The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-22

70 an epidemic. Occasional cases still occur, bat |
he alarm and CONSERVATION produced by ITS pre- !
ence are fast wearing away from the mlnds Of our |
trren the saa Brancisoo Bslanes, Dec l41
SINCE THE LAST MAIL.
Our summary of news since the departure OF the
last mail steamer, though 1t has striking points,
NJ not without interest, al least to those who feel
concern in the welfare of California. .
The business interests Of the city have not only
had TO encounter the inactivity usual upon the set
ting in OF The rainy season. but the injurious eec!
of having very heavy stocks of nearly all the prin-
cipai articles thrown upon the market, by the arri
vai within the last twenty days, OF fleet OF vessels
from the Atlantic with full cargoes. The depres-
sion produced cannot, however, be more than tenn
rorary. In the case OF any staple article the ces-
sStion or dIninuti0n OF imp0rtations for week or
ten days produces very perceptible effect IN
siren ct lenng the market In the California trade,
soUnd nd"men, and much cacsicn iodsoesssbe to
accomplish satisfactory results. Wild shipments Of
even the very best arh:les, made without reference
the existing line Of imporstions, the possible de-
mand here, or the simplest rules Of business, can
not prove otherwise than embarrassing to all con-
cerned. The business s6airs of California are
every day setting down to a substantial and per-
irsde must inevitably correct the fluctuations and
anomalies which have occasionally marked opera
tons on the oacfic.
In the political world, here more contracted and
rhe main topic is the election u United States
Senator. Patriots who modestly nominate them
selves for the place, are on every corner. These
are the outsiders merely, the scrubs, who, after a
great flourish, are always thrown oil and distanced
in the very first bust The real candidates are, we
suppose, ca the wing side, Col Collier, the collec-
tor of the port, and Marshal Douglass, of The
northern district; and on the democratic side Col.
Fremont, Judge Heydenfeldt, (whose brother is
wing Senator from this dlstrict,) Hon. Thos. J..
Henley, and Col. Weller. The canvass promises
TO be exciting one, and there is smart prospect
for plenty OF log rolling and lobbying at San Jose
this winter.
The health of the city is completely restored, the
Gle and bracing weather OF the last week having
driven OUT the cholera with its train of diseases.
though not until i. had s0atched away several
prominent and valued ciuzens
From the mining districts the accbuats are gene.
| rally satisfactory. The rains, which have now
fairly set in, though they have driven the miners
from the rivers, will enable them to prosecute their
| operations in the dry dggings" with energy and
| success. The quartz mining receives more and
more attention daily; although it requires capital
for its successful prosecution, and will prove more
profitable to associated than 10 individual exertion.
The cholera has released Sacramento City from
its baleful presence, and business there is revving
fast, especially since the rising OF the upper Sacra
| mento has opened the usual winter trade between
| that city and the towns and settlements above.
The amount of the remittances by the steamer
of the 18th is always considerably less than those
despatched by the steamer OF the LIST; but this time
il will be less than usual, owing mainly to the un-
willingness of consgnors 10 close account sales at
the present unsatisfactory rates.
Nearly every vessel that leaves our shores, by
sails steam, for Panama or Realijo, takes its
complement of passengers bound for g the States"
The regular intercourse to and fro between the Pa
cihc and the Atlantic now engages continually q
large number Of these travellers, and great many
going eastward, to return In the spring. Others
and these hundreds, go "home," perfectly satisfied
with their earnings in this country. But II is I'M
doubted that besides all these, there are very many
who return 10 the Atlantic States utterly dsap-
pointed, broken down, and soured with all the world
and especially with California This cannot fail 10
continue while men continue to come here with the
most chime rical expectations. II, in the other
States, there are yet any left of the Soons who,
after having all their lives failed to make a decent
living at home, come out here, expecting to return
by The next with their eternal fortunes,
advise them, in all good will, 10 stay where they
are.
THIS part OF the world is not nearly good
enough for them, and they would only add to
the line OF their ''illustrious predecessors" in
failure, complaint and misrepresentation. The
time is past, in California, when fortunes
were made in a day; past, we hope never to
return, with its wild, unhealthy excitements
that unsettled everything But if there is coun-
try on the globe, where honest industry is to
thrive, and where man may safely calculate,
with proper exertion, on acquiring competency ii
not wealth, IN from one quarter TO one half OF the
years ssch a result requires elsewhere one land
emlnently fitted for the upright, the energetic, and
the enterprIsng, land Is California as ii is.