The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-17
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From the Correspondent Of the New York Evening rosll
SAN FRAECIsco September l. ls4e


For political information reieryou to the newspapers
onel Fremont and the propeller Edith have been de-
spached by the authorities, the former to carry the del
sgaes from San Francisco TO Monterey and The latter TO
bring them from San Diego OF the movements OF great
personsgesfor we have great personages even here
know but little, for el the truth they are mot much
N my wsyi for do not affect their society and we have
up al the mines, has made his survey has dug gold with
his honorable hands, and Is ready swear that the
gold mines are nexhauetbe lie has been very i'll since
Colonel Weller arrived here in the steamer Panama. on
her last Trip from San Diego he reports that the Mex
inares were settled without any waste Of paper or ink
uiua Uoce the 9th, and that the survey commenced
on the 10th; and that AFTER month or So the la
the port Of San Diego. had been determined. which, con-
sdeng the agreeable place San Diego is said to be- where
all kinds OF game rabbits antelopes, hares, deer and
pretty women abound, have the authority of the Uni
ted States commissioner for it) may be set down as won
deru despatch for public business. The 4h of July was
celebrated with considerable eclat at San Diego; the
Mexican commissioner, General Condo. who commanded
al the battle Of Sacramento with yound Irbide, his in
terpeter and the Of his party invited 10 grand
barbecue and ball. given BY the United States commits
Of the universal harmony and drunkenness that prevailed
on that occasion.
Among other distinguished arrivals BY the steamer,
were Bayard Taylor and Lieutenant Beale; both of
which gentlemen have gone to the mines horseback
that being the most uncomfortable well as the most
picturesque mode OF reaching the golden region AS the
former is about writing book and the latter doubt
means TO sustain his character sort OF sleepechase
courier. combination OF the picturesque and uncom.
Portable will be just to their tastes. All the rest of the
world however, 20 % the mines BY the river route
Engineers, surveyors and draughtsnen are still exer
c,sng Their fertile naslnaons upon beautiful draugh!s
wits on the unwary Parties are carrying with them
from California the Atlantic and Pacific cities, plans of
future towns, beautifully executed paper, with the
nj drav mi fab ntO Ynuv will
see such in New York doubtless There is Washing
ton City TO catch patriots, and Crescent City entrap
unatcS
Some Of the elements Of civilization are developing
themselves in San Francisco There is miners bank,
bottle with spoon into BIT Of brown paper There are
churches Of every variety of sect held in dining Of
hotels the courhouse, and in the streets There
way week days, and divide the public interest with
the churches on Sundays; and there is court house.
and lawyers and legal trials without end. The most
aourshing practice is in the marine courts in fact there
hardly be any other courts and the captains Of
ships and other craft badgered and worried by
these terriers Of the law, that there is not single captain
of them all but would prefer, any day, hurricane off
Cape Horn to being in San Francisco.
Commercial matters seem to be in far from whole
some state and p parties are paying - per cent month
does not need the spirit OF prophecy to oretel where all
this will end
The letter from which the following extracts are made
was written to clergyman OF Baltimore:
SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 26, 1919.
After few days passed in San Francisco, where
rived the 18th of June, went the country and spent
weeks in propeetng Californian word During
region Much mischief has been done thousands OF the
people Of the United States by the false that have
been circulated through the pnslc prints guam
dy Of gold TO be obtained within given time per
There an immense quantity Of gold In the county, TO be
collected by great of hard labor No should
come here with view Of working In the mines, unles, he
and II he does in favor of his
abandoning the pursuit within first days. Still
who labor, who will be careful OF HIMSELF work
diligently and his acquisitions, there is other mode
whereby he accumulate much wealth within
given time by this In my opinion, the mines
yet been worked they should be, and by and
by the slovenly mode Of operation. The
very distant when better system viii be pursued, and
over es b an into the
Interior rode, sometimes in roads rather bdle paths
and oitentimes where there track OF beast
Were SO high and 50 steep, that have no hesitation in
much less rode across many Of Them. SINE OF these
ms, approaches the Sierra Nevada,
trees, and eight ieet in
with trunks straight arrow, maintaining almost
equal diameter for sixty, seventy and more feet Without
am now here awaiting the arrival OF the that
conduct, the schooner having been SIX months
In the meantime am altogether impaiient Tor lind
some here whose spirits are coneeniai with my own and
among them, tue foremost rank stands the Rev. Mr.
Mines, whose characer doubt not, well known TO YOU
and established the frsi Protestant Episcopal
Church In California am delighted with him, only
ingiy cha ste and beautiful writer and manites fervor
and sincerity his Of speaking that carry
saoa 70 The hear. ot The ,enss sosn es tae Poa
rocks mountains where, probably the sound OF the
church. going belr' will never be heard.
nv GREEN q TAsrEr, Auesieaesr..
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