The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-21
THE UNION.

eal members OF the companies succeeded in reaching
here. and they mpore the citizens TO take steps
render them assistance, by sending out company will
provisions TO relieve their wants and suerings meet
ing is 10 be held Immediately, and every effort will b
made to send them "aid and comfort" No true Ameri
can IN California would dare to vote against supplies.
oiien wish the young ladies IN the States coald SEX
some OF the city dandes here showing off round pan
at Hitch 70. q coffee or tea and aioa Of dry bread and
costs me about sixty cents per day. do my own cook
ing, and tent short distance out Of San Francisco; b,
pursuing Tins course, enjoy excellent health and grow
at hotel; and poor living at that.
Your aileciionate brother, ). r.
In connexon with the above letter, we subjoin tn,
following information from other sources the condi
lion OF things in California:
Extracts from The Correspondence Of The Boston Post
SAN FRAscIsco, August 30.
the north fork Of the American river my arrival and
stopped there but four days, and worked but little myself
and he says the miners are doing oleraby wrsay from
va TO $40 per day-much better than when left them In
the first two weeks there some Of them did not pay their
expenses ana were about discouraged at digging II Is
from 49, to s5ot is ali luck, and knowledge Of The soil
or ground used. The Oregon have done about the
made some big raises IL requires the utmost
perseverance and ability to endare the hardest kind of
WoIh, sucn % no one can possibly Imagine.
tina, have stuck iosehs The Edward Everett company i Is
o e ss aas
principle IL caao MIA shall probably put on. ior the
December, until the winter rains drive the dry
tggngs again, which will undoubtedly make others do the
time. Lumber maintains lis enormous price--S25o to
$3.50 per Nj feet. and will for long time 70 come With
here and which would bring very high prices lumber is
The best thing 1at could be shipped here-house frames
teaay ri, q % pa. up 10 pastlcalar
but 10 do must be steady, temperate, and willing
ad u me n o. the VIM .
animation don't doubt of any ones for long
Of al ss Ds Inc
highest price. think II is the only place the globe
where ao9, Is recognised as being superior 70 and
here, and no mistake.
Extract Of letter from Capt Greene. Of ship Leonoe, to
the agent Of the company in Bosfow.
The state of affairs here Is perfectly asfonnding All that
had been told heard before left DOES begin 70 tell
one-haf And 70 convince you of the truth, will give
IS no end 10 it. Every hour witnesses the arrival Of thou
sands upon thousands. have handled Jumps to-day
state also nan that has this day returned from the
TS aompa a Of sga having for his
al Of most excellent qualify We had famous R1.ddf dinner on
furnished them, was drank With three hearty cheers, in
switche the only Intoxicating drink allowed
From the New York Herald.
INrsRrsr,sa LrrrrR FROM CAIIpoRMA-ImpoxrAsr To
sBp-owNERs are indebted 10 Richard Voorhees ESQ
OF this city, for the use of private letter from his brother
Commodore Voorhees, lis Contents are Important 10 the
vners OF now in the harbor Of san Francisco
and deserve particular attention.
The vans Of vessels now ~ San Frapcsco and in the in.
,eror baIbors of Caorna il probably equal TO
3 900 600 or al and before the winter months sci
in the re will he four or five hundred vessels worth proba-
liz M Oc,0c0 in The waters Of Caornia nnprotected
and at the mercy OF the winds and waves According TO
Commodore Voorhees,, fire or gale would destroy nearly
Annaxsd Il IN. Com,,ojo,s,. le,,a,.
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!. u .. SbP oAvASaAH, 40
san RI anclsco Aug Oh iosS.
Iarved here, all well, at p. the 9Th The Ohio
yyh kno,y WA IN he Tn hasb