The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-19
CALIFORNIA CORRESPONDENCE.

cry interesting letter before our readers, from
ur old friend A. G.. Morse a resident Of San
California
We have no doubt our friend feels all he says
# tle mineral and agricultural pacitics Of the
oil of California, but we fear his impressions
ire based too much up..n the popular sentiment
II San Francisco, which is selfish and specula-
red in legitimate business at San Francisco and t
':her cites in the Valleys are deeply interested
a keeping up the emigration to that country, 1t !
$ notorious fact, that large floating popuia-
lion, made Up Of shrewd class of sharpers,wio
are constantly experimenting upon the crcdulity
of others less slgacl"us, nhabit those places -
Surrou@dcd by such community, il is not sur
pr. sing, tha. those WIN live there, should be-
come crsy prey to the marvellous, and inilt-
u,ted with the highly speculative notions, Of
those Icy whom they constantly surrounded,
and with whom they are brought daily in contact
We have no doubt our friend Morse is as free
from this complaint as any one, but still we
cannot believe that he has entirely escaped its
influence.
san FRAScl.co, Sept. 30, 1851.
MrssRs EDlroRs: / hive long been thinking
ton of our growing State of California, and the
residents of our city, which is destined, at some
future period, to stand among the first Of he
Union.
From the summit of the Sierr, Nevada, to the
broad Pacific, a beautiful country was
never prcss ntcd to the eve of mortal The sun
never shown upon more fertile valleys, on more
prosperous cities, than in this far off western
State
The rich deposits Of gold, in the mountains,
continue to be found daily, and hundreds arc re-
turning upon every steamer, with their f. uncs,
which they have made in few short months in
the mines Of California.
The beautiful valleys are beginning to teen
with the richest tropical fruits, and grain and
vegetables of every description.
From Sacramento city, fourteen daily stages
leave for all parts of The mines, and the SPLEEN
did four horse coaches, which arc TO be found at
all hours of the day, before the principal Hotels
of that place, cannot be excellcd by any stages
in your large eastern cities, New York even, not
excepted
Some eight or nine Of the first class steamers
are constantly plying between this city and the
up river towns and these steamers are fitted up
more like floating palaces, than river steamboats,.
Hundreds are daily leaving and returning to our
city, all either on pleasure or business.
Fortunes are made and spent here in few
short months A man may be poor to-day, and
rich to- morrow.
The rich speculating nabob, who sports gold
headed cane, may, by the rcverses of fortune,
be poor man tomorrow. Such is life in Cali.
forna.
Our beautiful city, has, five different times,
been levelled with the ground, by the fire-brand
of the incendiary, and yet, each time, it has
risen, PhGnix like, from smoudering ruins, to
life and activity, and is, at the present moment,
with all its reyerses of fortune, the pride and
glory of our young State.
And although if our city should continue to be
the victim of the ncendary's brand, nothing
can keep her back, she is destined to become
one of the principal cities of the Union, and in
my humble opinion, WILL i'll few short years,
rival the great city of New York itself. Her
citizens, made up of the most energetic and per-
scvering people in the world, men with talent
and capital, man who have come out determine
10 make California their future home, regardless
=
der every disadvantage have determined to sue
coed, at all hazards. Under all the crcumstan.
ccs what is there to prevent this State becom
ng the first and foremost in the whole Confed-
eracy.
And, although am sorry to say, that by our
correct election returns, we now have Demo
cratic Governor to preside over us, and Demo
cratic majority in Assembly. yet hope,
we will be able to place in our Legislative Halls,
at the head of our growing State, ''good and
substantial Wings"
But the majority have said, by their votes,
that they wanted Democrats in office, and when
the majority of the people say, by their voice,
such men must be placed in Office, we will
chccrfully submit.
A division of the State is strongly talked of,
and there is little doubt that such will soon take
place--a great deal Of dissatisfaction prevails in
the lower part of the State, and the probability
that an extra session of the Legislature will be
called 10 take some action on the case.
Vallejo new town that has recently sprung
up, above this city, near Bernicia, which receiv-
ed the majority of otes for the Capitol of the
State, has, at last, lost the seat of Government
owing to their delay in the, completion of the
State buildings.
At the last session Of the Legislature, the
Capitol was removed from San Jose to Vallejo,
supposing it to be more central point, and
owing in great measure to the liberal dona-
ton made by General valcgo, spaniard of
great wealth who owns most of the land in that
region of country.
But as | stated before, owing to the delay of
the contractors to complete the State House at
that place, it has gone by the board The
archives of The State have been ordered back to
st. jose, and it is left entirely with the mems
pSiS VI SisidtuiS W say NHcit VIII
hold their next session, whether at the former
capitol, Benca, Sacrimcnto, or this place.
Should the State be divided there is but little
doubt, but Sacramento will be the point for our
seat of Government. But enough on this sub
Jet. p -aa 74ak
| suppose no doubt, you are more anxious to
hear from our agricultural and mineral pros
poets, instead of 50 much talk about politics, di-
visions of State, and changes of capitol
1t is needless for me to say that the mineral
prospects Of California were never more fattcr-
ng There is no doubt that there will be by
far more gold taken from the mines the present !
md coming year, than at any previous time. -
Most of the miners from the head waters of the |
7 uba and Feather Rivers, and even upon the
Trinity and Klamath rivers, extending into Ore |
ron, down to the :outhern limits of our State, I
II are doing well, many Of this number making I
heir fortunes in few short months
The quartz mines in all parts of the country !
re yielding much richer than any one antcipa-
ed. The hopes of the most sanguine persons
ngagcd in them have been realized in almost .
very instance. Many companies in the South
rn mines, who have good machinery. are ma
ing from one to three hundred dollars per day
, the man, clear of expense. And in one or
NO instances learn from reliable authority,
nat as high as one thousand dollars per day has
cen realized per man, by companies of fifteen
nd eighteen persons. And it is only necessary
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