Washington telegraph., 1851-12-24
correspondenoe of the Te1e graph.

New YoRK, Dec. I, 1851.
Ere this. YOU have received the news broeght
bv the steamer Cherokee, which arrived from
California last Saturday night, with her P'le II
millions. The intelligence, you viii observe, is
more than usually rife with shootings, stabbings,
hangpps, s.horrid AFFAIRS" ETC. The three largest
shipments of gold dust received ny THIS arrival,
are for
Adams & Co.'S Express $o9o,445
American Ex change Bank oo5,5l2
Reehe &. Co 100000
Total received by these three concerns I,2o3.757
This does not look as if the gold product OF Cali.
forna was falling off We shall not be at all sur
prsed when we hear of the discovery of veins
deeper and richer than any yet found, and the re-
turn Of the gold fever.
Mining is all a lottery. A few days ago had
in nv possession a pocket hdndkerchief.fu of
eo,d dust. belonging TO two brothers who had dug
it out at Salmon river in six weeks time; ) 900
worth in a single day. These young men are the
sons Of MIR. WiIev, . bank-teller ia Boston. For
two wears prior to this lucky strike, the younger of
the two brothers NOW fine, rugged healthy look
ing youngster) had been mining at Deer Creek
with so little success, that when ne joined the
| other (who reached San Francisco about months
ago. after passage of 81 months round the Horn)
he was in debt, and just recovered from fit OF
sickness They Immediately repaired to those
! dggipgs at Salmon river, and were SO fortunate
that ia few weeks, they obtained "a pile" COM
mensurate with their moderate DESIRES Then
| with commendable prudence and good taste they
| 'sstruck bee-line' for their home IN Nfassachu
setts, where they arrived in good order and well
conditioned right side up. II is pleasant to have
such an instance rs this to record for to one like
this there are hundred just at the other extreme
| In SO in i00 those who goto California are
| sadly disappointed. Driven to the dest necessity
! by ill-success, some become desper,te. and prey
| upon the more fortunate. Some ol these would
shoot man, or cut throat for five ddars. Others
| sicken and die for want of nursing. Hundreds
become dissolute and licentious. Esen those who
edo WE'LL" and preserve degree ofrespectablity
| rarely return TO with their morals ln as good
| preservation as they were when they left us.
| have observed numerous little Indications of this
| fact even in men who you would have believed,
| had moral independence and strength sufficient to
preserve their habits of thought md body, man
ners of expression, q c.. &c, fres from contami-
nation. One Of the best cases Aha, have noticed
| is man who correct not only in his morals
but in his language also. Together with his pile
of gold dust, he has brought home with him ano
ther acquisition. l mean the vulgar and wicked
| habit of swearing, On the whole, therefore,
think that young men will fare quite as well in
the long run TO stay at home.
DR.. Spring prea ched yesterday the fourth Of his
series of discourses upon "'Fhe Glory of Christ"
His theme, this time was 'Christ preacher, ;"
and his text Matt 7ch., % & 24v.
| The project for ''Preachimg the Gospel, on
| suitable occasions, i'll the streets and The market
places, and wharves and parks, and wherever
| congregations may be assembled to hear, in ac
| cordance with the municipal regulations, to which
obedience is due" is not yet in operation, but is
maturing.
In consideration Of the facts that abott 10000
arrests for criminal conduct made in this city
every three months; that 5000 SHOPS (either
brilliant or beggarly) are open every day in the
week; that the Sabbath is almost Systematically
desecrated, by Sunday excursions, dante houses
and "Sunday evening concerts;'' that millions oI
irregious foreigners have landed at this port dur
ing the last 10 years; that there exists among a
portion oil the natives spirit OF opposiiion to order
and to laws regarded obnoxious; that handreds
ef the German population professed Atheists,
deelaiming at their Hoboken oonyentice and
their three places Of Sabbath meeting in this city
| that "Ihere is no God, "Dewn with the church, "
"Down with that lie about religion "Down with
property" and that at least l00, 900 adults in this
city never attend public worship; it would certain
| ~ seem to be Incumbent upon every truly chris
tian citizen to make energetic and extraordinary
| efforts to regenerate New York.
! The 81 Congress convenng o-day is look ed to
| with profound interest by our commercial men
ana manufacturers, out stlll deeper interest is
| felt by those who have no mercenary desire TO
serve, and who, actuated by the purest patriotism
have the integrity and harmony OF oar beloved
country at heart. Firebrands from the North and
South will seek to reknde the almost smothered
fame of dsunion. May true statesmen apply
| the annihilatoF.
AS l said, at the time of his election, we shall
look with seme interest to the course of Charles
Sumner, Of Boston, Mr Winthrops coalition sue
/ cessor.