The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-10-01
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Washington.
Correspondence OF the Herald
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 1916.
Expedition TO California
nouce IN your paper an article on a proposed ex-
petition to California. Allow me to furnish those
young gentlemen, who are to compose this expedi-
ton, with some information which NAV be of i'm.
portance to some of them. have lived there five
years-own twenty square leagues of land within
twenty miles of Monterey, GU. CO. and have now in
successful operation large milling establishment.
| leave here on the LIST for New Orleans thence 10
Vera Cruz, and across the country to Acapulco. ON
the Pacific side, where shall charter a vessel to
convey me TO Monterey
California is admitted by all who ale conversan.
with the country to be the finest and best climate in
all this worldthe land is generally high and rolling,
and capable of producing all the good things that
grow in this country, with many of the delicious
tropical fruits, without snow or Ice in winter, and
on the sea coast not intentionally hot in the sum-
mer, with all kinds of wild game in abundance.
The commercial business OF the coast is like
that OF all other new, thlnly settled countries small
compared with the cities of the Atlantic coast, but
generally leaves an immense profit, without any
risk or trouble. There all kinds of fish to be
had, (samon, &c) and an immense trade could be
carried on with the United States by salting them.
The provincial government, which is very good
or country, will give all settlers from one
TO ten squaie leagues of land, provided they will
agree to improve the same within one year from the
time the land is granted
great amount of money can be made annually
by a company of several hundred young men, even
at the gold and silver mines, which are situated
within a short distance oil Monterey.
In fact, know of no country which offers
great inducements, to young and enterprising gen
tlemen, as California; and should three thousand,
even from the Atlantic cities, see fit to try their
fortunes in that delightful country, think they will
never regret 1t.
Some few days since received letter from
German gentleman in New York, who informed me
that about 200 Germans were enrolled at ST. Louis,
to 90 with the expedition forming in New York,
Boston, and other of the seaboard cities, and ask
ing me for information some points. can only
say that the proportion of females to males, in Cali
fornia, is very great, 60 to ID many of the former
possessing large landed properties-that they
both beautiful and vlrtuous-and the length of the
Journey by land to California from st. Louis, would
be strong reason why few females should accom-
pany the expedition, unless they go by sea and the
above letter informs me that vessel called the Ma
rposa, will sail from New York the LIST October,
another on the LIST December, and one from Balti-
more on the LIST January. BY these vessels those
who married might take passage with their fam
lilies, and save much fatigue, &C. / shall be happy
to give you any information in regard to G. which
may possess, and therefore give you my address.