The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-06-26

heTance, or mar noble work, because we do
this, or attempt Shall we be irowned upon, or
| scowle at because we labor in their spirit, and
seek to follow their example He is short,
sighted politician who holds such language, and
acts upon so preposterous and mistaken plea
Correspondence Of the Nso York Tribune.
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 1919
| Upon landing at San Francisco, where there are
at present fifty square rugged vessels, and none
later from the United States than the Iowa, YOU
behold mountainous country devoid OF wood or
vegetation as far as the eye can reach, pcopled
with smart and active business population OF
about $4,000 persons, reminding the emigrant OF
the busy sceAes which are daily witnessed in the
City of New York small boats going to and re-
turning from the vessels drays in active and
profitable misunderstanding at the least S4 Tor
! each trip with the most lrfling quantity OF bag.
! gage, which you cannot have drawn more than
halt mile without crossing the present popula.
ted boundaries OF the place To procure board
ing-house is almost impossible; and if YOU are so
fortunate as to get one, you have 10 pay an ounce
per week, (Sl6) and sleep on the floor, wrapped
IN your blanket, to protect you from the chilly
night air which prevails here at this season oil
the year.
Small sloops or schooners, made from ioly. boats
of ships in port, and which cost here from So 500
to $4,000, are daily plying between this place
aad the different e;nbarcaders toward the Gold
! Mines The price OF passage in these vessels is
i $50 for distance OF about $50 miles, land which
Is usually performed in three DAYS If fortunate
enough not TO get aground,) and Sc per 100 lbs
Tor baggage or freight, or if light goods, at the
rate oil $l2 per barrel measurement After leav-
ing these lanches,ii you have baggage or freight
you have either to buy horses at $500 each and
pack them or submit to pay $50 per 100 lbs. of
fp lxhiC 4
the different mining grounds, distant about IS
miles farther in the country, over very noun
famous road; they taking usually about DAYS TO
perform the journey, and encamp nightly upon
the ground, sometimes sheltered from the dews
by getting ufder the wagons if the travellers are
few enough in number TO admit OF tins indul-
gence.
Upon arriving at the Mines you behold the
most stupehdoI.s mountains in this section of the
country, frequently rising some thousands OF feet
an forming basins at least two miles in diameter
and almost suifocatIng from the heat OF the sun Il
least niue hours in each day.
Tue population at the Mines Is composed of
American emigrants, runaway sailors (lrom the
vessels which have visited and are in this port at
presently Chilians, PeIuvians, Mexicans, Sand.
wlch Islanders, aud more or less oil the natives of
all civilized counties upon the globe In their
haOits and manner OF living there is great need of
reform TO insure health, comfort and safety to
those who are well disposed already there and to
those that are coming Drinking, gambling and
all kinds oil RIGHTEOUSNESS abound to greater de.
gree than at any other place upon the face OF the
EARTH 1t being apparently the aim and ambition OF
large number to try and excel each other ia all
which degrades and makes miserable.
Ihe expenses at the mines about S. day
lorlvIng; porter IS per bottle, brandy aud Vhis.
KY SO; flour, pork, sugar, coffee; and hard bread
npr III oil 9TH
liquors In proportion
The quantity OF Gold at the mines, from what
have seen, judge Inexhaustable Tor the next
twenty years by population Of One Million OF
| faithful dlggers; but the labor you have TO per-
form to get it, aud the privation you have to un.
dergo while getting it, does not repay any indus
trious or business men i'll the States hall enough
Tor making the attempt, if successful in accumu-
latlng as much as any one person has up to the
present time, which is altogether chance, as YOU
may work for days and weeks adjacent to those
who are getting irqN one to two ounces daily and
SINK holes ten feet square and fourteen ieet deep
through mud, water and rocks, and yet be unable
10 get enough to pay Tor your board, exposed TO
the burning Us OF hot sun and shut out from
the air by the mountains byewhich you are en-
veloped.
The general impression is that nearly all the
goods shipped from the United States alter the
ld1'0i PdIt VI 4NoFeMoeT VIII NOT pay the COST
For instance, the cost OF dlscharging a cargo and
landing it on the beach Gas there are no wharves)
VIII be nearly il not quite as much as the freight;
then the drayage, storage and commission will
amount to much more-the CHI argos for all
kinds OF services being very heavy.
Several persons who went to the mines with
the expectation OF picking upon the surface hun
dreds ofdoars daily. have returned here verv
much disappointed, resolving in about six weeks
when the streams become dryer, to try it again
while some others entirely dspiried, are re-
turning in the steamer
Several OF those who started ov rland, bv the
way OF Vera Cruz, arrived here ew DAYS since
the majority OF them without sufficient means to
pay weeks board
The machines for washing gold got up in the
States are not only useless alter reaching here.
but bill of expense first cost in getting here:
the common milk dairy pan being all sufficient,
And, in conclusion, would say to those who
wish to realize the comforts of the humblest OF
homes in the States, emigrate to California to dig
golj, and after reaching here guarantee all dis.
satisfaction which really did exist, will appear to
you TO be mere folly and fault finding upon YOUR
part.
20 The Day of Emancipation for the slaves OF
Kentucky seems TO be close at hand, Even the
most influential OF the shareholders are becoming
convinced that slavery is curse to the growth