The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1837-1849, 1849-03-24
THE GOLD RrXlONs.

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THE GOLD REGiONS.
TIE n. Y. r,.ouns ii F.,day publish
es two letters irom San Francisco, Of
the ist aud 81 Of Dscrmber filled with
state meu's ot the sbvndance Of gold; mud
eAho,bMant sslss vi which prov isions and
merchaad'ze I'll rvery kind arc sold at
that plare, hut which are &c TACT nothing
more than repetition Of the marvellous
stories which have belore reached Us
from that qn nter, aud are wanting con-
frmatton. One W her says that $500
worth 0. gold has been found by Indwid.
uals ~ a single cay; boots are selling al
the ahi"rs a, SIS a pan, Aour So, SO per
~; pp,k S .5o barrel, aud other n ticles
IN proportion. Take the following ex-
Tracts:
Z, Tho amounts Of gold obtained are tru.
''iy Astonishing. und the quantities every
day brought to this place equally so.
Every slt,c!e OF food snd necessity is
OF course vofy high ut The Mines. Flour
has hecu sold at So 90 the 10: four quarts
: Of Wheat for u horse have brought So;
Boots SIS per pam; Pork $3.50 per bar
rel.
The wsges OF Carpenters are $40 per
day; common laborers eafn So q day or
81 nh hou,; Cook, $50 30 100 per
month.
Ny, formerly Consul al - :
informs ms that two Of his seivanis left
! him when tho nows first came. They
have just returned with $50 600.
Capt. --ot the Navy, who re-
turned last evening from the mines, in-
forms mo Of one locality which has been
fouud where gold is so ahundan, that there
rs no necessity for washing The earth; $500
Per day IS The amoyni obtained ty each
man.
Real estate has gone up here, as well
as everything else. A store and lot i
PAID $I7 800 for, Yesterday.
! Lumber 10 worth $3.50 per M, and
the ca'penters can earn $40 per day.
Some of our Boston friends toe. appear
d trrtnined tot to he outdOne The
Traveller Of Friday evening publishes
the substance OF Il pIivate letter from
San Francisco. Jan. 20, according TO
which:
The wri,er was a volunteer in -Fre-
moni's expedition n--was taken prisoner
by ihn Indians held IN captivity n'To
months and released on being dlscov-
cred 10 be frsemasoa Of which fraternity
,nany Of The red men ,oers members! The
water had obtalued 'soiJ enough to sat-
asiy bis k'sbosl amhnion,' but had leh
the mines to iccruu his health, aud TO
alOdit. more favorable msVhsr ior carrying
on operationsP
Very prosperous, certainly; and en-. ,
eouraging 10 advrnturers, but unioriun-
siely wanting confirmation. Plenty Of
good new, hut lnlle gold ar,ves. La lie
saean:mne The whole world Is moving to-
wards the Sacramento. One hundred
ships wall be there before the lst Of June,
with all k,nds ioi provisions and goods,
and il ihere-is gold enosgh thers TO Pur-
chase ships aud eargoes a good return
may be expected.
E The Nsntucke, Inquirer says: In one
way aud another not fs1 from two hundred
men have left Nantucket within the last
three months, Tor Csliforria. Had the
: est or tins section OF the country furnish-
ed adventures 10 the sumo proportion,
the emigration from Massachusetts, alone
would have been about twenty thousand
strong, and that from the whole Of New
England more than sixty thousand
s,rong. Such, however, has by no means
beer the case; Nantucket has furnished
O much greater number Than any other
Town Of ITS s 20 in New England. We
think, however, the emigration Is about
over, for this season al least. A lew
more may leave US Tor the new land OF ,,
promise. 5ut the number will be SMALL
The Portland Advertiser says that
Hon Stephen IL. Chase, oi Fryburg,
formerly President Of the Name Senate, ,
has started for California with the deter j
minution TO make that country his per- I
maneni abode. j
Mr. Sterling, a passenger al New .
York from Chagres 10Th uE., reports {
that 500 persons at that place were anx- ,
iou-ly awaiting their turn for passage 10 i
California. 7
The steamship California arrived ct
Feb. 9Th, and vas 10 leave on @
lhe 18th for Mszallan. She had 500 II
passengers Oh board, whose sufefings 4