces VIC have>not zecu !; but: tie > i; rev:
erend gentleman assures us That st1iiey'
are rie!ier far than !: those brought bfa by
I hin :'e to Paestehet.tr9pm, as sSd .iat ali, pro
part 't ;of Ihe same etque, tsken from the
saaace,; picked up close to- where s,he
:diggrs arc: now. at work-nstaee 1T The
outspan place. These pieces pS5e Of issfl qasaslz
pIIy prove the. superior richness of
those new and vast gold fields, to w:ael,
the name. Of zVictoria las been ..aivc,,,
in honor OF her Majesty, the: Queen Of:
England: all doubts; thereforet;a tia,
may at one time have been: felt ought
no'S' We consider. to be caectually dis
pellcd.: =, sat; ~..:: -.
We for ourselves, cherished: none,
fully rel, ing on lierr Mausch's state
men's made to us, and since repeated
BY nj" in speech at the asri. ultural
dinner. when1 esaid that ,s would uiti-
mately be proved that the new GOA
fields eurpass il riehnsess either . TT tbs
Californian or, Australian folds, which
faet:would fully: warrant the :expr.s
sions used by the letter to- tn = 1rooniss
paalA'yus, dated:sD December 3, 1867,
when he stated that he stood, is ii wcre,
riveted to the spot and for some time
couldInot use his ham nier; ;:wkeh tEs
vast fields of geld for sthes 6rst. %itnc
broke on hie3 si8ktysaIt tBen piece ,of
uar'z'which Mir: Van|der Byl l:toekseo
the colony, and which was. xcarcel II no.
ticcd here, would produce proportion.
ately from eleven to fourteen: ounces
per tun, as stated by the Standard,
what will not such quartz 3. is now OK:
hibitcd by the Rev. ,Ir. Mckenzie
produce? We hesitate to express an
opinion, for it would be sst down Us a.
together fabulous. ..:..
Thd questioa, therefore; Of the exist
ence 1T these vast and equally rich gold
fields ia Matchiu's territory being sst,s.
factorily set at rest, the rush will un-
doubtedly cone which we asserted
would take place when the first imper-
tant announcement was made, and
which certain writer, in the Graaf
Reinet dd0ertiscr so courtcously desig-
mated can after dinner: wandering,'
at the same time: expressing: his sur
prise that respectable colonial editors
could transfer. it to their col ecSolumns.-
When the discover. Wis drst published
by: us we deprecated any -euaden, rush,
and adxised the exercise ofrgfeat 'cats'
tios; not knowing at 2the~ time What
might be nc disposition of tke*. .pQv:
. r.
erful nstivc tribes iq Tie i.ame4iate* viz
cinity of those gold 6sL,s; hnh:xs now;
consider ourselves sftal1ivarranted in )
inviting alt to come vhd may sh65sk Is
DO s. ahd 4 !o so'as @ qplIetl|!y fte9. l.. ife
natives they have. nothing .too; fear:-.
Matehin has already teuaetod:s his stcr.
ritories and ALE gianes tea1he British
Government, has: appointed :s@o Fl" J:
g'ish1men as s! agents, to whom the nom:
inal fee Of one pound sterling pr: nan
for ak moushssis to be paid, aud the
British. aag: already floats above. ,thc
Victoria gold fields. & .- .~a7~ :. =,
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