New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-04

n..,c,,.s mac Of little education 10 gsology %
.os.bfr ~, ~. he 10 very industrious ana ~
80 .n,n-n all he has ever obta'ned from me s'sAo
some good geologist would come out ven rg s,o.,
ended ! think he might be elected STATE eeoiose'
a the n,u ing session Of the Legislature.
M Won have been in the h4ort OF rea1ng or
,nthly the "Pioneer," you zil have no.lce oh bs-
., al roe tcsI contributors by 4 Pollock, mucu "
.sai 10 the Editors Table even as ges"S -
,,lock ia Young man, who formerly lyed ~ ' 81
.gton City hsd believe. in Ne" oiR 49, I'll a
supoor,ed himself here By house ~
short time since when he became oon.,;an he re
eoy Tha 80. pot without p0etisdl t>'en'' guy
III ~, go he n edacats in styl for any nigu
su.s~.s II !, rot too late for him 70 eohpre'e ne
.n ednca,iop bat it appears to me ihal .le as' &c
evh e.. ~. o. ,,-event men from writing poetry.
T-P,nh Sonic tho Editor of The SiR rTanese'
|,sroD,eIe has California reputation az poet
me Of bis email pieces are go2c' oui ICY =,
,;"h merit. AS prose writer hr sooie - more yls
~ Ne In con iuoction with james Nlsost, aud
N Ghop. the latter row in PhladeiPhiaJ Is tae
s..tbo, Of large book probably published oy apple
before you receive this entitled the "Ann iis OF
San Francisco. ,.. IN ~ III,
"A a gooa portion Of the work on the Aonat he IS
Scoicbman by birth, and wrote novel; me
"Sipee Of Damascus" published BY Chapman N
London ,one four or five years ago he Is d rS"iy'
vigorous and humorous writer.
Etsob.n q. Massott other Tise Col james Pipes, OF
Pibfsyile formerly Of your City, is here hs hter
sxv mod notions are IN styles "DlcD utNS tn1 nu"i
A. shomjpaie-letters iu imitation Of JACK JwnlDS
,nn ,bort SCI entail soIgs TO be set to music.
You b1ve heard Of "SquibIb aud Phedix, our
california vii, Lieut.. Geo Derby, Of tne topo-
yIaplical Engineers, stationed at San Diego tie na'
Sesn during the years past, freq1eat contriod-
TOR 10 the san Francisco papers he writes just Ior
the finn OF the thing AID all his @ritiog IS fanny HIS
huuor is most plentiful, anG the manner IN Shcn IL
Ia is always natural simple, aud spProDoae'
He deserves 10 rank bi IN among hpmor.suc writer's
T. g. BuTum, long local reOorter 10 your CITY -ud
TIA author of "Six Months in the Mines is nov the
EDITOR of The Alta. His book was smil and iocom'
p,ete but so far IL went was one OF the oes' on
California. Buffum war elected 10 the Assembly on
inc Know .No,hibg ticket st the last election.
O. A. Wasbburn, brother OF the Washburns IN
Copgress editor OF The EUeniag Journal in this city
though be has not yet exposed bimself by writing
book ia known as q man Of considerable literary &C
ouir.ment He wrote play, some time siace, aud !
Sad the honor to he damned AT our metropolitan ID
bas acquired soms prominei by Continued and ear
ne.t opposition TO all the tactics d the ChValry parf
n tbs State and is the leading editor on the Aufi
Gebraska aide. 80
You will zee that my list is short one, and TIA
our men of letters have nearly all TO take n edit
fcr support There are no doubt number Of pei
sops in the State ~ equal requirements and aolt'e
with thoee mentioned but they have not made them
selves known here by their writings
CALIFORNIA ELECTION OFFIcnL.
Nhig BROOK ID Anti er