New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-07
SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMONDS.
correspondence the Diamond Fields writes
10 TIE Cape Argus dating from Pniel, Nov.S:

A correspondence the Diamond Fields writes
to rae Cape Argus. dating from Pnie, Novs:
AS ands they have been turning up In consider .,
rot than IA carats anotr Dss 9eeh oI
II csrots anotherof carats and another OF lo Inc
next run from nine TO and down TO very small
figures New paces are being discovered pave aItauy
mentioned siponelps ground NJ Glynn has toia ne
diamonds which had been found there. weea Ok Two
ago there were $50 people there nov rsh has
also been made 20 q place eight niles beo%
also TO spot not far from Pnen me ic ~, c
ccss Hebron is also commanding attention; ILiet
holds its own, aud Ia becoming crowded Inc hatuI Al
wealth in diamonds of the vaa ranks aphe;F 70 ve
extraordinary. To talk Of exhaustion 10 10 talk OF SOM
1nng ina aor dy rwsrdednt every
work but taking the labor given 10 the heds rs "Aoe'
an iastancs Of marked success may mention Dir.
Rawstel Of Hopetown He has just eft the neis Win
has about fifty stones in all. There are not many MT
Rawsells. While out walking the other evening
seemed to PIT the question: and would not have
done had he not been in want OF shilling gentle
applications destitute white meu for JOB OF worA
The Rawstes are few For one RaWs5.' an nov Sss ay
Disappointed Notwithstanding althe brilliant instances
OF here, would not advise any one 70 Wy tle
dgglngs. eau tell you another story OF success. AN
old couplea Dutch farmer and MS Tife-"ere dfIylng
wagonlOad OF wood, the other day. down TO the VIII
blessed their sight There t lay IN inc foa. t hy
told to me by truthful man But let old couple az
Cape Town. or anywhere else, imagine that they would
have the slightest chance OF picking mp diamond AT Ihe
drift weretthey to come up such tAins happens Onoo
In all time - -,
1t viii help you to form some notion OF the happy
frame Of mind In which the Pnie dggers are when te
you that the OF a merry gorOund 10 making his
fortune here Grown up heavy, besrded men, who nave
been working hard in the pit OK at the cradle all Day
mount the wooden horses, and are Whlrled around Tor
ten minutes at shilling ride. Well, well, the anrse
ment l. as Innocent IA ii stupid. Mr. Commissioners
Truter often OF the noble steeds wonder
whether Mr. Commissioner Campbell will do 50 when ne
comes here Talking If aLusements, may say that the
Harper LETTER Company intend 70 combine concerts Win
digging. afraid that the pick viii Spon MI Harper
hand for the yiOOnceiO. But 10 man can come mere anu
resist the fascnatons OF damonddgging. As another
from recreatiOns-sDowng the state
OF mind OF some dggers, let me tell you that the 0tner
day lot of fine spirited men enjoyed themselves q. .ne
Scotch game putting the stone only instead OF one
the used Yorkshire ham The Zulus, Of whom tlere
are hundreds here help the camp Ia laugh Iney are
lvy fellows, always ready, Of Saturday evening OF
Sunday afternoon, to dance waTdance and sing war
song A 90 very undross, the oapers they cue
are remarkable hear that saittes are on thelI Way
FROM Natal predict tremendous success Tor salttles
Life herr SO rough rude, and dismal that anything Is
hailed az "A relief. II the London monument could pc
put down tie dggncl it, staircase would DC ehSkco
with crowds at half-acro~n a cliIllD