Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-07-29


with the help of machinery we'll adapted
To he pu pose, aye long to yield their
reward to The hard hand of the miner );
and California. with her fertile valleys,
sterile yet golden mountains, is for II
long time to astonish and enrich the
world with her treasures.
Building is rapidly progressing in San
! Francisco. Those fral structures which
have sprang up almost as suddenly as
Others have been consumed by the
scourge which has three times swept ovcr
this city, a'e fast giving place to thos'
Of the most substantial character, which
with their thick walls of brick or stone
and iron doors and window shutters
seem to bid defiance to the dovourns
element l think that every building ct
any importance either completed or il.
progress this season, in this city, Sacra !
mento city, or MarvsviIle, is Of thi
description. You would be astonishcc
at the amount OF building going on it,
these cities. This business, togcthe
with farming, laundering, brick making
&c. furnish a large amount of labor
The price Of common labor is ST. or IS
per day not including board, or $40 to
s75 Per month including board. I think
there would be no difficulty in finding
constant employment at these prices.
Men with trades, such as carpenters.
cabinet and carriage makers, brick and
stone m sons and stone cutters, recei i've
from six to ten dollars per day. Masons
get the highest prices, but their work is
usually somewh irregular. How the
price of labor is to be affected by the
present tremendous influx of emf grants,
or how all these persons are TO be pro
titably employed when the building
season is past, I do not know. | think
all prices must continue to decline here.
Rents are already much less than they
were. The price of bricks and lumber
is mucl, less and it is now much less
expensive to build than formerly. Far.
mers' produce is much less, as are also
tie proceeds Of labor i'll the mines.
Tanning is already an important
branch of industry here.
The valleys of the Sacramento. San
Jose, and other parts, produce growth
of vegetable and barley which speaks
we'll for the fertility of their soil. Cal
ifornia only needs the genial showers Of
New England to make it one of the
finest farming counties in The world.
The prices of merchandise are regulated
here by the supply and demand, Some
articles can be purchased considerably
cheaper than in New York, while for
Others you are obliged to pay an exor.
bitant p'ice.. But these matters are
destined ere 10: G to regulate themselves.
,, The population Of California presents
almost as many varieties as there are
nations on tie earth The mineral
wealth ofthis State, nhd the great COM
mercial advantages Of San Francisco are
fast making her one Of the finest cities in
the Union: Il already possesses many
buildings which would do honor to any
city. aud this city will add many to the
number. the churches a'e numeIou
though small, and are, think. very we'll
attended. The hotels are also numer-
Gus. and some Of them furnish gooc
Accommodations. The price of board
per week ranges from ten to twenty five
dollars. The tables are we'll supplied III
all, but the lodgings Of some are hardly
comfortable. All the professions, l think,
ale well represented in California, l
have seen the physician with bis guide
case of medicines, blanket and r'te'
climbing some Of its most rugged noun
tans. (his California plays strange an
tics with glossy coats, white dlckeys and
Kid gloves and you see Doctor somrbo-
dy's notice in about every locality where
many people are congrega,ed. Law yers
too, that very innocent but much pt'se
cuted brotherhood, are, l believe, well
represented here, and money will just as
soon temrt them to make the worst ap-
pc ar the better case here rs elsewhere
Ministers of the gospel too. aie here
lifting up their voices in the name oil
their Master against the prog ess of sin;
but they have ain ardauus work TO do
70, there is no place in the world, l be-
lieve, where vice and sin show their de-
formily with SO slight sense OF shame.
Gambling. RIGHTEOUSNESS and drunken-
ness 60 handin hand. They stand forth
in their most silded and attractive forms,
and many are they who are caught
within the meshes of their net and hurl'
ed to destruction. One with compe-
lency for future years, was lured by the
wiles and arts of the gambler. He risk
ed and lost his ALL Another took the
inebria,ing cup, and while under its be
numbng influence. the villains hand
stcalthily drew from his pocket his hard
earned treasures. And another listened
to the enticing words of her whose steps
take hold on hell, and he was ruined
Every one who spends short time in
this or other cities in California, will wit
ness the most soul ickening spectacles