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0111 . P/OREN.. ' B I . IOI3BEUOLD WORDS."
. tno evening in the month of March,
i!lB,—that dark time in Ireland's annals
• c memory (overlooking all minor sub
-nont cmeute.s) ia'Still pro Served 'among
"'the Year of the relaallion"—a lady
gentle Man Were seated near a blazing
in an old fashioned dining-roorn of a
and lenely intinsion. They had just
: wipts anel.frait were on the _table,
untouched; :while Mr. Hewson and
Wife' sat silently gazing at the fire,wat
' g its flickering light becoming grade
mom vivid as
,the . short Spring twi
t fadedinto darkness,
v;,itlength the husband poured out a glass
•:" inn', drank itoff, and then broke silence
saying---
Well, well, Charlotte, these aro awful
: ; . 'es; there were ten men taken up to-day
1 burning Coter's house at Knockane ;
Tom Dycer says thnt every magistrate
-the country.is a marked man:
Nit. newsgirl cast a frightened glance
Wards the windows, which opened near
to the ground, and gave a view of a wide
':e-besprinkled lawn, through whose cen
‘ = n long straight avenue led to the high
:.ad. There was also a foot Path at either
iiieof the house, branching off through
pose - thickets of trees, and reaching the
d by a circuitous route.
"Listen, James!" she snid after a pause;
what noise.is that?"`
v- " Nothing but the sighing wind ,among
e trees. Come, wife, you must not give
•Ity to irniginary -
t "nut really I heard something like foot
•
pa on the gravel, round the gable cad—
•• • "
A knock at the parlor • doer interrupted
i.er.
i'Come in." •
The4loor opened, and Tim Gaban, Mr
llewson'il_confidential steward and right•
hand magi entered, followed by a fair-hair.
ed, delicate looking boy of six years' old
'dreesed id deep Mourning,
Gahan, what do you want 1"
"I Usk yOur'Honor'S'pardon for disturb
4:ing you and the mistress; but I thought it
~4 right to cone and tell you the bad news I
4:7: hoard." .
t
Something about the rebels,l suppose?"
"Yes, Sir; I got a' whisper, just now
2° P that there is going to be a great rising to
t
'morrow ; thousands are to- gather before
• daybreak at Kilkrean bog, where I'm told
they've a power of pikes hiding ; and then
•••• they are to march on tend sack every house
the country.' I'll engage, when I heard
it, I didn't let grass grow under my feet,
but came off straight to your Honor,think-
J.• 7 ing maybe you'd like to walk over this
fine evening to Mr. Warren's and settle
with him what's best to be done."
"Oh, James I beseech you, don't think
of .„
"Make your mind easy,Charlotte ; I don't
intend it; not that I suppose there would
be much risk ; bat, all things considered,
_f I think I'm just as comlbrtablc at home.',
The steward's brow darkened, as he
glanced nervously towards the end win
' doiv, jutting out iu the gable, formed a deep
angler - ta the outer wall. _
"Ofcourse 'tis just as you - r Honor Orates,
btit -you ilium— would bo no
.
••• harm in going„ Come, Billy,” he added,
addressing the child, who by this time was
r. standing close to Mrs. Hewson, "make
your bow, and bid good night to master
and mistress:" '
W.'The boy did not stir, and Mrs., Hewson
taking. his little handle hers, said
-11 "You need not go bine for half-an hour,
4: Gabon; stay and have a chat with tthe
servants in the kitchen; and leave little
4 - • Billy with rne—ind with the apples and
nuts"--she added with a smile, as she fl
' led the child's hands with fruit. •
" Thank you, Ma'am,". : said the steward
hastily. can't - step—l'm. in a hurry
home, where I wanted to leave this brat
tonight; but he would follOw me, Come
Billy; come this minute, you young rogue."
Still the child looked reluctant, and Mr,
HOWarin 'said peremtorilv— • ' •
Den'e' go yet,'Ga lan ; Want to speak
to you by and by ; and you know the mis
• . tresa.al*ttys likes to pet little Billy."
• . ,Without, replying, the..steward left the
room.; and • the next moment his hasty
footsteps' resounded through the.long flag
*god passage that led to the offices.
4 % There's something strange about Ga.;
luusisindo his. wife died," remarked Mrs.
HAwson. " . I suppose 'tis grief for her that
makes him look so darkly, and seems al,
most jealous when any one speaks to his
child; Toth. little'Billy I your Mother . was
azsorelOsis:to - you.r • • •
The child's blue eyes filled with tears,
arul pretAihif closer. to the ~lady!a, aide, he
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nit~iika tis.tnittniiiy tailed." '1
• 4 4 But your father is good to you?" • '
I. l 93,hparescWarn, but Ite!s out all dey
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..:ninay.heed , Peggy la Riiite deaf,
and bgbides Eihe'e - always 'btiV with the
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Thli had i yet44ll3r, to . take care
of, and to teach you for your poor mothers
sake."
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" And so you may, Charlotte," said her
husband. - •
", Pm sure Gahan, with all his odd ways,
is too sensible a fellow not to know how
much it would be for his child's benefit to
be brought up and educated by As, and the
boy would be an amusement ••) us ;n this
lonely house. I'll speak to him a uout it
before he goes home. Billy, my fine fel
low, dome here," he continued, " jump up
on my knee, and tell me if you'd like to
live here always and learn to road •and
write." •
" I Would, sir, if I could be with my
father too."
4! So you shall ;--and what about old
Peggy?'
The child paused—
•„l'd like to give her a pen'north
and a piece oftobncco every week, for she ,
said the other day that that would make
her quite happy.”
Mr. liewson laughed, and Billy prattled
on, still seated on his knee ; when a noise
footsteps on the ground, mingled with'
low suppressed talking was heard outside.
"James, listen ! there's the noise again."
It was-.now nearly dark,.but Mr. Hew
son,still holding the boy in his arms, walk
ed towards the window and looked out.
6' I can see nothing,"—he said,—"stay
—there are figures moving off among the
trees, and a man running round to the
back of the house—very like Gallen ho is
too !"
Seiiingthe bell rope,he rang it loudly;and
said to the cervtint who answered hissum
monst—
" Fasten the shutters and put up the
bars, Connell ; and tell Gallen I want to
see him."
Tlie man ("eyed; candles were brought
and Gahan entered the room.
li-1r Hewson remarked,though his cheeks
were flushed, his lips werevery vhi!c', and
his bold darkeves were cast on the ground.
" What took you round the house -just
now, Tim 7" asked his master in a cure
less manner.
" What took me round the house, is it ?
Why, then, nothing in life, Sir, but that
just as I went outside the kitchen door to
take a ... smoke, I saw the pigs, that Shaneen
forgot te - put up in th - eirstyei making right
for the mistress' flower garden ; so I just
put my dydheen, lighting 'as it was, into
my pocket, and ran after them. I catrght
them on the grand walk under the 'end
window, and indeed, Ma'ani, I had my
own share of work turning them back to
their proper spear."
Gahan spoke with unusual volubility,l
but without raising his eyes from the
ground.
" Who were the people," asked his mas
ter, "whom I saw moving off through the
western grove?"
" People ! your Honor--not a sign of
any people moving there, PIE be bound,
barring the pigs."
" Then," said Mr. Hewson smiling to
his wife, " the miracle of Circe must have
been reversed, and swine turned into awn;
for, undoubtedly, the dark figures I saw
were human beings."
"Come, Billy," said Gahan, anxious to
turn the cora ersation. ;mu coma
home with me now? I'm sure it was very
good of the mistress to give you all them
fine - apples."
Mrs. Hewson was goina p to propose
Dil
ly's remaining, but her husband whisper-1
ed :--4 6 Wait till to-morrow." So 'Callan'
and his child were allowed to depart.
Next morning the magistrates of the dis
brictwere on the alert, and several suspi
cious looking men found lurking about,
were taken up. A hat which fitted one ofi
t h em was found in- Mr. Hewson's grove ;1
t h e n avel under the end window bore tna-1
ny s ri„nsof trampling feet ; and there were!
marks on the wall as if guns had rested
against it. Galutn's information touching
t h e i nt ended meeting at Kilcrean bog pro.
ved to be totally without foundation ; and
after a careful search not a single pike nor
a weapon of any description could be found
there. All these circumstancescombined
certainly looked suspiocus ; but, after a,
prolonged
. investigation,.as no guilt could'
be . gctually brought 'borne to Gahan, be
was disrriissed. Ono :of his examiners,
however; said, ,privately; " I adiise you take
care of' that fellow, Hewson. . If I Were in
your place, I'd just trust him .as far as I
could throw him, and not an inch beyond„",
All indolent hospitable,', rish country
gentlemen, such 'as Mr. Hewson, is never
without pn always shrewd rind often ro- !
guish prime. minister, 'who saves his ma.s• 1
ter the trouble of looking after his own af-
fairs, and Manages, everything that is to
be done in beth.the home and foreign de.
partments, from pattinga new door, on the
pig stye, to letting a farm of an . hundred
acres on lease.. Now in this or rather
these capaCitieb; Gahan had long served
Mr.lieWson; and some seven yezirs pre
to the, evening on which otir.stury
cOnimenees/ he had •strengthened the tie
-and increased his influence considerably
by ,marrying .Mrs.!Hewson's favoriteend
falofurrertid,; One child -was the, result
of this union Land-Mrs. Hewson, Who had,
no fanuily,,of,,ter..oWo, took ,n 1 .41?, interest!
09r 14,
death- of' his knother, WIW, mer, thirit!, ; gl6, l
neighbors said, was not very happy, and
would gltidly, if she dared, have exchang.
ed herlonely cottage , for the easy service
of her former mistress.
Thus, though for a time Mr. and Mrs.:
Hewson regarded Gallen with somedoubt,
the feeling gradually wore away, ittd the
steward regained his former influence.
Atler the lapse of a few stormy mouths
the rebellion was
_quelled : all the prison
ers were semrally disposed of by hanging,
transpertatffh or acquittal,. according to
the nature and amount of evidence brought
against them ; and the country became as
peaceful as it is in the volcanic nature of
our soil ever to be,
The Hewsons' kindnesstowards Gahan's
child was steady and unchanged. They
took him into their house, and gave him a
plain but solid education ; so that William
while yet a boy, was enabled to be of some
use to his patron, and daily enjoyed more
and more of his confidence.
Another evening, the twentieth anniver
sary of that with ;Inch this narrativecom
menced, came round. Mr. and Mrs. Hew.
son were still hole and active, dwelling in
their hospitable home. About eight o'clock
at night, Tim Gahan, now a stooping, grey
haired man, entered Mr. Hewson's kitch-
en, and took his seat on the corner of the
settle nest the fire.
The cook, directing a silent significant
glance of cotnpassion. towards her fellow
servant, said
" Would you like a drink of cider, Tim,
or will you wait and take a cup of tay with
myself and Kitty 1" •
The old man's eyes were fixed on the
fire, and a wrinkled hand was planted firm
ly on each knee, as if to check their iavol
until ry "I'll not drink any
thing this night, thank you kindly, Isjelly;"
he said, in a slow ; musing manner, dwel.
ling long on each word.
"Where's Billy?" he ail ked,a ftcr a pause,
in a quick hurried tone, looking up sud
denly at the cook, with an expression in
his eyes, which as she afterwards said,
'tools away her breath.'
"Oh, never heed Billy ! I suppose he's
busy with the master."
"Where's the use, Nelly," said the
coachmam, "in biding it from him 7
Sure, , sooner or later, he must know it.—
Tim," he continued, " God knows 'tis Sor
row to my heart this blessed night to make
yours sore,--but the truth is, William has
done what he oughtn't to do to the man
that was all one as a father to him."
" What has he done? what will you dar
say again my boy 7"
"Taken money,then," replied the coach
man, " that the master had marked and
put by in his desk; for he 'Suspected this
some time past that gold was missing.—
This morning twas gone ; a search was
made, and the marked guineas were found
with your son William."
The old man covered his face with his
hands, and rocked himself - to and fro.
" Where is he now ?" at length he ask
ed, in a hoarse voice.
" Locked up safe in the innerstorc room;
the master intends sending him to goal
early to-morrow morning."
" lie will_not," said Gahan
Kin the boy - that - dived his life !---no,
no,"
"Poor fellow ! the grief is setting his
mind astray—and sure no wonder!" said
the cook, compassionately.
" I'm not astray I" cried the old Irian,
fiercely. " Where's the master 2—take
me to him."
,' Come with me," said the butler, and
I'll ask him will he see you !"
With faltering steps the father complied;
and when they reached the parlor,he trem
bled exceedingly, and leaned against the
wall for support, while the butler opened
the door, and said : .
" Galion is here, Sir, and wants to know
will you lot him speak to you'a minute ?"
" Tell him to come in," said Mr. Hew
eon, in a solemn tone of sorrow,
very dill
ferent from his ordina r y' cheerful voice.
' "Sir," said . the steward, advancing,
" they tell me you aro going to send my
boy to prison e —is it' true 1"
_" Too true; indeed, Gahan. The lad
who was reared-in my . house, whom we
watched over in health 'and nursed in sick
' ness- 7 whorn we' eved almost as if he
were our own, has robbd us, and . that not
once or twice, but many times. He is',
' silent and sullen,too, and refuees to tell us
why Inc Sfiile the money,yv' hich was never., ' '
withheld from him when he wanted it•-•,.,
I can make nothing of him; and must
give him up'to - justice in the. morning."
1 ." • No, Sir, no. : The boy saved yourlifo;
you can't take his, ,,
"You're raving, Gahan,"
" Listen to me, ,Sif,"and you won'faay
so. You remember thisnighttwenty - yearsl
I came here with mymotherlpsbhild,tted
; you
. and the mistress ,Pitied us, and spoke j
1 liwing Words•to us. Well foi• us all. you
4
1 did ; so,l, "j'hat,night—little you thouiti:
1- 'wtis banded With them thht we re4O r tiii;
I to take ~ you'', life.' ..:7'hey' were volgthi'isr
vou out.nde the Windolv l lAilr' s ky,
E to inveigle viii but, thp 4 : ,,, ..t . - ) t'i 4 '
I you. A faint hens` -4 -
1 business, forr% a
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if you want to shoot him, you must do it
through the window,' thinking they'd be
afeared of that; but they Wern't—they
were daring fellows, and one of them,shel
tered by the angle of the window, took
deadly aim at you. That very moment
you took Billy on your knee, and I saw
his fair head in a line with the musket. • I
don't know exactly then what I said or did,
but I remember I caught' the man's hand,
threw it up, and pointed to the child.—
Knowing I was a determined man,l, believe
they didn't wish to provoke me ; so they '
watched you for a while, and when you
didn't put him down they,got daunted,hear
' ing the sound of soldiers riding by the
road, they stole away through tle•grove.—
Most of that gang swung on the gallows,
but the last of them died this morning qui
etly on his bed. Up to yesterday he used
to make me give him money—sums of
money to buy his silence—and it was for
that 1-made my boy a thief. It was wear
: Mg' out his very life. Often he went down
,on his knees to me, and said : 'Father, I
won Id die myself sooner than rob my mas
ter, but I can't see you disgraced. Oh,
let us fly the country !' Now, Sir, I have
told you ull—do what you like with me—
i
send me to goal-1 deserve it—but spare
my poor deluded innocent boy !"
It would be difficult to describe Mr Ho '-
son's feelings, but his wife's first impulse
was to liberate the prisoner. With a few
I incoherent words of explanation she led
him into the .presence of his Master who,
looking nt him sorrowfully but kindl said:
William, you have erred deeply, but
not so deeply as I supposed. Your father
has told me everything. I forgive him
freely and you also."
The young man covered his face with
his hands, and wept tears more bitter
and abundant than he had over • shed,
since the day when he followed his Mother
to the grave. He could say little, but he
knelt on the -ground, and clasping the
kind hand of her who had supplied to him
that mother's place, he murmured :
" Will you tell him I would rather die
than sin again."
Old Gallen died two years afterwards,
truly penitent, invoking blessings on his
son and • his benefactors ; and the young
man's conduct now no longer, under evil
influence, was so steady and upright, that
his adopted parents felt that their pious
work was rewarded, and that, in William
Gallen, they had indeed a son.
Under this sirrniffcant title, the corrre
spondents of the London Times, and
News speak of the doings in Rome. Un
der date of the 18th ult. they say :
"Last night the domicile of the British
Cons' urs'iSecretary was fcircibly broken
into by a band of Government ruffians, a
amid the cries and remonstrates of his wife
and family. Signor Ercole, who was
not at home, is a most respectable Roman
gentleman, and has acted as pro-Consul
in Mr. Freeborn's abscence, in which
character he was de facto recognized by
the papal authorities. The sbirro, with a
gang of earbineers, threatening to blow
out the brains of the lady, ransacked book
cases drawers, desks and cupboards in
search of pamphlets or new testaments, all
in vain. Tho same night a band of ten
carabineers broke into the house of Signor
Boufigil, formerly tutor to the . Throginor
ton family, and late under Secretary of
State, rummaged his books and papers,
and carried offa good many English works
Macchiaelli's Florentine Histoo , and a.
volume of "Punch." In a, chemist,s
shop, Piazza Lculdelena, seven doctors,
were captured in the act of listening to a
letter which one of them had received,
when a spy, through the shop window,
deeming their attitude suspicious, ran for
policemen' and bad . the whole party in
prison in ten minutes. A simple police
order is now enough to banish any citizen.
Vannini, the Tuscan cow merchant is or
dered off to Florence from his milk- shop
in Piazza di Spagna. Yesterday, twen
ty or thirty sbirri passed throtfgh the
whole length of the
. Corso, confiscating
all the red cloth caps of every kind in the
hatter's shops, So many forged notes are
afloat that even good one's don't pas 4 ;
and a desperate fight with knives was the
result, the other day, between Jew money
brokers and the transteverini.
Happiness as a moral Agent.--That
virtue gives happiness, Wa all know; but
if it , be true that happiness contributes to
virtue, the principle furnishes, us :.with
some sort of excuse for the errors. and
excesses pr able younginen, at the bottom
orlife; fretting with impatience . under,
their obscurity, and hatching a thousand'
chimeraS- of being neglected and over-.
Ilooked by the world. The, natural ,f,P-f!' '
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Judicial Proccedinga in California.
A correspondent of the N. 0. Delta
thus describes the remarkably free and
ensy way in which justice is administered
in California.
Some time in December last, while
Judge Smith was giving his decision upon
the admisibility of some evidence, one of
the lawyers rose and said : "Your decision
is perfectly ridiculous—you just decided
the question the other way."
Judge.-1 fine you ten dollars for im
pertinefice.
Counsel,—Here is the ten dollars—(at
the same time throwing over the gold piece
of that denomination, which lodged in his
honors bosom, and caused him to unbut
ton before he could get his fine.)
Some other question soon after arose
and whilst the Judge was giving his &cis- .
ion with becoming gravity, the following
scene occurred:
Juror.—Sheriff—(not wishing to inter
rupt the Judge) go up• to the City Hotel,
and bring me down a brandy cocktail,
and one of the best cigars.
Judge.—Hadn't you better wait sir till
I'm through'!
1,1 l wait, but I'm
most confounded thirsty..
The Juror then turned around to Col.
Weller who was associate counsel for the
defence, when the follo*ing dialogue en•
sued ;
Juror.—Colonel, don,t you know me 3
Pm from Warren county. Ohio, and was
introduced to_ you two years ago,
by Tom
Corwin at the Pearl street Hotel, Cincin
nati. I used to associate when a home,
but here they put me on their infernal ju
ries.
Col. W.—Well, we will soon be through
with the case, and then you will ho reliev
ed.
Juror.--You used to be counted some
in the way of a bear-fight, in Ohio, and I
hope you will give the lawyers on the oth
er side particular hell—they deserve it.
eel. W.—Oh, no I we -get along very
peaceably. I've just come into the case,
and have not been able to determine un
der what law we are trying it.
Juror.—Why the law olcommon sense
—the only law worth a d—til anywhere.
In arguing the case before the Jury,
ow- of the counsel for the defence, after
speaking of the Manner in which Califor
nia had been acquired, &c., alluded to the
vast number of Spanish law-hooks pro
duced on the other side, and exclaimed—
'•hss eye in frenzy rolling"—liere, sir,
upon the virgin soil of California, with
the meridian sun of the 18th century
shining limn us, are we to be governed by
authorities printed at Madrid two hundred
years ago, and recently dug up by some
legal antiquarian from the ruins of the
Spanish Inquisition ? Will you gentle
men of the jury, recognize this as law?
Aron—No-sir-cc—not by a d—m
sight.
It is scarcely necessary to say that the
counsel soon closed, and the decision was
given for the defendant.
In new York, in 1706, my store was
in Maiden lane, within three doors of the
store of John Mowatt, an extensive deal
er in shoes. His foreman was John Pel
sure, who sat behind the counter, stitching
shoes and waiting on customers as they
stepped in. prie day a corpse was found
in the dock, at the foot of the street. The
coroner took the jurymen from the neigh
borhood, and among them John Mowatt
and his foreman John Pelsue. The corpse
lay on a table in the center of the room.
Some of the jurymen remarked that as
soon as John Pelsue looked on the corpse
he started, turned pale, and looked as if
going to faint. lie rallied, however, but
his subsequent movemens occasioned some
curious Jemarks. "The jury having ren
dared a verdict of death by drowning,
were discharged. Mowatt turned- round
to look for his foreman, 'but, behold, .he I
was not there. Hp stepped out of doors'
and saw him high up the street, on a half
run, when he quickly turned a corner.H
All , . sorts of Inquiries were made,, but
nothing could be heard .of him. This
with his - turning pale at the fir St. 'view of
the corpse, occasioned sumo strange sur
prise among the jurors for many atty& alter- '
wards..- John . Mowatt yeas a.: bachelor of.
thiripfive, . and Pelsne had :seen - about
thirty summers. _
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Number 47.
A Romance in Real Lift.
1W LAURIE TODD.
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Books, Jobs and Blank*
• Of every description, panted in the very beat siyte
and on the shorten notice, at the COUIVTR Y
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Pelsue; and that subject on whom we held
the jury was the corpse of my husband.--;
My family name is Randall. I was.bOrn
in Philadelphia. I married (against the:
wishes of my parents) John Conner,li so.
her, industrious man,•by trade a shoema.
maker. We lived happy for two years:
He took to drinking, neglected his bud;
ness, and once struck me, while in liquor,'
We had no family, so I resolved,' while
we were Aching shoes together, to learn
his trade and leave him. I soon made a
passable shoe, when I assumed male at.,
tire, came to New York, nnd•you gave
me work as a journoynian. The rest
yon know."
John told the present narrator, some
days after, that on hearing this he was
dumb founded. • •
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"Well, madam,"- says John, "What are
your plans for the future?"
Says she, "I have not ,(9rmed any
plan."
"Well," says John, "I liked you as a
journeyman, and when my foreman, I
was pleased ; suppose we go into partner
ship for life I"
In forty-eight hours thereafter they
were married. She was a fine looking
woman, and .might have passed for twenty,
five.
This, perhaps is the first instance on
record of a woman's sitting as coroner's
juryman on the corpse of her husband.—
The above is a simple tale of truth. I
was witness to all the facts.
Gold in Ton lumps.
The Pacific News publishes the fol
lowing tremendious statement, which we
copy in order to show how much. bigger
gold stories they have in California, than
we can raise here. The .I%ws itselfis ev
idently taken. We may look for Sinbad'i
Diamond Valley as the next discovery:-
A party of emigrants by war• of-the
Salt Lake arriving at Los Angeles, - gave
an account of existence of gold on -that
route, cast oldie principal mountain range:;
when a company then fitting out for a
spot about sixty miles from the' Pueblo,
changed its determination and proceeded
in search of this other. The rout. Ely in
a northeast direction from the place of de.:
parture, and full of difficulties. Striking
the Mahe hue river,they followed its coarse
some distance, crossing and re-crossingas;
necessity compelled, some days as . often
as fifteen times, leaving it where it makei
a bend to the southeast, towards the Col ,
orado, into which it empties. Obstacles
were encountered at various points of the
journey almost insurmountable in the
shapeof mountains of rock which they
had to climb, and mountains of .snow
which they could not avoid ; narrow gor
ges through which they had to pass; and
still narrower cliffs along whose crests
nothing but a mule could pass with a pros',
pect ofsafety, and where the slightest
step would land rider and all, hundreds'of
feet below ; but they pushed on about twb
hundred and thirty miles from the Pooh;
10, the point for which they started,
Here, among the eastern spurs,of the Sier4
ra Nevada, they found the objeci of their
search—gold—and silver too ; and ilk'
such quantities as they had not dreamed
of—a perfect mountain of rocks with sil
ver and gold mingled and commingled in
solid masses weighing from one to many.
tons. The quartz proved to be exceeding
ly hard, to such a degree that, during
their short stay, all their implements made
for this particular . urpose, before starting
were completely • worn out in the operation
of drilling and blasting.
The strangcot part of the whole discoV:
cry is yet to be told. These. large bold=
ers of gold silver, and quartz ireve' the:
gold in the south end and the . silien.in.th4
north end. No exceptions wore found in
their examinations, the silver being most:
abundant of the two. In the words.orther
person who was, on the spot, "there
nough silver there to sink every .ship_ in;
the harbor." .
Possibly some may look on this account
as a jest, and, so far as the practicability
of putting • the discovery to • any ups:at"
present is concerned, it •Is so. All the
water to be found for miles and .miles a.
round is highly impregnated with.. salt 01 .
salemtus, or both. Not a single' droli; . •of
water, free from one or other. of .these: _
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properties,-did ono o artyp obtain .. au,
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