The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-20
SAW Francisco California;, April 7, 1s4o.

NsV Uoso htUes-s1rTtc0f 81 me StedmShp oregon al
San FrGneiscs-S7 100000 Of Gold Dust Skipped
The misunderstanding Success Of Gold Seekers
$12,4so Dug by One Nan in Ten DGys-Whai En-
isrant Should Garry to CaiJornia-How to Reach the
Gold Mnss-.a Word Of Caution and .4drice.
Hurra Here are, at last, The Land of Promise
FL Dorado Of the West Our own bright beautiful, /
bsuntiful California lies before and around usher
lap full Of riches. The blood and treasure of great
nation has been expended In the acquisition Of this
territory and the strong and powerful mind of the
AngloSaxon will make its rich streams aud val
leys-its fertile plains, and its barren hills to
" bud and blossom the rose"
arrived in the steamship Oregon Captain Pearson,
on Thursday morning, April /. We left Panama. with
$50 passengers 7 in the cabin 173 in the tcerage
on the morning of Tuesday, the 18th March, making
the trip in 10 days running time, 1917 days. The
passage, upon the whole, pleasant though
as far as San Bias (where wrote you), all Suffered
some" under baking, broiling, tropical Few
cooling zephyrs visited and consequently the heat
and the gold feverwbich ragged terribly-nearly
umed us. After leaving San Bias, the weather became
somewhat cooler but the poor who received
there late and important intelligence from California,
were still afflicted with the malignant disease above
mentioned. have not yet, heard of u single
very.
have not time to give you detailed account OF the
| trip, but there very funny things which
ABOUT captain Pearson deserves tho
highest praise for the daring and skful manner in
which he navigated his vessel, up n coast but very
little known, and with charts correct He de-
serves especial credit for boldly pushing his vessel
through the passage In the canal Of Santa Barbara in
the middle Of the night and in dense fog and few
navgators, uDacquaiAted with the coast would have
entered and left the Bay of Monterey he did in the
night, and surrounded by heavy fog lie was for
tuuate however. in having the assistance and counsel
Of naval officers who had visited the coast particu
arly Of Mr.. De Jongh of Newport r. t., who had been
master Of the Savannah, her late cruise in the
Pacific.
After entering the Bay Of San Francisce which Is
unquestonably the finest in the world, tho Oregon
east anchor In Sancllita Bay, six miles distant
San Francisco, and where found at anchor the |
United States ship of the line Ohio Com Jones' the
soops Of war St. Mary and Warren and the u s. store
ship Southampton. Salutes here fred, and the
officers of the Ohio beard. From them we
learned that the steamship California still at San
Francisco. Nest Of her men had deserted and she
could not leave for want Of coal During the morning
Of arrival the sailors Of the Oregon ordered
to hoist the baggage Of the passengers hold
They all refused however to do duty, and declared
their intention Of going to the plaoers Capt Pearson
consulted with the Commodore, and in about ten
minutes body Of marines marched jack tars ON
| board the Ohio where they informed they must
remain until the Oregon ready to sail. This was
rather summary process, and not exactly according
to law, but under the circumstances there seemed to
be no other Everybody is interested in the
success Of these steamships they afford the only
Ct obtaining speedy adviccs from the States every
body, OF course, seemed to think the right
particularly a. the sailors had signed contract re-
main three years the ship The result Of the bust
ness will be, however, that the company will be COM
PEELED to increase their pay-probably to 800 per
month. We remained at Sancilita Bay until Monday
morning, when we got up steam and proceeded to San
Francisco and dropped anchor alongside of the Cali
tornis During Sunday night the third mate and two
board the Oregon and cut their stick pacer
n the harbor we found about fifty merchant vessels
most Of whom are without crews. On shore we ascer
tanned that almost every nook and full to
verfowng, and that only chance for sleeping was
the soft side OF very narrow plank blanket under
tent But greedy nightly tickled with
marvellous accounts Of the rich pacers and our eyes
dszzled with sight OF bushels Of gold dust and large
Jumps some of them weighing Ave aud six pounds. |
Everybody seemed to have plenty of " rocks and
more stirring, active, and intelligent population than
that of San Francisco | have never seen
FROM whst can learn !and my resources are pretty
ready been taken out Of the country Twothird, OF |
this amount has been shipped to Valparaiso and Ma
xstan and nearly the whole balance to the islands of
the Pacific Oregon, and China. But small amount
has left for the United States Why large proper
ton has been shipped to Valparaiso aud Mazatlan,
may be accounted for by TIE fact that English
chants residing there have large valuable car
goes here aud taken gold dust In exchange number
in obtaining all the produce of the placersu When
American vessels arrive with their rich freight diff
ferent order OF things may be expected.
The soop-of-wsr Dale left here, however about the
middle OF last month, with 5000 900 In dust The g.
store shp Lexington sailed in November with 100000
But more than half Of these cargoes for Vspa-
raise
Gold Is found from Suffers Fort to the head Of thu
Sacramento distance Of several hundred miles and
In great abundance on the San Joaquin, (Mem-pro-
n mo ed. walk in very inviting name isn't t and
OF San Francisco Us far TIE Gla several very large
and rich placers have been discovered and persons
constantly arriving frem that direction with gold dust
and Jumps of gold, some Of them weighing IS high as
two and three pounds.
learned to-day that large quantity OF the glitter
ing sand had been found within twenty miles OF Mon
terey and that the citizens Of that place and vicinity
were leaving their homes in hopes Of reaping rich
harvest But the favor te resort Of the gold seekers
the sacramento and San Joaquin. The NEST album |
sn ns S GR ss
branch OF the San Joaquin the Zualmic and the Mer
sedes II !, plentiful everywhere, however, and one
hundred thousand people cannot exhaust II in half
century.
have converted with number Of those who have
proofs of the truth of their statements Mr. John
Townsend who arrived in days since brought
on the Middle Fork and at the dry digsins during
the last three months This at slepcr ounce is the
day before yesterday brought s12 oo0 which he OBJ
tanned by digging the st.nisauso during the last
cleared 500 per day during the last six months, ever
and above all his expenses, which, by the way have
peen enormous necessarily. 1t. T.. Gould Bunum,
who has spent the whole winter in the plaoers has
realized $4,000 mostly by gold digging He has been
engaged part Of the time In trade saw letter from
him yesterday, in which he speaks sncouragngly Of
the prospects at the placers' this summer. have
also seen and conversed with regular trump John
3 Owens, formerly of the Texan Rangers who visited
the placer on the Juba some time since, and dug in
twenty days $500 worth Of gold lie informs
that while tht 70, he saw John Fine, Esq., Who within
half mile of his diggings" obtained in ten days
s25cto worth Of gold dust and who with the assistance
Of one N an got $4,000 more out Of the same hole
Dr. Long got 5000 day In gold dust out Of single
pan full OF dirt But Is useless for to cite particular
cases The truth OF the gold storiesn Is nov pretty
well cstsbished-and those who don't believe now,
would not though they tous Of the precious metal
in its native beds.
trust that no will infer from this that all persons
are as successful ms those whose have mention
ed Any strong table bodied however who Is will
ling to labor five or elk hours day in broiling sun,
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