The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-02-24
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would find difficulty in dlscharging.
/ The Ohio was at San Francisco
when Mr.. Htherton left.
Ships drawing eight feet can sail l. SO
miles up the Sacramento.
| The Heard has some three or -four
colums OF particulars, principally from
the California papers. The following
is all that is of additional interest:
About dozen people have died, a
mong whom are Mr.. H. P. Richardson n
of Boston, who was taken sick at the
placer, but removed to San Francisco;
Mr.. VIM. Mcdowell, OF the West, and
a Mr.. Dickinson, of Philadelphia; about
a dozen have died at the gold diggngs,
principally from want Of prudence and
exposure. ..,.e..- .,-.->.
| The whole value Of gold which has
been gathered in California is estimated,
by those acquainted with the matter, at
three millions Of dollars, two OF which
left there in various ways, and the re-
mainder is on its way ia the United
States. --.ss..r .....
A pair of boots cost twenty dollars,
Of which, however, there was but a
small stock on hand when Mr.. Aiherton
left, common blanket coats are worth
forty dollars, and fine frock coats fetch
ed one hundred dollars, readily. Mr..
Atherton. himself sold coat which he
had worn at intervals, for two years, at
eighty dollars. Liquors sold at twenty
five cents n glass, and champaign was
worth four dollars bottle in San Fran.
cisco. Real estate. too was selling. at
enormous prices-lols in San Francis.
CO, containing 25 yards square, selling
for ten thousand dollars. Provisions
were very plenty at San Francisco and
the diggings. Flour poured in in great
quantities, from Chill and Oregon, and
came down in price, from twenty-five
dollars per barrel to sixteen, at San
Francisco. The probability is, that
the article has fallen still further-per-
haps to ten dollars per barrel. Board
in San Francisco was ten dollars per
week. .... ..i
Great as the discoveries Of gold are.
they are equalled by those of quicksiI.
YER. The metal is found in various
parts of Caifo rna, and the quantity is
as abundant as it is in the mines of
Spain. Mr.. Forbes the proprietor OF
the mines, had thirty thousand dollars
worth of the article on hands at Tapec
ready for market. 1t is found even
within three miles OF San Francisco.
About two thousand emigrants have
arrived in California from Oregon, the
Sand wich Islands and different parts OF
South America and Mexico. In fact,
the gold fever RACES as fercely in Mex.
leo as it does in the United States, and
there, as we'll as here, expeditions are
being formed to proceed to El Dorado.
Mr.. Alherton says that it is not advlsa'
Bile for large armed parties to take The
overland route through Mexico, as the
authorities will be likely to interfere
with them and prevent their passage.
Small companies can 60 with lmpunlly
and security.
There were about dozen vessels of
various kinds, at San Francisco when
MIR. A,herton left. The ship, Rhone,
Capt. Hill, was to sail soon for Panama.
Mr.. Finley, hel supercargo, was to 60
with her. =.
The ship Huntress was sold for
$40, 900, and her purchasers intended
to send her TO Val paraso for cargo.
At that place there was at the last dates
great excitement in regard to Californ.
ia. Every one was leaving, or talking
Of leaving. .n
The cargo Of the ship Undine, which
was re.shiped at Valparaiso, was sold
al Francisco at five hundred per cent.
profit. This vessel was wrecked in the
Straits Of Magellan, and Captain Baker,
her master, arrived in this city with the
proceeds Of the cargo in gold bars. The
essel was sold at Valparaiso for $l2,
500, and afterwards re-sold at San
Francisco for $4,000. aaa /. .l.aa
Captain PheIp ps, OF the barque Mos
COW, and Capt. Lindsay and Mr.. Mel
lows are on their way to the Atlantic,
with one hundred thousand dollars
worth of gold, dust. aH"Haa g7l
Edward H. Hanson has been appoint
ed collector OF the port Of San Francis
CO by Col. Mason. ="
The barque Tasso sailed from San
Francisco for Valparaiso, but could not
engage crew under $50 per month to
each man, and $75 to the steward,
with an agreement to take them back
again to San Francisco. a#5i rnr
Captain Stout, the agent Of Rowland
g. Aspinwall, had left San Francisco
for Van Couver's Island for the purpose
Of arranging for asupply Of coal for the