Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-03-20
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: that price.
!. There appears to be no end to the en-
3 grafton to This country. The "god fever
, increases, carrying off thousands daily
D Old Pennsylvania is certainly behind III
age. The few vessels leaving the port {
Philadelphia is rather surprising. Can it b
tha, you are all asleep. or have you seel
. 10 more Of the "dusl" than you can ''pu
in your eye"
II is generally supposed ,ha, during tn
coming season, this country will reach it
zenith. at least in the gold excitement
Speculation will undoubtedly run high
Fortunes will be made in day as ii were
The whole thing is p.r',c. gambling
shop. lhoPe We shall be amongs; the luck }
ones. Ii is no, the persons ,ha, dig in the
mines that make fortunes, but the trading
character.
But this state OF things can not last for.
ever. There is scarcely any bound to the
price Of real estate in San Francisco, and
other cities and towns in the country. Lots
in the former place that two years ago
were bough, Tor sixteen dollars, are now
worth fifty thousand. Look a, The estima-
ted loss by the late FIRE in that place. was
there al the time. Some ten or fifteen
frame houses, perfect shells and their con.
tents were burned. Total loss, One Mill
ion Dollars Most Of these houses were
replaced in less than two weeks and gamb-
ling resumed as though nothing had hap
Pened.
Some OF the finest music have ever
listened to, heard in this coun,ry-Span
ish, Italian. French, German, and q great
variety. More than one thousand dollars
are daily expended for mnsic, BY the gamb.
ling houses Of San Francisco. If you were
here, and could endure the everlasting jng.
ling Of money in the public gambling room,
could safely ensure yourself and violin
from an ounce to twenty five dollars per
day. especially if you could give them a
touch Of " daddy coon' occasionuIly-
pretty good wages for tormen,ing ca,-gut
hey7
l would not influence any Of my friends
for or against coming to this country :;
then there will be no cause for reflection.
In writing, l endeavor to give facts as near
as l can. 1t i. no, every one that comes.
makes forlune-far from il. There is
now suffering and distress here. Scarcely
a day passes thai we do not feed some un-
fortunate person who is s"s,rapped"-many
Of whom were in easy circumstances a,
home, some wealthy, who curse the day
hey "reso!ved to go to California"
How the miners are doing we can no,
learn. owing to the bad state Of the roads.
The last news from the "Maraposa Dig
gings" twhere we were,) everything 10 the
way Of provisions was Two dollars per lb-
-four, pork, beans, sugar, coffee, &c. Thou.
sands OF men who worked in the mines las.
season. and obtained more or less gold, came
down TO Sacramento City, Stockton, San
Francisco and other places TO winter, lost
al at the gambling liable, and are now des
iiule, and the wet season but half over.
,aw a fellow in San Francisco, who came
lown from the mines, to 60 home in the
,teamer of the lst. He commenced bet.
ing a, Monte, and when he set sail had but
seven thousand left. have seen some Of
he ",imes you read OF" since leaving
home, and il should be lucky here. will
,ndeavor TO take care oft. think we de.
'erve fortunes.
1t is IaughabIe 10 hear passengers by
water just landed, complaining Of the hard
'are they had on board, and in nine cases
,ut Of ten, the Captain Of the vessel is pros
,cuted for damages. II they remain here
my time, they will learn not to complain
If the living on the way home. Luxuries
'uch as milk eggs. cabbage. potatoes, are
scarce and expensive. 7dters are now
worth one dollar per Ib. at Sacramento
greater portion Of which city,
BY the way, is under water.) A short time
,go, two New Workers came ashore from
, vessel just arrived in the port Of San
Francisco. Feeling little hungry for
fresh, they stepped into . res'a-
rsunt, and after looking over the bill Of fare.
called for ham and eggs. They ate a
pretty hearty dinner. Imagine their sur.
PRISE when told ,ha, their bill was sirty |
foe dollars. This is fact : "green'uns"
get good training hefe.
AS a specimen Of gambling-last sum
mer, one evening in the mines. young
Spaniard commenced betting. His luck
was good, and he won several banks-in
all 1000 ounces. or s4s. 500. The gamb
lers proposed uniting TO make up bank
OF that amount, and asked him il he would
" lap"i,. He said he would. his friends