New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-20
Another California aLetier-Unfavorablo
Accounts,
We make the following extracts from letter
in the N o. PicOyune Of the l0th inst

We make tnt lOiiONlbs rAttOtts iiOui i'Ns,A
in the N O. Pic0yuNe Of the l0th inst
SAN FRA~cf,co. Feb l3 $40.
E6s PjcaBnne SupposiDg few nes from these dug
rms NAV prove interesting o. you If not 10 the public
avail myself Of the opportunity Of the departure Tor
Mszatan Of the schooner Swalow. one OF the fastest
ss,nr vess, 10 In the Pacific 10 send You ns win a
sbcrt synousis of r0rdads such rs they are
To commence therefore will inform you that ar
rived here board the Ohio lag ship YESTERDAY t"en
" eight from san Bias.
Com Jones l@n about ten days ago up tho bay on
board the soop war (or believe now store ship)
Southampton on M exploring eNPedion To see no" 'S
IL wss practicable Tor large ships 10 navigate up the bAy
ith safety THIS 10 very important mStter 10 hseer
tsip A. III anchorage Of lefbs Buens s by no means
an Abe one sDd the ste for the grand emporium
for the Pacific of the worst with scarcity OF ~s-
t.r wood everything else (save log and northwesters
thAt can contribute 10 the happiness of man.
Tn. ships OF wsr al present here are the Ohio a. 81
Mary's Dale Warren aud Southampton. On the re-
turn Of the Commodore there viii bs q little Court
Msrtisling and a break up The Dale will 60 home,
aud the Ohio will 90 the Sand wien ssnds where our
aas be recently been struck AID sD'pention OF dpo
matte intercourse between our Commlssioner sbo MS
Haw allan M-jrsiy has tsAen place.
The accounts from the god region are both favorable
and unisvoraoe The whole region has been since NO
| vember about two feet under snow The real q" Dora
do has not consequently been fpund, though Is eN'
pected TO be stumbled upon every moment The sup
Pile. OF everything abundant, indeed does not
require much TO supply the wants OF 1000 or laOUO
me n the most that be now concentrated in tue val
lev of the Sacramento considerable qusstty of gold
has been found In the rsvnes OF the Sierra Nevada IL
ha. been picked W, snd thsi the people have 10
| dig for H. they begin 10 back out There Is great
deal Of romance in all you hear from California and 10
| explain the whole story
| fhe valley of the Sacramento has been claimed BY
about tseny eight individuals who have run out the
lands upon sginsry lines based upon false grants OBJ
| tsned from Gov MicheltOrens since the ended
These lands cannot be worth anything without populs
ton and the bubble OF the gold region has been got up
more 10 attract attention and draw emgrsnts this
side OF the Rocky Mountains than for any other pur
pose There have been many deserters from the army
and navy who led away with the prospect OF making
fortune have found "the elephant and have written
IN wishing 70 compound matters and return 10 duty
TINS has refused them and the result has been
that less than dozen have been hung up between
heaven and earth ior robberies and ssssssinstOns -
Thus YOU have the Dorado Of California, picture
OF H.
Gen Lane passed through this city short time aso
on his way to Oregon The Maek Ahdel has just
anchored q ght dsys from Columbia River. she re
potis that the Governor had arrived and that al
was quiet ia the country.
Toe Gold Dlegings, they are called by Jack, are
pretty much ike the game heads win, tail. yoI
lose II hnds = ounce of gold. hunger obig@
him 10 awe 70 Tor m0rse TO eat; 90, tod n'
the other dsy there Is no gaining anything
There 10 nothing like Cvu averumeut here. nor d.
believe there il OF sabs enough IN him IN a.
| California 10 form code OF lzss Everybody doe
as be plesses suo Gen Smith will have pretty tint
Of II 10 put thiogs to rights nov BY this Fme Call
iornis ought 10 be Territory, and Civil GOVerno
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