The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-16

supposs An in bounds when say tAat1or the siss Of
the place. more busness has been done there for the
last six months than In any other psos In the world
lyon could come out here with 10. l6 OF - 600, or
even less Jon must make money, enter into ct basil
aAlslss hotel Crane, has been put mp. The pro.
prietor he's already rented rooms 20 the amount OF
70 sn:
know has already been brought.
CLERKS get the most extrsvAgsnt salaries A cap
tan clerk lately vent ashore, and receives ssoo psr
ou ... %
hope have secured . lot some oaosrs who enter
ed lot: for . mere sons, during the war: ara no.
cost bim about $1,000. are nov worth $4,000.
"Nov, you may think tho plan am going to sus:
were in the United States would do this, II had
the money and sdvise you BY ell means to do it,
Buy or charter small vessel invest all the you
two to four rooms for from 5000 to $500 spieoehavs
th:n already Pot up, even bring the brick for the
rshs you handssms return q any thing you could
bring You could either sell the vessel 1t great pro-
put her into the trade between Oregon sad San
traneisce which 10 . profitable one. l believe one
thousand Of these cottages would fud ready sale.
People are actually suffering for place whore to sleep,
and tents are pitched In the very town.
All that have said Dope nds Of course upon the
gold and there IL doubt enough to keep Thousands
psePt. Ss 70. year: they have :ss.d
the surface Of the earthn
LIEUT.. LANMAN's JOURNEY FROM CALIFORNIA.
From the National lntell'genoer Feb 10
On Tuesday evening, Lieutenant Joseph Lsnman Of
the United States navy arrived this city bearer Of
deApatches from the Pacific squadron He oonarms the
s o sUa Of
IN that region who holders Of lands have oolored
their facts to some extent, With view Of promoting
their INDIVIDUAL Interests Only about an hour before
he left he board the nag ship Just arrived
from the mines who conr the previous reports In
regard to the discoveries the river Staueow where
he had . Jingle lump Of gold weighing nine pounds
and heard ofone that weighed twenty pounds The
COLO excitement In Monterey had entirely sbAtsd the
immense mineral wealth OF the country being locked
upon ~ an established fact. There disposition
except snoDg the lspdholdsrr) to exagserate, aud
this VAS mentioned to Lieut. Lanman by Governor r.
B. Mafon - q singular circumstance.
For ayear pat Lieut. Lanmsn has been performing
h.,nH sosGor o. sne port ., and
to the Mines his for obtaining authentic
information were better than IL hs had visited the
mines IN person He informs us that NO asge
Of gold dust or ore selling At sacrifice; he does
NOT believe that hundred Of the gold dust
could have beer purchased at the reported rate Of eight
dollars the ordinary prices ranging from ten to twelve
dollar: per ounce. The weekly receipts OF gold 1T San
Frapssco were estimated At from thirty to nifty thou.
dual Who haa in his possession thirty thousand dollars
worth Of pure ore and dust The current value Of
Of coin througout the country; but when Lieut. ar
rived At Panama he was informed that 100000 had
gentlemen, snd that the Amsriosn Consul ct PSits,
Mr Rudsn) had in charge coin to the value Of $llS,-
0O which he intended to exchange for ore and dust
Peru and Chill are not behind the United States In
regard to the gold excitement, less than twenty
vessels having sailed from those two within
short time, bound to San Francisco. They were ell
we'll laden With provisions and other pecessaries Of
s and tbei- arrival would probably reduce the prices
which have heretofore been exorbtant.
Lieut. Lspmsn left Paits in the steamship Call.
for mia on the 18th January, and arrived Panama
on the 18th, This noble steamer nfty. six days
and nineteen hours (steamiDg time) from the city
Of New York to her anchorage In Panama Bay
She performed tho whole route, ming through the
Injury to the chip. She had seventeen cabin pas.
feDgers and eighty forward passengers, and it was
understood that they should not interfere with the
"through passengers" from New York to California,
who might DO waiting 1t Panama. The number Of
psreons et that psco found to be I've hun.
drsd arr thsls was no doubt but they would ell md
an date passage to their place Of destinations By
the American ship Philadelphia and ON English ship
delivering coals for the steamers.
There were sone reports Of cholera ct Panama, but
but few deaths among the smigrants.
Lieut.. Lenmsn left Panama the 10th January.
With two mules, for which the Consul had to nav
s24, three times the usual price. The distance
formed In ten hours. Over three miles Of this road
the mules could trot-two miles Of the road were
indifferent. fourteen very bad, and Two almost i'm
paAsabls l 10 not billy but Of the passes are %
narrow that the ladies who travel compelled
to dspense with their side saddles. The remaining
portion Of the route the isthmus performed in
Canoes the distance from the place where the mules
Lanman sailed In the sthmus on the asa ian
nary for Havana thence to Kingston and arrived in
Washington - bsADre stated, tho evening Of the
13th inst.