Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-11-22
The P OgresS Of San Francisco.

Never in the history of the world, has
he sun shone upon scene Of such ener-
y, industry. enterprise. business, ex.
'itement, and progress, as the city Of SIN
francisco exhibits at the present mo-
nent. The waves of emigration which
ave been SO long swelling and accumu-
lting seen at last to have rolled upon
he Pacific strand in one mighty billow.
And with it has come tie strong arms.
.fdent minds. literary talents, business
capacities, political intelligence, rcative
genius, and indomitable energy of that
portion of the Anglo, Saxon race, which
has founded and sustained the great
republic of the earth. Gold, the most
nsidious of charmers. has swept the
chords that sway mems minds as they
were never touched before and the mo-
wing. driving, swaying. mingling, buh.
bling and boiling mass would almost
EN- to have been infected with a mad
hess that is as potent. though not SO
ieadly, rs the bewildering dance tina.
marks the venom Of tie tarantula.
Aud what has come Of all this? Whv,
the mountain slopes Of the Sierra Nevada
are covered with thousands of people f;
tn magnificent bay Of San Francisco is
whitened with hundreds of sails: the
great rivers Of California bear up IN their
bosoms thousands If hurrying, restless
mortals, and tons upon tons Of valuable
Merchandise; great inland cities are
springing up ON all the thoroughfares to
the Garden Of Cold and the mighty
emporium Of all this hustle, business, and
wealth is rising like magic into the fest
city of the Pacific. t.
No one rot ON the spot can conceive
of the changes and Improvements which
are every day made in this city. and
even those who see them from day to
day scarcely appreciate them the rec
ords Of the rise Of cities in all time can
not furnish parallel. You look in vain
among the romantic accounts of the pro-
gress Of Cortez or P;zarro for any indi-
cations Of unitarian spirit Of the nine
teenth century; and although great cit
les eventually grew upon the scenes Of
their glory and their wealth, vet they
seemed only to have overrun those beau
,iful provinces; and at the same time
that they stripped them Of their jewels
and precious metals, they scattered their
inhabitants, upturned their whole system
Of government, destroyed the founda.
tions of their social and political structure
and annihilated their literally
wrecking and devastating the land they
won. i ...
Not so with the human tide that is
sweeping into California. The age in
which we live will nowhere leave more
indubitable evidence Of its peculiar char
acteristics than upon these shores. The
great mass may return to the more con,
genial scenes which they have left-they
may 70 away rich in gold or disappoint-
mrnt; but they never can take from C'l-
ifornis the mighty impetus which they
have lent her--ti.ey never can deprive
her Of the advantages which will have
conducted her, a"t by the slow and toll
some process If years, but in one day us
it were. from the position Of far off and
unthought Of dependency, into that Of n
mighty, prosperous. aud populous State
Already seven churches have bten or.
ganized in San Francisco, aud four Sab
bath Schools attached TO them. Every.
thing seems to be advancing with almost
giant strides; and who shall lay his
band upon the spring that is in tree SO
ciety, an put u stop to its motion?'