Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-10-20
FROM CALIFOR NIA-LATEST.

" P'''"' SN'''N''''i' ii''J yN'i' wa ''
III tins city, who has gone to California; as the Agent
oil company oil about iorty' winch sailed from tiis
port -i'h cornary last Tor san frahc9co' Tor the
Pu P''' Vi INNING III t''t "ii'i having
-, l''''''5 va '''o ~" 'l'' wa ",D
''''"'' oi''O'ii''iS "' Inc i''''i -'o way III ''e
S'o''"'i Oioa''' "i'ei remaining 'heio - u'!'' anu
arriving at san Francisco 18th June. lie then goes
! on to say:
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mines IN common, ,l ,,Ir - ,,, ,,bnrs tr,nr
aii ,l f i,,, , - % brc If me- tr
HIS ,.,,,,r ,h thrs I -. ,,,.r ,,,,r, HI, i'm,
riyer and wait ,,,,.,r,i,, in C,li,rnia Ir,sr
/ sLIu moi ,y,ar,, ,nn h. details. as I Iniobi
H., Wow, ,;,b ,I, I ., a., r,.,,s,,iyirn il tn s5,.
r.rI Ir' br H. J ,9 ',,,,. ~ my, r,t,r!!'
had b,,n i,. J,.s l., nnn, F,,ts ,,non tby ri,.rr.
and No. i, tLa .JlIn. pnd d,ri-,o, tboi
tin,o rIo - IJ ,,I Ir,, ,,,. T,,2in Lnrsa asrnss
t 5r,,,nI i,,,, ;cs ,,t h IN. sur, ,,,rinor
lis bmrnr,r ,,,s ,,i,or nv head With nntbino but nv
str,,,, lot F. ,t,y and NAM, , d,,, t3bn, tho
tbarn,,rt r IN li.,ti ,t,nr1t;.r ~ 1,.cr l0n in
i, ,L s,.d md s,not;,,n tr, ,I,,rio ,,,t Il s,,r
soft i,;n, nv, L,,rs ,I,, ti, -, tl., bis nocnss,r,,
food nyrr mHnnt,ins GGp0 and 7Ol0 feet obove the
inri ~ th, GO, and s,,,, ar tbn,, o5n0 r,ct bn,,e
,bn r,rs it ,2sI,oJ tho; hos. ,,,I tlrn,,rL tbn
valleys and r5vinns ,vbcr, the ascent md descent
we're so nucl, and abr,lpt was carried safely and
in ,,,, ,rross rivers W ;rb M bors, in tho St,t.s
,yonld have DOME
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lie writer Iheh relates the alilculIles oil Pfocur-
ing food for himself undcrsuch clrcumstanGes-that
a ,,os sometimes 81 mud in ono ;ust,nca "a hours
! - -,
"i''"' any SUBSISTENCE """'1'Ni ''1'P'5 vi MS
blanket, with his saddle for pillow and the starry
canopyn for his only covering he and his two other
-. ; 4 81 10 ;l4 H. ,t.,,.,
Nf '' E ~ 7 N '
But oil thc gold" nat OF that' seem I" near
you ASK: An! 1es-well, the G0L1-l come to
that now.
" hen hfSt became convinced that great
| quantity OF gold was to be had Tor the digging in
| California, Il remarked to my friend r, that
believed IT would prove the greatest curse that had
ever belailcn the people oil the United States am
now sure OF It, The reasons Will DC obvious as
proceed
In the hst place, the employment oil itsell, lnde-
pendent OF other and more WciShty considerations,
has tendency to deoase and demorAll~e the human
mind. The assembling OF great concourse oil men
within small compass, away from the ordinary re-
strahts OF society, ana especially from the influence
of tcmotc society, great portion OF whom being at
That PcrIod III lie hoted Tor lack Oh moral cohSiucra
tion produces feekesshes3 oil tilou2 mt, Word ana
action shocking to more thoughtlul mind. linen
again, mnch deccPtlon, ana, III my OPINION, Wllul
misrepresentation, mas oeeH PIo!nuSdICu IiouSh Che
pubnc prints III the states, as TO the qualltv OIL
gold TO be OBTAINED IN given time' lhefe nave
been ieW-accryt circumstances oil persons collect
ing large amount WITHIN comparatively snort
time but such instances nave Dech 100 rare Tor any
one 10 rely upon as a''ehuahL upon future eAetClo
assure you the Iaoor Is OF inc most severe KIND
must he conducted in almost all instances under
blazing SUM- and without Tree circulation oil arr
Tor 1t Is IN deep raVlnes and mountain goScS, often
times so abrupt that all the tools Tor operaton and
PROVISIONS ana oIher lhhlSs necessary lor support
must be pdcfe9 down to the river by men only; Tor
not even California horse or mule can get up or
down; and this too from height OF 2OOO or more
feet Weli-atter one has paid his expenses to this
place, he must yet have money, or he can go no
further 1t costs HIM S2O Tor ms passage to Sacra
mento city, say loO miles, he providing his own
support on the passage II he Would go 10 the san
Joaquin, ana It's tributaries he pays $40 TO Stockholm
and - per cWt Tor his luggage Alter tins comes
the principal toll ana expense II ne walks, ms
journey Is over not dry, ana ParcheauP prairie lo
many weary miles, he must carry ms provisions,
water, Tools, &c, upon ms BACK, or pay enormous
charges Tor Their transportation lie cams the NILS
and hnds here and there an oak under Whch he re-
lreshes himself IN cool breeze That Degihs TO ian
his s'n-burnt brow then the mountains show them
selves and ne says, mad no laea oil mountains
before: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS! lorty-slNty-
ninety miles! But he gets there at last-to the 0a'
lie has pan, pcrchance rocker, ana ne goes TO
work; tumb!es over one big boulder alter another,
finds little hard sticky clay-plcs II up ana scrapes
1T into his pan carries 1t to the river at greater or
less distance-washes it, looks anNiously Tor few
spangles, and generally finds more or less. Now in
this way, il a careful industrious man can collect,
with rocker, an ounce day. or half that quantity
with pan only, he accompllshes Il vast deal more
than great majority OF the miners have done this
year. =,
Living at the mines is very expensive; and all
kinds Of tools fit for use there are ten times the ordi-
nary prices OF those articles in the States For eX-
ample: Board is 81 per day, or 15O to s250 per
meal; Crackers, ~ per H.; Pork, sl.5O per do,
Cheese, " per do; fresh Beet, 90 cts per do. and
saw - demanded tor sperm candle b to the H. -
for shovel or pick SlO rocker, from 5o to $500
and so on Recollect, these arc the general prices
at the mines, where iron tools cannot be made and
where boards cannot be bought Now, such returns
with such expense will not answer the expectation