The New York herald., 1870-10-30

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even tenor OF his simple style OF living, uhiemped
by extra, agance on the one hand VI dissipation on
the other.
What tho Newspapers Report.
Having given the received In private letters,
we next put before the reader that published IN our
exchanges. We give iirst that published at
BIOBMFONTBIN.
The Friend, received ON Thursday, gives the fol-
| lowing interesting particulars:-On Saturday. the
Rev. .. G. Croghan, and Messrs. shaw and Champln,
arrived per passenger cart from the dlgglngs on
Monday, Mr.. l. Holmes, OF N0otgedachi, Kalr river,
IN TINS district returned per horse wagon from
| Nh. Hilton, o. this town. and Mr. Fannin, from
Natal us passenSers-put In an appearance.
majority os ,Se dsres e ae sssdea % WIN ng nsr
prospects; that the number Of mon now on the
fields uncluding whites and Blacks exceeds 6.ooJ;
thaL Ihey are being appOrtioaed In order 10 meet
| the requirements of those who aIe about to Duld
stores. ac. that gems are PICKED uas. but OWING
10 Lhe reucence 0l the dlggers wno dread 'rusn"
| upon the immediate vclulty VI their claims IL is
dacuit 10 arrive at anything approaching Just ap-
Proclamation OF their numDer; lit the scene Of Edo
RADIO Is indeserlbabIe. the basllc and lie being ut
terry astounding to an Airicander; thaG chops nnd
ABOUND, ana that AIR. Unger, Tue Hamburg diamond
merchant, has added his testimony 70 that Of Nh.
Eond aud other competent authorities. aad pro-
nounced the Campbell grounds 10 be the richest
known dianondllerous region ia the universe
Mr.. Thomas Holmes, OF Nooitgedacnt, speaks OF
the dggings in the most enthusiastic terms The
trip thitherward seems 10 have done m an Iimen-
SLY OF good. he always bore his years iigntly; but
the Campbell grounds he nas cast on decennIum
and looks as gay aud sprishy as young man VI
thirty.
Wien we conversed with him he had three dia.
monds-nagnltcent little gems; one OF them
rrosted-in his waistcoat pocket These stones
were dslnlerred by his son Charles party during
MS (Mr. Holles) three days soJourn on the banks
OF the Vaal. he says he never before saw men
work VITA such win, and tnat even the nlggers
there do not reqme the application OF the
"sJambok" to diSslpaie their Inherent lazness.
Whites and backs, Europeans and Al1canders all
alike labor cheerTuly, continuously, aud Hnergetl
caly. The scene OF operations covers such an ex-
pansive tract OF country, that II look Mr.. Holmes
whom he knew to be at the digslngs, he could not
discover at all. he says there are seven eight
boats on the river, constantly plyag TO and fro; and
that, In the words OF the Immortal Shakespeare
The hum Of either army siIly sounds.
1t is maniestiy impossible for us to chronicle even
tithe oI the "nnds." In California and Australia
such a thing was never attempted. 1t was only
when an Individual found nugget of extraordinary
And SO 1t will be with Our Goiconda; alter time
only stones OF more than average weight VIII be
paraded In the newspapers. we IKE, however, TO
record the successes OF Out townsmen; consequently
we cannot resist stain. that the parry OF mr. Jacob
Raaf, Jr.. found Diamond The otner day, and sold
II on the nelas for fl3l.
so far The Friend contents itselfwlh mere nara.
tive OF actS IL next SINKS into the dlsInas al the pro-
spectve desoation OF Bioemlonteln and then breaks
forth into ecstaceS and prophecies touching the fast
Using glones OF the African Golconda:-The Dig
glngs, however, to Us an expressive yulgarsm are
town Is Ii orally deserted. More than half of our
oiicIas are absent on duty. Most OF our men OF
business, mechanics, labOrers &c., are nan est; and
ali our loafers ana ne r-uoweels have gone ID quest
OF fresh fields and pastures new."
THE FAuREsAITH DIGGINGs-A FrFTY-CARAr DIA-
MOND FOUND.
From this locality, which Is about 100 miles away
from the Vaal and of considerably diilerent geoo-
ghca structure, the reports continue most favOra-
bic. Ihe following from tue ~ iead Is the latest
The Fanresmtn post arrived this morning, and by
1t we have received the three following communi-
ia
above large diamond
LETTERING. l.-Just line to tell you that this morn
Ing Barend de klerk, residing on the iarm Jagers-
1ontein, close TO this town. disenterred diamond Of
hfty carats, at the depth OF SIX feet The stone
have seen; 1t Is luli OF naws nat and ugly. When
looking at it on one side you would think 1t was
piece o broken glass. Great excitement caused
IN for us 10 see. Every one wants TO go and dig on
the farm, but yet Cert vsser viii mol give his con-
sent. Next saturday hear there Is to be meeting
OF the Wiser family IN town to discuss lke matter
| about allowing outsiders 10 dig.
| LETTER No lit IS with greaj pleasure that have
| to inform you that Mr. de Kerx, Sen, exhumed
large diamond this morning. on the farm Jagersion
| tein ABOUT SIX miles flom Fauresmltn. This stone
| was weighed in my presence just now, and bal
anced forty eight carats 1t is the largest diamond
have yet seen but Is by no means pretty stone, be-
Ing irregular and rather nat. Ii Is TACT however,
| that diamonds are plentiful on the above larm-
no less than fifteen having now bsen discovered
within narrow compass, and all this with
proprietres5 OF the farm, Mrs. the widow Wiser.
does not however intend to throw the digging open
family Icing at present the only privileged dggers.
The above diamond was dlslodged, at the depth OF
six feet, by chance blow with picKaxe farm.
for which Il, 500 given some six months ago,
this morning offered TO The lucky finder OF the above
gem in exchange, but refused.
LETTER No. 3.-Mr. Barend Visser OF FendutiekOp
Just now brought into town diamond, exhumed at
Jagersiontein-a arm about five miles from town
by a "BDwoonder'' OF Mrs. Wiser s. one De Klerk
The stone was examined ana weighed by DR.. Nesbe;
1t proved to be good diamond, but unfortunately,
much nawed, ana weighing little over forty-eignt
10 no fnts n IN a
! piace-thlrteen Oh the surface and two under Not
bad, considering the very little trouble the people
on the farm have put themselv 70. Up to now the
| proprietor has peremptorly refused to accede to
| every application from parties 10 dig
TIE SCENE ON THE vAAL
The following graphic picture Is given by one OF
| the correspondents OF the tTte8d-
| DIAMOND FIELDS tllpdrftl, August Is, 1870
The government here is as follows:-rhe Council
OF Twelve, with the President Tor quorum OF i've,
| with the neadh sits as, and Is called "the Dggers
Of the Council taking it in turn oiciates every day
magistrate, with the secretary IN attendancej are
| brought in appeal before them. Four constab)es,
including sergeant the former at salary OF five
! pounds and the latter at four pounds each per
month are in constant attendance on either the Tx
ecutive Council or magistrates court. The number
| who have actually signed the rules ON this Kip
dril side at this moment Is l133; but do not hes
| tate to say-and military gentleman bears me out
In the statementthat there are not less than 5000
men on this side and 1000 on the Pniel grounds. At
| Hebron, have been informed on good authority,
| there are not less tnan 500 men.
1t is one OF the most beautiful sights in the world,
/ and certainly unparalleled in the history OF South
Africa, TO stand OF the many hills about here
and witness the OF hustle and life around you,
beneath you and as far as the eye can reach. have
| seen q Boor commando OF thousands moving In dis
order; but 1t Is not like that. What can compare
| 1t to2 Ants at work? Yes You see them crossing,
| mixing and moving about In the same indlscrmi-
nate manner yet each finds his way, and there Is
method and system in the apparent disorder. At
night thousands OF lights are reflected in the really
clear water OF the misnamed Vaal river, while the
air reverperaes with the music oil different bands.
The wei known Nos, Of BlOemfontein, figures con-
spicuously In that line, and his band OF musicians
really perform well.
Five or six boats are continually traversing the
river, and at night YOU can mark their courses by
the lanterns AT their prows Sanger Il Company arc
doing an immense trade. was told that the day
after they opened the table was gong the entlre
night.
MIR. Joel Myers, from Port Elizabeth, brought a
portable iron store with him, packed with goods
some four or i've loads. He had no. Opened for