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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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SCburlhlll County, Pa.,
WILL collect monies ttcnd to litigated canes,
and act a agent in the management of
latate. &c. Persona dcairing their aervicc, may
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PHILADELPHIA.
DaridS. Brown, Uc B. Dnvia, O.''-."
flanrv White. Franci N. Buck, Wm. U. KeM.Mq.i
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Jan , 1M9
CHARLES W. H EG INS,
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W'UI promptly attend to collection! and all busi
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... Jan 10, 1849,
"sfEBRY&TOOrEB,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
For the sale of Fish and Provisions.
JVe.9 XORTHWIURVES,
PHir.ADEI.PHIA.
Mackerel, lid
Salmon. Herring,
Philadelphia, May 5th,
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Checne.
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OlOBCiF. J. WEAVER. EDWIN II. FITI.EIt.
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" " No. 19 Watit St., and 1 1 if. harvet,
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... h,mil. a reilfni -.nmm oi
UlRnnit lien -L.-wiiit i-a--
'.f which they will disio "f on reliable lenns
. .. Size ar Deacrintion, Mule to order, at
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COMMISSION If FORWARDING MER
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brr tir.
No. 13 North U'hartci,
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and (iames, Chessman, Cards, Gold 1 ens, &c.
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BVJBBV MAN HIS OWN PATENT
AOSNT.
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IVi Ftfl AMERICAN." have favoured u with
Phamphlet conUining the Patent Lawa of the
United (State., together with all the forms necewa
4 rt fur nnnlvius for a Patent, information in regard
' I filing caveats, with remark on iU uca, etc, a
niAiint at fA rcouired at the Patent OiHce, and
very oUter Information that i. necessary to instruct
a parson lit making hi own applications
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. w mail to anv partofth United States
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Watch !. M.
"v BOITITST .
i--v l( HAT NAKTJ FACTORY,
Ifi.'lO North Setani ttreet, opposite the
1 f :t Madison House. '
THE sulsscriber. would call tb attention of
Country MerchanU and Millinera to their ex
' tensive a.rtinet of faahionaWa 8rno m
Bots A Hit of the iiewet tyles
Also, Urge and fne1 of French
end American AiliUml Flowera, Ribbon Crown
Linings Oil Silk, Wire, Quilling., Buckram, eke,
.:.i. .k. nflfj,. nrin.a that dely comueUtton.
Ii, B.-Felin WHUby the caaa or dosen.
W. M., OC J. J! ,nAs.
' Bonnet and Hat Manufacturer, ,
30 North 3d street
, i, PbiWalpVia June S, 1819.-- ., i ,
Wm
G. Cochran t
Co.,
VTkalrsaa. mad Retail, ' '
yfcsV AND LIQUOR MERCHANTS,
'M ifo.U Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Tf H A.V1 slwiy on Und very large stock of
II Wipfe, LltUW4 SA4 Hegars, ot tneir own
Store Kseuera, Utl Keepera, and
private gentlemen, will be supj.lie4 en the meet
jjbeial terms. '
Jbiledelpbie, Npv, IT, 1819,-w
II Ma . .Ita Kn WtH Hope, Italian Hope, Bale Hop
Bona Folders, Papeteries, Gold and Silver Poncl
Case., Dristol Boards; Whatman'. Drawing 1 a
, per, Envelope., Bond's and Arnold a celebrated
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SELECT POETRY
From the Tribune. , ' , .
COWARDICE.
BY U. C. IIARLKV.
The verieat coward upon earth,
Ii ha who fears the world's opinion,
Who acts with reference to its will,
His conscience swayed by its dominion.
.Mind it not worth a feather's weight
Thatmu5t with other minds be measured
Self must direct, and self control, ' " I
And the account in heaven be treasured.
Fenr never sways a manly soul,
For honent hearts, 'twas ne'er intended,
They, only they, have cause to fear,
. Whose motives have their God offended.
What will my neighbor say if I
Should this attempt, or thut, or t'other!
A neighbor it most mire a foe,
. If he prove not a helping brother.
That man is brave who braves the world,
When oer Life's sea his bark he steereth,
Who keeps that puiilijsr star in view,
A conscience clear, which never veereth.
From the N. Y. National Police Gaxctle.
"Kino What do you call tho pluyt
MUmmt The Mouse-trap, you shall
onon: 'tie a knavish mceeof work."
THE INFERNAL MACHINE.
Its Secrf.t History and Development.
It was said by one of the ancients, whose
career, however, does not run very far back
into history; in short, by Sam Patch, of
Niagara Falls, Esquire, that "some things
could be done as well os others;" and though
not quite equal to Sam Patch; at any rate
not equal to him in jumping into futurity,
we think we may be allowed to adopt his
saying to our gratulation, in the matter of
the famous Warner torpedo box.
In this we show to the public again, as
we did in the recovery of the Government
Jewels, that we can sometimes do what the
police cannot do, and even alter they have
exhausted all their efforts and exerted all
their power to produce a disclosure, can
take it up where they left it, and bring it to
a successful issue. With this explanation
as a reason for once more bringing out the
Bis Gun ; a thing which M'e do only on
State occasions, we will now proceed to de
tail, what the public will find to be a most
extraordinary story, and we will da it in
that full, open and minute fashion which
all just transactions, whether of police or
morals, will bear.
Top.rr.no.
On the afternoon of the 3d of May last,
Thomas Warner, Esq., counsellor at law,
residing; at No. IS, City Hall Place, left
the city for Philadelphia, to return the next
day. His resolution was sudden, and he
communicated his intentions to no one but
his family. In the evening, alter he had
gone, between half-past nine and ten o'
clock, a violent ringing was heard at the
door, and the servant girl went to answer
it. As she opened the door, she perceived
by the gas light immediately over it, a short
man with a black face, who was dressed in
a cloak, and had a handkerchief tied or
swathed around his chin and mouth. His
hat was slouched down so as to hide the
upper part of his face as much as possible,
and the collar ot the cloak he wore, which
was of a dark color, was so adjusted by
means of a clasp and chain, as to assist in
the purpose of concealment. The singular
appearance of the man and the intense
blackness ot his face, at first startled the
girl, and she shrank back with a feeling of
terror; whereupon the black man protru
ding his hand from beneath his cloak, hand
ed her a small but heavy box, about the
ize of a segar box, which was wrapped in
a newspaper, saying with the motion "Give
that to massa Warner." Glad to get rid of
such an apparition, th girl hastily closed
the door upon him and handed the box at
once to Mr. Warners's son who had been
standing in the rear of the hall, and who,
though he did not see the man, heard the
expression which he used.
On taking oil the newspaper, wnicn was
a copy ot the Evening Herald of March
2u'th, 1849, the box was discovered to be
of mahogany, with a groved or sliding
cover, and on the cover a piece ot writing
oaper was fastened down with gum, which
bore the direction in a bold business hand,
"Thomas Warner, Esq., No. 18 City Hall
Place," and on the lower corner of the pa
per was added the word "Confidential," in
a back-hand, somewhat different from the
other. Mrs. Warner sought to draw this
cover, but finding it firm, she at once de
sisted, and directed the box to be put care
fully away until Mr. Warner should return
The family then went to bed much con
cerned at the girl's description of the per
son who brought it, while the apparition ot
nucrn nnrf ri!n ml.M15 b!'.knC8S. 80
dwelt upon the imaginalioti Pf tbe g,rl
that she obtained scarcely any sieep.
On the following day at 'i o'clock, Air.
Warner arrived from Philadelphia, and be-
.1 . . . 1 . 1 .1 lIl.A.
in" in Baste to atieuu a reirtcuto av iukti
he sat down to dinner, which was prepared
in the front baswnentj arid told his son,
when informed dr the arrival of toe box,
that he had ho time to examine it then, but
directed that after the dinner wa through,
and he was gone to the reference, the son
should open it and examine its contents.-
. I ...I It iL . I.
The circumstances unaer wnicn tne do.
was left were theo repeated with particu
larity, whereupon the eon waa allowed to
brin" it down, lie sat it on the corner ,of
the table between himself and hit fathtr,
Mrs. Warner sat nearest the window look
tog oo.. .. i i '
- . , THIC EXPLOSION, , . -e j "
The string was cut by Mr. Warner with
th rarvinir knife, the newsrmPer wraPDef
...v v n i i . .
was taken off, and the box hefted and ex
amined with some fuspicion, Mr. Warner
then &at it on the table, and steadying it
witU one hand, commenced to pull cau
tiously in the finger jlacs oo ths sliding
' lid. But the slide seemed to bind, and his
son put his hand on the box to hold it so
that Mr. Warner might lay out a stronger
effort. The cover of the box then started,
but exhibiting the greatest care, Mr. 'W.
drew it so slowly that it scarcely could be
seen to move, looking all the while to as
certain the character of its contents; out
when the lid was half drawn o(T, he discov.
ercd that its contents were dark, and at the
same time perceived a number of small glo
bules of a bluish-yellow flame ; like that
which poises upon the end of a match
when first lit, dotting the inner surface.
Conceiving the horrable nature of the ma
chine which he was holding, Mr. Warner
quickly withdrew his hands, asjd with an
exclamation of "For God's sake come out
directly !" ran from the room. He was
instantly followed by his son, and the son
by Mrs. Warner, who being last out, but
just cleared the jamp, when a tremendous
explosion took place, that by its concussion
knocked her to the floor, and shook the
house to its foundation. The noise was
like that of a discharge of ordinance, aud.
immediately upon the report, the basement
was filled with a smoke to dense that it was
thought the house was on fire. Oflicers
were at once sent for, and soon the Chief
and his force were on the spot.
Upon examining the premises it was dis
covered that the door of the room had been
blown completely ofT its hinges, and its
panels were split. The north side of the
room, which was a plastered partition, was
driven half down and shattered in several
places, a portion of the ceiling was blown
away, and the lower sashes of the windows
were torn completely out. 1 he dinner ta
ble on which the box had stood was split
in two, and another door was also ripped
from its hinges.
About the room, after llie smoke had
raised, were found the various fragments of
the mahogany box, among which were the
bottom and the sliding top, and most fortu
nate of all, the top still contained, unin
jured, the paper direction, before described,
Un examining the underside ol this cover,
it was found that the rear part of it, in
deed all but one third, was plastered with
a strong sand fastened on with gum, similar
to the ordinary preparations for the ignition
of loco-foco matches. It appeared then
from this, likewise from clumps of matches
waxed together that w-e scattered about
the room, and likewise Irom a tin powder
canister that was found crumpled and black
ened in the area that the box had been filled
with powder, and that ignition had been
caused by the action ol drawing the sanded
lid of the box over a lot of upright and
stationary matches.
THE POMcn,
When this affair came to be known lo
the public through the papers of the fol
lowing day, it caused a great excitement ;
every one shuddered at the diabolical atro
city of the attempt to murder a whole
family, and all looked to the police tor the
solution of the problem. The police on
their part looked very profound, as is their
custom, and that portion of it which is sta
tioned in the Park, and known as the
Chief's "bureau," looked most profound of
all, and we may add most profound to least
purpose.
TERSONS SL'SrECTED.
Two persons, however, fell under suspi
cion. Une ol these was a one armed man,
named Samuel Drury, who resided at Asto
ria, L. I., and the other was rather a cele
brated character, known to fame under the
engaging sobriquet of "One Eyed Thomp
son." ' Drury was a man of some wealth.
He was the owner of the Merchant's Bank
of Canandaigua, had been a client of War
ner's but had. fallen out with him in rela
tion to some professional charges, the sedi
ment ot which quarrel, had, from the ten
dencies of the client's ferocious nature, sunk
into au implacable hatred. This Drury hud
long been under the observation ol the po
lice, from a trial which he had uudergone
in King's county, on a charge of arson,
which hud been brought against him, lor
setting fire to his house to obtain a large
amount of insurance. His hatred to War
ner was known, and his frequent savage
threats to have his life, were the immediate
causes of his being suspected.
Against Thompson there were no natu
ral reasons for suspicion. Warner had
been his benefactor; he had introduced him
some three years before, on his acquittal
from a charge of burglary, to the generous
encouragement of Mr. Havemeyr, the
Mayor, and had joined that gentleman in
furnishing him with means to enable him
to go west to establish himself in bushier
where he was not known. Thompson had
gone, fell sick, Was exposed by malicious
anonymous letters to popular prejudice in
the pew place ot his abode, failed, and re
turned. ' But he still retained the confi
dence of Mr- Havemeyer, and received em
ployment through Warner, to ferret out
counterfeiter oi a certain patent meui-
cine.
Thouoh all this went to relieve him of
suspicion from an attempt on Warner's life,
the fact that he was intimate with Drury,
and that he had once upon a time, prepared
a torpedo box for the destruction ot any po
lice force which should attempt to search
his house, rendered him liable to doubt.
And this doubt, when taken in connection
with the additional fact, that tue direction
on the cover of the box, and particularly
the word "Confidential," was a fac simile
nf his handwriting, ripened surmise Into a
guspicion. Drury was hrst arrested, but
after a brief and unsatisfactory ' investiga
tion, was discharged. Thompson, in th
meantime, had examined the fragments of
the box, and coming to the conclusion that
Drnrv. bv the hand-writing, nan endeavor
ed to Induce suspicion towardi him as the
author of the machine, went to Mr. Wr
tier and the Chief of Police, and promised
if thev would eiv him twelve days, he
would Drove the box against Drury. On
tba tenth day, however, it was thought that
he slacked in his endeavors, and the autho
rities, having do patience, arrested him.
The result was, the affair, broke down, and
Thompson also was discharged, with, haired
rankling in his soul against Warner for al
lowing himself to be persuaded info the be
lief against him.
BEG1NN1NO OF THE DUVELOTEMENT.
. From this time, the torpedo or infernal
machine was almost forgotten, and when
thought of at all, was regarded as one of
those mysteries that were never to be solved.
We had not lost sight of it, however. It
was ho discouragement to us, that the Chief
and his force had failed, and having fixed
our suspicions against Drury, we went pa
tiently along in collecting everything that
evinced itself to his involvement. By-and-by.we
picked up a circumstance; then
came along another , and' alter a little
while, we had together a show of proof
which, if not exactly fit to be used in court,
was confirmatory of a sound opinion. We
found Drury, after a brief supervision of his
movements, to be engaged in various specu
lations of a felonous character; we found
that he was educating his eldest son to
crime; We ascertained that the fortune
which he possessed, and out of which he
had purchased the "Merchant's Bank of
Canandaigua," had been chiefly made by
coining Spanish dollars and doubloons, and
by engagements in extensive local counter
feiting operations.
' When we got as far as this in our inves
tigations, a ten and five dollar counterfeit
bill on the Eugle bank of Brislols, It. I., ap
peared. A woman named Margaret O'
Connor was arrested for passing them in
Boston; another - individual was arrested
for passing them here. With both of these
we ascertained that Drury had intimate
communication, and Ly the fortunate obser
vation of one of our correspondents in
Bristol, we ascertained, that Young Sam
Drury had, in the month of JuneTast, been
at the Eagle Bank in Bristol, and obtained
five hundred of the original "ones" of that
institution, from which the altered fives and
fens were made. To clench this point, we
at once wrote to the bank, and secured an
identification for the boy, which would af
ford a facility for his ultimate arrest, on
the torpedo business: for we already had
strong reason to believe that he was the
pervjn, who, in the blacked face and slouch
ed hat, had carried the infernal machine, at
thu direction of the elder Drury, to Mr.
Warner's house.
ONE EYED THOMPSON.
About tho time we had completed this
measure of precaution, wn received an un
expected viit from the famous One Eyed
Thompson. Evincing great agitation, he
lold lis lie came to us for protection, w hich
he feared he could gel no where rise. He
understood that there were warrants out
against him for passing counterfeit money;
that a certain ofticer had the warrants in
his possession, and the favor which he
wished to obtain was, to be allowed to go
with the officer, before being locked in
prison, to the stores where the bills had
been passed, iu an ordinary guise, in order
to test fairly and without prejudice, wheth
er he would be recognized as the man who
passed them. lie represented in the most
earnest manner, that the accusation was
false ; that there were enemies conspiring
against him, and that his great concern, in
relation to an arrest, was the condition of
his wife, and the difficulty he would have
in getting bail. All he wanted was a fair
chance. We agreed he should have it,
sent for the oflicer, explained our views,
and the two went together to tho stores
where the notes had been passed. Thomp
son akcd of the tradesmen to see bills, as if
he were an oflicer himself, and at the same
time requested a description of the passer.
In each place he came oir unidentified, and
the oflicer saw that he had no cause to in-
terlere with nim.
For this favor on our part, he expressed
reat gratitude ; and as wo were enabled
lo show him, pretty conclusively, that Dru
ry was conspiring anew to hx the torpedo
business upon him,, we proposed that he
ahould prove his gratitude, by aiding us in
the dovelopement; we had so long been
about. His iutiniacy with Drury would
facilitate the task ; besides, he had talents
that were equal to the business. We stim
ulated bun with Ins duty to Warner; his
duty to himselt by removing Warner's sus-
icions, and bully, with the danger which
le sintered irom tne gradual combinations !
of such a subtle and powerful enemy as
Drury. Upon this last motive he acted,
and went to work to save his own life.
We make explanation to show, that he was
not a stool-pigeon,' and to explain that we
were not using one. A stool-pigeon is an
accomplice in crime; in this case, Thomp
son being tree from implication in the par
ticular offence in question, was to act rather
as an amateur policeman, than in any Ipwer
character.
He feared, however, that it was now be
yond the power of man to make out the
facts; There was a time wnen h migni
have been done, but that time was gone.
He himself had aided in the obliteration of
the testimony, in chagrin at his premature
arrest, and had sent the man, (a recently
discharged convict,) who had secretly made
the box at Drury's order, to Caliiornia, to
get him out of the way. lie leaped, that
even should this man be now persuaded
buck, the corroborating circumstances, as
to where he had purchased , the wood,
where he. had got the cover grooved, and
Where he made the frame, had so faded out,
that it would be of but little use to look
them up. 1 It was then that we opened the
budget of ' circumstances already against
Drury, and told him that the remainder of
the proof could be collected with equal
ease. He shook Lis head he could not
see bow. We then showed him, that if
the secret which he conceived to be buried
forever, because it was sunk in the bosoms
of the two hefarious rrrtrators,4 could be
dragged to the light through their own lips,
it would be in the world again for our use.
He siezed the tiew of a sudden, and as he
revolved it in his mind, his instincts were
aroused, and he saw its possibility with the
clearness of a strong reliance. Drury had
never pretended to deny to him, that he
was the person who got up tho torpedo
box, and it was not imposssble, that he
might, with all his cunning, be induced to
do so again, in a place where it could be
heard by those whose testimony would be
good against him. The first movement was,
therefore, to renew the intimacy between
himself and Drury, which latterly had been
slightly jarred, and to draw him under his
influence by inflaming his avarice. That
was the weak point of assault.
TROcnESS OF THE SCHEME.
He visited him at his farm at Austria,
conferred with him upon various specula
tions in crime, and ascertained, from ex
pression? which Drury now and then let
drop in his angry conversation about War
ner, that be was preparing another torpedo
for him. This apprehension required the
business to be' hurried up, and Thompson
informed Drury that he had at his com
mand a splendid lot of engraver's dies,
which had been some months before in
Boston, the value of which in the counter
feiting of bills, might be known by the
mere fact that a reward of five hundred
dollars had been oflered for their recovery.
Drury eagerly asked where they were,
whereupon Thompson told him that they
were hid in a stone fence, in a lonely part
of the Filth Avenue, near the upper Reser
voir, in this city, and that if he or Sam
would come over to this side on an indica
ted night, he would put them in possession
of the things. As Thompson had no such
things, and would be obliged to fail in get
ting them, he, in order to gain time to go
Boston, and endeavor to borrow them from
Smith Davis, the King of the Counterfeiters,
who had them in reality, told Drury that
he must come, or send Sam, on the indica
ted night without fail, as on the next day
he must go East and be gone for three
weeks. This being arranged we drove out
of town on Saturday, the 15th of Septem
ber, and met Thompson near the upper Re
servoir. He thjn selected a spot in a line
of fence, much used in former days by
Smith Davis and his gangs, which was to
be represented as the place of deposit. We
marked it with our eye, and it was our plan
to place upon that ground, on the night in
question, (Monday, 17th September,) one or
two persons in order to deter and baffle the
Drurys when they came, and to excuse
Thompson from approaching the fence.
The persons whom we were to place there
were to remain on the ground till one o'
clock, and the Drurys were to be kept re
turning to the spot by the desire to accom
plish the matter that night. During the
course of this marching to and fro, it was
supposed that the Drurys would get hungry,
and, to kill an hour, would consent to ad
journ to the nearest tavern on the road, to
get something to eat. i hat was the great
point to which all the arrangements tended.
Continued next week.
OMNIPRESENCE.
Kneel, my child, for God is here I
Bend in love, but not in fear;
Kneel before him now in prayer;
Thank hiin for his constant care ;
Praise him for his bounties shed
Every moment on thy head;
Ask lor lilit lo know his will;
At-k for love thy heart to till,
Ask for faith to bear thee on
i Through tho miaht of Christ, his Son J
Ask his Spiiil still to ejuido I hoe
Through the ills t hut may betide thee;
Ask for pence to lull to rest
Every tumult of thy breast ;
Ask in awe, but noi in fear
Kneel, my child, for God is here !
"Mrs Brown, they say that your hus
band follows very crooked ways." "Well,
Mrs. Smith, that is not strange, for when
he was a boy he got so much in the habit
ol chasing snakes, that he never could get
over it."
The Cholera in Sandi'kv. A list of
victims of cholera in Sandusky, Ohio, from
July 2d to September 7th, lias been pub
lished. 1 he number of names is JJl, and
it is supposed the entire number of deaths
was about 400.
' Feminine War. Mrs. Lydia Jane Pier-
son, ot Lancaster Literary Lrazeitc, ana
Mrs. Swisshtlm, of the Pittsburg Visiter,
are about engaging in a desperate conflict
in regard to "the rights of women." To
think that the gentle poetess should chal
lenge the impulsive Mrs. Swisshelm, who,
(it is whispered,) can leap a hve rail fence
The California Emigration. Since iho
breaking out of lUo California fever, less than
a venr. seven bundled and thirty vessels
havu left tho Atlantic ports for that country,
by way of Cope Horn, containing ubout fifty
thousand persons as passengers, They have
arriveJ.'nt tin late intelligence has been recel
ved two hundred and sixty-five of Ihe above
number.
Major Buowx, the distinguished Engi
neer seut for by Cut Nicholas tq overlook
the great railroad from St. IMorsburg lo Mos
cow, left fur Kussia iu the Canada on the itlth
inst. ; - '
Thb MisAcULOts Rivkr. A California
letter in the Nev York Tribune says that ru
mora from the South state that the river
which miraculously opened in the Great De
sert is again disappearing. It was this which
fortunately revived and perhaps saved many
of the overland emigrants.
Tub domestic ant is said to have increas
ed in Loudon to so great aa extent as to have
engaged the atteniion of the scientific in
schemes for its destruction.
LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
The following is a letter from a California",
to his friends in this city, giving his experi-
ence in gold seeking:
Imong tlus Mountains in the Gold Diggings,
260 miles from San Francisco, at Towalw.
marcs, Oct. 2th.
Wo have arrived here from Stockton, hav
ing in all about 50 pack mules and SO or 60
person on foot. We went down to a place
where no one thought of looking for gold. It
was among the rocks, and bad all been
worked over. I said to Mr. P., '1 am going
to raise that rock,' pointing to it. Said he
to me, 'I don't think you can do it.' Well,'
I said, 'I'll do nothing else, for I think I smell
gold there.' I left him, walked up the hill
and borrowed an nxe up tho mountain. I
went in search of a tree, to mako a lever. I
cut down a white oak, about five inches in
diameter, cut it some eight or ten feet long,
went to tho rock and fixed my pry, as we
used to call it at the saw-mill, under the edge of
rock. 1 put my weight on it a littlo. 'There,'
says P., 'you shake it.' I said, 'I'll shake it
worse than that wlfen I gel the air nnder it.'
Sure enoutrh, I did turn it over ; it weighed
about a half ton. We went to work, and
took day four ounces of gold, which paid for
onr rocker twice over tho first day, 'Well,'
says P., 'you aro ono of tho b'hoys.' The
next day we took ont three ounces more;
that made seven ounces under that one, and
if it had not been for the water, we could have
got more; however, 1 tried some other rocks
near by, and took out in six days 23 ounces
of gold, of the very best quality, and have
more than 25 ounces of gold, of tho very
best quality, and have more than 25 ounces
of gold, which in Philadelphia will bo worth
moro than 820 tho ounce Tho gold on this
river is said to bo worth t2 the ounce more
than any that is found in California. It is
very fine ; the largest lump 1 found was fifty
cents worth. I tried to keep persons from
seeing mo get it ; they would come sneak
ing around,' saying, 'I guess you'va got p
pretty rich spot.' 'Not very hard work,' I
said ; 'I think I shall get two or three dollars
to-day.' P. would say to me, 'I expected
you would certainly see gold to-day.' Not
very much. That day we got out over five
ounces. Thus far I beat any of the new be
ginners, and P. said to me, 'You understand
it.' 'Yes,' I said, '1 have quarried stone, but
never quarried gold before.' No ono ever
thought of raising the rocks till they saw me.
If I keep my health and strength, there is
gold in California for me. It is hard work,
llow it mado my back-ache when I only got
an ounce a day ; but when ono gets three or
four ounces a day ho don't feel any back-ache
Gold is here beyond a doubt ; but to look at
it you rvonld think there was none. There
was one poor fellow who came out in the
same steamer that we did, camo also to this
place. When he saw what gold digging was
he sit down ami cried, llo has left; with
many others that never take held of the sho
vel and pick, they expect they can pick it up
like gathering walnuts, but they ore very
much mistaken. It is hard work, hard fare,
hard sloeping and a hard road to travel to get
at the gold. There is a company of one hun
dred engaged in digging a canal, six hundred
feet long, in order to turn the channel of tho
river. We have been at if a little over a
week. It will be completed to-morrow, I
suppose we have near a pound out. e
shall drain the river about aquarter of a mile
Tbera will bo digging for us all for at least
six weeks, it is thought. In every instance
whero this has been done, it has always paid
well. Thero were a party of thirteen that
made a dam nnd turned tho river only about
thirty feet, which took about twelve days,
and tho first day's digging they got ten pounds
The rich deposit of gold is in the bed of the
river. There was ono yesterday who had
dammed a small hole alongside of tho river
where we nre now draining.
Ho hired four or five men to bail out the
water for him, and he took out a little over 16
ounces, in about a space so ono of the men
told me, of not more than 20 inches square.
The men that helped him he paid $10 a day,
aud out of that very hole there has at least
been taken out some three or four thousand
dollars. There have been many instances,
under my own eye of over a pound taken in
less than half a day. There are some very
rich spots in the bed of the river. A miner
told me to day that he thought we would
take at least fifty pounds out of one hole that
ho pointed out to me. I hope so. There is
one thing if I had all the gold that will be
taken out of where we are draining, I would
have enough; I would soon Btart for the Slates
It will have to be divided amongst one hun
dred men. It could not be done unless many
joined together. Theie are many that wish
to join us but we will not consent; and some
want to buy others (jut. Very few have any
desire to sell. One man told me he would
not take ten thousand dollars for his chance.
1 would. I have no idea of making any
thing like that ; if I get one tbouaand, I would
be well paid. There are not less than ten
or fifteen thousand dollars taken out daily
on this river alone. ' I don't believe there
is a mountain stream but what gold cau
be found on it, and it is the hardest kind of
labor to obtain it, although some have made
a fortune in a very short time. If every grain
of gold could, in the space of one mile up
and down this river be got out, 1 believe
there would be from one two millions of dol
lars; the very rocks have it in them. A ;,.
net told mej in drilling a note m m rock, that
he found gold in the usl he drilled out. I
am afr'. py' giving you such a golden de
scription, that others will be tempted to come
out to California lo gold digging, fox my
part I will never persuade any of my friends
to come, for the very reason so many are se
greatly disappointed when they do come.
They have no idea what they have to go
through. So far, I have never regretted
coming to California. If 1 have my health
and strength, I can make more than I could
at home. I could send home 35 ounces of
gold dust, if 1 were at San Francisco; but in
the first place, it would not do to leave the
diggings at this time ; it is the best season to
dig: Iho river is getting lower every day
and in iho second place, it would take me
two weeks to go and come, and cost me about
sixty dollars. Thirdly, it is very sickly down
there, I am told, and I would not like to go
to tho place. In a month from this time, if
I have any luck, and I could find any person
1 could trust, I would send down, bat not
without. You must not be discouraged if
nono comes this winter. It will come, I hope
if I have my health, in amount that will do
som? good. D. T. J.
AUISE OF WEALTH AND HEALTH.
The Boston Journal reports an admirable
lecture before the Mercantile Library Asso
ciation by tho Hon. Horace Mann successor
of Mr. Adams in Congress. The following
extracts are worthy of all attention :
"The young man walks in the midst of
temptation to appetite, the improper indul
gence of which is in danger of proving his
ruin. Health, longevity, and virtue depend
on his resisting these temptations. The Pro,
vidence of God is no more responsible, be
cause a man by improper indulgence becomes
subject to disease, than for the picking of
his pockets. For a yonng man to injure his
health, is to waste his patrimony and destroy
his capacity for virtuous deeds. Shonld a
man love God, he will have ten times the
strength for the exercise of it, with a sound
body. Not only tho amount, but the quali
ty of a man's labor depends on his health.
Tho productions of the poet, the man of sci
ence, or the orator, must be affected by his
health, Not only lying lips, but a dyspeptic
stomach, is an abomination to the Lord.
Tho man who neglects to control his appe
tites, is to himself what a state of barbarism
is to society the brutish part predominates.
Ho is to himself what Nicholas is to Hungary.
"Men buy pains, and the purveyor and
market man bring home disease. Our pious
ancestors used to bury the suicide where four
roails meet, yet every gentleman or lady who
lays tho foundation of disease with turtle
soup or lobster-salad, as really commits sui
cide ns if they used the rope or the pistol;
and wcro the old law received, how many,
who are now honored with a resting place at
Mount Auburn, would be found at the cross
roads ! It is not amazing that man invited
to a repast worthy of the gods, should stop to
feed on garbage; or when called lo partake
of the Circean cup, should slop to guzzle with
swine !
''If young men image that the gratification
of appetito is thegreat source of enjoyment,
they will find this in the highest degree
with industry nnd temperance. The epicure
who seeks it in a dinner which costs five
dollars, will find less enjoyment of appetite
than the laborer who dines on a shilling. If
Iho devotee of appetite desires its highest
gratification, ho must not send for Buffalo
tongues, but climb a mountain or swing an
axe. Without health, there is no delicacy
that can provoke an appetite. Whoever de
stroys his health, turns the most delicions
viands into ipeac and aloes. The man that
is physically wicked does not live out half
his days, and he is not half alive while he
does live. However gracious God may be
with the heart, ho never pardons the sto
mach. ''Let a young man pursue a course of tem
perance, sobriety, and industry, and he May
retain his vigor till three score years and ten
with his cup of enjoyment full, and depart
painlessly : as the candle bums out in its
socket, ho will expire.
' But look at the opposite. When a man
suffers his appetites to control him, he turns
his dwelling into a lazar house, whether he
lives in a hovel, clothed with rags, or in the
splendid mansions and gorgeous clothing of
the uppor ten.
"Let every yonng man look on this picture
and on that, and tell which he will choose.
Society despises the wretch who debases him
self, aud treats him as the wild horses do
their intractable members get him inside
of a ring, and with heels kick him out, te
death."
The pursuit of wealth for the mere me I
of wealth, and not for the opportunities it af
fords of elevating ourselves and those around
ns, was another topio upon which the speaker
"wreaked" the energy of his diction. The
gods of this world, said he, are fast dying out
and ouo deity alone is worshipped wealth.
Were it currently reported that the river
Jordan was bedded with gold, the church
and the world would vie with the Jews in
their strife for the Holy Land all faees
would be directed to Jerusalem instead ef
San Francisco in the hope of something mere,
sterling than salvation. - 1 ! .'
Mr. Mann disclaimed all intontion ef wa
ging war against the accumulation of wealth.
It is the duty of a young man to lsor for a
competence. But while all be'ow a compe
tence is a misfortune, all eyed j, miobief.
Inherited wealth ' ofteu far 0,ner .t
blessiu Wheiilhe devil clut the fritter
i f' . I anI Ik. t L-
.r iiuaiuii.0, ,uw avr, iu, apoimwiE, vr
proves the best speculator of the three, be
cause he doubles his capital, oa the same la
vestmeut. ,
Slaves is the Woslo The whole
bet is estimated at TjSOOjOOfl, '