The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-03

The following leller, which $50 copy from
lhe New York liernld, though not official, Is
undoubtedly from an authentic sources
Correspondence oflhe n. Y. Herald
MoNrEREv, lCnliornio0
i Nov. ~, lSis.
James q, Bennett, Esq Ediror Nav York
llefniit=ttr ran Hwy rHit nufsnlSes cllizeus
ofihe United States, We have now only To
"a lay laaY, -asAys iaEmeEly Aneal Lay cllzinnl=
TINS w. when CongreFa gives ~ n govern
/ ineni nnh code. The old foreign resldeuls
Of California, having done very we'll ten or
. twenty years, without law, caro- but very IT.
/ tle WHEELER Congress phys early or lAtD ut
tonlion TO the subject. Those who have enr
irruted from the Atlantic SUITES within tie
last IlireG or four yenrf, deem The rlhleci ln
important one, Ouly call IL, difficult The
carrying out q code of laws, under existing
circumslauces.is Tar tlom Icing nu cn,y turk,
The general government muy uppoini gov
Irnurs, aecrcinrios, aud other public uGc.
liounrles; aud Iudges, nihrrlinls collectors. &c.
iuny accept offices with salaries Of $1,000 or
$4,000 per nuuumi hul AuW IAey-age 10 ub,
thin their rrly officers, at hall these sums
fcniniis 10 hc seen. The pny Of a member
of Congress Wll be accepted hrrc 10y those
nloft -"I,o- 'lo nnl-kuow enough 10 better
themselves. Mechanics cHu now ret 80 10
d
where, - To $40, clerks and slurrkrrpcrs
Sl000to $4,000 per nunum; some engage 10
keep store during their pleasure at - pot
day, or To 10 lbs, Of Roldpor mnutli cuuks
and Stewards Sub tue 100 per month In
fact, labor oiesery description commands eG.
OildIhnt WlGcF.
My prc,lou, information "a yuu | mcrrt
forwarded to your office to etirp iho way ~
the future belief of your many readers
had not much expectation OF being believed.
The idea Of mountains uf quicksilver CHly
waiting the ingenuity ofmuu To make them
pour forth m q strynln--of rivers, " hose hot.
toms aud banks arc Of gold ID rather too
'inuri To play upon lhc cred,diy ui New
Norktrs OF NnnhceS. suppose ny story
passed as M enlarged edition Of tie Arabian
Nights, improved aud adapted 10 California.
Whtthcr yau ~ our readers took the tnlc
for fiction or truth know not Your last
piper that has rcnchcd us II al April. This
know--ihe SandN icl Islands, Oregon aud
Lowe, Culilnruia,Ofe t,-t parting with their
inhAhiunla, all hnurd lnr iliiA coast, aud
thence to ilio greet "phcerh of ihe Sucr1
mcnto Valley, where the digging and wrsi,-
ing Of one man ,hdt does not prudtJcc one
hundred troy ounces of gUld 90 carais, from
HE size OF half spauple to one pound, IN
one mouth, sets the digger 20 "prospcctiug,n
T. e., looking Tor berrr grounds. Your pa
l-nn"' can point oul mnuy u man Mhu. has,
for 10 to 30 days ". suGcCssiuu, begged up
five 10 ten ounces or gold "a day.
Our placer ar gold region, now extends
over 500 or 100 mites ut- ruur1rry, embracing
all the creeks aud branches or llG east side
of tho river Sacramento, and oUUs side or the
san Junquin. La my travels | have, When
resting uudcr ucc and grazing my harsr,
sccuH few pieces fpurr gold picked Up irum
the rrryicos of the rocks or slate where We
were stopping. On one occastun, u0uuing
or refreshing on the sIT,- GA stream entirely
unknown to diggcrs or "pFospccturs," o !
rUihrr, it known, not nttcudrh TO, one Of my
companions, ~ ruiiiug IN the suttd, said-
GIVE mt u lin pan; Why should we not lie
cooking ia gold suuGs;" Tie took a pnn,
filed iLWilh sand washed /, on, and pro.
duccd IN i've minutes So or 81 " orlh of gold /
merely say ing Hr lac throw buth pau aud gold /,
ou tie sHt--1g--uE tI,ousl,t so.n
Perhaps IL l. fair that your readers should /
learn Tint however plenty the SACRAMENTO
Nniiry may afford gold, the ulruining IL 1t has I
it's disadvantages From Tie Isl Of july 10 .
the LIT ufOctoher, more or less, ore hali-~oi
the people will have fever and aguc or inter |
first day of digging until lhcy hive been one
ludtIl ni!!.--irot1 TIC PLACER fifteen or
twenty duys--ln The winter. II ir too cold to
work IN the water but from nest April to
The following July, one million Of dollars of
pure gold, or ,ulorc, per month will loo pro-
Iluccd from this gold region, without digging !.
more 'hou tlircc feet deep. Some work ia
HE sand 10y washing ionl 'hn surface IA n
.,nnalen- La.Al, OFT tn pam, Annlc- Enugc ont
from the rocks or slate; thc'morc lazy ones
roll about aud pick up lhe large pieces, lcav-
ug the small gold for the next emigration.
A. You keep The run Ofihe money market IN
,tltrr nlncs linn Wall stree yut ttttyt tt- ltt.
rour cilculOlon what eNci California VIII
lnve on your stock aud !i6apls of gold in the
United States or elsewhere. AZ present the
lujicd States receives but fuall pnft of
lur "pHccr.' All my correspondence to you
lns been light and trling written, but every
ctcr, every iuc are ihcts;und ow my letters
contain Iatls that must iul iicJon TO the tiuslt
You may believe me, when say that for
some timex come, California will export
yearly, nearly or quite halt n million Of
ounces Of gold, twenty two to twepty-iour 1
,nrj,is fine; .tomu pieces ofthnt will weigh
sixteen pounds very many ono pound. Man. !
~ men who hogan last June to Jig gold with
-eapiIaL ALSO, cail now show S5,aG9r-iA--l
$4,000. ! saw a'ninn to-day, nhku,e pur-
.lhsJs Ofdry good, Sc,tur tit- family, fny on {
lac couniGT a bag mnde ul rhM hide, wei !
ewed az containing one hundred ounces. .
lhser, ed, tlhat Is u good Aay to pack gold !
lust. -lluNrry iuuuccutly rcpiiod--".M The /
,ugs brought down ure tint way; like the /
iZrM Five such bags IN New York would 2
ring near $4,000. This mum lcR his tam y
~ last Augusi. Tricc months DIGGING mad L
producing lnur five bdESuti-ft0 =
unces cnrl,, il better tim being mate ola q
cssel at so per mouth, MS the man former q
Y uur iits comrni0H, u Mexican, who J
AIMED and worked wish him, oniB hUd two L
II rlTrr,ruw Iirir tTgs at gold ~