Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-28


temptation. One hundred or more Of the
regular soldiers have deserted from the tort
at Monterey, and volunteers without number
from the different posts Of Upper Callfor-
mia.
October 10, 1si9-The Ohio came in and
anchored, thlrty-two days from San Jose.
October IL, 1S49-The Ohio fred twenty
one minute guns In honor of John O.
Adams, ex-president, deceased, and the coors
OF the squadron were half-masted for a
week. The Ohio has already lost twecty
men by deserton.
HOT TIMES IN FRISCO.
"San Francisco, October 90, lS49.
San Francisco is said to be In a most dis
orderly state. The Alcalde, a Protestant min-
lister, Mr.. Leavenworth, told me that II was
not safe to walk through the streets at
night with money. Murders are committed
and go unpunshed. The Mill gang" as
they are called, a lawless set of men, go
publicly about the streets armed An ad-
vertisement is seen stuck up about the town
offering 5000 for the head or person Of
Pete Raymond, a murderer.
san Francisco, Cal, November Z, 1S49.-
Dined with Mr.. Howard OF the firm OF
Howard & Mellus The town has been very
much improved. All is business and hustle.
Hotels are crowded with strangers, wild
west countrymen looking fellows some
strong and athletic, others slckly and
! emaciated from disease contracted at the
! mines. Gold is seen everywhere-in tubs
aud chamber mugs Enormous prices are
asked at the stores-pair of blankets, SIS;
a serape, 800, and so forth. l attended an
auction Of a sale of cargo belonging to Mr..
Cross OF Valparaiso. Fiftythree barrels
| OF pork sold at S63 a barrel; common
blankets. worth 81 in the United States, s1S
! each common wColen socks, $l4 per dozen.
Eight hundred barrels of -four sold for $24
! per barrel; brandy in casks IS a gallon, and
/ $24 dozen in bottles; hams 80 cents a
pound. and so forth. The people bid with
the widest enthusiasm-in side room wine,
| champagne and rum opened almost ad
llbitum. The salesman, Mr.. Smith, a
shrewd and smart fellow, a wag besides,
knew how to manage his wild buyers. For
the sales in two days he received $4,000 in
commissions. Those goods bought at such
| eXorbitant prices are Immediately sent to
the mines Qn launches hired sometimes for
$4,000 for ten days, salloIs receiving so to
SIS per day., where barrel of -four sells
for siOO barrel of pork for $500, $3.50 a
pound.
"A man standing by me said he sold a
common horse blanket for 800; another that
he sold hams for $3.50 pound and so forth. -
"All this seems very incredible, but it Is
most undoubtedly true. gold being in such
profusion that its value is not regarded
| where a person feels the want for any article
Of absolute necessity. The holders dc
not hesitate to take amy advantage of their
customers, particularly if they happen to
be Indians. very respectable gentleman
said he saw with his own eyes twenty five
pouads of gold weighed out for twenty five
pounds OF sugar to an Indian. The common
way for an Indian to buy a dollar in silver
is to pile it up with gold dust.
YANKEE TRICKS.
THE Yankee dealers take all kinds of ad-
vantage Of them; by false weights etc. Al
ounce will be made to weigh two, two ounces
four, etc. A disbanded volunteer who shipped
on board the Lexington told me that one day
being very hungry at the mines, he had paid
$3.50 for enc meal. Mr.. W told me that
he himself made an Indian pay MIN SO for a
small mess of food standing in ii saucepan at
which he wds enviously looking. Mr.. W,
In three days found himself $500 and with an
outlay of $4,000 he cleared 100000. Mr..
Smith, of the firm of Ward & Smith, went to
tho gold grounds among the Indians and he
says he dealt fairly and in two or three weeks
cleared $4,000 by the sale of his goods. DR..
Parker, late surgeon of the volunteers turned
merCn!nt in San Francisco, and In four weeks
said he took in $4,000 in gold dust to $50 600
in silver.
"A Californian sometimes comes into store
with his leather bag full Of gold dust, and
after taking an article, not speaking English
no tells the merchant to take as much as he
thinks right Imagine Yankee helping him
self! DR.. Perry, another surgeon in the
army, told me that On one night in one visit
he made $3.50. IA doctor at the mines mad the
lmpuuence Ut was SO regarded by OtherS) &c
charge 500 for emetc, for which, most
!; unjustly as he thought, being mobbed, he
/, was driven from the mines. He said he
thought he had right to charge for his i'll
formation. The man died, however. box
/, of sedlitz powders sold for $l6. At the hotels
800 month was charged for a single room
/, with board. Mr.. and Mrs. Stephens, at a
! miserable boarding. house, paid $40 a week
Washing, Sc to So per dozen. Twelve cents
: for one onion. Beef is the only cheap article
November 11-Sent orders to the South.
ampton, Lieutenant Commander Handy al
San Solito to come over to San Francisco.
November 13-She came to an anchor and
, we transported nearly all our stores to her
Emigrans are constantly arriving from the
Sandwich Islands and Oregon The Mormons
1t is said, have collected some millions in
gold, and are establishing themselves at the
Salt Lake.
November 22-Having got on board $780,
600 in gold dust, we sail to San Solito tc
water ship"