The weekly Placer herald., 1852-09-18
SAN FRANcisco, Sept. 7, 1852.

burn has become place of such impOr
tance as to imperatively demand the pub
icaton of newspaper within its precints
! cannot but infer that an occasiona
: glimpse of the occidental metropolis will
be acceptable to the .1uburnians. OWN;
TO the scarcity of interesting items just a
this time, it will be necessary for US t
take the first glimpse during one Of it
dark days.
Since the departure Of the steamer OF
the first month, business has experienced
a dormant season, enlivened occasionally
by the arrival of some clipper ship anC
the reports of at least half dozen imag-
mary arrivals at the same time. The
Atalanta came into port some FIVE days
since, and the Flying Cloud yesterday -
Every one is on the qui uiUe for the ar
rival of the forty-four vessels which are
now over due from the Atlantic ports, and
until majority Of them do actually appear
and disembowel their mHltifarious car
goes, high prices, dul! times, and elonga-
ted physiognomies WilfreiSn-I was about
to say triumphantly, but where all look
and feel alike, there are none to triumph
over. 1t is expected that one or two will
arrive daily, until all are in, now that
the ice is broken. No doubt the N. B.
Palmer will be in before dark tonight.
81 &c l. H.. 4.
dent Line steamer independence, and the
F.. NJ S. s. Co.'s steamer Oregon, both
on Sunday last, has added several ssdrops"
to the bucket of our population, and the
beautiful state in which they arrived is a
subject Of self-congratulation to every
San franciscan.
In politics, this city is al life end en-
thusasm. The two great ''unterrifed';
parties are in the field, each with their
"serried ho>ts,'' resistless numbers"
etc., and are preparing for the contest,
each certain of victory. The Democrats
have formed clubs in every ward in the
city, and in some instances, two or three
in a ward, under different names and or
CARNATIONS, but alike tending to the same
great END. The Wings. nowse back
ward, have pursued lhe same course, and
/ +. :,- = s, ,.a at tile
was ever decided at the hulot-box of any
great republican city. Political carica-
lures are almost as thick as mosquitoes in
the up-river sloughs, and if campaign
songs or transparancles had anything to
do with the final decision, both parties
would inevitably win, though think the
Wings would come ont a "leetle" ahead
One can hardly walk hundred yards,
and look around, but he will see one or
more huge cloth boxes, painted, some of
them splendidly, with portraits, notices,
dates and scores Of chivalrous exploits,
and all the minutip which 90 to fill the
mind of the gazer, while he is out of hear
ing of the campaign "stnmpers." Even
WINN, of Winn's Fountain Head, Long
Wharf, notoriety, has headed one Of his
advertisements with the name of Gen. + .
Pierce.
BY the way, speaking Of Winn, as the
good people of Auburn love the good
things of this life as well as other folks,
it may not be amiss then to say that be
has got "tip-top" ''teetotal" establish
ment on Long Wharf, where one can get
the first best anything in his line, from a
doughnut to ton of wedding cake, or
from lernon drop to sugar meeting
house: but it is useless for me to enumer-
ate, as he doubtless advertises in your pa
per, and your readers can see for them
selves.
The health of this city is very good at
present-no cholera, or any such dire dis
ease among those who do not voluntarily
purchase tickets for tho. e sand-hill'' Ivy
examining their stomachs with diseased
fruit, or diluting their blood with bad
liquor. Of course some must die in every
place where there is animal life, ,and lwould
not have it inferred that none who take
proper care of themselves. Several very
sudden deaths have occurred recently, for
which nothing but disease Of the heart