The Arkansas banner., 1849-01-02
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 The distance fiom Nsv YOFE. sia Care Horn. is about n. z.000 niles, end the passage Co Fleneiseo will cernpy aboathre menihs; tie price varies from $500 ie $t0o, ssceg'lias D the seeonnnaations on board the several vsss-ls.
 Ts~ dh tanee ffem New York. eis cAsgrys snd the I-llIumus. 10 Saa Francisco, s aooai a30a mrA Passengers sFe conveyed up the CaAgres ilver ia canoes about fTty aiirs, whenshrY are transferred To flie backs cf aai~s and eanisa t~ea'y miles to Panama, wtsTe they take passags io San Fsaacisca tn whatever vessel they eaa Bad gejng, II is eR. pected ths lhe sieawzhip tiforeia, which iet this pot about The hr@iHnlfg of OetoA@r. wisi he at Paaama by he lsf-f J,EaAsy. io lake her riaee ih that iiae, which is advertised Ia sal the Bret ef every mehih, when iaisiy- osgAasAei. 1aap Pshzma and Oregon Ags boib en iirvir way out. and hy shs Iss ot March the line will b. eosupsrts. 1'Hs dis tsnee tsoss PsaaHa to SsA Fr1neiseo is about $40 m;irs.
 The steamer o,as hss bctn Ei,es ua for He Eayi gatioa of te Chagtcs river, aud ts 10 leave on the iS.h inst Pass. eEeis leaving New York by yes. sets boand 10 Chagrs sA oil bis sRd nexi eek Nil be iu Panama in sessen take tl,r steamer which Is aaver,ised to leave cal the 18th q February.
 The following is ihe cbAsgs gaase y sfeam ves- sels ria cbazseF, the soes, exeessisiea- reate: From lNs~ York 10 caagrrs. Tn sslesa. ssi.0
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 For plac ,s as less dls,aaec fo the soath af San Francisco oa the Cssisoraian sois' prcrcIticnste reduction is made.
 Some nl ihe sailing vessels boand 10 Chssrcs large from SIS 10 sa aeeor5ag to the seeesAao- dallons snd sarr oH sossd Ferrous going sfiis way take very little besides lh~iF luggage the hesy- ss, baik sill have to be sent aroand the Cape. The following vas 10 msTty thr ctArRs usde by the UGied Sfatrs stiPs for passage 10 the several ports on the Pacific from P5aams:
 Panama ,o Resisis. isa miles, ins,ae-rsasns. 4s5 Do Acapulco, iSs'0 miles, i9i
 nc no sla Ms,as,.s slss' 2o0o mi:es. .. l75 D.. San Diego, S0sh0 miles, 22s Do. San Francisco, $ 70 miles, 2se pssssge in tue lower cabin .; seasetiea of one. Gflh ffom the above ra,es.
 Passage in the forward cabin ffom Panama io either cl the above naised ports, Sl00. h te different rorss of Boston, Nsw York. Pail. afelphs E .i;tiiffs. st leasi ltY vessels are up for freigai chare* |, tue gold frgi ns and 10 res e rd all the expediliocs would b. fptaciicablr. New York letter Of "Wednesday evening. the i3sa, says:
 The j"we.crs had mass mectine--yes, a mass meeting -at Rie, E Hotel, last evening 10 form California association, and the names enrolled con. prise many of our mos; respectable citizens engaged m that important branch of business The shoe. makers are to have demonstration tonight. ana io-mottow ihe printers are to have a talk about
 
 down the sts i and pick ap the qpsin. E sides all that. ia 10 days Sun two hundred young ladies are advertised for inmfdist.. :.. -e- out for the ''ilacers." They mast be respectable -so says the advertisement, and steady employ meut VIII be guaranteed. Passages al to be psti. Ss ans'resses aai tradesmen preferred
 The N Y Sun, after specifying se,ersl assoria- 9hs ol eap'ias's and others in that city gives ;Le following new f'aur~:
 A company IS atout beng formed h Wall street to send out poor men. condition that each persnn 30 sent shall reclii to the company the geld ound; it shall then be by them divided iato two equal DOT. tions, of which shall belong 10 the family of fine emigrani. or bc placed to hiseredt, and the other haf shall belong to the company of casialists Ae. vaneing the means to sshd out the emigrast and support his family until temi,tsnces ran De msd.. The two annsxed paragraphs are from New 1 York letter of Wednesday
 The wife cf one Of the California yo,tnleerS fa resiaent of this eI,yl has received sIO oOO worth of gnid from her hnsbsnd during the present week This know to De fact
 The Crescent City steamer has been put in the oe,fh for Chagres, and wlii probably be luIl It IS tCaiiiafhia. at PAaalas, on sle slh January. 1 Tue Tribune adds No less thaa fonr vessels arc being fitted out a, Sag harbcr, and its catruated that more goods wifj arrive m California in the next slx months than sI supply Ihe inhabitants three times over Col Fremoni's GeogrsphicsI Memoir cn Upper California ihas speaks ol the climate of the geld | region
 l The gold r'g gioa of California is on tue Sacra- mento river ahi is tfibH;aiies The climate of tle country has 20 winter in he valley, bn, ihs rs,ny l season andihe dry The rainy season begins in November and easi'nits 10 inc middle of Fetruafy or me beginning oi March; the rest of ihs year Is without rsin but the sireams fro,u the Sierra Neva. da afford all tho facilities for irrigation in the heats oi July and AsgRst The whole valley aboaads ln w'd cattle, wiia horses, eIks deer, aatecpes, griz. ziy bears, palr,lgcs water fowl, salmon, Se All the products Of the uaitcd States, fion apples 10 oranges, ,re'n roafoes to sHssr-cane, may be pro- dnced in the valley or the San Joaaaia and Sacra. menio. The climate is remarkably heslihy. Such Is the California the PaciRe; thr richest. most petaesqae and hesati,ui fegion for it's exfens upon the face Of the earth. Sneh is The Ei Dorado of Inc go:d mines; such is the great acquisition oG ihe late war Hiih Me xee.