Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-06-13
Populationof San Francisco.

Pcs'~es 0ss" "suoS sitnougu Us PfluCipdi
ingredient and general character is Ameri-
can. The Americans are the onions and
favor and season the whole DISH. Let any
one place himself in any one spot for half
an hour, and he vii. see as many castles as
were ever dreamed Of in his philosophy
castes Of humanity in clay by great mas
Ter, not the counterfeit pTesentment in plas-
ier-ofparis, wroeght BY human hards. And
etstheres no Gushing, no interference, no
national, sectional feelings engendered, and
better regulated community never existed
Here you will find the New York merchant,
the southern planter, the western farmer
and the eastern trader-the slave holder
and the hot-headed abolitionist Here is
the volatile, enthusiastic, sanguine French
man, who can smile without sous in his
pocket, chant the Marseilles, or aaurir pour
la patrie, and sboat uirc la Hberte, egalife
ct fraternite! over his petite perre du rim
Bordeaux. Then comes the frey hot
booded Italian, who lowers his brows, ard
growls out deep g diauolo" through his
teeth, If one but joys his elbow. In his
wake comes the stoIid German, with his
little blue cap and enormous vizor, who
seems, while he inhales his tobacco smoke
from the bowl Of his Dutch pipe, to exist
but in dream; but in his eyes you Can
see. his favoritc expression, "Mien Colt,
what couniries!' Next we see the Eu-
glishman-who, let him live under Amer-
can institutions till he grows grsy-let him
associate with Americans all his life-never
loses his nationality. He bears his birth
right upon his brow, he carries it in his hat,
it is imprinted upon his coat, it is percep-
tible in his vest, it is evident in his uous-
ers, and unquestonable in his CATERS and
shoes. Let him be ever SO great an admirer
of the Lew world, he never forgels the old
and when Her Majesty, Queen Victoria"
is proposed, be will doff his beaver in All
Einstant, and JOIN in " God save the Queen"
with his whole heart Then comes the
child Of Erin; poor, down-trodden betrayed
Ireland. His looks are brighter now, but
saddening thoughts will Cast a shade over
his brow when he thinks of the green sod
that grows over the graves Of his ancestors.
When he conjures up the history of her
long, long years of poverty and oppression,
when he sees the thousands upon thousands
Of his coun.rymen starving aud dying like
dogs by tbs waysIde, the big tear glistens
IN his eye: and yet he yearns for home, and
determines when he has obtained wealth
10 fly again to his own, his native land
The harp is music to his ear, the shamrock
the oasis in the desert, and he echoes the
words Of the song: o.
| "oh ,,eer my bark 10 Erin's Isle,
| Fur Erin is my home,'
in all due reverence and sincerity, and with
his g heart in his month";" And here is
your canine Scot, from Aberdeen to Glas-
gov, long headed chiel, who :akes care
of the permissible bonnie, merry Scot
Oh, what recollections do you not bring to
the mind The tall cliffs of Scotland rise
up before u.s. Your Stuarts and your
Campbels, your McGregors and your
Bruces, your Wallaces, and oh-many, ma
ny other gallant men, of the highlands and
the lowlands, are before us, and the pi-
brooch rings in our ears. Oh, Gland O
cakes" birthplace of Burns and Scott, you
can never be forgotten by ore of your
sbairns." The next Scotchman we meet,
we'll
take right GUIDE Willie watch
For the Gays % Aud i.ans Syns.'
Now stalks the Spaniard. with his dark
complexion, his raven locks, his piercing
eye, "ieslous in honor, sudden and quick
in QUARREL" the proud blood of the Castil-
Ian mobiles nantes readily to his cheek,
and he bows with the air of Don of tie
oIdcn time. He is followed by Mexican.
He is proud of the few drops of Castillian
blood that remains in his veins but he is
merely counterfeit Presentment. 1t is
melancholy 10 hear them sing, que rirc la
iberfad," when we know the sort of liberty
that exists in Mexico, and the style of gov
eminent with which they have been cursed.
Here come bevy of Celestials, with their
dark, loose clothing, their irreproachabIe
white stockings, and their practical boots
and shoes. They are all very happy and
very clannish the only real socialists in
existence. They guard their pigtais as
they do their honor, and cherish them with
the utmost devotion. A Chinese would as
soon think of severing his head from his
body, as curtailing the fair proportions of
the air-loom of his country. The Celestials
are very useful, quiet, good citizens, and
are deserving the respect of all. Then
comes the tawny Malay, dressed in half
civilized style, very dirty, but with CAR
rage and bearing that would become re-
gal court. He looks out of place ia our
streets, giving one the idea Of a degenerate
and disguised Othello. Here comes the
tall and manly Pole, and as we watch his
form we can but drop a tear for poor Pc
land, whose children have shed SO much of
their hearts blood for liberty, but in vain
Watch the Chilanos, the PeIuvians, the
Swiss, the Russians, Prussians, Kanakas,
negroes, and-no, we have no Ghilanes
here as yet, though many bear as distinc-
tive marks of their consequently to the
animal rsce as they do to the newly dis
covered "GhiIanes, or men with tails"-
And all these inhabitants of the four quar-
tiers Of the globe have been attracted to the
spot by the magic influence of gold. They
are all seeking it-some with high and mo-
bic Thoughts, some for the sake Of gold,
that they may make noise in the world,
some for honest ends, and some for siui-
pie living, bed, Board and lodging-for the
mere sustenance of nature. This strikes
| the eve Of all and ia huf n faint ucacre