The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-04

what he will do with the California question reains "a
m 1s seen Among me persons whose influence !: ft in
sol los many years in this PROVINCE and Of whose services
shall h.,l have occasion 70 speak hsreailer
visited ship day and lunched with Many them
are aPpers from the interior wds who have never seen
with wonder for which their trap dialect had express
sion. The Indians connected with the body wanted 70
We pointed sails. cIewed the yards they shook
their heads n ncreduy They seemed to think there
sIgIes caused the ship 60 Our band played Of
their most spirisrng airs, but they had itte effect on
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the rifle OF Commodore Siockon they handled IL with
thar yeanng ondness which amo,her iees ciaspng her
anw.ssy hays 3Ths ca,ngwood sailed . day ior The
shore, In the hands Of washerwomea they were hurried
off, halfroned, half dry, and In the suds
neced with national ship He may think hnssii forsu-
nate he RECEIVERS his clothes all they often left
The Collingwood has offered moestation. Admi-
raj Seymour 10 officer Of great ameniy of department
much impressed with the force battery and says
ship is the most powerful gae ahoa IN the world The
English nobility, bn airs. and boon compan
ions wherever met Il has been often stated by American
in Cafornia and would have done stolen the
march him believe nothing Of the kind the aIlega-
Hs had no such insacsons rom the British ministry
What the English might have done had they been appzed
watch When We had arp hs
whale they left us to make the most OF its blubber and
Friday Jaiy 24Captain Du Pont ls us to-day 10 take
command OF the Cyane, fine ship well Differed and man
with in gale and calm the Ice Of the Cape and
On the burning line and chccIuy shared, In his own per
and efficiency, with his social qualities and uablemishsd
character, have won our unmeasured confidence and
Mr. Livingston, first Lieutenant succeeds the
mand, under an appointment from Commodore Stockton.
i've officer His station . one Of some dioay. but he Is
the better qualified for by his previous services and thor
Of the post which he entitled BY his
experience and rank The officers attached TO this gate
diyduas among them whose religious example has been
felt deep and wide.
umed in another volume, under the title of "Ihree Years
in California But, without trenchng on the incidents
cunsances which recent events have thrown into remark
able promnency, -
scrlbed in ther proper pce. turn from these TO point
which looms up in the fancy at least, like hcadland on
which rosy twilight has poured its golden charm.
The bay Of San Francisco resembes broad inland lake.
by narrow channel with the ocean This
by earthquake which centuries since convused
the continent The town is built the south bend OF the
Of barren sand hills tumbed every variety
Of shape No dwelling process on scale OF any magnitude
sge Of he swell
only the fish has much the most order In the disposal OF ms
head Al. lncOngTuOus
lecture never danced in the dreams Of men. Brick
houses wooden shanes, sheet-ron huts, and shaking
tents, are blended in admirable confusion.
But these gotesque habi,aons have much uniformity
and sobrisiy habits of those who occupy them
speculation that would throw Wall street into spasms
have merchants purchase without having
even ganoed n'o .ne Inc @ 2, ~ ,ne sae
In cargo, when tumbled out were found twenty thou
ds % IN The ss % o. S ssa
purchaser, with ashrug Of his shouldsrs i've water
stretch @i inquire , hall DOZEN Fright under that craft
as rsP o'
your dust" So the waterloo which mortal eyes yet
beheld changes It's without changing its hsh
. share. in gold Gs, s
The Yaba river which We have almost ,Sned Il the re-
ply Apd @ what s will you ass 80 dS Ss
two shares OF possibility Of gold under branch Of The
Yaba where the water s rolls rapid and deep are sold
the Arabian Nights that snrpasses this
Bu glance that large wooden building, which looks as
II the winds had shinged IT, and the powers of the air PIN
nod its capboards In Enter, and you find great
hall filled with tables and motley group gathered around
sands the Of GARD Each has bag OF graingold
in his hand which he must double or lose and Is only
You would advise him at least 70 purchase suit OF
cehcs or repair b.: old before ss l0sss hs n a NJ Dg
low dust swell and glitter in hi: excited IMAGINATION
Down goes his bag Of .o and m los" R sq a1ei hs So
the river bank where he gathered that bag has 50
he cheers his monetary dependency with suong glass
Of brandy, and is off again for the mines He ound the
gold by good forune and has lost by bad and now con-
siders himself about even with the world such is the
moral effect OF gold hunting man whose principles are
fixed aud immoveable the rock IL begins Ia
lottery and ends In lottery where the blanks ouinumber
Bat you are hungry-want breakfsst-tun into res
iaursncal for ham, eggs, and cohee-then your bl-sx
doIlas Your high boots which have never seen brush
since you first put Them on have given out You lind
pair that replace hem-they are toierable nf and
what ID the price Fifty dolars Your beard has not
ielt you 10 the mines-t must come on
and your frizzed hair be clipped You nnd MS
fleece matted with burs; his razor he straps on the
Of his boot and then hsus away starting at every pull
some fonntain of You vow you will let the
agony again 70 get the other aide something like and
what the charge Tor this torture -Four doal Night
approaching and you must have place where you can
sleeps inquire for bed would be as idle ne TO hunt
tor lee Of shanty tent, and tumble down for the
night but thousand fees dispute the premises with
you the Is hopeess-you tumble out as you tum
bed n and spend the remsinder Of the night Ia hnding
Bat you are not perhaps, god-digger, as had sup
posed you percafgo and have valuable freight
which you wish 10 land You have warped your vessel IN
n her keel akes and yet are several hundred yards
lows; your boats will not doi after waiting two OF
three weeks you get thepse Of scow, called lighter LOT
which you pay one hundred ard hiw dollars . day
Tomorrow you are going 70 commence unlosding, ana
your has escaped and put out Tor the mines You
rush about shore find hands, and collect eight or ten
loaers, who will assist yau for fifteen dollars day each
Your cargo must be landed and you close tne oafgan
showed from Shore brought alongside loaded Win
goods (which tumbcd In ne lrishman dumps load
d and then you up and poies and push nor the
landing Hat the tide has ebbed you only
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