New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-22
The Election Custom-House Infections
The Rniny sensOn.
OFFICE PACIFIC news, San Francisco.
Tuesday, Oct. -, 1850. )

OFFICE Pacific news, San Francisco,
Tuesday, Oct -, 1850
Mr. GREELEY Dear Sir: The annual election
for State officers took place last Monday week,
7th inst The day passed of as is usual among
Americans on such occasions. Some bet some
drank. some used unlawful means to ensure sue
cess all showed interest and unusual activity.
This much for San Francisco. The poll through.
out the State was light. In the mines in some
cases. am told but few voted, though the ballot
box was Kept open all day in their immediate vi
cipity.
And this fact leads me to speak OF the miner as
compared with other citizens. He feels and acts,
as a general thing, as though he were not resi-
dent of the country. He came hither tor special
object, and this accomplished, he thinks OF
nought but the green fields and haunts OF
bis home in the States. The commune
ties in the mines in all respects have
quite different hopes and aims from those who till
the soil. to themselves real estate, OF en-
gage in the business OF the towns The miner
thinks he has no need to be taxed or even to be
enumerated in the census among the citizens OF
cur new State. AT the same time it is probable
on the whole, that the miner is benefited most OF
ali those who came to California And notwith-
standing this he has been known IN few cases
to come down from the mountains in his bcgrlmed
garb, with his pile carefully stored away IN his
traps and beg his passage for Panama at one
of our shipping Offices This is poor human na-
ture as affected by the S0ora tanteS
An unusual activity in business has sprung up
within the last few weeks, and goods of all kinds
are on the rise. Flour is still rising. The sup
plies OF this mostly COME mean that which is
good-from Chill. A heavy and oppressive duty
is to be paid on this, and of this our people very
Justly complain. The Democrats lay it oil to the
charge of the Wings Born and bred Wing, as
| was at home, | cannot tormy life advocate many
of their doctrines in California. AS an honest and
intelligent man ! cannot do this, and no one but
political hack, in my opinion, could do 1t. The
glory of our system of government, as under
stand it, is, that it permits an lmperlum IN lmpef1o
to endless extent while the centralizing forces do
not coerce or burden the component parts OF the
body polite. Why, then, must California pay
tax on -four il not for the benefit OF the man OF
New ork, who would have us eat his damaged
article? In the name oljustice why ought she at
any rate to be taxed as she is Tor duties on any
articles Of commerce which she may obtain from
any quarter | cannot say. Can you The
whole system of the Custom House here, and OF
the Post Office, except to pay expenses, looks to
me like oppression. cannot as an honest man
think differently, and if there substantial rea
sons for it, in my ignorance confess, do not un-
dtrstand them. Ii itcan be shown to the satlstac-
ton of men here, hope it may be.
What perfect farce, then, are those enactlns,
who are striving to establish the tactics and dis
cipline of parties as practiced at home! What
POSSIBLE good is accomplished by it! In the re.
cent political campaign some attempts OF this KIND
were made. As q general thing they tailed,
though the voting population OF this country IS,
and must be, as | have said, Democratic Still,
owing to the force of party tactics the candidates
elected are nominally OF all political complexlons
The candidate for Superintendent of Public In
struction who is probably elected is Professor
JAMES MOONEY formerly of Western Reserve
College He is a graduate OF ale and better
man for the office is not to be found IN California
He came out to this country as Astronomer in the
corps OF Typographical Engineers under Col En-
orv had the pleasure OF making his acquaInt-
ance at L q Punta, below San Diego, IN August,
1e4q and was the first to announce his name ana
claims for the office in the columns OF our paper.
Though he was the nominee, in certain quarters,
of the W higs, he elected by the friends oil
sound education throughout the State.
News from the mines continues to be untayor-
able. at least so far as relates to the dammlnS
companies. And yet, as have before shown, II
is probable that. OF all the numbers engaged, more
make money mining than By any other means. 1t
is certain that the money to support all othet Ia,
terests comes from the mines, and 1t does not all
go to huv the necessares of life. 1t IS not all eX-
pended In California DO not by any means say
this to encourage disposition at home to come 20
this country to engage in mining. 1t has proved
the ruin OF too many thousands. At the same
time all good men must deprecate the wholesale
abuse OF certain letter writer's and others VINO
speak Of this country. 1t is certainly wrong
They remind one too strongly OF him who SAID
8" er US curse God and die.
You will see by the papers that Lynch Law
is once more coming into use in the mines. The
people seem Disguised with the operation OF the
sy<tem adopted when the Constitution OF the
State was adopted, And itcertainly works very
badly in town and country, at least so far as penal
iustce is concerned ANY one who believes that
crimes are to be punished at all, must certainly
sigh for the good old days. | an not disposed TO
throw the blame any particular class, but GER
tainly Mr. Cotton has some very appropriate re-
N alks about young attorneys etc. in his very
interesting " Two ears in California.
A steamer now leaves regularly every SIX to
ten days. and the period viii probably gro"
shorter. 1t can never we'll be longer. All our
packages 90 through to you, we learn, with per
iect promptitude. We wish we could say the
same OF those sent from you and friends to u.s.
Mr Haskell the most excellent Express man.
partner OF the house Of Adams & CO., goes Oh to-
DAY to make inquiry into the cause Of this delay
Ii is certainly not his fault Various packages
Tor Gen. Winchester and myself, deposited in
Philadelphia and New York some ofthem early
as July, have never been received at all. Let the
blame rest where its belongs.
Much anxiety has been felt here for the past
week. in consequence OF few cases of death
from cholera. They were nearly all passengers