San Andreas independent., 1858-07-24
FROM SACRAMENTO.
still remain yours
OLD 10.
,ondence of the Independent.

correspondence OF lHuepenuent.
SACRAMENTO, July 18th, 1858.
Mr. Editor: The Frazer river fever
is slowly diminishing 1t will not be
matter of news to you we suppose, that the
great and unmitigated humbug of the
north is already being dimly shadowed to
an ultimatum, that the reality is about
to be realized and Frazer river stamped as
the greatest humbug and bubble of the
nineteenth century. If a murky cloud
foreshadows storms and rama catspaw,
wind OF halo, bad weather-then, in
deed, do the "signs" evident, tend to
sustain the above view of the new Gale
donia gold mines.
There is one thing noteworthy in our
society at present in Sacramento, some
thing that | never before had the pleasure
to note: it is the extreme rarity of those
persons amongst us, pre-ordained to study
elegance of occupation and the easy facili-
ties to wealth-those who would scorn to
derogate humanity by following any use
full pursuit for livelihood [ pray to
God these may never have enough money
to bring them back amongst u.s. They
are all at Whatcom and Seehome. That
is a veritable old "Natchez under the
hilp' no doubt, at the present time, for
we hear the "keerds" circulate rapidly
down there. Janson, of San Francisco,
and Gardner, of this city, have returned,
both having purchased lots at Victoria.
Barry Cornwall sent down for Goddard,
surveyor, to 90 up there; letters have been
received from Fort Hope tending to show
it likely to be dubbed Fort Despair
"The gold" says one old fellow, writing
down from Fort Hope, lis all beyond the
Cascade range-at least it isn't here-I
can't see any of it but just the color :"
but then he's not a miner, consequently,
"don't know nothin'." Oh Lord what
will be the end of it? There will be
"bobs a dyin'" by and bye, full well
kicked up and dying of hunger by way
of amusement, so they say.
Building and other mechanical arts arc
somewhat dull in Sacramento, vet there
are several substantial erections going on
or contemplated. Bricks, | hear, were
selling at Marysville last week at 81, and
Sacramento at SIS per thousand, ruinous
rates-and all through the Frazer fever
some are taking advantage of it.
Fourth of July, politics, business, i'm
provements and all very dull. 1t puts
one in mind of Spanish business day,
where everybody tries to take things
the more the easier-otium cum dignt-
tate, with nothing to be fustcred about.
We believe that j. g., in the "green
bushes" when asked the meaning of "civ-
ilization," defined it "to be discontented
with every thing" Many of the people
of California are getting to be too :" civ
ilized," having gone up to the new El
Dorado to imbibe the charming roughness
of nature once more, will, under the
schooling of adversely on short commons,
undoubtedly come back little sauage,
and have greater amount of civilization
than heretofore, ere they leave California.
Now, sir, there is one man | know up
there who, two years ago, had not one
cent; yet he has got in the meantime, in
California, farm, cattle, stock, grape
vines, house, good location, homestead
furniture, and was making himself as
comfortable as man could possibly be, or
wish to be anywhere-and yet he's gone
to crazy! What does such a man
deserve? He hasn't that high intelli-
gence requisite to cut himself out for
tune, even if he had one of the few chan
ces-and yet he has done as l have said.
Is he acting as a prudent man ought to
do? Can't you wait, all you Crazy Bed
lamites, until you know to a certainty
about this humbug? First come last
served, mind that Yours, Box.
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