The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-11
1.s ramplan lh.l lhsy have suffered injustice Al lhs

bsy complain that they have suffered injustice al the
80 al tbs Americans. No doubt many OF them have.
~ many OF the Americans themselves But Que
...a nat The French have suffered injustice 10. that
NV have no political power They have not endeavored
"a become eilxene, and they have not learned the Eng
Gb language They are In the country, but not OF A.
ailh such numbers, no less than 80 900, and more
anuing they would soon make their positive weight felt
III them consider Caliloni their home let them be-
me citizens; and lei them endeayor to change The evil
d which they Justly complain TO good II may be that
California shall be changed Tor the BETTER and many ct
her faults purgsd away before they shall be ready. with
otunes made 10 return 10 Francs San Francisco must
have large French population Tor many years. The
French have no important possessions of their own on
die Pacific, but they have some commerce, and there
se great many Frenchmen scattered through Spanish
America
OF all this French commerce of the Pacific San Fran
cisco must naturally be the head. considerable mum
Der OF the French residents OF California were living IN
Spanish America al the une OF the discovery oil me
gold mines, and thus II is that many OF them speak
spanish Many OF The best eating houses and finest sa-
looms in the city kept by Ffenchmen, Some protes
SONS they almost monopolze, Importation OF wine, ne
cookery wig skng. &c. They occupy amos! exclusive
IL oas OF the largest gambling houses the city. and
very well represented in the others. They have thea
Ire here which they have supported exceedingly well,
considering their small number. They have benevolent
eie,y which has expended large sums of money. and
done great deal oil good. They have two newspapers,
which are very well conducted. Our French citizens
lake but lllle interest in party politics, and II natural
1.d would probably divide themselves nearly equally
betweeA the wing and democratic parties.
THg GERMANS IN SAN Francisco There about
1000 Germans in San Francisco. They OF all
classes and from all parts Of Germany-irom the noun
,aps OF the Tyro TO the delta OF the Weser, IRON the
nils OF Asacs to the sands of the Vislula Many Of
,hem have long been away from their native handsome
IN The United States aud others in Spanish America and
IN the isles OF the South Pacific. great many OF the
foreign merchants in Mexico, Chill, Peru, and in The
uoyinces the eastern coast OF South America, are
Germans. Germany has no foreign colonies. aud yet
there room for all her citizens al home. The Span
~ fnrf hn
Germany and Spain were united under one emperor, the
most powerful monarch OF Europe, and the associations
connected with the history oil the empire agreeable
Bu, probably the main cause Of the preference OF the
Spanards Tor the Germans is that latter possess no
political power out OF the continent OF Europe, while
he English, French, and Americans, dangerous, on
account Of their maritime power, well as OF their grasp
iOg disposition
Spanish America has been kind of paradise for adven
turous young German merchants that wished TO sow
their wild oats away from home Many OF them, scat
tered from Chill to Chihuahua were attracted by the
gold oil California and OF them are now among
wealthiest citizens This residence in Spanish America
accounts for the uency and correctness with which many
Of them speak Spanish The great majority OF the Ger
mans in California intend to make their permanent resi-
dence here They are almost universally republicans;
nearly all become citizens; they learn English readily,
lily than any other Europeans from the continent. The
Germans here very different, rs class, from those
Of the Atlantic States; there nearly all mechanics
and aborers and but few we'll educated, while here they
cations 10 keep up the memory of the "Va,erand."
Among these, the Turn VeIein, or Gy,nnasc Union,
the first Ever since its formation it has been in
hgh favor with the German people. Ii was started
aa lime when all popular gatherings were forbidden
BY those who feared the interchange OF ideas among The
people Gymnastc exercises part OF Tie education OF
youth in Germany. and are even held SO high that
academy is there called Gymna ium When all other
ssembages forbidden those for gymnastic exer
cses were considered harmless and were permitted, but
they soon became the schools odemocraic IDEAS, which
pHa otiv u.A Tho Saa
Francisco Turn Vereia is in very furnishing condition
The Sanger Bud singers band, is another popular Ger
man assoc cation.
The weather. Germans, who desire to be exclusive,
have club. The Deutsehes Club possesses valuable
though not an extensive library, and has lis rooms very
finely furnished.
The Germans of California have one ne wspaper, The
Sasn ZstSng or State Cassie. for their organ. II is
published every weeks day, is edited with SPIRIT and has
considerable circulation. 1t is democratic in politics.
The Germans here, like their brethren in the Atlantic
States are nearly all democrats but. being ntel
gent, they do not carry their patty split far The in
fslhbity of party nominations is doctrine in which
they are in no hurry 10 believe having loo many
facts which would not accord very well with such
doctrine San Francisco has a German theatre, but il
is yet in its infancy. There is German school
IN the city The German population very orderly
and industrious. There is probably no class among The
people which has fewer representatives, in proportion
offenders before the courts than the Germans and they
have very few or no gamblers among their number
There occupations which they nearly monopo-
and brewers in the city are Germans The Union Band
composed entirely OF Germans IL is proposed 10 form
aGerman military company. which we would gladly
Their military spirit and their esprit dn corps everything
Of this kind enable them to attain the ihoroughness oil
discipline in which they have been unsurpassed ever
,inc. the time of Frederick the Great.
Prom the San Francisco wbie Of the 18Th.
THE BoULBoN INVASION.
The inhabitants from the northwestern States OF Mex
o appear be greatly excited by the which
reached them OF an intended invasion OF Sonora from
this Stale We have heretofore stated the authority
oil correspondent that party OF Americans and French
men had established themselves in La Paz, Lower
California, where they were engaged in The early par
Of April 10 making preparations 10 invade Sonora and
Chihuahua; and, further, that two English men of
war we're stationed liz the vicinity, intending, il sup
posed. 10 interfere IN case the expedition is commenced
Lsles have been received from Mszatan BY late ar
rivals up to the LIST OF April By these learn that The
Caforna expedition. under Count Raousset which wa.
believed al hand formed the absorbing topic Of dis
eusson The governor and commandment general of the
Nate oil Slnaoa had nerrogared the and passen.
gers OF the Englsh brig Trisphna, recently from San
Francisco, as 10 the truth OF the rumors snosi Tbei,
replies ssys LEeho du PaHqut, seem 10 have greatly
alarmed THIS governor as he Immediately despatched an
uPress 10 Mexico TO inform the supreme government
nov General Santa Anna--of the iacis. AT the same
Time the commandan OF the port OF Mazaan caused the
following TO be inserted in the official Journal Ii Ala
hya del Sur.
EXPEDITION or CALrroRSA lpyESTusrRs ro So
soh-The English brig Tn-phna, IRON San Francisco
has Just touched al this port. have received posv,
intelligence that Colonel Rsousset is in
~ NE aforementioned CITY, expedition against oul
oae OF Sonora, composed of 900 500 men tha, be
mas already obtained oans, and has al his disposal two
fsa'es with which he to make descent upon
1uaymas. | have verified the truth OF this news b,
said. 's
ts W.