The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-03-02
FROM CALIFORNIA.

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Correspondence Of he Express.
SAN FRANcI-co CALIFORNIA, ID c. ls4S.
The las, latter DISPATCHED 10 Ncw York
WAS IN August last. asst after our regiment
(Col. S.evenson's) was disbanded. My
health SINCE that time. thank Heaven, has
been unlnlefrup,ediy good, albeit no, G been
at The ~ashipgs, or in them rather, for sew.
eral days at iImc-ofien up TO the very
eyes IN mud and wa,e,
Mos, Of our company Of have formed
a copariuefship." III the digging business.
We NO on the mutual plan, aud live all
together, pretty much after he system OF
that worthy philosopher, Fourier. The
tents which our regimen, bfoush, FROM
New York are oil worn out nov, ~ tina. NC
are obliged to make kind Of mud but on
ihc mountain SIDE 10 sleep in o, CIghl.-
he.e mud hu,s are grouped together gro
'esquely enough, and present, at distance
very much ihe up! earuncc o. SO many NOE
hills.
] have been a, The digg,ngs something
like three months. aud though have screped
up enough Of the dust TO make mo comfort.
able fo' hie-ii can ouly Get 1t shipped TO
Nes lmk-l would no, 90 through tho
same Suffering aud pt.stous again for ten
tunes the quantity. There vas. however.
NJ alternative len bu, o e. 10 the mines.
Provisions, clolhipg. board, house rent.
every thing, IN fact. becase oil OF a sudden
50 oAofbi'an'ly high, that TO stay IN San
ItoucscO vas but 10 s,atse. Msuy Of our
arrived; and de.ettious were taking place
every day, and the Colouel himself was
,'chug 10 re, Il.
There have been several arrivals lately
rom South America aud the SdndsIch 10.
laus' Of oil sorts Vi commodities for tbs
market.
There arc several OF my compano1s.
sbo left New lo,k wilh me-, Who have
90, more gold Than they know rightly ~hs,
TO do Nth. Blu, you may look for them oil
home some time % the course Of uext sum
mer.
The United States storc.hip Lexins.
tou" has been here for several weeks past,
She - 10 sail Tor NV Yo-k IN few days.
and | am assn ed that ,he carries out On
'nmenso quantity of god duet. eeUs gucd
90 several Irsding houses in Nov I York
Wy erard here, Jist 81 this limo, bad for
one OF It's objects the shipment Of nv gold
home IN this vessel, but | could effect no
arrangement on any terms, ~ the ship has
more nos than che can veil carry.
o course, We have no law here, aud are
10, likely TO have any. Every mani his
own Legislator, his oan Judge mud jury, aud
To some instances ! could mention the i'd
nlnls'ration OF justice Is dispensed sumna
ily enough. Society, ho~e'er, !, no, 90 bad
s /, d,ghl he; but. az | have already 10.
nma,cd, tlero Is every reason TO fear the
fn,urr.
Among The gold degers are great ma
nv printers, Who are making vastly more
profitable speculation 10 picking up scales
and lump. than they did IN New York pick.
INK up the 'ypes JUDGED. every art and
profession IS veil represented al the wash.
Ing'.
The Whole amoun, Of gold collected a,
broke GU, is varlous!y estimated some put
/, down as high as four millions OF dollars,
bu, this think isa ltle too high.
Mr.. James Fitzgerald, shose family 1.-Two
IN the Eighth avenue in New York, few
weeks slnce started on a tour OF exploration
into tho interior, and has come back with
equal y astonishing neus lie says silver
IN The buck country IS as plenty os The gold
along the Sacramento. lilo has some spe
cmrns.
Who of you q, home, seeing what a
crowd OF vsgabonds We were Of Governol's
island. st before We got up that evcr.,o.
be remembered emuetc With Col. Steven.
son, would have ever Imagined 40 great o
change IN our tGllrs. Many Of US are ma
bob, now instead of vasfun's. as 40 were
then. Capt. u. i.rch, private S-mp-n
is richer. and Colonel = riches, /;
but NO have oil made gu, pretty we'll, con
sdc,inr.
The Journal Of Commerce publishes the
following extract Of letter from California
dated on the 9th November 1t is from
Capt. Spring, Of tho merchant ship Hun.
fres.
"Go'd continues to be ns abundan, as
ever, bu, the rains IN the lower, and the
snow 10 the upper diggins, have begun TO
set IN. mining for the present will partially
cease. Many arc now returning sick from
the mines, arising from exhaustion, from
irregular living, and many are dying for
wan, Of Attendance and the ordinary com
for,s Of life, while their hard earnings lie
under ,hoir pillow ('f pillow they haye) IN
the shape of one to ten pounds Of gold dust,
tied up in dirty rag: two Of these cases
occurred yesterday, and two more TO day"
EFFECTS or SUPERSTITION.
A young married woman Of Cincinnati,
whose husband vas 10 New.Oreaus, be
came impressed with the belief tina, no had
fallen victim TO Cholera, aud so strangely
infatuated did she become with this idea
that she wen, and consulted q Fortune