The New York herald., 1870-11-23

from the interior OF the colony fourteen days later
The Diamond Fields, Biaginas, nud FINDS.
iFrom the Cape Town tCape Good Hope) Sla
dard, Oct 4l
The events OF the past fortnight have been O,
ceedingly interesting, when we place ON one sid
the receipt OF the war news, and the reports fro
she diamond 1eldson the Vaal river The a iamon
discoveries have been very large during that perio
and the value of the diamonds shipped from colonl
ports convey BETTER perhaps, than the details OF Il
discoveries how valuable the nnds have been.
The NoGeman, which leaves :or home to-day W;
shipped from Algoa Bay diamonds valued at eli, 90
and she has on board besides three boxes
diamonds, the value OF which is not stated An
further than this we are told thar there Is con
signment Of diamonds valued at 100000 already
Port Elizabeth and Will be sent home per Northan
by Nessrs Mosenihal Co. The finds during the fort
night as we learn from the diggings, have Deen al
the Vaal diamond OF 50 carafs, OF superior quaiity,
by q Dutchmsn; one OF ~ .carats, and one Of 20
esi6 carafs nv man named Miller. Bloenf0ntcin
waronmaker. on the sth OF september, at the Jag.
rersionIein dggings, eight diamonds were disin-
trrred, one weighing 22t carats, perfect gem OF
octaheironal shape, valued at 81 ooo: TWO days
same place, making In all twenty-five diamonds for
the three days During the week no less than 1fty-
ARE only thirty dlggers al work ut the place. Mr.
W. Burlhoe OF Graan-Renel, found q diamond
valued AZ a3 600 on me yaal river and reports that
an carat diamond ana one OF 20 carats had lately
Deen found on the Pniel side. brother OF Mr.. w.
Webb has also picked up diamond said 10 be or
the valne OF 600, and gentleman writes from the
digglngs q friend under date September IL 1870,
that on that. day diamond was picked
Up BY @ Natal con conpany asa weighing 50 carats;
Hata, MAD that morning picked up a diamond
Of l3,s carats. IL Is impossible TO give anything,
Ike correct list OF the lucky dggers but the above
will convey what the finds have been like. We win
give IN conclusion one or two extracts from the
letters OF dggars 20 snow the difference of feeling
entertained ~ those who have worked ~ the fields.
hISERs REPORTS.
One OF Mr.. George Reeds party writes 10 rela-
tve in Pert Elizabeth, under date Gong Gong Dig
Cngs, September 5:-.I can tell you lots OF people
Win be sold IL they think TO make lots OF money up
here. There are some who viii make money-per-
haps enc IN handred-1ut We have to work very
hard here We nave washed seveuty-i4ve cart loads
Of ground and have found nothing; but Jack Shep-
par'l has found smali diamond, worth about ss.
very fine one was found alongside OF us To-day,
worth about 100. Yesterday an cid woman went
behind bush, ana wnlle sirtlug. discovered Ilst
beneath the surface a diamond worth about f72O
We are about ten miles nom the main
camp. ] think there are about 5000 people
men, women and children Included. THINK all who
have anything 10 do down below should stay where
they are out those who have nothing 10 do ana
nothing 10 lose this Is The place FOR then and they
pie up here VINO i know. / shall not say longer
than the lst Of December. Newton and myself In
tend to leave Tor home then. hepe we may have
luck before that. 1t Is very hot In the Summer up
mere 1hey say you can COOK meat On the stones
with the sun. There Is much drinking going on nj
the upper camp Some fellows, when they lnd a
diamond, do not work until they have drunk IL
OUT
TWO letters received from other Fort Elizabeth
uigyers give rather gloomy accounts or the fields.
One states thai ne had been working about two
months and had got nothing: the other reports that
he had met with no success, and that goou deal OF
sickness was prevalent at the nelds.
Queens Town digger wrltes:-"M0st OF the dig
gers look a.spr,ee& ha & ana unhappy ana In reply %
was In nearly al cases the same'We have scarcely
paid expenses Of course there are exceptions
out they very few. 1t Ii estimated that diamond
digging has hllnero paid only about flve per cent o.
hosa engaged In ft.o
MI. Richard Impey writes as follows, uader date
Vanl river, August 20 ls70:-Notniny very partIcl-
lar TO report excepting that the ind OF diamonds
has been unusually large. On the 23d beautiful
she PneI side BY one De Kock. On the l4tll one OF
B6 carats. straw co'ored was turned out by Parkes
who Jeff anosi Immediately with his prize for Eng
orange. was found by DIggirs. Many others OF 49,
IL, II, and all weights and shapes have been found
during the past week: In fact, the find has been
greater than In auy othet week previous. Paroles
still keep pouring III continually from all parts.
Fine fsG are caught In the river. ! saw yesterday
morning large bar0el, about four fee SIX Inches
long, and many fine yellow fish. You have proDa-
bly, not seen barbe,. lr l. 1sh with very large
bead, with four long pieces OF soft muscle on ,he
upper and lower Jaw. Ihe head Is the broadest
part, from which u goes tapering down, giving it
tae appearance Of large tadpoe has no rio bones,
good eating and easily caught. The yellow Ish Il
MUCH pretIier a, asn 10. 1ae Salmon IL siiisns.
Gino very good eating, but Iul OF bones There are
NO eeis nor are there any in any tributary OF the
Mr.. L. Drey!us, OF Port Elizabeth, lately received
from the country parcel OF very ine dIamonds
vaIned at ss,OOS one " no had lhe pleasure OF I'M.
specting them reports that though none Of them are
large, he had never seen liner -ot OF stones, mos,
OF them being pure wen sEapen gems, of the frs,
water. One Uf them Is a handsome straW-colCred
stone, which Is considered the most valuable OF the
10Y, ses,oes ,nese diamonds + Z reoaT;ed that Dr.
Frans Ross or Phpsiown, has made great Dars
gam, ma wing purchased diamond Of good shape
una Gne wafer, weighing 03 caiats from kalir wo.
man, for ESQ ia merchandise and cash. This pays
much better than digging. The woman stn, ,ed that
she had picked ii qp IN tho neiehhornood OF lie
Dror.
pHE GOVERNMENT OF THE FiELDs
The action OF the eolonia government with refer
cnce u the diamond territory has been unanimously
praised by the wole OF the colonial press, 1t Is
anticipated il VIII be BY large majority OF the
diggera they have refused most dccisively to have
anything to DO with the Iransvaa republic, and
magistrate sent there by that government was tnos
roughly handled. and had TO beat hasty retreat
The latest news we have from the fields s that tht
Free State was proceeding with Its measures tor an
neXation OF the territory. Within thls week we
shall hear how the government notice was received
by that republic.
The following paragraphs are from The King vii
Hams Town Gnzet,e:Mr. Habe, agent for the sale
Of the celebrated Winchester repeaters, arrived IL
King Williams Town on Thursday evening from TIT
diamond fields. He brings with him seventy-ivt
small diamonds. mostly weighing about half carat
and nearly all of the tirs' water Some OF them arr
really beautiful gems-one OF them straw color
In addition TO these Mr. Babe has with hm seat
duartz and quantity OF valuable stones, among
which are ruDies and garnets. Mr.. Babes party ha
been and is stiii working on the Pnic side witt
t0eraDle success. Indeed, he assures US that ever,
claim on that side OF the Vaal has yielded diamond
Of the smaller sizes.
Mr.. Babe estimates the number OF diggers mot III,
whole population OF the fields, at about 600.
AT NATAL.
A letter from Natal, dated at Durham on the 4tl
OF September, says
We are diamond mad. Not as mad, perhaps. a
the people OF the sister colony but yet mad enough
An conscience. Every saturdays mail from IN
Free state is eagerly looked Tor and its v0ra
ciously dcvonred.n When we have so deyoured II W,
depart among Onr fellows with excited feelings az
hearts yearning for the banks OF the Naa WEa
wonder thar 1t should be so when we hear Of find
ings OF sucfi huge diamonds-of fortunes picked ~
IN a noment. by last saturdays mall we receise'
tidings from some OF the Natallaus who are now n
the fields. Mr. Hickman, OF THIS town, has beer
further successful, and has already, after only
few weeks work, picked up SIX or seven diamonds
The man on the claim next TO him has unearihcd on
OF seventy carats. Mr w. Marshall, OF MARTY
burg has been the fortunate finder OF nine dla
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