New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-08


, b. 2,,sss C,os. Baker 4 O. oas OF the largest
al ne; eaisrp-is.as c'l'amissi5H a5uses ~ S-h
/ Francisco Il = endOrsei BY Noses q Lson ard
a. u I'D be iouad more rNiiab'e thsc ;He genera
f51ee ccrrc-i having beea arranged uq 70 tie 81
/ OF sal ng Of re stssne-
fors iAe.s, a. - SO prime. - G, so Hams. - -
~ eeatt' bell rrsss. 10 q So MacSs-e NJ T. 90
No.ssses no - % - -rnu Sassr hoEsa syr1p 81 .
sugar, brown hsgAaA lot - d. cszU sugar. White
atrsa'i ~ eif ApP,ci. dei. 80 - - ca fssches
ca "a'ain., - feI ooI Pickles, Is g peF toz
ba.ssr Goshen - - IS cent?. Osrgcn 81 Is Cheese
70 : ~ cent? Candies. sperm 81 50: .hselins.
brown, . ID c's pr,inss, DO ~ 10 Is e.. Tiosr
PORK Snd N0issses have sdys materially within
'e~ dsy. There 10 great demand for heavy ea:Alng
such - Is gsei hy mariners AID lsbcrsrs
An invoke ci irssh goods vel assorted would a.
readily AZ from 80 10 300 per cent advance F!ra
Clothing ,'aaAio1sole) Ia slso much wanted. HEAVY
,c,rieL biue Hsckissw Blankets sse IN great 5ena-t
IS srs also Boots and Shoes. send 20 oli goods
Several lumber mills have been erected IN Cali
iornla and are commencing 10 send lumber into
market The Oregon,ns have mostly Sl the
mines I'D are turning their attention to larlber
As . convincing proof that ths mines have been
oTe-rt.cd the Oregon men prefer returning home
and working Ia lumber ST from 80 70 eco PEI
these TO are iron men. iuured 70 toll and privs
mos;s' -sthe- than remain in the mines, and
tic1. These are facts for the geld drsGner worthy
OF far more consideration than eX-Gov. Aason's
Al. kinds OF reports reach ~ Of new digglngt
bot as vet no importan, uew mines have been
opcECd. The last report vas from Trinity River,
sst-esm crossing near the sources Of the sscrs-
rnento and runuiGga westerly coarse through The
coast range OF mountains, and entering into the
Psciic Ocean. Trinity IS some 400 miles from
Sacramento City. and the task Of accomplishing it
fully equa to travelling the whole distance from
New \ ork to Caiiiornis by the lsthmus route.
Sail thousands pulled up stakes and travelled 20
the promised and only 81 meet with sore trials
and cissppolntments most Of them returned ion
msdlatsly fading very little gold while many
have EFT their bones on the rout being worn
down by toll and exposure.
Tae north west branches have proved the most
sicKly IS well as the richest part Of the whole
mines. Undoubtedly the fubs River has yielded
more gold FOR the same smount Of labor than sny
other mines, but the sickness and mortality has
0eeA great. ! have never hoard tho causes o.
sickness sAtis'ac t0ry accounted for other than il
contains quicksilver bat the streams are all pure,
clear ard cold. Much gold has been gathered on
the north and middle torks by turning toe rivers.
However, many have been unfortunate, and the
risk Of sing months Of srduogs labor desers many
from the undertaking
The Adephi Company from Nsw-York have
been most gntortunRte-hsving completed their
work after three months toll they foani their
dam 20 contain an abundance Of gold, but owing
~ quickssrds In the bottom, they vere unable 10
drain the water of sufficiently TO work the dirt,
and the whole undertaking had TO be abandoned
Many such cases AZ this exist, and u is very dis
hesrtening 70 the victims who loose time, labor
and health, ia such arGuous undertaking.. The
Southern mines on the San Joaquin and it, tribu-
.sries arc and ever have been the mos. heslthy
part OF tire whole mines. But il seems that whore
lhere IL most gold, there ia most risk Of lie aud
health.
The overland emigration are mostly settling IN
various dry disgings on the North Fork and st
" esvor Creek. They are building los houses for
substsntia. w1ter quarters, bat il s 10 be feared
~ az provisions 70 suffice such = multitude cannot
be drawn into the mines before tho rsins Gloss
lho roads against them There must bs unheard
Of Suffering IN remote parts OF tho m,nss during
the Winter Men are gfieyousy disappointed
IN ,hsir expectations, become csrsless and despe-
rate sul are deterrn ned 20 tsN mucn pni brave
eyc-ythinc Tor gold.
The rosds are expected 20 o-e aboa. tina mid
te e, December, although there have been 81
fesiy no vs-y heavy rains, winch searched the
.as houses end stores orreliy, destroyins Immense
Iusntties u goods, BESIDE reminding the inhsb
itants prscscally u what they may ca Psc. whea
the rrgDi,sr sio,~ers como down
The growth ol the principal towns N California
- uaDfeoe,'oatsd. CoicmR 2dto,s MILE &. in
ing ~ rapidly. II hss superior sdysntsgsI, being
20 miles Ia the interior. nrrthes.i ron Sacrs-
rsn,c Civ. ard coated on the south .crs ti-ec;y
r 10 mines iorming the center T. any part of TIE
nj. - ~ ;hc south and middle forks and the prln-
cipAl dfy dics,ns
sscrsui ento city j. alsl striving aith Saa Fran
eco for supremacy The former covers nearly
IS 1nrh ground - the latter but the population IL
N ich less dense Sacramento has large and
c0nmodipus hotel costing some $4,000, AID res'
tagFants tie, would 40 credit 10 the bss. saloons
In Now YORK. You enter tina theatre through
srge g.m'iing saloon. and tho monte table Is
regular appendags 10 nearly every hoie. and
driaklrs house. Extensive boarding houses are
beng tilted Up 10 accommodate ths crowds
e.vins the mines ba. these will DO fond yoTy
aaaiilrient as the rainy ssason sets in
Stockton keeps psce with her rivals and has
decided advantage 70 regard = health. The sono'
risa Camp on tie Southern digsings has been
partially depopusted, owing ~ the snmoslty and
NJ feeling shown togErds the Mesicans and Chill
ears by the Americans. When light draft steam
er. commence navigating the Sacramento, the
great depot for the Northern Mines will be located
On the Sacramento, sODo 400 miles from San FrsD
CISCO, and In the immediate vicinity Of the mining
region Snow las already commenced high up on
Yubs, and fresh SHOWS were visible on the Sierra
NeVsds range as early 80 the 18Th OF November.