The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-08-28
Population of San Francisco.

w Suh tllClSSO
is perfect ala pod,1da, although its
principal ingredient and general char
actcr is American. The Americans
arc the onions and flavor that season
the whole dish Let any one place
himself IN any one spot for half on
hour, and he will see as many castes
as we're over dreamed Of in his phllos-
ophy casts of humanity in clay by
a great master not the counterfeit pre-
sentiment in plastcr.ofparis, wrought
by human hands. And yet there is
10 clashing no interference, no nation.
al, sectional feelings engendercd, and
better regulated community never
existed. Here you will fnd the New
York merchant, Southern planter,
the Western farmer and the Eastern
tradcr-the Shareholder and the hot,
headed abolitionist. Here is the vol
atile, enthusiastic, sanguine French
man. Then comes the fiery, hot-bloo-
dcd Italian, who lowers his brows, and
growls out deep 'diauolo' through
his teeth, if one but joys his elbow.
In his wake comes the stol:d German,
with his little blue cap and enormous
vizor, who seems, while he inhalcs
his tobacco smoke from the bowl Of
his Dutch pipe, to exist but in a Dire.
am; but in his eyes you can see his
favorito expression, 'Mein Gott, what
a countrics!' Next We see the English
man-who, let him live under Ameri-
can institutions till he grows grey
let him associate, with Americans all
bis life-never lrscs his nationality.
He bears his birth-right upon his brow
he carries it in his hat, is imprinted
upon his coat, it is perccptihle in his
vest, it it evident in his trousers; and
unquestionable in his CATERS and
shoes. Then comes the child of Erin;
poor, downtroddcn, betrayed Ireland.
His looks are brighter now, but sad.
dcning thoughts will cast shade
over his brow when he thinks of the
green sod that grows over the graves
Of his ancestors. When he coniures
up the history of her long, long years
of poverty and oppression, when he
sees the thousands upon thousands Of
his countrymcn starving and dying
like dogs upon the waysidc, the big
tear gllstens in his eye: and yet he
yearns for home, and determines
when he has obtained wealth to fly
again to his own, his native land.
The harpc is music to his ear, the
shamrock the oasis in the desert and
he echoes the words of the song:
! ooh, steer my bark to Erins Isle
For Erin is my home"
In all due reverence and sincerity,
and with his heart in his mouth.
And here is your cannic Scot, from
Aberdeen or Glasgow, a loagheaded
chlel, who takes care of the pennies,
the bonnie. merry Scot. Now stalks
the Spaniard, with his dark complex
ion, his raven locks, his piercing eye,
jealous in honor, sudden and quick
in QUARREL the proud blood Of the
Castilian mobiles mantlcs readily to
his cheek, and he bows with the air
ofa Don Of olacn time. lie is followed
by Mexican. lie is proud of the
few drops of Castilian blood that re-
main in his veins; but he is merely a
counterfeit prcscntrncnt. Here comes
a bevy of Cclcs,ials, with their dark
loose clothing, their irrcproachable
white stockings, and their practical
boots aud shoes. They arc all very
happy and very clanish; the only
real socialists in cxisteuce. They
guard their p;g-tails as they do
their honor, and cherish them with the
utalost devotion. a Chinese wonll as
soon think Of severing his head from
his body, as curtaillng the fair pro.
portions Of the heirloom of his country
The Ccestials are very useful, quiet
good citizens, and are deserving the
respect of all. Then comes the tawn.
ey Malay dressed in a half:ciyilized
style, very dirty, but with carriage
and bearing that would become II
regal court. He looks out Of place in
our streets, giving one the idea of a
degeneratcd and disgnstcd Othcllo.
Here comes the tall and manly Pole;
and as we watch his form, we can but
drop tear for poor Poland. whose
children have shed SC much of their
hearts blood for liberty, hnt in vain.
Watch the Chilanos, the Peruvians,
the Swiss, the Russians, Prussians,
kanakas, negroes, and---no, we
have no Ghi!anes here as yet, though
many bear as distinctive marks of
their consanguinity to the animal race
as do the newly-discovcrcd 'Ghilancs
or men with tails And all these in.
habitants of the four quarters of the
globe have been attracted to the spot
by the magnetic influence of gold
They are all seeking it-some with
high and noble thoughts, some for the