The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-22
THE GOLD EXCITEMENT.
Incidents on tho Increase.
&c. Sc. DO.

Incidents on tho Increase.
sc. Sc. 90.
SCENES IN NEW YORK.
CARE You GOING TO CALIFORNIA o. We are
not The city Of New York Is very excellent
spot-a little world In miniature-and we have
seen the great world outside to our hearts con-
tent, are perfectly satisfied, and henceforth our
domiclle Is in the Eleventh ward. From No. IL
we can look down upon No. ward, where all the
fuss and preparation are progressing, with a calm
serenity that asonishes ourselves; and we are not
often astonished at anything. Almost every body
is going to California. Venerable, sainted old
Tammany--the old wigwam's best spirits are go
ing out; quorum Of the last general committee
for ls48 az is quorum) are already en- route for
the gold digglns. We are not going to California,
but we are gong to remain behind, for the purpose
of giving correct faithful history of all the move
ments thst are being made by the California emil
rants We have clear, undoubted right to write
history OF those movements for our record would
commence some years ago. We knew all about
this gold as early as June, 1874. In that month,
~ the Secretary of States office at Wash-
,ngto~ city, samples of gotd brought by Captain
Stephen r. Smith, ,oho tsas then purchasing ws,us
to take out TO Upper California, in the ship Cali
orm,a, belonging to hins, then lying at Nso Bedford
Captain Smith proposed to rs that zoe should then
20 oSt wtth him. His alpics contained IN the fol-
loo,Ng extract from original letter, mo,o in o,w
possessios:" You could sstablish yourself in bust
ness IN Monterey as msrcha~t, have branch of
yowr store back in the twterior 50 ,e) toe stocked
with all kinds Of goods; the place selected should be
IN the vie,n,ty of the gold miners. You ooxd find
II Vsrv profitable to take Ulh vov into the tNtertOr
about n GOO ,corth Of Syar;.h ,irperrev. ,hil,rr
o.a ,.s .h: .,.... LII ,h... .o.. b,.,, -. III
ana ZOO s""a'"S P'sees' '"sse' w" o"s "s eo"
from the miners at crtaiw rate, and pay in stiv~
coin. These men uo, bur vouv goods, and re- puy you
- a.. :J......, 49, .h.sI .... ....u ~, ...,
:" me sSeHsssd1 cer CON- on'cn 20" cos"d pay ew.
again and again, thMs NSakfNg profit both icGys."
we did ant ncc,pt the ,,royssiffos of Cant Smith
80 49,. 49,. -. ~ o. 80 III. .y.:'
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cabinet tce aicare that god trtsted IN large
quantities in California, as james X Polk asd his
Chic, ,r.r. ,rb. n. ,r,c,, ,rtb ,r, % ,,. ,od.
,a.'".' Wv "' ~. 49,. $500 ISL $3.50 w~:,,
endeavor to give some idea Of tn revolution that
IN yo;no on IN our midst. caused bv this thirst
.t,.1 cold II !. an enid. m;c--,t b,, r.v.d for
,''e' s.,s' - - .r'N' ns TO-. .,S~,,S
that day scatteredthe elements of the disease far
and wide. and now II RACES with violence tina
,hre.,.n. 70 d.,onr,.,. N.w yort ..I.'--
""e" 40 ~ uspe -, It.,
L
classes in the political world-the Cass men, the
Ven p,rer man ord ,b. T.vlor man The 7,b ~
-
November decided the position OF each party. In
January, 1912 the city 10 DIVIDED into three great
DIVISIONS; Ist Inose VINO are declded 10 go 70
California, "a. Ihose VINO nave not decided 70
60, put WI Leave as soon as tney can raise the
wind. 50. Ihose who cannot leave under any
clrGumGances mi,
Ihe Caes men go to California; Inc van Bu-
rem men are those VINO Will Co. II they can geta
Inc ways ana Taylor men, are wen enough as
Ihey are tney are conIent' ior they nave some
'h,ne 10 ISea On neIe ,o.o ;c.
form. pornrnmn;,u oS T.nM.pv iSxa Tse hmnks
tars ua l =, ara X ~oors IN 80, ~, 20.
~. INA IN In 49, tc f.;,biI
rd anu ,ne M az. . gse ;.
this state Of thlnS.. and 70 mnress
r1e NJ % ,o wn y 'e he raa u I'M
tns I, Nth ON sncom3t of The oreat outnnnr;ng or
neonle f,on, one land to anot6erNronn one sscA
| ton to another section OF country. The first on
iui account Of the original sort of a California
,nSsrsnt .nonr the sncestoys Of onr Chsthan
street PEOPLE. They made move "from Egypt
a f%w with milk and honey INTO the place e' Of
the Htiss ns A An sn9 'n Tb ~ ana
re res in many respects the present Cafornis
uu M nr'n 49,. VIZ az. S.,
re shaii NOT 20 emPy Oof exey one sn ,h ooa-
oeedlngs IN tne courts Oh law mere, 10 arrest az
sconoing debtors, &C, our gceIs nave 0een ooine
II without any comman NJ tney, TOO. nave goi
tired OF making bricks They had to cross the ked
Sea; our emlgrants have to cross blue one But
providence raised up dIy land, 30 mat they did not
have to boat 1t, and modern ingenuity has lessened
the distance round the Horn, by providing mqes
to cross the lsthmus, and steamers at each end OF
the line. The next great exodus was from Eu'
rope TO America. Inc last Is reserved 70 immor-
!slze ms century IN general, and ane admnsirar,
ton OF James X. Polk ~ particular. We shall
make no comparison win the SECOND exodus II
Is altogether TOO vouminous. we snail initiate
the great historian, Moses be plain and simple IN
relating the events OF the present era we shall not
deal IN greater extent than ne did
MOSES tells inc wnole stoly, from the oIick making
amo burning 1usn--wnat tne push said; ana what