The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-11-24
California Ahairs.
CSUespoHdsHcs qfGs Hoion Journal
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! nave hrru up 40 ihr gold nitura Huh have
.seli li's .-l.i.l,aI,l, #Hd lF.ii sw sisHti'' SO
pi(e sou Udrfrrpi"u Ut INNS ihHl you WI
tluf nrrd 90 rOne aud sre him yourrrli,--
Wien we arrived 10 Cfliurnln u NO tad
rui nll 81 our rurpo,Te should have had ~
tnut iliuusnud dhlinrs 90 eucll Wnu' We
IHtr I9ru Irm IuW about Two UOUIhH MN
% lniL, Hud lhiuk u Wu slniAd unw sell eve
~ EnuE we have ou baud, WIN Hll no linyr
snfdf ~ tie company Since Wu hnvo haen
hprn, we shuuld hiyidp about three lnndUd
.,iulEr, ~n you frc We AfG-is ur seven liuud'
rr1 dulHrs puurer iliHu lien 40 nrr''rd' u
tnu, urpenr f'fHupe ~ sou That 10 ~ 80, hpi
suiDs. Soon uirr Wr arrived here, shoot
.i,ty at uur company started fIr lhG ln'nes,
aul lIIr rect stopped ~ .liruicin "a billd olH
steamboat. We Wrrr FGlnR lnlo gold HiR'
tutp with pefirrl lopHrursr, Int Hupn drew
go oiir horns, lur m0Hl ol 80 we're taken down
r.cl, BOON after 40 got 90 the niueH' OW ~
-ity, lhrrr were nugul Guy sick ones, md
Wrs 0ue ni' lhe uumlirr, We went into tie
,uues ~ iir most sekly srnsnn OF tie whole
arur md unl hrlug ncclimhtrd, 70 took uh
,i1wu 90 nurr. The prevailing diseases n
suong ~ Wrre thr fever and ngue md dysrn-
,ri,. The lrycrs here uro very hghI cam
rirrd witt our ltyrrH 40 home, Hut II takes
-. ~ ~ 'sI4aF llse a. Aef lstAle=
SON, IIuI ihr lUsrf nn ui0 nt0ut tru days
-tud l,atg Leeu ever since erlNug my hlretRlh
up-Wlic! Inns beet two mouths mud 'lall,
aud uu riuI get ns strong ~ was bclurc'
hlye worked long enough NJ the uiines
So know something about II, h1d To find oul
shntn iGrgf company cannot succeud nj the
siIres, Ono hundred meu are about aintly'
.epfu TOO many. We have How dissolved
eur qlnrious New England cpmpany,and are
rgina, ug.4ga, ,ttttt tyr 1IWEUtrr0 see Whit wo
yutr do siugir hpur'~tl hive nol Sc, 'ttvtle
ulfniy mind whnt shHll do,but thInk tllull
aat 80 60 tho danos at present, There II
.,nOney TO hH mnde there, but think cau
stG,o aLnut ms much ~ something elsc,wivro
shall not ho 80 mech exposed, aud shnll hc
slure likely 10 ouIoy good health. Mans
6eallA II his al here; Cor II he h sick It docs
away with ,do profits very fast. The doctors
charge so win, iu the mines, Rntl In per
sou ~ sich any icUBlil Of lime II costs him
innuue. There are IhouWnd ways to puck
r,wny u,hus money hrrc-ii lrr a. lucky o.
slough 10 gct my Clubbing - enrrie-i on
hrro To q grcnt c.trnL People 80 10 llc
ulucp get lhw hundred dollars, nhd come
du~n aud gamble iLuWuy.
Tiiwc 10 ruutsJsl IN tic prices Of prOyls'
sons ~ Sau Francisco and nj the mines. ~
s%aH Francisco they are selling na cheap NJ
fh,-y gyr pt home, hat ulicr pSying California
1ilo-H st transportation ~ the lninrr, II brings
Stoni up very ihgh. At sumc parts Of The
egi0ca ihcy pay about s! per pound for flour
aud other ti!iur~ iu proportion. II IL very
ErsLehc lint PROVISIONS vii bo still higher
rIls wrr7t-.t--as tho river teams do not 90 To
abe mines ~ the ruiuy scusutJ tt'''seiure tho-c
thal wo,4, thsIo through the winter have TO
,,rt tiirir provisions NJ so"nOs 'l'e H'dJI--qi
December; and II they gcI short bGnre the
snuuy season is over they will have to pay c.
summons rucl's Tor everything.
There is great dead of gold IN Caliinrnini
and there nro some big hHuls lunde, bat they
sue no bigger than they nrc represented to
as here aud presume they IRE not moro
shan nur fpErI', nst,ig as They are renresenled
go hc In ,Lc States. There LIE grsnt many
gieople at work ia tho ming, and 10 make MI
average Of what they MI TnAkc over mud n
bore their board aud fhcr expenses, the
umohnt would not he very large per day
Tie chances Fac mHking nnncy 10y gold dig.
ging aro growing poorer every year, the best
,plaers being prctly well dug over. mau
Thht dug here last yoHr could nuke three
.'iimcs the amount We eau ths ycnr with the
Same labor. Tho cream Inns been taken,Hnd
ahey ARE now working up Tho skim milk
,pr,'.ilnr ihern will bo more rich discoveries,
a'ti thcrc NE 80 nnny people that e WIZ be
eiut a uputhlid apiece. l believe that there
i,avn been good diGsiues found on the Trim
as river, up near The head ul the Sncramen'
40, but it il so sickly there that but few GO
-rhe sickness is caused by the inpuriy oflhr
rNmcr /
i suppose you think nm giving you rath
,cr a hard picture of California, bu; those TINT
irvn written about this beautiful country
have rjiy The bright side. 'ri5 Irtln there
.nro n few places hero whore trc chmnte is
.ifeilY rnnh-hnt ynn cnu find IkcnlY.i five
-,lirrent clmntcs IN ms many miles distance.
afyou know ofnny one coming oHi hero, al
wise them 10 stay lrh,re hey are " they kno,c
srien they are ,osii Of Thcreis no comfort in
life here. hive mot eaten n potato ora veg
m rrrrrvrrt ur
not moro thun oGe.tourlh of pound OF but
Icr but believe there is butter TO lac bad
here nj 81 so per III.
H.nrce numbers Of vessels nre arriving eve
~ day, md Our harhor is now so full that
ay-'tttteHt- swinging against
cosch other. There Rre large numbers of
ctuigrants arriving 10y the land routes, and
1hey ARE n hard looking set. They have n
n1rd limo Of it, and they nn say that they
will no, 90 buck the why they came. There
are still 5000 teams on The why, aud those
that hive arrived, sny there must lie vast
SIeai al suffering among those that nre still
Stetnnd on account of shortncss Of feed and
security Of winter.
We Ind news n few moments ugo Of the
!Aeatb of QUO Of Our company. He. WINS fhe
first one that we have lost that belonged TO
the compnny-but the chaplain mud one of
the sailors who came out with us have died
since we arrived here. Men of weak con
sattutinna cunnot stand il here. There IRE
uIany people AT San Frnncisco waiting to go
home. They sny TINT sire tickets for the
steamers from san Francisco for Panama,
are taken up for four months 10 come. Those
NAhe came ont here aud thought they could