The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-11
Additional CaIifornia Ttems.

The influx of population sill contin-
nes. Wealth still transpires from our hills. San
Francisco grows with the same Tapidity. And
towns are sRrlnging up all over the land. Il has
become really matter Of some difficulty TO keep
the rum OF all the new settlements thatdo the valleys
OF San Joaquin and Sacramento. Our friends in
the States have heard Of Benecia, Of New York Of
the Pacific, Of Sacramento and of Stockton.
What would they say If they knew Of the rapidity
with which lots are sold, and houses erected al
Vernon, and Fremont, at the junction Of the Feath
er with the Sacramento; at FL Dorado, higher up
on the left bank of the Feather; at Plumas, be.
tween FL Dorado and that celebrated rancho called
Hook Farm, which is the present residence Of the
renowned Capt. Suffer; at Nicholaus, upon the
right bank Of the same stream still higher up at
Yuba City, on the left bank Of the Feather, oppo-
site the mouth of the Yuba at Marysville, on the
Yuba, at its junction with the Feather! Then
again, there are the two towns on Bear Creek,
which flows parallel with the Yuba, em2tying into
the Feather, viz: Orc and Kearny. The settle
ments upon the American river and its forks are
not to be forgotten Coloma, Hangtown, Weavers-
vile, Auburn, Worthwhile, etc. And then what
shall we say Of the host Of towns in the San Joa-
quin valleyl
Another indication of the rapidity and energy Of
movement which marks Distinguishing char
acteristic California, is the number Of steamboats,
now plying daily upon magnificent rivers.
The Sacramento and the FREELY ply between Al
viso and San Francisco. Several run mp the San
JOn4uus nc OcHdtuIy tue DOfduO, the IuCAln
and the Hartford, run between this city and Sacra-
mento. The Ell Dorado also runs up as high as
Yuba City. She is sufficient to transport from
Sacramento and San Francisco the loads of mer-
chandsei that daily waiting at these two places
but is assisted by the Lawrence the Linda and the
Phenix, that ply between Sacramento and Marys-
vile. 4 II II ~
petition has been presented to our State Legis-
lature, praying that general corporation laws may
be passed as speedily possible, in order that
company may be formed to start railroad between
Sacramento City and Coloma This great enter
prise is not only calculated to be OF immense adj
vantage to the two great interests of our State
the mercantile and the mining-but it must tend to
increase beyond conception the size Of the two pla-
ces which it will connect together. The road pro-
badly would not stop at Coloma, but several
branches would extend from that place both into the
Southern and Northern Mines, Thus the wealth
Of the gold region could not fail to pass through Co
Iona and Sacramento. The termn Of all the
branches would also be centres of considerable i'm
porance. N n
The members of the bar Of San Francisco have
held several meetings relative to the adoption by
the Legislature, of the Common Law of England
for the regulation and government Of the courts in
this State and the practice therein. After con-
siderable debate as to the best course to be pur-
sued the meeting adopted the following resolution,
whch7was offered by Mr.. Halsted:
Rssoiysd That he Legislature Be mended adopt
the common law systsm.
RT- There will be vast amount Of mining done
| the coming season with quicksilver, as on many Of
the rivers the particles Of gold extremely fine.
| The Virginia, or Burke Rocker is going ex-
tensively into use, either by purchase manufac-
ture here--the price being about $3.50 each. By
| the use OF steam or water power, gang Of five or
| ten rockers may be put in notion and fed with
wafer, reducing the number of hands necessary to
supply them with dirt at least one-haf and more
i than doubling the quantity that can be daily
| washed. In banks" that contain no more than
fifteen cents to the bucket PAINFUL the quicksl-
yer rockers thus worked produce from to twenty
ounces per day each. Dirt that pays less than
twenty five cents to painful is rarely considered
profitable to wash with common rocker.
People who come to California to make money
by mining, should be prepared for the haFdships Of
a mountain life, and not only possess good consti-
tntions but avoid the designations which arc toO
frequently the cause of greater portion Of the sick
ness that has given the mining sections Of the
try their reputation for unheaIhiness. We can dc
without that class Of good-fo nothing, thriftless
| fellows, who Donf work at home, but who think il
they only get to California their fortune sure
to be made in a few months. Men of nerve and
industry will here, as every where else, be success
ful and as to health, one with good constitu
ton and using common prudence need fear sick
ness in this country more than in the States We
deem California, in every respect, healthy as any
1
There are now about 100, 900 inhabitants in Cal
ifornia, mostly male adults it well sustain a
/ population of millions; and even in the mineral
| regions several hundred thousand men could moi
| occupy the whole ground
| LEGIsLATIvE-February 2.-Gov. Burnett sem
to both Houses, message in relation to PROPOSE
ton from the State Of Deseret asking this State
call new convention, to be composed of delegates
from all California, on both sides Of the mountains
with the view Of framing for the present, ono State
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and at the same time agreeing upon certain bound
AIRY lines, which shall ultimately separate Califor
MIA from Deseret The message, (which, with tn,
| accompanying papers, was promptly but most re
spectfully laid on the table) is able State paper
and the Governor therein gives his reasons why tn,
| Legislature should reject the proposition toto
An act has been passed creating Temporary
State lean, and bonds issued redeemable after ont
| year 1t is believed the issue will not exceed
$4,000 to meet the present wants, in anticipation
of the collection of taxes, for which bill has beer
| nearly matured
The acts dividing the State into counties, an,
fixing the time for the first county elections, hav,
become laws and county organizations will
soon be in full operation, superseding the Spanisl
laws by which we have been governed since tn
acquisition Of the territory.
Correspondence of the Alta California;
Speaking Of the numerous towns that have re
Gently sprung up in the mining districts, CORES
pondent, writing from Sacramento City, Februar,
Is, says:
Many doubt that so many places can flourish il
such close proximity. They are each the rive
representatives of large and prolific mining dis
trict; some of them having good access to tn
mines during the wet season, will have no inter
ference in their trade. Their growth in the shor
period of their existence shows the estimation il
which they are already held. Marysville, few
weeks the older, presents the most active bushes
aspect at this time. Yuba city has forty woode
houses; many more in progress, besides tents an
, tent houses in proportion. A gentleman from Sa
Francisco, who went up at the same time with me
purchased large number Of lois in the latter pac
I on which he will erect stores, hotels and othe
. buildings Immediately. To merchants of sma
means, these points offer similar advantages
, those of Sacramento city year ago. Property ca
be had low at original prices, and every facility
terms is given to those who purchase to settle an
: improve, and there as well as here the enhance
value of property alone will make the first settler
r rich There will be no lack of people to popuat
r them. No young man in America, nor any VIII
has not passed the period of ambition and ente
prise; and who is not here or on his way, can ly
: contented or die happy without seeing this gres
lmiracle-Cafornia The rest of the world VIII
| must hereafter always be a little behind US, wi
soon find themselves in the same category. TIL
country and it's commerce will flourish as well whe
its mines yield only two three dollars per dal
with the increased facilities OF reaching and worl
" ing them, as now when from six to nine dollars
= the product. That time we all know here is Ion
way Off Then, too, the mining region will
vastly extended, indeed we may expect it to
It every where since the first gold has been washe
9 out along the levee Of our city and almost ar