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VOLUME I. &alan?ron Cjjruttirlp. Published every Saturday Mrrninjr. y MokcUimne Hill OTi?c in tLo Iron Bail liii'jj, corner of Pleasant and Wash ingt.m street", BY HAMILTON’, AI ERS & CO. TERM*. Subscriptions, {invnritbly in ad vinrr,) f»r one year §l2 no Six m tilths 0 o Three months, 3 0( Single copies 2-’ Advertising, one square of 10 lines, or >«s. first : rr»Tf!«.n 4 Of Each subsequent insert ion 2 0< All kinds of Jin Wons neatly excuted. Capt. J. W Mim.er is our authorize^ 1 for Calaveras County. [For the C ilaveras Chroncle.] MIKE’) EXPERIENCE. Two years have elapsed since I Inst took si quill— I resume it omc more, nn Mokelumne Hill. Inn humor compounded ofsorrnwnnd mirth. To recount my misfortunes in boring tlic earth. Three months have I labored, by day and by night. Through strata black, yellow, Vermillion and white. And as every fresh layer a fresh hue did unfold, I s«id to myself, the next layer will be gold. Hope lent a fresh force to each blow of the pick. And as I descended the blows fell more thick •• All obstacles vanquished, the mountain I bore cl. Got down £>n the ledge and looked round for rn« hoard; But. sad dfsappointment, I saw not a spark: Broke some quintals of dirt, but the inside wns dark. And not as much gold met ray far-searching eye As would serve for abroach to a blue bottle _fl V -- ■ . There were quartz rocks anJ boulders, py rites, black sand. Every thing but the thing that I wanted in hand. There was red earth and blue earth, and mica galore. Every earth bu" the earth where the French seek de i They told mo cayote —I took their advice. Crept in'betwcen pebbles that squeezed like a vice. Undermined, mined and gutted —worked through the whole hole. Until I once thought I’d come out at the pole. Betimes a small “chispa” would fall on ray sight. Like a wandering star on a cold rainy night; And thus ’twns that I followed ray under ground chase, As will-o’-the-wisp has oft led me a race-; And wlieu I die paired of obtaining my pile. Some fortunate digger came down with a smile. Showed me his bright ingots, and said per se vrre. Don’t you see, my dear fellow, the ledge pitches lusrc! And so it did truly—lt pitched and it rose. Pitched me out of all but my tools and my clothes ; Just left me as lawyers say, in statu quo. When I sailed from Nantucket, twice five yaars ago, To «c >ur »ne broad ocean in search of whale Oil. Through «dorms and tempests, through troubles and toil. Three y«-ars I followed tins perilous trade— Uj mother, poor dame, thought my fortune was mane- B it when 1 retnri.cii imra the southern pole I %»as poorer than is ray Mokelumne hole, new io conclude—brother miners be ware, If yonVe dooims't to be poor, why be poor in fresh air; Let the bright sun of heaven illumine your toil— Never ee'-.k unusr ground likf a ferret your pile. Nor yet be allured, by +be stories they tell, To dig till yon find yourself halfway to h—l But work ox\, the surface: when you mak f n stride. Herein her your friend and your counsellor MIKE. g"’ PJt I 'Jsv. »■ ■ - Trie charity consist* in the perform ance of evevy duly ofliCe. from the love of justice. • ' -iii - i —■ i _ -i. - i ■ ■ i i - - - . Ca (micros Chronicle, MOKELUMNE HILL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, ISSI. [For the Calaveras Chronicle.] flow IIIr» Rich Gulch was 'Discovered. A P.EMIMSC'VCS uy g. h. c. About four miles above Mnkeluinne 'fill is a celebrated placer known as the Kich Gulch. Gold to the value of >ome hundreds of thousands of dollars ias been taken out of this gulch alrea ly, and doubtless a considerable quan fity remains there yet. The history of his valuable discovery has always been i questionable matter, though it is ge nerally thought a party of Frenchmen first broke the ground af the gulch. Now 1 knoio that the first gold bagged there was dug by a Massachusetts Vankee from Berkshire county, why he happened to “strike in” where he di«l, and all about if. Early in the year 1349, I was work ing on the Mokelnmne river. At that time, as now, “ prospecting” was a passion among the miners, and when ever rich diggings were reported it was certain they would be thoroughly tested. A party of Frenchmen had been at work near the camp of myself and companion, and one day it was ob served that they had left the bar. It was soon believed that they had disco vered rich diggings, and many were the means resorted to to trail them to their camp. One eveninir, after having performed a hard day’s work, without having found the “ color of gold” to reward me for it, I, in going to my own camp, stopped at that of a neighnring party, and while eating “flap-jacks” and fried pork, to partake of which f was politely invited, speculations arose as to the locality of the Frenchmen.* All tlte rumors of the day concerning - I* * tfinftlff vt vnU concluded they were somewhere above Mokelurnne Hill.' That they were collectin'; heaps of gold was not for a moment doubted, and the only thin" necessary to secure a fortune at once was to find where they were digging. Accordingly it was agreed that one of the party and my self should set out the next morning in search of this FI Dorado. ’The morning came, anil loin; before the sun was high enough to he seen from the O o river we were on our way up the hill sides. Our ramble occupied several days, and took in the ramie of country between the forks of the Mokelumne and the North Fork of the Calaveras, as far down as the present location of the Buckeye store. We founi the Frenchmen on the North Fork of the Calaveras, but much to our disappoint ment, found also that they were doing nothing. Indeed, one of them offered to sell me a valuable watch, at a cheap rate, so pressed was he for means to purchase a fresh supply of provisions with. We left their camp in no very good humor, ns may he supposed, and as we had no food with us, and were certain we should get none until we arrived at the river, diligently pur sued the homeward trail. In going upward, while on this tour, we had passed through a beautiful val lej'-, and where some grass was green, near the roots of a large oak, we dug away a little earth, and, as we had judged would be the result, found a good spring of water. On our return, we halted at this spring to refresh our selves, (for every mountaineer knows that water, next to foo I, is the most refreshing thing in the world on a hard trail,) and here we found a man en camped. He had been prospecting some days, was worn out fatigue, and having found good water, had de termined to spend the night near it. We entered into conversation with him —he rehearsed a world of troubles and disappointments, terminating a long relation of his sufferings with a request “ to goodness gracious” that if we kuew where there was any gold, we would inform him of its whercalmuts. Had we known of good diggings, we shoidd certainly have l»een inclined to dig there ourselves, ami we were not in the humor to he over benevolent, having had nothing to eat since the preieding night. Therefore, to avoid furtlbr an noyance, we recommended him )o dig where he was. Quite contrary to our expectations, lie followed the ilvice, and still more contrary to any ejbcctU tion we entertained, struck a pifl His hole was at the point where the Rich Gulch forks, and was, 1 belief, the first hole ever dug in that rich placer. > Romance in Real Life. — that a Monsieur L ivill, while miking through a street in Paris, noirrd a young and beautiful girl, •• hosefcnove ments attracted attention while t|ey de noted the absence of sense, H, took her to his home, where she received every attention from him and hil wife; she declined all nourishment, but per sisted in composing verses, and though medical aid was called in, died, jirnnouncing the name of floiert.— These facts were published, anl in a few days a gentleman arrived ahd re cognized in the effects of the deceased, his lost daughter. She had l*en en gaged, contrary to her wishes, gen tleman of Lovain, at her paretlM'coin mand, though her affections were to one Robert D., a writer and atl Art ist. The «lay of marriage having lu*«»i assigned, the true lovers meditated a double suicide, but Robert D. proposed, ns a last resource, to insult the gentle man of Lovain under some pretext, trusting to a duel to rid himself of his rival. He met his Competitor in a cafe, where he executed his design. A duel took place in which Robert D. was killed —and the day of his death the young girl disappeared, leaving a letter explaining the cause of her flight. The heart-broken parent recorded to his home accusing himself of having been the cause of this sad tragedy. Anecdote «.r J skphine. — A flock of geese once saved Rome from destruc tion; and a Cac'.pmire shawl was. in modern times, the means of preventing nn event which. WoU hi. d)jai>m>/l faceof affairs in Europe, [ijrrnf-f flays of the Consulate, these elegant deaper ies were of hut recent introduction, and even the graceful Josephine was lint a novice in the art of displaying them to advantage: on l»er appearance one eve ning en pleine toilelle. for the opera, a deficiency was apparent to General Kapp, who, rude soldier that he was, had been accustomed to the perfection of the Eastern women in the art of dis posing their shawls, and, with his ac customed hluntness, pointed out the de fect of her costume to the fair Consul ess. “Allow me to observe, madame,” he remarked, “ that your shawl is not put on with your accustomed grace,”— Josephine lainrhintrly hade him arrange in the st\ le of the Egyptian women, and the impromptu toilette caused a delay of a few minutes in setting off for the opera. Those few minutes saved their lives—the infernal machine having ex ploded Just before the passing of the carriage containing the party for whose destruction it was intended. “ With a Little Variation.”—A young Itinerant preacher, n the con stant habit of declaiming a great ‘leal aliont the Creator, and especially about the first getting up of man, w henever he wished to display his native elo quence to {rood advantage, was one dyy holding forth to a mixed congregation in a country school-house. Becoming warm and enthusiastic as he hroeeeded, it was not long before he leached his favorite theme, and started «fF in some thing like the following stle: “And n o ? - when the world was create*, and the beasts of tin? field and the fVu l.v of the air, mid pronounced very food, God said: • Let us make mnn| And he formed him alter his own lileness, and declared him the noblest if nil the works of his hands. And he made woman also, and f.tshionei her in the exact image of unit, with alttle varia tion” . “ Thank the li»rd for the variation!” shouted an old inner, who sat. over in the Amen coper of the room, at this interesting jinclure ol the discourse. The effect vjis perfect ly ludicrous ami irresistile. 'I he preacher dropped the subjec where he was interrupted, and was over heard to allude to it during a subsquent min istry of forty years. ■ >» • i ■ ri Sleep.— A writer says f omen re quire more sleep than men, ltd fanners less than those engaged in (most any other occupation. Printeri editors, reporters, and doctors need it sleep at all Lawyers can sleep as meh as they please, and thus keep out oimischief. Clergymen sleep twelve hurs out of every twenty-four, and put thir palish to sleep once a v\erk. The silent eye is often a fore pnw.' erful conqueror than the noiv tongue. Rcrcs Chdite. —Jack Humphries, the piquant Boston correspondent of the Albany Dutchman, gives the fol lowing off-hand description of Rufus Choate: Rufus Choate—famous for throw ing somersets, flip-flaps, making mouths and ugly ** mugs” at judges and juries is jawing away in that same old Rev, Mr. Fairchild rase. You probably ne ver saw Rufus but you’ve heard of 4iiiu? Well, he’s great on'saving hard cases from getting their dues. He saved Tirrell, the murderer qf Ellen Bickford from hemp-stretching; and that lact has made him in great de mand, where things are doubtful, ever since. He has saved many a scoundrel from well-merited punishment, and, perhaps has obtained, for seme, justice. Rufus Choate is a picture to look at, and a chowder t« spout. He is about seven feet six, or six feet seven In his socks; supple as an eel, and wiry as a cork screw. His face is a compound of wrinkles* “yaller janders.” and ju risprudence. He has small, keen, piercing black eyes, and a head shaped like a mammoth goose-egg, big end up; his hair, black and curly, much resem bling a bag of wool in “ admirable dis order,” or a brush-heap in a gale of \Vlhd. His body has no particular shn|i%i and his wit and legal dodges” hnv* set many a judge in a snicker, and so confounded jurors as to make it al most impossible for them to speak plain English, or tell the truth for the rest of their natural lives. Rufus is great on twisting and coiling himself tip; squirm ing around, and prancing, jumping, and kicking up the dust when steam’s up. HLs oratory is first rate, and his argu ments ingenious and forcible. He ge nerally makes a ten-strike—judge and jdry flown at the end of every Sentence. He is great on flowery expressions, and high lalootui V‘ fittb-dubs.”; * Strangers mostly think he’s crazy., and the rest scarcely understand what it’s ail about. He invoices his lime and elocution 4,000 per cent, aver ordinary charges, for having one’s self put through a courso of law. Rufus Choate is about isfonsrrrereo rne arnest lawyer in iNew England, or perhaps the Uuited States. His hand-writing can’t be deciphered without the aid of a pair of compasses and a quadrant. Hi* autograph some what resembles the map of uhio, and looks like a piece of crayon sketching done in the dark, with a three pronged fork. He has been in the Senate, ahd may be, if he bad time to fi.-h for it, President of the United States. If the Rev, Mr. Fairchild don’t lick bis ad versaries (libel case) with Choate to *• talk to jury,” his case isn’t worth the powder to blow it up. Onward. Democratic principles are at work among the Canadians. We are pleased to learn that the law of of primogeniture, (by which the oldest sou took the whole of the estate of his deceased parent, leaving nothing for the younger children) lias been swept out of existence in Canada. In a list of measures to which the Governor General gave the royal assent, was in cluded the act to abolish the right of primogeniture, in the succession of real estate. This is, perhaps, the most democratic measure that has l»eeu passed during the present parliament, and its influence on the future condi tion of the province cannot fail to be decidedly beneficial. “The Schoolmaster Abroad.”— We clip the following advertisement from the Oregon Spectator, if the or thography of these lines be correct, we would like to exchange the English for one of the dead languages: “ THE T \MHIL MAIL STEMBR HOOSIR. This Sterner is now finishr, and wil hereafter run regularii from above the talz ov the Wilamet to Datott or Lafeat on the yamhil river. She will leave Canema at 71-2a’«lock A.M. on Tiizdaz Thursday, and Saturday, making her return trips from Datott at 7 1-2 o’cloc, A.M., ott Mondaz, Wenz daz and Friday. Passenjerz and frat will lie landed at interiiiedint landings. For frat or pnsig, apli on bord, or at the wart-boat Canenw, C. SaveJ’i warf boat Daton.” At a late festival a pretty miss wait ed upon an editor with a pie plate of antique manufacture, in the centre of which he espied the following couplet: “ One sweet kiss Is the price of this.” This excited his naturally amorous disposition, and as soon as an oppor tunity presented, -be motioned the young lady aside, ami pointing with his knife to the lines, said, “ Your pay is ready when you present your biU!” Dobbs says tailors would make spleudid dragoons, they charge to. NUMBER 3. Portrait or “ Uncle Sam.” A writer in the Southern Literary Met* sender gives the following graphic pen and ink sketch of our respected uncle; "In personal appearance, Uncle Sam is a tall, bony, healthy looking man, apparently of forty-five; for though born in 1775, he bears his age well, and seems to be getting younger every day. He loves to brag of his establishment, and puts himself upon such an equality with the people, that • train of hangups on are always at his elbow. There are always at his table a number of gray* headed old follows who were hie ««b portions in of wbeee services he continually Spjakis! He loves to hoa* how Tfm such-an nue saved his life at Hunker Hill, and bow Dick somebody Whipped a fellow who assaulted him at Eetaw. He often too, wipes hie eyes when be looks at the picture of a tall General hanging up in his parlor, who, he says, whipped a fellow named Packenbam, v. ho once tried to take away one of his girls and a cotton bale. On these occasions Un cle Sam becoins greatly excited, and taking off his cocked hat, which; he says, was the gift of his old friend George Washington, will swear he has the best land in the world, and can out-run, out- Jump and whip any man on the hill. In praising his friends and hispfante linn, Uncle Sam often makes himself ridiculous; but in truth, these are but eccentricities of character, which are so mixed up with generous virtues as tb he excusable. Though inclined to peace he can sometimes play the braggart, ami is one of those who, while he will give bis life in the way of friendship, lit the matter of bargains will stickle on the ninth part of a hair. At any attempt upon him of this char acter, be will shoulder bis cane and act out as many manoeuvres as a half-pay lieutenant of infantry. On the whole, he is one of those who will cudgel his best friend in whose cause be is engaged, and embrace his bitterest enemy, in wbgse conduct is observed the smallest principle of magnanimity or honor. New To*t ra* a Horse. —A Par- Uiuti n»n pr MKHCS the followitur F.lt*> At the pCx.u races at Ascot, the fa mous horse Tiberius broke bis leg by bounding against one of the posts of the harrier , while preparing for the race,— His owner, Lord Milbank lost ten thou sand pounds in liets upon him, besides his value, and others lost heavily—the law of the course being that all lost bets shall l»e paid, whether the failure to win come from accident or lem speed. Three days afterwards, Lord Mil- « bank gave a very sumptuous dinner.— The,must distinguished of the English peerage were present, ami conviviality ran high. Towards the dose, the no ble host rose in his place, and proposed to drink to the departed Tiberius. it was clamorously received, but the spea ker remained standing, with bis class in his hand. “ We drink to Tiberius,” said Lord Miibank, when the shouts hud suicided, “ the most lieautifui, the most udmira Me, the most spirited courser whose hoofs ever trod british turf.” Shoots again rose to the roof. “ You know*” continued his Lord ship, “ the achievements of this horse. His deeds belong to history. Faroe has taken charge of his glory. But k be longs to me, and to you,' my lords and gentlemen, to do honor to his mortal remains! I wished that this lofty cour ser should have-a burial worthy of his deservings. He bus it. My cook has fitly prepared him, and you have feast ed on him to-day! Yes, my lords and gentlemen! this meat which you have relished so keenly—those dishes which awakened such inquiry as to what ani mal could be so delicious—it was Tibe rius! The noble courser reposes hi your stomachs I May your digestions be light!” At these words the enthusiasm con centrated for a moment—possibly with some vague thought of an immediate ressurection-hut, with a sudden hurst of huzza-, the idea took the turn of a su blimity, and another glowing l»utnj«r was sent to join (be departed in his metempsychosis. Aw odd sort ol genius, having stop ped in a mill, wr«a looking will appa rent astonishment at the rotary move ments of machinery, when the miller, thinking to quia him, asked him jf be bad beard the news. Not os I knows on,” says Jonathan —“ what is it?” “Why,” replied the milter, “they say the devil’s dead “ % h« exclaimed, *• is be, —w ho tends the mill J” A ute writer says that the skies ef Italy ate Muer than anything he exit saw, excelling Miss Smith's eyer- Miss Sn.iib is the young woman hesya up with. Men of genius ure often dull and inert in such 13 ; hs the blazing meteor, w h descend* %» tfcp earth is only a ti|t.