New-York daily tribune., 1849-03-21
Another California Letter.

The Boston Trareller publishes a letter signed
George w. Morrell and dated San Francisco Jan. ~
We quote the greater portion OF the letter when 'ne
Tyartlr pronounces genuine It having been received
by mail, postmsrked St Louis Now. In order to nave
reached ST. Louis In time to be at Boston On the lo'n
inst the letter must have made the overland journey 10
the former city in IS days, which Is mex, to Impossible
The messenger who carried the letter must have tray
eed at speed of 80 miles day even through the pass
es Of the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains blocked
up with snow and over deserts where his remarksoie
horses could find neither water nor pasture such
,urpss,pe feat could scarcely have been performed
without notice through other sources than the iolow
ins latter. SAN Francisco. Jan. %, lsi9.
DEAN UNCLE: | set myself down 10 write ale" hne'
to let you know that in the land OF tne hVng snu
that now enjoying toleraby good health wnhe
was 10 the gold diggngs my health was osd ioI
month or so-for there we had no houses ana iof the
most Dc srt had TO sleep the ground or under rocNs
where we could get place Talk OF the army never
saw half the hardship while was in the service ths'
have In the gold diggings Could we nsNe hoases
or good tents however We could 90 eoio''a0'e' e'e"
M the diggings.
AZ for god, hare sOt plenty Of H. have got about
93 pounds Ii sells here for from e2 10 eio lhe osue
! was Ia the deglngs three months ana ha' anu u
had bad something to wash out the arr 0'u" ncs
have got az much again for We can get no'nlns nc"
all OF cut have number of pretty large pieces
one pl,c, weighing Are poHNds L., -
want you to come out mere you csu So 49,
much gold AS you want know where there IS a euse
thai Is amost salld gold but shall not tel any yoo",
work IT, I'LL my friends come out louuu % ~
BY one of the Indian Chiefs whose hie saved % wuen
he Was about 10 bo murdered great n'su! 'io A''N
and nothing Is said about IL ,,
The excitement 10 50 great that everybody mas oeeh
digging gold and every ono mere hss sV' p'Sy
sod Living here 10 now two dollars day IL mas
been ten dollars. -,
The sold country 10 Immense. have been nve han
dred miles up the country and the further we 60 ins
thicker the gold Is think on the river where was
the fountain he IL in the mountains but II Is awiu
travelling to get up to my ledge. know where There
10 plenty of slrer in the mountains we fonnd thst
when was with the Indians. They took me prisoner
md was with them niae months. hlsst discovered
,h., one of the Chiefs was Free mason, aud be ~
once sst me free. fsd hai gred naHy o. hs indiaH
CAitfs are FrtS nasoas. was msde mason ey tne
Recommendation OF aged friend before leit Michi
ssu left there when the war hrst begsn, sod went
and iolned Colonel Fremonts regiment We crossed
the mountains and got taken by tne indians w.
released In consequence OF being Mason ana woaa
advise all that intend TO CONS out to ths who cousy
10 b. Mason. f,r fhey ril fgd trse frtsads among ss
isdlsrs The Indians hold masonry to oe sacred
whichuia - ., ,o,.
II you was here you could make money ~ your
trsde Just a. fast as you please TOR meensn0s Ie =.
viii not worn Al their trsdes because they get Ficn 90
much faster 81 the gold diggins 4, l., ,hi. ,l.cs -
You never saw such set as there 10 IN 's' - p..
There are people OF all nations and coiots- ~
does not make some laws and strict ones TOO 90 no
know what shall do IL Will DC tns nN1. - "a
on" The population here getting 70 pe a"u ~,
and . ooased BY hat oarse cf nc ea'tA' hAH 1y
hsd been kept out there would have ocen DO .Th
here. 1t is warm weather here now. No snow ino'e
was some snow a, the dggns. not much. -.
II you come oui come with a number lne ~
that come together the better they csn do unueI
stood Yesterday ths, news hsd come from Monterey,
that they had found iuhsustble gold mine about ~
miles from there and also some silver rines out &c
axs no notice Of fA silpr MINES which can be got a. A.
half the trouble Of the gold. Quicksilver 10 here IN
abundance, In all the hills.