The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-14

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We acknowledged the receipt three days ago. Of 6es
Of the last newspapers received from this distant regQl
OF the rspuLs hn, We oui.lsda notice The Ssame
Pacific News paper of - high character any, and
perhaps Of lager Circulation L sa democratic paper
for party politics have siresdy reached thst cosnsy
and paper Of ided character To give taste 81
IT'S quality. las bsfor our readers the following
tract from its namber Of New Years Day. II gives
admirable sketch Of San Francisco aud its relations
with the Interior for eighteen hundred and fifty and
s statistics collected with great deal Of trouble
and put together with much ingenuity bad supposed
that every Atlantic journal which copied any part OF the
article would have given credit to the from which
il derived its information. We regret however to see
that such is not the and that several presses havs
con densed and published the article without giving any
credit the paper. whore editor had expended much
time and trouble to collect the valuable statistics il su-
braces.
From the Steamer Pacific New. Of January J. 1851.
SAN FRANCISCO AT THE CLOSE OF EIGHTEEN
4e,i,3 HUNDRED AND FIFTY l EI
We publish in another part OF to-days paper article
giving some interesting incidents connected with 'San
Francisco fifty years ago." which has suggested contrast
With San francisco at the close OF eighteen hundred and
fifty" AT the period 10 which the first article refers, the
only evidences OF human improvement OF the fact that
the hand Of man had fashioned INTO shape anything
pertaining to this locality, the PresdiO Al tho north
extremity OF the borders OF San Francisco and the
mission at the southern line Between the two al
most barren waste the extremes being occupied BY
meH. untuOred in The arts uneaFned in the sciences,
and following in the way their fathers trod since first the
footsteps OF man were imprinted in the sands OF local
lily 70 which the eyes Of the world are now turned in al
most supplied amazemsnt. as II s#Qss 1Afs
Look At San francisco now 1 Had dweller here
about Of fifty years ago. taken Kip Van Wrinkle sleep,
had eclpsed itself in working change scarcely less
prising than though the whole locality had been bodily
transferred TO another region The mud howell the tiled
adobe buildings, the hide houses, have given way 10
splendid piles OF brick and that rise towering to
the skes--monumens OF the energy and ingenuity Of
people that know superiors and acknowledge no
equalswhe the people Of that day have almost left the
field OF action or become hewers OF wood and drawers
OF water 10 the enerprising and intelligent class
whom the golden sands of Californa--to leave OF
question the manifest destiny which seems to urge on
the American nalion-have attracted hther Fancy
may conjure up and almost give life and shape 10 thou
sand mposab ties, absurd and visionary, but the
stretch Of imagination would fail to present picture
wonderful in all its aspects the past present the
history OF California. a a9soi3 y l,4l
We have neither time space TO extend the contrast
the entire State, but conne ourselves the prn
cpa city, where the changes which have taken place
more marked than in any other locality; where fifty
years ago. the extent of population did not exceed one
thousand. but which number may be multiplied at the
cose OF eighteen hundred and hfty by at least thirty
five! II .ra- $500 Ia. ,t44,J alit9A q 30 ~
AS the mines OF California and the shipments Of gold
dust the principle features of attraction here and
home. first enter upon that field, and annex the
month for the past year. taken from the manests
the custom huose, and which Of do not include
those taken by private hands All the statistics presented
below are compiled from Official sources and for great
portion of them indebted 10 the courtesy of Col
Collier, the collector OF the port, and the gentlemaniy
clerks under him. who have charge of the books: a