New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-14
Letter from the Mines.
PREMATURE DEATH or RETURNED cMIFoRSIANs-rirE

rHENATtEE OF hEIthNtb CAi-lfOkNiANS
SoSosA Wednesday, Dec. z, 1852
Editors alta California: Being somewhat
wenriod by digging all the morning. | have "laii
down the shovel and tie hoe for afternoons recrea
iou and lie chit chat with our neghbors a. the Bay
What wonderful inventions writing and printing are
Being familiar With them from earliest childhood, we DO
net reject sufficiently uPon their wonderful character
and the astonishing resuts that have flowed and dow
ing from them. To talk with person hundreds Of
miles distnnt-o make him thoroughly acquainted with
oil thoughts and feelings, and yet not 70 artieulae
single wCTc-lis u wrltngi and the multiplication OF
writing, go 81 communicate with the mulfitute m
stead oi with single ndivdus-such u printing -
Get me down here among the miners and while gazing
upuH their operations ard witnessing ther mode OF Nv
il able 10 tell the whole story 30 yJu, and through
you printer 10 al in san FrGncsco, nay 70 all the
people IN The Atlantic States.
Lot correct error which has been eNten
siyely circulated either through ignorance prejudice
design IL IL IN reference the effect OF mining. or Of
the climate Ia the mining regions, upon the physical
constitution.
The Atlantic newspapers continually prainy shout
tie shattered SYSTEM OF the gold dggers and the sudden
deaths Of returned or returning Caiornians. Well Sr,
u true that many o. the grld dgger- have shattered
coDsiuons and many II those who return % the Allan
tic States return tut TO die and leave their gold % others
who have not doyod for H. But what the cause OF AL
the sickness and pTensture old Eye and death IL u ia
sepsishle from the occupation ct mining OF Il the te
hghiul climate OF mountains we md suiic
ieit and than sufficient apart from these-A
ca se thai reflects upon the them.cye and notup0n
the country their occupation mean 10 say plainly
that mining, when properly conducted, i not only
pleas eEt AID independent business but A<dfai one
aud that more delightful and sslabrioas chmfte tnsn
ours o6Lroi be found nhe work. over. Bat tle people
nowhere else can yen find the like They hal lived II
br house, " i'll ccaed pSrors or IN cabins,
ana sept under beds u down weil-' 1rd mattresses
heitIe they emigrated hther. by 10 O'Clock IN tie
evening they retired TO rest ami early light they
a. gICt tie luiplng morn They were sOocr, vir0oa-
Cltsnly and regular IN their habits Tue aws oi health
ind norrhiy were carefully observed. and. Ia
flfNa 81 lfaaa gf IN md IA
NigOT OF body. On arriving here, however, they laid
ssue every rule which before had governed them and
pstteinng after the Indians the MaxScsns, trans
formed themselves INTO squehd wTetches and tOo ire
quthlly gave unbrdled rein ali their passions
Psss through the streets city 10 IL O'Clock
AZ night You VII witness just such scenes Ia all The
Other towns and cities Tue gsmbhng s4lO0ns lsRdsngO
houses snd groggeries crOwei With not bat
hundreds, who Tor hours together iuhale impure,
seRing air. and drink poisonous drinks, and exhaust
Their nervous system by the mtense excitement snd
horrid suspcnse OF the game, us cheats ana Osses.
Az midnight, or later, they leave thess m.sualIoi
places q amusement, aud, without Oyeocoats, q
tom the hot, crowded room lnt0 the cold air
OF midnight. The remainder OF the night 1 spent
not IN rcirStng sleep tut N tossing up1n a
mere apology Tor bed and Ia calling trstag u
dlsnss e pTvVOUs events II the uigt Tow ard morn
ing Ihey ish asleep Il may De, eu, their deep = atuL
ttton aid inca pre<shlt feelings dat succeed ni.hG
Of intense excitement and diss,psiicn such arc soma
d the persOns whose health fails tEcIn AID California
gets AL the eGFshs OtheTs waste their anoag
Tie tltly end degraded prostitutes imp 1fed from Mex
CO, tie more dcrrsvea iron the Uuted states
vie, falling tTcr greater L Of virtue have plunged
o. lower depth u in.amy. Where, Ia ~ G l3s 5eau
tiHl world made 30 10 the sbode OF man-Sad OF MAJ
ioo, N heslib, eyerywberc-who. AK csA he i've a.
above described and net have shattered frame ami
how Aims,h upon bed Of sickness aud 81 d.afhi
Such however, hardly be gwen a. q true picture
o. The majority OF miners Nany OF them spend their
evenings and nights above described bat many her.
90 not have described the worst bur have not sal
.ne 49, - -. -. q
OF the better class there Is Auythiaz oAjsctoa
able IN then mode OF living, applies with greater truth
" the worst class.
single example viii Illustrate how the besr class 4
miners impair then health. and prepare themselves Tor
premature graves hardy enarsut irola Loo. s-riv-
til in this place more than agar aga, leaving vie sad
Eve children % think and talk about him HIS moral Ia
BITS here as AZ home, were god snd he kept himsf
reS tTOm al those eNcifszenis waCh wsstc the ene--
gier Of beth mind ana body In what kni OF tenement
be hveG last winter | cannot say; probably ia tent
nhoCi IRE and sleeping upon bank only foot OrtSo
Above the coid damp ground During TIE summer he
has lived IN TIM tent entirely Unshslcd from sun
nd TIE hes. within has been almost laio,erabe-su6-
eisu u Induce fever in TIE healfh,e-t iniyhiul Ne
bat rams % expect soCr winter approach
e coi he rnaie provision for them In November
- SSoetaea ie same TIM tent in Nsy AMI occup-i
. -. SNhe The small POx has been pres Aiin- many
ss, ns. n oai Y has Soae lightly w.a He@-ly az Hs
.,Ss psssed The erisis-sG favorable AMI
stSeN9 feesseTy Was eat.cE-atei H. e,-,... ,v.-i,
~ss hoa sufoisE % shed The rnr 81 $50 - v Il
49, ~ PAY o, The neu Gay pe-fecrlv Ne. All eoi
% tse pislsSs storm Which hsd b. an -
as = 'ae teai AAd Sas bea,ing upan a. <,,-.. "a.
seSSSs Ahs~ any hing shout L u1sl = Va -olsss r.
= Sase 'ock al un'sTor1sle rsrr eli Cor = -
Z, si's;w tras he wss Lid beneath The - W;
:, - SUaS n-n reSoveE living IN su.s. ,sns-4
Il SsHoTnis 90 olsrre for s,2ch aea,h - -Aesi
TIE isc' 5, tasf ahnOSt re eutrs mini, -,
arc aviIg without TIE eomf0rt. Of Lie az -, ppssoa
Inensessrs unnecessarily. some are TOO prnn-,s,.
spend tneif money n providing cornfor+sh~ -
oxAers waste aer money in dissipsrson All ~ -
10 spend " q better manner. Tie nsicr,ry hoxs,a.
IRE Impressed constantly WIKI the iies OF b.s.r -
coSrneEs and, hoping 20 make her ple sa :ses