The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-14
Our California correspondence.

sAs FR,scIsco, ,CALroRsiA, Nov 80, 1919.
The California Grareyard The Result of the Elet,on
5ae Latent Of ihe pots The State Lsssiafe Sudden
FSrtunes-HOw they acquired Salaries Of C!ocns
and closymen- Speculation Land sg.atiers- The
Ntus from the Mins,- Prices Of ProrisOns-- Steamship
Oregon, &c. &c. &c.
In taking an afternoon stroll, q few days since,
found myself on the ground used for interments,
lying upon the beach, towards the entrance Of the ha
Dor. man was busily employed In digging grave,
and Hamlet-nks, stopped TO talk with him. asked
him whose grave he was digging, and was astonished
by his reply, that "tvss for nobsdy In Particular but
be supposed poor fellow would require It In the
course Of the day and that, as he got ten dollars
apiece for his grsves, he thought he'd get one the
start "
This Is a fair exempliacs.ion on small scale, of the
tFeculating propensities OF people In San Francisco
Merchants men Of leisure loafors, miners, and even
parsons ars ready to buy anything at low price, anl
hold II In anticipation ofs high enc; so that every
thing from buying lots TO grave digging has become
matter Of speculation. There here who, II the
whole world with all ts appurtenances we're put up
o. auction would bs ready To bid IT, and wait fer
rise in the market.
Talking Of the graveyard, the lonely spot, then
tenanted which some two years ago, few OF US fol-
lowed the body Of poor Anderson, has now become
peoplsd with many heart that, six months ago beat
high in anticipation ofhsppness sndriches in the land
which has proved to be his anal resting place The
town has new grown up around the graveyard Pro
rer.y, there becoming very valuable and as some Of
the graves are private property, fear that the
ruthsss hand Of speculation will not spare the
The election !. over and has resulted Just ss pre-
yiously predicted. Burnett Is Governor by Ast ma
joiiiy; McDoygsl Lieutenant Governor, and wight
and Gilbert nepress nstves 10 Congress. regard to
tbets latter some little difficulty may reasonably be
The election returns which are Of course
he fr,lv dat " "A cap ba
bsssd tno census having been tsksnl, only exhibit
vote of about 1900 u is At least doubtful whether
Congress will permit two representatives 20 sppesr for
80 apparently small constituency. The fact Of the
is that under favorable cireumstsuces vote of
forty thousand could bsve been poed but election
cane on Just the rainy had set in the roads
In the mining region, extending from the various
imp.ssabIe and on election day the rain pouring
In torrents Congress ever takes anything for giant
ed they certainly, With the immense emigration from
Horn and the Thirty thousand across the plains
easy imagine California TO be entitled to at least two
rsprerentstiles and Grip and fremont whl Without
doubt 20 TO the SsrAe The other various candidates
are Colonel Stevenson, Brevet Captain H. w. Haeck,
w. Gsary aud Robert Sem Pile
The state Legislature is to meet the 18th Of De.
esmber and alrealy there are sbsut twenty candidates
Win their various friends and elaine for every petty
like Caiornia. upon which % has scattered hs rich
blessings on every bill.sids and valley 90 many men
thoed o. iotha sctsmbiing for the spoils Of ofice
going hon. IN TIE steamer that bears this letter with
| hly ihNNtehu eVhaF VINO came tut here Elk months
/ $50 wiihCut efpIer. There IL nov a mao In this
town vho lard ded hsfe In April ss and before he had
been here v,ef offered to sell his pistols 70 enable
him 10 pay bis passage home. wees ago that "a n
bought property in this town the smount OF nys
hundred hou,Hnd dolers paying sb-ut one third cash
There fortunes have bees lstterly net 40 much
BY digging gold a. by specuiatioDs IN isba and build
ing and renting houfss This latter business ia vrrv
profitable In san Fran cisco ct present man leases
piece Of ground at puts houss upop
IT, rents 81 and 10 s fair 20 Say that from three %
| months rent will ray The whole cost Of the building
A house is now being erected on Portsmouth square
which probably cost fifteen or t~enty thousand doar
which the rsfufe to sSe four thousand del
lars smouth payable IN advance
The Glow IN the circus receives falsry of twelve
thousand dollars year and the psrson n the fret
Bsptst church has been voted by bis congregation
salary cf tea thoufsnd dollars year payable month
~ IN advance think Of that, ye poor preachers who
txhort sunday after Sundsy the rate of from Eve
| hundred TO two thousand dollars per annum he
ttsisd preaching u tbe gospel" a. frcAtabe here
! a. anything else.
would not rave you unssrstapd by all this that
every vho cumer o. California a. tsg Tacf5 bound
| 20 maize q fortune Although lsborius men and me.
| ehanics can ccmmsnd from Ave TO sixteen doars pee
day God belp TIE poer fellow Who lands here with0ut
Profession, money, or friends Board thirty dollars
per wesk vsshine at six dollars dozen aud gin cook
tails ut t-snty hvs cents piece. wonid maze his
| pile email by degrees aud beautifully iess."
The land specuLstsons Of san FrsLclzc0 going