New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-09

aav,ss ,lrno,t incredible. In no particular
- NV authorizations realized. The "lay Of the
80 ,ha incredible difficulties ard hsrdshiPs
attending tie operations Of INNING arc no more
a,de,,,ood in the United States, toan re toe
be,os,yphic, upon the Pyramids Of Egypt. The
,,oantry IA noQntsinoUs-brokeL up by eeprsviaea
-sod everywhere covered with rocks piled upon
,o-ks The rivers are rapid torrents, often shut
10 by perpendicular walls Of granite, and ,ppesr'
inz something lke the Niagara below tie fsiis-
a Thread Of water running through an enormous
galf-except that here the mountains are he Or
ak times ss high, and covered with scattering
OAKS, intcrrnixed With pine. IL - therefore I'M
possible 10 work all along the river. Tor the enof
nous Lodges Of rock aud PERCEPTIONS sccl'iIes
prevent. IL il only On the bars formed 10 tne
river bed or margin, dry e. lov water, tnat tns
gold can be obtained and then only ~ TIE laDcr
OF removing cords Of big stones, snc oiteo nav.
.ng 70 pack the dIrt 10 bags OF cuSke" aud
carving il frou1 one 20 ten rods 70 tie ws.er,
where the "rocker 10 necessarily placed not
one u tea who come 70 California with "golden
eroeets.ions," bat would stay at home, were
zoe state OF the case known 60 they ssy-aDf
crowds leave the river, many ior nome dissp
pointed and poorer than they came. am shtis-
Red tina. emigration will ere long receive check
uniess the dece ption s kept by dishonest letter
writer's who trumpet the exusoTdintry cases o.
"lQck," a. evidence Of what aA may do IN the
mineral region. More than this, all the best pis-
oes Oh these rivers had the cream taken on last
wear, leaving increased crowds 70 content them
selves with cleaning. On the bar where We have
worked nine days, old bnclsir and hs lndizns
took out thousands upon tbOunds o douHs last
hummer Nov the richest part IS Ia possession
Of a company who are eating canal across tie
bond for the purpose Of draining the bed o. the
river in which tbs gold 10 most abundant - may
all the crowds q new cOmes-snd there nave
l. A. ID sfrea w n n -
can End no place 10 earn hall an ounce eafh
per day.
The digging and " sshing process Is iitte
tha bardest kind Of work human being ever per
formed have been IN the water Tor week to
nv knees ali day. scrsping up dlrt rom tne rOcsy
bottom with big iron spoon and my hands. The
stones and gravel have worn the nails from al ny
fingers down 10 tho quick-tnd iE STOPPING con
stsntly tho back gets It "aiew, and It sometimes
taxes a minute 70 straighten ap. NOtH ithstandng
al this aud the crowds, there 10 money TO be
made bat only by bard work. privstlon and
enterprise. We are determined TO succeed
Backed to the vail, We have no alternative but ~
face ali that may DO before os, Indians and all
For weeks our bed has been a blanket on the
around under tree, and the sky for covering.
The change in temperature each twenty l)of
hours 10 renarksble-tnd in New-fork would be
matter sufficiently important for tue "oIdest IN
hsbitsnt" 10 comment upon. In THIS region TOE
variation 10 seldom less than thirty degrees every
day, and often fifty. At sunrise my thermometer
10 from $50 10 eco G2 Nj. from go to lOi'-
And yet this great change is not very noonve
nient. for tho air Ia dry aud pure and it u only
Decsssary ~ draw an extra blanket toward
morning. Colds and coughs are unkno~n-ievers
being the prevailing disease. According 10 my
observation, nearly all the sickness on the uyers
is the result OF drinking and dissiPstlon-of which
there 10 any quantity OF the latter ard lots OF the
former. IL 10 hard country b. be SICK IA, Tor
In a bua n Ia aDaOTbeu gold
sick man has nursing nor attendance. unless
he has very seii-sacrificing friend with him.
Ihave been, and am. in the most perfect health,
and able to hold my own ia walking or digging
With most others. contrary to the beilet OF some,
that was too feeble TO stand "the rough aud
tumble Of life In the mountains. I"never say
dle," bot hold the doctrine good that what any
one cau do ! am not afraid TO attempt While
others stand and consider, hating between two
opinions, believe action, prompt action, % be
The best policy and don't mean 10 let my joints
get rusty
SAN FkAScisco, Aug -
lief, the North Fork on Tuesday morning last
on horseback, and reached Sacramento City the
came evening, distance of forty ml'es-a
pretty hard ride for me being my frst essay Of the
Kind except few miles IN twenty years. The
noxt DAY finding no vessel bound down that could
make the trip in less than four days $50 miles by
the river,) and the wind being ahead, crossed
the river ~ the wee, side at 4 Pm. ard put out
slone for Benecia on Suisson Bay, distance Of 60
miles or less than half the distance by the river
route Two miles into the prairie. by the road lead
ing to Feather River, tooh path TO the eii'
leading through the Tale marshes which route ia
only practicable in the dry season, and shorteps
tho distance 80 miles These TUE Tor bullrushl
marshes are , to mos wide and 30 or 10 miles
loog parallel with the river and few miles dis
tsnt from il. The TUE are to 10 feet high, and
an easier place to get lost in trnversed as they
arc In every direction by countless deer and
cattle paths could hardly be found. BY direction
of some spsniards or Mexiosns whom met or
the pralTio, ] got through them about Nj sad
oyossed tho PLAIN TO q creek 5 or 10 miles further
and sncsmped at q deserted rancho Temporarily
occupied by q party OF Indians. sieP, on my
poucho Ia the dry grass, without supper and the
next morning rode IL miles to the nearest house
yhere 4 rot breakfast at M. rested al hour
and cut on, reaching Benocia at Pm p miles
the whole distance without a drep 81 cater -
Hero finding a launch passing down the bay /
hastes ed on board without waiting Tor anythlug
10 eat, expecting u lind provisions on board
But alas the little crsft had been nearly six
dsys In besting down from Sacramento City,
aud had neither food nor water on board. 1t
was rather tough but thought she would be st
SAD Francisco Us miles) by morning, 81 took 1t
pAtieutly. 10 was Of no use--in two hours we
had made but or miles against = strong head
wind, and anchored TIL morning Again under
way we beat with the tide all noon aud then
dropped the mud hook' till uoxt tide Al Pm.
and At last got into town al "A O'Clock that even
snE, having been over 50 hours without tocd ex-
cept ANAL biscuit given mo by psrsenser-
This ia q specimen Of California liie-s ride OF
90 miles in IS hours . night On the prairie without
sapper. 80 miles oa a hot day without water, and
sdsy and half more in - tun Graf; ca grand
fast. How woald you hAo II
san Francisco 10 growing beyond a.! precedent,
Bn, RON the enormous prices Of buiidiag materials
saa labor the structures arc slight and unsuhstAn-
tisl | presume the permanent and traasIeot
population 10 not less than 10 ~ lsOOO az the
presens moment, and Increasing At large ratio
Tos "a strange world mean that of Csliios-
nia-anlike anything ever dreamed oil, and cannot
bs realized by those NJ q distance. however grs
phic the description may be
l return 10 Tire mines IN few days when
shall take trip 10 the mountains and shall be
gone several weeks
Yours, IS ever. J. WIScAsSTER
California kmsGvsass.