The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-29

eulerprisiug merchant, who WIS ono Of Tho
FIRST adventurous from Boston, having sailed
Jgu, 10, Ia the barquo MARIA, The letter
will we'll repay an attentive perusal.
SAN FRANcisoo, July 90 ls4D.
DEAN BRoTHER, -lnHgine 10 yourself
liulo old one story hullduRfsiruhled on tho
corner OfKeArney aud Sacramento streets,
az rather Wlini would be- called ~ home n
hnrn, ~ full og chinks that you would not
know you were under cover NJ all, and fnf
which pay "a T. lmund H. Dunbar OF Hos ton.
lire sun Of 3 1000 up to lhe iirsI Of November,
Just three months mud hnl, aud vefy cheap
NJ that say, just fancy the placer ] wish
you might zee u with my sign Ia large char
Reiera aver lhn door, and suudry advertise
meuli arrnwed on sheets Of brown paper
aud tackled ull over tie font, together with
u large sign marked "slorngo," aud sou have
my place of business complete When we
irrl arrived and beard Of the bad state In
which everything WINS In the lown,,bo enor'
Wnus expenses OF living, aud the high price
Of land a. put our houses on, wo oil felt dis
courngod enough, and concluded the ouly
way VAS 10 let The goods take care Of ihem-
selves and hiRft Immediately for the mines.
iiut then again IL was very sicky there
Many hnd dicd aud thousands have returned
10 san Francisco 10 wait for cooler weather.
but every day on shore seeiaed TO look
brighter pnd brighter for ms.
The prices startled ~ at fret, but our
minds we're gradually raised 10 comprehend
the mrnniug OF $4,000 forn piece Of land
twenty feet square, that xix months ago could
7 hUo hecn bought for SO or $50. I'VE found
! that tho profits were In proportion 10 the cS-
! pcusrr aud therefore determined 10 fi,k
what few goods had, aud be on the look
uul to buy at great bargains of tho poor fell
lows who were arriving every day with large
invoices, aud getting Discouraged, sacrificing
ihcm NJ auction. | have but tust got eStnb-
iisbcd, md therefore cannot tell you whether
Z rit-fi- -ti31'E4zsTt
Nothing hul being reduced to the luN ca.
lrcmtly of poverty, would induce the io go
to the niues. Men that look ns IL they were
once The hardest aud hcnlthirsi men In Jhc
world, come Ia 10 Town every dry, tite H,as'
miserable Objects ever Jaw. They seem ga
have lost NIL. life Hud animation, auh afc as
tame M liilld kitCuE. There nrr some eS
ceiHion-, know, A., brother Ia Frank, next
door 10 yoH has Just rntururd from the mines
aud he looks NJ smart NJ any one. Hut then
what il II All fotf TIA man gets $500 ia
three months lac does well--aud three months
working IN the mines viii hrenk down my
one. duu'i think any fihem average over
. tNh OUNCES n NNNt anu AltlI fAlfNNfn Nft 10
be deducted frc % That. Somo are fortunate
enough 10 strike a vein md get good haul
for a week or more, while others, aud the
greater part Of Them, dig for month ouh
mt much more Il1au pas their expenses ont
roft Then they haze tu stand up to their
knees IN the water, which ir very cold, COM
ing rs II does from the tops of the mountains
nothing more nor less hHn melted snow
while the sun Is pouring down on their
heads with The intensity Of tropical eli
mate. A., says he used tn leave of digging
from 10 {, during the heat Of tho day, aud
| believe !hosc who are not too nvarcoHs do
the same. But II is difficult To get nj the
truth about the miHcs. | hnve not been there
NY sell aud cannot say anything about them
wilh certainty. No Two men ugrcc In their
accounts, and every man from there tells "a
ltiiiI.tetti=staEYr-=Na -mAy-hnYe head of
more favorable accounts than give, either
by private letters to friends at home, or 10y
government mnil hut tell you ms think n
bout it NY self from the information can
gather.
San Francisco is already large enaugb TO
Ice called a city. ! would not hnznrd guess
as to the number of people here, for fear
should shoot too widn of the mark but you
can well imuglue it is very great. People
from all nations nrc establishing themselves
here-English French, Spanish aud Chi
nesc; hut most nre Americans. The Eng-
lsil aud Spanish languages arc all IL Is nee
essnry TO understand. lam gathering the
Spanish together as fast Ms eau. There are
about one hundred aud fifty vessels, great
and small. nj anchor bcl1re the Town, aud
two or three arrive everyday, bringing from
twenty-five to Que hundred aud my pas
sengers each. Lumber is very high, sells
fer $3.50 thousand, readily. IL | had
a L.. LII, al
ruutd have realized II Inriune out of IL
Many vessels, MS soon they arrive, rip up
their decks ami sell them for lumber. Ii *
now generally understood 20 he the custom
of the port for crews of vessels 10 desert thy
ship, even before d:scharging cargo Mas
tiers can get no redress. Every man Is ms
good as another here. Sailors Heet their
masters on shore, md in tn:nilnr manner
RON up to them, PIT them on tile shoulder,
md ask them show they are to-day" Al
present this is the most peaceahle place IN
the world, except nj night, aud every one
goes urmed.- Goods lay open on the BENCH,
aud are considered perfectly safe. IScldom
lock Stsg store 10 go 10 dinner, and always
lea sX#e goods out in front all night Men
are Md husly engaged making money tur
lhemWcves TO think of molcsing other peo-
Pies property.
We have had trouble but lrOmbne source.
There nre party of men who 60 by the
name of tie "tiOHnds.n Ttfey are tho "rua.
scufT' of Col. Stephensou's New York regi-
meut of yoluuteers-hn plenty of money,
and are drunk night aud day. They urn
out on Sunday with drums and flies, aud
parade the streets, shoot anybody they take
a fncy to at night, and destroy tents mud
rob the inmates of IlfeIr money. About a
n dozen men Tro NOW in the hosPitui sutiur-
ing from wounds inflicted 10y them; some
have died. A man lying in tent last week