The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-25
CALIF0R MA,

We regret 10 learn that there II much sui.
fcrinr IN California mud that q reverse ~ tho
business of San Francisco threatens heavy
failures there. Gambling and incompetence
have well ugh ruined the place. The grave
ynrd- ARE Inst filling up IA aud about nll the
principal places in California, md sult the
rush r. very grcnt To TINT country. IL"
MeAlcrn Smics contribute manly "a the sup
pl, which Cnhlofnm Il now receiving. n
h snid nj least 900 men have lcll aud Will
-lsa..-tAe-M esi Ilia-p present SChr, aud lint
upon M average they will tHkU $500 each
with them, thus taking 100000 from that
section of the country. II i, estimated that
from other paris Of the country $4,000 per
sons will leave for California, "ho, going hy
Cape lloru or by the lslhmur,will need 800
each, az $1,000 600 to tnko thom sniuly
there. As set four times AZ much money
las been carried out uf the country ms has
been brought into It, IN consequence of the
California movements. Nnst amount ot
Time rs lost In gong to aud IN returning from
that country; aud OF sickness aud suffering
,hcrc is scarcely any limit. la our opluiuu
the rrcnir~, misfortune which has happened
to this country for the last quarter oi u cen.
mry, save tho annexation of IrNus aud On"
Mexican wnr, WAS the discovery ut gold
mines m California. NclghlothuoNs and
iauliltrs linutnrtrl'lr have beeu hr"bru up
and ruuri log lhi- California Wfup, and thc
country ha. sutlrtcQ and viii suffer- irutu q
as much as ioui an Ordinary Irrcc ycurr'
war.
As far .os W. can lchrn every person there
who writes homo tn friends iu Il,4A -couuitN,
urges lhcm 10y all means no, 10 come to Cal
ilorra.
W. thiuk the press hero at home las hcen
too silent ON the matter when cuWiruun has
been strong that 1t was ruiuous To nine ~
every ten To GO To California. J herr ARE 'h"n-
sands aud tens of thousands there WHO would
return immediately humc, II they had lhc
means utdotng u. Vicious habi,s have been
formed there, ln ten thpu-Hud instances.
which viii drag down To ruin and mi'my
those who, bat Tor the gold mines ~ Cnldot-
uin, would hata. been valuable -mcnhGrs OF
society. II vii require long years To frcoN-
or from tic evils idil.ctcd upon This country
Il, the unfortunate scruuh,c Tot gold dust Oh
the distant shores at California.
Il seems to ~ sometimes ns though this ma
MA was to punish Ibis country for It's wick
ted conduct towards Mexico IN sWiudlhe
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/ New Mexico aud California. To The saue
end some think the discard bad feelings ana
violent sectional quNrrcls in Congress, III
Suite Legislatures aud among the people cV-
cry where IN the whole Unlon, are seat 10y n
: Power who yet interests Itself 10 some oNlcnl
in tha affairs of this world. Would that #
the country is TO be punished for the wicked.
ness of It's past rulers the chnsioning rod
might he fsiT only ny the entity rutltefs ett'l
abeitors of all the wrongs growing out OF hu'
man oppression and national injustice. Bu
so it does not always happen; but the nno'
cent too oiIen suiirr while The wicked escape
the chasiiscmcht they richly deserve. The
reason dflhis Ip us Is not now apparcnt;--i
Lsnny he made 30 hcrcntieE--wG cannot tel
how or when it will appcarbut this we think
nations no less than Individuals nre account
able for wrongs and sins and cannot alwnys
escape Justice aud condemnatiun.--.N III
Statesman,