Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-14
1oMe Editors ofme Enquirer. ;,

san FRASclsco, u. g., MARcn 81, 1871
A this moment not having hand any business or en-
,oeent am persuaded will not object TO fe'S lnes
nom one in distant region VIII" not long, since was near
nerhbor o yours in dear old Virginia and VINO look as
much interest the dissemination o the doctrines ana Pn
cple you preached and taught as any one IL wouo ao.u
me vast pleasure your paper possess WIDER ana more
extensive range in this portion OF our great coneueueE u
il is 10 be ardently wished that the time is not dsan
when the means of transportation win incrsaseo iacieS'
well informed as what is going on in your midst.
At present. San Francisco is quite dul us people hasT
. or the mines and enigrants anu they 70 VII
n The "dpuinqs There are this city ar Two hundred
vacant houses OF which have been erected very ia'e
and no inducement being held out 10 the eisan. 70 re
here these houses will remain untenaneu uhli tue "io
itb H. rains comes on. Rents will never however Feach
the point they fell from. Lumber, four months ago con-
,dad nrice ranging from $3.50 TO SlOO now II can o.
bought for from $40 $780, indeed has been SOLD al
H., auction for S5 $50 The quantities now IN ms pldce
c immense and hear that there are on me way IA aa any
lnns Of eot This all the better for builders ana rea
state owners should that the population OF ,hlsclV
now twenty thousand and that OF oar sseIci'y Sae
o,no twelve thousand As The rainy season IS over anu
80 the roads are every day rapidly improving Sacramento i
tecoming n busy OF action Departures are aa
occurring both by land and by This city Is te srea'
rnot for The mines and is destined 10 become uh hHse
nice In Two months from this f not in less time) lle
waiers will have 50 fallen that small steamboat ora"
ina on Is 20 inches will not be able 10 ae u " . ~
,,r cnbarcaderas Tor the different mines so 'at u
and departres will all be by land and lis cy Is TIE p'
whore they all meet with their golden treasure o,.o.
The waters this year have risen higher :hah 'hes
I
We have .st passed through "watery odcai mr. @ ' @
been constant rains since the ls oil Novem9tr ~ ~, i ~
ceased four or i've days ago, and We the -oo9 Peo W
i,rnia sincerely hope that Is dt last over ~ - ~
,ce YOU pcrtaps might draw from ;s Is, ,a' IN 'u - ~
rain We are nave pleasant sprii5 wcdtir. ), -, - ~
sch could be the case; but iar from H. as '.i" | ~ w
,especi for truth is not in any degree aiiiiis1vu ~ ~
,onrh for the following statement The morning J.
warm midday entirely too hot in the SUM- ABOUT "ish
il turns excessively cold and during The Wioe .s' "ea
oa, is blowing and streets are enciosca III ''"a
Inst. such the metropolis o the iar-iaiiitu diu
I.i,rl, AHA California" Ii were 10 undertake 10 dcs
~ ,h varioms scenes daily enacted yon would have io
accommodations 10 exclude even your advertisements
l n4rhrr yon nor your customers would relish nc s
lip one OF two more remarks sil close g 1'e Fso
,!e" in this nr)y State IL may be- permitted 10 80 .c
i Won see have reserved nearly all power 10 ourselves
t 10 say have delegated very itile 10 our agents
v9rnpeut officers With rs, is the election ol Governor
n,v lupes Clerks ard Shelifi and many other officers
A. his very moment there is in this city and Sacrament
inv tremendous excitement On Monday next, the nsl
lnr the suages OF the people 10 be cast tor the o
,.rs mentioned above The whole matter has been i''e
political aar and the people, in giving their v9cs, a r.
much guided by the political creed oi the canuiui'c
vas really matter Of any consequence our lI ~ n,a
filed with nothing but advertisements and eulo9iuhs up
he various party candidates 1t is truly distressing ~
how far politics are carried: and, after ALL ms po'c
j. used merely as an instrument 10 insure is es
SUCCESS WHAT all this is omnons OF IN ths % . 49, - =,
will not say Let others Judge for themselves, W ,s ,ha
staring them boldly in the face am so..! & - his SIAN
rhcre is "a much frau bribery and corr"PInn G ~ hon ia
vou,hfp as she is as in any old State when nus ee
scene OF the different political tfumPhs 81 '''e'e"
~ different ems Enough for the present r,,, nav
Henry Herr is 10 give his first Concert On ios'0''