The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-25
Miscellaneous California Correspondence.
(From the Nantucket Enquirer


arrived here, short time since, in n DAYS from
Tahiti, IN command of a schooner, which have
since sold Tor $500; and am now waiting for the
Here found v o ds ssnS To 10 60 TO 'ne mines
eadahock. at work, painting, and have engaged
TO work with him, Tor the present. at 81 per day
wish you We're here, tor Money is as plenty as
any one could wish; 1t is difficult to get people to
| work every body has bags full of gold dust. |
board IN shed, with ten mates of vessels at ten
dollars per week apiece. One Of our boarders.
he came out, has bought whale boat, and goes in
| her hmsef, as waterman He makes from fifty to
enty-tive dollars per day. Nothing sells here
| for less than twenty-five cents.
There Is no arlstocracy here-no poor men the
merchant has to do his own drudgery. You will
see the rich man with wheel barrow, carrying
his own goods. heard, the other day. a pissen-
ger that had Just landed, offer poor looking man
two dollars to carry up his trunk for him; but the
man looked at HIM with scorn, and said, " | will
give you five dollars to carry it up yourself" The
only law here is pistol law-consequenty, any thing
in the shape Of gun fetches from fifty to two hun.
dred and fifty dolllrs
SAN FRANCIsco April 49,
There have arrived to-day vessels, all loaded
with passengers; VIZ, three ships, two brigs, and
one schooner. The last named was from the Sand.
wich Isl .nds, and among her passengers were
Francis Il. Swan, JelhrO Hussey, Charles W.
Macy and James Baker, all Nantucket men
~ This country is filling up fast with people from
be purchased here al a less price than IN the
United States. Thousands and thousands who
have ship ed out goods, calculating upon large
profits, Will be disappointed, especially in dry
goods, lumber, bricks, lime, house-frames boots,
and shoes, clothing, provisions, and such
like articles, will sell wsll, and pay handsome
profit. Bricks sell for $75 per thousand am
happy to say that there far better state of So
cley existing In tins place al this time than when
landed here three months ago.
There i a great deal Of sickness at the mines,
and thousands of poor fellows, who leave here in
fine spirits, will never return. The first mate Of
the ship which | came up in from Valparaiso, Mr..
latch, OF Farhaven, bid me good bye few weeks
since, on the beach, bound up the river for gold,
but he died In about week after we parted.
mans lite here is worth about fifty cents on the
Dollar. While l am now writing, poor fellow
res tieu hana and toor, raving mad, with the brain
ie'eI, anu very litie attention is paid to him. He
| is a stranger To all III the house His name IS ~
| b. Williams, of New Orleans, and he arrived mere
from Mexico last week; twenty four hours or SO
| will close his troubles. 20
SAN FRANcIsco, April 18th.
A great many people rushing here, with the
idea that everybody Is digging gold by shoves full,
IN The streets; but 10 their sorrow and miserable
disappointment they will, IN many cases, find the
| real state Of the quite the reverse of that.
When first came here, last May, | 70 and town
OF about 4O0 people, most OF them gong up to the
mines quietly, and great proportion of them get
ting over 1000 dollars in three months time though
| some got little or nothing, and many, more than
| tour or five thousand dollars.
But one side oil the story has not vet been told,
except in very, very few instances-or rather has
not been explained. great many now lnger-
| lug with diseases brought on by exposure in the
different mines, and their coarse manner Of living;
and IN cases even OF slight sickness, almost
tire lack OF proper nourlshment and attendance,
TOO frequently hurres the victims to their long
home.
The town of San Francisco s now over run with
people Ut all nations, but small part OF whom are
able TO lind shelter In a house or shed of any kind
The beach and hills are covered with Sailors mer-
chants, Spanlards, &c, &c, camped out in tents,
with their goods lying about In the greatest pro-
fusion Board-that is, if you are so fortunate as
TO find any boarding place at all-is SIG per week.
Carpenters wages are nominaly $l5 per day; but
there is no Lumber TO be had, and they must Of
course be idle until some arrives. One hundred
and hfty to two hundred dollars per month, for
seamen's wages, are advertised daily round the
streets. But mighty reaction will soon take
place people will come to their senses and 20 TO
work at some other business than mining.
There are number OF Oregon men here, who
have been down two or three months and have
got from to four tn )usand dollars apiece: but
tney are tired Qi the business, and say thew had
rather return home to their farms, and put their
seed INTO the ground. About one hundred of them
are gong back Immediately, and many have gone
to other parts of the country.
The banks OF the rivers the mining region, are
now crowded with people Of every kind and de-
scnpuon. There Is no law among them at present,
except what they make for themselves. Many
who 20 up TO the mines are sadly disappointed:
instead of being able to shovel up the gold by the
| buckets full, az some Of them seem TO have ex-
| pected, they find there is a great deal of tong,
| hardship and privation TO be misunderstanding
out IN the open air, and living the coarses fare,
at exorblIant prices. If they are taken sick, they
must get along the best way they can, because
| they are far away from any assistance, except
| what they could have had when we'll We had
| one died out OF our company, last summer, tor
want OF proper nourshment. Folks at home, that
| are at all well sltuated-elther with farms or with
business OF any kmd, that will support their fami-
| lies and enable them to Law up ANYTHING at all-had
lsf here h.yn ro- fhura
take about this. There will be more misery here,
the next six months-in this very country-than
people can have any idea OF at home.
Eve learn from letter received IN town, dated
San Francisco, April 18th, that Mrs Simmons, Of
Woodstock, VT, wife of Capt. b Simmons, late
master Of the ship Magnolia, Of New Bedford, died
at San Francisco, OF Panama fever, soon after her
arrival there. Capt and Mrs. Simmons left New
York on the LIST of February, in the Falcon and
went up from Panama in the Oregon 1t was their
| intention to make California their home. Capt ).
will bring the remains of his wife to the United
States by the next steamer.
[From the Syracuse Start
SAN FRANcIsco, May ], 1919.
In great haste write to you, only to say that
am well, and dong well; also, TO advise you not
10 think of coming to this country. Do not be ured
by all the stories you may hear of imnie nse wealth
being accumulated by gold digging. ! assure you
they are only Individual instances There are many
here who will never be able 10 get money enough
to take them home.
have forsaken gold digging for business that
will clear me $1,000 year, independent of all
other speculations.
wish you TO send me by Express, on the Horn
rout, full tea set, spoons, &c DC, and will re-
mt immediately. If your friends wish to make
conslgnments here, will attend to ITEM | have
very advantageous opportunities for the prosecu-
ton of The commission business.
l would write you full description OF the
country. people, &C., had time. AS to the coun-
try, suffice il to say, that is perfect pandemo
mum. There are more of all classes and grades
congregattd here than there ever was in any other
par Of the globe.
II IS now one, p. NJ, and the steamer leaves
ut two.
From the New Bedford Mercury, June 331
A l,tIer, received from Mr. james e. Tripp dated
San Francisco, April 7, l8i9, reports his arrival
there, in pleasant passage Of nineteen days from
| Panama Mr. Il. writes that seamen cannot be
LIN. Il hit a.,L