New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-25

iabor uh,n wisely directed, are generally rewarded
ho,e =, Il. sau. a, elsewhere There il a great deal OF
speculation and uncertainty, and men often '-e ron
rash ventares; but these ere just the chsaces ihat
,bousands seem determined to take. Slow eni certain
gains are not looked after. Ii uien would settle nero
permanently with fixed purpo~e, aud be sa'ishei
with making twice or three times a. much a. ta'y
could elsewhere, there would De no drhcuty' in're
i 10 country where laborng man could cciI'l1'iy
,ubsist on the product Of less number Of Day W'rH
in q year than he could here. No other place wneTe
he could obtain more hard dollars for hi- years laO'r
And 90, thousands came here who might have done
Le.,er had they remained where they were. Way j.
thisl
Mining Ike most other kinds Of business, require
tine ard experience 70 prosecute successfully. Tie
amount Of labor which miner must necessarily per-
lor and the hsrdshps he i compelled 20 endure, are
incredible to those who have not witnessed them Ii
il life that none bu; those who have iron c,nftu-
iious can bear Thousands Of persons therefore VINO
come 10 California 10 Go they scarcely know what but
for want Of employment find their wey 10 the Mines
must Of necessity be vueichedy disappointed for they
have neither the strength perseverance 70 accom-
plish important results II is true that they may t4p-
zen to strike it nch but this is rare chance which
seldom occurs. Is a general rae the Western men,
those who have been accustomed 70 an outdoor hie
Of drudqory and toll, succeed the best at mining.
The LEGISLATURE Of this State after session o. our
months adjourned Yesterday. The members, 1t il slii,
have rendered some service although have not heard
precisely shat Il is. Among its most noted acts u a
very stringent law against gambing-re lering the
owners and occupants OF house engaged in he bus.-
ness subject 10 fine Of not less than 300 FOR the frs.
ofTcuse and double the amount for every violation of
tie law thereafter But the hard times have squeezed
Il business awfully Two years ago, am told the
profits Of the II Dorado were s24 900 monthly, while
now the establishment but little more than pays
pensos We have some half dozen Of these large
gambling saloons in this CITY, each capable of holl-
ing 400 or 200 persons. These saioOas are located in
the most business parts Of the city and rendcre at
tractve By fashy pictures q naked women, a bar
wherein are invinely arranged divers and sundry de-
coctons 10 create poverty and crime, and band OF
musicians saving and footing on raised platform in
one corner Of tie ROOM There are about a dozen Ia
blos in each saloon two or three Of them managed by
French females. In character the crowd-the fools
who jet-orc as varied az lie happy family in Bar
nuns Musum.
From the large number Of bills Gov. Bigler has
vetoed during the late Session Of the LEGISLATURE il il
conceded that he is the most honest politician in the
State.
A man BIZ the name Of Steen arrived in this city
some three weeks since with his wife and three chill
dren TO take the steamer for the Atlantic States. lie
walked out in the evening the vicinity Of the docks
with about g, 500 on his person, and was soon after
missed 1t was supposed that he was dTussel,
robbed and thrown into the bay but his body has
recently been found and the money recovered.
IN from Sandwich Islands
that the firm of Swan 4 Clifford, ship chambers at
Honolulu had sold over $4,000 of bills to whaers in
that port last fall which bills have been returned pro-
tested.
large number Of miners arc now in this city, and
the steamer that leaves to-day will be crowded with
passengers. This is uufayorabe for the growth and
prosperity Of California. Our great want Is more
population, more productive labor. NJ.