The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-02

sh,n. -. Evrope psrtou,.a- those from Liver POOL
tbsA the quantity Of light gosds arriving 10 saslL
What u very unusual as this o. the year, pSck-
ets arriving are loaded With heavy frs,s sioh =.
ooal iron. As which IL indicston that tie bulk Of
the Importation has been received This IL fav vsbls
feature In our foreign trade It not eaiy insure,
steady reduction In the government deposits bat wiz
prevent any advance of exchange and turn
the tide Of precious metals this way. We do not wish
to large importation Of specie from Euro,s but
the larger the importation from California the better
The receipt Of three or four million Of dollars worth Of
gold or silver from Englsnd, would have eood ef.os
here, and It would doubtless be permanent; but An
importation much beyond thstlsmount would create +.
state Of things hare calculated to do more harm than
good 1t would tend to initiate prices for our own pro-
ducts so that exportat ons would be ohoksd Aud
initiate prices for foreign msnufscturss so that foreign
manufacturers would dHd market here for tn .ir n,
brics 1t rates sufficiently renumsrating to give great
impetus to mportations This usually the eject Of
large importation Of epecis and generally have not
only to dgorge all the specie Imp but have to drs
largely upon our staple products for payment Of the
balance against u.s. Large movements Of specie be-
tween two such important commercial countries =,
England and the United States, are always attended
With Injury to each; and have always looked uoon
them evils which the commercial olasses Of eaeh
should, BY all Reans, avoid.
An importation Of gold from Cali ornis Il sptirslv
different thing, and the larger tho better Speoul.
ten - to the probable extent Of the rscepts fro
San Francisco, at the different ports Of the Uuit.d
States during tho preeent year, has about ceased
has been estimated BY most excellent authority that
up to the 10th Of December, about three millions O,
gold had been exported from San anoisso of which
about enc million, (whsn that on the way which left
previous to that time shall reach usJ will hsvs
arrived In this country This left, at that time
one million more ready for shipment, which
makes IN aggregate Of four millions produced
The authority to which We aluds asserts that
ct no time were there more than fifteen hundrsd
men employed In the mines or amoog the plsosr.
II true there were between three and four thousand
men In the country but only about tho number n.msd
digging gold. Now It is we'll kuown that tn. dirp,n
did not commence until about June, aud tho smou at
produSed say four millions Of dollars vas tho result OF
tho labor Of an average of fifteen hundred men for six
months This Is about Is fair calculation q can bs
made and upon this basis It will bs essy to estimate
how much thirty or forty Thousand men csa produce
during the digging season Of 1s49 By the time ths
season fairly opens In California most of those vbo
have already left this country Ill on the spot rs.d
for operations, and the supply precious metals
- reported the production will exo,sd
the calculations Of the most sauguine. Tn. thru.
steamers forming the line Of bstvs.n
this port and Chagres all anxieusy looked for and
their arrival will remove all doubts upon tho subject
On this account the next intelligence will be Of i'm
mense Importance. Millions upon millions of dollars !
hs 70 been invested In this movement and tho nsxt
arrival will bring veal to the Thousands who
have invested their all in this enterprise.