The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-19

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For-ibree miles-sver since.
For description OF this city, l can only say,
that when we arrived, 1t had twelve to twenty
shsntes, stores, &c, not one of which was real
frame building, with floor; and now several
frame buildings are going up, and, in all. should
Judge, that the town had doubled, both as to in
habIiants and buildings, since our arrival. Lots
sell from $500 to $4,000, and are constantly on the
advance. Coon after getting here, | purchased
two lots, fer 5 II. IL Co., for 81 700, and we have
since made a contract for the sale of one half Of
each, though the trade is not closed, for the ORR
elnal cost ot the whole.
really don't know what to write to you, unless
II be as TO What we are driving at, which makes
the letter, perhaps, more Of personal history
than looks well upon paper; but will go on with
the letter, at the nsk OF Its not being precisely
o. X.
Again, as to lots, | was just SO foolish to pur-
chase two for myself, for 81 200, and don't, as yet
no, ; yet, would not give $40 to be warranted it,
You know that felt rather blue, about starting the
journey, but, after fairly getting oil, there has been
no momentin which regretted The step
similarly situated by all means should do, have
been disposed to feel very well about the affair
| throughout, and, upon the whole, the Journey
was rather interesting than otherwise. 1t Is true,
| that there were hsIdships; SO there are Ia Co
| than. For instance, walking down from s. and
| N In rain storm, is not decidedly pleasant, yet
it will answer occasionally, because they keep a
bottle OF good gin sitting in rather state OF reti-
racy for the espe cis of the elect say for you,
M, Gen.W and myself, and themselves, OF course
But to return you will perceive that am salts
| fled with the removal here: came with the full
intention Of being so satisfied, as man should do
| As 10 the great question of the present day, will
money be made in the operation, time, that most
generally administers faithfully upon the estates
OF The living, can only tell. The various changes
that are being continually made In all things per-
tanning TO earth, the many unforeseen accidents
that may happen, and, wItha, the general glorious
uncertainty Of trade, renders 1t almost foolish to
| ,l.sa sh..k IL
| that much money will be made here, but who will
make it, is another question. For ourselves, we
are selling goods fully as fast as we anticipated
d0ss bo fore anS rs. from ad hs bark. to Uu,
have started another. across the American Fork
from Suffers mill, where the gold was first DIS
covered
The mill is about fifty miles from here, towards
the mountains. Beyond there, fifteen miles, upon
the Spanish bar, also another, and at about the
same distance from the mill We, the coming
week, shall commence operations in another, both
of the latter being SO far among the mountains,
that II is impractcable to carry goods to them ex-
cept In packs upon horses or mules. Freight, in
wagons, from here to the mill, Is from sixteen to
twenty cents per pound. From there TO the bar,
the usual charge Is fifty cents per pound, not a
hundred pounds; but we use our own mules under
certain arrangement, so that the expense 10 much
less. My business is wholly confined to the bark,
having generally the entire charge, Captain q
being mostly gone, and s. being at San Francisco,
experimenting matters at that end Of the
II occupies me very closely, can assure you but
like 1t, as it is gratifying to be In a portion Of
The world, where half cents, pennies and sixpences
| are obsolete IDEAS and where, when your property
is sold, it is paid for without credit Of eighteen
months upon book, then into note, and then pay
ment made IN property actually harder to convert
into cash, than was the property originally sold
OF the sales made, nine-tenths are for gold dust,
| probably. Nothing else is expected, and after
the dust, Of course. What specie we get, Is ex-
changed OIL for dust, purchasing 1t at from SIS to
sl5 80 per ounce. In trade, the unvarying price
is$i6
goods here, is sufficient to alarm the natives. For
instance, to speak of small matters, as you know
many OF the articles which were packed into my
trunk for my own use, will name some OF the
prices at which they were sacrificed, when found
that did not need them. For instance, the WOOL
len drawers % per pair; red flannel shirts, IS each;
cotton socks, a few pairs, at ~; the rifle, which
Fred brought on for me, from Woodstock, costing
SO, was obliged TO sacrifice it, such my dis
tress for cash, for 600. But the best Joke Of all
was, that the man who bought 1t OF me sold 1t for
$ll2 90 and that purchaser taking 1t into the noun
lnins, II seems got much more distressed for cash
than | was, and sold 1t for $50. The revolver,
which cost about SIS, / sold for SIS. Two pounds
of powder, bought with it at b. and SIS, costing
abou, 40 cents, sold for s6 so per ID. Ten boxes
near that, each, went at 81 50 to 50 per 100. The
flask, costing los, went for IS or 81, forget
which, as kept no memorandum OF anv of them.
cos,,og 81 oo here To- sI ~ :" 10 e.ch Gnu E.;n,,
mon s small Io, here os Zen or ,Sr.Iv. oId 800
hnab, ,bsm for s5 and ia ,bsm ~ ,wn I o,s q
sSo Tb.sn ,b;na.' rs CIV. a h., 800 o' ~,
nd ~ hs;no = nsr, Of ,hs hs,orv ,be ~ ny
denied state Ut affairs and prices here. Watches,
had ,;me ~ hardly show one s,ncs as,,,na hsrss
I'M thew will hays ali nroosr a,,en,en h.,ara ,h.
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SUNDAY MORNING, June "a, 1919.
We do not sell goods on Sunday when WE can
as,, D., n. ~ -. -.
ee' ~" VI " D"' W e' you see tue prices Oh afu-
ces here, will name what have sold this morn
ing will also give the cost of the article along
ill a.. -. lii - a.. 40, -:
"iu' '"e P'i'es soo sp.uei NS'b 30 iron
spoons (oc), VI oo hall pint cups Q2c'), 81 5O
bake oven (s5c. }, 81; coffee pot (2s), a.; I
csnteeu (e0c :, an sauce nan fIssN an "a h,sb
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