The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-04-19

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By the Kindness Of friend. we are
permitted to copy the following descrip
lion Of San Francisco frnm letter to this
place. Nf @
SAN FRAcrsCO. March 1. 1850.
DEAR BRn.:-I promised in my last
letter that would make an attempt ia
this to give you description Of San
Francisco, or rather what is going on in
San Francisco.
Suppose you JEST take my arm and
imagine To yourself that it is about 2
O'Clock in the evening, and that you are
s,rolling around with me to see the sights
of the city. We will commence with
the corner Of Portsmouth Square and
first step into the "El Dorado"
Alter pushing and jaming your way
through the crowd, you find we are in
large room about 60 feet deep and 20
feet wide. A bar runs the whole length
of the establishment and is as elegantly
and taAtefuily fitted up as any of the
Bars Of the Eastern cities. The whole
back of the bar is walled up with large
mirrors, and beautiful pictures. You
can't fail to be pleased with the four
re presentations of French Grisettes
hanging up in the El Dorado as large as
life. They are precisely such images as
you have had in your mind while read
ing Eugene Sue. Well. after you get
done admirng yourself in the large mir
ror land take another long look at the
pretty. cunning, saucy looking French
Griset,es, we'll take little something
to driuk--considering the dampness Of
the climate, III not take any thing strong
or than hot Scotch Whiskey punch
but you can call for what you like for lei
me remind you that here they stir up ev'
cry drink in the known world. together
with lew that are peculiar to this coun'
try. If Billy 7 NOW only had sup
of my hot punch he would certainly come
to the conclusion that here they have
whiskey what is whiskey.
In this room they have about six mon
To tables 1.-TWO roulette tables-two faro
hanks and two vingtun tables. The
monte tables have the largest banks va
rying from ten to twenty thousand dol
lars. This large amount of money i:
very tas,efulIy and curiously set out or
their tables. They will have. Tier oi
dollars about three inches high arranged
in the shape Of diamond or parallelo
gram, and then cap the tier with Mexi
can ounces. On the top of this the!
place the California and American coil
Of ten and five dollar gold pieces. Th'
whole is then topped of with bars ant
large specimens Of gold. These table
are crowded from morning till the shor
hours Of the night, with persons betting
every amount from one dollar to three
} thousand. This room is crowded wit
persons representing nearly every nalio
under the sun You will see person
from every part Of Mexico and South a
merica and the Pacific lsland-add L
these the English. French, German, ltaI
ian, Chinese, and you have jargo
something after the fashion Of Babe LAM
variety Of persons something ate
the style Of Malte Bruins Geography.
We will now step into the "Denniso
: Exchange" This room is somewha
larger than the Ell Dorado. and littl
more crowded. You will here find tn
same splendour in the arrangement q
their bar-beautiful pictures, and larg
mirrors. Gambling tables Of oil descrir
tons are spread throughout the room
each one crowded by throng of cage
betters. The most remarkable thing i
this room is an eccentric Dutch Fiddle
| and curious kind of Musical clock
r The fiddleris is real Paganina of apla!
. or, executing the most difficult piece
Of music in a mas'erly style; but th
clock I think beats him, for it not OF
ly keeps regular time, as every goo
clock ought to do, but discourses MOI
q eloquent music and at the same time b
a peculiar arrangement of the machiDer
: has whole lot Of blacksmiths at worl
!, In one corner Of its face you see blacl
= smit shoeng his horse and the way h
' drives iu the nails and pares the ho'
would be a matter of some considerabl
astonishment to Adam Guseman himsel
In another corner Of the face. while on
fellow is blowing the bellows. Two othe
blacksmiths are Welding, on the anvi
two pieces Of red hot iron. The whol
: thing is certainly an ingenious contr
i vance.
I We will now take peep into Crocl
ford's another drinking and gambling 81
4 loon named after the celebrated coffee
a house in London. The room is sti
= larger than the last and contains man
mere gambling tables. At one end I
the room setting on rosirum. are fol
Spaniards playing the national and poi
!, ular airs Of their country, on the har
: and guilars--and while the harmony an
> melody Of some sweet yet melanchoI
air will make you think of friends an
home. the jingle of the gold and silv'
/, on the gamblers table will remind yc
! Of this matter of fact and dollar worl
r They make good brandy cock tail her
aud as by this time we are little dpugl
ty, let's take pop.
Now let US hurry away from the iumt
Of liquors. the almos, suffcating smoA
Of cigarritos. pipes and cigars. and one
!, more get into the pure air. We walk il
J to the "Bryant's Exchange" former