The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-03
Correspondence Of the Republic.
New YoRK, July l, 4 p. m.

we nave udQ QuitC OulIOIHiu ICVitdi HcIC Wilt
in the last few days Recent intelligence has been
20 aattering-so full of promise-so fascinating
so exciting--so bewitching--so bewildering-so
don't know what to call it, that the first excitement
is almost eclipsed by the intensity and enthusiasm
of this renewed ardor, which can be satisfied with
nothing short of dozen plaesrs of inexhaustibe
richness, where every man can fill his pockets in an
hour, and become a millionaire in one calendar
month. Colonel Mason has arrived, and Mr..
Mcpougal has arrived, and Lieutenant Bonnycastie
has arrived and dozen other illustrious arrivals
from the land of gold and inexhaustible wealth are
recorded on the books of our fashionable hotels.
The newspapers TEEN with the intelligence thus
conveyed to us and you cannot enter bar-room,
you cannot enter barber's shop, you cannot enter
theatre, you cannot enter merchants office, you
cannot enter cigar store, you cannot enter an ice
cream saloon, you cannot enter reading-room, you
| cannot enter drawing-room at the west end, you
cannot enter GROCERY at the Points, you cannot
enter any where without hearing something about
the "land of gold"
California the woods, California the floods,
California the hollow mountains ring !"
Gold-gold-gold"-thi is the enchanting cho-
rus in which the whole population joins. Gold,
without toll; gold, without labor gold, without
sweating; gold, without utter exhaustion of body,
mind, soulall the BEST all the finer, all the godlike
faculties of our mysterious nature. All is it won
derul that all should be thus excited thus entranced
| thus infamed'
Colonel Mason is at the Irving House. He is in
| bad health, and looks broken. He brings no new
| intelligence from California.
Among the arrivals is one which | hardly know
whether ought to mention at all in this public way;
but it may be done with sufficient delicacy. al
| ude to Mrs. Sinclair-the youthful widow of a
gentleman who died at Chagres after heightened
residence in California, where he had amassed a
handsome fortune. met her at dinner to-day. She
is most interesting lady-a fragile, intellectual,
bue-eyed female, who has scarcely yet passed from
grlhood. Truly, hers has been hard introduc-
ton to the cares, the anxeties, the rude and bitter
blasts of the world!
Scores and scores of our young men are preparing
for the voyage to California. Some 60 with moth
ing but their own stout hearts and willing hands
Others take out cargoes fitted for the market-ror
and wooden houses bricks, hardware, tools of al
kinds, surveyors instruments, guns, pistols bowie
knives and other articles adapted to the fearful and
belligerent purposes of the adventures on the Pa
| cihc coast.
MOVEMENTS or THE Locoyocos.
Terrible distress pervades the ranks of the Dem
ocratc party. The leaders-that is, sundry ind
viduals who have heretofore held office and guet
the "great nwashed"-have issued an address
intoxicating, beseeching imploring, suppcating
demanding union, by all the old arguments, all tn,
old common-places, all the stale and musty rhe
orc which has done such service for the last quar-
ter of century. But the masses, or the factions
will not listen to the voice Of the charmer In fact
there has not yet been sufficiently explicit under
standing the tsrms" Of the bond. Both faction
know each other. Hence they are cautious; henc
prudent regard for "preliminaries" occupies tn
thoughts of both Within the last year or two tn
orators of the two factions have made so truthful
expostons of the secret conduct, motives, and cha
racer Of each other, that il requires no ordinar,
7 great body OF the Barnburners, the rank and file
look with distrust on this attempted coalition
They have been indoctrinated into an independents
to them, that they cannot easily return to tn
old system. Oh, what fun there is be sure, in wit
Messing the sudious efforts, night after night, Of Ger
tain prominent ''leadcrs"-save the markl-whom
could name, who are engaged in this disintcreste,
work of brotherly love and charity! What terribl
sufferngs they evidence at Tammany Hall-at tn
{ "Pewter Mug''-ai "Florence's'-at "Ritters"-
and a hundred other groggeriesl What headaches
what swearing, what protestations, alias swearing
What is worse, far worse, what awful dilapidatio
Of the pocket Democracy, that is to say, Ne'
= York, Tammany Hall Democracy, thou art won
4 derful study More Of this anon.
; roUnrH OF JULY.
G The public procession and military parade hav
r been countemanded. Very proper.
4 GENERAL scorr.
q This distinguished citizen was enjoying bette
Q health at last accounts. A gentleman who dine
with him day or two since says that the Geper'
was in toersble health when he saw him.
HRRoRs IN DIET.
= Several sudden deaths have occurred in conss
quenee Of errors in diet In Brooklyn four childre
in one family persisted in twenty-four hours fror
eating green apples il is said. Terrible bereavement
. The little ones were all buried together in grsv
at Greenwood cemetery. do not know when
i, have been more affected than was by this Occur
A pnce.
THE CHOLERA.
" To-day thirty eight cases and sixteen deaths ar
/, reported Az have already said do not plac
!. the slightest dependence on these reports. tn
conduct Of the medical authorities here in negIcctn
to make an elaborate report is altogether inexcu
:. sable.
y rATHER MATHEW.
VI A tremendous fuss is made about this gentleman
u He is quite a god-send 20 certain individual