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nents of  the  so-called  old  world. White people  heard of it,  and  black  people ;  coppery,  red,  and  yellow  peo- ple,— came rushing  in  from  every  quarter,  all  eager for some  of  the  delectable  dirt.

Much has  been  written  regarding  the  Coloma  gold- discovery. Much about  it  worth  knowing  remains unwritten. The choicest  unpublished  information  to my  knowledge  is  that  contained  in  the  manuscript  of Henry  W.  Bigler,  Diary  of  a  Mormon  in  California, who was  on  the  ground  at  the  time,  with  a  remarkably clear head  and  ready  pen. The statement  given  me by  Mr  Sutter  at  Litiz,  and  contained  in  the  manuscript entitled Personal  Reininisceiices  of  General  John  Augus- tus Gutter, is  also  exceedingly  interesting  and  valuable. I will  herewith  present  verbatim  several  of  the  more important accounts  of  the  discovery.

Marshall was  a  queer  genius. I speak  with  exact- ness, for he  was  both  a  genius  and  queer. I have  in my  possession  an  old  daguerreotype  which  is  unlike any other  portrait  that  I  have  seen. Parson's Life  of Marshall  is  the  best  book  upon  the  subject  extant. Naturally kind  and  humane,  his  mind  dreamy  while his faculties  were  in  repose,  but  of  cragged  disposition and inclined  to  be  a  little  fierce  when  roused,  all  along his later  life  he  was  made  morose  by  what  he  deemed injustice and  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  people,  and  of the  government. "The enterprising  energy  of  which the  orators  and  editors  of  California's  early  golden days  boasted  so  much  as  belonging  to  Yankeedom," he.writes bitterly  in  1857,  "was  not  national  but  indi- vidual. Of  the  profits  derived  from  the  enterprise  it stands  thus,  Yankeedom  $600,000,000;  myself  indi- vidually $000,000,000.  Ask  the  records  of  the  coun- try for  the  reason  why  ?  They  will  answer,  I  need not.  Were  1  an  Englishman,  and  had  made  my  dis- covery on  English  soil,  the  case  would  have  been different." Mr Hittell  visited  him  at  Coloma  in  his retirement, where  he  alone  remained  of  all  those  early discoverers. "No photograph  of  him  has  ever  been