Washington telegraph., 1850-10-02
DIsoouRAGING TO CALIfoRNINNs.


A correspondent of the N. o. True
Delta writing from Sacramento city On
the 3ist July, gives the following uuinv.t.
ing account ol aiiaifs in California.
The immense possessions ol Captain
Suffer- about winch so much has been
written, have recently, aud by his con.
sent, passed FROM his control, aud instead
Of being a millionaire, he Is tho poores.
man IN this region. The last sale en-.
bodied about four hundred aud sixty
thousand acres, for the nominal price oi
SG0a0 How much will he realized from
II By the ionuns.a Purchasers. no one
can eonlectufe5 but # the wEole vas
rendered to me Us free giit, and coudi-
ton nude that should reside on the
mosl favored portion Of i six months.
should deollue receiving It, and being
impressed with the belief that the larger
part OF all who know anything about II
entertain the same opinion, cannot but
think that the purchasers will, by the
time they have pad two or three yeas
taxes upon 10, be satisfied that it is no
very greal bargain--yct At this moment,
each one Of the patty expects to realize
a dozen elmpeleueies from il.
Amisenbe lullness pcryales this com.
muuly the like Of which have never
before seen. kenis have ialleu within
the past Two months oue.huli and the
demand ior provisions Is twice as great
ss il was one short n1ulh ago; Yet %
great IS the demand .or money, thatueaf.
ly ever description Of miners supplies is
sold with little of no profit. Judging
l,om appearances. | have come 10 the
conclusion that the business oi the place
confined 10 gambling houses real estate
agencies eorus.eams". gouss shops. aH1
banking houses. The gambling houses
appear u Dc the bel pairuHised, Many
Oi them are well attended al all hours Of
the day and uIght real estate agencies
count by the hundreds, as every man wio
owns The fractional patl o. lot within
TWO mIles oi gheHHsiHo.s paIoi tie eIzg.
puA aud blows a4 lh1 advantages ta#z
rii. possesses agar cygy uilar DO In
inlsuia gl1he.
AuaI1HegrIuH appears n b. favored
calling. and yeg many OF the Hrsi citizens
appear Ii be eusasel IN II. The con-
m.-I1ugr- uu real estates are, ! am told,
Eve per cent. aud on merchandise, ten
per cent Banking houses are very
numerous, but a, the capital employed
s in tho most instances borrowed from
the miners at brs per cent, per Dioaih,
they DO not appear to flourish, Aslnight
forward, legitimate business is a thing
unknown here every onu appears to be
gn.Wug tor ih.ugs beyond his reach,
and the result IS that nine ont OF every
ten men are embarrassed beyond cxtuca-
lion. Ii the mex, three months does not
tell O gloomy tale Tor this city, ! will
never make a prediction again
The weather during the larger part Of
the day is intensely warm, the lhemomc.
ter not nnlfe4ucuiIy standing as high as
one hundred aud fifteen, Farcuhcit Tor
the la.t Two wcgA, 10 has not been below
ONE hundred aud four IN the shade, at
two o'clock iu the afternoon; but during
tle ut. % tha change has been 80 sudden.
la. ils srHrt lIauhgta have hgun brought
u,0 rlu-ia1l. How d climate, which
{, Hl euaugal.,, can bu healthy Is past
my conception. Yet, am told that Ihe
bills OF mortality for months back, have
averaged one per dav, which tora popula.
ton that does not exceed three thousand,
wuad in avs other county De considered
alarming. About nlug.tenlhs OF the pop
ulaion, appear to be shaking with the
ague, ard the other tenth are blessed wIlh
the dyscnlary nearly all have frequent
attacks OF the blues, and judging from
tho elongated phises, conclude that all
have the horrors. California may be a
grcut country, and this city may bu the
earlrn spo. Tor big fortunes, but as far as
my observation extends, am satisfied
that more money eau be made ia New
Orleans by working on the leyee at the
rate OF dollar aud a hall day. than by
any business which Is followed here.
Even tho frozen snow business which
was commenced less than three short
weeks ago, Is o?erdone, and The snow is
now being brought IN from the mountains,
aud sold Tor siX cents per pound.
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