New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-06
IAN the world IL sad ard dresry
Whertsot'er | roam
O Brothers, how my heart grows weary,
Far from The Old Folks at home"

Ucdnesday HoraiRg, Sept 15.-lt is a beau.
tiul day. and the sun shines in all It's golden
beauty upon this golden land. The weather for
tie pat week has been very oppressy in this city, a.
so in the Interior, AMI much sickness ersued lament
every dysos pafs around among the tens OF thou and
Of strangers in this country, 10 witness the amount OF
sickness and suffering among them, from the great u
nor1nce that generally prevails OF the true laws OF lite
ana health. And that thosickly has arrived
the mortality il very great and often in many places
very alarming. On closing my last letter 70 You fort
nsh ego, again departed from this city, via Sicra-
mento City. thence to the upper country TO the fI-
bee River 10 Parks Bar Roses Bar &c, and thence to
Gross Valley and again across the country TO Auburn
Salmon Falls &c, back again TO the large cities, where
have been for few days past
The scenes that / witnessed on my flying tour were
often Of the most mourniul and hcartrendng character
During my stay al Roses Bar (On Sunday the 9TH OF
SeptCnAer some fifteen 10 ghteen persons died within
amlc 81 ny lOdgiI q.
You will observe by the California exchanges great
increase in the bills OF mortality by cholera AMI PFC
sumo tie half s not told a the local papers very
naturally desire 10 suppress the alarming facts Yeti
think it IL always best to tell the truth and the
munity Gt large viii be the gamers.
NUT close this very brief and unconnected letter
soon the boat viii coon reach B0ncil and my letters
must return 10 san Francisco this evening to 60 by the
Golden Gate tomorrow.
The general opinion first formed Of California IS ys
the 1t i a most inviting country % thousands and
Of thousands OF young ant cntc.prsng men, but
az the same time ost dangerous and ruinous country
70 II OGfdhu- OF DINERS. Inc one max CAL utFfE W
told nay the hundredth a i6usandth of the real
forrOw that pcryadcs the hearts of thousands Of dsap
POINTED emigIants here. Especially l. it most depora-
bic that men sh0ud rush 10 California in such numbers
without any sort Of understanding OF their own cons,u
iions OF the Laws OF health ! hear daily of scores of
men stricken down by discase and death, who either
know hot the value Of correct dict the benefits OF
coli water bnthng or Il they know, have been crini-
Lally negligent OF their duty.
know not how ,oonI may be stricken Town by death,
bU THU know If could get the right fool, Che blessed
brown bread coed water and air, | should have no
iears 10 pas through any climate al any season.
The Physicians IN this country are often crirninally
n lscut Of Cuty and sciuascd by the most sCrjd mo
tyCs. feel reilly grevcd thus 70 write but the Doc
toIs generally Il cure to the people, and Kill more
tlrnthoy save. Every kind nDsrumi IL administered Of
ten by the lowe qUHcss and die from the medicine
when The dsca e alone would no. have killed them. o.
ihf lie doctors not al0le guilty. FOR the Ignorance
o. he people VIII have il so. and the poor Doctors
of but blind leaders Ct the blind. Daring my trip
lat week to lie mines, think may have incidentally
met with enc hundred invad SEX with the chlls aud
fever. ! carried my wheat Ia cur wagon and preached
bread aud water and bathing and good air y the suffer-
ofs. IN meet the poor fellows have never been
nCyfec by the QuCtk doctors % bathc az all AMI Of
ter would ey lay days in their iithy clothes, and par
taking OF poi ouOus drugs luring them slowly but sure
Is 10 t,eir graves. Let me the unthkng and in
experienced never this far oil land until
they have first well learned themselves in the great
school q nature and experience. ! have felt deeply
GfGred oiicD that ever spoke word IN layOr OF Cal
IoTnn, when witnessed the poor sufferers sickness
ond dying in this ignorance But enough now on
tl-is uljeCi. When return home (Which may be in
vcIy fcw weeks, should my health be spared I may
then be pc mi.tcd give you, in detail
OF California real life and death have found il in my
shoit tour.
TN now ca route 10 the Northern mines for the last
time While the AllcchaniGns will 20 Tn 'ir way
jocing into the Southern mines and probably closing
then IN California within very few weeks. IL
would have been pleasant to have returned together -
the Sttes hut tie nics have ordered Otherwise AMI we
all bcrnto lot, aud for one may say am re-
coHcled TO the dispensatiOn intend ere long % re-
turn again 20 Thu country, and for the five years
work Tor California. send you herewith copy Of the
petition OF the ladies' for the great Pacific Railroad It
would indeed prove Pacific Railroad and tend % the
permanent peace and glory OF our beloved nation
Every consideration urges its grand contamination and
90 tIuf' cur whole nation VIII awake 70 tie vast impOr
tance When every hamlet ia the land has been dressed
IN mourning and almost every hreside with it, vacant
chair then may our Legislators and our statesmen mourn
over their past ethargy and strive redeem the time
Is not that period near
Our boat il Bonicia, and must close Pardon
this poor letter. and I'll try" 10 produce better at
some future time.
With heartfu Of good will 70 all dear friends at
home, remain you're, for humanity
JESSE HUTCHINSON.