The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-07-07


go from here 10 Suffers Fort by water, IN
/ launches, or rniHli cOhhling schOOnerH The
fare 10 ihriy dollars, tyn dollars per cwL
( Tor hagRHge From lhefe on, tho price charF-
ed Tor Irn nfp0rihiion ~ baggage las varied
from 80 cents "a one dollar pee pound md
for the use Oi horse 10 ride from 6ne dollar
% I'VE dollars per mile, the distance being A.
bout 90 miles, The charges uI llia San Jon-
quiu Hre about the Hnnin. Hut thih going 20
tho mines 10 not tho only ihing you have 90
I pny dear for u costs something 90 stay there.
1 AZ thn inHt accounts, h0ur WINS Eeliine Tor QUO
dollar, aud beef for iva dollars, per pound.
/ - result 0f lhrHe greHt diac1unte which
ille Bank Of Nature IN making thefo mniin-
inins, md Tie consequent attraction Of PEG.
] pic ihilher from every tribe and nation under
I the sui, va dTe ina UuriuuH rioisf-heFe ~
san Francisco, a respectable board II worth
ten dollars;lnd few boards, without the re-
spectacle, pinned together and lined with
IsiKpcnny sheeling, 30 NJ 60 make Hhnniy,
afo worth ten thousand dollars. A plot Of
I land large enough Gar n kitchen garden,
would break the United Sthies bank, were
I Il still alive, aud In lie palmiHui days.
/ IL viii probably make you laugh 10 hear
Of some of our prices. II you do HuRh, do
: ENJOY n, for Hssufo you they have n luRubri-
Fous aspect 10 ne. The rent Of NY office a.
boot fourteen feet squnfr,l u one hundred
dollars per month. II N with the greatest
difficulty you can get covering over you ~ a.
ny sum A. Tor board, that, too, II utmost
oui oithc question, great proportion of the
new Gamers being Obliged 10 ho thrIr own
coOk. books aud lhuir own cooks For ms
part, | Have lived AT q Fsnt.ch restaurant,
where meal III the simplest kind cnnno,
cos, lees than One dollar aud hnli and mHy
considerable more man who goes IN
there aud gives Oh his orders az he would Ia
n Sew York eating hnuse, generally hes a.
empty hiH pockets insidr out, eicu " he ~
just from the mines, 10 pny ihu hill. A hun.
drcd Imaginable Instances have occurred boz
ioro my own eyes. A gentleman went there
"a few mornings sincc,wllh Two Of his friends;
they all Ind bhm and erFs, particularly crre
The bill was S25 (which YOU can easily nrcuuni
for, when tell Oh JhuI cUobUi EFg hUrg IT,
worth idy crnts--in III raw stHle only forty
cents Butcr 10 : per Ia hnm,75 cents; dried
APPLIES 30 cents; milk, ~ per quart, mud 10
90. Labor az f0Ifse,lS map. tUrVcUtcrr
receive SIS pcs day; conks the same; md
men Engaged ut my kind Of work, tot Ices
thnu a.. Lumber has lallcu; IL il NOW only
400 per thuusnud when came here it WIS
sOOc. WHshinr (cScufe this strange iuutho,l
h FROM 60 10 60 per dozen. aud difficult 10
be obtained nl lhhi price.
ofcoursc, every body Las money here, ci.
iherin ooln or IN dtisi, which sells Tor cash al
slh per ounce, OF SO Gr goods. ~ some
places OF business, dimes arc actually rols-
ed. IL is so much trouble To count them
have sruu many specimens Of native gold.
The finest aud largest heiug one perfectly
pure. weighing eighty one ounces. Larger
specimens iinu ilis have l,eu found, hgH
none containing mote pure gold.
Vessels are constantly arriving, nrd before
Tho cldsn nf summer the Bay in front nf as
VIII b. filed wi'lfshippuc. F0ur ships are
NOW coming in, the number already huFc he F.
ing about forty, /, is oulircly ou, ufthc qucs- I
ton Co think OF gotlug vessel out Of pot;
on ORDINARY business ScHmep's wages rang. .
lug from $50 TO $3.50 per month, no yoyH. !
yes can hc profitable unless IL Ice those down ,
Ilc coast FOR passengers, or up the coast for
lumber.
Perhaps you would like TO know WIN, my
advice would be to those who Ihluk of com.
ing here, hul are still at home. Upon ibis .
point have no doubt. Men are fond of l0f- |
tunes. aud great fortunes have been made ,
here and vii Uoi but hot every hnu that
comes here is to be mndo rich Nuety-nine I
out ofuvcry hundred emigrnuis must go TO l
the uiues,u, leTsr-at present, and going there,
will probably not labor entirely in vain; but /
lLa- amount Of gold they will carry home, nj. |
leC ~ absence OF Two or three years, is quite T
uncertnln. The expense at coming here, Of I
staying here, and of getting home aghn, is .
enormous; moreover, there Il The loss of time. /
the chance OF sickness, aud thousand other
things, all Of which lessen the amount nnd1
the glller ofthe gold, that "a suupune man
calculates upon before he leaves home. A.
buve all other things there ia danEGr-ihal
short siny here will unfit man for the more
quicT ami uT1lUTu 0CCTrVTTiuu5 II n ttrss rxrI- r
ted life. Things ure done here, whether for /
better or for worse. on too grand scale. in
too Uuch ofn gambling style, to ndmit oIu
relish afterwards for temperate lahUrs and
temperate gains. ] would say. then, to all, ,
stny ut home, or nj. least, don't he in hurry. 1
To be sure, this is tiEe country. aud is des
tined, some day, to be the iocus.of great IN
fluGuce aud great wealth, but now no thought
is given to its real and abiding sources of |
strength and attraction. No one cares TO
make two blades of grass grow where but
one grew before. II these men TINT are flock /
tug trurr were siircad themselves over the
hills and through the valleys OF California, TO
develope ihetrue wealth that lies in her soil
to bring forth her riches of grain, Of fruit, /
of Lf,l,er, of cattle; f they were here - give
California that commercial position to which |
she is entitled, and while they enlarge her |
mower abroad, were to- increase her worth |
aud goodness At home, then would these ar
irving ship oads be well enough Now there
is nothing but n wild excitement fed but 10y
temporary flame. He, howcyer,who causes
the wrath of man TO praise Him, may out OF |
this turmoil bring good
III had written this letter day earlier
should have spoken bnrshly ofthe cllmuto Of
san francisco, which has heen represented
heretofore ms salubrious IN the extreme. To-
dny. for the iirrs iime,we have been free from
North West wind, which has riseIl about
II o'clock in the morning, anu m"he co'u
= -. g.. ,,,,or,o,ts and fires In The inte-