Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-03-12
Life in CaliGor,io.

Life ina California.
Tar 'OTHER SIDE or THE PIcrURE.-We
have published great deal oi California pa
peis Calculated Ia lead to further emigration
aud 10 induce those that arc doing we'll At
home 10 start onia venture. We therefore
publish the following note, which was yes-
,erday handed TO US by a gentleman Just ar !.
rived hom San Francisco, who Informs us
that il was placed in his hands 10 deliver to
US bya young BalIimorean ia that city, when
about Ia start ior home:
To the Editor of the Baltimore Sun
Say that an here alive, and that's ALL
liz is not all gohl that gliuers) To my eoun-
Irynen and friends, say that they will never
Know disappointment until they reach here.
Let every one remain al home that has a
hope, tor on, Of one hundred, ninety nine
are either sick, broken down in spniis, or
loose their all by gambling. Therefore new
er leave happy home for the delnsiye snare
set by a few d,ean'ing ones. DEXTER.
We give the above rerLaiim as received,
and hope that the writer may yet find a green
spot even in California. We also find The fol-
owing letter, giving Jim, Sc al the dark side
OF thugs "a Calii"rpia, 10 The New Yoik
Journal ofComuerce:
"A funeral here is The most heart rending.
mule ar horse cart drives up to the door,
generally the same day of the death Per-
haps Il few nien may be seen hanging round.
baI frequently no uinister is in attendance.
coarse riue box. something in The shape
OF coffin, stained black, or dirty red, is
then placed III the cart. aiming all that is
LETT "i poor humanity. Sometimes a glazed
black cloth is thrown over j., and away starts
the cart. Not unIreqaenily the roads are SO
h.l Il.
ping the poor animal take place. Tue few
hicuds VIII" follow and attempt 10 reach The
burial ground, at some distance from the CITY
90 struggling all about. to pick their way
through the mud They reach the ground
after frequently sinking to the knees. aud
there they fad scores of new made graves.
aud others IN progress of being dug. They
hastily commit their friend TO this most mis-
cradle Iookidg spot OF earth, aud escape from
It as soon as possible. Every recollecIion of
the last resting place of husband, iiiend or
brother, is most revolving; aud The magina-
iion sickens al The thought OF The chanel
house in California
a returned gold seeker also informs the
edtur of he Boston Traveller ofthe suffering
misery sni death in San Francisco. lie
says the newspapers there do not record all
their deahs lie was tud by the supern-
teDdent of buridls OF that town. that from
sixty Ia seventy die,l weekly. aod that from
six To eig ht were daily buried at the expense
of The city, they having no friends TO take
care for them while sick, or To bury them
when dead, Many persons have come down
from the mines enieebled, without money,
friends OF home. They wander about the
town, and often sustain life BY digging for
CLANS and muscles upon the sea shore, aud
by fishing, finding a lodging at night, per
haps, in the tent oi friend, IT not in the u
pen street. The late fire. by decreasing the
number OF buildings al the moment that tn.
population was rapidly increasing, has added
greatly to the suffering Of this class Of per
sons. Such was the state of San Francisco
at the commencement of the new year. 1t
certainly Is not veiy inviting picture.
n Ietler from Gen. Darcy, the leader OF
the Darcy California party. published in the
Newark DAILY Advertiser dated Sacramento
city. Dec a, says;
The prevailing sickness of the season
has abated; but there are sill many deaths
among those who were broken down by Sc.
veie bowel complaints aud scorbutic ailec-
tions of the earlier season. Twenty seven
persons were uttered on Saturday last. En-
loving the comfortable accommodations aud
the berality of fhiends that knows no bounds,
| am fast recovering heath, flesh and strength
have gained % pounds in weight since a, this
place.
Hundreds uf llie overland emigrants in
cluding men, women aud children, waded
through the snow four or five feet il depth,
and suffered greatly; living on their Cattle
which had been starved and frozen to death.
The parties weIc all finally brought in by
the Government roops. Among other tc
males were the wife OF Gen Wilson of Mis-
sour, who came the last fifteen or 30 miles
on foot through snow or deep mul to Law-
sons For; then horses having fell dead on
the road