The New York herald., 1870-10-30

was elected President OF the new republic on Satul
day, July 81 and an executive council was chosen
| about 0nethird OF whom are supposed 10 nave Ire
same evening. President rresorius, OF tho Trans
| ana was received ~ President Parker On WeInes
| day he signed the rules and took out claim, whlc
nov m eeux 81 se
the dggers strongly In favor OF annexation to tn
Transvaal, should lhetr liberties and tree work. IL
| the uiaiiondifer0us territory be conceded them
| Numbe s oil dia Dads are round daily. success
| more equally distributed than Is generally supposed
as maae dI the e.s ne
have only worked, as rule, Tor lew months. Tut
| IDEA that Almonds are large and scarce on tlt
Tran5vaa side OF the river and numerous but sinai
on tho Pnol side, may pJssioly arse from the de
mand OF Twenty-Five per cent upon all gems dis
covered on The mission grounds A diamond Of foul
ana thrcequarter carats was found there on the 3t
instant by d MIR. Jacobs.
Climate is rs yet remarkably healthy. Dr. Robert
son, Ol Fauresmlth. ana Mcssrs. Eagle and Foster
the latter from Jaco0sdal ate the present medca
practitioners. Food abundant and cheap Splendid
bundles of forage Tor Is; slcep 7s 6 ald upwards
meal about 81 IS. per mud Much beer consumed
at 80. per bottle
the story OF two thousand American em'grants :
rid iculed by the writer Ot "What Folks Say,-is ia
all probability substantially true. Ordinary Calii0r
man climate and average Californian success are mol
south African diamond heds. Numbers Of unsnc nc
cessful god-dlggers are Only too ready to welcome
similar and more hopeful occupation In another
hemisphere. Tue authority for tn. statement s IN ID
sell d quondam Californian digger OF no ordinary
intelligence and perseverance,.
the fndings OF Mr.. Green. Civil Commissioner OF
C0lesDerg, are much exaggerated. lie would gia III
exchange al for good diamond OF liye carats.
:, Hond the diamond merchant, Is very plpuar at
the diamond fields. lie has been absent for a little
over q fortnight. Four hundred diamonds are SAID
to BE- awaiting him wnen he returns.
The reports of the nlnety-six diamond OF the
Rolleston party OF that wo tn $4,000. OF the 800
carat diamond and OF Mr.. H0nd's deltn, all untrue.
Tne vaai is beautiful river, in deep valley
among the hills; the water delicious. Six boats ply
f0m shore to the other the fare being sixpence
head Tens are mostly pitched beneath the 10 ty
trees which line the rivers slde-at least 81 lar as
Pniel Is concerned, the lransvaa bank having been
long since denu led OF It's wood.
Boors arriving In strong force every day and
settling on the Pnle side almost to man. the dig
gers under President Parker are mostly English.
Good order prevails and property Is singulary safe.
People are TOO busy and 100 successful to steal For
the last month flock OF tat turkeys have been feed
ing unm0lestel In the most thicKfy populated part
Of the fields. While the population OF the
sympathes that over the water Is nard.working,
energetic. peasureloving and English. Its
executive comnittee Is busy planning the erection
piano is under dlscusslon The billiard room Is not
yet completed. The punishment or crime Is rough
blacks are foggci. Kaars and other colored men,
however, on paying the fees are allowed TO work
Gains OF their own. In no place has the present
writer seen the sons Of Ham more cheerful, active
and contented
COLEsBURG-A REPORTER IN LUCK.
Our special-says the Cape Town Heratd-has re-
turned from the digglngs and has brought with him
eleven diamonds. He will sh0 ty return again to
resume his duties OF correspondent, as also that OF
man will correspond, SO that readers will not pc
left without reliable news from the fields
THE MISSIONARY AND THE DIGGERs.
The following letter appears in the same paper
PNIEL DIAMOND FIELDS, Aug. s, 1870.
On Saturday last was resent during an alterca-
tlon between the Rev. M. KallenDerg ann Mr.
ordering Mr.. Unger OH tue Pnlel dlggings and for.
bidding him to come on this side 10 purchase dia-
monds. The commencement OF the alteration was
carried on in the German language; but Mr.. Unger,
seeing large assembly gathering who were ignor
ant Of the language told Mr.. Kaenberg to speak
English, that those around could understand
what they were saying. Mr.. Unger said Mr.. Kalen-
berg had no right whatever to attempt to stop him
from exercising his Du iness as a diamond mer-
the Vaal river. This was free country and
not Germany. Mr.. Kaenberg was q missionary,
to interfere with his legitimate dealings; and he
tMr. Ka!lenbergl had no right to deal IN diamonds.
He was certainly the representative OF the Berlin
Missionary Society, and to that respectable and hon.
orable body he would take or his nat (here Mr..
Unger raised his hat resp ctfully; but he doubted
empowering him to order him off the ground, or to
lay the exorbitant charge OF twenty-five per cent on
ali diamonds, which were found only by hard and
perscvenng labor, and ut great expense to the
searchcrs. lie should think that five per cent would
be fair and sufficient charge. Mr.. Uneer further
said that II he commenced TO dig he should Ger.
taiuly first ask Mr.. Kallenberg to produce the cre
dcniias empowering him TO charge the fearful rate
that If Jew in London was to charge such rate OF
interest for cash lent he would be hunted as cheat
and villain.
Mr.. Unger was loudly chcered BY the wh ole OF the
diggers, and Mr.. Kallenberg withdrew In confusion
FORT BEAUFORT
The following appeared IN the cape Advocate:-
VAAL RIVER DIAMOND FIELDS,
$. A. Republic. July 81, 1870.
II was my intention TO have written to you before
this concerning this region OF South Africa, but
delayed be able to give you description,
and also to lay before the readers of your valuable
ourna the preparations they should make before
undertaking their journey.
arrived at the diamond fields on the 18th OF June,
and found about 400 dggers here. Their numbers
have now increased to 1000, and all working hard.
ment called the Mutual Protective Association;'' -
you then pay 2s 3d. which goes 10 assist those who
are not able TO bear the expense OF medical attend
ance-such as come to the field poor Next, each white
s entitled to twenty square feet OF ground and
the mode of working Is as folows:-Y0u dig up your
ground cart 1t to the river, where 1t awaits washing
IN cradle. cradle Is box containing two
sleves. one coarse the other fine; the ground is
thrown into the sieve; one man throws water into
the top sieve and another ROCKS away, ana 30 with
the fine sieve. The pebbles are then put table,
where one man sorts; and SO 1t goes on from morn
ing till night. Diamonds are daily found. Wnen q
diamond l5 found, the lucky finder shouts hurrah
and the remainder near him all nock around to have
q peep at the valuable gem.
1t Is true some work Tor considerable time with
out finding, but eventually they are successful A
man named Ricketts, worked SIX months without
finding, but the result was great success. He
found diamond weighing 26& carats, and was
offered some amount over g. 600 for IL. believe he
has been the only one who mas worked such length
OF time without being successful He has since found
q few small ones. Another instance will name but
differing widely from the above A gentleman named
Piessts from Boshof, In the Free Slate, arrived here
on Saturday, the 23d instant, and set to work on
Monday, the 25th, and during the week found no
less than six diamonds. Hanger Innes' company
from Boemlontein, worked about two months; al
the expiration OF that time, during one week they
found three small diamonds; their Kair found q
diamond while picking weighing twenty.nlne ca
rats-a beautiful stone, and OF the first water.
could I'LL columns enlmeratlng such instances. The
work Is hard from daylight to dark; In the evening
the stun Is ridden TO the river.
will now describe for the information of those
who may repair to the diamond helds the articles
necessary for work:-A Scotch cart picks, shovels
tthey answer much better than the spade), o light
crowbar, O rake to remove the stone from the heap
OF ground sieyes to dry sift the ground at thu
claim (Which we do here, for it saves carting s,
much useless ground to the river. The cradle car
bring nroYlSQnS last during The time they infanf