The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-17

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Mr.. Atherton's Lecture on CALIFORNIA;.
| Mr.. VIM. Atheiton de ivered his lecture on
| Calfornia last evening, at the Tabernacle. Alter
making few prepatory remarks, he said he
would divide the lecture into tour parts, and first
In regard to the soil OF California. 1t is good for
| wheat and other grain, and the cut worm is not
known there. Land when he first went there was
worth So per acre 1t now sells for $50. After
| reaching the bay and harbor Of San Francisco.
and the town OF The same name, and the other
towns In the neighborhood, he spoke of thu
climate, which he said was healthy. Fever aud
agCe pre- vail in the low lands In summers but the
valley Of the Sacramento Is as healthy as any of
our Western States. la the wet season prudence
Is required but In the summer the air Is beaut,.
fully ole The Sacramento and ST. Joaa uiu are tas
two principal rivers The former nsvg 4bis for $40
miles and = email stesmboat could 20 two huud ed
miles above the mouth Of the Amercsn Fork 1t takes
week to go In launch from San Francisco
Sutters, and launches cost dve hundrs dollars each
The mines and the manner Of procuring the gold
were next touched upon Ia the first place, the NO
exaggerated incredib they may seem At arst the
fact Of gold being so abundant San vas
not believed but whom the Inhabitants Of that
people gathering from three ten dolArs' wsr
per day they rurhed there in body, and in the frt
lected lie gathered in nskss and In virgin oy
machines baskets, basins, &c. and the supply il lite.
rally tpexhaustibe. The labor OF washin g Is very
severe, and people work 1t 1t until they fall
fatigue. The captain Of tbs vessel in which left sAa
Francisco gathered ten thousa nd dosrs worth three
weeks Ths la gest lump be has wsig ming
seven pounds but he has KNEW of another weighing
twenty thru pounds. The can be gathered ia the
vet we'll In the dry provided the dggsrs
supply themselves with house. and use ordinsry pm
denoe In tie1s vsrkipg. and In attending to their
health. 1t 10 - Advisable for parties IL ger than ten
persons to go to che dggngs for they brsxk
up. OF the truth Of the statements which have sma
mated from official persons, concerning the great
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s posibls. but hardly probable, that fifty thousand
persons will be 1t work, before year, In tas gold
then there would only bs about two persons to the
fquare MILE
The next subject, in connection With California,
which he touched upon, was toe articles necessary
take there such as an India rubber tent which Is in.
dispen able come long stockings fur niture sucsnt
for perssns use, SO. He would not advise any one
who 10 doing we'll here 60 MIS- for there are
great pfivstions to be endured; but those who
have nothing to them he would eay 60 by ell means
He would not recommend persons to send out frames
for wooden housss, because In Case of are all the
be had % cheap addition Of freight a. ia New
fork Provisions are plenty at San Francisco. Doc
dear at the mines in of the great d,ul
~ OF endirR them there. Farmers ought
to 60 there for the soil Ia excellent agc uitursl
purposes Successive crops of green peas raised
there are about two hundred and 6fty in san Fran
oisoo. can be hired for from two hundred and
The route from Mazatlau to Vera Cruz 10 the one by
which he came. Board In Mazstlan Is $45 per month.
The FOOD the route
beef 90, NO knives or forks and all the furniture
which travellers will find in the rooms we're he lodges
are bench to sleep on and two ohairs. Twenty dive
pounds OF baggage allowed to each passenger in the
stages for which hewev~r twenty per pou nd Will
be charged. The whole amount Of stage fare will b.
SllO The expeditions route to California ia ria
Panama IL ia not advisable for parties TO travel
through Mexico In large parties Another route
Santa Fee and the Rocky Mountains.
In answer to inquiries nv eAd vsessls unloaded
at San Francisco by lighters, and there not many
facilities for storage. You travel ia wheeled We
hfp1S ca Eran Ontta
ger to be apprehended froLl the Indians The COST OF
travelling from Vera Crsz to MSsatlsu, is about two
were sellisg for thirty delars. AT the Mines good
horses we're worth $50 In gold dust $50 in ca-h.
rfovslons cannot De procured 1t Naziso but i;'ls
north OF plenty Of wheat can b. obtained Lumssr
10 worth one hundred dollars . Thousand feet, aud
there 10 timber within thirty miles of San Francisco.
Good wagons are scarce, but horsss can Be OBTAINED
In large at $50 each Horses ut Suffers
worth from $50 to $3.50, according quality. would
cost man who csmped out on his way to Mexico,
about dollar per day The distinction bet ~eeu The
wet and DRY diegiDss s that in the vet dssnss the
ws.hsd; bus there is suoh thing IS WORKING In
water and In the dry disgins', the metal Is found
we're ,u% a,s,a a Assston sneh 3. ss.s
not Of oourss answer sush a. ths probability of d.
teniou at the porte on the Pssinc &C. The horses At
San Erspcisco not broken into harusss rns
An sricsn Fork 10 only navigable for or three
miller. Explorations cannot be veil made In ths
there during that season No gardrn seeds eau bs
obtair I'd San Fraucsoothey oughs to be conveyed
tDere IN TN csrer sIr uRus impiSmsnts
be procured ct Ssa frsnoiscp. at moderate rate
Working brokei IN Csfor siaas hiou b. pro-
med ~ San Francisco for $50 per psir There is a
One Of n,e dollars for carrying each sealed letter
through Mexico The route BY way Of Aospuioo IL
preferable. If Of getting conveyance from
thence to San Franoisco. There 10 anthracite GOAL
but rome htumtnous, which " foupd the Sacra-
mento, and about San Fra ncisco santa Barbara AMI
San Diego 1t burns very much IS pitch does IL
would be difficult and da egsrous to GO by land frou,
pszatlan to San Francisco The s,ld IL fonud on tbs
surfsce and to the depth Of ssven feet In places
India rubber tents. be thknks the best The gold
diggings commence about four Ave niles from thu
Sacramento There Is riss AID fall OF tho tide at
Suffers Fort, Of about ono foot.