The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-12
California Items.
TCorresnoadence of the baltimore American


San FRASoIsco, Nov. l.
Business is very acve and TO show the cause Of this
cSmmenoe. about t as m 81 Deos%ber and the rains fall
almost necessarily during the winter months thereby ma
and San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries impassabe
until March; and often as late April consequently pur-
depos in the mines before the month Of pecemJer'
"God dust worth SIS 30 per ounce troy In the money
e M0 pS, cent per
:, "The arrivals during the month have been--fom the
United States ~ from England 3; from coasts of South
america 80 from China. 8; from various ports is The
coasts sso ss pfd hss as Eag
oihs places, s." ''A Ai"si'cs' = onin'' = various
Another letter Of same date says:
i M'ss p1k e wsi sold 1ssy s4o beef four
California papers note the following legal decisions
case OF some rerest to MERCHANTS has been decided IA
New YorE, which had not been received at San Fran.
hs, Fey brought action against the vessel
merch aadse At San Francisco. or about 100 per
was decided that the rule Of damages In such cases in the
He be s o. price in New York
The counsel Tor the plaintiffs proposes to test this decision
Friends obtained verdict for sisoo against scranton
his complaint were that the charter party had sold out
tickets in Panama with the understanding that the vessel
lis persons were put on board and that the
a as @ al
that the food OF the coarses kind and the
and provisions during the Whole voyage, aud thai finally
provisions became that many Of the passengers
abandoned the vessel and travelled this place BY land
The cause tried BY jury. before the Hon Vim B.
Almond. e E. s@
letter in the New York Tribune. lated San Francis
co, November |, says:
On my way to call upon Colonel Fremont, whom found
located with his family in the Happy Valley, (hat mile
from town. saw company OF Chinese carpenters put
ting up the frame Of Canton-made house la Pacific
another Celestial restaurant has been opened and
every vessel from the Chinese ports brings fresh mpora'
ton. An Olympic circus avery handsome scale, Is in
amuse the public nightly. "Dslmonco's" ashioha.
BILE eating house, where get boiled eggs 10 cents
each and dinner I'll 50 to $5 according 10 your appe
tite .-#4-
little muslin shed oces of lrvng House,
number of fine billiard and bowling alleys have
been opened, and all other devices for spending money
brought into successful operation The gamblers complain
no longer OF dull prospects There are hundreds o. montes
roulette, and faro tables, which crowded nightly until
late hour, and where the inveerate excuses OF
gaming may be Witnessed The OF houses have in
hundreds OF instances, but It would be only repetition OF
hundred others already mentioned Money brings IA per
oe Il % Pan on Ia, & es Which cost HIM
1900 for $4,000 Some drawing paper, which cost
about $40 in New York. brought Sl6i here find litte
change the OF sovsons and handse, though
the paid Tor labor aas Diminished Town lots are con.
tnualy the rise y lots IN the Happy alley bring
So, 300. have with number Of my eow.passen-
gers here, nearly all OF whom have done wholesome OF
them having already realized S20, 1000 aud $50 600
5000 year ago il was aboat five bundled. The in
since that time has been made in the face OF the
greatest disadvantages under hich city ever
of labor, OF buildpg Materials imperfect civil ogani
everything in short but gold dust and enter
prise. The expense on the Atlantic coast would have
established city of hundred thousand inhabitants The
price oflumber still $500 % NJ Five saw mills at
there bringing 500 per NJ There The springs of
has set in notion not only the Pacific coast but through
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