New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-26

- .,ebf Ship sitter ship forming perfect tow upon the
s.sr fIsd the inner bay, and hundreds Of little boats
"a am Al saing crafts darling every the
- r,oeoupsed places With this thA tAnts and horses
Lar sppesrn g the tops OF the hlsthe widely
ssrssdiig ;csn-the eye fsuod time to take in all At
y. ,hs ,frapge novelty which surrounded as sad
Sood long While perfectly besildred before -inZ- 30
- IN our immediate neighbOrbood obtained their rghal
asse Of attention
And California; really do not know where 10 begin.
n e.nsd as II the old tales of the Thousand AMI Doe
Ysb had become true and an indenne nanosr OF gem
- their golden bowls fall Of diamonds aud other valu
sss - spring cut dir ely from the ciayey oott IN aud
,r their treasures to Pcpls spoke here OF gold ss
IN wss only dust and the price asked &od P'd
r. everything PROVED II At ess, partly true.
Only TO 90 shore distance 81 perhaps 100 yar1s We
ksd 10 pay o. piece and every thing ess was IN proper
Don. The town itsef spreading cot over woe yea .,
ground CONSISTED Of hardly anything but low puts ana
tSbts FrsmoDfs Hotel small 20 stored frame mouse
which by the By say inh.oited-to Tersd Ike
palace among It's low nsighecr' snd tne'e ',
ing the fsvorsbls spot Of ground ouly respecting
se roads which had been marked out for paoo strs-ts
The beautiful weather as hardly any rain falls through
ant the bad encouraged p-Ops 70 take
seAry thing OF spun manufacture 70 sat up
house 20 get partition from the street tnsn for any
v,her purpose Houses, II may give them that name,
we're raised the ghest possible frames even oaskst
york covered stretched wih the gh-s. Js,iDs
sco aud colors what variety caught the eye. IN look
ng down such street.-The bla- lowered cotton had nO'
zen sufficient for the fore part OF the h. use, 50 red
quArs piece bad besn added To with nnsnse stitches,
vhe perhaps br, elow pattern bad served 70 cover
bee'hsr str srpse piece the hinder parts Of the
vsD and mpets the roof Many such hats tents had
the time sign board stack before thenfOr the
ouss itself could have upD d4d It's large the
ops Itself and covered with i'm letters inor ming tn
bc that the Dbabitsn Of this odd little hsbtson bad
store for the sale OF nearly every thing imaginable and
the time was not mprootby doctor or dentist.
bs sign board had Of been painted in the States
nd brought out here 70 astOnsh the ns'ivss
Bat the corners far Interesting still aod
pop divided those saw saunterng or hurryiDg through
nd in the streets into three different vary distinct
tssss The ffs OF these those who already lived
ers or nsturszsd to the strange objects around
es The most Of thsm nearly certain rnsrch ants
their clerks who vent abOnt their business, quickly and
vfhout looking much about them they knew the xOinSs
% Of this strange part OF the world already and heir time
rss money
The class ofhe c0ers who have svery
hing look I'd about them fer fortnight fixed day
hey will start for the mines aud themselves in tins
mean time by walking about the streets with their Ia Dis
their pockets TO and hear what they daring toe
hort time Of their stay town These groups stop before
TIE calico houses, and laugh At the the different ptt-rn
come 10 n dead halt whore they r0nwsre, ft and try
The weight OF the pick and s1ss take tue dirty crow
barr shaking then heads al ths time, bst~een two
fingers rock the cradles the store keeper has put a. an IN
duoemeDt before the door and or t~o who have Al
ready ipque ed into the mysteries of gJ washing AZ likely
not one with book in his hand comparing the rea
ty with the description aud trying to exaia the use Oi
he wonderful article Such inquire the price OF every
hing buy nothing having brought all such tools with
them the States and ak the press only to smile
nwsrdy at the thought Of the money they hal already
saved by not being obliged TO pay Californian Orces now
is all such things They also enter the n'ing h'ase'
fs inter- up ard down between tho fables look ~ ths DG
tbres tall about The large pieces Of gold gambler has
Piled up here and there before him for bait rk,
but in very cases, single dollar on fsvorie card
with the havs here TO try our Ia ,k-ws
must try everything but lO H. they leave the house
quietly a. tn entered IT. to VISIT perhaps auction
With the SAME profit to the Of it, stopping the pas
sge there for hour without the least intention of buying
The slightest article
The third the working class but in FAR different
from sbs understand by this name; and these migh
ought to be also divided into .o different classes
into voluntary and a-toDi-I-d sorkmcn.
The )lu'tary are those who have ,de up their minds
10 face or ,bing they have throvD off ther co as rlsd
ID their seeyte got at with will to up their huts
houses work ths road for G0vernm mt per0I9s
90 any Tin that within their reach not t. -,
this way but TO get their things in order, the
money for their passage 10 themin
The astonish.d, on the other hand-snd the lanling
warns with themare those who lind Themselves Iddsn
obliged 20 work here because will do il for the
while single errsnd costs them much they paid r
smoDih ervice m the Old country. They have read
sbou, such state If things existing California taey
fesy ind u but believed II with face II th
going to FAY "Oh you're only ioEing." and now dnd
hem el' e., To he utter dismsS snrspe ali don't
know yet exactly how to ct cat of it tg.in hss stsni
On TIE shore O tins most singular country, wih ia Dir
tunts boxes, ohets. and oher things around hsn, AID
nobody 10 the least in the rid about then or
about their trunks II hey do n, really intend 90 stop
down there on the landing all night and Otl-r b,sis IN
y fact are aresdy pressing m aud want the room 20 ud
the own bsggage-th-y must move aud A. il they got
last 70 tell up the steep banks IN he sweat of thsr
itey do not pull of their coats or they would b. asia nd
10 show themselves the lint sleeves sud every
twenty ya de, or they meet any body they
down whatever they carynS wipe their red h' faces
and ask the man, whO looks 60 them very n ike Ia
borer, t. take their luggage To h,el looking in great
Ronishmen after the free ana Independent who
In ely told them to do it themselves. il they vented
done. They have torn their drsss.cOats AID knocked
their silk hais into all manner of shapes aud these the
who stop at last the top Of the bank setting on
their own trunk they have carried up here anl wpng
erQb .rel ham
uurmur reproschtully-" and this is California y
We have profuse details concerning various objects
Of interest in California which are hit off in the rapid
,kechy ard brilliant style which seems to be the natural
dialect of the writer. Leaving san Francisco he sails
for Honolulu, and visits Maiao, Emao, ami Tahiti We
must make room for the following bit of unsophisti
Gated life in little island in the Pacific.
soUTH-sEA EDEN.
We came and aud tue captain, afe-
monstrating with At first and advising not t. risk
my life and time by throwing myself island nobody
On board knew anJthog ABOUT "od seeing me d-'erned
try vt sny hazard hove 10, and Lot dOwa boat with
The first boa. and the -four boat seeer TOR
a IT, he afraid to trasi his own men Ashore -ni
after hearty fare sell FIR IN the captain who hsd been
tus friend 10 all the voyage. handed my ride down
into the boat and following after 1T, showed oG and
pulling fast toTard the white breakers Of The
reefs behind which cocOgnu. trees with their graceful
leaves, waved friendly welcome 10 their shores.
We could clearly recognize every oblect ON shore, but
could not observe human being cr canoe aud yet We
hsc most certainly smoke. and there "ers people
living on IT, Pahug toward the breakers OF the reefs
which encroed this island hks a tho others IN th- Souh
Sa with the intention Of foil wog Il in little crttt I'll
We found entrance suddenly two canoes shoot
out om behind little coral headlsnd inside the reefs
ano put up As hard they colld straight toward tnen
mo'ionng US all the while I, LIFT Bat at he
same une Vt saw to ght another oAa)e with three
lodsns, DO planted ie aa on ths RESTS % s1oF tnsl
.s va ise entrance, and determined On pGos TO-