The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-03
Vol. I2, No. 20. Whole No. COL.


ounce per day, lllul returned TO tho settle
menis with not vest pocket full ofgod,
Some len with only sUilicien, 10 purchase a
horse aud saddle, mud pay the physician t;N
ounces Of gold for one ouaco Of guiniHe, cal
omel and Julup Ia proportion. An ounce Of
gold tor advice gyep,siN ounces WISH, hrngs
The ieyernnd aguo 10 bo rHtlior nli expensive
companion, A well man has his proportion
HlG heavy eNpenses also, 90 reduce his piles
90 bags of gold, Dry beef ia the settlements
NJ cents per H., ~ tho Placer ~ TO ~ pes
Hi salt beef aud pork, $50 TO SlC0 per bbl
-four, $50 10 S75 per hbl; coffee, sugar, and
riea, 80 0eHts Jo 81 pet lh--As washing IN
hlly cents 10 dollar garment, many prefer
throwing AWAY Ilieir used up clothes 90 ply
iuE the wnshorwomani that IL, ifihey intend
reluuning TO the settlements on,wle,e they
c0n l,@sclmse more. As 10 shaving, havu
never seen mnn al the Placer Wlio had
time to perform thai operation They do not
work on SuudHyA only brush up tie tent
blow out the emery or fine black sand from
the weeks work Horses lint can travel Of
" one day. mud from HAT 10 Wetk me from
500 To 1900, Freight chnrgc by launch
owners tnr Il,reo days run, - per barrel
NaFeHeFs charge $50 TO SlC0 pegloadr tUHu.
~ To hfly miles on good road. Corn, harley,
peas, and beans, @l0n' bushel Common
Pisiolsnny pricei powder and lead very deur,
know physician Who, ia san FuHclsco,
purchased a common nHdp gold wHuhcr ~
$40 or $50, pado of 40 or 80 feet Of bourds
a great expense ho bOaieh itup To the
first landing on the SncrnILsalp. and ihofc
met n WAGNER bound to ono oI>frc digpinta
with HH empty wrgon, distant about fifty
miles. The wHgnner would not tnke Up iltu
mRchiuNuudcr 800. Tie doctor had to con,
sent, aud Eido lis time. June pissed over
rich IN gold all on that creek did wonders,
wtrrr Iil0 wugoner ioll sick, called on his
liend tie doctor, whose tent wHs m siehtjlhs
Lortur rutur, hut wuuld nat administer the
h(st duaS ;:nder the old sum of 500, which
was agreed 10, under Vroyiso that tho fol-
loving doses should ho furnished more mod.
crHtc When muu's Jimc " worth slice
day 10 use spade aud tin pau, neither doc,
tors ~ wUEoucrs eau link much ofn pound
Of gold, aud you G,ny suppose merchant,
trudcrs a pcders hre not slow to make ihcir
fortunes IN these golden times.
: la Sau Francisco there ia more merchant
disc suld now mnnllily, than before in ] year.
Vessels uilrr vessels arrive land their cnrgoes,
dispose oflheHb nud bag up Tie dust aud lay
up liu vessel, lhe crew nre sooii among
lIlo uiissing. Tho clcnucsi clenr out is where
ihr captain followed ihc crew. There are
many vessels Ia San IrnBcisco that cannot
weigh anchor even with the ussistahce OF
Jhrcc ~ four neigtboriug vessels. Supprpsr-
goes must laid cargo on arriving, or lNye no
crew lodo IL for them SoEe vessels con-
lirue to go 10 sea with small crews, at $50
per month for green hands. Old hHnI- IRE
loo wisc Tor lhcm,Snd prefer diggiugI ouucc
"r rNan 10y, nrd drinking hock ,/d chan-
pn'snc NJ lmltnn ounce ho,ll9 /nd chIinr
bad sen bread ~ - vcr pound. ~ in,c seen
u captain Of n vessel WHO ly his old contract
in Tie port & on whence ho sailed, S,hs get
Iinr SEQ per month, paying his cooh SI6.and
offering Sl6O per mouth for steward, his
ornicr crew, even Ia his mates, hn,ing gone
4 prospecting"
Uncle Snn,'s ships suffer liule tie same
way, although they offer from $500 TO $500
or the apprehcnsiouoC desericr. The O.
10, however laid IN the port of Monterey n
l3uI u month aud lost only 20 OF 80 mc,.
Col. SieNcuson's regiment is dishandcd -
!neiy nine out oCnu hundred of whom have
lso gone 'pgospCcrnr." including The Col.
'ncl who arrived in Monterey last month
RON his last post, and was net 10y his men
II the edge OF the lawn TO escort aud cheer
Iim into town. The cnptHns, sc hayc
lOnpht mp country carts mud oXcu, lnrncd
lri,ets, aud gone 10 Tie pmccr Our worthy
GOVERNOR Colonel LIST Dragons, &c hnyiug
Ilenty of carts, wagons, horses, and mules,
with n few regulars leli. has MISC rutrhut
inder better advantages, for tie second or
bird Time, to see The placer aud the country,
nd hive justice done 10 Ids country men or
limsclc Commodore Jones lately arrived
IL Monterey, supposed il TO Inc the cupitpl,
IcndguasIrIS-.- Ar., -Lul innnd 10. ereu !-a-
Governor left Where headquarters is, nlav
c uncertain-Whollcr in Monterey, Suffers
Tort, or in four mule wagon travelling over
ho gold region Now, whether headquarters
~ ireighcd will, munitions of wUr, &c. or
7hcihCr Tie cnrgo consists of blank cts, shirts.
'c To clOhe the suffering Indians, for the
ullry consideration of gold, TO one cares cr
uUwr, Bat the ttrittettrir siouirt br, TINT 1t
rivntes can or will be off making their u,ou-
nuds, those who urc better pblc shuuH7iiot
o goddess. ~>p
ln,hese dqys all should have q Chance.
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