The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-11-28
Co,respondcncc of the Charleston Courier.
W asUJStToS Nuy.l lS, lS49.


WASHINGTON, Nov.lS, lo49.
California is uot in the Union, as State,
and is not likely to be, during the next six months.
The opposition to her admission will be very
stern OH the part of the South, and IN both
+, Houses of Congress. There are several grounds
OF opposition here already indicated. lhe ar
ticle excluding slavery, which has passed IN
Committee ol the Whole, in The Catio MA
Convention, will, no doubt, tbe Incorporated IN
her Constitution. But there is another ground
Of oppo.i,ion, upon which two thirds ol l"h'
yress viii mol unite---lhat is the question ot The
boundaries Ut the new State. ihe ConVen'
ton seemed to be determined 10 grasp The Whole
sea board dt The Pacific, Ui thousand miles IN
extent, 10 the exclusion OF ulher paris ot Gait
iurnla, which may hereafter iurm States, from
any portion uf the sea coasts. MS "iii ho'
b. Tolerated; anu the Constitution viii be sent
back for modification in this respect, Ii no o'nef'
Iae question, too, vi the admission or 'ioh-ad-
,nission OF Tree negr" population INTO the o'a'e'
will he productive Of solne debate.
learn 0m the best authority, that New
Mexico is about to form provlslotat GoVcr''
ment, and send deputalion to Congress, ask
ing tor a Territorial Governmeht; and, turlher'
that they will not, in their preliminary organl-
zalion, make any provision IN regard u slavery.
MIR. Skinner, an able lawyer ol Santa fe, has
been to this city, on this business, and has re.
ceived every Information and encouragement,
in regard TO it, from Mr.. Clayton.
The Desert country will. also form Provs.
ioDar Government; but it has not yet sent aby
agent 10 this city, nor has the Government sent
any 10 II.
FROM CALlFoRNIA.-We have been k'ndsy
permitted to peruse a letter from young Caro-.
finian now in the land of "dust" 10 a relative in
this place.
As SD many different and conflicting state.
ments have been given as to the prospects OF
emigran,s, and general advantages ofthat coun.
: try, we give the following extracts as indicating
the opinion of one sho has "seen the land"
and whose intelligence and means of iniorrna:
ton have been such as to add to the value Of
his testimony. The letter is dated
"SAS Francisco, Sept. 22I, 40.
"I have not procured place vet, and have
determined not to 90 10 the mines, as great
many persons have advised me moi to do so. A
person might he lucky and find Gold in large
quantities, bat then he is likely to get sick, and
II will take all he can make to get well; and
three ,ourths of the diggers now scarcely pay
expenses.
...I really think the editors in the States ought
10 he punished for the accounts that have been
published about this country. would he very
we'll satisfied to find myself at home in the same
situation as when left, but as | am here shall
get through the bes, way can.
"Some ofthe young men with whom came,
returned here yesterday from the Mines, and
have given certainly a very discoriraging &C.
count of things in this part the county,
They intended soon to go across the Bay and
cut nut Lumber, which is much more profitable
than Gold digging; and i, is very likely will
accompany them. unless, in the meantime,
obtain better situation.
81 am certainly very mnch disappointed in
this country, and have not met single person
who is not so and You need not he astonisheh
TO hear from me at New. Orleans next Spring,
as shall not remain here long if can do moth.
ing better than just support MYSELF"
Columbia Telegraph.
THE BLooD OF AN INEBRIArE.--Dr. Gorge
Stephens Jones'. OF Boston. communicates to the
Medical Journal the following singular. though
not unprecedented, case of the transformation
of,he blood OF an inebriate.
~ was called upon in great haste to see