Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-11


This m,v he shawn nv men'i ming the prize nf Few
articles. Las, summer and autumn lumher aid At
San Francsce at Ss00io 500 per thousand feet A.
St,rktnn sud Sscrsmsnia Guy at $500 tn $50 A,
,ese prices enid ,dr in the Territory aud may
persrns were enpsred IN iha husiness | rerrriv. nv
recen' nns ths' the price hid fsllen San F
cis-o 10 So At this price il he made where Ia
hor Is from $40 Ia 81 per day. and the difficulties At
tending its manufacture mnch greater than the At
lanie SUITS. Lambef en- be delivered in large
lumter markets Tor arrHg. IT the vari,ss t. uf
SIG and frrighied 10 San FfaHeisca for t24. making
$40 per honssnd fee. This pre- w'uid the man
ufsctnrr 81 il in Casfnruia he abandoned. We usy
add $50 per ihassni, meet any iner Of pfics IN
the article itself Ia the freight. ard the result woald
be The
d is probable ,ha, he d~ms,d fr several years to
cnme. will nj be les. than twenty millions Of feet p~r
snnum. which, a, $40 per Thousand. will be s. 600.
Whca Cslfrnis cpnes 10 have population ~ 2nn 600
which she will have hek. n. RI II tn present year
she will requir. half million II 10 els Of fom
sHne quarter and m eiun'rs supply it ss eiod and
chssn the cd S'aes 81 the Union fncludinp freight
snd insurance tiis he SCI down ar '-m NJ ahuu'
45O00.0o0 The srtcl- II cisibing, allowing 40 10
each rers,n. woala b 81 600 GO.
There is nre,ensinn scnnra-v in hsse t.m, apd
iass NAV be estimated ton high. but Il is quite prob
able they tco low.
We have M 6sis which h. fund cscnlsrian nf
what The vslns Of The irsde between the Stes east II
the Rocky Mountains and Calf rnia 10 No dn,snv n.
current vear. will venlgr- The opinion however thar
il will p's fall short twenty FIVE million. II d liars
], NAV g. Tar h@yand that sHn. Ar present can pnr
cei.s which will re,sA diminish emigration
u the navsneni shall olntiuua five yesu our Gu
mere with 'h,i Territory NAV fesch haadfed nil
has rrf snnnm. This Is da-hess staftins SIM hut
u must ~ horne IN mind tbs, We W 10 bid eiti.s
and twas sapp3, msehinett f.r mining .,ssl f. d.
mesiir purposes. sad seam yigatJn and al tho ma
iitsrr~s articles assd IN prviding fhe cons AID Ink
n'Fs a hr Il half militia n p~ape, who viii have
transferred themselves b. eHntfv which i nradnr.
compastvslv nothing except minerals and tie pre.i as
metals. and VIII ps,sulis will ens bic tep To ,.rb,sa
OF any eas, ~hseyer may be necessary ff Their por
pss.
II IL diiiosli 10 nsgins OF calculate hc Ell, wh cl
will he pndac'd on n the adasinsl pursuits Il h.
people 81 the Old States Il ihe naa hy the Wthdfavnl
f,am them Of h,fa mioa Of ptolace,s WIN IN lbc,r
new homes and new pursuits. viii girs sriseaes ~
rnmmercr. afnas equal in ya'usip aul frey ffadn
LEI ~ one. ihefsta-r. sfPP'se be Interested - hc
"eifare al California A well NAV he believe his in
tfests w nd na' he influenced hs rlpsnp our r,s and
cu,'T I'll intercourse with a the world.
TIE ssnea ounl Cape Hon Is 81 " at that hr al
siufs and maay other articles If f,ai feter r1fe and
many "hers are pefishablc IN their nature tint they
would decay the passage. It's wnud be The c,sa
particularly vi h al kinds Of vepeiab'rs and nadird
fruits. Until some speedy m sle If communication
oh h" rs ahshed bv whici pfo3nee can h. transferred
The atm"rs and planters If the old States Will nj feaze
The ,nl value IT his new market on the rariha
Many other important 10 iere-ls viii he kept hark 90
pecia'y The consumption uf coal. The Amefiraus.,ain
ers on that oeean hue on their way there anl n,rrs
amor " 10 he sent ont Will cnusn Tar ffnm one han
dted Thousand TONS PEE arnum. The scarcIjy of wood in
'a'"rn'a VIII hf'ng cod into general a. ful as
50 N as u can he nhtan"d ~ reasonable prcos S,n,.
There NAV he. thee hence forty thnnsaad b,
which shall consume five tons each per snnnm TIN.
wta the steamers would be- ronsump nn II three han
dred thousand tons. If delivered at $50 per ton
would cmpfie snuccessftllv with the c4al from Van
enux re and ~ II IL
600
The consirnc ion 81 raluad across the Isthn,ns If
fsnama would secnre the m7rke for those articles apan,
all cnmnsli ion
Some idea may he formed Of III. demand for them
from the prices pa d in San Francisco last summer -
Coal was sid at 500 IL 90 per l. pota,oe. s6 ne,
hnshri tnrnrs aud ouions 25o62, cents each eprs
trom $40 10 81 per dozen y"
The distance frum Chagres To New York has recently
oeen run IN seven DAYS. The sane speed would cary
"eainhoat lfom Panama Ia Fan Francisco in ten
DAYS Aw three days 10 convey freight across The Il
minus on iallwaY, AND brh passengers md freloht
WIZ he conveyed from New York TO san Francisco in
twenty DAYS ~
he c"i"fliy OF movement wanl secure for American
produce The entire market If taltuna Sailing vessels
may he sncc's fully employed between our Ai1l,c nnd
o"l' ports and hr terminus VI the railway IN ibls side
~ 'he 'shuns; aud prfpcAcJs from Panama 10 San Frau
e'sc" lhes1 latter vessels will be 6nud PECULIARLY sui
ea !" 'ht Trade; lhev hrif steam lhr 4nuh the
oa' ~ 'he bay 81 Patam9, and against head winds and
'"~ gMhg narh, and then sails with favorable winds
shd eurren's clmlng south.
ihese hodes Ut c nveyance. in conrexian with tn.
railroads acras the lshmps would he sufic,ently .xr..
ocons aud einanca /, turn the tihe If cnn n.,c. no
'"erh ihe Atlantic aud Pacific ates IF the Tal.n rt,
that channel The tendency # opr comn,.,,.. -, ,l
's'nc a. ff'mpe HE employment a ocean strlnprs Is
," m"ch Importance as cnnnerpd Nh The defence # ur
s'ens'e me oil eo'st tfom ahtud' 81 deg Ia ~ de-,
The protection II III. Whale i,hety All nibef branches
hal u. l.