Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-09-22
California Nrws.
CALIFORNIA LIFE AND MANNERS.

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California, which furnish some Interesting
extracts: &
Life in California. in San Francisco
is exciting and amusing. There is almos, a
total absence of female society. 1t is no
place Tor the presence of ladies, and will not
be for some time to come. You can there.
Afofs scepceiye the entire freedom from re.
straint. For instance, good board being at
sai week, and ordinary at SIC, many pre-.
fer providing and cooking for themselves
sYou may see these ''independents'' walking
siong the streets every morning with beef
steak in one hand and leaf in the other
,swhis,ling ''away with melancholy" ''clar the
Kitchen" and other refined airs, Now these
gentlemen fare well; they buy their beef at
.12a, cents a pound, delicious salmon At the
same, bread al 25 cents a loaf and coffee and
sugar reasonably cheap. Thus their per
diem expenses do not exceed rs CENTS Ana
they are those who make money; for al
though clerks have $4,000 salaries, and labo.
rers 6, s and $40 day, still the cost OF board,
and washing at Sc and Ss per dozen, leaves
a veiy small margin for profit. It's actually
.economising TO throw away clothes when
change is necessary, and then buy new, Wa-
ces of clothing have 50 fallen.
,Gambling.-ENtract from a letter dated
San Francisco, July 3oth
This is one of the strangcst places in Chris
tendon, know many men, who were mo-
dss of pcty, morally, aud all that sort of
thing, when they first arrived here, and who
are now most desperate gamblers and drum
kards. think that many who left Newark
TO better their fortunes, will wish they had
remained at home Gold digging is out OF
the question for some Of them they cannot
and will not follow it, and it requires more
capital for man TO do business here than III
the States. Many have already returned
from the mines, finding themselves unequal
10 the work, and are about returning home
It is mentioned as an indication of the wild
ness of the gambling spirit that 100000 had
changed hands at monte bank on the turn
of a single card A New York gambler Is
said to have lost $40 ooO the night before the
California sailed.
Labor al the Mncs-A digger at the Co.
Eumbia mines says:
4 have tried gold digging for the first time
and fnd it very hard work. On these bais,
which have been thrown up by the rapid
current. the sand and rocks are sometimes
yiled up over the gold from one to four feet,
and have TO be removed before you get it,
We moved to-day rocks weighing from 500
TO 800 lbs and tons of sand, 10 get about so
bushels of dirt, out Of which we got 3. oun-
ces-better luck than common. The whole
amount Of our digging for two weeks is two
pounds-pretty fair for new hands.
Gloomy fctouiis.-Tho Boston Journal
publishes extracts Of letter dated at San
Francisco, July@, Of which tho subjoned is
sample;
Money appears to be Of no account fon
can hardly pass a person that has not his
thousands in gold, carried in small bag
Yesterday Isaw a man just from the mines.
He had with him Il bag containing about
$1,000. / inquired Of him how long he was
in getting it, and he said Sin one week J"
Some of the. pieces were as large as a medi'
um size bean, and from ,kat dewn to dust,
and perfectly clean. have seer great
many breas,pins made Of lump of gold Just
as it came from the mines, weighing from
two to three ounces Gamblers are doing a
great business went into several of their
houses, and saw man lose $4,000 III one
evening. After losing it, he very quietly
said, 'Well, | shall have to 30 up 20 the
mines again"
Scarcity Of Womea.-A correspondent of
the Baltimore Argus, says:
This country is sadly deficient in the Crea-
tors last, best Gift TO man; and you will be
conferring an everlasting favor on me, il You
will Jus, send me one OF those red flannel un-
mentonabes that is hanging behind the door
of nv bedroom We had wedding in Sa-
cramento city on the l2th, and regular
blow out it was--a muster of citizens and
strangers, They kept it up so late, that
doubt very much if they have all got home
vet. To snch an extent is the vencratior
for the fair sex carried here, that have seer
party of 0regonians stop, and have dance
around an old casi-of bonnet.
Slavery and Society.-Slavery n is said can
no, be Introduced. Two or three churche
are established. There is no theatre; bu
many think well regulated one would be O
service. For the want OF some place G
amusement, many now visit the gamblin
houses who otherwise probably would not
Gambling is carried on 10 great extent
is no uncommon thing to see 200 ounces
gold hazarded upon card. Tables covere
with aoid and silver coin meet you III ever
direction. ..... .. ..a
4 RIcu BEp.-At Mormon Island, on tn
Feather River, California, they are bu'ldin
dam and digging canal, by which tn
bed of the river will be laid bare for for ha
or three.quarters Of a mile il is now nearl
finished and when this is done many person