Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-04-14
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CAIIFoRNIA-LATE AND IMPORTANT.

Law gospel and politics are becoming ooso'ct'' ia
the great cagerncss 10 obtain share Of the placer
Last July our gold dggers were satisfied TO obtain
or three ounces Of gold per days now they throw
up the pick axe and spade II they don't lind chunk
every hour or two. Up 10 this date eight hundred
dollars have been paid for single lump; aIn in
formed there is in this town piece weighing thirty
pounds; / have heard Of several pieces weighing
each five pounds; there is in town piece OF stone
weighing pounds containing about three pounds
of gold il looks if the stone and gold had been
half melted up together.
In January, ls47. Alta California contained 10 10
is 900 whites in January, 1880, she Will number ~
10 lGO 900 inhabitants; two hundred vessels will
land, in this year. 90 TO 100 passengers each-,the
steamers 200 per month: 5000 will come by land
from Oregon, 200 from inc 9Gpar,nrt o. Sn no1
600 more from other states of Mexico, ~ to SUuUO
bv land from our own country. We are 10 have
thousands from every part OF the Pacific, and next
wear from Europe.
From November to March, the San Joachim and
Sacramento valleys are cold for gold digging, al
though the people have built from four TO six hun
dred log houses, and are bnslIy engaged in finding
gold From the first of April 10 August, there will
he daily turned out Of the banks and rivers six to
eight thousand troy ounces of gold, 81 10 81 carats
fine which sells here for merchandise at $40 per
ounce or = IA for cash After August, thousands will
leave the paccrs; one-fourth of those who remain
in August and September will be sick with fever
that holds them from thirty to a hundred days. =.
Some twenty cargocs Of merchandise are landing
in This mort at this date. From hence greater part
is reshppcd in launches for the Sacramento and San
joaquin rivers, one hundred and twenty miles up,
run of Two or three days. Freight at the rate OF s.
NOR brl. Messengers = Is, each one feeding hlmsct.
rommon board : 3 per day; stabling 81. Rooms
by 10 IA by Is feet each, $40 to : 100 per month
hotel is month to be opened here: the build
ing cost 100000, has sixty rooms, that VIII BRING
600 10 : 500 per annum each. The owner calcu-
l,tes with the nicctv of a Yankee, thus: should the
building burn down in six months, It pays cost, and
the bar and table pay $4,000 or ; 5000 per month.
Should it last that time pays 10 per cent per
month in rents only, lhere are slh"ii hOlsss pay
he
Frcights TO Monterey, Zone DAYS sail) SO per
ton: brigs are chartered at $1,000 pr mcnh'
captains' wages, $500 per month; mates $50 TO
5000 per month"; pork, 500 pr brl. -four, 3 10 one
week the next S25; fowls, | TO 50; eggs, 3 to :
per dozen. (not hundrrdj) washing Of clothes IL
10 S24 per dozen Some merchants send their
washing 10 the Sandwich Islands only 1000 miles
A shirt for Christmas should b. forwarded on or be.
fore July 10 be in time for the owner II is propos'
cd TO get up Forw arding Company, TO send clothes
monthly to New York by the steamers providing
The washcrwomcn are not all leaving for the ''pa-
cer'' Of California HouS" l1;: Of p feet front, are
bought up at : 1000 to S500D the purchasers send
ing 10 Boston or New York for their houses.
We have no workmcn nor tlmv to do any tmng
but dig or pockct gold. No one has much time
dun debtor, and debtor has any time TO listen to
crcdtor-aycry happy state OF affairs TINS at least
for one party Even our government at Washington
appear in the same way far as attending to Calf
f5rnia which with New Mexico cost Uncle Sam
SIS 000,O10, the interest OF which i say 1a,ooO
per month"; which the duties collected ~ Inns port
alone will cover. aud the placer Will distribute one
million per month, and no mistake. Any man. wo-
man, or child who may need thousand dollars, has
only 10 60 TO the California Placer Bank" and take
it, and he finds himself immediately ready made
stakeholder and director II are on the 60 ahead
get gold priucplr; doctors, lawyers, traders, Doa
men, carriers, dggers, thieves, and murdeTeTs.
Up 10 this date The murdered bodies have been re.
cogaizrd-at least could be counted. his year
fear they cannot BE- counted. Gold, real pure gold,
is SO plenty, you may see it piled up counters and
tables like So many bags OF shot, one 10 three hun