The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-06


more than the aboEsrs and about San Francisco. The
" kne7s however has abaied and probably will not
until uftsr the middle Of septsmbsr
ten smith and staff Beacia and will start To- NOR
70" iof oegon- Stopping, believe few days in San
FrancseO. He viii 60 up in the Covsru1,szt .eEoss~ o.
faeaon and return by land which viii not IS before M
vemosf Previous to his dspauTe-and which has probably
es nlm several days-isn. Smith will have perfected
with Major Allen, the Quaneuhster plan n suooor tb
engfants en- route from Independence Ha ba. ordaF,d
tnat pogoHs be sent ont to the edge Of the desert near the
Snow Mountains to be given to such sngrantl a are suf
lerng Ior them, and fear five out Of seven win he oau.d
under that head The General has ordered that ,nm nt
exceeding $4,000 be expended for the purpots n ~
son is bad it i'll be ths means Of saving The lives Of aU
poor fellow.
heard to-day that much Sickness pYsvsils n "a. F,,
CISCO and amongst Others that T. Butler King VA daur
ohsy III. In fact his life despaiFed Of at the Is dafeu
The steamer Panama is in, bringing intelligence Of the
death of several distinguished officers and civilians which
has cast shade many American face Con Scott
reported to be very low prayer is that long ere
this reaches he may have tumphe the FIELD disease
Is he has so often the enemies of his country.
Col. Weller, the Boundary Commissioners came up from
San Diego the Report has it that he win be re-
called and from the hurried which Bsa started
off after Fremont his arrival here looks Dro5abspar
ucuay as that parsonage spoken Of in Rumos budget
the SUCCESSOR.
fear, from transmitted to the Atlantic during
June and July that many persons will be deferred from
shipping provisions California The cheap rate at which
they vended in those months admit would not very
seductive to the specuato but if he will consider moment
how great the addition will be present before
three months pass, he what the demand
must be for saabes this winter Unless large shipments are
made from place places there viii be great suffering
before the spring opens Dry goods advancing in
pnce, and the holders get 3 per more than they
could one month ago. Lumber is becoming cheaper.
California Chances
The following is a letter written from San Fran
cisco to commercial house in this city, and dated
August 81, 1s49.
In conformity with my prOmire write from this place.
which reached the 18th By the steamer Panama
having enjoyed constant health since et NeYo r on the
SOth June My pasage to ChagTes occupied days from
Chagres to Panama required ~ days remained in tha
lat er place IL days and the passage from Panama San
Francisco made in 20 days The whole trip was mere
pleasure excuI5ion.
cannot advise any one to come here There are no
cOmforts-no sooiety-and business to be
cure basis Money worth from 10 to II per cent per month
on good securities Rents enormous, and good ground
upon which houses erected in the business portion of
city held at prices almost beyond the conception Of any
sensible rejecting The most has been made in
the purchase and sale Of real estate which hrs sometimes
advanced from 50 to 1C0 per cent. in week Durng all
these changes in zeal estate singular fact that cash
for the amount Of pnFease always paid Such require
ment ought it would SEEM diFest such transactions Of
potion Of their speculative character To sustain szhor
bant expenses the profits goods that sold are very
great Tea per cent the customary charge for commission
and guarantees on sales Public houses and gambling houses
do lucrative business and every thing is complete huTy
bury. AT the bottom of all the gold which abundant:
but it is obtained at the risk Of health and life So long as
the gold lasts and nhux Of smigTatiOn
these high rates continue for articles and property actu
ally wanted but thing absolutely needed cannot
nd sale except at heavy loss on the cost purchase in the
United States.
shall endeavor to return home in the steamer that I
lows this do not doubt of being able sell satisfactorily
the property under charge consisting oEhouses and um
Der which articles add, about the best that can
be brOught tv this market"
CALIFORNIAN IFEMs.-We are indebted to a
friend for the following extract from letter dated
San Francisco, August 30, 1919:
" am agTaaAhly disappointed in San Frsnoisoo find
many more comforts here than expected, and it is 4 much
more plea ant place than calculated it was find more
houses, and those Of better description han imposed
were here Although cold breeze blows here ffom he Iss
all the time, except early the morning. still think tb
very healthy place. Up at the mnes is vefy wam and
they have sickness well that there =
an abundance Of gold this country the labor it takes
to get it out Of the bowels of the earth about IS hard a.
unloading steamboats, the Lsveo NewOrsans in the
month OF July and but those that stand this kud
Of labor should this country Those who have con-
stituons stand this kind Of labor and have the eanx
to get here should come cat once this is the country
for laborng men, There doctors LAWYERS and clerks
mere at present than can get employment in their several
professions for the next ten think there no doubt
but Dr. Gwln and T. Butler King, Of Georgia will be sent to
the s. Senate and that before the 18th of September we
shall have Constitution framed and have Lsgsatus
and Senators elected by the lt of November
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MAILS IN CALlFoRNIA.-The Special Mail Agent
for California and Oregon advertises in the Alta
California for proposals to carry the mails from the
LIST of October, lS49, to the 3Oth of September,
1850, between the following places:
l. From San Francisco, weekly, UiG Benicia and
Suttervills, to Sacramento City and back.
?. From San Francisco, weekly, to Stockton and
back
8. From Sacramento City, weekly, to Vernon
and back
4. From Sacramento City, weekly, to Culloma
and back
D. From San Francisco, weekly, Uiq. Pueblo San
jose, 10 Monterey and back
8. From Monterey, weekly, va Santa Barbara,
to Pueblo Los Angeles and back.
Z From Pueblo Los Angeles, weekly, to San
Diego and back.
s. From Benicia, weekly, Uia Napa, to SOnoma
and back.
SUGAR CULTURE IN INDIA ABANDONED.-The
regular Paris correspondents of the New York Jour
nal of Commerce describes the total failure of the
experiment in India to raise sugar. The expert
mar WAS q tba