The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-04-28
Nine Days Later from California;

he ionowihg special geographic dis
patch, originally from Boston, from
whence, through the direct trad ! oi The
enterPrising merchants Of that city Win
the Pacific, has lately come some ef The
most highly colored accounts:
Private cerrsspondsncs Of the Public Lsdgs1
llpt NEw YoRK, April i9, lB49.
| From Boston Letter, which has
been received by H. N. Hooper & Co.,
via Mazatlan, we learn that the steam.
ship California, from New York, had
arrived at San Francisco, with Gen.
PersIfer F. Smith and suite on board.
The writer says that he on the previ.
Gus day weighed 100 pound; Of gold;
and that It was not an ncommon thing
to see cart load Of gold dust going
from one store 10 another. Real estate
is rapidly advancing commanding 90
dollars PEI. sduars yard. Flour 10 sell.
ing a. SIS. Bread $l9. Pork $50:
Lumber $4oo per thousand issi..-.:.
Smallest rooms let readily al $i0o per
month. He advises friends to send any
quantity Of lumber and small houses,
ready 10 put Up, which will bring sod
per cent adsahce the he2t i've Year,;
Cooks wages 5 100 month. Eggs So
per dozen. SaI@raius SO per ID. But;
ter 81 SO. Cheese rs cents. Beef
ia cents. Pork 25 cents. Fowls
So so. Firewodd $50 per cord: Milk
ST. per bottle. Board $40 per week:
Common aborers So per day, and car:
penters So. Our sales for the latest
four months amounted 10 more than
three. quarters Of million OF dollars!
The nominal government here still goes
on collecting revenue. All duties paid
under protest. ~
There is no California date given
above, but in the Newark IN. ~ Ad:
vsrliser we find the following letter OF
March let, from the Rev. T. ID. Hunt
to his friends, which came also by the
Mexican land route, and possibly the
same conveyance as the above. II waS
poslmarked at Vera Cruz, April 2;
coming from thence via New Orleans,
showing the intelligence to be nine
days later. sa .f@.a f
SAN FRAFcIsco, March I,1849.
My labors have been uninterrupted
since my arrival here from The islands;
and ] have continued to have a fuH
congregation on the Sabbath. There
is certainly no reason 10 clmplain Of
my reception or treatment here by the
community. Although we have no
church organization us yet; have eni
joyed my appropriate Iabori here vast;
ly more than ever at the islands. In
to two regular sermons each
Sabbath, and lecture on Wednesday
evening, | have also, for two mon,hs
past preached one in Hawaiian on SAD:
bath afternoon. besides lectuling re-
pealedly on temperance: and we have
organized temperance society ofnear.
ly forty members. The monthly con-
cert is also observed, and we have
once celebrated the Lords supper, hav-
ing twelve communicates. i 8a5
Hitherto have had the laboring oar
alone, but kind Providence has JUST
sent two more laborers in the field.
The long expected steamer "Cali(ornia"
arrived yesterday morning, bringing;
among the passengers, sewers al ministers:
One (aev. Mr.. WiIey) wen, on shore
nt Monterey last week; his associate;
in the service OF the Home Missionary
Society, Rev. Mr.. Douglass. is here,
md took my bed last night taking
he floor, for such is the town crowded;
ul! and overAo wing. The other two
:lergymen renamed on board. Rev.
MIR. Woodbridge, from Long Island,
'ent ou, by the AssembIy's Board, and
Rev. Mr.. Wheeler and lady, laie Of
Jersey city, belonging to the Baptist
Churchs aH R a4ndsi
Tomorrow shall accompany Mr..
Douglass TO The Pueblo de San Jose,
lbout 50 miles south of this. This was
he station assigned him, but finding mo
N the ground, he goes there, where
support can be Immediately
aised for him by The residents. Mr..
Woodbridge will probably go some-
where to the northeasl."up the golden
lream. ,2 sa' IaJ Ia IS
The country is likely to fill up rapid.
y. Probably thousand passengers
ave arrived within fortnight. But,
h, The worldlinessa.the moral desola-
ion this gold fever creates. New dis.
overies Of the precious dust ore con,
family being made. 35 aaog
Lumber is $500 per thousand feetp
The "Caliiornia' will not be able id
eturn soon for the want OF coul. She
|oes not go to Oregon. In haste,
U T. DWIGHT HUNT.