Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23

dust after once seeing the simon pure art =
&c Living At the fields l. good and cheap;
I'VE dollAis pr week furnishing rs gool
week did in the days OF a. in The csii.orps.
piscersL An old Californian OF that iik who hss
been Oar. says he never saw in the pslmiest
ton OF diggers doing well, . larger proportic.
making " big sirikes.' and fewer hummer saa
Disappointed diggers anywhere. He also re
nssins VSsPsd sne gold wasre,sr he
rot In paying Quantity, hut predicts big dis
ooveries In that line ~ inevitable from the
;h T Of The cSsn'ry The gold quart. fOn
OF argentferous gAiena have been brought from
me Draekenecre mountains The copper
fully worked NV Fns,;sh are soeoes-
The climate at the fields reSem bles that OF cali
iornia very much, the MAXIMUM summer-hest
being ioS deg fahr, and that of winter n deg
Snow Was failing at the Fields when he I-ft
there I'm june last. and there was thin Ice in the
water barrels. Hail storms and heavy rsl,
st rms accompanied BY the loudest thnnder ana
he has ever seen or heard, are OF daily occur
renee during TIE summer, and the result are
ana fall "a rapidly n thew DO in other countries
subject to heavy ran-falls and dry weather
NO earthquakes. The principal seapOrts ar,
,I APE l1wh, Fort hlEaeeth and Natal, al
clever, liberal minded people, who All favor
American immigration. Very many enterrr,.-s
Impulse 20
country by the diamond discoveries. viii Ne
well, aud the right class Of enterprisng men 4.
carry them out will succeed I'm making fortunes.
a good line Of stage coaches runs from Csps
Town 20 the Diamond Fields, 750 miios
IN seven DAYS, over a good road; another
from Port Elizabeth. about coo mile. 4.
si1 days. while from Natal, which l. only about
go miles from the Fields, there Il no line A. yet
established, and the oN-teams require only 90
day. 20 make the trip. Wool is the great stspls
export OF the country, and millions OF dollars
Ar ahf Eel H.. n
States annually. American farming ami agri-
cultural implements are everywhere in use ana
American mining tools viii soon be introduced.
GOOD wines are made at the Cape. and ffuiD
aud vegetables are grown everywhere Wheat
rye, barley, oats and Indian corn are grows
sufficient for home consumption, and 20 a lin
tied extent for export. Beef and mutton are
abundant, and game, large and small. susicient
TO satisfy the most ardent hunter, II he goes %
the right place 20 ind IT,
The way 70 go the Fields for Ameri. cans Is by
sailing vessels from New York or Boston 20 the
Cape; Price of passage 500 in gold. and from
Care Town 70 the Diamond Fields SIS in gold
time 60 TO IS days; or by steamship 20 EnglapS
SIS in gold; thence from Southampton by the
Union Line Of steamships 70 the Cape si5O 10
gold, and thence by stage s75-time AZ 60 50
DAYS. II the line OF steamships now runnins
from New York TO Rio Janeiro should he con
tinued from the last-named port 20 Cane Town
and Port Elizabeth, then the cost from New
York or San Francisco 90 the Diamond FIELD.
would be about $3.50 in gold-time 81 DAYS
The intending diamond digger should encuu-
her himself with no unnecessary baggage CLOTH
ing, tools, &c, being procured a. cheaply st
Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, or the diamond
fields, AZ az New York or San Francisco. As
Peabody. ESQ, (of the American firm Of c. =
Holmes x Co.. u. =. vice consul at Cane Town
will be happy to give Americans calling All the
Information in his power - TO how TO get 10 the
fields; and at the fields, Ike SOnnenberg the
big-hearted American jew !" who has the larg-
est trading establishment there and thereahouts
will always be glad 20 greet a newcomer frou
the I nited States, and particularly fiona Calf
20 MIA Nevada, Idaho, and Montana-Afta f,aI
:. ornidn Almanac for 1872.