Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
{ VOLUME 7-NO. As, .
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IS W. s
CALIFORNIAN.

A Pinch of Gold Dust for Glass of Wis
key.-Cap,ain Spring, Of The ship Huntress. in
letter 10 the owners of the vessel. in New York.
under date of San Francisco, Sept 2l, says:-"I
am told from good authority, that the custom Of
those who sell liquor at the mines, by glass, is to
take from the little bag which the customer holds
open, pinch (as of snuff) for one glass of bad,
watered whskey. ! tried the experiment. and
found could easily take up four dollars worth of
DUST at the rate Of Sl6 per ounce. Those who
have large thumb. and understand the business.
can easily take up six eight dollars in the same
wav." He adds -" They ask me So 20 SO 80
per dozen for washing. If could only supply
the place of my clothes by the purchase of new,
at New York prices, | would throw them over
board, instead of having them washed"
Gold ecels ALA gentleman writing from
San Francisco, says that he asked a ragged negro
TO carry his trunk, upon which the fellow turned
from him with look of contempt and indignation;
but after he had gone about five steps, he turned
round, and drawing from his bosom small bag
of dust, said, Do you think I'll lug trunks when
get that mu ch in one day ~
If we are 10 Judge from recent indications, the
population of California will reach twenty thou
sa nd in sin months.
The sober second thought Of very large num-
Der of persons who were at first all eagerness to
be off for the gold regions, is TO stay where they
are, and lie, well enough alone. This is sensible
conclusion.
There is said to be party Of swndling scoun-
drels in New York, engaged in buying up guam
uty of old copper, so intermixed with certain
composition, TO pass readily fer pure gold among
the unsuspecting. This vilIanous material IT is
intended 10 ship off as possible, and when
it reaches San Francisco, it is TO be stored away,
md fOrc ,ba hDr
States, who, it is presumed. will eagerly buy up
the spurious article, if offered cheap. instead OF
perng life and limb at the " washings." No
doubt good many who 90 TO California from the
States will be green enough for almost any thing;
but trick like this, if once played off. would
hardly be tried again. We would not give much
for the rascals who were engaged in 1t. They
would have taste of extempore justice. such rs
had never come within the scope of their imagi.
nations.
A carpenter in Trenton has contracted TO build
dozen frame houses, TO be sent 10 California.
We are informed, by Professor Noodekranz.
that California comes from two old Indian words.
kali. gold. .and torna who, don'tyou wish you may
get it.
A letter from California. published in the New
York Sun, says -" Hundreds of people of all
classes hockng hther, and the mania is so
great that some are killing themselves by denying
to themselves the common necessaries of life. and
being exposed nightly 10 the heavy dews which
fall here. | saw poor fellow wasted away
by hard work and exposure, that he was read 10
give ten pounds of gold for bag of biscuit and a
bIanket.'
A ship is advertised at New London 10 sail for
San Francisco, and remain at that port, to board
passengers at reasonable rates.
Governor Mason, of California, has TO do all hs
own cooking and washing The servants have
all gone off 10 the gold mines.
Almost the entire population of the Sandwich
Islands have gone 10 California. Whole towns
and villages are depopulated.
The steamer Hartford is to be sent from Hart
ford to San Francisco, and will go through the
Straits of Magellan instead Of round Cape Horn.
1t is rumored that the general government con-
template ordering feet to the Pacific for the pro-
lection of our trade, which has so suddenly aud
extensively increased in California.