New-York daily tribune., 1849-08-14
PROCLAMATION BY GEN. RILE,
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Horace GSsELkr. ESQ Dear Sv The steam
ship Psrsms. Csps Bailey, arrived here on the
IN INST. and sails 10 day. The Panama brought
300 passengers amous whom were Mrs. Fremont.
Hon Taos Batter kng. MAJOR Garaett. L ;
and Lieut.. Ringsold. L. ; y. bearers Of dispatches
10 Gen. Per.ier + Smith. sod Com. Ap Ca'esoy
Jones She aso brought mail which would both
er even the Clerks IN the New Ncrk Post-Obce to
iis,riblse 10 hurry No les, thsn frelrs ncr ~izd
letters we're received the newspapers were a
| together too numerous to mention. The steamship
| Oregon. Capt. Pearson. arrived on the } n inst
| with 800 psss'ngers She sails on the is prox
| ris Panama has > passengers and tases $500 Noo
in sold dust.
| The accounts from the rldosrs continue encour
aging, notwithstanding the high stage Of water
The mining season, however has hardly set in
the most favorable tine being from the middle
of August to the lot OF December, when the rainy
| season commences. Several persons have arrived
| IN town during the pas, week however. from the
| Middle Fork and SIsnslsus diggiass, who report
tina. the water is falling and that most OF the dig
gers are getting from half an ounce 10 three
ounces per day saw piece which German
brought down from the Middle Fork weighing u
ounces
have visited almost all the placer, in the
country and although am aware many persons
have returned home, disgusted with tho state Of
society and the labor required in digging gold.
have no hesitation in saying that the most brilliant
imagination has never YET conceived the real value
Of the pldcers Of Northern California Several mil
lions Of dollars have already been obtained. and
there 10 no doubt but the mines are inexhaustiole
A rugged constitution and disposition to labor
s necessary to insure success aud though tne
Broadwsy dandy AMI cheraii,r fsadustr1e may
fail. tho hardy aborer aud industrious mechanic
must succeed in realizing large fortunes This
the country par excellence where labor capital and
skill W IN lourish-but your drones soon Ind their
true lsvel.
Batif the famous Jlacers should bo bloited out
Drever, California would still offer advantages to
tie young ard enterprsing which no other country
ON the face OF the wide earth can bosst
Her geographical position alone insares success
ner soil is fertile and the climate Of some portions
of country. unsurpassed her hsrsors are superior
IN any on the Pacific coast, snG in commercial
point of view, California asks no tavors
The town Of San Francisco--,hc emporium OF the
West-hes sprlng up almost as miraculously as
that Of ancient Thebes. Two years ago, ball
| i zen frame and one or two afobs houses grsced
the hill sides But the town has expanded until
It ha, become a question whether the present
ate will answer tho wants of the population
| Since fhc first ~ Iput last more thaH hrse M"
H,eI houses hare been erecfed, and II sufficient
| am ,unt of lumber could be obtained, thousand
more would BE- built during the next three mouths
| Lumber 10 very scarce however, aud il now
worth $500 per thousand feet. The price oi labor
too. 10 enormous Mechanics OF all descriptions
command from Sl2 to sl6 per day, and common
| aborers from 80 10 y. NOtwithstsDding these
nigh rates there are plenty of mon OF enterprise
| aud capital willing Ia employ them. No man IN
| good health need long want employ ment at these
| orlces Great Heaven what an opening Tor In
| dlstry. What a country tor asserting asa main
| tanning the rights Of man.
| So long az the piaceys continue to yield their
| present daily average, tho prices Of labor can
| never tall Come on then ye valiant Alarics oi the
| North--ye chivslrods sons VI the South--oring
| your wives and little ones-your household goods
| and gods tho march Of Empire = still west
| ward, and sbOoDtiiul CaliiOrnla oners you
| hearty aud noble welcome.
IL "a true rents here are enormous, and the price
| of most pecessaries greater than In New-fOrk
bu, nev vertheless the condition OF the labofns man
| Is much improved. Asan illustration oi rent, take
the Parker House, the new hotel recently erect
| ed by Robert A Parker, ESQ. This house yields
| an income 10 It's proprietor which Cr@sus never
| could have claimed. Ose small room on the second
aoor, used ss a monte room, rents for $1,000 per
| month and two rooms on the same moor Tor " wv
| DER month The billiard room rents tor $1,000 per
| month and the ofices from 900 to $500 Tne
nett revenue OF the whole house 10 al least sloo'-
900 per year.
Airiend of mine no later than yesterday, paid
| $500 per month for q sleeping apartment. Board
| ia s2l per week q game OF billiards costs u and
| those who indulge in gia cocktails and orsndy
,m.shes mus, be ready 10 pay % cents per glass.
Over 5000 tgns OF shipping are pos iying ~
anchor 10 front Of this town, which, sddeh 70 tnst
| Of $50 vessels now on their way froo dinerent
oars Of the world, will swell the amount OF tan
| mage 10 the harbor of San Francisco beyond that
Of New York or Liverpool
The Legislative Assembly OF this District haSe
| recently incorporated a Company, who arc about
| erecting a amagnlficeIt wharf, where sesses msy
| he and discharge their csrgoes. reVerh o'nsf
| ybarves have sready been commenced ana tno
sreat basbesr the f0t 10 front OF tho town, when
.oecnlster, in "Belicia and that worst of hum
bs1, . Nev-York Of the Pacific lots, have made
.ocb haa and cry about, will soon dnaPpen and
lea,e them tine Spectators or their ylctims) pat
| On their backs. -,
The high price Of town lots in ssn Francisco wiil
| nece,s.rly have the tendency, however, 10 dnve
| many yoang and entsrprsing men from the place
70 other towns Bat tAat can Z be helped. Lots
which cost two years ago el6 are now worth
| $4,000 snd even 10000.
| I,ls % be feared, too tha those merchants " no
| have made large shipments Of Dry Goods, etc. 70
| this market viii lose great deal OF money. The
| prices now obtained for all kinds Of merchandise
| will not pay the expenses Of shipment, and your
| merchants had better Ook out before they put
their foot 10 IT," This is owing 70 the TACT that the
supply exceeds greatly the demand Goods Of az
Descriptions have been poured 10 from VALPARAISO
| Cslso, Mexico the Sandwich Islands and Chins'
| AID some OF them sold at an immense sscfincs'
As for the gold ~ ashing machines sent out ,om
| New York and Boston. they are hombags anh o'
40 value whateyer.