Show I 1 GOLD celebrated V I 1 in chicago last night was celebrated 1 1 the finding of gold in california I 1 the momentous momen toua results that grew out of this discovery have been I 1 i the subject of whole libraries but 4 the he celebrating and bookmaking will have flesh material for years yeara to come by the wealth that has ben yielded up by the pacific state as an immediate following of that little yella nugget dug lug up by mormon boys and picked b up by mr james marshall to whom alone has been accredited the honor of the ilia event whole co I 1 were bet set up in basim na and ba half it a continent conti neit peopled willi with a rapidity that was never before equaled in the worlds history 1 the celebration of yesterday has a great significance somebody 1 I ill 11 ba I 1 asking why the gold discovery of the pacific states should be commemorated at chicago there are ar fire five I 1 11 ll great commonwealths beaw een en chicago and the spot where this celebrated nugget was found in turn we will ask should a similar celebration be designed in honor of the finding f of precious metal in utah whre where would it be held 11 whoever can answer this question can tell likewise why the fortunate I 1 gold diggers of the 49 epoch 11 should be content to come together at chicago it is probable that at chicago there Is more of california gold in circulation than even in san francisco several times over As has been the case with utah cali call fornias wealth has gone to the tour four corners of tho the nation and I 1 1 III ards of it have been packed I 1 iff f to other continents I 1 wealth baa erected inano mansions lons and I 1 I 1 jo I 1 I 1 I 1 tu I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 71 K I 1 peopled towns beyond the missouri while scarcely enough hit efti J bean been expended within her borders to re epo ably furnish a peanut eland stand e s gold may be truthfully said to have created autocrats for other communities and slaves for her tier own the hoggish mann mannar r in which ehe she hag box been filched of 0 hw ilia of her hilla hills has LO ito more fiting alting name than plunder for ehe she baa has ben plundered with a meanness and ingratitude ingrati lude whiz ali history does not else elsewhere here record we should indeed like to learn which of the several towns receiving the blessings of her bar mines wound be the most fitting pla alae e to celebrate the finding of her metal |