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

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Population of San Francisco.
The community of San Francisco
is perfect ala pod,ida, although it's
principal ingredient and general char
actcr is American. The Americans
arc the onions and flavor that season
the whole dish Let any one place
himselfin any one spot for q half an
hour, and he will see as many castles
rs were ever dreamed Of in his phllos-
ophy casts of humanity in clay by
great master not the counterfeit pre-
sentiment in plaster.oEparis, wrought
by human hands. And yet there is
no clashing no interference, no nation
al, sectional feelings cngendercd, and
better regulated community never
existed. Here you will fnd the New
York merchant, Southern planter,
the Western farmer and the Eastern
trader the Shareholder and the hot,
headed abolitionist. Here is the vol
atile, enthusiastic, sanguine French
man. Then comes the fiery, hot-bloo.
ded Italian, who lowers his brows, and
growls out q deep 'liavolo' through
his teeth, if one but joys his elbow.
In his wake comes the stol:d German,
with his little blue cap and enormous
vlzor, who seems, while he inhalcs
his tobacco smoke from the bowl of
his Dutch pipe, to exist but in q Dire,
am; but in his eyes you can see his
favoritc expression, 'Mein Gott, what
countrics!!' Next VIC see the English
man-who. let him live under Ameri-
can institutions till he grows grey
let him associate, with Americans all
his life-ncver 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 perccptihle in his
vest, it it evident in his trousers; and
unquestionable in his CATERS and
shoes. Then comes the child of Erin;
poor, downtrodden, betrayed Ireland.
His looks arc 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 countrymen starving and dying
like dogs upon the wayside, the big
tear glistens in his eye: and yet lie
ycarns 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:
"Oh. steer my bark to Erin's Isle
For Erin is my home
in all due reverence and sincerity,
and with his heart in his mouth ;
And here is your cannie Scot, from
Aberdeen or Glasgow, a loag,headed
chiel, 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
of Don Of olacn time. lie is followed
by a Mexican. lie is proud of the
few drops of Castilian blood that re-
main in his veins; but he is merely
counterfeit prcscntmcnt. Here comes
bcvy Of Celcstials, with their dark,
loose clothing, their irreproachablc
white stockings, and their practical
boots and shoes. They arc all very
happy and very clanish; the only
real socialists in cxis,eucc. They
guard their n;gtails as they do
their honor, and cherish them with the
utmost devotion. y Chinese would as
soon think Of severing his head from
his body, as curtailing the fair pro-
portions of the heirloom of his country
The Celcstials are very useful, quiet,
good citizens, and are deserving the
respect of all. Then comes the tawn.
cy Malay dressed in a halfcivilized
style, very dirty, but with a carriage
and bearing that would become II
regal court. He looks ont of place in
our streets, giving one the idea of a
dcscncratcd and disgnstcd Othcllo.
Here comes the tall and manly Pole;
and as we watch his form, We can but
drop n tear for poor Poland. whose
children have shed SC much of their
hearts blood for liberty, bnt in vain.
Watch the Chilanos, the Pcruvians,
the Swiss, the Russians, Prussians,
kanakas, negroes, and-no, we
have no Ghilanes here as yet, though
many bear as distinctive marks of
their consangninity to the animal race
as do the newly.discovcrcd 'Ghlancs
or men with tails And all these in.
habitants Of the four quarters of the
globe have bppn n tfroctoI r. tIa ennt