Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-02-24
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.

90 Id regions Of the Pacific, where society will be
resolved into its pristine elements. and perhaps
might may frequently take the place Of right, does
it not become US TO conclude our discussion as tc
the best mode of reaching the country, and the
necessary equipments for the route-to consider
the necessities Of life in the region itself! lsIt
thicky inhabited country, abounding in all the
convenences Of life, at low rates; and can every
man. alone. and unaided by nought but industry
and perseverance. amass fortune IN snort tiihe
bv digging gold every day, and paying out bu
small qua ntums for food and shelter! Industry
and perseverance have done much, but thought
rules the world ; and now the operator IN the
mines is but u living machine to find gold for ira
ders-and such will continue to be the case unless
prudence and foresight dictate a course calculated
to obviate these disadvantages. We hold it to be
Sef-evidont, that no man can. with any regard to
his health, live il exposed country without
shelter, and with only his own resources 10 rely
upon and we deem 1t highly advisable, that
young men, with but little means, and few friends
should adopt, before starting out, such Ian as
will preserve them from the imposition of the
strong. the tyranny Of the ovaricious. Let such
form themselves into Mutual Labor Associations
of forty and upwards, bound together by the ties o
mutu;ci aid and protection, and supported by the
mutual products of its members Let them here
form their constitution, and elect officers TO guide
them for short periods of time on the route, that
all may display their abilities to command and
when the mining operations commence, the wor-
lhiest may be the repositories Of trust. \ sma Il
quantity of provisions and necessa ries, sent round
by sea. would protect them from imposition. We
can imagine a company Of this kind in California.
At the headquarters, one or two Of the sick are
lying under the attendance Of the physician, who
sets down his wash bowl 10 write prescription, ,
nnd TWO or three urein the fields preparing crop
for the next year have gone to San Fran
cisco 70: the provisions which have arrived =
twenty or thirty are washing in the river or dig
ging in the bank. and one has just arrived with a
report Of a rich placer. 10 which force viii! be
sen. down the next day. All goes on merry as a
marriage bolI. ......
CT Mex, week we shall enquire into the Herald's
attack upon Major Boriand. Although our neigh
Dor processes 10 be neutral he is not very sparng
OF his attacks upon the leading men of the demo
cratic party. This aO4ig neutrality! What
ever Mar. Borland does FOR the whole community
al Fort Smith and the West, the Herald slides over
act of nsigulGcance--but when our able
Senator refuses to support act that is to grease
the pockets of DIVA! and Rogers with some $780,
600, private specializing transaction, il bleats
out as though he was shot in the back. with boot
Jack.
The Herald had better make proper acknowl-
edgmenIs for she attention which Majr Borlaud
has paid to the interest of Fort Smith in regard
10 the California Emigration; and let The 4" old
settlers " attend 10 their own affairs.
The present IViner.-The citizens of western
Missouri have never experienced a harder and
colder winter than the present For seven
eight weeks the earth had been covered with
snow. .. ........ .. ...
News has reached there that the is very
deep on the western palns.-Sk. Louis Era.
Wha: say the California Emigrants to going on
the independence route ?
OF STovEALL says that if he could collect half
he earns in Van Buren,, he would have no occa-
sion TO 90 to California. He says that IS The la
borer is worthy Of his hire, and SO is SoveaIl."
Next Monday is the election for Sexton, and we
believe StovealI is candidate.