New-York daily tribune., 1849-02-15
From California.

The Salem gazette Of the 18th publishes the
following letters which not 50 enthusiastic or en-
coursging as previous accounts. lissys
We hsve been favored with the following letter.
written By young man belonging % salem, 70 ais
parents sl.o residing here
UFPER CALIFORNIA Nov l2 ls4-
Ny dear Mother.-lt Il with the greatest pleasure
that ct down d improve this opportunity % wrie 10
you. 70 inform that / am well, and hope that you
are the same u il now l- months since ! len home
and since then have been nearly all the coast
o. California ans part of Mexico snd have got along
very well In Mzzstlan, in Mexico, when
heard Of what you have perhaps heard OF before now
that IT, the gold mines in Upper California which Is
true As soon heard OF IL. shipped for Monterey.
AZ soon as ! arrived In Monterey ! 80 cut for the
gold mines After travelling twenty tsys ~e
srrived a. the Stanish Tough However, II being
near winter, ans very cold, and houses and pro-
visions being very hgh. hour and dollars per 10,
and other things accordingly We thought i best - 20
down 70 the Pueblo for the Winter and 20 up in the
Spring with few provisions and tools ! stopped
couple OF days AZ the mines and picked up about An
ounce Of pure gold and il 10 not uncommon for man
has worked three or four weeks az H. . dlg from
four ounces ~ pound Of gold day an No" Al
work for surveyor in Pueblo. AZ 80 a month ana
found His name is Lyman any letter you may
ITO send b. direct 10 the OF G Lyman,
Pueblo De san Jose write No more Al present
Your aHeciions,e son GEoEGE 3. CRAIG
In the concluding paragraph OF the preceding irttrf
mixed up with messages OF regard 10 MS iafnly ahl
friends the statement Henry Sheldon u eaiiof
native Of Newport T. J. but i known In salem, where
ne has resiives We are permitted 70 copy the follow
ing extract from letter written oy the iAiher oi d
sheldon. 70 bis connections in this Cny .-.
FoRr WoIcorr Newport r. l. Feb. 3 leg.
We have received Several letters from Hrury within
three or four onths-the hrsi in October dated Mon
terev California March l3 l-4- Ire next We receiy-
"a lssl month il dated san Francisco, tsiiorniA
June 10, I-4- de had been publishing paper tnerr
april lie stated hzt hs business had been good
and prospects eucourssing-blt toe week oVioft
launch had down the Sscre uenio wtn ne report
gold nad been found there, and hall the people nai
gone in search Of -~nich ind uce1 hI % suspend ns
paper, ana he hsd resolved 70 90 too Last wees ~e
received another etios from him dated ean raociseo
CAiiorns, Oct = l-4-. he says ne Nrnt - 'ne nias
and stayed weeks acc returned VIC ~ olIees OF
pure gold When be wrote, ee " as puosalng Us pa
pr ssaa with good prospects
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CoSoREssIoSAL NosISArIoss.-ViRoiSIA.-
Col James Besle Is the LocoFoco candidate for Con
sress The XIvth District, The Whig Convention Is
on the l5lh
In the XllIth Di.tric, Col Fsye,;e McNulen. Loco
toco, Is stamp csntisie TIE District s how rePre-
senisd 5y Hon ASDzEw :. FuLToS' Wing
We announced this second candidate yesterday. By
accident our types located him in Tennessee-a state
IN which there are only II Congrssssionh Districts
"a asuA the ErPrsss COPIED. olrncer Anc a.
HlsroKr OF rHE srArE.-The documents relsi-
ns TO the early eoon. and Other history Of the State
collected in Enslsnd. Holland and France. BY J. Ro.
ueyn BrOdhead. E.q are about TO be published
resolution paased the Assembly On Tsesasy. directing
twenty rnes The ussAl rrroer OF pee 70 oe Pla-d
ilr he Of tie Lesslsture loO for tue Regents OF
iae CElversiy, 10 1se a Exctaagea and 100 for the
Secretary Of ssAS.