New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-28

nave not made so rapid progress IN California
manners
But ! must sick to my text There is a
onghi snace to the ugly picture presented bymy
statistics OF drsmdnnkmg We are improving
fast. Bad as We are IN this respect we are ia
comparably better than one wear ago. A strong
influence Is apparent IN favor of temperance
The two Divisions OF Sons of Temneranee IN.
crease rapidly. Since the dinner a month ago.
some twelve or fourteen have loined every week
Many Of our professional men are members.
Six Of the police were admitted At one time
The Grand Division viii hold a session next
week, when there will be public meeting, TO
be addressed by Judge Barton and Rev. Mr..
Briggs of Sacramento The initiation fee INTO
the Subordinate Divisions is ten dollars, the
monthly payment one dollar, and the weekly
benefit ten dollars.
Now, for the "robersr and thieves" They
are not all dead nor banshed Since the abdi.
cation OF the Vigilance Committee, they seem TO
be springlng up again. The remedy does net
appear to have been lasting. Il will require re-
petition about twice year Cutting down the
top OF tree sometimes gives strength 90 the
root. Perhaps 1t will be discovered, sooner or
later that the violent and revolutionary measures
OF that body have had a similar effect.
Gamblers" we have always with us, though
the palmy days OF monte and roulette have gone
by. There is much less OF il than formerly, and
u Is carried on more quietly. Various means
are necessary to decoy into the gambling saloons
a suiiciency of custom In several OF them,
opening on the most public streets, band Of
musicians Is perched on shelf. with harp and
sackbut, fiddle and ketle-irum, by day and by
night rolling forth the seductive music. Vlr.
gina Ministries, and Tyrolese mnstrsls, and all
sorts of mnstrels. and mlsters, and mistresses
are kept az work IN this music for the million.
The audience thus gratultously grati6ed find
themselves surrounded by gambling tables,
where heaps of money please the eve, and the
constant chink- chlnk amuses the ear. Or per.
haps they are better pleased with the courtezans.
mostly French with which one or two OF the
tables are always supplied. Over the orchestra
they have read in golden characters, +" Lor,rs Of
mnsic erpect,d 10 patroni,s the bar And there
stands the bar, occupying one side OF the room,
where you can get any kind of poison you wish
from fair hand.
"Blacklegs" do somewhat abound, though IN
diminishing numbers The professional black
leg is not much respected. especially If his dress
is shabby, or if he be poor and luckless. But
there is another class OF professional black
legs, who gamble without being gamblers, their
business being in the counting-room and their
pleasures somewhere else. These gentry have
only one black leg one leg is fair and good, and
with that they stand in good society, the other
being black as ebony, and giving them footing
in filthy places. As soon as 1t shall become as
GlsreputaDle 10 nave one OlaCh reg us nv" IL
to carry two, divers respectable gentlemen
must come out Of that, If they would retain the
odor of a good character.
The Z" hOrs thevs" OF my text are not gener-
ally troublesome. Those who have not the mis-
fortune to own horses, suffer bat little by horse
thieves. The subject doth not present itself to
my mind al fruitful ore.
Finally, that terrible wind, " enof to blow you
in the dok,' according to our Phonotypic friend
almost every one complains Of that. Were Il
not for the afternoon winds Of May, June, July
and August, this would be the most agreeable
climate in the world, taking the whole year
through. Even those winds depend for much OF
their bad name on the dust they up. But this
will he remedied Had not the fires OF May and
June lnterfered with the progress OF improve.
ment, our streets would have been watered
through the Summer, so as 10 o5viate ell evil
from dust. The weather is now delightful. has
is the finest month IN the year. SO far 1t has
been warmer than July and August, and It Is
likly TO continue SO. We had one rainy morn
ing early in the month. and a slight rain since.
And now the clouds are gathering But the
Indians say there will be another dry Winter.
They know, Of course; and yet have found It
safest, since my residence here, to look for the
precise opposite OF all predictions by old resi-
DENTS Indians, and all kinds of weather-prOphers.
To the list of 81 bad things the author OF the
text might have appended rats. Not the bipid
fdte bnut DOdIu WltHOut paying iot ~, tuat
contrive TO getin your debt and then dare you to
sue them and report "nulla bona IT you do,
which mesns that there Is no good about them
but quadrupeda rats which flourish fatty IN this
country, and almosttake possession ofyouI house,
if the accommodations are good. Most ofthe cell
ings here are made OF canvas, and the rats DO
much delight in romping over it. Often they come
with rush and alright YOU with the idea OF
sudden catastrophe. II YOU strike them through
the canvas, they will lump aside and chatter at
you 10y the hour. In all that appertans 10 sa-
gacIty, enterprise and annexation, they are pure
Anglo SaxODs, and difficult 10 circumvent. They
commit much destruction TO property IN store
houses-much more IN Sacramento than here.
| have heard the damage done by them IN that
city, by cutting sacks OF grain and -four, and by
various other vandalsms, estimated at several
thousand dollars IN every twenty-'our hours
They are great poacherS, and interfere very
much with the chicken and egg trade. Cats and
dogs srs so familiar with them, tina, they will
hardly make war on them. And the rascals are
up 70 traps The age OF rats, however, ~ declln.
ing before the advance OF good buildings and
tidy Housekeeping
Bugs. INV San Diego man does not mention
nor could he with propriety, IN regard to this
city There IS scarcely such an animal mere
though few big bugs figure m our community
Ii is singular enough. that, while San Francisco
is entirely exempt iroin this interesting depart
ment OF the vigilance Comllttee, oaei"hen'o
City, is terribly infested with them, scarcely
public house affording you nights rest wfhout
The intrusion of their iomclary visits.
Cockroaches are quite scarce, though re
auently imported Ants do not show themselves
In the house under any circumstances MOS
ketoes, which are very large and athletic In
many parts OF the State, do not live IN our ci,y'
Flies Of several species, beside the common 40
mestlca," are something Of pesl-no, 50 nu-
uerous as on the Atlantic, but decidedly more
familiar, and more gwen to pertinacious admira-
ton Of your eyes and nose
But that unfortunate letter that picked up IN
public place, has diverted my attention from
score Of subjects that had noted for comment;
Perhaps | have made my letter long enough.
viii. therefore, conclude with the information
that Mr Shelton, OF whom | spoke IN my last,
will give ali exhibition on the 2oth Of as lish
oood 5,nos of California as he can collect, IN the
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