Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-16

the greatly enlarged field of labor opened by extensive expo
rsons during the past twelve ,nths. Certain is that the
quantity here has been with
what the reports from that quar- have induced TO expects
and when take into the vast amount o property
exported thher for sale, and carried shher for their
use by emigan and the dmi mutton productions,
byreason Of the departure o midst of large and vau
able abong population it would appear considerable
amount must yet orwarde before look with much
complscency upon pecu MARY connexon with the new
State whatever ground for ongrauation there be the
political relations growing Il Of lie admission For our own
part strongly inclined to believe that e continual
of rapid fortunes acq red digging in most cases
sheer fabrcatons devised ~ crafty men, the sole purpose
Of inducing emigration of advancing the interests Of
spectators But suppo ling such to be founded
fact they afford cer BY which to udgeof general or
average success for the ry simple that only
extraordinary good luc chronced while the thousand
disappoinmen and mis- bruues hadships and privaons
which majority Of the iners Of necessity undergo
trely overlooked, sedulousy concealed For every
single account Of tu labor in the mines thousand
tales Of Disappointment destuton perhaps death, might
be told. The fact is FIRST flush of is The
surface deposes engh exhausted and the hongs Of
eager adventurers who expected find in the cities of Cali
fornia streets paved with pure god" compelled dig
long and vigorously in the widest and most secluded DISTRICTS
ere they receive evenae scanies remuneration for their toll
Individual exerions will be Of avail It only by
extensive operations conducted through the agency Of
bned capital and associated enterprise that the mines Of Cali
orna canbe prc6tably worked Even then the business
hazardous and months Of toll not unequenty expended
in turning the Of supposed Pactous whose hidden
depths aEen reality barren Of gold the exhaations which
rise from them fertile in disease. The whole mining
country occupied by crowded population, whose number
constantly increased by fresh from the cities and
the plains population destitute Of all the ordinsry comfs
ofEe csunualy exposed the demorazng Influences
and the nsidous attacks of disease which precauion
avail to avert The apparent inequality in the proceeds
of labor in other words the mere chance which seems
determine failure success tends TO excite and
this population unsettled adventurous gambling spirit
and accordingly find them purchasing for prices
claims which unsupported by possession, and which,
if allowed prove utterly worthless except for purposes sub
sequent speculation. is thus that fortunes made in
day, and thus that they quickly lost There de-
pendence regular steady, legitimate employment for sub
sistence Life game Of chance, and there is everywhere
prevalent throughout California Indifference to the result
Of that game, lamentable as it is surprising.
Letters from remote sections of the country and from the
sturdy hands that oener wied the shovel than psn
full Of statements like these They represent that gold is
scarce that the mines crowded that every available
placer is claimed and occupied and that every where
s claims contested with which threatens
settlement by Of re where cannot be procured
to the satisfaction Of The parties interested through the ab
traTy decision of selfconsitued Such, for long
time, has been the tenor of smning correspon
denoe /" and the accounts Of returned CaloInans who
have interest whatever In mepresnng the character of
C00ol0n COlnCloo
c with the representations thus made by pessns still upon
the of action and who but for the corroboFang es
ony thus afforded might be suspected OF sinister motvea
deyng country, which, despite it's hardshPs and Privaons
has still the power of retaining them in its midst.
Notwithstanding these disheaenng circumstances, which,
we fear bat little known, and less regarded the
tide Of emigration il still setting towards the Pacific coast
with rs much force formerly The plains are sill honged
with companies of pioneers from the West impelled to
counter the dangers Of almost nerminabe journey
land and through regions Of perpetual deson, by the dis
tant prospect Of the golden mountains which allure the
residents Of our Eastern cities TO embark themselves and their
fortunes on the ocean, regardless of all the eos Of the
Deep One has but to station himself piers from
week to week. the Ocean for Chages take their
departure hence to assure himself of the numbers in which
this latter class hasening to the land Of gold and the
strong nerves and Phlegmatic temperament he be
affected sadness by the probable Of those whose antc
pations are 90 highly wrought.
settlers in this country, and ympshize with them in the
dsppoinments to which gold hunters they us necesa
y be subjected have strong confidence in their ultimate
the world shasupa that Of single State nation that
has existed since the world begun The very scarcity
Of gold will tend divert from the business Of mining vast
amoaut Mat with far greater profit might be bestowed
upon Other avocations The population Of California cannot
afford remain idle; and If labor the mines prove unpro
ducvc the shoves that have hitherto been delvng in river
beds will hereafter beempoyed in turning the soil for pur-
poses Of agriculture The pick will give place to the plough
vegetation luxursnt and beautiful for an nhabtant Of
Essssn States TO conceive Of will be resped harvest
hal in its extent and variety shall rival the productions Of the
whole Atlantic shore, for in California there are oil climates
and oil soils The extent Of the country from North 10 South
Il alone sufficient to afford scope for considerable diversity of
climate while the alternate elevation and depressions in the
surface present 10 close contguy the extremes
Of heat and eo There be doubt that corn and the
finer grains be grown in abundance throughout the up
lands and Southern friends Of opinion that in some
sections least there fair opening for the Successful cu
vson Of those crops which have hitherto been confined
clusivey their plantations Az grazing country, too,
California has much boast Of There were cattle
thousand hills within her borders long before the first pam
ul Of gliterng earth dug from her streams and from
De golden gates" they now designated, many
.erchantmsn to ssil freghted with cargo Of
California hides scarcely less valuable to their owners hsn
The precious which have since been exported thence
Bot commercial point Of view thst the future pospe
y ofhis youbiuls most readily sesn Her
posiou entities her to the whole trade Of "ths East
,ds ha fr ages has enriched the weahiest and most pow
er nations o the eanh, and to The Importance Of which,
suurie~ sro Tho discovery Of this Wes continent was
directly owing The tides Of the sea- with all their mul