Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-06-02
From the N. o. Crescent 1sth.
ROM CALIFORNIA AND VALPARAISO.

FHOM CAbIfOhNiA AND NAhrAnAhSO'
The Alta Californian, to the I'd of March,
had been received. The number Of the 18th
says that many persons had left for the placer.
On account of the good weather which had |
prevailed during the two weeks preceding
the one Immediately previous, it was thought |
that the winter had terminated, and large
caravans left San Francisco Without doubt,
however, their progress must have been in
terrupted by the rains and SHOWS which fell
subsequent to the their departure.
A merchant of San Francisco writing un.
dee date of March 9th, among other things,
has the following
'It appears that in the great extent of the
placers there is scarcely apoint where gold is
not found, and there are places where's a BUSH
el Of earth yields pound Of gold In this
port the circulation Of money is astonishing.
All things are high, but principally transport
tation and manual labor. The freight Of a
boat from here to Santa Clara, three leagues
this side of San Jose is worth S400 to $500.
Here bad horses bring $3.50, and in San Jose
|
one person. From this place to San Jose is
twenty leagues by land and from there to
Forbes quicksilver mines four; to the placcrs
sixty"
A letter dated March 9,h from Mr.. Thi-
bault, formerly Of this city, to his brother
Francis F. Thbault, of the firm of Dubosq,
Carrow & Co., says:
The poorest-man in this place can show
from $500 10 $500 in gold DUST that he has
gathered by his own hand in month or so.
Some have found in three months time as
much as S15,O 900 10 100000 but they have
been fortunate. No one with the least labor,
finds less than SIS TO $50 per day; and by
f pcrsevering and the least good luck, one may
find from $50 to 500. This is truth.
could tell you of names of persons innumera.
Bile, who, eight months ago, were not worth
500, who are now worth 100000. Some
by good speculation, have amassed from one
TO two millions in that space oftime. There
are not many of the latter, but there are
some instances.
The New York Tribune adds the follow
ing:
f THE GOLD CoMING.-Col. D. Griffin, o
3 1872 Broadway, has shown as letter from
i, Mr.. F. c. Whitehead, dated 'City of Mexi
i co. April l5,' in which we find the followin:
additional testimony that the California gol,
4 is coming this way:
Tharo ara throa mon horo nm tba;r va,
!. home from California with three hundre,
!. thousand dollars worth Of gold with them
It which they have made in one year, ant
: which they showed us. The news the
v bring is better than ever, and our spirits ar
j. first rate, and our courage equal to anything
that may come. Two or three of our part
:, have the fever and ague, and have bee
/ doctoring them with the Tonic mixture
!. which cures them right of. There is none
n enough to be made there if a man has sufi
c cient capital.
e We have received further a9vices frOr
= San Francisco though not later than thos
. we have already published, there are one @
two items of interest. One letter says the Cal
fornia would sail on the 9th of April, an
e another OH the 10th. Com. Jones was NAL
l. ing every exertion TO recover her deserte
crew he had arrested one of the assistar
n engineers and several men, and them in iror
n Oh board the Ohio, Gold is said by our info
t. mants to be more plenty at San Francisc
e than it had been. Nearly al the peop
70 waiting there were abOut settinu ont tor n,
S, mines.