Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-10-20
IFrom the ST. Louis Reveille.1 l
SAN Francisco, California;.
July 18th, 1889.

SAN ThANCiSco, CALIFORNIA,
| July 18th, 1889.
| Dear RereiAe IL have at length reached the
neghborhood of the pldcers and everything around
me indicates my close proximity to gold. On the
evening OF the 18th the California steamer on
chored In the harbor of San Francisco, and the
next mornings sun opened to our view this new
city OF the Pacific. The ships in the harbor
looked snfhciently numerous for the city of New
YORK, but we could soon perceive that they were
| rising and falling upon The tide as deserted as the
aoodes of pestllence. Jack cannot withstand the
yellow temptation upon the Sacramento Dust
mas blinded his tarry eyes TO the charms of the
sea. ana now. instead of swearing by ihem he
swears by SIn6ad. who in these quarters is believed
10 nave been real personanse. and the first of
lucky sailors who visited the shores of the Pa.
cific.
TIE town of San Francisco is built upon an
inlet OF the bay lying between two hills The
prihclPai business part of the city rises gradually
from lhe shore for three-qua rters of mile, and is
bounded on the west by high hills. At least one
haif OF The stores and dwellings in the town are
canvas. The scarcity of timber, and the throng
Vi emgrants. make 1t necessary 10 resort to Eab-
itaiions OF this character, and they are up and
gong up in all parts of the city. Thousands of
dollars worth OF property stored here ia these
1ralf buildings, and many of them rent for from
S2O 10 $50 per day. Goods are cheap in this
city, because they abundant, but labor and
'''i"S5 "iC hiSH' LtUof TdnSeS from SlU to S2U
per day. AT the principal hotel here they charge
s3 per day for meals, without lodging Where
board, at private house, | pay a doubloon per
week, and the boarding is about equal to what we
would pay that much per month for in ST. Louis.
Tea, sugar, coffee, flour and meat are nearly as
cheaP as IN your city; so II may be inferred that
The owner of our domicl is making money. The
s5O,eOO he has realized in the past three wears.
will soon become 100000.
Many cargoes of goods are arriving here from
China, and some of them to me of novel
character; for instance, oil paintings perfect mi-
taIIons OF ine English engravings, tho work of
Chinese artists, are shipped here for sale. Fine,
brass-bound chests of camphor wood, medicine
che sts, etc., and any quantity of silks and teas
Property is advancing in value here, and, think,
will never be at lower standard.
The evening before landed, a party of New
\ ork rowdies, said to be disbanded soldiers of the
New York regiment, and calling themselves
'Hounds," committed series of outrages upon
the Chiiian population of the city. They shot
five persons, stole some $40 900 worth of money
and property. and violated the person of Chilian
girl before the eyes of her parents, These gross
and fragrant acts aroused the whole community,
and the next day meeting of the citizens assem-
bled abate the evil, ard bring these assassins to
justice. AT the meeting it very properly
stated. that, if the gang engaged in these violent
acts were allowed TO continue their depredations
unmoestcd, there would be no safety fer life or
property in the city. A Mr.. Brennan, formerly
Mormon preacher, and now one of the wealthy
citizens of San Francisco, was violent in his de.
nunciation of the ''Hounds,'' and advocated their
summary execution in the Plaza. He said that
such acts had of late been frequent, and the cti-
zens had been afraid to raise their voices against
them, for they dreaded the vengeance of this gang
of rowdies. 81 go for hanging them upon that
Gag staff,'' said Mr.. Brennan, pointing to the staff
upon which noated our national flag. al go for
swinging them there; and now, d-n them for
base born set of villains, lei them burn my house
-there it is (pointing to it, |. for one, will
stand this state of affairs no longer Either law
n nd order must rule, the "Hounds - and 6y
Cod will swear by Him, for i; is right to
swear by the earth, or anything on it-l will help
TO hang these villains in the Plaza, or loose
life in the attempt, ; and now d-n them, lea them
burn my property u
This short expressive speech will give you
some idea of the state of exc,temnt prevailing at
the meeting. One man attempted to raise his
voice in favor Of the Hounds, in their defence,
but he was soon siIenced and dragged from the
stand. Something having been said duplicating
the disbanded soldiers of the New York regiment.
their Colonel--Stevenson- the stand, and
spoke in their defence. His remarks were tenn
perate and well-timed. The meeting resulted in
the arrest of seme eighteen "Hounds,'' some of
whom win no doubt swing for the outrages COM
mitted They were conducted by volunteer
armed police Of the citizens down to the bay, and
placed on board the U. S. soop of war Warren.
To-day grand and petit juries have been empan-
nelled true bills found against some of them, and
the trials commenced. Judge Berry, formerly of
Louisiana, is counsel for the prisoners, and Mr..
Hawes, our consul stationed at The Society Islands,
is appointed prosecuting attorney. The Alcalde of
the town, and DR.. Gwinne, of La. are The Presld-
ing Judges of the court. A great deal of popular
feeling exists here, among the Older residents,
against the Alcafde. They pronounce him cor.
rupt man, and either leagued with, or under the
influence of, the friends OF the "Hounds." Wheth-
or there is any foundation for snch charge, other
than arises from political hostility. | am una
bic to say. An armed police are at present Pairol
ling the town.
Every day since have been here there has
prevailed, after eight O'Clock in the morning,
high wind, blowing from the ocean. At times Ii
is a miniature hurricane, and as cool now as our
April breezes of the west. This, am Informed,
is the prevailing breeze during the whoie sum.
mer. / am satisfied, from what | see, feel, and
lea rn from old settlers, that the latitude of San
Francisco is not the heavenly climate which 1t has
been described to be by correspondents OF our
IL, h.,