The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-13

II behooves the government then to provide again
this contingency at once. Nothing can be don
with any OF them until they are thoroughly sui
dued.
the Difficulties Of the Enisr..ss to Gal,
| f0rnla.
[Prom tho Boston Traveller, Feb aJ
long conversation with an intelligent younS
man OF Boston, who went to California IN the shII
Leonore, and was absent just year and four days
has given US a much stronger impression of the
sufierings, misery and death which have overtakeu
| many who have embarked in this dazzling but
hazardous enterprise Of gold-hunting, than we be-
by no means hIsbIy c SI pepo4t The
.dHd Catyor~aa OF December 81, gives only
TWO or three, deaths In San Francisco in the
previous month, whereas our informant was told
py the superintendent Of burias of that town that
from sixty to seventy died weekly and that from six
to eight were daily buried the expense of the CITY,
they having no friends to care for them while sick
,h 70 puiy nem wneh dead Indeed, IT is thought
them will never reach their friends, who will thus
remain forever in Ignorance of their fate Our in.
ioimant, short time before his departure, fol-
lowed, with lew others, the wagon containing
the body OF deceased gold-seeker to the grave,
yard OF San Francisco, now fast filling with many
VINO ieit behind happy homes and hosts of friends
| IN too late regretted New England
He found upon his arrival there, several open
graves, containing two, three, and four collins no
| grave being closed until it had received at least
TWO collins. Some of the graves were marked
with the names of those who slept beneath, VIC
TINS 10 this great mania of the nine teenth century
But, melancholy as Is this record of the dead IL is
brighter picture than that OF the sulierlngs of
many VINO are at present crowded into San
francisco, from the mines, enteebled, without
money, friends, or home They wander about
the town, gaunt misery stamped upon their faces,
and often sustain life by digging clans and
muscles upon the sea shore, and by fishing, finding
lodging al night perhaps In the tent of friend;
Or.
creasiDg the number of buildings at the moment
that The population was rapidly increasing. has
added greatly 10 tine suffering OF as class OF per-
sons. With this Increase OF misery, comes also
crime: Al the great tire many had their pockets
picked; Others were robbed of their goods, aud
several arrests afterwards took place OF persons
charged with these crimes, aud they were con-
united 10 the PRISON ship 10 await trial
such was the state OF San Francisco at the COM
meDcement Of the new year. 1t thus seems that
the CHIEF stories OF distress and suffering come
from the towns, and not from the macs, from
whence it was generally anticipated that our mos,
gloomy accounts would be received. From tue
MINES, however, our reports are more favorable,
and Justify the hope that all will continue well there
throughout the winter.
1t Will be remembered that Mr. Parker II.
Pierce Of Cambridge, sued the captain O. 'een) Of
the ship Leonore, for leaving hIm behind We
understand he recovered about $1,000, including
costs. The case was mayed for Mr. Pierce by
AnDis Merrill, well known OF the counsel
Tor the defence IN the Iirrell Irial mere. The same
counsel hos also been engaged To defend tue va
hdiiy of several titles 10 land based upon grauts
from M txico, and has IN most cases been success
full.
A wharf has been finished in San Francisco, OF
eight hundTed ieei IN length, at the End of waich
they Obtain hlne feet of water IL 10 to DC shortly
carried out fla hundred feet further
AZ TO The mines, our lnformants statements are
substantially IN accordance with the PUBLISHED ac-
counts He says, however, that there Is n visible
increase 81 crime, chiefly among roaming Nexicans
and Cbiliuos, Of whom quite a number have had
Their ears cropped IN consequence, and persons
without these rather indispensable app-ndages TO
tine beauty 81 the form divine, were getting 10 he
quite numerous. The most formidable robDrr gang
that have been brought TO punishment IN the
mnes was Red DAVIS, an lnshmio and his two
companions, also Irish, who were hanged some
months since, the former for robolng a washer
woman OF sl25, and nearly choking u death her
son. who happened 10 be near at the time. Before
his death, Red DAVIS, who was member of Ste
vtnsons gment, made confession 10 HIS couo-
Sc, OF long catalogue OF crimes committed from
his boy hood up. His criminal career b-gsn he
said, when boy upon one at the Mississippi steam
boat, where he used TO puck the pockets aod dun
der the baggage al the pasSeIgcrs, and from this
he went Oh adding cnme 10 crime, unul his wicked
course suddenly brought 10 close, by LIS
being hung from The b0ugh OF Tree Ia one OF the
valleys al California
The Storage passengers oi the Oregon speak bit
terry of the treatment they received llom the
n,ander Of the Oregon, Capt PEARSON, on the way
10 Panama. The trouble at Acapulco ~ stated 10
Pearson gave up the command to new captain,
and was on his way home across the Istbmis,
when he arrested He was, however. wben
the pass. ngers IN the Empire City lett the lsthnus,
preparing Ia give bail.
AT Panama, the lady of Col Fremont met with
accident by falling from tnr steamer Oregon
INTO boat. which severely injured h~r, aud caused
the detention of Col Fremont The voyage iro1
Chsgres To New York IN the Empire Cry wIss
pleasant one 10 the passengers. dnd they s,-ak N
the highest terms OF Capt Wilson, her comm iuder.
The steamer Sarah Sands will, It Il expected,
reach Penama IN SEASON 10 Ike the passengers
who leave New York ia the Empre CITY on
Tuesday next, thus introducing wh 1issome
competition upon the Pae nc W. 4 a. tn- Adam
TIC side.
We have before stated that the ship Edward
Everett, al Boston, was AT Panama, on the 2si oi
January the way from san Francisco to Boz
ton she brought down about 100 passengers al
$50 p,r head She was aboIt niy days on ,he pa--
sage. ana during that time many ~ them W ~ sick
with scurvy aud other diseases contracted at the
MINES, and al san FrancIsco. Five Died an the
patsses. and sixth at Panama. A passenger 10
the ship has furnished Us with the names 81 five II
the deceased, AS follows &c. w Ray, of Is uo-
hi. Me. Dr Reed. Of Worcester. Mt-s W IS.
dence unknown; and a sailor named Crook, be-
longing TO scfsate, X. / DR. Reed had, Il Is said.
iderable gold the others each snsil Jusn-
tity. Chsgres, tor lengthy tsrry. ~ unBeaiihy at
the present time. Seven American mechanics
were lately induced by an offer of hIsh paw TO stop
there and PIT up building. Before the building
completed, ELK oi the number we're dead Tue
seventh took passage home IN the Empire City,
and r,a,hed his last at the moment sne droP.ed
her anchor IN New York harbor.