New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-11
California.

We give IN this paper q liberal instalmsnt oil ou'
sdings by letter and otherwise from the Land o.
Gold which oamo to hand by the mail steamship
Ohio on Saturday But we have more Letters ~
hand. and fund OF information derived from pi.
vste advices and conversations with friends who
returned in the Empire City and Ohio.
The prospects of California were never brighter
than now Skop,icsm as TO its immense mineral
resources is gradually yielding to the solid and ra
dant proofs now sbondsntly made manifest Three
Millions OF Dollsrs worth q; native Gold shipped
BY a single steamer following and to be iollowedbl
others, at Intervals Of barely two weeks, ought 10
vanquish tho most stubborn increduh,y. An intel
hgent friend who enjoyed good opportunities for IN
formation in San Francisco estimates the amount OF
gold in the hands Of ,he gamblers alone OF that city
on the Let Of January Jour latest date at Fomteen
Millions Of Dollars These sporting men by tic
way have done the largest business oil any class {"
operators in California during the last year Fools
are no plentisr there, probably, than elsewhere but
they are bet,ersuppled with the means ofexhibitiHs
their ioly, aud those means have been improved 20
the utmost. Toll. worn diggsts who had bagged
their thousands at the Goa, OF unsurpassed fatigue,
privstious and exposure, have come down to tie
city. and gambled and lost their last dollar within
aweek The gamblers, it should be stated to tie
credit of their forecast never hesitate in such cases
10 lend cleaned out " digger $50 or 500 to ens
bic him b return IA the mines. They know thai
whatever he may be enabled 10 dig will come
uund b their blank in due season. and, ben Z
Hush. are willing to be generous in their invest
ments Nor do they consne their iavors entirely
TO their customers. They subscribe literally IL
new churches and assume the character OF pubic
spirited citizens. They OF course pay the highest
rents, and rather the most NJ them though Il e
bes, private house in the city is owned and occv-
pied by women Of very unequivocsl character
In fine. Society and Business in San Frsnciso'
grsyitate, and stratify according to laws somewhat
different from those prevailing on this side OF the
continent II is TO be hoped that the existing con
dition there is not permanent but that the time
viii soon come when the gambling houses and srcg
shops shall not greatly Ousnamber the private fam
lily DIV ellings.
The grcs, crash for months anticipated, and
SO confidently predicted. in Rents, Lets aud Real
Estate generally, has no, yet occurred. Ca the
contrary, prices generally were at their highes,
uptSn Wuth @fs OkSSVu ttit AncrG NAV &c q
check. bat we Do not see fair chance Cor A srea,
revulson so long immigrants shall 30 rapidly pal
in and geld be 80 rapidly sheed cut as at prese,,
Ths California banks have certainly discount,
with great hbsrshty the past Summer and prOmi,
10 do SO 30 mach greater extent next season or in
proportion to the increased applications We es,i
mate that the entire population of Upper Cal
tornia was under 50 ooc on the lstof January, lsss
and not much under iso. 600 On the list Of January
1850. Nsrs January viii find Is hardly under Hsf
q Million We shall gladly hear that at least he 4
,be new cmers devote themselves 10 Fsrnir
Gardening, &c for which the returns must be e.
generous but II seems almost impossible to ress'
shs universal rush sr the Gold Dissinss. II g
average reward Of the digsers we have now ress .
10 bshevs has been decidedly under-estinsteS
we now believe that it has been hardly less than
an Dance of gold for every good hearty days worl.
s,il, the labor is severe. the heat OF sammer hor
r;b,c. and the prvstcus Of mos, digsers scarcely
.naurable. II q thousand good mich cows wsse
aif7osed through the Mining region, . near tn
several diggings as grass could be found and ns,
cot 10 sustain them. they would boantiiully recon
uenss their owners while contributing greatly to
ths comfort and even health OF the miners IL -
much easier driving COW into the zinias region