Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-30
GOOD ADVICE TO CALIFORNIA EMIeRASrs.
IRON rnr CALIFORNIA cunoxrcLr

We have word or two to say about California emf
| grafton. The world beyond US should know somethin
Of affairs and the facilities for employment and pro
liabilities Of peeunary the thousands that it
constantly dispatching to this Pacific metropolis From
the first discovery Of golden ore within our borders
the present time San Francisco has been the sole
vo of the accommodating souls who have thronged hher
ward The State and city isolated that to reacl
il requires much travel land water and at mucl
expense. 1t Is that the Of wealth ventures t.
these shores The needy and the aspiring alone al
lured hther by the Nce aricuste Of golden harvest
aud when such shake from their feet the desert sand
the tara Of the big waercraft they are among
as pennyless Lazarus. Rumor and heated imagi
assured them that the sole struggle was to eaci
this land of ngots To this end they have sacrificed
perhaps homestead and paterna acres; they have So
vered domestic tes matter They have been led tc
believe that California disburses that it is not the reel
pent Of coin. Here them in this city of San Francisco
are constantly merging the immense emigrating mass
without farthing for their present support with
of penetrating to the mining region We will say
to those in the olden States who purpose TO deye
and wash the soil in pursuit of gold in California that
the possession Of small amount of money upon their ar
rival here will relieve them from many humiliatons
myriad Of regrets, and much physical suffering that
money will provide them with decent subsistence and
lodging during their brief sojourn in the city, will
able them to exchange garments soiled from
travel Tor cOmey appropriate
essential than all else, it will employ steamboats,
and other means Of conveyance to transport them their
destined field of operations
Upon the advent of each Pacific steamer are witnessed
hundreds Of arrivals who in their hot haste have
neglected this important particular Ragged hungry,
and fororn, they stroll about the streets quest Of the
most mental employments but every Of profta-
BILE labor has been closed by the thousands who have
coded them. pitance bestowed by some acquaintance
whom they have been fortunate enough stumble upon
or the reluctant hand of strangers charity saves them
from starvation There has been much crime committed
IN San Francisco by who here honest and with
eager desire to labor in the mines Want and despair
have made them feons. small amount of money upon
their arrival would have carried them strong and yr
GUS to the bearng regions which fill the Golfers Of
the Industrious
Theres another class of emigrants who likewise need
much caution Exravagan reach the older States
OF the wonderful prices paid to artisans mechanics and
servants Of different grades They too commit the er
of deserving remuneratiye employment at home for
this exaggerated Dorado. They commit the great folly
of taking thought how the body is to be clothed or the
stomach supplied with nourishment while they are run.
ming the chances Of deness in this distant land They
forget that San Francisco may hold great redundancy
of candidates for their several vocations in such
getfuness have omitted to supply themselves with
to solicit business elsewhere.
We tell such that this city is saturated with individn-
ais of their condition Of life They nger here for months
in want and agony Of mind, fortunate if some sympa-
thsng fellow bestows upon them occasional crust
They should recoect that for five years Europe and
these shores of their class 1t would be strange if
comparatively small city not overlooking Extreme
fayorsm and wonderful luck does that one enjoy who
situation after much solicitation and earnest
recommendation.
Nor in any more favorable position does the mercan-
tile clerk present himself in our midst II he is a.i
tlous Of continuing his present calling Assure him.
utmost Kindness that his prospects are infinitely prefer
able IN the States bordering upon the Atlantic or the
Mississippi river There vacancies in his depart
ment in California In the city of San Francisco in adj
dton 70 the starving throng elected by cash arriving
steamer, are body equally hopeless and in
solvent whose discharge has been occasioned by the pre-
yailiDg financial crisis. 1t is proper and just that this
information should be communicated to those upon the
Eastern borders OF continent who mady ncy that
the traverse OF intervening land or the coursnr of Old
Ocean the only obstacles to employment and count
less wealth in the Pacific State. Such madness has sunk
many proud heart in the gulf Of despair
The Eastern and European merchant too thrusts him
self and his effects upon vastly inopporune to his
interest 1t is true that in the earlier history of the
American settlement of this country immense fortunes
were realized by the transfer Of merchandise hther and
many an humble trader has been converted into mer-
chant prince The wild reports Of riches thus suddenly
acquired have occasoned the present gutted and petho
re market Ihere was time when the mining and trad
Ing masses were fed from Eastern granarcs and when
every article OF use ornament building mate
rails was subject of commerce to this coast But why
Is II noW that he tu.ns mournu gaze upon his undi
mnishing Stock aod that the produce Of other lands
fostering and rottng in warehouses? The inquiry
Is Of easy solution. The population of California some
what exceeds the number of three hundred thousand
souls and In the city of San Francisco alone are goods
and wares and merchandise all abundant for the supply
ana sustenance OF that population for the ensuing twelve
months Another reason consists in the development of
tae agricultural of the State to extent be-
yond the want Of its denzens and yet despite the cost
ana risk OF tedious and dangerous transportation the
distant Spectator nsaney persists in swelling the sur
charged store 1t were well for those Of mercantile asp
raticns who purpose emgrang to our shores to heed
TINS sombre statement for California at this moment ex
tends to such no inviting arms. \
As little inducemen does this country offer to profess
sonsl gentlemen In the interior are hardy men, who
provoke lusty appetite by vigorous toll and powerful
digestive apparatus sends the healthfu current through
system that mocks at disease The miner laughs when
paie-faced physician himself among them
and SO the physician throws aside his parchment and his
drugs ana delyes for the yellow Within the towns
ana cities upon the coast physician born Of must
necessarily sarve and decay away for Nature great Hy
ge the ocean breeze pures the atmosphere and gives
tone and energy to mind and matter This good State of
ours is no place at all for those of the medical
and but little less calculated for an increase to the pre-
sent department of law. II has been estimated that
within its population Of sixty thousand San francisco
numbered not less than fUe hundred Idwyer fe The
ndinder Of The State maintains an equal proportion Now
however tgous may be the character OF the people, it
very certain that these representatives Of legal dis
putes already in our midst amply sufficient TO conduct
all that may hereafter arise We fear
many brehess and psnness, bemoan the sad infatua.
ton which beguiled them from lucrative practice
home to this exaggerated region There are too many
lawyers by half in California The fetid pool of politics
and the savory crumbs Of Office do suffice keep
vast body from roguery and starvation.
1t must not be thought by this tender Of serious aud
wholesome advice to the emgrant, that We place
proper estimate upon the charms and resources Of this
great Pacific State In its salubrious climate its beau
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