The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-29


and in the central part Of the city, yet the bare gound
is $3.50 per month Such prices cannot stand long
how long II is difficult prophecy Immigrants coming
in with iush Every craft that the bay and nv
loaded with greedy gold sesks and the eouHtE is fast
getting filed wrihe thousands that DO disappointed.
Ten thousand peIHOn arrive here sometimes within day OF
two. Where they it is almost impossible 10 tescatter'
/ suppole among the Placss The coming wnisf lear,
will give such an Of suffering lie report 10 the
future historian has never before been heard hope
otherwise but from experience Of mining and
miners, have but little hopesth here will not be thou
sands Whole ia obtainug The prseiouE msaI will
prove Insufficient supply Them with their winters pTOy
the rainy c9mmenoes and then whea there
shall be further communication bs'ween The mEke spd
the mines starvation least much suffering will behe
result. There are 800 vessels in port most Of
them squsrsHgged and doBbels very many o. them will
rotere the of the silly work 70 get here will change TO
safety and rage TO get away again, sufficient 70 enable the
owneis or oicef 10 Eet their crafts back.
But the great feature OF San Francisco its social Hspso
Its denizens represent eDiiOme Of the wordswney,
Paddy, Yankee, John Ball Capeau, Don, Malay, Kama
ker Celesias from China cohyie,s from Botany Bsyn
so every scsces Of humanity that claims love for the
root Of evil Sudden wealth has introduced GngOvenahie
desires for still apd fortune and thUi gaming ia m
On The list Of extensive business. Ths hotel il The onlg0ne
have observed be free o the ssnea Of from one
four five monte banks besides wheels Of fortune reuee
and other equally perneions The result il rapid
emulation of i'll gotten gains by the gamblers aud The
ofvey many of herdupes More than sixtB suicides swell
the catalogue Of death this place April last Over
am intoJmed By my landlord, reliable au,h0Hty
Tlrsis principally the etfsctsOf gGmbsiHgl -t
These dsns Of lnquy Trick and hateful as the lice
OF Egypt 10 the wild days Of Moses although RIeat pains
are taken to make them attractive. They welgh ted
music does its Designating squealag grooming tiRk
ling swelling, melting from The mouths Of gpsy. looking
Dutch girls, accompanied BY hand-ogan tambone and
mOnksy-frcm the shuli keys and boes OF badly.
caulets, The complaining stnHgs of punished I'D
dewhla the horrible baEpipe acts ons teeth edge with
its hobgObliR drawl HapS and harper abundant and
some OF them discourse elegant music. This almost the
only thing rsdsemabe Tsdeaning in these sinks Of cheat
ing and fraud the Suff0cating, Om the fumes
OF ssgars and bad breath made still more eld by the
odors Of bad Liquors, guiped in abundance; willis
soOiss drunk with liquor the gambling mania gge
around in body OF sagger in words and expression, ke
maniscs pTecpice. Many gamblers have made great
fOEunes here. and Of them snensh send
hone portion they loss it again. OneyOung man, who
here the Pausma sent hons ten thousand dollars
by her her next return This he had gained b. gambng
besides what be retained stock ia trade. have known
lose in the high i25 ounces Of gold in day
at the monte bank snd have heard of much larger amounts
The influence Of such wholesale tempting Of fortune
scarcely be calculated except in pronouncing it evil and
only evil Ihave not yet bet pcsyune, nor felt sena
ton to do So But many of those coming here have
Of conduet ne idea Of right and wrong be followed ex
what the laws and rules Of society home aud
as these are left behind passion uEups The helm and
the Whole Of the baseT motives and desires take COM
m1nd Of the ship. But euoBgh Of this You will begin
soop 10 think pudiced. and TegrettinE that et The
States. Such not the fact 1 wish to speak Of things
Just as they meet my observation.
IS for the agricultural esOuIces Of California cannot es.
innate them highly and they times as great as
they until this gold mania has subsided but he Of
counys capabilities will be developed Some OF It's valleys
are rich but dry ash.heap and during the long dry
seasonCsCked into ssues several feet deep and threading
the whOe soil thCkly that it oub esome and dangerous
walking among these thousand mimic craiers. Where
the land can be irrigated it generally Of te pro.
dnctivs, very but the territory susceptible OF cultivation Is
l as Onl upTha IN
climate at some Of the piacers is healthy in the exIene
while OF the rivers iOT instance the Sacramento
is said TO be siekR My own health is and has beea
exceent and am heavier by ten to fifteen pounds than
have been for yean hear oonsidarahle
81 bowel complaints here ahOu gh the eute and weather
Notwithstanding all have heard the contrary eaeer
quite agreeable and pleasant The clouds thathang over
pant OF tpe time delightful change from the etetns
glaze OF the nnolOudsd under which have been bro
ing for the last seven months ia Mexico aud California
pLacsIs.
Bat almost Of world here The last steame
did not bring the great mail the previous one LEFT sOm
twenty thirty thousand letters Pansma on account
some tHug and grus LETT in darkness anC
doubt nothing in the shape Of news or friendship or love
cnming to tell that forgotten by all the world
II Gen. Talo Vermont General can make the
mail contractors do heduy the public he will oOuie
unapeakabe boon the people here by Hfusng
spirit of punciuaity order and cyiy into al connected
with the great arteries of this great counrYs mail lines
and polt0ices From the ability aud poheness Of the
present Postmaster here. better things expected than
| heretofore existed:
You wall By the California papers that great cities re
ioung in the hgl.sounding names Of New York New Or
leans Crescent City, Boston, etc pulled as offering
great inducements Most of them exist only on paper
passed the Cescent City net long since, and its iihab
itants consisted Of the ieyman who slept without house
tent beneath tree, and c0antless millions Of mosquitoes
that slept all So go-speculatOn peculation
and all Other atoms you could name. rushing ahead
have confidence that thing here witeyer be ver
permanently hourshng and prosperous Il al hot bed
ggowt-gold Of the mines and humbpg the fires that
hsye produced premature rneness and the and snow
plain fact and experience will before five years, turn the
| gtesu leaves Of this great garden brown and seIe.
Adieu. l know not whether write to the living or the
dead-fearul accounts Of the chosta TayaRes having
reached But living dead, may the light of God,
| love he yOuIs.' foun sincerely, y.