The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-01

ne trees tnat line elller SlGe OF lis
smaller streets. Like all Californian
towns, Sacramento has had its baptism
Of fire Twice have its inhabitants
seen their habitations laid in ashes, and
once washed away by the sudden rising
Of the muddy river, but each disaster
only nervei them TO fresh efforts ami
he result is city beautiful in it, situa-
ton, perfect in lis appearance, and only
wanting background of hil!- TO make
II a. picturesque as an artist Ideal
HOTEL EXTORTIoSS.
San Franciscoans take but little in
terest in the State Fair They look
upon it as a money.makinc scheme,
managed entirely for the benefit OF their
Capitolian cousins and intended solely 10
help them over the dull times between
the adjournment OF one Legislature and
themeeting Of another. The extortons to
which they have been subjected by ho-
tel keepers in times past also raukle in
their recollection, so that Sacramentoans
have long since ceased to eXpecta 'arge
influx from the Bay.
THE FAIR.
Was held in a large brick building
called the Pavilion, the ground floor
being supposedly SET apart for the eXhi-
bition OF agricultural machinery and
the upper one for agricultural pro!ucr
but the display Of either was 20 very
limited that one glance was sufficient to
satisfy the visitor that the term Agrl-
cultural Fair was somewhat Of n,'--
homer.
The principal attraction appeared to
be grea; lottery wheel, TO be usrl at
the approaching Mercantile Library
rattle, and a 5000 hearse Of home man.
ufacture, about which a Chicago editor
lately went into such eytacies Of de
light that it is said lie tcleEraphed a
halfcolumn description of it to his pa
per. \ continual thr1nE gathered
round these two articles, admiring the
mechanical ingenuity OF the one AMI
the ghastly gorgeousne-s OF the other,
while the tables devoted to the different
varieties of fruit had scarcely solitary
lounger near them.
THE STATES CAPABILITIES.
MANY Of the products exhibited were
of experimental growth and rather S'2-
qest6d than proved the varied and won
derful resources OF the State. The CO.
coons and skeins Of raw silk, the rice,
tea, ramie fibre, tobacco, flax, hops sugar
and many other articles that | fail to
remember, show what our climate and
soil can do, and what will be grown
when capital and industry unite 70 de-
velop our agricultural treasures.
THRIFTLESS COMMUNITY.
The readers of the REGISTER viii he
astonished 10 learn that in TAR pre-.
tending 10 represent the agricultural
capabilities OF an essentially agrIcuItur-
al State, there was not enough cheese
shown to bait rat trap, and that all
the butter exhibited could have been
demolished by a couple ofhearty men
to a loaf Of bread. With millions OF
acres OF the richest grazing !and,we have
still to send East for our dairy produce.
Twp thousand boxes OF chee-eare noted
as having arrived within the last few
DAYS, which will retail at twenty cents
a pound, aud yet We are so thoroughly
thriftless as to neglect 10 supply our
selves with homemade article.
MACHINERY
Its only lately that California com
menced 10 make any agricultural I'M
plements, and even now | believe that
a few gang plows are the full extent OF
her efforts. There is future here fog
any one with enough money and man
arement TO start the business. With
. the exception of the usual variety OF
washing machines, or one or two har-
rows. grain separators and reapers, the
space devoted TO this class Of goods was
nearly empty, and | notice. nothing
worth special mention
JAMES W MARSHALL
The discoverer Of gold in California
had a stand near the entrance to the
building. on which was piled UP an
edition of his recently published "Litr
and Adventures He is hale hearty
! looking man of about sixty, with face
bearing little impress OF the tolls and
hardships he is said to have gone
! through Wishing to hear from his
own lips some account Of an event
which has resulted so memorabiy to the
world. l asked him to give me few
particulars of the discovery.
HOW GOLD WAS DISCOVERED.
well" he said, Il guess you can find
Il better told in this book than | can
tell you, for 60, one Of your newspa-
per men to write it for NE, and think
he has made pretty gooi joh OF IT,,
but still guess il would do no harm 10
tell it again. Il was pretty certain
there was gold in the country long before
| found it, and so inst kept a good look
ont for indications. was working in
the saw.miil at Coleman and and went
ont in the morning Of that day Clan
nary 18th. lS4S), closed the force way,
gate to shut off the water and walked
down to the tail-rsce 10 see what sand
and gravel had been removed during
the night. Ialways did this, as kne"
if there was minerals in the mountain:
some of them would be washed doWI
by the water. l looked at the grave
/ and sand for few moments aud sa"
something glittering in a crevice o
. granite about half q foot under waite
and picked it up. 1t was heavier thar
| ANYTHING had seen before and knew
, it must be either mica, sulphuret o
, copper or gold. 1t was too heavy 10
, mica and remembered that sulphuret
, OF copper were brittle, so placed tn
! specimen on stone and hammers