The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA.

The latest news fr3tn Califorrit is to the 2nd of
Ant;u-t. The accounts are • tissue of good and
evil. They confirm the truth cf the statements
mule with rega•d to the prolific character of the
mines, bat they tell us also of toil, of auffetirg, and
death. _ _ _

The number of miners actually at work is estimated
by come to be 25,000, and the total product of their
labour for the year, is set down at 32,000,0001.
Being connected with a house which has large trans-
actions with California, "I have an opportunity,"
says a correspondent, " of learning many particulars
not generally known to the public. Romance and
reality ere strangely mingled in these affairs." Corn-
meroe receives its balances, off• ction sends its gilts.
On the beads of widows and of children, the golden
I showers decend. And mania family bowed down a
few months ago in penury and affliction, now raises its
bead in comfort and effluence. I have seen
mothers thus receiving with tears of gratitode the
offerings of filial piety, and witri s counting with
smiles of joy the precious remembrances of their ab-
ernt husbands love. Oa the other band, too many
have teen denied the smallest acquisition. But a few
weeks ago, a young man, in full hr alth, left New York
for Califor.ia wito the intention of advancing his for
tune by his industry and resolution. He was coarged
with a considerable amount of property, and looked
forward to prosperity as the certain reward of his ex-
ertions. When ho arrived at Chagrin he was
alarmed by the informa•ion that the Isehmus was ra-
vaged by the cholera, and ho resolved to return to
New York in the steamer in which he wen`.
A sense of duty. however, ovircominz his fears, he
finally determired to remain. He proceeded up the
river to Cruces, where he was attacked with cholera,
and there he should have remained ; but in the ex-
citement of the moment, ho proonred a fleet horse,
and ant cff for Panama, where he expected to find
friends and attendance. For seven long hours he
cootinned his journey, compelled, however, by his
disorder, to stop trcqutntly on the road. Each delay
only made him more anxious to proceed; and to
those who saw him thus poatirg wi'cliy along, the
famous line of Horace might well have presented
itself: " Post eqnitem sedet atrs cure Before he
arrived at Panama, be rode seatelees on the saddle ;
the reins dropped from his hands; but his fa:thfal
steed, appari nsly co-scions of his deathlike load,
carried him safely to the door of the hotel frequented
by the American.. He was recognised, lifted from his
seat, and borne to a chamber, where every kindness
and attention WWI shown him,and where several skilful
American physicians gave him their aid. All was in
vain : he d ed shortly after his arrival, and the next
moridog he was laid in his grave, wrapped in a sheet,
uncolflned, and unshrined. The very same morn ing
a celebrated m-gazine publisher, from this city, also
died, end was buried. Even these unfortunate men
met with a less sere•e fate than thee who, about the
same 'erica, fell dead upon tho rood, without a friend
to cleso their eyes.
These are by no means so'itary instances of the
fate of many a Cali'arni.n adventurer.
I Ilan from my private h•t'er that labour was still
higio at San Francisco. Seamen were receiving from