The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-09

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| ven hnsv % b. illegal He~.v~r the arrest and im-
| prisor@~st had 10. sr.et and the wesk minded whs
Dvhain ss-umss ss cir Of gs,-fy and joy A for my
pert sili ...h redress bsier. proper tribunal aud
In the lac. a. p'ssse have thu honor he. air,
jour t~dsnt servant MICHAEL REILLY.
| The California Mystery ia England.
-, islem the London fines August -
Wssfr Ire To confess that our most careful re-
searches have not, Vet. sIfiiced Ia ~nlighten us
adequately respecting the actual condition of that
| nrt''n"us rrgon 10 which the adventurous swarms
Two World" h.,e po~, for nearly atweIvemonth,
bcen GRATED We hear of the dep irtur- OF scores
Of vessela Tor San Francisco and the tide acts In
| The ssme direction. we believe, from half the har-
| hors ON the lace Of the globe Yet when we en-.
o,asor 10 sseefta'n, rra,ze or specify the nsioa-
| alty. government, constitution. products climate
population or prospects Of this attractive province
we siiii hpd ourselves wholly 10 seek as before
The net discovery OF Its mines The reader shall
| see, however, what we have collected, by dat Of
washing, sitting, and storing, since our last notice
oil The subject Rr.at man once said that il Was
no w"nder II Oxford and Cambridge were such
| learned places, considering how much knowledge
was yearly carried thlther, and how li,lr Is ever
brought away. We almost inclined to Apply
the same rule TO the Settlements the Sacramento.
| IL California IL not the richest country upon the
earth, soon ought to be, for all the available 4p-
tai. whether In goods cash. at the Indian Pacific
and Atlantic seaboards appears to be despatched 10
san Francisco Even Hong Kong had been drawn
| within the sphere Of attraction, and our Chimes
| intelligence this week reported that its warehouses
had been swept Of all goods suitable to the dug
sigs, and that all the native craft in the harbor
| seemed making ready for the same port. On the
| other hand, the gold arriving from the mines was
comparatively small IN quantity, aud the balance
was sadly against The "placers" The loss upon
shipment and the effux OF specie was sensby f~lt
both on The Pacific and Atlantic coasts, aud the ar
ival ct large consignments of bullion iousy
expected In America, to quicken the appro aching
tall trade. All this appears the more extraordinary
when 1t is considered that the positive produce
uvtness Of the mines Is really established upon ir-
| resistibe evidence. There is one point, and one
only, on which all accounts from San Francisco CO.
inclde, and that is, the incxhaustihle supply Of
gold contained IN the earth. by litile care, how
| ever, IN collatlDg the evidence, we may perhaps
arrive at a conclusion which will reconcile thsss
two facts. without involving any suppo siion i'm
probable In itself. 1t seems that tn. rivrs and ra-
vines do undoubtedly contain supplies Of gold which
may by comparison be described almost mex
| we believe, been found in such abundance or in
such purity near the surface Of the earth. But.
on locking closer into the state Of things, it appears
that the labor required for its production though Of
more practicable kind than that hitherto employ
ed IN mines sn larger scale, is yet try ing, Sc
| rlous, and uncertain rs To make good setotf
against the average returns ln-othsr w,rds
duce more than fair days wages, while. as to the
general exports Of gold, there is not only little
prospect Of their disturbing the accepted value Of
this metal IN the market, but there Is every
probability that for some time come they will
not repay the capital which has been invested 10
securing them The more re spectacle OF the Ame-
mean journals are now anticipating commercial
revulsion, though they still predict sensbly enough,
that after the fever of has pa ssed away,
California will become rich and populous State.
The dispositions OF American sea Captains upon
the various wonders OF the deep, are usually Deem
ed snch an equivocal source OF information, that
we hardly like to retail incidents derived mainly
from soeh testimony According, however. =
these narratives. the ,whcle Nortn Pacific is
swslmlng with ships and CARGO; ,,rorn eve
! IN '''e oceor, ana the harbor Of San Frauc,sco.
spacious az il Is, can hardly contain the arrivals
| Cor.Ighments are daily refused. Csptains Of YES.
sels obtain $40 month, nistes ESQ, aud sailors
$50. Clerks on shore get $500 Ger snnum and
ther boaid. Nothing Is sad about lodgings, re-
serve which is perhaps but prudent, coasidef..an
the notorious scanfiness OF sleeping houses in tho
new settlement. There is, however, an hotel winch
is underet tor G9O00 u year, portion Of which
very moderate rent Is made up by Judlcisusly let
ting OIL small apartment for a tap ut GOO monta
One gambling room lets for E3.50O year, two
smaller ones for fl 200 each There is even a
French caft in the place, the average receipts Of
WHICH, night and day, have been accurately calcu-
lated at one dollar per minute 1t is emily from an
incidental remark that We infer that the tastes Of
| Anglo Saxon emlgrsnts have been consulted BY the
establishment OF brewery A drayman We are
told Is in The receipt Of c1, 300 year salary. Our
reaoers Will rem mber the famous story of the CON-
mcrcIa finn which saved GlOO wear in ink bv
leaving out the dots to thers and crosses TO their
rs; and perhaps some Of them will hazard cslcti-
laiion OF what the Humans and Buxtons of san
r|HncirCO UuSt ne UOlng, WHen tnP services oil
draymen are so estimated. Ce tany, such a scale
Of transactions IL very magnificent, yet good deal
OF The produce of California must needs, at this
rate, be seli consumed. An announcement BY no
means likely 10 escape observation appeared some
weeks ago, TO the effect that the United States
government had forbidden free access to the mines
such resolution was so probable IN itself that the
only wonder was that IL should have been so long
Delayed We have not been able. however. te
authenticate the report. and the latest accounts re-
present the richest region in the world as sill the
common lard OF adyeniurers. The actual property
Of the land is, II will be remembered vested n the
oniied States; but the province not member Of
the Union, nor is II supplied with any cognixsbls
government, either by ordinances from Washiag-
ton, or resolutions II its inhabitants IL stands
in fact on precisely the same footing "a those de-
cert wilds to the west OF the American Union which
have not yet risen into States By peopl,ng or cult
yation. The conflicting reports concerning the
jurisdictions Of Generals Smith or Riley are to be-
explained, we believe, in this way Grn. Per,for
:. Smith is commander.in-chitf Of the division OF
,he United States army occupying Oregon add Ca
lfornia; Brigadier Riley commands the detach-
meDt stationed in the latter territory. and is con-
sequently under the military orders of General
Sniih' although, as concerns the fewcivii require
men,s at his province, he corresponds directly with
Washington. The only law recognized IL lynch
law, which ~, however, administered through the
MEDIUM ct Jnry, and, 1t y SAID. not inequitably.
A large body OF Mexcans dsmurred to this Anglo-
Saxon institution but their consent was psremp-
tory demanded, and in default thereof they would.
~ was announced, be shot down to msns
AHlost VII ncre euH1lnr representative there
one or two facts clearly established The markets
in California are swsmped with goods AMI the
MINES with men and our transatlantic contempo-
rsres repeat IN words of most serious warning.
that though success in this speculation il BY no
meaps certain 10 create competence. failure will
inevitably entail utter ruin The digvings are no
places tor the honest and well meaning smgrant.
The labor and hardships are sure, the gain profile
NAUTICAL and the probable result of the whole
discovery bids far 10 be confined to supply Of gold
sbtsned with such toll and in such distant regions
that the net value Of the produce will be reduced to
an ordinary level
Sports IN spsin--Combst between a I.sos
ana BoiI-Tssscs of the Spanish.
The Madrid correspondent OF the london Carori-
Gle, writing under date Of the'16h Of August gives
The following sketch OF fashion able life ia the Sp,r
ish capitals
Queen Christmas object IN coming to Madrid "a,
20 end.svor To mskeu matters in the cabinet but In
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