The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-22
Matters IN and Anout San FrnncIsco.
San Francisco, Alta California, July Is, l849

SAN Francisco, Alta California, July 16, lsl9.
Dear CresoeHt-After tedious and resome journey
have the satisfaction OF addressing from the Land Of
Cold We arrived here Saturday evening" the 9TH inst
after passage of THIRTY. days from Mazaan having
siarsd from there the evening of June g. Our passage
was very unpleasant one the fare extremely bad and the
weather the greater part of the time, cold October
weather in Pennsylvania. Mr. L. P, Fanciscus of Lewis
town. Pa a member of our company died on board the
Swallow during her passage from Mazatsn, the 10Th of
June. We committed his body 10 the great deep the next
day The Alta California" in noticing his DEATH has it
L. Franciscus, Of louisiana" He resided some time
in NewOreans.
Fare the Pacific Coast a vessel sailed by Spanish
captain is by the best person is in no danger
from overloaded stomach but week shore with de
cent food has set straight and now well ever
| was.
This town Of San francisco is very lively place at the
present time. Houses sprnging as if by be
they not substantial but they answeF present
purposes There great many pitched These are
generally temporary residences of persons who have landed
from vessels and going the mines or of persons who
have returned for provisions Then come the cloth houses
slight frame put in the shape of house. and the top
aud sides covered with ticking, muslin other cloth Then
the wooden buildings Of these there great many
indeed the numbers astonishing when the price of building
materials and labor considered. The more substantial
buildings are few One Of them the Custom house This
is old Mexican building, covered with tiles and by no
imposing in its appearance. think there is but one
brick building which store stories high and pretty
good building Then there few adobe (or unbumt
bick) houses the sight Of which brought mymnd Mexico
The appearance Of the place picturesque viewed from the
hills which nearly surround it three sides The houses
aud tents rise like amphtheata-and the vRreiyO build
ngs is something unusual You do not look down upon
uniform mass of and adobe buildings badly construct
ed Mexican Persons here say the town has
doubled in size during the last four weeks There
right keen Yankees here in business The situation Of the
paceis not goodone Agreate part of the day the winds
are high and the dust flies thick that it is nearly impos
sibe to get along-youhave 20 blind. The iorenoou
from TO u O'Clock, are very warm. Ater that time the
wind springs up, and the air cooler and late in the
afternoon and night 1t is quite too cold for comfort
The prices Of Provisions here high as expected
to find them prices at retail follows Potatoes % IL
for 3d. dned apples, 4Oc ID dried peaches so coffee Is
ground coffee, 50 brown II loaf sugar % tea 81
3$l Is salt zoe; pork, 25 ham, 5000 fresh beef
I2S0l8%-and fist rate mutton 81 50 Q quarter; fresh
pork 375Sc. b lard, 50 butter 81 50 n o. molases
75oP gallon bread (fesb), 25e loaf weighing Ia H.
pilot bread l5c. ID onions, l2So. each milk Soc quart
Ia few days ago was 81 Eggs said be $40 Q
dozen-Of this not cerain-ths other prices know to
be correct By the quantity dried apples are 25c D u
peaches S< coffee ga l2z sugar Is; loaf sugar 2O salt
90 o sack or Dbl Fourwa but IS Dbl when we arrived
but it now worth from sl2 to $l5 Corn meal St2 bb:
pork SHOES pilot bread Ease Q Ii. Boards are
ss75 thousand-( }SoB foot for boards pretty salty ,
Wood $40 cord . Labor the wharf is 81 per hour
mechanics act from $i4 Sl6 per day; shaving and hair
cutting, 81 each shampooiDg 50 drink of liquor, So
Dry goods and clothing pretty high st IstaI suppose
from two to three mes deGer than in the Statss-but by
Hh0sas lheY can be got very low Goodl ere selling very