The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-09
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turned from the Klamath aud IL tributaries,
after an absence of scope months and find Of
a truth, Good tidings from far country are
like cool waters 10 q thirsty soul" You have
heard Of the great FIRE, and can imagine my
surprise when the steamer rounded tho point
and the widespread scene OF ruin burst up
on nay view,
An comparisons 10 the Palace Of Aladdin,
the Phgnix, &C., are stale, Eight days have
passed. and new city has risen from the
sill smoulderiug ashes Of fho old The Cali
fornihns have ceased 10 wonder az anything
but strangers stand aghasI, The works Of the
magician spring up hclnrc ihems % sudden
the eroaloa, they know not from whence they
came
In California nothing Is stationary moth
Ing stable nothing sure to-day the wildcat
speculaions succeed, tomorrow. the surest
rL..-'.--- f.il. prope1y changes owners hs
rapidly a. the gold on,the galnbllng table
eircumsiances uncomfortable and unforeseen
may strip the millionaire IN an hour, On
tho Salmon, provisions we're selling at 90
cents per pouhd.i an unexpected snow storm
shut out al communication with the Klamath
, In a few days, speculators held all the stores
aud raised their prices 10 $500 per IL. just
~ they thought Of again doublmg their prices
almost from the heavens, aud from source
% little expected, poured down over the
F,rouniai,, -acl, essHli,ls. &c I'fosIslses f'osa
Sacramento, that, In few hours the old prize
o. we're resumed. 40 tho junction Of the
Trinity a Grry was established on the only
known route from Trinidad to the mines, the
daily receipts ofwhch were from one 20 two
. hundred dollars; and In conneUtou with this
was a tnling post, the profits Of which more
than paid oil company expenses. The day
before this storm, $1,000 were refused for the
: loca,ion Tho route became impossible n
wandering Indian came upon train lying on
the other side OF the Wountain, aud offered
for a blanket 10 show them new trail 10 the
tnirr- ,,esFeJ, aad avoiding the snow he did
so, crossing the river some fifteen miles lower
down, aud cutting of the elbow the river
forms, saved a day. lrAvsl from this day, of
course, the old ferry was not worth dollar
could not write in volume All siuilAr
things that have fallen under ny notice.
To-day alt rush to the Gold BluH-to-mor-
ruw thi, human wave rolls back upon some
, old. abandoned quartz vein, where staggered
and broken, but uncxhau'tcd, e awnits but
the next wind, mo matter from what quarter
E it may blow
Society u in a wrctchcd state. In vain
would citizens dcludc the wordo themselves
into the belief that they have only to rebuild
aud all will be right There Is no security
: jor l,lc or properly knoWn; thieves, robhers
10 aud murdcrcrs walk our streets not n day
=. passcs. Lui crimes oflhr darkest die are per.
}. petratcd. a gang Of 6cnds stiI fire different
= part. Of the city, nightly, Knox down with
= -lnpg shot those they suppose 10 have money,
= sometimes in the crowded street, in sight Of
= hundreds aud tho villain escapes, or II taken,
goes to Jail, where lac ha, little more 10 do
than walk OF, nothing moro, ifhc has money.
The party advocating mob law are Increasing.
Sa.ta a4..4 siii4eA4- lissiisied- lsiiL- Eieh-lav
as we are e,irsod With, rountcnRncc itbut the
majority are themselves the most abandoned
characters. There must soon be a struggle,
' fear, between our horde OF lcgalizcd swim
dlcrs, aud the mob. |, is comfort TO know
. things cannot be- much worse.
All our troubles may be- traced, directly or
indirectly to an almost universal want Of hon.
csty. The citizens are mostly men who came
l. here to make money in the quickest possible
= mnnncrand then return. They care nothing
for the future interest of the city or welfare
d Of its inhabitants. have sometimes. almost
2 believed tho climate OF the country was not
= congcnial to nrsty--ccrt'tin il is thousands
i who were considered at home the most oxcm-
= pary, now Disgrace oven California. Sad as
I is this picture, and different il may be
r from the extracts YOU see from some Of our
c papers, itis too true; all know it, but for in
: tcrcstcd motives will not publicly acknowl-
i edge it
1--WE were seated lay a good warm FIRE, at
the commencement of a long winter evening,
l could give you TN account of our trip TO the
: mouth of the klamath in the scvcrcst storm
which has been known upon this coast of
= the landing we made on the sand beach thro'
the surf, all arriving at terra frmR on our
!, heads, two of us being carried out to sea n
gain 10y the uudertow when we swan outside
the breakers till favorable opportunity to
q come in on a "big swell" could give you a
e particular history of tho rise of the great city
of Klamath, which consisted aud consists Of
n half dozen log huts or shanties, two tents,
: and one Indian wigwam, and the adventures
l. of these hardy, bold men, wrecked on the
i coast, the first representatives ofour race a.
q mong this powerful tribe, the astonishment
+ rofthe natives their growing jealousy and rage
: for plumber, the desperate situation Of this
= = little band, who mostly saved themselves by
i fighting as men only fight whore life is the
[: prize aud death perhaps in its most oIrightinl
s. form the forfeit. Do the Indians justly claim
: exclusive possession of the vast regions they
; so sparsely people? II so, we have much to
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