New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-09

heavy bills of mortality even III Swltzer-
land. We are prepared to hear, therefore,
that the Cholera has been quite fatal in
California, though neither SO fatal nor so
protracted as if it had broken ont three or
four months earlier.
There is another cause which must scrl-
ousIy enhance the list Of deaths. The fifty
thousand who started across the plains last
Spring were nearly all We5ternmen, hearty
athletic and accustomed to bounteous feed
ing. Forthc last month or two Of The Jour
rey, nearly all Of them We're on short al
Iowance, and many nearly starved to death.
During this season of famine, they further
weakened their digestive powers by eating
oil manner of unvhoIesomc food. On reach
ing Sacramento and other settlements, with
appetites sharpened by protracted Ehunger
in the keen air of the Sierra Nevada, they
fall to eating like wolves, and are soon over
taken by dysentery &c. if not already suf
fcnng from them. With little or no medi-
cal counsel, and a very general tendency
to drinking and other indulgences, the peo-
ping of maveyards may we'll be expected.
to proceed with remarkable activity.
That Mining in California has not, on
the whole, been so successful this year as
last, is universally conceded. True, the
aggregate product is much greater but
three OF four times as many have been en-
ployed in producing it. Most Of the capt
tai and much of the labor employed in
gold- seeking were directed last Spring to
the turning of rivers, so as to lay bare their
beds to the operations of the pan and the
rocker Some OF these We're successful,
but the far greater number were prema-
turely interrupted by the early rains and
rapid rise of streams in autumn. or proved
injudiciously located. There have Of
course been instances of brilliant success,
but as whole the damming business III
1850 has been unlueky.
As to the reduction of Quartz Rock
or Vein-stone, by blasting, stamping,
grinding, &C. it is as yet in its infancy. In
very few instances, we have reports of
brilliant results; but as whole, this bust
ness has not yet begun to pay. We trust
it may do better next year. As yet, the
machinery used has been quite imperfect,
while the labor of transporting it to the
gold bearing quartz over the steepest path
less mountains and across the most preclpl-
tous ravnes and cations, is work tor
summer. We are not surprised therefore,
to hear of many failures and dlsappolnt-
ments in this line.
As to Politics, there is much doubt as
to the result of the recent Election Each
party claims majority in the new Legs
lature, and it is pretty certain that neither
is right. Three or four members elected
on grounds independent of National Poll
tics, and of very uncertain prepossesslons,
hold the balance of power. One of these is
Robinson, elected to the Senate by the
'Squatter' or Land Reform interest in
Sacramento. He is called Democrat,
but we do mt imagine Col. Fremont, Gov.
Dumet & Co. will derive a great deal of
aid and comfort from him. We cannot
tell who acU be elected to the U. S. Sen
ate, but we do not consider COL Fremont's
chance to be returned an even one; unless
somebody should use extraordinary persua-
sives with the Legislature. John Wilson,
late Of Missouri, Gen. Persifer F. Smith,
James Nj. Crane Esq. of the California
Courier, and some others, are spoken of
as Wing candidates, including r. Butler
King, who we presume would not now ac-
cept the post. If We were to choose
Wing candidate, it would be some old Cal
ifornian-a real Native like Gen Vallejo
or Covarrubias. The support of worthy
and prominent citizen of this class would
be felt in future Elections. If the Wings
of California should see fit to organize, and
take bold stand against the spirit of Land
Monopoly and the enormous Salaries and
other lavish expenditures of the hitherto
ruling dynasty, they can hardly fail 10 car
ry the State handsomely at the next trial.
And, having carried it, they must remem-
Der ho~ and 'chy they carried it, and pro-
coed to fulfill their pledges to the letter.
One of the best signs for California
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which has fallen under our observation is
the number of valuable citizens now return
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