The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-08-09

extracts from letters~recentiy received from
San Francisco. They do not present as
rose-colored picture of affairs. in the Ell
Dorado as many, nor us apprehensve as
have reached Us by later dates, but they pos
sesS interest as the views OF sober obery-
err
SAN FRANCISCO, April n.
You cannot imagine such a medley as is
congregated here. Every part of the globe
Is represented in San Francisco. Disspa-
ton of every Kind is seen here to an extent
which i hardly think was ever surpassed
gambling at all hours-Sunday even-there
is no cessation. Faro banks in the prn-
cpal square OF the town have their doors
wide open on the Sabbath. There is no
law here whatever--stil, property of every
KIND lies exposed on the beach day after day
without being stolen. 1t is a most sinyuIa..
state OF things. Men who have been poor
all their HIVES, after working at the mines
few months, get enough to satisfy them and
come down here and are sooli as poor AS
ever. You see the old adage of g Come
| easy go easy" and IA fool aud his none,
are soon parted,'' exemphtied here to per-
!. lection.
During the next four months there will be
over five hundred arrivals. The latest dates
have seen from the States were Feb. goth.
L hen the whole country was crazy. The
excitement here don't begin to compare with
that at home. Such state of things can
not last long-wha. will be the change
cannot imagine. Foreigners are fiocking ia
here by thousands. Several vessels are on
the way from Botany Bay; one arrived
yesterday.
APRIL &c.
As regards business here, il must
pass through great change in the course.ot
the next few months. Those who are here
established in business, wAlo have the means
to buy, as most of them have, will do we'll,
but those who come out from the States Will
labor under many disadvantages Rents
will be enormous, and the expense of ,tor-
ing, interest, &c. &c., will not pay for Civ
ing up good business at home. This is
the idea have from all can learn, but it
is a difficult thing to form an opinion con-
corning the future in such case as this
The more intelligent portion Of those have
heard say anything on the subject, do not
seem to have a very ela,ed idea of the events
! OF the. next six months.
This will be, the last season of the gold
mnes-it will always be found there, but
the expenses will equal the receipts. 1t is
the opinion of the best informed, that this
year, The diggers will not Average over ten
dollars day. man cannot live there for
less than two or three dollars This leaves
but eight dollars per day, and there is only
six months Of the year>which CAT, be called
the digging season. y This gold has
been curse to the country. EversfAiag
has been neglected. If it had never been
found Americans would hare made beau
tiful country of California. but the price of
land has risen SO here, that internal inn
fproyements are out of the question az pres
ent. -. The rise of real. estate has en-
riched a few for time; but was there erer
Sudden rise in price of Iand that did not
ruin hundreds in the end? Speculation, or
gambling for lots (the Lord only knows
where) Is raging high. Every man Of any
means is starting a city, On his own; hook
A great many lots viii be lkt, parssn C.'s
fiats-sx feet under water at low tide.
/ SLAVES FOR CALIroaslA. - The Fort
4 Smith, Arkansas, HeralA tells as tha. Col.
banners party which arrived at that pos,
recently OIL the, way to California, WINS ac-
conpanied by six slaves. Every thing in
dicates that some of the more reckless
spirits Of the South are determined 10 make
, ~ experimen. Of carrying slavery into