The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-04-12
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA,

LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
Tho following letter written 10 The edit
orr Of the N. b. Picayune. Il abou, = late
aud fully - honest % any thing % have
seen from California;
CALlvoRxiA, IL RITZ woops 4 PIecx.l
January =, l049.
EDfrdns PfcAytSE:-Evety newspaper
zee from the States contains . most awful
descriptions Of things re--murdsrs, sheits,
&C.; &C.; Nov ~ one 6f out company
has made ~ mitch d he thinks Gill DO him.
and 10 going hoiise, they have al sktssd
and requested that ! should eise yod By
his hands; limIe history Of how No do
things ia our ''disgings." 10 the first
place we assemble every Sunday morning,
Numbering generally from 100 10 $50,
our whole nsmber who have signed the
by-laws being l53. Our place Of rem
devious u ! large snk tree, on beautiful
hill, out Of which eushes NJ pure . sss6sm
Of water - was over drank by man.
Al lOo'clock tho secretary reads The By
lave, after which the presiden, rises aud
saNs: "Does any member know Of any VIC.
lstion Of the liws just resdf' to which;
three times out of Eve, there 10 no response;
and since have been member, which 10 y
bout eight months. there has been no Of.
fence committed with ono cxception) lhss
received higher punishment than ! small
fine. or reprimand from the president.
The exception alluded TO was poor devil
who was detected In hiding p0r,iGs Of tho
days labor Of his company. The msmberd
thereof, consisting Of nine, Immediately
hold meeting among themselves, gave
him his part ri their joint earnings (which
YVES about $3,OOOl and told him 10 20, ~ he
know wha, would b bic fate next sabbath.
lie accordingly went aud haS nbs beEa
henrd of since.
Tho penalty Tor theft Is expairiatioo.--
What We mean BY that il to leave our boz.
dess, and If found ia them the f!rs time:
nine-and.thiriy the second. he pulls hemp.
Ono of our laws il "There shall b. no pam.
bling Of any description" Another is mo
proianc or ol'scene language shsl! b used
in the sssetnbly On the Sabbath" neither
II which has besn violated in the fiise IA.
stance since have been mcinbcs.
From the best iniot,nalion can get, the
eversge Of our whole number per day. foe
the last eight fnonihs, has bcc6 $40 So
So you Sec fortunes mint to b made Ia
day, nor season. II you ever saw men
u work m canal OF millrace, OF dikRiuR
foundation CT large house Ia youf ei.yi
you have very good idea Of tho labor ID
getting g'dd here. hate read about this
country. How it may be in other portions
know not but what have told Won about
four diggings" 10 true. feel much more
safe here from every kind Of harm thsn I
would il, Your we'll organized city, or any
other city. But ! think ihero src moro
villains eongrcgated in New Orleans shsd
in any othcf place in tho world. Go 10
some of Your bar rooms, and out of the mul.
,i,udes usually there nincleeh out oftventv
"re gamblers. Whit dfoncs upon . CON-
m"n,,? What a multitude living of Of
homes. men! lhave no doub. MANY q.
pee. 10 make their jack on, Of the gold "dis.
gines" bu. il they should squat down about
the "big oak" with any such view, they
bad better think Of vicksb,rgh.
Yours, &c.,
Jxo. II. WxIroa.