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Correspondence Of the Jourral Of Commerce.
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Correspondence of the Jourr al of Commerce.
.---,-,s SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l6s4seo.-.
Few, very few, in their snyjslies tofeassl
THE EE Dorado of .sheir hoped hnsnItee
Pacific, have any juss ides -of-xhatie=
Ibefan them!O The trials and ,dangssUby
Itife way are crest EfIheg sscsps-nissz.1
land death on the trip, bsppy are hey. IT
they, are n0tdrawn into the vortex 9fgsMb-
Hing and intempefance on the pssssags taeh
/ 1are here exposed TO il, on every hancj, AZ A5
most every second house here j. either 4
jgambling- house, dram-shop, bawdy- -bodse,
or the like, and deeds of darkness ere mt
Of nightly occurrence only,-for the Ilghs
of the sun docs not here, as in. tltele SssteEs
COMPEL them to hide their hesds,-@neithe1
is the fngersofa scorH pointed, nortbe mask
put upon them, AZ would he ltbascsseoon
the Atlantic. Every man in, California
does abont as he pleasef. provided beid21ses .1ssi
not commit some open violence sgaln9sstI aims u Isy, y,
and order, and even them. the ,cbaDfes .H
escape are all 10 his favor. for Jurors here
are all well paid per day, and they bave'1s
set Of changers 6n' always Attached
what's called the Sheriass pssss, bsa 'snd
his friends get wellpad many ufthen lhays
ing no other means Of livelihood bDs the
'certainty of being daily empaDnelieds upon
some jury, and thus their Sc, ,perday issgnreea
Thus it is easy to see and know what jury
men are to try this or thaHcsse. end, # one
of Importance, it is not hard matter TO
grease their elbows well; and hence It %
that we hear so many boia accusations sT1
charges brought agsinst Judge, Jury, Ceoss
ell, public administration, and many others
holding Offices Of trust. Even I the Alder
men of the City want their Sc per day, and
the Doctor at the Hospital his s4per dsy,for
every poor sick patient that is admitted ted
under his roof; and this brings me to the
point want to speak of, the great mortaIi-
ty attending the patients admitted into the
City Hospital, DR.. Smiths as II is caEied.--
Recent statements from him gOto show,
that one out Of every four admitted dle
shortly after being admitted. Another Eri-
ter says that 80 per cent, Of all admitted
die. -.,,.s = ,.....,.,., =; rsy;,i, r,ev,
p. This is an awful picture, ane yet il is. too
true, well may our citizens cry out sgainss
such mal-trratment Of the sick, snd en-
dearor to seek proper care and redress for
the sick poor, who are constantly brought
here from the sea and from the mines. u
say brought here, because this city7is free
from all contagious disease, and is as hesl-
thy as any city in the States; but death end
disease reignhsre among the poor enigrann,
and many a wife and mother will mourn O.
yer husband or son, not heard from, nor
never know, perhaps, where he is, nor bow
'or whence he is gone, sure they viii never
see him more. ~ 'e'--- '.-s ..A-'i'
This is not fancy sketch. Time will
reveal all things, and the seeker OF goldha
his trials and dangers to face and encoa1-
ter, which few at home know orevea dream.
Intempersnce, too, is doing its work in the
mountains; the heat of the sun and exposure
is but triHe when compared with the ma
ny who give themselves up to Rihe ard
women, and thus leave their bones TO viii
ten by the road side. Another winter and
rainy season will reveal tales of woe and
sadness to many on the Atlantic, which Will
cause sorrow and pain to thousands Of fam
lilies, who will then be looking for the re-
turn of their household treasures. But men
and money never present themselves. Ono
steamer and another will arrive, andye no
tidings. The fact is, thousands will return
here penniless from the, mines, without
means TO get home, disheartened, diseouf-
aged, lodging in tents, or perhaps disc ased,
Or iutemperate-snd the hospital monthly
list of deaths tell all that is recorded--.s'he
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