The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-31

may therefore, safely estimate the produce at much
higher rate. Whatever the effect may be on the me-.
tsc currency Of the world, here is ct least vast
region opened to commerce One cannot but recog-
mise in these gittspg spsnges sown In the sand and
these worthless beads adhsriDg to the rock proven
remote and coast in the world San Fran
cisco, to well found vessel IL more than fifteen thou
sand miles nom ts legislative metropolis snd not
turs. 1t 10 ten thousand miles from the oppo-
site shores Of the Pacific What chsnoe vas there Of
%S ass: Whereof
scarcely make . grain, the substa wealth OF
fruitful. well wooded, and we'll watered soil under
science BY the philosophers stone" The same bait
and the same madness will to people dis
tsnt coast, and make the wilderness smile. Before
long the Anglo-Saxon race will dominate ever the
vast Pacific and Its ten thousand islsnds.
From the Tendon Times, Jan. 12]
glance at the Tmes Advertisements will show that
the pu1,o appetite for Safornis Likely 20 % promptly
ready for immediate departure amounts even In to-
days impression to about 5000 tons, distributed In
the West India mail steamer which leaves the nth
carrying goods and passengers to Chsgrss, or Of .
short and pleasant passage" Galveston
in Texas, Is cheap route to the Pacific. The rates
range from EOS upward to suit all classes Thus far
however we have only the for those who
who with to share the advantages OF the region
without Its danger are still more ample Indeed, so
impS:Ds ere the plans for an extensive " Of
that It would seem II the 6rst effect OF the affair
would be- to cause scarcity OF money rather than
About million and . quarter sterling 10 already
wanted and the promoters stipuats for the power Of
SS
tion," California Gold Mining, streaming, and
Washing COMPANY" CALIFORNIA; Steam Trading
Company" Californian Gold and Trading Compa.
ny" and . California Gold Mining, Co., Trading
Company" The last Of there alone will require f600,
600 for It's ohsct, but ss half the shares ts be
served for the United States Of Americs" the drain
upon our resources will BE- essnsd to that extent.
Some Of the concerns propose to limit their operations
psct may Be- tempting Others intend ~ once to get
grant rom the Lsss.suss a. w.;hpgton Of :uoh
tend to trust to chance simply sending out praoti
cal" manager, accompanied by adequate number Of
forms.n
Along with these advertisements are some Of
modified nature to suit parties who may neither wish
to go out with batch Of emigrants, Nor to stay ct
home and wait the result OF public company One
well educated gentleman seeks two others to share
MON who would advance f2O0, ono half to leave his
wife, and the other half for outft" third tells where
ANY respectable individuals with small capital" may
and persons willing to join them . fourth states
that respectable having not less than f10o
wanted TO complete party and nth, that Sea-
schooner to eail ON speculation" What number may
be found to answer these sppess 1t Is Impossible to
ooDjsctu.s Common sense would ssy not s, ono; but
and again. reminds that the active parties
the present occasion not calculating too largely
upen the credulty Of their oouutrymsn.
The Advertisements In question will be paid by
many hard earned sixpenoss and shillings eagerly
lodged a. the :" preliminary deposit allowed BY the 2
and 9Th Victoria" and . considerable surplus will b
doubtless reverb the enterprise Of the promoters
this rsspsct, therefore, word Of warning unfortu
nately needed A regards emigration parties ma bo
H.
ed goods. That the country will be . psndemonlum
long before any one reach 1t from this side is
hardly to be doubted unless indeed the United States
government shan have been able to establish block
ade and GORDON in which case the new arrivals will
Bus there l. no question that the first corners stand
the chance of large gain they able to fight for It,
and there Is little danger Of starvation since the dis
trict ebounds With deer and rabbits snd grain will
fow thsrs In quapttiss from the southern yepublioe
while regards articles Of the Sandwich
ands lsng overlooked will Be able to send supplies
Those whogo out have therefore, at ell events,
oempspsatpg prospect for their risk but for those 1t
home who may be dsludsd into parting with their mo-
ney, not shadow Of Its return exist This would
be the case under any circumstances nos the idea Of
London beard being able to insure that ths practical
aborrs accustomed to the extraction Of gold in all its
FORMS shall toll for them and not for Themselves when
the United States government even By the severest
discipline scarcely command the service Of single
individual on tho station, 10 too preposterous to be
reasoned about. When, however, We observe that,
with the simple address California" and merchant
Of New York; who Is unfortunately not to be found
In the New York Directory NO names are given Of the
sAnguine directors who hold out the present Bats 1t
seems almost beyond patience that tho blind impulse
Of greed should be overwhelming to impose
for moment the duty Of expostulstion.
From the London Chronicle, Jan III
laudsbe professional assiduty to improve" the
sion Of the discovery Of the Californian FL Dorado by
s.ntrastins spiritual wssit With material in Which In
spred writer's have embodied the moral experience Of
ages At Bostop, for instance, "orowded oongregs-
tion" has been delighted and edited by eloquent
wisdom than goldp' We are not quite sure however,
that this sacred sphorsm is completely applicable
have suppofsd since it may fairly BE- doubted whether
In the CASE the pursuit Of wisdom be pro-
Of the precious stsl Our own Impression decidedly
Is, that the two objects may very well be combined;
and that they who leave house and home shop and
farm friends and country, In quest Of California gold
win infalliby reap rich harvest Of moral instruction
and will return f at ally very much wiser than they
went. The valley Of the Sacramento take It atogs-
ther strikes us as to prove one Of the very best
We do not say, cnespest-sohools that have been
opened in eur time; and as for the industrious
side Of the Atlantic, Emigration to California"
"Cslifsrnia Drect,n Steam to the Gold Mines, ("
ushers in that vol ksown academy which provsrbal
y selects It's pupils from among those whom other
miparies have turned out o. inourabis ounces, and
which, an amazingly short period, makes sages Of
the most unprsmisns Of subjects These captains Of
gold finding ndusry might, priately, Dor
row phras from the educational proepestuses so
much In vogue at this Of the year, and
m. nd their great Californian model school Of expe-
renoe as In every sense Of the word, finishing
tsbshment," with proficiency guaranteed"
We are good deal struck, for example to name one
nstance out Of mapy-wth the manifest educational
adva ntsges offered by certain "Cafornia Gold Min
ing, Streaming, and Washing Company" whose pros
pectusis now before us Most confidently do We ad.
vss all candidates for wisdom, whose education has
been hitherto neglected. and who have outgrown all
instruction except that which foosmost con-
fdent)y do We advice them to put themselves under
the training ef'pro motersn who undertake to give
the public forthwith twenty thousand shin es worth
OF tuition, In consideration Of certain "prelimn nary
deposits" and who likewise promise to 60 high as
ten thoussnd pounds worth event Of their pu-
pills continuing In . Doodle mood The idea OF this con-
Germ 10 eding happy With sjadicous apprs citation
ofthe popular to nd the tgnotu with
the 6cum the promotersn Of cur afor Gold
Mining, Streaming, and washing Company" preserve
strict ipeognito. Positively. they accompany their
"call "of one shilling per share on twenty thousand
shares lin the shape Of preliminary deposit'J, With