The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-24

dollars per day; board ten dollars per day, with the
privilege Of sleeping under tree pair Of blankets
10 worth $780, pea jacket $780, Tea Is worth Ave dol
lars pound and every thing in the like proportion.
just before We left, Stsysnfon's regiment wa. mus
tered out OF service, and nearly all went up to the
mir o., although there snow on the ground Capt.
Hsleck Of the engineer corps, who has been there,
says there Is tale In the Arabian nights half so
are called Tss Sod Is near ca the surface y
the earth and the rivuets from the mountains An
extent Of ever three hundred miles by thirty to fifty
rey far south the City Of Angels On extent of
two hundred miles yet unexplored contains gold
goods money and and psopls from ali parts
OF the world are aoching there In great numbers.
There have been many deaths, a. many are obliged to
STAND IN the waters over their knees with an intense
sun on their heads and many laid up with fevers.
The geld there is worth rather sells at l1 to Sl3
per troy ounce, and 10 worth about $40 in the United
The stcreship Lexington will sail for the United
States about the LIST Of December with about
in gold She received at Monterey $4,000 In gold.
We expect to receive very large freight.
The Ohio, line of battle ship: and Southampton,
or about the 9TH uit The ST. Msr,s had not arrived
when We sailed, although she sailed from the United
States April 49, and at Rio July g. By her hope
to receive many letters
ANOTHER ACCOUNT FROM THE GOLD REGION.
The following letterfrom Anthony Ten Eyok; Ameri-
can Commissioner at the Sandwich Islands addressed
from San Francisco to his mother at WATERFOWL, MY
h pu bshed in the JeDersonidn. 1t is under date of
August 9th He is a gentleman of known character
for veracity and integrity. His account confirms the
abundance Of gold well as the desperate character
Of the population When he remarks that he would not
live there for all the gold in the mines he but expresses
the opinions Of sound minds that gold alone cannot
have vtited the famous gold mines at the base OF
the California mountains and upon the southern tri
here crossed from here to the north side of the
and went up by land on horseback. returned In an
bay The journey was s long, tedious, fstisuns' and
dssgreeabe In every respect The weather. after get
ting 20 miles from here very hot and the farther
advanced into the interior the more oppressive 1t be-
came was abeent from this place just three weeks,
and during that time eat scarcely any thing that
bed and slept upon the ground. i could have slept
most of the time In California house. but preferred
being out Of DOOR, to avoid the Aeas which infst
late in October, it rains in California there.
fore there IS no danger of being Wet In travelling
find peaspt and intesestne II can ~ never S be an
agricultural country and only valuable for grazing
The Vicinity Of the mountains, and for many miles
down the ttresms which take their rise amongst the
mouptains. abound in gold, which Is being col.
lected by thoufapds Of people in very large quantities
tory ana the gold ,eem, to be inexhau.tibis There
are now probably 600 persons digging gold and do
not ssaggsrsts when say they viii average from $40
fortunes already, after three or four weeks labor
know two men who collected from the surface Of
$14G00 in value Within circumference of 300 yards
rome 100000 gathered in Ave days. this is calcu
latng the gold worth SIS the ounce twelve ounces to
the ID.
1t is almost astonishing but nevertheless 1t il true.
suppose no gold mines have been discovered Of
equal extent, and yielding such quantities. with 30
little labor as those Of this country and It will be
years before It can be exhausted have visited the
dieeings, ,cme forty miles along what is called the
American Fork Of the Sacramento; almost every yard
is occupied ard all getting out quantities Of
have about So worth Of gold dust which washed out
myself in the course Of two three hours I shall
keep It, of course, memento Of what myself have
done in gold digging The effect of this discovery will
be bad for the morals of the country and will ruin all
would not again go through what have to see the
country and would not fettls down to live In It, for
all the gold in the mines The mode Of life il horrible
and a more dissipated and immoral set of people /
never yet raw. People are fockins In here from all
parts Of the coast and the news reaches
foreign parts the worst Of their population will emil
crate hher ] pity any decent white man who may
live in this region ak months hence"