The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-25
THE UNION.

sooner did the slave breathe the pure air Of California
than he freed himself and there none to hinder
see that large company from Georgia think OF bringing
their slaves hher Let them do so, and their slaves ike
wise will free themselves. s. C. ID.
In connexion with the above, we publish the follow.
ing interesting letter from correspondent OF the New
York Journal Of Commerce. &E
SACRAMENTO CRY, California, Aug. 90, ls49.
We do not yet know the views of the public at home
IN regard to this California emigration. Does the gold still
Jungle as loudly across the Rocky mountains as il sound
ed IN our hearing few months since Do you all still
look upon California as the land OF milk and honey and
gold milk here ~ per gallon and honey 81 rpouad
with the same wide-awake eye OF fahi Are your ears
still long enough TO hear the flowing music OF auerous
rivers, kissing every pebble OF gold We only know
that the fever somewhat subsidized after thousands had
been hurried off We only wish to know whether we
are considered scrpuray as those not lost but gone
Here the public voice sounds almost in unison The
tone is whining-the cry is for home Many who have
grown suddenly wealthy complain that California is rich
dying in the masna of these marshes may well raise
feeble wall from their unattended beds Of death, and
mourn Tor the comforts, the cooling medicines, and the
them The thousands who pershing upon the plains
and in the passes OF the Sierra Nevada may well lament
that they rushed mady away from the rude plenty OF
their western farms TO die OF starvation, while their
frames are still strong enough to wrestle agonizngy
with the Great Conqueror and pofong their tormenis
ill death shall seem pleasant sleepa dream Of rsst
But the many who this land of feversh heat and
slavsh toll forewaned that California was such land
and after having loed pantiDgy the shade,
Darred their cerkly finger with one hours toll take
hasy flight for San Francisco and the steamer leaving
their curse upon the country, deserve the name OF
pioneers in the richest portion OF the globe Happy in
their own estimation are those who home again
but the majority Ind themselves here without MEANS and
are obliged 10 labor. From these come grumbngs
groans curses loud and deep" Yet they should have
toreseen all this; and unless they fools, they did
foresee II, Yet they moan like sick children
There is much excuse have told you of the heat II
seems II possible, to increase The nights Intensely
chilly, and require clothing for New England winter
Every day exposed to these violent extremes, living
best IN tents, usually in the open air, seeing their
friends well on Sunday and buried by Wednesday, men
have some excuse for dread The sickness here very
sudden and malignant. Bilious evers darrhea dysen-
tery liver complaints and fever and ague the every
day diseases which all must taste before they have lived
mere many days. add which have already filled The neigh
boring graveyard at Suffers Fort One month more of
Tins blood boiling atmosphere and fatal sickness WILL in
The course OF nature, complete the dreaded season and
then Tor nine months will follow the healthy climate OF
the healthles country IN the world. We rest until that
day shall come.
am writing from the most interesting city of Caor-
MA. San francisco is not the natural emporium OF the
commerce OF this country but circumstances have given
II rapid and boated growth in saubrity of air, excel
lence OF harbo and everything which should form the
greatest seaport, either Benecia Sansaie acknowl
edged to be superior 10 San Francisco But the latter is
Just al the entrance of The harbor and was first settled
L viii probably remain for long time the great city OF
California. .aa.s
Weyc in grove surrounded by marshes, Here is a
beautiful lake hed with fsh-the noble Sacramento
hurres by and Suffers Fort rears its massive walls on
The edge OF the neighboring prairie The prospect is de-
gnuul the ar poisonous, the nasna deadly Yet this
y the central point of all the mines-Soc kon our only
yai, being Insignificant in comparison. Our streets are
hlled by miners, merchants, hardy survivors from the
PLAINS and sleek looking yoyagers around Cape Horn
Here, too, Is the traveller just arrived from Panama ex
employing in his anxious. half starved eye that old
maxim, "the more haste the worst speed" ALI these
ioush around Tor several days with swelling hopes and
,ompous words then disappear for some time until it
iecded whether they shall crawl from their tents or be
borne thence the shoulders of comrades The sur.
'ivors then go down to San francisco route for home
,r drag themselves towards the mines, stay here
srowl away their breath in cursing the day when they
elf their homes 10 hunt gold and the elephant.
The news from the mines IN all directions is precisely
what was expected The snow is almost entirely gone,
md all streams are so low, that may now calculate
m an ounce daily by hard labor There much sickness
mong ihem-less, however, than at this place. for their
r, though hot and dry, Is perfectly pure. All the bars
IRE now crowded. and the space allotted 10 each machine
; much reduced Quite brisk little specula,ions in
holes, "lodes" frontage feet, &C. constantly in
operation Wall street itself could hardly bear com
arson Place two machines bank OF fourteen fee,
ronage, and one may make two pounds of gold before
light, while the other has only washed to the value OF
wo dollars. so much Tor luck Yet skill makes an es.
entail difference II is common saying that mining is
hard trade, and a man must be Appended before he
an become master.workman. The old miners are ~.
ng sui, looking with dersIon those who will work
or an ounce day, and only waiting for few weeks TO
ass when they can commence operations which win Il
e worthy conclusions 10 their astounding success last
all and winter
There Is still no law here, except that which springs
rom The love OF justice thoroughly planted in the
haracier OF educated nation At San Francisco one
iten sees or hears OF deadly brawls; here sometimes
cry rarely in the mines.
All who find spare breath from business or railing
California are discussing the horrible fate of those
ardy spirits who came the plains from Missouri
ONE OF these men now among us They are easily
ecognsed by their tall and wasted forms by their an
earance Of ndurated MUSCLE and by the liked and SER.
us expression upon their faces They have fed from
ressng death for iha last thousand miles over herbes
lains and precpitous mountains To save their lives
hey have been obliged 10 leave their little property ON the
pad and push by thousands OF their counirymen They
'ee forced 10 live upon that the loss of which must
'ork the death OF their friends. They pushed on by
breed marches They have arrived here exhausted and
oppressed While they tell OF their suferngs in the
Terra Nevada, they shake. their heads, and in tones
most whisper, say that thousands must perish for
ant Of food When asked II there is grass enough for
all he trains, the reply is almost inyariablc, "Sod
nows, but ] can't believe there isr Ii
When compared with the suferings of this rouie The
orms OF Cape Horn, the delays OF Panama and Mexico
re unworthy OF mention Oae short month hence a =
DRY will be sent TO the Atlantic States which will sad.
en- the unhnking gaety Of childhood draw tears from
e eyes OF all who love their fellow. men, and crush the
fdow's heart. ~ =
Surely, the gold in California is not enough 10 nav for
Isl PHI RlirNIIc y
Hamilton Lnnborough and Abel U. Mayo o
TIOhNEfs At Law and Agents for Claims, will prouecutr