New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-27


and that TOO before many months san Francis
cans present an example. worthy the imitation
cfthe world Some who were wealthy before
this disaster are now 90 level with the poorest
but with undated energy they are as,lr, enter
tanning bright hopes and prospects OF another Tor
tune If IN our lncxrcuencc, We acqpTeP
wealth. shame" say thev, " If we can NOT, with
| our experience, do the same"
This disaster VIII fall most heavily on neE-
| chants IN the Atlantic cItfeS, whose good on con
! slcuneni here have been totally consumed Yet
II IS confidently expected here, that they vii en-
! gage 90 the shipment OF goods as ardently as ever
| The flaming Prices Current. II Is understood
! viii excite a new zeal the enterprise And,
! bv-ihe-wav the deceiylng Prccs-Current have
! produced ncalculahle mischet-a fact 10 which
! can not forboar 10 aliudc. As al example, for
/ the past eight morths they have announced that,
/ % Salts q Blank Boobs Grs mucb IA d'maod-lOO
pr cant Advance ~ Accordingly, to meet this
| crying demand, quite every merchant, engaged ln
/ shipping TO California. has fOTwlTded large IN
voice of massive blank bobks when m the very
( hour they were giving out theroTdef the market
/ here was fully supplied 50 that before The ire,
! they were offered for very much less than the
! home cost. without findIus purchaser
! IN the article Of brooms, one year ago they
| continued to be quoted at exorbitant rates
| Hence, what Is true with reference TO stationery
/ is equally so IN regard 10 brOoms, there being
enough IN the market TO sweep down the
Sierra Nevadas But | will not extend the
/ list. The market rs peculiar one-the
most caprlcous, doubtless. IN the world
! No man buys anything here for use, be-
| cause II Is chfGD--he buys because he needs II
an article. therefore Is not IN demand II cannot
be disposed of at any price-to have 1t for cart
! age. even. Is no Involvement TO purchase. No
/ man, therefore, should engage IN sending mer-
! chand1se 10 such a market, until he has hrst
visited II, and become acquainted with IFS wants,
caprlces, capacity and situation as to facilities
/ for supply. Thousands Of things have been sent
| here which was like sending Goals 20 Newcastle,
or ice TO Greenland
/ Permit me here 10 say one word on another
/ topic. which likewise concerns shippers To this
market Merchants here, as body, have been
| held in doubtful repute as to honesty and
promuutude by those IN Eastern cities have
! often heard the remark made there, that " no
m CaHforHia - 70 6e trusted BUT all the
rogues arc not here, though there Is a due share
e saesa. 4eHbtlsszs. M:s :ilti::5 = 50 ga, =
( eoods
J The truth ls merchants here have often been
J obliged 10 bear the SINS OF other men whom con
! signors could find nearer home. OF this fact !
am well convinced Those who have sold
/ 10 shippers 10 this market seem 10 have acted on
/ the principle that their customers, III view OF
such tremendous profits as they were to realize,
/ could well afford 10 BE- chcafed-and they
/ deemed 1t safe to do SO, since the goods sold
were gong to 50 distant market, and the truth
/ in regard to their conduct could so easily be de-
| MED.
/ For an example ] have seen cases opened,
/ which contained lars nicely cOrked and packed
/ IN salt. said 10 contain butter, bat on opening
/ them the inside was hardly greased-sOme halt
/ iull-others quite empty In other instances,
/ articles purchased as first quality and shipped
! with that impression have proved 10 be not even
/ 4 tnh nm
/ Again, invoices. which called for such and such
/ articles OF marketable character, have been
/ answered on arrival by those very different and
/ inferior Ground coffee put up IN TINS. and
marked pure has often been found to con-
tain, as near as could be ascertaned, large guam
| titles of mahogany Saw-dust Hence. ground col
| fee sells in the market for less than home cost,
| while raw coffee can readily be disposed of at a
/ profit ,,
These are bat specimens OF frauds which nave
! Leen practiced on shippers to tins market
! Goods have been selected from samples and or
dcrcd. She seller has put them up and received
! his directions how TO ship He has then pre-
! scented his biz with invoice - per the order
! handing over the receipt OF the officer OF the
vessel as evidence The goods have never been
/ seen by the purchaser They arrive here, prove
| defcen, and detective. The conslgnee informs
! the shin. er as TO the state Of his goods The
| seller Is seen: the facts denied, and the con-
] Sigutt iIti Nlttdttu l Ht biit dN'iNi INC pth'i
/ denies. and they are SIX thousand miles apart
/ Thus the matter ends and the purchaser suffers
/ loss where he dreamed of large profits.
I'm the present state of things here, there IS al
/ least enc bright slde-there is no doubt but The
miners are dong better thanthey have ever done
/ before This IS owing. 10 great extent, to
d.Stositi,u Of being satisfied wiM doing ,CeA-
! Hitherto they have spent great share OF their
| time in WIid-goose-chase prospecting. Beside,
tuey have acquired additional skill IN separating
/ the inst . so much so, that many are engaged IN
washing over again the dirt second time TO adj
vantage.
Under these circumstances, there Is no class
Of people that are doing so well the labOrers.
/ Their profits aye sure and yet not small The
/ matter OF wages Is IN their own hands II de-
/ MED their fue dollars per day. they are at once
/ II 10 the mines. where they are pretty sure OF
! that stlpend and often more too, and they re-
! ceive their pay at the end OF every days toll
( Beside such has been the state OF the market,
/ that the cost of living has been cheap and good
/ as in the Eastern States II Is here, therefore,
/ the laborer is able 10 command his own wages,
| and receives ample reward for his toll No one
need fail of success with health and industrious
/ habits
! The wealth Of California has bur Just begun
/ TO be developed The facts IN regard to the
/ richness of her treasures 50 TAR exceed the no
/ lions ever before entertained that they are es-
/ teemod ephemeral and fallaclous but time Will
/ establish their truth The gold to be extracted
/ from her rocks will exceed the most visionary
calculations and be they rldIculod as they may,
/ these rocks will yet prove their virtues by the
fruits they II yield. J. T.. :.
BUFFALO.