Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-01-03

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--wilL,esPfS fSSialiyif they commence with
| meanssSSaDd tares fortunate, realize i'm,
menseIor,uaess-Bu,.
rs tke country htaltAy2 :.
Forlhe hmperate and PRUDENT we
tbelieYe: il issfot the dissipaled and reck-
less, we kifos no region that is safe.
Doublssstlsre is much exposu to the
| elements to e encountered in a region
where hnbiif.ions are few as wrelched
and The, ,ars of life almost unknown.
But the: clinaAe is temperate and eq Ia
BILE, the warsts swca, and rapid, and The
mountain3bltrzes dispel any fair excuse
fur feyers. i've believe men from this
quarter mays:ig gold throughout The year
with impunis nis-clianging from the river
| bottoms To-. 81 hills as the winter or
rainy season. comes on, and using rea-
sonable pres,ulion to avoid needless
exposure, 1llftyholesome food, &c.-But
S. Whoss6uH 80 TO California;,
Not lhosf who are well employed
here, and hare families that need their
care andpfG -clon. Not the wealthy,
who haye5 5ifieady their share of this
worlds GOOD; let thesetake venture
ifthey5wiil, lessupplying proper outfits
for industriess and; reliaby uprigh, men,
and in suAsiEing the families of such
during1ieir} Essence, upon an agreement
to share ke;i,roducts of the enterprise.
Butletyonns men4of moderate means
and resolnte tsnergies, either unmarried
onwith @iYgsfuIl Of spirir, Of energy,
eapable OF Gslkiag house out Of a
sbnf1aIo-skinas1d getting up a comlorla,
ble dinner out ol slender materials, and
with buLDne ssetllc TO cook il in---ii they
MISUNDERSTANDING or lave had "a taste
of:back sBooss life, SO much The better.
;Aslats s4f,eseIhd such as these go over,
|, for :faSs lie, and tll6se who cul-
slivale, ..5s: ate.:is no room. in Cali,
forDia E.3 LET those who sEaye
been,.i ~ in,:the cut-ihroat ways
of ral NJ . stHlunbrokensin spirit:
and n, s oaie!dga spade or: a
n,aito also # they can End
the n c. -. leave no ia amiIiessun-l
4..-sssIl; e" :. = =. ....-i4,
let tia l1l.:ae and comfortable hold
lack n: g,f ,,e first chance al the
Gold 4. g,nA a nose who have as yet
had NJ ':rf5s 1i.iewhere. III is but fair
play.
6. EVk,ch sas, drst route to Cali
). .fornia
This is noNeasly answered. If you
have means, }and can secure here pas.
sage in the steamship from Panama to
San Frsncisco, don't think of any other
way. But The steamship cannot carry
one-tcnlh oFthose who arc going, and to
run down to Panama and be Obliged to
wait there for months, is hardly advisa-
bic. The two lard routes through our
our own territory-one by Missouri and
the South Pass OF The Rocky Mountains,
and the other by Santa Fe and The river
Gila- are long, tedious, not without
perils and exposed to priyalions; yet
those who start eally, we'll mounted and
provided, will 60 through this way; and
for persons who starts from points West
! of the Aleghenies, these arc probably
as coed routes as any. You can choose
between them on the testimony Of those
familiar with then after you have passed
ST. Louis, and there will be no lack OF
guides.
For our own part, if we were starting
now or before March, and were not sure
Of a berth in the steamship from Panama
10 San Francisco, we should probably
take ship TO Vera Cruz. and thence
travel over land by the City Of Mexico
to MazaiIan or some point on the Pa
cifc cast whence passage could be
procured; and if such wele not to be
found, would keep on by land by Cali
fornia. With Two or three hundred
Mexican dollars (gold 'OiH pass at pinch
as yet, we believe the trip to San Fran
cisco could be made over this route in
sixty or seventy days, and not unpleas-
anlly. No, less than twenty nor moro
than eighty should navel togeiher-less
than twenty would not be safe; more
than eighty would often find The 'en'er-
lainment for man and beast somewhat
meager. They must go prepared to
purchase hardy horses or mules either at
! Vera Cruz or farther west, as speed on
one hand or economy on the other shall
dictatc.-One more question is often
asked US:
II. What aOiH Congress do about the
Lands!
We can only give our own opinion on
this head. We believe it win authorize
the Executive neither to sell nor lease
them at the present Sessinn, but leave
every one free to dig where he pIeases.
so that he does not,reuch upon the rights
Of another, perhaps imposing mode.
r,,o tax.on the entire nrnceedS-Sav tnr