Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-12-14
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ERnM CALIFORNIA.
T,o q wing is an extract of letter. from gentleman
r,,,, in the shin Mariana from this city.

r. q wing is an extract Of letter, from sehe'ah
,.hover,ut in the ship Mariana from this city.
SAN FRAScisco Bay of 1erba Buena,
October l1th. lSi9. }
/ - Sunday morning Sept 30th, (six days
,b.,d oe Glenmore) We had passage OF % DAYS o,l
ratabm,a Bay Of Concepon at which place we s'oppe
- a." raer &c We made the shortest passage Of any
ves wich trio Janero about Inc same ,, ,bou"b
h ro,cde We have sold ship for Si,ooo ana pro-
siss for $1,000 Provisions al the mines are hgh PORK
81 r. pond M 81 per pint There are boarding snd
Ser h lis gna cost soap ~ cts per lb TOBACCO CO
f 10 cts er h. which cost AT home 40 cts; sIs 30
nedczen chcee Is cts per b butter ana au ao ~
LIN has st up the river high as slooo per w. gu,
thnI,s ,h,e months back Bricks ara worth 81 10 siV
na a Iusani Pickles worth $50 per barrel 90
IN is ray The place; il cannot be described Dpala 90
LII tcS pcr day Lots 90 by 50 feet, i'll the business
pe the y rent Tor s200,o $4,000 per month The tact
lire II tell what some of the houses rent Tor per
mont heount OF money a nn, III, 'S npns . in few
I'M. 81 lne men look ahead years to make fortune;
heyehev k to months. San Francisco covering IN area
Of the or IF miles, is increasing dailyro ior 10 seIe
80, snrimr ,p as if BY magic, every day-l Is motley
crow, Of h,es tents boxes, &c, made III all Shapes anu
om all knot stuff but in some order as le sTees ale
laid Ii in Pidelphia style We have mere Gay 1arhson'
1t pacIc Monmery, Samson, and many olher streets
Pacl. a Inn The houses-or what when arrived,
nsrayr poles stuck in the ground and covered WIN
l. w cooraleys dc There is one fellow mere lNins
"a irpuc r
ny Thona place Government reserve, called Happy
Vasy. whenndeds Of tents are pitched, WIN tenants n,
" woitnr 10 sdcir goods or WORKING 10 ea IN I6n III
III % nesome OF our boys have made ~ 10 oloo WINE
ID ~ m h.,re Some dig wells AT SlU per foot some
We ny. eighty yards Sc per thousand; some
~ la, 5cks ater day Carpenters get 10 10 so per a"!'
some WI % ran ofIas soon arrived and should not
Nj "ri lev have made half their fortunes ships are
In ,,,h onc Captain on board ana hundreds WI" ne.
nd ~ 10 allie ont of this place sailors wages ue ioo ~
w S60 per me so'i'e '''' ~
he run 10 ' as many acquaintances here as at
= li iva place-what il will be In Ten weeks, or ten
n holie' - IN now form the least idea. Every thing that
@ can ,iof is brought here There are more mining ~
hu a harbe used in twenty years Storage Is hig 81
~ ~ - pcr the barrel Boxes Of VINE mla"a @c
ne ~, oen The first thing hat strikes stranger
e io' i the singular state OF society am me woia
ae never sal honesty Over io0Gu innaoan.s anu ~,
h nor even heard of one since my arrival bowie
ew Hnives pistols, &C. Gag hardly Dc gwen away. have
tho h things here or at The mnes-every body Is
Wv "o ~ ling about making money.
md TOO Shirt gets dirty he send il TO the Sand
nth 10 have II washed ar pay IS per Dozen DOC
wen VIE. f. 5 per visi,somc condesce 70 visit you fol
soIS IN think the fellow gets tby'dtggng The mines
so months you will hear Of my getting pounds
~ dy Thcy have just commenced using qulcKs,
IS =, ginia Rocker lcradeiai! diners are ioulo
the sel,icre is no getting at facts, even here on SCI
kbans OF SlUUU worth OF Solu WIN say licy So'
leu y, hrcc days have yet seen any person VINO
said iisapponted that the accounts they heard al
). homcoyeHatcd.
ed- Tni 10 the morals of The town of San Francisco
TaLe,e gambling tables, and il will 90 ahead Of Rich
monshaye several churches and they always filled
with ,aclabIc audience lmale) Sunday School is
lew aacihe Baptist Church with some 80 or IS scholars,
90 ~ Iass Of adults numbering Is 20 for the last two
Sabt-and tho minister tells it has been the same
81 sincchurch was dedicated Ten weeks ago,
or I'd got my supper in.a bona fde China Hotel;
G. hareyera in this place Two junEs lay in the harbe,
~ and many Cinnamon doing business here ms
'n plac sned by the All Wise Being be starting point
er ffnnh the Eastern world will be christanzed by It's
nc n mlssoaaries, and out of evil he God) good
90, will unlly come Yours, DC.