The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-08
STATE or SOCIETY AT SAN FRAN,
CISCO.

ity the arrival ut the frrt ri--ittirt.t e s.94l
Chagrcs with the mhils fioni Tie Pacific, wo
wore enabled To lay before our reuders scvo.
rri ,,sltly interesting letters Tram our rorrcs-
p0udrn's HnlLplLrrs in relation 10 tie state
nfull'iirs WITCH await those Of our fellow cit
ilcn- now di their way To the gold mines OF
California. Bm liue wns said 10y our cor.
respondents about matters ia Sau Francisco,
aud we therefore copy tho following wcll
written, aud NO doubt not truthful extract
nvu lhn correspondence OF The Now York
Journal Of Commerce;
SAN FRAScisco, CAL3Oth JuneIsig.
GohaHi Grimm Riches and Misery! This
Is tho text upon which we hear daily ser.
.Wous preached IN California Never, since
% ,hr days Of Jupiter and nmnc Inns the wotld
t;uuwu shower of gold 80 miraculous! so
provocative at evil lusis! Crime grows las.
Iiy among u.s. Tho frI ding saw upon
my arrival, was ship IN flames, terrible
revenge OF some injured niRn. The next was
iliu burial Ola New York volunteer sho, 10y
Gillian, rs ho was cudruV oriug Ia cscnpu
lsaa,- eoHlo Isuuken bruMl Allen are ln,r-
drred almost weekly IN this city. But, not
WlIh~lau,lleg all these lhiugs,tho laws ofCa-
il3ruln nrc bloody, stornly enforced, aud tho
very hest code for the country IN its present
state. Property Is suffer here than in our
humo cllicS. So.
Let n ulu cast n valuable coat into the
street. aud hc will see it (horc the next tine
lac passes 10y. Let him leave hls iont for u
week with open door, aud Ito will find his
;'olhctr thousands untouched. Lot any one
wuutonly draw knife or pistol IN public,
nuh he is shot down 10y II dozen bystandors
Every nlou sn moveHhle battery; lut he
must he masked, until called Ipon by public
sentiment to- punish tie slightest inlinclion
olIhis terrible code II caught in tie net tie
dict dies nj once; ifstnpccIed, lao has the
benefit 0f an iulin lial trul aud then, upon
conviction, receives one hundred lashes IN
public, aud warning to nn<o his shadow
less within four days. On tho morning
-ut rtIu tusr dry, II tnuuJt irving, he wifi I
soon he iOulul dead. Whole companies
will lcnvo the most profitable labor to hunt I
down tho flying thief A reward of forty
thousand dollars was EecGuily offered, for the /,
apprehension Of a man who had stolen only |
sixteen hundred. These laws aud penalties /
arc the children of necessity, aud they work !
out security Say what you will of tho death /
penalty, blood dues no; itrIilizn-,.l.ae. Al !
most all TINT is pcrpetrated here IS caused by /
jntenpernnce, when men lose the drcnd of
thoir terrible fate. Men in their sober sen
SEES, rarely inIure or nYe injured
You would think this the mos, polite por-
lion of Chriscndom. by the low bows and /
careful words NJ every corner. But the bow
il made Ia the bowieknift in Ihnt long pocket
hot to the man. who carries it. r The soft
words hrc spoken To the revolver, not to the
'nau who caralcssly fumbles around it with
his hand, TIE Whole nan il careful of of.
fence. The foot is trained to step wide of t'
hnnce toes, rs thoroughly as the tongue has {
s,armo,l respectful way. sober uan
" ho mover insults, il never iusulted by. sober
men. Yet such is the immense uInnt;ty of
liquor consumed here,--so isnumorahle are {
lie bottles, empliea of their costly wine and :
Dnving every street, TINT crime does flourish, /
md blood does flow, only to flow alresh from !
he person Of tho Offender. e
Most nj home would consider this stntc to
&c terrible; but these who see in it's every a
lay workings, are satisfied that nothing else o
.au afford -sueIi perfect secHrity. Here arc Y
many thieves nj heart, but fear of Instant Il
cath binds heavily their light fingers. z
The laws in the miaing regions are even "
,eltcr observed than IN this city. One ren- il
np-whieA apprentices here most powerfully, r.
ne still greater force Mere. Tile rich man Il
as little temptation TO steal while ho grows "
his most snnguino expectations. Ia