The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-12-08
TTion Tie n, y, FiIuiesmpn,I
California a Humbug and a
Land Of Graves

We have 40 dUulH lat ~ tie eudi The nov
ollimled hnd- Of Lalslafi4ls al i4r"Fs-a
great INJURY 10 Ilils country, ~ gold inlDes
hnse ,irnwn from the States thousands and
Ihp,iynHda Of young nnn VIM will perish ~
shat nrrru mud worthless country. Others
m fmHrn Whh ruined habits aud hfokeu
au,yu constitutions, aud here sud there q
sperul.tnf tlmi will come hnrk with for
uiur. Tie land h sterile aud isw viii re-
mlin ~ iill ~. Tie gold mnes ~ sVory
Fountry, yet discovered, hive proved an IN
brry, ultimately 20 The country ~ which they
WIRE lprnled. II will be- 30 with Culllouu
H.vll Willie California will seriously affect
nHneFuus rhrT countries, The speculniions
~ AlHilr, ftw yeuTr ago, were harmless
HHIHrs rUmImWd win the rpreulWiDns IN
Ih,- ti,d faaiOu will prove 10 be, Owners
.-i'yeszrl. WHO desired 10 sell thenG pTnprle-
b,Vs ol steamboats, rlymg hrTwrrUthr Atin''-
w. ciiiua and ChnFrgE, and between Puunmn
and San Francisco, and IN propfisIoTH oi
furnishing sloTes,HH ven 80 Hh Tie rlierulH-
Ers IN CHLGJrnm, have managed 10 keep up
Ihe Tep1ihi,pn ~ The Pacific buHhuR M hug
~ ro-riblc. Their combined efforts cnnnU
sl,o ils bursting nli much longer. The de-
ssiyrd nud huu'lHEged men Hre returning
bDiiie, and nav the truth viii appear Tho
ppesulurors have kept tho papers iilud with
ille bright side Of the golden regions, aud
nov their yiclims nre preparing 20 give The
other ellie.
The following il mn extract run leuer
written hy Mr. William l.. Newell, formerly
~ Nashville, This State, n printer, who has
lrG the mines aud gone into printing office
~ type-sollipg m California. We cat rom
Tho TslcPrnplG
SpenlSing of the uincs, their productive,
B'sr this season, has not 80 lar, hren near ~
ETvni ~ II vas last. There IL plenty Of gold
ysi, I,.H The rich places have loru almost nll
dug over. Tie average al oneb Individual
n, tho mines viii not exceed five az perhaps
eight dolIaTr per day, which n very small
sum. taking mo consideration the privhlionH
aud lhr extreme hnTh work. Thousands OF
ya,ng men are daily arriving from tie
States, who hnye had their Feelings 80
wrought ur 10y Ihs RlONiuR accounts OF tie
susress az one man ~ hoiisdHi that they
expect ~ errnpe up gold, nnd put IN thrir
pockets l,y hnn'lhilr, bur They nre duomed Ia
Ibsf lnT,rri disappointment, for on arriving
-l The un,rr. ihey begin 10 zee Tint lhey bn'c
'Irf ~ The ronif,rtr oflomr, 20 come 10 toll
~ the mountains ol California for tie mere
paIlry sum nf from Eve Ia eight dollars per
,Iny. deprived NJ they nre of all mud every
Ihng which mikes litr desirable, nnh finally
many through these privaIious md EXPRESSIVE
hnrd work attending gold digging, become
Iaokon down both IN body aud spirit, nfo
nkrn sick, linRer from day To day, with no
.,Ie ~ RdrniniHler te their wnnis, AHd hnnlly
die from neglect mud II they hre hurled, the
ceilings aud motives which dictate this last
solemn ceremony, nriso from the tlrsife To
~, cIanr from the derhyihg bodies. Many n
Young man who has arrived here with tic
highest expectations Of fortune, now sleeps
lhe sleep Of death, IN the mountains Of Cali.
fhruin, with not one single uleuIenIo OF friend
ship ~ mark the spot.
look around mud sec those Who ftrst NJ
rived; huoynni spirits aud high hopes reign
predominant. Amer tho lapse ofn few weeks
I see them ngain on their return to The mines,
sick, broken down. depressed IN spirit, and
ready 10 shuttle nh Iills mortal coil.
I hive not heard n word from----sinee lrn
bone. save what YOU have written me. What
- he NJ To? Must not come To Cnlilornm-
fortunes are not made So easy here nov ~
so,uc imagine. Most or tie Young men who
now arrive IRE anxious To make enough TO
get back.
Tho Collowingi is from the Boston Trans
rript;-
The New York Express gives the purport
orA conversation with n gentleman from
Worcester, MHss., who arrived IN the En-
piro City steamer. lie presents melancho.
" picture ofaflairs in California, and predicts
tint ihe next steamer will bring intelligence
on general smash mp there. Property, he
says, is tumhiiug down, wages are reduced
aud hundreds of persons nrc begging for
ciinurcH 10 work their pnSsnge home IN tho
steamers, guaranteeing nj the Rnine time, to
pay THEFT passage afior their arrival here
This gentleman also reports, that miners re-
-IuEning -frnm- The mines 10 San -Ernnciscn.
have ceased to bring gold, and now bring
instend, sore heads, sore legs, aud ruined
constitutions. According TO his account, ina
ny persons have persisted nj the mines mud
upon ihe road for lack Of food and rnin'ent.
And be ndds, that what makes affairs still
AYntAe, is thai Hpeculniors in California nre
,Isng their hest to send out favorable nc
counts,i order 70 get out OF the scrnpo them
selves, by putting their hnrdons upon the
shoulders OF new adventurere.
Mr. Trump, gentleman OF Baltimore, who
came messenger in the Empire City, informs
llie editor Of tho Philadelphia North AmeTi-
enD, that he returns perfectly satisfied with
his experience IN the gold region, and is Of
the opinion that the wHve Of emigration Is on
the turn-nn opinion sustained by the fact
v,hnt The Oregon sailed from San Fran, isco
for Panama. with no less than three hundred
aud thirty three passengers. II is probable
tint f,r some time To come the steamers VIII
hriug bone quite as many ms they carry out.
WAN OK LAKE SUPERIOR BETWEEN TnE
CANApIAN INDIANS AND THE QUEBEC Mis-
INu ComPASY The Detroit ETtrAHo of the
18Th uIh gives nh account of the troubles be-
tween the Qneboc Mining Company md the