Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-17

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gentleman IN tins place, may be Interesting 10
some of our readers; tho it vas not written
viii the exp ctltion of being published;
WEAyERsylLLE, Trinity Coz
California Nov. 8. 1852.
Dear: have so much to write !
hardly know " here TO legin' AMI rny tlme is
50 limited that shall not waste 1t IN prellml.
aaries. Well. to proceed, after a hard day
travel lover some Of the fullest mountains,
such as you never saw in Old Virginia. and by
the side Of which, The much boosted OF and
majestic Peaks of Otter Of my native State
would comparatively speaking be nothing more
than mole hlis.) | have missed my chill and
have the appetite Of a horse after similar
journey. But speaking Of appetite that IS
very dangerous thing ust at this present time
here. as provisions and every thing else that
is Anyways earahle are most Unfortunately
high FIouris selling at forty dollars per bbi.'
and bread fifty cents per pound-pork about
the same. Beef IS the only thing that keeps
within The bounds Of reason, and that has rs
en- to thirty constellation seventy five cents
per Id. Vegetables Of every kind high in pro-
portion and very scarce.---and myself are
going to Ed river for the purpose OF taking
up farm: the price Of Land is rising very
rapidly, caused by the immense immigration
that has poured in this season, men with their
families, that are compelled to have homes,
and the uncertainty of mining, forces them TO
The turn their attention 10 agricultural pursuits
Improved places well located sell for the most
cxorbItant prices.
The elections are Just over, and Pierce has
carried every thing before him, so far as can
l,ar tod n off
in this county. | did not vote for any of them
except for Judge of the Circuit Court, and
that being an Old Lynchburger, Peters IA ne
phew Of Don T. c. Peters his cha noes for
lection in this district are good Gle with all the
rest are Locos, and that you know is against
our religion, or mine at least. Peters Is a
young man Of fine abilities, and is destined to
make quite a show in California.
Times here are hard, and it keeps fellow
scratching To pay for his board, clothes, wash
ing, &C. you can hardly have an IDEA ofit,ex
penses amount to nearly 800 per month. II
had time | would give you minute descrip-
ton Of some Of the newly discovered curiosi-
ties OF California, consisting Of the Burning
Mountains, Goose Lake and the Hot Springs.
a.. af which, as curiosiries, are equal to Mount
Vesuvins, OF the TWO Natural Bridges in our
own State;bu as ii is time for the mail to close.
| srsbid you farewell for the present.
THE LopEz AFFAIR IN CUBA.-Mr. Sullivan
an Eoglishman, the author of a recent book Of
travels in America, mentions the following as
one Of the causes ofthe failure Of the Lopez
expedition:
"When Lopez's invasion MAS first mootcd,
and the Creole population affected to sympa.
thIze, the Governor General gave the whole OF
the slave population within ten. mi es of
Havana three days holiday, that the whites
might be able to form some idea of their nun.
bers' strength and eroclty and take whole
some warning against favoring any agitation
which might bring about the horrors of a slave
rising.
at is said tat the sight of these fifty or six
ty thousand African warriors staggering
through the streets, and the knowledge thai
the same struggle which liberated hem from
the Spanish rule, might also berate the blacks
from thelrs,dd more to quench the rising feel
my OF "Llbertad' amongst the Creoles than
any dread OF the soldiers Of old Spain. 1t WINS
bckllsh proceeding on the part o the Cover
nol General and would have been scarcely
warrented,bat for the presence of twentythous
and men under arms the Whole time, and the
possibility of the slaves procuring arms being
strict guarded against"
The scarcity OF silver c,in is well accounted
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LAS we stated would be the case. in tho
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