The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-04-26
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.

W o"'' l'oS'' ~ou''
ty, East Tennessee, to his friend in
Nashville.
SANTA Cruz, California, Feb. 8. 1850.
DEAR SIR Il have designed writ.
ing to you 70, somo time, but busi>
ness has prevented me.
We arrived safe at Los Angeles
upon the first day of November
which made six and one half months
from Fort Smith. Our route was
from Fort Smith to New Mexico {;
then down the Rio Grande to within
so miles of Ell Passo; thence through
Sonora, striking the GIa at the Pine
villages; thence 200 miles down the
ella to its mouth; thence down the
Colorado ten miles; thence across that
stream. and one hundred and twenty
miles. to Warmers Rancho, in Upper
California; thence 100 miles to Los
Angeles; thence up the coast to Mon
,erey. All the road upon the ella.
200 miles. was Il desert-littIc or no
grass. Then from the Colorado to
Warmers was a desert, 10 miles.
but about fifty miles from the CoIora.
do new river broke out last sum.
mer, making an abundance of grass
at that point--but for this, all the AMI
mails must have died.
California presents prospects never
before seen in the world. The mines
are rich, and extend for hundreds of
miles. | believe that one ounce per
day is the usual yield to the hand;
though many find rich holes and take
out fortunes in a few weeks. Thou.
sands are always hunting for rich
holes and never get anything.
got in too late to 90 to the mines,
so turned in to Monterey to winter:
and not finding employment. came to
this place, which is across the bay
from Monterey. Here got SIPS
per month, to work at Il saw.miI-
though the rains were falling every
day; however, the mill was washed
of. And after making some rails at
six dollars per hundred. | set up rs n
lawyer. to practice before the Al.
calde. have been at that two weeks.
and my fees amount to one thousand
dollars.
have declined going to the mines.
If, however, business should decline
in the summer, may 90 to the mines.
The climate is delightful, and there is
much fertile land in California. Oats
and clover grow everywhere upon
the untimbcrcd lands. where the soil
is not too poor. Hogs are fat, winter
and summer. Small grain grows
without irrigation One acre will
yield one hundred venagres OF barley.
worth six dollars per vcna1re, Ga
venagrc is . - huShels.) IL is said
one hand can make $4,000 per year
by gardening.
will at some future time. give you
more accurate description of this
country. and the prospects here. |
think it is the greatest field for a law.
yer in the world.
A common day laborer can make
from two to three thousand dollars
per annum. by working on Il FARM
Respectfully, yours, J. b.
A LOVING DIALoGuE.-"Wife, |
am going to leave you. The Doctor
tells me that can live bot few
hours at the most! shall soon be in
Heavenw
"What! you soon be in heaven p
Your You'll never be no nearer
Heaven than you are now! you old
brute -
"DoIpheus!' hoarsely growIcd the
old man-"Dol phcus. bring me my
cane, and let me larrup the old troIlop
once more before die !"
ELopEMENT.-M1rs. Mary Hull, wife
Of Mr.. VIM. b. Hull, of Cincinnati,
eloped with clockpadar named John
p. Martin, on the LIST inst. leaving
three interesting little boys and
mortified and disconsolate husband to
weep over her weakness. The villain
also carried off jeweIrv TO the value
of several hundred dollars, belonging
to Mr.. Hull.
ANOTHER ELorEMENT.-We learn
from the Louisville Journal that
beautiful young lady Of about Is, an
only daughter of wealthy parents in
that city, eloped on Tuesday with
man named Figg. right Waterman.
The couple have not been heard of
since.
Some villains entered the house of
Judge Root. Of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana, on the night of the 3D.
instant and cut up and broke the
furniture, carpets, chairs. candelabras,
clocks, &C., and then had the impu.
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